CHAPTER XLIII

James's mood has not been beautiful lately! He sat on the scarlet bed with his arms crossed, sulking.

After a quarrel with Lily a few days earlier over the Remus affair - it was actually his unilateral anger - the relationship with Lily that had finally eased up had fallen back to freezing.

Cialis has been writing letters lately, and hiding it from himself. You know, they used to be iron buddies who could share everything like letters at any time! Not only Siris, but even Remus has been in a trance lately, always alone with his thoughts.

To sum up, James's mood index plummeted, not only frustrated, but also annoyed.

"Dude, are you free?" The door to the dormitory opened, and James saw Siris hurrying in, rummaging through his suitcase, and couldn't help but ask, "How about we go and have some fun in the Forbidden Forest?" ”

"What? Oh no, wait. Siris glanced at James and said apologetically, "I'm going to reply to a letter, not today." ”

"Reply again?" James jumped out of bed and grabbed Siris, who had found the new ink, very dissatisfied, "Who the hell are you replying to?" It's so weird! You weren't like this before! ”

Siris's expression became a little uncomfortable, but in the end he still showed a not-so-good-looking smile: "Dude, I really can't do it today, I have to write a letter to my parents." ”

"What did you say before? What do you want to do now? James didn't quite understand that Siris hated his parents and his family so much that he even threw many letters into the box without even reading them, and sometimes he would read those letters full of preaching and accusations with him, but he never replied. What's going on?

"Jaime, my buddy! I...... I'm a Gryffindor, but they're my parents. "Siris didn't know what to say, and was a little incoherent.

"Oh, oh, huh?" James was a little confused, he just asked about the reply, why did Sirius suddenly become so strict? His friends, unconsciously, seem to have changed.

The gentle Remus is actually a werewolf classified as a creature of the dark arts, and Siris, his own mischievous ally, is now communicating with his parents again. Only he knows everything, but he doesn't know anything! Everyone doesn't say it! Everyone says half and half left! Now he puts on such an expression in front of himself again, as if he said something he shouldn't have said!

"Then you can reply to the letter! Let's go! Let's go! Remus too! You too! All far away from me! James was also not happy, and let go of the hand holding Siris in a huff, and waved his arms sharply to drive Siris away, as if he didn't care about his friend's departure at all.

"James ......" Sirius was a little weak-hearted. Gale had told himself that there were some things that could not be hidden if he wanted to continue his friendship. But he felt he could handle both sides well. Lately he has been busy writing letters to his father and mother, several times a day. Judging from the other party's reply, it seems that his previous behavior was really bad.

Feeling guilty about his parents and remorseful for his brother, Siris was busy keeping in touch with Rael and his family every day, and naturally ignored James. Now, James is dissatisfied with his neglect.

"Dude, this is a big deal!" Siris sorted out his feelings, and also responded to James with exaggerated body movements, "Wait for me for two days, let's talk about this matter together!" ”

James' face was still not very happy, but his expression had loosened, and he reluctantly said, "Okay, two days for two days." Otherwise, we won't be iron buddies anymore! ”

Siris unconsciously used some interpersonal tricks taught and cultivated by his parents to James, which smoothly resolved James's anger and contributed to maintaining his friendship. He slapped James on the shoulder, took the ink and left, thinking as he walked that he had completely denied his family and what his family had taught him, and that his brain must have been eroded by Babo's stem.

Fortunately, I went to quarrel with the unpopular Green that day, otherwise I don't know how long I would have been stupid!

It should be said that James and Sirius are iron buddies who are too good to wear a pair of pants, and they all invariably classify the "conversation" with Gale as a "quarrel". In a certain way, the two of them can become good friends because of their similar ways of thinking!

The two immature lions also began to grow early because of the changes instigated by Gael's butterfly wings. Although it is still a long time before they become the real Gryffindors who can stand on their own, it is not true that growth always takes accumulation before it can produce qualitative changes, right?

Although Gail doesn't know the specific daily life of these people, judging from the fact that Lily doesn't want to see them, but there are no obvious complaints, everything is calm at the moment.

In such a peaceful school life, all the property that belonged to the Prince family handed over by the Ministry of Magic was finally handed over to Severus.

Obviously, it was really difficult to get the Ministry of Magic to spit out the cake that had been swallowed in its stomach, dozens of times more difficult than handing over the manor that had been ransacked. But in the end, these texts still reached Severus's hands, but the cream on the cake was greatly scraped off.

"Well, when are you going to make a trip to Prince Manor?" It had only been a few days since the start of school when he handed over the keys, and Severus was obsessed with getting his grandfather's notes, so he simply forgot about visiting the manor.

Seaver was a little surprised to hear Gale ask: "I don't think there's anything worth paying attention to in that manor that has been abandoned for more than ten years. The jewel of the Prince family is the wisdom and talent of generations of members, not a house. ”

"Seaver, it's a manor that's almost a thousand years old! It is a manor house built close to the Merlin period! Gail reminded Severus, "The manor's guards will allow it to protect everything in the manor!" You should go back and activate the manor's defenses, even if you live in Spidertail Alley. ”

Seaver nodded, "You have a point. So...... How's Christmas? I remember there were a few elves guarding the manor. ”

"Christmas? OK. Gail didn't have any special feelings about Christmas and agreed without hesitation. After that, he thought of what Syver had just said, and couldn't help but ask, "You said there are elves in the manor?" How did they get past the Ministry of Magic and the Knights of Walpleth? ”

Seaver frowned, also a little confused: "I don't know, my grandfather didn't sue me." ”

"I don't think you should call him grandfather, it's a bit misleading. Why don't you just call the name? Gail noticed this.

Seaver knew that Gail's misunderstanding actually meant "dangerous", so he changed his words from the good: "Okay, just call him Bruce." ”

It was the first time the two had mentioned something about the Prince family since the beginning of the school year. Because of Gael's insistence, Severus did not appear after his name "Prince". Otherwise, their campus life would not be so peaceful!

The property of the House of Prince consisted of the following parts: First, the three domes of Lord Gulling. What exactly was inside, because the Ministry of Magic couldn't open it, so they didn't know either. This was the part that the Ministry of Magic was reluctant to give to Seaver intact.

Secondly, there are some herbal plantations. After the death of the previous owner, Bruce, more than a decade ago, these farms gradually fell into disuse because they were left untended. But the first few years of herbal medicine output were swallowed by the Ministry of Magic, and there were some very rare magic herbs in it, which made the Ministry of Magic very profitable.

Finally, there are a number of fixed shops, one in Diagon Alley, and others on the European continent. And there are four in the Americas. Two in Latin America and two in North America. The income of these shops has been decreasing in recent years, and almost all of the potions produced by the master are the collection of the Prince family before they are consumed. Despite this, the Ministry of Magic was still reluctant to give up the place where there was not much oil and water. But in the end, it had to be returned under multiple operations.

The manor was owned by Seaver back during the holidays. In Gael's view, Prince Manor was undoubtedly an invisible fortress. He knew that Severus cared more about research, but research could only be carried out in a safe place. Prince Manor is the best place to be!

There were still more than two months before Christmas, so Seaver had to cherish these articles that he thought were "worthless" under Gail's nagging.

A few days later, on Halloween, Siris, like last time, stopped Gail and Seaver at the corner of the stairs. This time, he looked much more calm, not at all as cramped as last time: "Can we talk?" ”

Although Gail didn't want to pay any attention to Siris, he took a few deep breaths and decided to listen to what the other had to say. It doesn't hurt anyway, does it?

The three of them returned to the empty classroom from the previous time, and this time someone had been waiting there in advance.

"So, you owe a beating again?" Gale asked, seeing James and Remus waiting in the empty classroom, Peter hadn't been with the three of them much lately. Is this an ambush and trying to find fault?

"Hey, man, don't get excited!" James raised his hand to indicate that he didn't have a wand.

Gail raised his eyebrows: "Well, if it's really talking, then it means that you finally have a long memory." As he spoke, he clenched his fists slightly, with an expression of "You three weak chickens are not enough for me to fight alone".

Seaver glanced at Gail with his chin slightly raised and a look of "I'm violent, I'm proud", I don't know why I want to laugh a little -