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Hogwarts is quite lively every morning, especially the Gryffindor table.

Flocks of owls flew into the Hogwarts hall, and Alec Vanney dropped a small square box on his head. His owl landed on his head proudly with its chest up, looking more The owner is also stylish.A group of gray and black owls flew in towards the Gryffindor table. There were four of them in total, and they looked like soldiers practicing in formation.

The owl team was quite eye-catching, only old and wealthy families would have this kind of ostentation, and Sirius had obviously been deprived of this special treatment.Harry couldn't help but sigh with emotion at the luxury of the veteran aristocrats. Although he was considered rich, he didn't know how to use it at all, and could only let the gold go moldy in the vault.All four owls landed in front of the Potter brothers.Lily, who was sitting next to Harry, looked a few more times curiously.

Harry took down the letter, it was from his grandmother, now mother, Doria.Harry quickly opened the envelope, the letter paper inside was light blue, looking warm and luxurious.

Harry looked at the beautiful cursive script, and at James, even his handwriting was beautiful.Only Harry, who can write like a dog.

He put down the pie in his hand, rubbed it on the tablecloth, and began to read the letter.

Dear Harry,

It's been almost two months since school started, and your father and I have already returned from our travels, and we haven't waited for you to write a letter to your mother.This has to make me wonder, is it because you are so diligent in making troubles that you are working every night and have no time to write to your mother.

I miss you baby.In a blink of an eye you've grown up so much, your brother said you wouldn't be back for Christmas, and he wanted to court a pretty girl from Gryffindor.

My little Harry, are you old enough to go after girls too?At that time, you have to tell your mother that you won’t come back for Christmas?

Well, enjoy your youth to the fullest, boys, and ignore mother's wordiness.

Love your mothers.

PS: I have prepared Christmas dresses and gifts for you. Hogwarts will not have authentic French products.The costumes for Halloween were chosen by Dad for you.

Harry had a smile on his face the whole time, his face flushed with joy.He looked at the signature apologetically. Although he became the second son of the Potter family and was with James every day, he rarely remembered that he had a mother now.Naturally, I would not think of writing a letter to my family.

Letter from home, this is a treatment he has never enjoyed.

Suddenly, the letter was taken away. Harry was startled, and turned around to snatch it, only to find that the letter thief was James.

With the bread in his mouth, James read Doria's letter to Harry intently.Harry looked at him suspiciously, and reached out to pick up James' letter.

dear james,

It was a great trip to France, and it is a pity that I couldn't bring you with me.

Your father and I have specially selected a dress for you, I believe you will be favored by your sweetheart at the Christmas dinner.

Don't be mean, honey, you know what we expect from you.If you could put your bright little brain to work, we'd be so happy as hell.

Love your mom and dad.

The contents of the letters were similar, but James seemed to like Harry's one better, and he even put the letter in his arms, refusing to return it to poor little Harry.

Harry sat on the table aggrieved, silently opening the gift in front of him.The owl stood beside it. It didn't want to eat, but rather obediently rubbed its furry head against the back of Harry's hand.

Harry took an instant liking to the little ones and crumbled the cookies in front of them.

The gift box was wrapped in gold and red confetti, which made Harry feel like Christmas had come early.He picked up the smaller box next to it, shook it, and there was a sound inside, as if there were quite a few things in it.

James has already opened the box, and there is a pack of snacks inside as usual, but this year there are a few more bottles and cans—the charming fragrance from the romantic capital of France.

Harry unwrapped the package, a small ball fell out, the wrapper came loose, and a golden bauble rolled onto the table.

"Oh my god! It's a limited-edition golden snitch from the Universal Company!" someone shouted, which attracted the attention of many people. How long to watch on the table.

Harry picked it up, not seeing anything too special about it.But the enthusiastic eyes of his classmates really made him a little overwhelmed.

"It's signed by the President of the Athletic Division and Bart Dickens!"

Harry stared at the Snitch with wide eyes, there were indeed two lines of fine print on it.The names of two of the biggest names in sports are inscribed on it, making this little guy extremely valuable.

James looked at Harry jealously, but he had already snatched Harry's letter, so he was not ashamed to continue snatching it.But there is only one Snitch in this limited edition, and my mother gave it to Harry.

"Oh...it's true." Harry looked around in embarrassment. He wasn't that keen on the limited-edition Snitch. He preferred the new broom, but the current broom was not as fast as the Firebolt, and the star——Harry Still prefer Victor Klum 20 years later.

He glanced at a jealous James and tossed the Snitch to him.

Startled, James caught the Snitch in a daze, and looked at Harry with a smirk.He put his arms around Harry's neck and rubbed it vigorously against his chest.

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"Lily!" Harry caught up with Lily with a pile of things in his arms, "I have something for you."

Lily glanced at the package in her arms, "Are you sure it's you, not your brother?"

"Of course it's me." Harry laughed, and he moved closer to Lily. "It's the top box. It's said to be a Romanian handmade vampire mask. It's very beautiful, but I don't think it's suitable for me."

"Oh my god...it's so beautiful!" Lily held up the mask. It was only half the length of the face, but it was very heavy. She bet that the mask weighed half a catty.Its eyes were engraved enchantingly and luxuriously, but its mouth was decorated extremely fiercely. The two long fangs even grew beyond its chin. It looked beyond the scope of a vampire, more like a wild beast.

"It is said that this is a kind of Kosili vampire⑴, a combination of a vampire and a beast." Harry put all the packages on the ground, poured everything into a large box, shrunk it and put it in the schoolbag.

Lily couldn't put it down, but she still resolutely gave it back to Harry, "I can't accept it, it's too precious."

"Okay." Harry took it back without saying anything. "However, if you change your mind, you can still come to me, and you can return it to me after Halloween."

"Thank you. Speaking of which, I still have to prepare a dress for the holiday." Lily followed Harry to the classroom.

"Don't worry too much, the masquerade is our private affair, there's no need for it to be so formal." Harry shrugged nonchalantly, he looked around, "Where's Snape? You...haven't reconciled with him yet? "

Lily's expression became a little awkward, "Can we stop talking about this, Harry?"

Harry scratched his hair vigorously. He didn't know when Lily and James became boyfriend and girlfriend, and he didn't know why she and Snape had a disagreement.But Harry just felt guilty, and he always felt it was unfair.Because he is the son of James and Lily, even if he knew Snape's sacrifice in the next 20 years, no matter how much he paid, he could not stand by Snape's side.

As the two of them passed Snape's seat, Harry glanced at the last two empty rows, which were Snape's territory.No one wanted to sit in the last two rows, because sitting in the last two rows could not read the writing on the blackboard clearly, because sitting at the back was a Snape who was ostracized by the whole school.

No one was on Snape's side.Even if he gave his all for love, people were stingy to give him a little bit of encouragement.

He suddenly grabbed Lily and said in a low voice, "You don't have to sit next to James with me." Then, he pulled Lily and sat in the last row.

Before Snape arrived, there were only Harry and Lily sitting in the two rows behind. Lily seemed a little embarrassed, but she smiled gratefully at Harry and sat down.

After James found out about the situation, he ran up to them almost immediately. James gave Lily a smirk—this smirk was exactly the same as Harry’s—he turned his head to look at Harry, and whispered, "Traitor, What are you doing?"

"You are the traitor!"

James pinched Harry's leg with his hand under the table, and said to him pleasantly, "Harry, wouldn't it be nice to sit with your brother?"

Harry immediately picked up his schoolbag, "Okay, I wish I could." He said to Lily again, "You just wait here for Snape, my brother asked me to accompany him."

Just as Lily was about to nod, Harry was held down by the shoulders, and James almost gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, don't bother—you traitor!"

Lily, who pretended she didn't hear anything and was arranging her schoolbag, couldn't help laughing. She didn't hesitate to give James a smiling face anymore.At such a time, Lily felt that it was pretty good to have such a living treasure.

James was delighted to see Lily's smiling face, and Harry was also grateful that his poor leg was finally free from damage. Just when everyone was happy, Snape came.

As usual, his face was expressionless, as dull as a dead person, but his eyes were too dark and bright, and Harry felt uncomfortable being stared at.Snape's clothes were torn, revealing the yellowed old shirt underneath.

Snape silently looked at the three people sitting in his seat, and sat in the corner without saying a word.

James lost his temper almost immediately, Harry is docile and kind-hearted, why is he sitting in this unlucky place?And it's not because of the snot!He looked at Snape's half-dead appearance, and stopped him loudly: "Snotluck—!"

"James," Harry pulled him back, winked at him, and pointed at Lily, "gentlemanly."

Snape sat in a corner, watching the ridiculous looks of these three people with cold eyes.James suppressed his anger and glared at Snape not to be outdone, but in the end, he could only pat Harry and returned to his brothers.

Lily looked at Snape worriedly, "He was beaten?"

Harry shook his head, "It certainly wasn't James who did it anyway."

Lily rolled her eyes and gave Harry a supercilious look, but when she looked at Snape again, his torn school uniform returned to its original shape.

The class bell rang, making the originally chaotic classroom quiet, and Professor Slughorn came to the classroom on his stubby legs.The Potions class was going on quietly, and the students occasionally had a conversation or two, and Slughorn would not stop it right away, and occasionally joined the discussion to say a word or two.

In Professor Slughorn's Potions class, there was no sarcasm, no points deducted and no punishment, but the students were as well-behaved as little sheep.

He always said cheerfully: "Making potions is a rigorous craft, and you can't be distracted or make mistakes. So as long as you can make potions smoothly, without frying pans and without injuries, that's the best for me." rewarded."

I have to say, he is an old fritter.

Harry and Lily started to set up the tongs, and Snape's had already been set up, because he was alone, so he had to speed up his progress.

Sitting in the last two rows cannot see the blackboard clearly, and they can only rely on the notes and textbooks they have recorded before.But fortunately, Harry was familiar with the potions class in the fifth grade, and in the sixth grade, the textbook of the Half-Blood Prince also gave him considerable help.

Lily had just finished writing the timetable, and she stared at Harry handling Sleepy Beans, and couldn't help exclaiming, "Harry, you handle potions exactly like Severus."

Harry's hands paused, and he smiled awkwardly, "Well... I read it from a book before." He put the sleepy bean juice into the pot, and added, "A very Great book."

Lily watched Harry handle the potion seriously, and she looked at the blurry blackboard, so Harry became a master naturally, and Lily assisted.

Hadana handled the potion seriously, and Professor Slughorn, who came over, looked at Harry in surprise, "Oh, I see, Harry, your potion is handled very well. Of course, there is also cooperation with Ha Miss Evans of Leigh." He said happily, "Ten points each, twenty points for Gryffindor, well deserved."

Harry smiled smugly. He liked Professor Slughorn's Potions class. He never spared the marks, and he would give points to whoever answered well.This was much better than Snape's Potions class.

Slughorn also went to look at Snape's tongs. He lowered his head and smelled it, and immediately said: "Another perfect potion, ten points for Slytherin!" He looked at Snape happily , and looked at Harry and Lily sitting not far away.

But no one saw it, and Snape's face contorted.He looked at Harry Potter resentfully, and the hand holding the textbook was clenched so tightly that the pages of the book were almost torn off by him.His old textbook was full of densely written words, which were filled with his summed up experience.However, all his hard work and experiments had already been written into a book, but—he was not as lucky as Harry Potter, so he was lucky enough to get that book.

He stiffly smoothed the wrinkles on the book, his face was expressionless again, he turned off the fire, put the potion into a small bottle, and handed it to Professor Slughorn.

After Snape packed his schoolbag, he bypassed Lily who wanted to talk to him, glanced at Harry Potter standing beside him, and walked out of the classroom without saying a word.

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Notes: ⑴Procolici, Procolici, the Romanian vampire most similar to werewolves.In Europe, Romania has always had the most sophisticated vampire superstition.And Proksiri is one of the many vampire races in Romanian legends.

⑵The names appearing in this article are all fabricated.