"Really...... Hopefully!" Alice said softly from behind the trapdoor, her voice full of longing and longing.

Diana, on the other hand, looked at the envelope with some excitement and gently stroked the lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake around the capital "H" letter......

"Great!" she said to herself, "That's great!"

......

Jon's expression changed slightly, and he turned his head to look at Astoria beside him.

Undoubtedly, Astoria also seemed to realize something, and her face turned pale.

Then, the scene in front of me began to gradually shatter, like a photograph being torn apart little by little...... In their place was utter darkness.

"Don't be afraid!" Jon squeezed Astoria's hand and whispered, "It's just a memory." ”

"Uh-huh......" Astoria replied, seemingly biting her lip.

And in the darkness—

"Diana, wake up...... We'll get you out of here!" a somewhat stern middle-aged female voice came from the darkness.

The sound is muffled...... Of course, it could also be because Diana Greengrass's consciousness was very blurred at this time.

Then, only a murmuring sound was heard, and someone picked Diana from the bed, who was asleep in a daze, and then they climbed up to the trapdoor in turn.

At the same time, the sound of their conversation can be heard-

"I didn't expect it to be Alice?"

"yes, we always thought it was Diana......"

......

The scene begins to reassemble again, but the surrounding environment changes drastically.

It's a warm and clean cottage –

Outside the window, the bright sunlight shines in little by little, as if to lure people out of the room, and out of the window you can see an endless green meadow, which is the green around Greengrass Manor, and there are several beautiful pots of lilies on the bedside table, even if you just see it, you can feel a refreshing fragrance.

Diana Greenglais slept on a small cot, her eyes closed and she looked like she was asleep.

But both Jon and Astoria knew that she was awake.

A black-and-gray owl was kept in a cage and placed on a desk, while a full suitcase was leaning against the desk, and a letter from Hogwarts was placed on the trunk, but this time it had been opened, and seemed to have been looked through so many times, even a little wrinkled.

"Diana, we're leaving!" came the same middle-aged woman's voice from outside the door again, but this time her voice was much softer than the stern tone of not long ago: "Emily, go and help her carry her luggage out." ”

Only a "bang" explosion was heard in the air, and then only a young female house-elf was heard breaking in.

"Sure enough...... It's Emily......" Astoria muttered, "she was so young at the time......"

Emily, the house-elf, lifted the owl cage and suitcase:

"Dear little master, if you don't set off again, you'll be late!"

"I'll go right away!" said Diana, who was on the bed, slowly getting up and looking sleepy-eyed.

The house-elf Emily bowed lightly to her, and then there was another "bang" explosion, and she disappeared into the room.

When she heard no more sounds around the room, Diana got up from her bed and fell asleep, moving quickly and lightly.

She fell to her knees under her desk, and carefully opened a carpet underneath with her hands, revealing a hidden trapdoor on the floor—

"Alice!" she said as she knocked softly on the trapdoor, her voice as low as she could, as if afraid of being discovered, "Are you awake?"

On the other side of the trapdoor of "Diana ......", Alice's voice was heard.

"I'm sorry, Alice...... I have to go...... I'm going to Hogwarts......" Diana said apologetically, "I can't talk to you anymore." "Is that so...... When are you coming back?" On the other side of the trapdoor, Alice's voice was visibly lost: "I'll be alone" very lonely.

"I don't know...... But I read in the book that Hogwarts will be closed at Christmas!" Diana replied quietly.

"That's good...... I'll wait for you to come back at Christmas!"

"Okay, that's it!"

"By the way, Diana!" On the other side of the trapdoor, Alice suddenly said with some fear, "Did I get a letter from Hogwarts so I can leave here?"

"Yes!" Diana nodded affirmatively.

"Then I'll hear from Hogwarts!"

"Well, I think so!"

"Diana, aren't you dressed yet?" the middle-aged woman's voice came from afar, with a slight impatience in her voice.

"Alice, mom is looking for me...... See you at Christmas!"

"Goodbye Christmas, Diana!"

......

The scene was blurred again.

Next up was Diana Greengrass, who had changed into her black school uniform robe, hurrying through the Hogwarts Express carriages galloping through the countryside.

She finally sat down in a corner by the window and pressed her face against the windowpane, while she stretched out her index finger and spelled first one name on the window, "Alice", and then another, "Diana"!

"May I sit here?" said a nervous boy's voice from behind her.

"Whatever it is!" Diana didn't look back, continuing to spell her sister and her own name on the window.

......

Once again, the scene blurred and vanished.

Jon and Astoria stood behind Diana Greengrass, and in front of them was the candlelit House Captain's Table, with rows of small face bags of preoccupation.

There is no doubt that this is the scene of the sorting ceremony.

But it wasn't Professor Minerva-McGonagall standing in front of them, but an old man with gray hair.

"Diana Greengrass!" shouted the old professor tremblingly.

"This is Professor Herbert Billley!" Jon whispered in Astoria's ear, "Professor Sprout's previous professor of herbology and Head Hufflepuff...... He was also the Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts before Professor McGonagall!"

Astoria nodded, then saw her mother walk forward with trembling legs and sit down on a stool.

Professor Billy placed the Sorting Hat on her head, and within a second of the hat touching the pale blonde hair, he shouted:

"Slytherin!"