Mentor and Friends

When I first met Irene, it was because of a failure in a potion experiment.

In fact, it was not once, but failed several times. He just finished his lunch that day and was walking on the grass with the relevant materials.

The oncoming girl just bumped into him, and the parchment in their hands was scattered and mixed together.

Irene saw his information when she was packing up the things on the ground.

At that time, he felt that maybe it was thanks to the potion that they could get to know each other.

"Have you ever thought about putting a few drops of mold juice before putting in the primrose?" Because the two were holding documents related to potions, they needed to see the contents to determine who it was Yes, Irene obviously guessed what he was going to study, she asked.

Irene's words gave him inspiration, and the question that had troubled him for many days was finally guided.

"Why didn't I think of that." He looked at the parchment that Irene handed over, and immediately drew out the quill he carried with him to draw on it.

Irene didn't leave immediately. Instead, she sat beside him, watching him scribbled and corrected the parchment with a confused look on her face. She occasionally gave Roy some advice, and then discussed with Roy.

Roy's experiment was very successful, and he shared his results with Irene.

Irene was troubled by several girls in the first grade. Roy saw it several times. Sometimes he could see Professor Harry help solve these troubles, but Professor Harry has become Gryffindor's Dean, for him, there will always be something that he can't take care of.

At this time, Roy became Irene's protector.People from several families didn't like him, but at least he was a senior. No matter what he said, if he came forward, no matter how crazy those girls were, they would not be able to disrespect him. Moreover, he was sure that he remembered that when he was in the common room , these girls are extremely well-behaved, and it is rare for such a domineering situation to happen. He guessed that these girls only dare to behave like this when the chief is not around.

But he knew that Irene was from the Prince family, logically speaking, she shouldn't be so cowardly.

At least in his opinion, there is no arrogance at all.

This made him extremely puzzled.

Later, his relationship with Irene gradually improved. At least he could say that he was a friend that Irene had taught so far.

He once inadvertently asked about Irene's attitude towards those girls.

Irene was noncommittal. At such a young age, she seemed to understand a lot. In fact, most of the time, she was indifferent to Roy. She would only discuss potions with Roy more often. In fact, there is no more.

"My dad doesn't want me to take his place. I think he prefers to let someone else take the lead. For me...he always thinks I'm not good enough."

In other words, it wasn't because Irene was not good enough in potions. In fact, it was because Irene was too good in potions that she weakened in other aspects.

At least, she was obsessed with potions, so she was not suitable to be the head of the family, and there was no shortage of potion geniuses in the Prince family.

So from the beginning, Irene had been abandoned, and the abandoned person never had much confidence in school, especially in Slytherin.

What's more, Irene doesn't really care about these things. What she has always been obsessed with is actually just potions.

Roy didn't speak, he had never been very clear about what pure-blood families were obsessed with.

Since then, they have never explored this part again. They will only work on potions. Even if one of them is in sixth grade and the other has just entered school, it will not hinder their communication, and even what Irene said Knows more than Roy.

In terms of genius, no one can compare to Irene, not even the chairman of the Hogwarts Boys' Union. That person relies most on his own efforts, and Irene has a natural advantage.

Later, it was said that because of some incidents, those girls who liked to trouble Irene dropped out of school. There were so few students in the school, but because of their usually extremely low-key style and sometimes their personalities were not liked by others, So no one will maliciously guess something else.

The school is calm, and the lives of Erin and Roy are still so peaceful.

A year later, Roy was promoted to the seventh grade, and the coming of graduation season made him even busier.

Even though potions are outstanding, and he has been favored by St. Mungo's Hospital, his other achievements must follow.

Irene can't help anything, Irene is serious, she has a very high talent in potions, herbalism related to potions is naturally excellent, but when it comes to spells and the history of magic, she has to deviate a little.

Although it doesn't mean that her grades are not good, but her current grades, unless she works harder from the second grade, she will face a bottleneck in the fifth grade exam.

Roy hopes to graduate with a relatively good grade.

So in the seventh grade, he gradually became busy.

But no matter how busy he was, the weekly discussion on potions would not be missed.

Irene still came to the library every week, sitting where they were used to sitting and waiting for Roy's arrival.

During the two years they had known Irene, they could not do without potions every time they met, but it was this way of getting along that allowed Roy to have a deeper understanding of Irene.

That ignorant love affair also arose unconsciously.

It's a pity that he didn't realize it at the time, and Irene couldn't connect her feelings to this aspect at all.

At the seventh grade graduation meeting, Roy invited Irene to dance, and Irene silently put her hand in Roy's palm.

There has always been such silence between them, from the first meeting to the separation at this moment.

The love that neither of the two parties have ever noticed is just covered up by the years. As time goes by, it is wrapped in dust into pearls shining with soft light, which is placed in the softest place in the bottom of my heart. Reminding Roy of its existence.

St. Mungo's life is very busy. Roy, a student who just graduated from Hogwarts, naturally has a lot to learn. He has been studying hard and has always satisfied the elders.

The ignorance in my heart seems to be gradually forgotten with the busy life.

Even if she is unpopular, she is still a member of the Prince family. As a half-blood wizard, it is impossible for her to have any results with her.

Such thoughts until she received an invitation from Irene.

That was many years later.

When he received the invitation, he couldn't believe his eyes. Calculating the time, Irene should have graduated a few years ago, but she was about to get married, and the wedding location was very familiar to him.

That place should be the residence of Muggles, at least he knew that there should be no wizards living in that area.

He spent some time looking for information about Irene. There is very little information about this girl who is not outstanding in the wizarding world. If she hadn't been expelled from the Prince family for marrying a Muggle, many wizards would probably None of them will know this person exists.

He stroked the invitation card lightly, feeling overwhelmed in his heart.

He always thought that there was no possibility between him and Irene, but now that Irene was willing to be expelled from the family for a Muggle wizard, he was shocked.

He could almost imagine Irene's attitude when facing everyone's accusations.

As long as she loves each other, she will have the courage to fight to the end.

This is Irene's temperament. She seems to be submissive, but she is always twisted when it comes to what she wants and the path she wants to take.

He had only seen her for a few years, but he didn't expect it to be too late.

Roy went to her wedding.

She kept her identity as a witch from her husband, and he could tell that she was the only wizard present. Irene had been kicked out of the family all along, and those who were reluctant to associate with her had ignored her.

The only one who came to her wedding was herself.

He seldom saw Irene smile. In his impression, the girl was either looking at the cauldron with her brows tightly locked, or she was looking at the book with a blank face, and even talking to herself was cold, but that day, she was serious. Have a good laugh.

They missed it after all.

But anyway, she can be happy, there is nothing better than this.

It's just that the good times didn't last long. When he received a letter from Irene again, the happy girl back then was already so thin that he could barely see it.

"Take Severus away." This was the first time he saw pleading in Irene's eyes, she grabbed her child and pushed it in front of him, "Roy...I can only beg you."

"Mom." The child who was pushed into his arms looked at her. This child was terribly calm, but also terribly thin.

"Good..." She stretched out her hand tremblingly to caress his child, "It's mother's fault, but mother can't leave your father, Severus, live well."

"What the hell is going on here?" Irene disappeared shortly after getting married, and he couldn't find out the reason even after trying his best. Looking at everyone and really making him face Irene after the accident, he didn't know what to do for a while.

"I'm sorry for the kid." Irene sighed, "Take Severus away, please."

"What about you?" He frowned.

"Me?" Irene suddenly smiled, there was not much resentment in that smile, nor the slightest fear, "I have to be responsible for my choice."

She looked at Roy: "No matter rich or poor, regardless of life, old age, sickness and death... no matter what difficulties, I have to go on, that is the marriage I left everything to fight for, Severus, remember, choose , and shall be responsible for it.”

It's not that she can't go another way, she's a witch with great abilities, she can live another life if she wants.

It's just that there are always some persistent people in this world. They make decisions that others can't understand, walk on a path that others can't see clearly, and live a life that others think is extremely painful.

When everyone disagrees, they walk alone, no matter how difficult or painful they are, they will gnash their teeth to get over it.

Erin wasn't the first, and she won't be the last.

No one can tell whether she is doing right or not, she just gritted her teeth and must finish the path she decided to take at the beginning.

Roy ended up taking Severus, a taciturn kid who wasn't as lively as a kid should be.

Sometimes I ask two or three questions, but I don't get a single answer.

The last time I saw Irene was at her funeral. She died at the hands of the person she decided to accompany. Even though she was beaten, she was still calm. Maybe her love died at the moment when her identity was revealed. Roy I still don't understand what kind of perseverance she relied on to finish her path since her identity was exposed.

He held a funeral for her, for her husband, a very simple funeral, just symbolic, he buried them together, the whole process, Severus just watched without speaking.

After losing his mother, the child became more and more reticent.

It may also be the influence of the previous family environment, which made him not like to talk, and he was also wary of the people around him.

Meeting Harry was an accident, not quite an accident.

He was always meeting Harry at St. Mungo's, and no one ever went through life without needing a doctor.

Unexpectedly, Harry paid so much attention to Severus that he even invited Severus to be his guest.

Wary though, Severus accepted Harry's invitation.

This made Roy breathe a sigh of relief. In any case, it would be a good thing for Severus to be in contact with others.

Going to Godric's Hollow as a guest made Severus a lot more cheerful. Although he was often injured in fights with James and others, he did express his emotions anyway, instead of being the dumb kid all the time.

Roy looked relieved. He thought that if Irene could see it, she would also feel very relieved.

"Do you like my mother?" Severus suddenly asked him one day.

He froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"James said if you didn't like my mother, you wouldn't have kept me that long."

Does he like her?

Roy squatted down and looked at Severus, who looked at him with a little curiosity in his eyes. During this time, Severus was indeed a lot more cheerful.

Does he like her?Roy asked himself again.

Then he closed his eyes gently: "Yeah, I like your mother. If I had told her that I was willing to wait for her when I graduated, maybe..." Maybe many things would be different.

"Maybe you'll be my dad?" Severus asked.

"Perhaps," he said, "but I am now, don't I?"

They are already foster father and son.

Severus pursed his lips, then took his hand: "Dad, I want to buy a potion book."

Roy froze for a moment, then held his hand back: "Okay, Dad will take you to Diagon Alley."

He took him to Diagon Alley, watched him choose some textbooks, and in a daze, he seemed to see the girl again, with her cold face shuttling through the bookshelves of the Hogwarts library, searching for what she needed book of.

The bookshelf behind her blocked the light, and the whole library was silent. He looked at her from the seat, and that unattractive girl occupied all his sights...

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