Chapter 055: Eris Magic Mirror

"Speaking of which, Quelinos was originally a good young man, and he made a lot of fame just after graduation, but who knew that after a trip to Albania during the summer vacation, he was frightened by vampires, and became the trembling appearance he is now, wearing a turban that exudes a strange smell, and carrying a pile of garlic all day long."

"Strange smell?" Catherine asked, looking up.

"yes, it's very strange, it's a bit like rotten food, I don't know how long it hasn't been washed, and the room where he lives smells like this everywhere, and no one has been willing to live in it for more than a month." The boss complained dissatisfied.

"Has he lived here for a long time?" Catherine asked.

"He lived here after he came back from Albania, until school started, ran out early in the morning every day, and came back in the middle of the night, and I don't know what he was busy with, if he hadn't given enough money, I would have driven him away." The boss muttered to Quirrell's no.

Catherine chatted with him a few more times, and to see that it was indeed too early, she said goodbye to her boss and returned to Hogwarts from Floo.com.

As soon as the rapid spin wore off, Catherine immediately searched for Snape's figure, and she was relieved to find him gone, but then hesitated again.

Something like that happened yesterday morning, and with Tom, the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, breaking the news, Catherine felt that she really needed to talk to Snape, but her instinct told her that it was better not to know the answer.

Catherine pursed her lips and hesitated for a moment, then finally sat down on the couch and closed her eyes for Snape to return.

When Snape opened the office door and saw Catherine, who seemed to be asleep, he hesitated, wondering whether to walk in, after all, his words really hurt her yesterday morning.

"Slytherin is not afraid to face the mistakes they have made." Thinking of this admonition, Snape closed the door and walked over to Catherine, looking at her face for a moment before taking out his wand and pulling a thin blanket out of the air.

But when Snape put the blanket over her, he suddenly realized that his left wrist had been caught by Catherine at some point, and then he heard her heavy voice.

"Can I see your left forearm?"

Snape's eyes widened suddenly, he knew perfectly well what was on his left forearm, but how could Catherine know?

Perhaps after waiting for an answer, Catherine finally opened her eyes and slowly looked up at Snape, she saw that his eyes were full of shock, but there was no objection, so she reached out and unfastened the cufflinks of his left hand, and gently pushed his sleeve up.

As she moved, Snape's left forearm slowly revealed a hideous red tattoo - a skeleton spitting out a snake from its mouth.

"Dark-Mark!" Catherine's voice was very soft, "You're a Death Eater!" ”

For the first time in years, Snape regretted having this thing in him.

"And what shall I do—" Catherine looked up slowly again, "and believe you?" ”

Hearing this, Snape raised his wand without hesitation and shouted behind Catherine.

“Expecto－patronum!”

A silvery-white creature sprang out of the tip of his staff, as bright as the moonlight, and it landed silently on the floor, raising its beautiful head, and with graceful steps, it came to them, and looked at Catherine with its big eyelashes.

Catherine's eyes widened sharply when she saw the patronus at the touch, she stood up tremblingly, staggered to the deer, and carefully stretched out her hands, touching nothing, but with a warmth that she knew very well.

“Mum!” Catherine suddenly shouted excitedly.

But the deer suddenly dispersed, turning into a silver light that slowly disappeared into thin air.

"Nope! Don't go away again! Catherine shouted, waving her arms in an attempt to bring them back together, but she soon realized that it was futile.

Catherine stood there dumbfounded, staring at where the deer had disappeared, and suddenly, remembering where it had come from, she turned to stare at Snape, who was staring at her in shock.

"Please! I want to see it again! Catherine clutched his clothes and pleaded.

"Yes!" Snape swallowed before realizing that his wand had fallen to the floor, but he didn't bother to pick it up, instead gestured directly to the Patronus Charm, and a silvery-white light erupted from his fingertips and reunited into the deer.

Catherine's gaze followed it closely, and when it fell back in front of her, she reached out again, still touching nothing, still the familiar temperature.

"Ever since the night of Halloween ten years ago," said Catherine as if in a dream, "I have been dreaming of a silver-white deer identical to it, and it has always said to me in a woman's voice: 'Live, my child!'" It's my mother's patron saint, isn't it? ”

No one answered, the air in the room seemed to freeze, and the only thing that changed was the deer Patronus, which once again spread out into a silvery white light, slowly disappearing.

"Everyone's Patronus is different, unless there's a special connection to each other, so—" Catherine slowly turned to look at Snape, who was already sitting in her chair, "Are you really my father?" ”

Snape felt as if his body was completely frozen, and he opened his mouth, but waited a long time before uttering a dry voice: "You know I'm not married!" ”

"Don't sue me," Catherine asked calmly, "you don't even have a woman. ”

"Do you think I'm a man with a heart!" Snape glared at her and shouted.

"Then why is your Patronus so much like me—" Catherine suddenly stopped wondering, she stared into Snape's eyes in shock, "Lily Evans—you still love her!" ”

Snape's face seemed to be broken, and all kinds of complex expressions continued to appear on his face one after another.

"You've always treated me like her!" Catherine's voice was calm, but her body couldn't help but tremble violently.

"I'm just—" Snape's tone was full of guilt, but Catherine interrupted him before he could finish.

"Shut up! You-" Catherine raised her hand and slammed it into Snape's face.

Snape closed his eyes, but there was no pain for a long time, and when he opened them, he saw Catherine's hand stop less than an inch in front of him.

“Catherine?” Snape looked at the girl in bewilderment.

“I－hate－you!” Catherine shouted through gritted teeth, turning and rushing out of Snape's office.

“Catherine!” Snape yelled and rushed to the office door, but accidentally stepped on the thin blanket that had just fallen to the ground, and fell to the ground in a wolf bèi, and when he got up and ran out the door, Catherine's footsteps were gone.

“Damn－it!” Snape cursed and ran in the direction she had gone.

Catherine guessed that Snape would chase after her, so before she could leave Slytherin territory, she cast an illusion spell on herself, and then she began to run aimlessly, picking roads that she was not familiar with, turning when she saw intersections, going up stairs when she saw them, entering when she saw doors, and when she felt tired and stopped, she had no idea where she really was.

Catherine didn't look back at the places she had passed, but gasped for breath as she looked down the narrow hallway she was in, and then she saw a door to her left that didn't close, and she went over and poked her head inside, and saw an abandoned classroom.

Tables and chairs were stacked on the wall, showing a large black shadow, and there was an upside-down wastebasket - but this was exactly what Catherine needed at the moment, and she went in to find a chair to sit down and rest, when suddenly, on the other side of the classroom, in a corner that could not be seen from the doorway, rested on something that did not seem to belong here.

It is a very imposing mirror, high to the ceiling, with an ornate gold frame and two claw-shaped feet underneath. At the top is engraved a line of letters: "ERISEDTRAEHRUOYTUBECAFRUOYTONWOHSI".

Catherine frowned and thought for a moment before she smiled suddenly.

"It turned out that it was just written backwards." She pronounced which line really meant, "I-show-not-your-face-but-your-heart-desire."

“Heart－desire! What－is－my－heart－desire?” Catherine lifted the illusion spell and stood in front of the mirror, and then she saw her grown self, and the face was nothing like her current self, and-

"Impossible!" Catherine screamed and stepped back, "Absolutely impossible! She closed her eyes and breathed hard, trying to calm herself.

It took a long time for Catherine to open her eyes and look at the mirror again, the contents of the mirror had changed, and this time there were three people.

On the far left is a very beautiful woman, with long, burgundy hair identical to Catherine's, and a face that is extremely similar, but her eyes are green, and she is smiling and crying at the same time.

The tall, emaciated man with black hair standing beside the woman was holding her tightly with his hands, and the man wore eyes, his hair was unkempt, and the tuft of hair on the back of his head stood on end very disobediently. Catherine approached the mirror, and she saw the man's eyes, which were exactly the same as Catherine's.

"Mom?" Catherine whispered, "Daddy? ”

They smiled and nodded, and Catherine looked at the third man, who was being tugged at by her collar. He was very handsome, and his black hair hung down in front of his eyes, inadvertently bringing out a bit of elegance, but Catherine saw that his black eyes were full of guilt.

"Impossible!" Catherine screamed again and again and regressed, she remembered these eyes, from the year she entered the orphanage, every Halloween, she had nightmares, she must have dreamed of these eyes, looked at her with guilt-filled eyes, and then turned away.

"Why!" Catherine rushed back to the mirror and yelled at the man, "Why leave me!" ”