Chapter 058 Christmas

They basically give something that they think might help her, like Professor Sprout's gift is a pot of devil's net, because it will be tested in the final exam of the herbal medicine class, of course, there are exceptions, such as Filch's gift is some prank work that he confiscated, and I don't know if it encourages her to fix people.

Eventually, Catherine saw Snape's gift, a small box containing a ring and a miniature dagger that looked very familiar.

Catherine flipped the box inside and out to find a card that had been shrunk too small, and when she zoomed in, she could see that it read, "Turn it upside down and enter the mana." ――S.S.”

Catherine complied, confused, and the miniature dagger on the ring fell off and became the one she had last confiscated by Snape.

"Wow!" Once again, Catherine was amazed at the miraculous power of magic, so that she could wear the dagger on her body at any time without worrying about being scratched by it.

"It's actually the most powerful water of life and death!" When Catherine picked up the dagger, she found that the potion applied to it had also been replaced by Snape, "What a Potions Master!" ”

Catherine smiled happily and held the dagger against the ringer, and then it automatically shrunk back to its original appearance and placed it on the middle finger of her left hand: "How convenient! ”

"Goo!" At this moment, Catherine's stomach suddenly growled, and she remembered that she had not eaten anything since she got up, and she hurriedly packed up the gifts that had been spilled on the floor, and hurried to the auditorium.

There weren't many students staying on campus this Christmas, but Slytherin was the only one with Catherine, and I don't know if it was for this reason, so Dumbledore put the two long tables together and prepared for everyone to gather around to enjoy the Christmas feast.

When Catherine ran into the Great Hall, most of them had already sat down, and for a moment she didn't know where to sit, but then she saw Harry waving at her, and Catherine hurriedly ran over and sat down beside him.

"Merry Christmas!" Catherine smiled and looked at the people around her.

"Merry Christmas!" Everyone else responded happily, and Fred and George even smiled and handed over a candy box, "Christmas present!" ”

"You didn't do anything on purpose?" Catherine stared at the twins.

"Of course not!" "It's a Christmas present for you!" Fred and George sang and harmonized.

Catherine stared at them for a few more moments before she carefully opened the lid of the box, which contained a lot of very tempting-looking toffee.

"Would you like to give it a try?" The twins seducted.

"Of course!" Catherine picked one up and quickly threw it into Fred's mouth, "How does it taste?" She asked with a bright smile.

"Hee-hee!" Fred got up with a wicked smile and stuck out a very long tongue.

"Ahh Some of the timid students were immediately frightened and screamed, while others in the know burst out laughing.

"How does it feel?" George asked, and Fred cooperated in approaching Catherine.

“Very－Good!” Catherine laughed and said, "I-like-them!"

"The Christmas feast begins!" When everyone sat down, there was a sudden appearance of super sumptuous food on the long table, and a large pile of wizard packets and firecrackers, and the children couldn't wait to reach out and eat and drink with their stomachs open, or play with the people around them.

Even the professors were no longer as usual, Dumbledore replaced his pointed wizarding hat with a female hat decorated with flowers, Professor Flitwick told a joke that made the whole table laugh, and even Snape stopped keeping a straight face, but talked happily with Madam Pomfrey.

After the banquet, Catherine was dragged by the twins to the playground to fight in the snow, although she did not rely on her martial arts skills to bully people, but Tracy's participation made Harry and others, who belonged to the same side as her, easily defeat Fred and George and them one after another.

"Are you 'reconciled'?" In one hallway, Dumbledore leaned on the windowsill and looked at Catherine, who was shouting with the others, and asked the person standing next to him.

“Yes!” Snape looked at the ring on Catherine's left hand and replied calmly.

"That's good. After all—" said Dumbledore meaningfully, "they were two completely different people, though they looked alike. ”

"What the hell do you know? Dumbledore! Snape turned to look at the wise headmaster.

"You should know a lot about it." Dumbledore looked at Snape from above his glasses.

"For example—" Snape said in an unkind tone, "why did you put the Oblivion Charm on her?" He was quite sure that Catherine's amnesia was related to Dumbledore.

"Oh! It's a secret," Dumbledore said with a smile as he took off his glasses, "I can't sue you right now. ”

"And when?" Snape's eyes narrowed slightly.

"By the time I can't protect her, then—" Dumbledore's face suddenly turned stern, "I want you to do what I tell you to do." ”

"Does it have to be?" Snape asked, surprised.

“Absolutely!” Dumbledore put on his glasses and turned away from the window.

"So—" Snape called to him, "how long will it take for you to be sure if she's Lily's daughter?" ”

"Half a year later." Dumbledore stopped, but didn't look back.

"Is it going to take that long?" Snape frowned.

“Certainly!” With that, Dumbledore walked away with brisk steps.

The rest of Snape looked worriedly at Catherine, who was cheering victory with the others.

Catherine didn't care how long it would take to know the outcome, after all, ten years had passed like this, and it didn't matter if she waited for half a year, not to mention that she didn't actually care what the result was, although if she was really Lily's daughter, then she would have a lot more people who cared about her, but what she really cared about was the people who really cared about her all along.

Although Snape did love her and did not care too much about her, and although he was so partial to her that the rest of the Slytherins were jealous, he did not care too much about her, because "Slytherin's privacy is inviolable", which is why the Slytherin dormitories are all single suites, and it is almost impossible to enter without the permission of the owner.

And this is exactly what Catherine needs very much, because she has a lot of secrets, and even many of them are dangerous, if it were Gryffindor, then they would have been shouting and stopping it, and they would not have considered whether what they thought was right was really suitable for others, and Slytherin would not do it.

For example, when Catherine learns that Harry discovered the Mirror of Eris on a night trip on Christmas night, and takes Ron on the next night on a night trip, she simply explains to them what the Mirror of Eris does.

"It can neither predict the future nor show the past." Catherine's tone was calm, "It's a magic mirror, it reflects the deepest and strongest desires of everyone's heart, if your attention is not completely drawn to the scene in the mirror, you should find that the line of letters on it is read upside down, 'I let you see not your face, but your heart's desire'?" ”

"You mean to say," said Harry, with a sad face, "that I was able to see my family in the mirror because I wanted to see them so badly. ”

"And the reason I see myself getting those is because I've always envied my brothers, right?" It was rare that Ron did not object to Catherine, but looked into the distance with a confused face, as if recalling what he had seen last night.

"It can illuminate what a person desires most—" Catherine solemnly warned, "and it can make people spend their time in front of it, obsessed with what they see, and it can even drive those who look at it crazy, because they don't know if the qiē in the mirror is real or possible." ”

To Catherine's surprise, Ron was only lost for a moment and then ignored the magical mirror, which he had a very bad feeling about in his words, but Harry, apparently not taking her warnings to heart at all, went on another night trip to see the Mirror of Eris and met Dumbledore.

"He said the mirror was moving to a new place today, and he wanted us not to look for it again." At breakfast on the 28th, Harry said to Ron and Catherine in a dejected manner, "He also told me that if I happened to see it one day, I should be prepared for nothing good to indulge in illusory dreams and forget about real life—and he told me to remember." ”

"What does that mean?" Ron was puzzled by this, "It's all gone, why do you want to see it again?" ”

"Maybe it's a test, or maybe it's just a joke." Catherine said, "But I think you're stupid, why do you have to go after the lights out?" Can't you just pass the day? ”

"Ahh Harry grabbed his hair and screamed that he was really stupid, it was the Christmas holidays, and he was stupid enough to wait until the lights went out.

"Why don't you warn you?" Ron grumbled.

"Do I have an obligation to warn?" Catherine said innocently, her face tangled together by ice cream.

"Expect you to freeze to death!" Ron cursed angrily, and Catherine raised an eyebrow only slightly.

"Don't make any noise!" Harry decided to bury his head in the breakfast, but was stopped by Ron.

I don't know if it's because of his own stupidity, or because of the influence of the Mirror of Eris, Harry starts to have nightmares. He dreamed over and over again that his mom and dad had disappeared in a sudden green light, and at the same time there was a loud sound of quacking and laughing, which made him very depressed, and it was not until Catherine took a dozen tranquilizers from Snape that his sleep began to improve.

Snape's assessment of the incident was that "the fragile nerves of the Savior began to attack in search of more attention", and with a look of super-sinister disgust, Catherine decided to disappear from his presence for a few days, lest she be implicated for the same reason.