HP trickle down

It was snowing outside, and everyone got up early in the morning.

Bert was still dueling with Lance, while Stephanie was carefully guided by Severus in martial arts.

The snow that fell was not heavy, and the snowflakes floating in the air were blown far away in the fight between you and me, and then fell slowly, continuing to write their own beauty.

The flowers were covered with icy snowflakes, and then the snowflakes were turned into dew by magic, which did not make the flowers feel the slightest cold.

Bert dodges a lightning spell, the slush kicks up, Bert staggers his feet, and his hands are ablaze.But there was a crisp sound when he met Lance's fists and feet, and the flame in Burt's hand turned into ice crystal powder and fell like snowflakes.

"Crack, crack, crack" sounded four times in a row, and the power of the magic casted by the two people was upgraded. The surrounding snow melted into water because of their fire magic, and it merged with the soil, causing the mud to splash everywhere when they moved.

Severus took Stephanie a little farther to avoid being splashed with mud.He didn't have to care, but Stephanie herself was a bit of a clean freak.

Until the end, the two were still tied.After Lance called to stop, the two of them were already dripping with sweat.

Seeing the timing, Ruili handed the hot towel to her master and Lance.Stephanie was also out of breath, but didn't ask for any service from her house-elf.Severus walked the little girl around the garden twice to relax.

After finishing the morning exercise, the four of them quietly enjoyed their morning tea, and after chatting casually about what they were doing recently, Lance went to the garden to take care of his own flowers and plants.

"Brother, brother, Fanny has painted a lot of portraits recently." Stephanie squeezed between Bert and Severus, looking at Bert with burning green eyes.

Burt made a very interested look and said, "Then what did Fanny draw?"

"I drew a self-portrait, and I drew a family portrait!" Speaking of the family portrait, Stephanie flushed with joy, kissed Bert and Severus, ran upstairs excitedly, and then took two A huge painting came down.

The frames were all almost as tall as Stephanie, and almost twice as long as Stephanie.

"Here's my self-portrait!" Stephanie pulled out one painting first, and turned the other on its back, not giving Bert and Severus a chance to see what was on it.

Standing up the picture frame, on the canvas is the face of a girl in soft colors. It is said to be a face, but it should be said to be a flower, a golden tulip in full bloom.

It's just the blurred line processing, so that the outline of the tulip blends with the outline of the girl's face, and the stretched branches and leaves of the tulip are the girl's youthful and immature body, which looks weak and tough, vibrant and beautiful.

The center of the picture is filled with tulip girls, but the background of the tulips is the sky and grass. The grass is full of irises and burning golden sunlight. The paint that burns in the sun is treated more like a sunflower in full bloom.

"Very creative, vibrant pictures, light cool colors, more golden, red, yellow, bright composition. Yes, Fanny, you are the only one in my heart, you are very important." Burt didn't say the most important, because Severus was also very important in his heart, and he couldn't make the difference between Severus and Stephanie in his heart.

Stephanie scratched her hair, smiled, held Severus' hand, and asked stubbornly: "Does Severus like this painting?" What she wanted to ask more was that Severus understood Is this painting?

Severus didn't reach out to touch the oil painting, but he could tell that the tulip girl was Stephanie: "Young girl's little confusion, you love this home, and of course we love you too." Love was once Severus' favorite Words of longing.

Irene gave Tobia all her love, so he couldn't ask for more.When he met Lily, he thought it was love, but after he met Bert, he realized that it was love.

Speak it out, express it, Severus wouldn't tell Bert what his feelings were like outright.

But when facing Stephanie, seeing this little girl's clear green eyes and her golden curly long hair like a wheat field under the blazing sun, my heart is soft, and pampering her is what I feel in my heart only idea.

If Stephanie later became pampered and willful, it must be because of the utterly intemperate coddling of her brother and "sister-in-law."

Severus' answer made Stephanie jump up happily. Her expression technique was symbolic and post-modern, and in some places, the painting was actually distorted, without any soft beauty.She was actually worried that her brother would not like this style of painting.

Then Stephanie suddenly couldn't wait to show her family photo.

The family portrait adopts a super-realistic approach, and every character on it is lifelike.

There are six people on the huge canvas: Jinyinsha, Herman, Lance, Bert, Severus, and Stephanie.

All six of them stood in the stairwell, very close and intimate.

Jinyinsha, Herman stood at the end; while Lance was holding a basin of baby's breath in his hand, standing beside Jinyinsha, the steps would go down a row, but his height was equivalent to Jinyinsha's height; Then there's Bert and Severus, with Stephanie standing between Bert and Severus.

All six of them smiled slightly, looking reserved but happy.

Because of the same, Stephanie used a lot of warm-toned paints in this oil painting, and the constructed picture is bright and full of happiness.

"Brother, this is for you." Stephanie easily grabbed the portrait and was about to hand it to Burt.

Burt looked at Stephanie with complicated eyes, but still took the portrait.All the portraits of Jinyinsha and Herman are immovable. According to grandpa, Jinyinsha and Herman's souls are either bound by the curse, or their souls are completely broken. dissipated.

He has always convinced himself that the souls of Jinyinsha and Herman are still there, not the latter result, which is too cruel after all.

Facing the immovable portrait every day, Burt's thoughts were like madness, but he couldn't express it.

Hugging Stephanie tightly, sniffing the same floral fragrance as Gold and Silver Sand on Stephanie's body, they have always used the same brand of perfume.

Knowing Bert was in a state of miss right now, Severus held up the neglected family portrait, and Severus smiled lightly on it.This is what Stephanie thought of him?

Severus felt a little puzzled, he was never confident that he would be loved, and now there were so many people who loved him, which made Severus feel a little uncomfortable.But this feeling of being cared about is not bad and very satisfying.

"Brother, Fanny can draw many, many family portraits for you in the future." So you don't have to look at the wedding portraits of your mother and father and feel sad.

Burt touched his little sister's furry head, and said, "I know, Fanny is the cutest." His sister was always so considerate that he couldn't describe it, and was extremely moved.

It was precisely because of this that Bert was reluctant to let Stephanie see those cruelties.But these cruelties are very naked in the bedtime stories every night.Those dynastic histories cannot avoid intrigue and calculation.

Stephanie loved hearing those stories, but she didn't become calculating herself and simply felt that they were true.Fairy tales are too prettified and appear false, so she never fantasizes about princes or princesses.

There are still princes and princesses in this world, but unfortunately, they look like that.In Stephanie's eyes, her brother is a prince and will be a king in the future.Of course, their ancestors were the royal family, but not now.Otherwise, the title of duke would not have been hereditary.

Christmas presents have been under the tree for a long time.

Stephanie stopped talking about her portrait, and Burt stopped wondering what was going on with his parents' souls.The two of them took Severus' hand and went under the tree to unwrap presents.

The portrait in Severus' hands, and another painting that had been set aside, were taken up by Ruili to hang in the bedroom above.

Severus and Bert, who had little interest in opening presents, accompanied Stephanie to open presents.

The little girl's presents were colorful and many, and it is estimated that she gave out quite a few herself.

"They all like crystal balls, but I already have a lot of crystal balls." Stephanie took out No. 14 crystal balls and deflated her mouth, not very happy.

It is true that she has too many crystal balls. In her bedroom, in the bedroom of this small manor, the shelves are almost filled with crystal balls.

"My girl, these crystal balls are theirs." Burt kissed Stephanie's forehead.

Severus opened one of his presents casually, judging from the platinum and noble packaging, it was Malfoy's handwriting.When I opened it, it was indeed a flashy thing, a brooch, a dark green gemstone, which seemed to match Stephanie's eyes very well.

"I know." Stephanie pouted, and still put the crystal ball aside very preciously, and went upstairs to put all these crystal balls on her shelf after a while.

"Lucius has great eyesight." Burt looked up and saw the brooch in Severus's hand, and the dark green gemstone also matched Severus' eyes.

Severus looked at the brooch in his hand for a long time, he felt that it was more suitable for Stephanie, and it seemed impolite to just pass on what was given to him by others.

"Severus, the brooch suits you very well." Stephanie finally opened her favorite gift, and smiled sweetly, holding a box of origami and an empty glass jar in her hand.Although it is not something magical, Stephanie feels that she is a wizard. If she can infuse magic power into the origami, maybe her dream will come true.

Severus put the brooch back into the gift box, and next time maybe he could give the little girl something she liked, like small jewelry or something.Maybe giving potions to this little monster every year on his holiday birthday will make Stephanie tired?

The Christmas gift that Severus gave him that Burt opened was not a potion, but a bottle of special ink, which was specially used to depict magic circles or magic lines.This kind of thing is very difficult to prepare, and the difficulty is already in the field of brewing advanced potions.

"Sev, didn't you have a good rest because of this?" Burt was moved, but he still thought about whether he had delayed Severus' rest. Although they all went to bed at the same time at night, he was not in Severus. when he was around.

"This ink, wow! Severus really has a heart, I want to see what Severus gave me." Stephanie excitedly found out the packaging style of Severus, opened the silver and green box, inside It was a bottle of purple potion with a clear fragrance.

"This is inspired by essential oils and perfumes made by ordinary people. This potion only needs to be placed in the bedroom or anywhere you like. It can be used to soothe the nerves and help you get a good night's sleep." Severus He introduced his potion dryly, afraid of seeing Stephanie's disappointed eyes.

Holding the beautiful crystal bottle, Stephanie ran over and kissed Severus, which made Severus blush, and said excitedly: "Severus' potion is the best!"

Severus was relieved to look genuinely happy, rather than deliberately excited to not embarrass him.

Burt walked over calmly, and took Severus' hand. What he gave Severus was a set of cauldrons, with magic patterns carved by himself on it, but he didn't know if Severus would Happy.

Let wizards come for Christmas. Although he thinks this tradition is strange, Burt is still happy.

There is nothing more blissful than being able to reunite with family members.