After changing her identity, she will occasionally participate in the activities of the Order of the Phoenix under Lily's true identity (?) and her original identity.

Dumbledore had summoned her that day, in effect to inform her that he had received top-secret information that the Death Eaters were planning to launch a revenge attack on the family of the hemp wizards, especially those who attended the Order of the Phoenix.

Willow Reflexively remembered the scene at the beginning of the last film version, when Hermione, with tears in her eyes, raised her wand to her parents and recited the "Forget it all" spell before leaving the house to help Harry Potter find the last Horcruxes.

Harry, Hermione, and other wizards at that time...... You have to rely on yourself. Because Dumbledore is dead. But now, Dumbledore is still alive and powerful, and he doesn't wear that deadly ring...... So, she should be able to get the most appropriate help from him, right?

So now, Dumbledore's claim to his companions in the Order of the Phoenix is that Lily has been sent by him on a very secret, long-term mission alone. Almost at the same time, they warmly welcomed a new companion, Bigonia Kollenbon, who had graduated from Ravenclaw a few years earlier.

Thanks to the [Advanced Transfiguration Technique] she had exchanged in the previous world, it would have been effortless for her to change into a new face. It's even quicker, more convenient, no side effects, and no restrictions than using a decoction. Based on her experience in the previous world, as long as she didn't lose consciousness, there was no chance that this skill would fail.

In this regard, if you add to that the skill of [Fixing Everything Tangible with Your Mind] that she acquired in the K world during the Screaming Shack incident in the sixth grade, I have to admit that each world arranged by the system bacteria makes sense, and the difficulty increases gradually.

And the situation she is facing is getting stranger and stranger.

After graduating from Hogwarts, in order to avoid her participation in the Order of the Phoenix affecting her family, Lily rarely returned to Evans' house.

But there are always moments – for example, Christmas with the family – that must be returned.

At Christmas 1980, while the Muggle world seemed peaceful, the wizarding world was already on the verge of rain.

The Dark Lord is steadily expanding his power. The current Death Eaters, with the exception of their hooded cloaks at night, their faces hidden under their hoods, and their haunts in some places to eradicate Muggles and hemp wizards that they don't like, are all in a sanctimonious manner, crowding around the man, listening to him preach pure-bloods and other demagogic statements as a prophet, and gathering more blind and fanatical followers.

Corresponding to this, what the Order of the Phoenix does is not known - it has to be said that the Dark Lord and the White Wizard are simply not of the same rank when it comes to good awareness about targeting propaganda. When the Dark Lord used propaganda campaigns to incite people everywhere, Dumbledore failed to respond purposefully to them. Or, all countermeasures are useless in the face of the Dark Lord's novel pyramid schemes.

In short, by the end of 1980, the Dark Lord was no longer satisfied with just going head-to-head with Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix. He wanted to "dismantle that group of madmen from within", so "for that I need someone who is absolutely loyal to me to gain Dumbledore's absolute trust, and then report to me everything about that old madman and the Order of the Phoenix, so that I can decide when we can defeat them in one fell swoop".

The man was easy to find – he seemed to have set his eyes on Severus Snape for the first time.

Because this time, he had a reason to look good.

The look on Severus Snape's face was ugly.

It's Christmas break, and of course he's going to have to go back to Spider's Tail Alley. It was bad enough - but worse than going back to Spider's End was that he had to stand here, outside a Muggle shopping mall now—and, with that abominable Gryffindor imposter!

All along, everything he did was to make himself strong in front of others. Whether it's using his talent for potions to intimidate others and make others admire and sigh, or using this talent to join the Slug Club, which is actually incompatible with him, or even getting closer to the Dark Lord who shows that "just follow me and you can get great power" - he has longed to be strong since he was beaten by his father as a child, and fantasized that one day everyone will be impressed by his fame and power, recognize his excellence, and worship his achievements. In order to achieve this, he can endure a few things.

But what he's facing now is unbearable—something he didn't expect.

The Dark Lord had privately issued him an order that he felt was unbelievable and ridiculous, but which he could not disobey.

Using his previous friendship with the Gryffindor Flower, he created the illusion that he had finally figured it out and was close to Gryffindor—or rather, Dumbledore's side—and took the opportunity to gain Dumbledore's trust and spy on all the information about Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix for the Dark Lord. Of course, it would be better if he could still take the opportunity to do something about it.

But how can he create the illusion that he wants to get closer to the Gryffindor Flower because he is his friend? The young man with negative emotional intelligence and gloomy personality did not know.

And the clear path that the Dark Lord had shown him was a dead end—that drove him mad.

Fortunately, he was not so mad that he lost his mind because of anger and madness. He realized in time that in front of the Dark Lord, no answer other than "yes" would be accepted. So he could only say "yes, mylord", and now stood here like a stupid Muggle, spending three whole days trying to figure out where to start, or how to speak.

Earlier in the day, he went to the river. And, luckily, I met that imposter there. So, he asked her what she planned to do next, and the answer was "go to the mall to buy".

He reluctantly said that it was getting late, and that he could go with her, given the not very good security situation in the neighborhood.

Then he followed her impatiently and strolled down the street until he reached the door of the shopping mall. Even though she was walking slowly, he hadn't figured out how he should open his mouth to continue their broken friendship until the mall was close in sight.

He was in a hurry to finish the uncomfortable shopping, but the imposter was slow to go up the stairs as if it were a waste of time. So he walked past her, stepped up the steps outside the mall gate, and reached open the mall door—

And now they are successfully frozen here. Because the nosy Muggles behind the door were stunned by the opening of the door, and then they applauded, and some of them laughed and whistled, and everyone had a stupid smile on their faces, "This is the magic of Christmas", as if they were expecting something.

Severus Snape, who was increasingly distracted from everything in the Muggle world, managed to freeze in place.

He couldn't think of a simple gesture of opening the door that could have caused these Muggles to cheer, laugh, and celebrate as if their team had won the championship, and it couldn't have been more noisy.

Finally, a young lady who looked to be in her thirties noticed his confusion, smiled and pointed to the top of his head, motioning for him to look.

…… Snape saw a wreath of mistletoe hanging from the top of the gate, just above his and the imposter's heads.

Mistletoe. It's standard at Christmas. For some reason, however, young Mr. Snape instinctively sensed a hint of danger.

The thought that came to his mind for a moment was, "That impostor must know the strange customs associated with this kind of thing," and he turned his head sharply to stare at her, trying to express his confusion and annoyance with his eyes, and trying to signal to her with his eyes, "Hurry up and fix this!

However, he was very surprised to see that the imposter's face suddenly showed a similar expression of embarrassment!

She also looked up at the mistletoe wreath, and then turned her head to look at him, the first moment of surprise still lingered in her green eyes that belonged to Lily, but the expression on her face slowly showed a little sigh and helplessness for some reason.

He waited for her to answer his questions, but she just turned her head again, and looked around at the good people who seemed to be faintly expecting something, silent, not knowing what she was thinking.

It seemed like a long time, and as if it had only been a minute, and she finally met the expectant eyes of the Muggles around her, exhaled a sigh of relief, as if she was very nervous, and turned her head towards him again.

The next second, he heard the imposter use Lily's face and Lily's voice to say something that Lily would never have been able to say.

"Come on, Sever. ”

She said.

"Let's kiss. ”

Snape: "......!!!"

It was as if the brain had been hit in an instant.

No, not the pain of being hit by a curse, but the most primitive kind of pain that comes out with a punch and hits the body. It's like the pain left on my body when I was beaten by Tobia again and again.

The first thing his body felt under the sudden thump was not a violent pain, but a numbness that had lost all sense, and after a brief moment of numbness, the pain suddenly exploded, and he could hardly breathe, and he narrowed his eyes to hide the sudden rise of weakness.

He opened his mouth, but all he could do was hiss, painful sounds.

"How dare you—how dare you ——!?"

He saw the corners of her lips curled slightly, revealing a faint and strange smile. It was a strange look, not like a mockery of him, not like a deliberate attempt to step on his wounds, much less like a deliberate offense—to make him feel more akin to the look of being immersed in some kind of memory or emotion, and making some kind of decision. The smile was more like a determination to pursue something after giving up everything he intended to pursue, and his heart suddenly tightened as he realized that she meant it.

She really intended to do whatever she believed she would do here – at any time in the future – in order to chase a certain goal.

At this time when the two of them looked at each other, the people behind them were already clamoring.

"Oh, little gentleman, go and kiss your beautiful girlfriend so we can get through this door-"

Snape was stunned for a moment, his pale face flushing in an instant.

His expression changed in an instant as he finally realized something, and he couldn't tell if he was ashamed of being put in the shoes of these impertinent Muggles, or because he was annoyed and incredulous that the impostor in front of him was willing to accept the provocation of these Muggles. His eyes widened slightly, but at last he slowly straightened his back, deciding to ignore the hateful Muggles' impudent provocations and laughter, and stood there motionless, not responding to the clamour.

Enthusiastic people refused to miss the opportunity to watch such a good show - so everyone cheered vigorously and shouted more enthusiastically.

There were even older girls and younger ladies who began to encourage the girl who blushed slightly from embarrassment, and had a faint smile on her face, and looked better to speak.

"Little girl, since your lad is shy, it is the same for you to give him a kiss of encouragement. Come on, come on. It's tradition. Good traditions must be upheld—"

"Even if it's for the sake of praying, little girl, you must do it. It's normal for girls to take the initiative now, and only someone will admire your bravery—"

Liu Quan looked around with a smile and a smile in his eyes, and saw a bunch of shiny gossip eyes, with some friendly emotions of coaxing and joking.

At Christmastime, two people standing under the mistletoe must kiss, what an inexplicable custom.

But if you simply refuse, it will be a little too unsociable. It's a good Christmas, and she doesn't want to be a spoiler of the wonderful atmosphere out of place - it seems out of place with the atmosphere around her, which is Severus Snape's standard, not hers.

She coughed lightly, a smile on her face that had been deliberately hung up to avoid embarrassment, and turned to Snape, who was visibly stiff.

"Seaver—"

He kept a straight face, looking like he was about to face a catastrophe, and his voice was stiff and directly rejected her.

"No, I can't. As a wizard, there's no need to follow these Muggle boring ......"

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that under extreme shame and anger, he would actually bring out this set of theories such as "hateful Muggles" to prevaricate the predicament he was facing.

But she couldn't let him go on, or she'd be exposed, or ruin the good things for no reason, and anger some particularly sensitive Muggle or something—so she leaned forward at once, and struck a quick touch on his cold, pale lips, which were always squirming venom, before he could finish speaking.

The kiss came and went so fast that it was like a feather brushing his lips, and he didn't even feel a pause before it ended in an instant.

However, the subtle touch, which had only lingered on his lips for no more than a second, somehow became clear, as if someone had forcefully covered the burning mark there, and he felt a faint tightness and pain.

He took a sharp step back, his dark eyes glaring at her as if they were about to erupt into flames.

"How dare you—how dare you ......?!"

Then he noticed that the faint smile on her face slowly faded.

“…… It's just a little custom that makes everyone happy, Severus. She whispered, nodding to the people around her, then bowed her head slightly, acting a little shy—though he knew it must be a pretended ——, and squeezed through the crowd to enter the Muggle shopping mall first.