Chapter 8 (Catching Insects)
The two children leaned against the door of the box, relatively silent. After a while, Gail asked, confused, "Where have I seen you?" ”
Snape lowered his eyes, and replied with no expression on his pale face, "No, not so." ”
"Alright! Hello, my name is Gail Green. Gail offered to reach out.
"Severus Snape." Snape looked at Gail's outstretched hand in front of his eyes and was silent for a moment. Knowing that Gail felt a little embarrassed and wanted to withdraw his hand, the other party took his hand and said his name. Then, Gale felt that Snape was holding his hand a little harder.
Just as Gale didn't know how to get Snape to let go, the door to the box was opened by Lily. Lily looked at the hands the two of them held together and showed a pleasant smile: "Oh, you already know each other!" Come on in, let's have blueberry cake together! ”
After Lily finished speaking, she went back to the box and let the two of them out of the door.
"Mom usually makes apple pie more, but blueberry cake rarely makes. Well, I guess Halloween time will do. But I can't go home for Halloween! Lily said a little frustrated, picked up a piece of cake and took a bite, narrowing her eyes happily, leaving her frustration behind.
Gale squinted his eyes and enjoyed the blueberry cake as well, completely oblivious to Snape's staring at him for a moment, and then turned his gaze to the blueberry cake, thinking thoughtfully about something.
A whole cake was cut into six pieces, and because it was almost lunch, Gail and Lily had just eaten one piece and didn't eat more. Snape, on Lily's warm recommendation, also ate a piece, somewhat absent-mindedly.
Gail wiped his hands clean, looked at Lily, who was frustrated again, and shook his head: "Don't do this, Lily. We're here to learn useful knowledge. Penny also specially prepared a set of textbooks for you to be the same as hers. By the way, you can't leave physics and chemistry behind. There are also French and violins. Did you bring the violin? ”
"Bring it! I really don't want to play the violin, and compared to Penny, the sound I pull out is like sawing wood! ”
"Isn't it now?"
"Yes." The only piece of music that Lily plays that doesn't look like sawn wood is this simplest piece, painstakingly practiced under Penny*.
"If you don't want to be violently treated by Penny again when you go back at Christmas, you'd better practice the second track. If you're practicing well, I guarantee you'll be able to eat blueberry cake! ”
Lily's eyes widened.
"Well, I've asked Mrs. Evans for a recipe for a cake, and I can ask the house-elves at Hogwarts to make it for you. How's that, got motivated? ”
"Yes! I'm so there! ”
"You know house-elves?" Snape, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
Gail nodded, even making excuses: "You know, I've never been in contact with the wizarding world, so I'm curious. The last time I went to Diagon Alley, I went to a second-hand bookstore to buy some notes from my predecessors. It never hurts to learn more. Inside there is a Hufflepuff senior's notebook, recording various Hogwarts gossip and the like. In it, we talked about the Hogwarts kitchen and the house-elves. ”
"Really? Where is it? ”
"It is said that near the cellar, there is a corridor with many portraits. There is a picture of a lot of fruit inside, and if you scratch the pear, the portrait will open. If you miss a meal and want something to eat, you can go there. Gail said, looking at Lily. At the same time, it is hoped that such information will be useful to Snape, who is obviously stunted and somewhat emaciated.
As the woman pushing the cart passed by, Gail bought a few snacks that he was interested in. But Lily, as a child and a girl with a sweet tooth, spent a lot of money.
"Would you like some, Seaver?" Without waiting for Snape to reply, Lily shoved a chocolate frog into Snape's arms and tore one open herself.
"Lily, eat first! Otherwise, Mrs. Evans and Penny would have been angry. Gail pulled out a couple of lunch boxes from his suitcase and placed them on the table that the three of them had conjured up with a Transfiguration Charm.
"Is it pineapple meat? I like to eat it the most! Everyone says that French people eat deliciously, so they must not have eaten anything in Chinatown! When Lily saw Gale take out the lunch box, she reluctantly put the chocolate frog down and turned around to put it into the food that Gale had brought out. But I still can't stand eating pigs' feet and bugs. ”
"Okay, okay, no one forced you to eat pig's trotters and crabs!" Gail said helplessly, "Also, that's called pineapple meat, not pineapple meat!" ”
"Uh-huh." Lily nodded perfunctorily, already picking up her fork and starting to eat.
"If you don't finish eating these things, they're going to spoil. s…… Eat with us, Seaver! Because he didn't know Sever, Gale almost gave Severus his last name. Considering Lily, he still switched the pronunciation and called the other party's name.
"It's not going to break, the freshness charm can do it." It is clear that Seaver's pride makes him prefer to go to Hogwarts hungry rather than accept gifts from others. Whether the gift is well-intentioned or malicious.
"Freshness charm? I won't. And I still don't quite believe in how the freshness charm works in a world full of microbes. At least not yet. Come and eat! Gail gave him a fork, following the example that Lily had just stuffed Seaver's chocolate frog with. Without waiting for him to refuse, he picked up his share and ate it.
In desperation, Severus could only pick up the obvious extra portion of the lunch box, which was half white granulated rice and half bright and juicy meat and pineapple, and ate it.
The temperature of the entrance as if it had just come out of the oven made Seaver look at Gail again. It's a food with a heat preservation spell applied. How could a person who knew the heat preservation spell not have a freshness charm. He's not Lily Evans who doesn't notice this!
Lily Evans, who had no heart or lungs, naturally found that the food was hot. But she knew how powerful Gale was, so it was natural for her to ignore these unusual little places. This is Gael, after all! Gail, the Almighty and Wise!
After lunch, the three of them sat in a private room and read a book each. Lily was frowning at the math textbook Penny had given her, Gail was immersed in the Goblin Wars with a history book, and Seaver was reading with a second-hand copy. Gail raised his eyes and saw it, admiring in his heart that the natural bloodline of the Prince family had been revealed at this time.
"Seaver, I have a book here, I hope you can read it." Gail found it in his box and stuffed it to Seaver, "When we get to school, we always have to know who we can mess with and who we can't." This book is a good guideline. ”
After Seaver took it, he opened his mouth with a little mockery: "So who just had a conflict with two obviously difficult nobles to mess with and broke their wands?" ”
Gail touched his nose, a little weak. Then he took out the rest of the blueberry cake as if he hadn't heard: "Tea time!" We continue to eat cake! ”
Severus looked at Gail, who didn't look at him from his gaze, but still accepted the book in his hand, his hair hanging down to block the curvature of the corners of his lips.
By the time the train arrived, it was already dark. The three Gails followed the flow to the platform, and heard a rough voice coming through the night: "First year freshman! First-year students gather here! A figure taller than everyone else waved a lamp.
The trio made their way in the direction of the lamp, and finally saw Rubeus Hagrid, the key broker at Hogwarts and the warden of the hunting grounds.
"I'm going to get Penny his hair!" Lily suddenly burst out of nowhere.
Both Seaver and Gail looked at Lily with questioning eyes.
Lily replied excitedly, "This big man must not be a simple human!" Since my ancestors were bloodlines of magical creatures, this must have been. Penny says that the smaller the dilution of the bloodline, the greater the trait. This big man must be a close relative of a magical creature! The kind within a few generations! Much closer than us! ”
Under the guidance of Rubeus Hagrid, the three of them walked a path. After turning a corner, at the end of an open lake, there is a high cliff on top of which Hogwarts is located. The windows of the castle reveal a gentle light, which makes people feel trembling and yearning.
No one who has seen it with their own eyes can never imagine such a scene. The three Gails and another freshman boarded a small boat and approached Hogwarts with respect. Afterwards, the group followed a path to the castle and entered the gate.
Professor McGonagall ushered all the new students into a small room and left.
Only then did Lily speak: "I remember the book saying that what we just experienced was the experience of the four founders finding Hogwarts. But let's be honest, one of Penny's books says that such a scene will make people feel awe-inspired, and then ...... Then ......"
"If you can't think of it, don't think about it, it should belong to psychological suggestion or something anyway." Gail saw that Lily was so distressed that she had messed up her hair and didn't come up with it, and comforted Lily.
"I don't know which house I'll go to?" Lily stopped thinking about Penny's book and began to think about another question.
Gail sighed, put his hand into his arms and took out a small notebook: "Penny and I judged that based on the history of Hogwarts and various biographies, combined with psychological analysis, you should enter Gryffindor." ”
"Gail! You ruined my curiosity about the future! Lily grumbled in frustration, "What about you?" ”——