HP in the name of Slytherin

Severus saw the surprise on Catherine's face and hurriedly wanted to explain: "Miss Catherine..."

When Catherine raised her index finger to tell him to wait, Severus stopped himself at the same time.

He didn't know how to explain it.

Because that... was indeed what he was thinking in his heart.

Hating the weak and disgusting Muggles, and hating the wizards who surrendered to self-destruction, when he was a child, he thought about using magic power to riot and kill his father who hurt him... but failed, only to be stopped by Irene, who was stronger than him at the time.

When he is better than Erin, like now, after a few months of first grade vacation, and he returns to the dark and hopeless home in Spider End Alley, will he continue to endure the pain?

Why should he live in pain? !

Halbo cautiously poked his head out of the cake, looked at Catherine who was silent, and then at Severus who rarely spoke with a downcast face.

It carefully rubbed the cake off its body and tried to crawl over to support its owner.

Catherine seemed to hear its movement and turned back to smile at it: "It's okay, Haierbo can go eat the cake." 】

The little basilisk that was halfway crawling saw the familiar smile on its owner's face, and scratched its head with the tip of its tail. Then it looked at Severus who lowered his head and said nothing, and said hesitantly: [Then, let's go eat something... Master, don't be angry with that stupid little wizard... He, he was bullied too. 】

Haierbo finished speaking quickly, fearing that Catherine would be unhappy, and also feeling that it was embarrassing for Mr. Haierbo to speak for his "old enemy", so he ran away quickly.

Catherine withdrew her gaze and found that Severus was also looking at Herbo. He noticed her gaze and hurriedly lowered his head, as if he didn't want to explain the matter.

"They...are indeed not a qualified pair of parents." Catherine said.

Severus pursed his lips tightly, and suddenly his eyes felt a little sour. An emotion that he had accumulated for many years filled his heart that he thought he had forgotten.

That emotion is called...grievance.

"Children can't choose their parents. Some parents are good and some are bad, but from a worldly perspective, children must always love their father and mother, otherwise they will be like monsters."

Catherine spoke slowly, and saw a tear dripping from the boy's thin jawline and falling onto his thin summer wizard robe. The magic circle of the second-hand wizard robe had failed and could not avoid water, so the tear quickly penetrated Go down and you can't see clearly anymore.

"I'm sorry...Miss Catherine..." Severus tried hard to restrain his sobs. Unable to explain, he could only repeat, "I'm sorry..."

"Why are you saying sorry? You are not sorry for me." Catherine handed over a handkerchief.

Severus held the hem of his clothes with both hands, stopped looking up at her, and refused her kindness, "I'm sorry... I'm not... a very good person."

Catherine leaned over and wiped the tears on Severus' cheek with a handkerchief, "You have worked hard for so many years."

The little wizard choked, like a seriously injured animal, but he was too proud to reveal his weakness. He pinched the hem of his clothes harder and used all his strength to control his emotions.

"I should go, I'm sorry." He held his breath, not wanting to smell the sweet fragrance of Catherine again.

Whether it was her, the Haierbo who would be covered in cream from time to time, or the hot cocoa that would appear every time he was around... sweetness was poison, corroding his mind and making him weak.

It made him feel ashamed.

He stood up hastily, trying to escape.

Catherine did not chase after him, but a gentle and cold voice sounded behind Severus: "Are you leaving?"

"...Do you want to give up our contract?" she asked.

"No..." Severus replied without thinking, "I just... I know... you don't like that."

He certainly didn't want to give up the bond that made him feel like he had a family again.

But he knew that his memory, his thoughts... violated Catherine's taboo.

"Blake went to check on Tom Riddle this afternoon... His name is Voldemort now... Do I look a bit like him?" Severus lowered his head and apologized softly, "I'm sorry for letting you see such unbearable memories. , think of those bad things.”

Catherine sat on her knees, raising her head slightly to look at the little black-haired wizard who stubbornly lowered his head and turned his back to her, but did not leave.

"You and him are indeed a bit alike..." she said, slowly leaning back on the soft cushion.

There was a hint of exhaustion in her voice, and her mind was as silent as an abyss.

Severus lowered his head harder, "I'm sorry..."

Catherine half leaned on the cushions, looking at Severus's back with calm eyes, wanting to look into the void, and murmured: "If you leave that home and never see that couple again, will you feel better?"

Severus didn't quite understand and turned his head slightly, not daring to look at Catherine. He was afraid of seeing the disappointment in her eyes, but he didn't dare to leave. He was afraid that Catherine would really be disappointed in him and cut off the contract between the two.

He was ashamed of his shamelessness...but he had only had this little since he was a child.

This was the only thing he really wanted to grasp.

"what do you mean……?"

"When our store opens, there will always be a place for you upstairs or downstairs. We are cooperating, and you will have your own source of income. If you want, you can just leave, or use magic to erase their memory of you. Well… even kill them, tit for tat.”

Severus slowly clenched his fists. Although he had thought of killing his father... and even his mother countless times in his mind, when he couldn't see them and they didn't hurt him, he wasn't like that... The killer.

In fact, he has never hurt anyone, not even the little Muggles who bullied him in school, or Lily's sister who spoke harshly to him... He has never hurt anyone intentionally.

"I...I just want to leave them..." He doesn't...must kill them.

He just doesn't want to have anything to do with them anymore. He just wants to live his own life and never see them again.

This seems a bit hypocritical, or seems to be admitting one's own weakness? But Severus turned his head, looked at Catherine stubbornly, and said word by word: "I just don't want to... be hurt by them again."

He no longer desires the love of his father and mother, he has a family of his own choice... He just wants to have Catherine, Haierbo, Lily, Hogwarts, magic, hot water and Food, it’s good to live like this forever.

"I can help you." Catherine held out a hand to the boy.

Her slender white hands were raised alone, and she was still half leaning on the high soft pillow, as if she was tired, but also as if she was doing it casually and didn't care.

But Severus knew that Catherine cared, and his entanglement and concealment just now might have made his already exhausted master even more troubled... This was not his original intention.

"I'm sorry..." He slowly moved over, took Catherine's hand with both hands, and bent down close to her.

Catherine held his cold hand and used her arms to pull the thin little wizard directly into her arms.

The two fell into the soft pillow together.