dumb wizard

Prince Manor.

Xiu rubbed his sore waist and got up from the bed. Snape was no longer by his side, and probably went to the library again.

Why does Sif read a lot of difficult books every day, and I haven't seen him exercise, so he still has the energy to toss him like this.

Merlin is indeed eccentric!

Swipe your finger in front of your face, and the bright green text shows that it is 53:[-] in the morning, which is not too late.

Xiu walked into the bathroom slowly, and the mirror that had been cursed with the silence curse twisted and wanted to speak, but unfortunately, Xiu had no intention of undoing the curse at all.

After washing up, Xiu went to the kitchen to make breakfast.The house elves had already prepared all the ingredients he wanted, and the four elves went to take care of other parts of the manor, leaving one for Xiu to help.

Minced meat porridge, fermented egg drop, chive box, assorted kimchi.

There is not much breakfast for two people, but Xiu is very attentive.He knows that he can't help much in other aspects, he can only devote himself more in life.

The house elf delivered the breakfast to the dining table, and Xiu checked whether there were any missing ingredients for noon—the Malfoy family would come to visit Prince Manor at noon.

Xiu didn't know what his lover was busy with these past few months, he even abandoned his favorite crucible, and spent at least seventeen hours 24 hours a day flipping through those thick tomes that could kill someone.

Just after breakfast and a hasty exchange of kisses, Snape went into the library again.Hugh stared in the direction he had left for a moment before standing up to let the house-elf clear the table.

At noon, the Malfoy family arrived at Prince Manor through the newly connected Floo network. The little snow fox who was being fostered by Harry's side jumped out of Harry's hands as soon as he came out of the fireplace, and flew onto Xiu's body, sticking out his pink tender hair. His little tongue licked his cheek affectionately.

Xiu patted its little head and smiled slightly at the Malfoy family.

The two families are very familiar, and there are not so many politeness.Lucius scanned one side of the hall and asked, "Huh, where's Severus?"

Xiu scratched out the bright green words: "In the library."

Narcissa covered her mouth and chuckled, "I thought Severus would have a soft spot for the potions laboratory in Prince Manor."

Xiu shrugged, "Actually, I thought so too, but Sev hasn't touched the crucible for several months, it's unbelievable."

Lucius raised his eyebrows, showing a different style: "Well, it's really curious."

"When did the godfather love books more than potions? Oh, unbelievable!" Draco exaggeratedly sighed.Harry nodded in agreement.

"So it's the tradition of the Malfoy family to comment on others at will? Ah... What a special tradition..." Snape had arrived in the hall at some point, sarcastically in a silky and low voice.

Lucius walked towards him: "Severus, my dear friend, you must know that we only care about you. After all, the status of potions is unquestionable to you, isn't it?"

"Indeed," Snape said dryly.

The lunch was as delicious as ever. According to Harry's letter request, Chinese and Western food accounted for half and half.

Harry and Draco, who had already learned how to use chopsticks at Hogwarts, ate half of the Chinese food. Seeing Lucius and Narcissa thinking that they must learn to use this oriental tableware when they go back, they planned to strengthen the two. Etiquette training for little wizards.

Hugh seemed to be in a good mood -- nothing makes a chef happier than making his guests happy.

After lunch, Xiu accompanied Narcissa, Draco and Harry to the courtyard for a walk.

The main defensive magic circle of Prince Manor and some other magic circles with different functions have been fully activated. The withered flowers, plants and potion materials in the courtyard have been rearranged by the hardworking house elves and are growing well.

Lucius and Snape were sitting on the sofa in the living room talking about things.

"Severus, I thought you didn't seem to be inheriting the Prince family, and I still remember that I persuaded you several times about it." Patriarch Malfoy asked with an impeccable smile on his handsome face.

Snape was silent for a while before saying, "I want Hugh to talk."

Lucius was surprised, and said, "Have you figured out a way?" Madam Pomfrey is the best therapist in England, and she also said that there is nothing she can do, so it is really impossible, why Severus hasn't given up yet?

"I'm studying human alchemy." Snape didn't hide it.

Lucius stroked the snake staff, and said in a slow aristocratic tone: "I will help you pay attention to whether there is any information in this regard in the Malfoy family's library."

"Thank you."

"Severus, have you ever thought about asking someone who is proficient in alchemy?" Lucius asked again.

"Of course, but no one I know is particularly proficient in this area," Snape replied.Of course he would not choose to explore by himself if he could. Human body alchemy is too difficult, and he is too eager to hear Xiu's voice.

Lucius raised his eyebrows gracefully: "Severus, Nicole Flamel is obviously an authority on alchemy, I think the great white wizard will not hesitate to help you a little."

"I think you're right." Snape smirked.

Lucius stood up and said casually, "It's not a Slytherin's job to worry a partner, Severus."

Snape pursed his lips, and turned to look at his lover who was smiling gently at Potter's cub in the courtyard, "I see."

Snape didn't go to Dumbledore right away. Although he couldn't wait, it was obvious that the German didn't want anyone to disturb them. Dumbledore was not in England now.

He continued to search for information about human body alchemy in the Prince family's collection of books. As he expected, the Prince family had a lot of books on this topic, and several of them were lost and banned books. They had quite detailed information on human body alchemy. records.

However, he was no longer as eager for success as he was in the past few months, but took some time to spend with his little lover.This trick was very effective. Xiu, who was originally worried about his abnormality, quickly let go of his psychological burden, and the two got along more harmoniously.

After a few days, Snape finally remembered to take Xiu to see the portraits of his ancestors under the reminder of the house elf.

Snape didn't have any sense of belonging to the Prince family, and he didn't think about seeing those portraits, but the house elves of the Prince family insisted that the master must see the portraits of their ancestors, which was an unchangeable rule.Snape thought that maybe those portraits would be someone who was proficient in alchemy, so he agreed.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Snape and Xiu were going to see the portraits of their ancestors.They dress more formally, after all, this is equivalent to meeting the parents.Xiu seemed a little nervous, but he tried his best to restrain this emotion.He was sure that no nobleman would want the heir to a family to have a mute companion, but he knew better that he and Sif were inseparable.

All the portraits of the Princes family were in the basement, just two walls away from the library where Snape had been staying lately.

They were led into the room where the portrait was, led by the house-elf.

The Prince family is a very strict family. The portraits are all neatly hung on the walls, the frames are polished, and the people in the portraits are dressed solemnly and conservatively.As a potion family, every portrait inevitably contains various potion equipment and materials. When they entered, 60.00% of the portraits were stirring the contents of the crucible, 30.00% were processing materials, and finally Ten percent of those are in bottling or musing.

Almost at the same time they entered the room, all the portraits stopped their work and looked at them in unison.Xiu bit his lip unconsciously, and took a step towards Snape.

Snape held his hand, greeted the portrait ancestors politely but alienated, and introduced Xiu's identity.The portraits have different reactions, but most of them seem to be dissatisfied.

"Where's your mother?"

An old man with gray hair and an unsightly complexion came out of his own portrait and squeezed into the frame closest to Snape.And a portrait ancestor who was occupied by the picture frame muttered dissatisfiedly, and slowly disappeared into the picture frame.

Snape had once seen Irene crying over the photo of this old man, and knew that this man was his grandfather, the previous head of the Prince family, Hyman Prince.

"Mother passed away many years ago," Snape replied, without showing any emotion of sadness.

Hyman Prince was stunned for a while, then heaved a long sigh, looked at them, and said, "You...have a good time..."

He seemed tired and disappeared from the frame after saying this.

Snape had to deal with a few tricky questions from his ancestors, most of which were about his miserable life experience and potions. Snape thought that he might still need some of them's help, so he couldn't get angry, so he could only Answer them one by one.

Xiu was beside him, but his heart ached when he saw it, and he wished he could set fire to the pile of portraits of his lover who looked at his lover with colored eyes.As if he knew what he was thinking, Snape lightly pressed his palm to signal him to calm down.

Xiu tried his best to pretend to be respectful, lowered his head, looked at his eyes, nose, nose, and heart, as if he hadn't seen or heard anything, otherwise he couldn't guarantee whether he would really impulsively throw a flaming flame at him.

After more than half an hour, they finally left, neither of them looked very good.

On the sofa in the living room, Snape hugged Xiu on his lap, and kissed his brow lightly: "Sorry, I have wronged you."

Xiu shook his head—it was Sif who was wronged.For seeing the portraits of the ancestors, Xiu was already mentally prepared to be disgusted, but he didn't expect that those portraits were all so bad-tempered, and they would show faces at Sif, which is really annoying!

Snape knew what he was thinking, and said indifferently: "Although the Prince family focuses on the development of potions, they are nobles for thousands of years after all, and they still follow the pure blood theory. If I were not Prince How could it be my turn to inherit the last bit of blood in the family?"

Xiu looked aggrieved, puffed his cheeks, and put his arms around Snape's neck.He knew that Seaver had never bothered to inherit the Prince family, so he was even more puzzled about why he came back to this place.But Sif didn't say anything, and he didn't ask. When two people get along, they must leave a little space for each other.

Xiu has been keen on growing all kinds of vegetables recently, and Snape asked the house-elf to set aside a piece of land for him in the garden and let him do whatever he wanted.

Xiu planted vegetables such as cabbage, coriander, radish, rapeseed, onion, garlic, etc., and used magic spells to adjust the temperature and humidity required by each, and he was very busy.

Snape knew that Xiu didn't want to see those proud portrait ancestors, so he could only go to the basement while Xiu was busy in the vegetable field.

The previous patriarchs of the Prince family were masters of potions, which established the family's status in the magic world.Snape knew that it was highly unlikely that a person would be proficient in potions and alchemy at the same time, but the large number of alchemy books in the library gave him hope.

Pushing open the door, the portraits heard the movement and looked over, but most of them just glanced at it and went on their own.

Snape didn't think there was anything wrong, and went straight to the portrait of Hyman Prince, and gave a standard aristocratic salute first, "Grandfather, good day."

Hyman Prince nodded with a mild expression, "What's the matter with you?"

"Yes, grandfather, I would like to ask if any of our ancestors dabbled in alchemy?" Snape asked, using the most polite words possible.

Hyman Prince's expression became a little weird, it seemed to be annoyed, but also seemed to be proud. "Why are you asking this?" He paused, and before Snape could answer, he said, "My great-grandfather, Beckett Prince, was proficient in alchemy...very proficient in..."

Snape was pleasantly surprised, but he didn't show any strangeness on his face, and asked again: "Then which ancestor here?"

Hyman Prince pointed casually: "The portrait of great-grandfather is there, but he rarely appears."

Snape looked in the direction he pointed - it was the most remote corner of the room, and there was a blank picture frame, and the people in it disappeared.

"If you need his help, you can take the portrait out. Great-grandfather is rarely shown in this painting. I think you will have to work hard."

"Thank you for your help." Snape suppressed his anxiety, but he still revealed his eagerness by speaking faster than usual.

Snape put the portrait of Beckett Prince in the library, which would be the place where he stayed most often during the summer vacation, and Xiu didn't come often, so it was convenient for him to do things.