As Christmas passed, and the end of the holiday was approaching day by day, although most of the time, Sirius was very energetic, but occasionally when Harry mentioned the matter of returning to school, he would show a look of loneliness, Harry was obviously aware of it, and soon he stopped talking about the end of the holiday in front of Sirius,

The day before the holiday ended, Snape came to Grimmauld Place, he went to the kitchen, and glanced at Lawrence, who was sitting in a rocking chair by the fire, reading a book,

"Mrs. Weasley, please help me get Potter over." Snape said in that emotionless tone,

"Ah, yes," Mrs. Weasley looked a little surprised, it was strange that Snape would look for Harry, she was about to ask, but Sirius was a step faster,

"What are you looking for Harry?" Sirius asked unceremoniously,

"I've got a letter from Professor Dumbledore," Snape pulled out a letter and placed it on the long table in the dining room, the envelope slid to the other end of the table like an ice skate, and stopped firmly in front of Sirius, "I have something I have to talk to Potter 'alone'."

"Hurry up Potter, I can't afford to wait too long," Snape said with some impatience, "I've got some — work to do."

"Okay, I'll make Harry move faster." Mrs. Weasley glared at Sirius with a warning look, but Sirius visibly ignored her, as he opened the letter, and his face became more and more gloomy the more he looked at it, and after Mrs. Weasley left, Snape turned his gaze to Lawrence,

"Rowander, you still have to drink the potions of the stable state and the elimination of the influence of the Transfiguration Charm for at least half a month, Professor Dumbledore has asked me to give you the potions at breakfast time every day." Snape said coldly, and then he sternly emphasized, "If anyone asks—especially Umbridge, tell them it's a potion that heals you from the dark arts in Diagon Alley, and never let the Ministry of Magic know the real reason you're drinking potions."

Sirius put down the letter, and then snorted disapprehantly, and Snape turned, and the two stared at each other fiercely, until Harry pushed open the kitchen door and let out a somewhat uneasy "uh",

"Get out, Rovander," Snape said briefly, "Sit down, Potter."

"You better know," Sirius said loudly, leaning back in his chair and looking up at the ceiling, "I don't want to hear you dictate here, Snape, to be clear, this is my house."

Lawrence could see a blush on the side of Snape's face, Harry walked over to the chair next to Sirius and sat down, Lawrence got up from the rocking chair and stretched,

"You don't have to listen to Snape in my house, Rovander," Sirius said, staring at Snape,

"I'm almost done with this book, Sirius," replied Lawrence, raising the book in his hand, "and I'd like to see what Fred and George are up to these days."

Sirius raised an eyebrow, but continued to glare at Snape, and Lawrence thought as he stepped out of the kitchen,

If he was not mistaken, Snape's reason for coming to Harry should have been Dumbledore's pre-Christmas holiday, and he wanted to find someone to teach Harry the art of locking the heart.

Lawrence refused at the time, and in fact, he doesn't want to talk about it now.

It was a cold January morning and the sky was gray, and the Order of the Phoenix did not plan to let Harry, like most of the students, rely on the Hogwarts Express to return to school, but planned to use the Knight's Bus to send everyone back to Hogwarts.

Remus and Tonks were the escorts for the escort, and when Lawrence saw the two of them, he couldn't help but think of what Sirius had told him on Christmas Day, but it seemed to him that the interaction between the two was quite normal.

"I want you to hurry—" Tonks disguised as a tall woman with iron-gray hair, looked anxious, urging everyone who was coming down the steps of the old mansion, and then she looked around alertly to make sure no one was paying attention to their side,

The doors of the old mansion closed with the click of chains, and after everyone had left the steps, the houses on either side expanded rapidly, until Grimmauld Place XII disappeared into the gap between them.

Remus waved his arm, and almost the next moment, a three-decker bus with a bright purple appearance popped out of their eyes, and the telephone pole on the side of the road quickly flashed to the side to avoid being hit by it.

"Welcome—" A tall, thin man in a purple uniform with a pimple-covered face jumped out of the door.

"Enough is enough, we all know," Tonks hastily interrupted him, then commanded everyone, "Go up, go up."

Harry and Ron got into the car first, then Hermione and Ginny were pushed up by Tonks, Fred and George stared at the dashboard of the knight's bus with great interest, but they couldn't watch for long, soon Remus and Lawrence pushed them into the car, Tonks was the last to get on the bus, she whispered and threatened the palm of the knight's bus, if he called Harry, he would cast a memory spell on him,

Lawrence hadn't been on the Knight's bus, there were all kinds of different types of chairs in the car, there was an open shopping bag on the floor, apparently his owner didn't notice that his things had left his side, and all kinds of strange objects on the floor were mixed together, like frog soles, cockroaches, or sugar cakes, wet and sticky to make people feel a little sick.

With enough empty seats for everyone to sit together, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Tonks went to the third deck, while Lawrence, Fred, George, Ginny, and Remus sat on the second deck.

After collecting their money, the chauffeur hurriedly stuffed the tickets to them, and then walked briskly to the highest compartment, he was obviously interested in Harry,

After the heel of the car disappeared into the staircase, the knight bus moved, and it first circled around Grimmauld Place, and in the process of driving, a whole row of street lights and a garbage can had to be tightly attached to the side so that it would not be hit by the car.

Then there was an emergency braking, and there was a rush of confusion, and Fred and George were almost hit by something flying out of the back seats, but the car stopped for no more than a second, and the next moment, with a loud bang, it rushed forward violently, and everyone fell backwards,

The knight bus obviously has some kind of ability to jump into space, and after each loud noise, the scenery outside the window changes to a completely different place, and it cannot be denied that it travels very fast, but it is definitely not a comfortable way to travel.

In the second compartment where Lawrence and the others were, everyone tried their best to stay away from a witch carrying a shopping bag, and the witch's face was so scared that she would vomit with a wow, and vomit in the high-speed carriage, which was obviously very bad news for all the passengers in the same carriage.

After jumping into space four or five times, the knight's bus finally stopped in front of a small bar, a shrill braking sound accompanied by the witch's vomiting sound that finally couldn't help it, the car palm stepped down from the third compartment, urging the witch named Mrs. Marsh to get off the train as soon as possible, everyone in the carriage was glad that Mrs. Marsh had reached her destination before throwing up, the car palm waved her wand to remove all the vomit, and then the train moved again,

"We'd rather ride a broomstick if we could." Fred grumbled,

"I really don't understand, the three of us could have used apparition to go to Hogmound Village." George also complained,

"Don't complain," Remus said to the twins with a gentle smile, "Molly doesn't have to worry about letting you two go back to school by yourself, she's going to keep you from going back to school."

"Hah, I don't think we'll be able to learn anything we need over there." Fred scoffed,

"We're not interested there." George echoed, and Remus just smiled, and then asked Ginny, who had a little unsightly face, in a low voice,

"We're almost there, Tonks gave Stein, the conductor and conductor, a little tip," Remus surveyed the view out the window, "and our destination will be arranged in a more advanced sequence."

Remus was right, and a few minutes later, with a loud bang, the train jumped out on the street of Hogmed Village, and it drove quickly down the white street with no people, until it stopped at the gate of Hogwarts, and Remus let out a long sigh of relief, and then beckoned Lawrence, the twins, and Ginny to get off,

The knight's bus vanished as it dropped off their passengers, and Tonks stared at the unpopulated road for a moment before retracting his gaze,

"You're safe as long as you get on campus." Tonks said, and then she glanced at the road behind her again, "Attend class and make the most of this semester, understand?"

"Don't think too much, Lawrence," Remus said in a low volume as it was Lawrence's turn, "There's nothing to worry about, don't be drawn to those seemingly powerful forces."

"I see, Professor." Lawrence replied, Remus smiled and nodded, and finally he shook Harry's hand and whispered a few words,

The seven of them, under the watchful eyes of Remus and Tonks, dragged their luggage into the Hogwarts campus, and struggled to walk on the path that was somewhat slippery because of the icing, and they had to walk very carefully so as not to slip,

They came to the open oak gate of the castle, and finally felt a hint of warmth, and the castle was quiet, because except for the students who stayed in the school for the holiday, most of the students were probably still on the Hogwarts train, and they walked straight to Gryffindor Tower, although the journey of the knight's bus was short, but the process was tiring and uncomfortable, everyone just wanted to take a good hot bath, and snuggle up by the fire in the saloon, and spend the last day of the Christmas holiday peacefully.

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Since the previous chapter, I have only seen one reader respond positively to the difference in meaning between three slaps and one slap, and the specific response should have been replied in the book review area,

But personally, I'm looking forward to seeing someone who can tell me the difference from a psychological point of view or something like that (of course, you can just express your personal thoughts, so the question is, you have to convince people to understand your opinion in any way, right?). ），

So what's the difference? This is the second time I've asked, if I still don't see anything else...... Hehe, then I will fully implement what I said in the miscellaneous talk [The Heroine's Thing],

"This is a novel I wrote for my own pleasure, and by the time I finish each one, I'll finish what I want to do, and I'll leave the work of reading and interpreting it to the reader."

I should have answered most of the questions in the forum, but why didn't you answer my rhetorical question when I answered your question? If I don't want to answer my rhetorical question, then I don't have anything else to say (laughs)

After the next chapter (039) is issued, I will clear the long talk behind the text since these chapters, and I will revise 034 according to the situation at that time.

If the author is only asked to answer the question, and ignores the author's rhetorical question, then I don't think this is a so-called "discussion", but just the psychology of noisy children who eat candy.