Chapter 003 Diagon Alley

"You're a witch, you don't belong here." Snape's tone became a little hurried.

"Then please sue me, what is a witch?" Catherine smiled again, "I told you when you first came in that there was never anything unusual and unexplained happening with me. ”

"Not at all?" Snape frowned.

"In my memory—not at all," Catherine tapped her temple, "and I have the ability to remember." ”

"Would you mind if I had your body checked?" Snape pulled out a small stick from somewhere, and at the sight of it, Catherine's body tensed.

"It's a wand?" Catherine stared at the small stick and asked in a curious tone, "I thought the wizard's wand should be the one with a gem on the top, taller than a human?" ”

"Gems aren't the best conductors of magic, and you'll understand when you're interested in learning wands," Snape explained, stroking the little stick in his hand, "and for now, can you answer my question first?" ”

"Please, Professor Snape." Catherine relaxed and replied with a smile.

Snape raised his wand and shot a ray of light at Catherine, which was like a stone sinking into the sea as soon as it touched her body, without even a ripple, causing Snape to frown, and then he fired several more rays at Catherine, but they were the same as the original one, and his brow furrowed more and more.

"Are you sure now that I'm a witch?" When Snape finally lowered his wand, Catherine leaned back in her chair and asked in a very flat tone.

"What I know for sure is that you're definitely not a Muggle." Snape explained, "Muggles are people who don't know magic. ”

"Why?" Catherine asked lazily, her tone a little uninteresting.

"Muggles can't resist magic, and magic doesn't work on you. Actually—" Snape gave a strange expression, "you yourself are the most unexplained thing around you. ”

"There's a guy who once said the same thing to me," Catherine blinked suddenly, "he's my martial arts teacher. ”

"Is he a wizard?" Snape's voice suddenly rose a few points.

"No," Catherine winked again, "he's a member of the Holy See." ”

Snape's face immediately darkened.

"And," Snape's reaction sent Catherine a big smile, "and he said I didn't belong here. ”

For a while, Snape didn't know how to respond, because the wizarding world almost disappeared because of the Holy See's actions, and although the relationship between them was not as tense as before, it was still very difficult to get a wizard to agree with the opinion of a member of the Holy See, even if it was what he wanted.

So Snape fell silent, and Catherine, as if he didn't have a zài, lowered her head and began to pick out the plate of butterfly-shaped cookies.

"I don't know if going to Hogwarts is a good thing or a bad thing for you, given your current situation," Snape finally spoke again, after a long silence, "but without Hogwarts, you'll probably never be able to solve this mystery." ”

"But it doesn't affect my life in the slightest." Catherine said noncommittally, placing the small cookie she had chosen to her nose and sniffing it gently.

"Your current life—" Snape narrowed his eyes slightly, "do you really like it?" ”

"Why do you think so?" Catherine's movements stopped, but she didn't look up, still looking at the biscuit in her hand.

"There's no joy in your smile."

This time it was Catherine's turn to be silent, but Snape didn't stop persuading.

"You are only 11 years old now, you should not spend your future on this manor that makes you have no nostalgia, you should spend it on the pursuit of ideals and the search for joy."

Snape's expression was a little nervous, as if he was waiting for a final judgment.

"You—" Catherine looked up at him, a slowly cheerful smile, "you do convince me." ”

Snape's tense expression relaxed.

"Professor Snape," Catherine smiled again, but the smile was no longer as emotionless as it had been before, "can you tell me what preparations I have to make before I get to Hogwarts?" ”

"Of course!" There was a smile on Snape's lips, "First, we have to go to Diagon Alley." ”

When Snape set up the Muggle Expulsion Charm for his study, Catherine walked in after she had changed her clothes.

White dress, white dress, white shoes, white bag, if her hair and eyes were also white, it would be a very stark contrast to Snape.

"I love white!" Seeing Snape's displeased gaze, Catherine smiled brightly.

"Well, at least her hair isn't white, it's red." Thinking of this, Snape noticed that the long, burgundy hair of her shawl had been tied into a ponytail at the back of her head.

Looking at such a familiar face in front of him, Snape couldn't help but fall into the memory, and the girl who had the same appearance in his memory rarely seemed to tie up her long hair.

Sensing Snape's strangeness, Catherine blinked before raising her voice and asking loudly, "How are we going to get to Diagon Alley?" ”

"Apparitions." Snape, who came back to his senses, didn't explain anything, and walked directly to her, "Do you have everything with you?" ”

"Yes!" Catherine lifted the white tote bag in her hand and shook it.

Seeing this, Snape reached out and grasped her shoulder, and then Catherine felt a darkness in front of her, and the air rushed towards her, as if suddenly entering the depths of the sea, but before she could study it closely, the uncomfortable feeling disappeared, and the surroundings changed completely.

Catherine looked up and saw herself in an alley, and as she was about to ask Snape, she found that her right hand was being held by him at some point, and he was pulling her out of the alley.

"Why didn't you even notice what he was doing?" Catherine stared at Snape's left hand in shock, only to realize that his body temperature was not high, definitely lower than normal, only slightly higher than herself.

It was the first time Catherine felt warm, not hot, and perhaps it was this that did not alert her, and even developed a strange sense of anticipation, which made her forget to pay attention to her surroundings for a moment, until Snape suddenly stopped.

"This is the Leaky Cauldron, the gateway between the Muggle world and Diagon Alley."

Hearing Snape's words, Catherine noticed the dirty, cramped bar in front of them, sandwiched between a large bookstore and a record store, except that the hurried passers didn't even look at it, as if it didn't exist at all.

"Why ......?" said Catherine, as soon as she got up, Snape gave her an answer.

"The storefront of the Leaky Cauldron has been cast with a strong confusion spell, and only a wizard can notice its existence." With that, Snape led her inside.

At first glance, it was indeed a dark, dirty bar, with old and old tables and chairs scattered all over the place, and a dim turquoise flame floating in a huge fireplace, making it even more eerie.

Unfortunately, the atmosphere was completely ruined by the crowd gathered at the bar, who were dressed strangely, but they were talking like star-chasing fans, and Catherine heard the words "Harry", "Potter", and "The Boy Who Never Died".

When the people in the store noticed their deposits, the discussion suddenly stopped, and they all turned their heads to look at Snape in surprise.

But Snape seemed to take them all for air, and he returned to Catherine's cold look when she first saw them, and he led the girl straight across the bar to a small patio.

There is nothing here except a garbage can and some weeds.

Snape took out his wand, pointed to a spot on the wall, and said to Catherine, "To get to Diagon Alley, you just need to tap here three times with your wand." ”

The brick he had struck shook and moved in both directions, and a small hole appeared in the middle, and the hole grew larger and larger, and in a short time a wide arch appeared in front of them, leading to a cobbled street that winded and had no end in sight.

"Welcome to the wizarding world!" Snape looked down at Catherine.

Looking at the street in front of her, which was crowded with people and bustling with people on both sides, although it was full of dilapidated shops with strange signs, Catherine swallowed her saliva and quickly put away the surprised expression on her face.

"I think we need to go and exchange the huàn currency first, right?" Catherine looked up at Snape.

“Yes.” Snape nodded, a look of appreciation.

The girl in front of her was better than any child he had ever seen, and it was both gratifying and heartache to Snape that she was able to quickly regain her composure in the face of an unfamiliar environment, rather than being completely discouraged by the magical sights, and what kind of experience could make her completely suppress the nature of a child.

Thinking of this, Snape couldn't help but be furious, and the magic pressure that he couldn't help but put away after seeing Catherine was suddenly and completely released, which immediately alarmed the wizards around him, but he didn't have the slightest intention of restraining himself, just took Catherine's hand and led her towards the most conspicuous snow-white building in Diagon Alley.

When the wizards around them found out that it was Snape who had alarmed them, none of them were angry, but only gave way with unhappy faces, and the underage wizards hid behind their parents like frightened birds, secretly glaring half of their heads to look at their professor and the new students he carried.

Looking at Snape, who had suddenly become flamboyant, and then at the eyes gathered around her, Catherine couldn't help but smile with a strange meaning, and then, like Snape, completely ignoring the people around her, followed him leisurely towards the shiny bronze door.

The wizards couldn't help but be curious, and they whispered to others about the identity of this strange girl, but in the end they found that she was obviously not a child who grew up in the British wizarding world, which surprised the wizards present.

When Snape led Catherine to the white steps, he stood beside the bronze gate, and the greeters, dressed in scarlet and gold uniforms, bowed respectfully to them.