"Why are you investigating my home?" Aberforth. Dumbledore's wand was pointed directly at Catherine's forehead.

"Just in case." Catherine opened her right hand unusually calmly, and four droplets of water slowly swirled in her palm.

"Is this - no! No way! Aberforth was shocked that he couldn't even hold his wand, "You're only thirteen!" ”

"Age is not an issue." Catherine smiled and stood up, "Also, thank you for finding out three years ago. ”

"Discovery?" Aberforth was stunned for a moment before he understood what was going on, and when he tried to explain, Catherine had already left the bar.

Aberforth couldn't help but put down his wand and sat behind the bar with his head in his hands in a decadent manner, his eyes moistening at some point.

"Catherine! How did you get here? As soon as the red-haired girl stepped onto the streets of Hogsmeade, she met Draco, "Quick! Follow me to the three broomsticks, here are my parents, and my unreliable uncle! With that, before she could react, the platinum boy pulled her and ran.

Hogsmeade had always been overcrowded on weekends, but today even the door was blocked by curious students, even the cold wind and snow could not stop their onlookers, but when they saw Draco and Catherine, the crowd of onlookers took the initiative to get out of the way for them to enter.

It's a world away from the outside, it's very warm, it's steaming, it's unusually crowded but it's not noisy, and the curvaceous-faced proprietress Madame Rosmerta is busy behind the bar.

Next to the bar, Sirius occupied a table, pulling Harry to chatter, and Hermione and Ron were obediently accompanying him. Lucius occupies another table and is talking to Pansy and Brace, as if to spy on his son's behavior at school. As for Lupin and Narcissa, the two were discussing something in a whisper at the bar, looking at Professor DA's gaze. Obviously related to a good friend, so even when he saw Catherine come in, he just nodded and didn't say hello.

Sirius stood up at once, but Catherine didn't even look at him, and sat down again with his head down.

"Congratulations! Congratulations, Mr. Malfoy, on your victory in your lawsuit against the Ministry of Magic! Catherine smiled and sat down at Lucius's table, while Draco sat down in the empty chair next to her father.

"It was thanks to the support of everyone that this victory was achieved, so I must not be given credit for this alone." Lucius replied in a rare and modest tone. Although his face still couldn't help but show a little smugness.

"In any case, Your Excellency has set a record, a record that will go down in history." Catherine smiled and complimented, but Lucius's face suddenly became serious.

"Compared to the safety of the wizarding world, this small victory is completely insufficient, and failing to make a dangerous creature like a Dementor completely disappear is our biggest failure." Lucius's tone was very stern, and his expression even became extremely indignant, and the people around him couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Will the current restrictions keep us safe?" Catherine put away her smile as well. Ask seriously.

"Very reluctantly!" Lucius frowned, "Once someone in the Ministry of Magic bends the law for personal gain, these restrictions are just useless decorations. As he spoke, he slammed his cane on the floor. There was a sudden silence in the small hotel.

"Isn't there a precaution?" Catherine asked, her tone a little uneasy.

"The minister believes that there are no mischievous people under his command, and he believes that they will definitely take their job seriously and responsibly." Lucius raised an eyebrow and sneered.

"Unless you've cast a Imperius curse." Catherine said flatly, and the inn was so quiet that she could hear the sound of a needle hitting the ground.

"I believe that this kind of thing will not happen lightly." Lucius's expression was not unusual. Instead, he said in a joking tone, "Unless someone else in Azkaban escapes from prison!" ”

This sentence was immediately exchanged for a loud snort from Sirius, but not Catherine. Or Lucius, who didn't pay attention to him.

"I hope you won't be right." Catherine frowned slightly, feeling uneasy in her heart for no reason.

"The most powerful prophet could not have prophesied so clearly, and I am even less likely." Lucius chuckled and changed the subject, "I heard you fell out with Severus again. ”

The surrounding students immediately cheered up and stole a voice.

"I don't want to gossip about the professor, but—" Catherine shrugged helplessly, "it's really not me who is wrong this time!" ”

"The more you don't explain everything, the easier it is to misunderstand, and it's okay to say it." Lucius pretended to persuade him, but he didn't believe that Catherine didn't even understand it.

"If I could make it clear, I'd be putting it off until now, the problem is," Catherine sighed decadently, "I can't say it, and no one else can say it." ”

"Is there really no other suitable person besides me?" Lucius asked in surprise.

"Unless the dead can be raised." Catherine said angrily.

Lucius blinked, and after a moment, he sighed, "This is the first time I have to do something." ”

Catherine glared at him, and turned to Miss Rosmerta for a butterbeer, after all, her mouth was already thirsty after all that she had said.

"Why don't you and Severus come to my house this Christmas?" As soon as Lucius's proposal was proposed, Sirius loudly refuted.

"No way!" Sirius exclaimed excitedly, "Harry and Catherine are going to me this holiday!" ”

"Do you own a house?" Lucius asked with a sneer, he was well aware of Sirius's finances, Narcissa hadn't even given him a copper plate, and even his private vault had the keys confiscated.

"I-I-" Sirius said for a long time, and suddenly said categorically, "Yes! Of course! ”

"If you're referring to 12 Creman Square, then I'd better not open it, unless you're going to inherit the Black family." Catherine said indifferently, her eyes still not looking at Sirius.

"If he ignores the Black family again, I'll throw him in Azkaban!" Narcissa walked over to her husband and glared at Sirius as she threatened.

"Big feet, you don't have to force yourself." Lupin walked over to Sirius and patted him on the shoulder, "I remember you always saying that you didn't like the old mansion at all, it felt like a corpse about to decay, so we might as well rent a house at will, it's just a Christmas holiday anyway, Harry, Catherine, don't you mind?" He looked tenderly at the two children.

Catherine shrugged her shoulders indifferently, but Harry smiled understandingly, "Of course I don't mind, I can spend Christmas with you guys, I can go anywhere." ”

"A bunch of poor homeless worms." Draco suddenly said sadly, "Come to my house!" My house has always been too deserted, and it is even more lively with a few of you. He patted Harry on the shoulder with unusual enthusiasm.

Harry couldn't help but feel itchy by what he said, and couldn't help but look at Sirius.

"Don't envy him, Harry, we're at home this Christmas." Sirius touched Harry's head and comforted, then looked sharply at his cousin, "Narcissa! I'll open the old mansion and inherit the Black family later. ”

"Count you as acquaintances!" Narcissa snorted coldly and sat down to chat with her son.

Catherine glanced up at Sirius as well, and smiled appreciatively, and Sirius immediately closed her mouth with joy.

"Agitation?" Ron leaned into Hermione's ear and whispered, and the brown-haired girl nodded helplessly.

Ron immediately looked at Sirius with sympathy on his face, only to be met with a reassuring touch on his head.

Lupin, who noticed the interaction between the two Gryffindors, couldn't help but look at Brace and Pansy, only to find that they hadn't paid their attention to what had just happened, and had obviously seen through the tricks of several people.

As for the other students, they were obviously still kept in the dark like Sirius, and they didn't even know that they were being treated as witnesses, and it seemed that they had experienced too little.

Seeing this, Lupin couldn't help but look at Catherine, but got a meaningful smile.

Since they were going to 12 Creman Square, Catherine and Harry simply went back to get their luggage immediately, anyway, leaving school was an express train tomorrow morning, leaving early and leaving late was the same, and Lupin had asked them early in the morning if they were spending Christmas together, only Sirius didn't know.

As for Draco, of course, he also followed, because his parents were also going to 12 Creman Square to supervise Sirius, and naturally he couldn't miss his uncle's "feat" as a nephew.

The rest of the SG group, though curious, didn't keep up, but Sirius graciously invited them over to play, thankfully pushing the time to after Christmas, leaving time to tidy up the house.

Of the three children, Catherine had the most luggage, but because of Dobi's help, she was the one who packed it the fastest; Then there's Draco, after all, Snape requires Slytherin students to be self-reliant, so the past two years have also taught him some tidying up; The slowest was Harry, because Gryffindor had been spoiled by house-elves at school, and the boys were born with a talent for not tidying up, so the two Slytherins had been waiting for a long time to merge with Lupin in the foyer of the castle, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Catherine had to ask Dobby to look for her, but she waited a long time before the house-elf appeared in the foyer with Harry and his luggage.

Seeing that he had made others wait so long, Harry's face couldn't help but be as red as a monkey's ass, and when Draco's contemptuous gaze swept over, his face couldn't help but turn white, but he didn't show up in his usual annoyance, obviously after half a year of hard work, his self-control has improved a lot.

Seeing this, Catherine couldn't help but smile and pat Harry on the shoulder, and then led the way to the school gate, where Lupin was waiting for the three children with the others. (To be continued......)