Mentor and Friends

Harry doesn't like to go out in hot weather, so he stayed at home most of the time in August, and Harry took time to visit Dumbledore's side in the middle of the month, and Albus and Grindelwald's injuries were almost healed , Grindelwald refused to leave Dumbledore's house, although Aberforth was not there when Harry visited, but I heard that he runs the Pig's Head Bar during the day and will come back at night.

Dumbledore's cold house has finally had such a warm feeling recently.

"Thank you, Harry." Dumbledore said softly to Harry.

No matter what method Harry used, even though Grindelwald hated and felt helpless for Harry's behavior, in the final analysis, he was still very grateful.

Not to mention Dumbledore, who hadn't been punished many times by Harry in the process.

So in fact, facing Harry afterwards, Dumbledore didn't feel much uncomfortable.

"No thanks," Harry said openly.

Dumbledore didn't ask him how he knew about Ariana, nor how he knew about him and Grindelwald, just like many years ago, there was an old man who trusted Harry so unconditionally, He wouldn't ask anything that Harry didn't want to say.

"I heard that Principal Dippet has gone on a trip." Harry remembered the greeting letter sent by Principal Dippet some time ago, and asked him if he would accept his previous invitation with Albus. That letter was not sent by an owl Yes, it is more like a bird unique to other places, so he guessed that Principal Dippet should be traveling.

"Ah, yes, after leaving the matter to me, he went on a trip. He always said that he was old and needed to lay down his burdens and see the world." Dumbledore said helplessly.

"He's been at Hogwarts for many years," Harry chuckled, "he should really go somewhere else."

"Oh, I thought he would leave after this year." Dumbledore said bitterly.

"That's why you don't want to be in charge of this year's Triwizard Tournament." Harry knew his situation well.

"That's not a good thing." Dumbledore said, "If there are no accidents, the Hogwarts warrior this year will probably be Tom."

"Yeah," said Harry, "he asked me to be his advisor."

"Did you promise?"

"I promised to be Head of Gryffindor." Harry answered irrelevantly.

No one knew what happened on Harry's birthday night except Tom. From Harry's point of view, Tom just became more and more silent. Of course, since the Triwizard Tournament was coming and he was going to be in seventh grade, Preparing for the graduation exam will naturally be more stressful, and Harry is not surprised that Tom appears in front of him less and less.

As August drew to a close, Tom invited Harry to come with him to Diagon Alley.

Harry, who stayed at home throughout the summer vacation, agreed after thinking for a while.

Diagon Alley is always the busiest period when school is about to start. Children who have just stepped into the magic world look at this mysterious world curiously.

Harry and Tom walked side by side with the noisy children around. Tom didn't like the noise, but he was a little late for this year's book list, so he had to choose to come out during this period.

Harry took Tom to the bookstore to buy the list of books listed on the book, and he also helped Tom choose a few reference books.

"These?" Tom looked at the books Harry gave him in surprise. In his opinion, these books had nothing to do with his own subjects.

"Just take it." Harry looked at him with a smile, "You can always get their help later."

These books are the pastime books that Harry usually reads, and they tend to describe white magic, but if some of the viewpoints in it are used correctly, they can play a big role in Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Harry knows that Tom is more inclined to study black magic when he studies, so as to extend it to black magic. This should be the reason why Tom himself likes black magic. As for white magic, Tom only knows about it and does not want to study it. .

Then Tom proposed to buy a new crucible. After entering the seventh grade, advanced potions are no longer potions that can only be touched occasionally. They will be frequently taught by Slughorn, requiring them to master a lot high-grade potion, so Tom needs a better quality cauldron.

He also bought himself some potion ingredients for his research.

Harry also accompanied him to buy other supplies, even though he was going to be an adult, but Tom was still growing up—Harry had murmured that when Tom became an adult, he would probably have to look up to him in two years— So they went and bought some more robes.

At noon, Harry took Tom to have a cold drink.

In fact, Tom tended to eat some hot food rather than these cold, sweet things, but Harry, who hadn't spoken all day, insisted on having a cold drink, and Tom had no choice but to agree.

But soon, he regretted it.

"Harry?" Seeing that Harry had been looking at a corner of the window, Tom frowned and called out.

"Huh?" Harry just came back to his senses and looked at Tom suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"I should be asking you this sentence," Tom followed Harry's line of sight before, "What were you looking at before?"

So ecstatic.

"I..." Harry was stunned, then shook his head, "I just... thought I saw someone I knew."

It is indeed very similar.

Harry turned his head again, but the person before had left with the middle-aged man beside her.

He was a little fascinated to think that that person was indeed similar to someone who impressed him deeply, but the other person looked a little more cheerful than some bastard, at least she didn't have such a dark face all the time, although she didn't have too much on her face. Many expressions.

This was the second time Harry saw her this summer vacation. When he saw her for the first time, he thought he had made a mistake, but he didn't expect to see her again when he was about to start school.

Does this guy have anything to do with that guy Snape?Harry thought in his head.

Seeing Harry's absent-minded look in front of him, Tom frowned deeply.

It didn't take long for Harry to know the identity of the other party.

"Irene Prince." When the professor in charge of the branch shouted the name, Harry, who was casually deserting Ron beside him, turned his head instantly and looked at the girl who came out of the freshmen in amazement.

She has a very similar face to Severus Snape, and at first glance one would think it was Snape in childhood.

If you look closely, you will find that she is not hiding like Snape. Although she also has a straight face, compared to Snape, the aura around her is too gentle.

Although she didn't seem very likable now, because Harry could see where she came from-it was a bunch of boys and there were no girls around.

There is no doubt that she is another perfect noble lady, with perfect interests in every move, and the Sorting Hat quickly sorted her into Slytherin.

It wasn't until the end of her sorting that Harry breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that he had been holding his breath since she had just walked out, and now he was almost having difficulty breathing.

"Prince..." Ron whispered the surname softly, looked at Harry, and asked, "Is that Prince?"

"Isn't it?" Slughorn next to them heard Ron's question and said loudly, "That potion family, oh yes, the children born in that family are unsurpassed potion geniuses , it is not surprising that people in their family are called Potion Princess or Potion Prince."

He looked at Irene in admiration. Just because of her family, Slughorn felt that Irene had a bright future. After all, how could a child from a potion family be so bad?

As far as he knows, the Prince family, no matter who they are, has never been ashamed of their reputation as a "potion family". They have wisdom in the field of potions that is unsurpassed by all.

Slughorn was still talking about Prince's history, and Harry was silent for a long time on the other side, nodding to Ron.

Prince... Prince...

Half-Blood Prince.

The past that only the Gryffindor trio knew belonged to their suspicions about the Half-Blood Prince.

Only they know who the so-called half-blood prince refers to.

The person in front of me is so similar to someone in memory, and her surname, Prince's surname...

No matter how stupid Ron was, he had already guessed the other party's identity.

Similar face, same last name, she is Snape's mother!

"Harry..." Ron called Harry softly.

"I know, Ron..." Harry looked down at his plate, "I know, Ron."

The opening banquet of this semester took longer than before. At the beginning, Dumbledore regretted that Principal Dippet had gone on a trip, expressed the replacement of the principal gracefully, and then announced that Harry became Gryffindor Dean, this announcement was welcomed by the Gryffindors. They were very happy that Harry could be their dean. Only the Slytherins did not have much news about Professor Slughorn's return. representation.

Then came the announcement of the Triwizard Tournament.

This is not Harry's world. When the Triwizard Tournament was announced, it didn't cause as much excitement as when Harry was in school. It seemed to be just announcing when to play Quidditch. Dumbledore just I briefly talked about the things to pay attention to during the Triwizard Tournament, and the most important thing is to tell the freshmen, which made the start-of-term banquet a little longer than before.

When the banquet was over, Harry took Ron back to his dormitory first—although he became the dean of Gryffindor, he did not ask to change his office. As for the reason for insisting, only Harry and Ron knew.

The author has something to say: According to the information I found, Irene seems to be assigned to Slytherin, so I can't find a more accurate textual research, so Yueyue has to follow the trend