dragon and boy

Albus took a gamble.

He bet Snape would come back to him for Harry Potter, or Lily Potter.

The news that the Potter family was in the town spread quickly, and Albus temporarily settled down at James' house. If Snape didn't show up after three days, he had to consider the next method.

On the third day, Albus came to Snape's house that had been vacant for a long time.The door was originally locked, but that lock was just a decoration to Albus, and the curtains in the room were all drawn, giving people a very oppressive feeling of being opaque.

Taking advantage of no one's attention, Albus closed the door gently. Standing at the entrance, he saw the medicine bottles on the table not far away at first sight.Most of the vials were empty, and Albus went to the table, picked up one of the filled ones and shook it, the liquid in it turned from green to black in an instant.

Albus didn't know much about the pharmacological knowledge here, so he had to put down the medicine bottle in a hurry, fearing that it would ruin the medicine that he made with great painstaking efforts.

If Albus's understanding of the former Snape was excluded, at this moment, when he saw the countless flowers and herbs piled up in the living room, he would definitely think that the Half-Blood Prince was an out-and-out madman.

Albus stepped forward and knelt down in front of those medicinal materials. He fiddled with them several times and found many familiar rare medicinal materials, but there were no mandrakes and whirling stones.

He was a little disappointed, stood up and walked in, this should be Snape's bedroom.The furnishings in the room are very simple, only a wooden bed, a wooden bedside table and a broken wooden chair.The color tone of the whole house is dominated by dark colors, and red and gold are even more invisible here. Ah Bu thought about it and finally understood, because it is the color of Gryffindor.

This is probably because it faces north, even in summer it doesn't feel hot, not to mention that it has been autumn these two days, Albus standing in the room always feels chilly and bitingly cold.

What attracted Albus's attention was a piece of paper on the bedside table, which should be a map of Hogwarts, and Snape made crosses on it with a pen, as if looking for something.In addition to those red crosses, he also marked several places with a black pen, and drew various symbols beside those marked places. Albus guessed that it might be Snape's original herbal symbol, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Albus folded the map into small cubes and put it in his pocket. If Snape didn't come to him, he could only look for clues on this map.He patted his pocket to make sure that the corners of the map were not folded. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, someone stabbed a cold sword around his neck.

Albus shuddered, and then heard a familiar voice from behind: "You can take anything, except this map."

Turning slowly, Albus took the map out of his pocket, raised his hands, and let go in front of Snape.

Snape bent down to pick up the map, and when he straightened up he gave Albus a look, his eyes full of hostility.He was dressed in black, somewhat like his old magic robe and cloak.He looked much younger than the year Albus had left, his hair was still long enough to reach his neck, but there were no wrinkles on his face.

The young Severus Snape, Albus remembered his appearance, after all, his performance and grades in Slytherin House were very good.

After confirming that the map was safe, Snape put away his sword and said coldly, "Okay, you can get out and don't appear in front of me again."

"You marked so much on that map, what are you looking for?" Albus asked calmly, "Wait a minute, let me guess, is it Lily Evans? Or James Poe?" special?"

Snape's gloomy face darkened again at this moment, he stared at Albus, and said word by word: "If you say one more word, or don't leave this house, I can kill you immediately Bleeding, lying on the ground in pain."

"Like the poison you gave that dragon?"

Snape understood this sentence, he knew that the visitor was looking for him, and probably guessed the origin of the other party.

"If you are seeking revenge on me for the death of the dragon, then you probably have the wrong person." Snape paused and said, "There is only one rule here, as long as you give me money, I will make medicine for you."

Before Albus answered, Snape continued to question: "You released the news about the Potter family?"

"it's me."

Albus tried his best not to be hostile. He sat down on the chair, and when his body touched the stool, the chair suddenly creaked, which made Albus stand up hastily again.

He patted the bench dust on the back of his pants, pretending to be calm and said: "I do know the whereabouts of Harry Potter, but he's not here."

"Where is he?" Snape demanded. "Where's Lily?"

"Unfortunately, the Potters are no more," replied Albus. "Harry lives with me now, in Durmstrang."

Snape's face became clear again, and he could see that the matter of Lily Potter was still a hurdle he couldn't get over.He folded the map carefully and put it in his arms, and asked, "Conditions? What is your purpose for coming to me?"

Snape stared at Albus, he was sure that if the person in front of him dared to negotiate terms with him, he must be fully prepared and knew his situation well.

"I need you to come with me once and help make a Nuxynum antidote." Albus said, "As for money, it's not a problem to ask how much you want."

"Where?" said Snape. "When it's done, I want you to take me to the kid."

"Sorry, I can't tell you the location just yet." Albus asked, "Don't worry about Harry, he's a very likable kid."

Snape followed Albus and set off immediately. He owned a pony, and his black fur was slightly inferior to that of Albus' Fox.Snape was so tall, and sitting on such a short horse, Albus felt that it was out of place no matter how he looked at it.

"Why don't you buy a bigger horse?" he asked.

Snape didn't answer, he didn't want to pay too much attention to an unfamiliar person.The pony was walking fast, but Fox was pacing beside it. Snape looked at Albus from the corner of his eye on the bumping horseback, and rubbed his thumb thoughtfully. lower lip.

"What's your name?" Snape asked.

"Albus."

"surname?"

Ah Bu thought for a while: "Grindelwald."

He wanted to go back the same way, but when the two walked halfway, Snape suddenly proposed to make a detour.In the process of making nuxon antidote, the needed Po-suo stone can be collected from a cliff a few miles away. The two of them led the horses one by one and walked along the cliff. Looking down, there is a rushing In the river, the waves can splash up to one meter high on the rocks on the side.

"Do you know what the Whirling Stone looks like?" Snape said. "It's black, with dark spots on it, and it glows in the sun. Call me if you find it."

During the whole process, Albus and Snape didn't say a word, they cast their eyes on the ground and the jungle, until Snape fixed his eyes on the grass not far away, Albus came out The sound stopped Snape.

"Wait." Albus said, "There are two snakes in front of you. They are trying to get your attention. The moment you reach out, they will rush towards you with their mouths wide open, and then bite you hard. .”

Looking in the direction of Albus's finger, there were indeed two snakes circling on the branches of the tree in front of them, and they kept spitting snake letters downward, making the sound of "sizzling, sizzling".

With a sullen face, Snape took out two small packets of white powder from his pocket and applied them on his hands when he met the two snakes.

"poison?"

"Snake Repellent," Snape explained, "I didn't intend to kill them."

The two snakes really didn't dare to come down when Snape was taking the Whirling Stone. After staring at it for a while, they left awkwardly. I don't know if it was because the smell of the snake repellent powder was too bad, at least. Busi frowned when he smelled the smell on the opponent's hand.

"How did you find them?" Snape asked again.

"I have been in the Forbidden Forest for more than ten years, and I can understand snake language." Albus explained, "If I wasn't proficient in medicine, would I have bothered to find you, a half-blood prince? I was taught to recognize most of the flowers and plants in this world."

Snape wrapped the Whirling Stone in a white cloth and put it away.There was a river beside them, the water was very clear and shallow, Snape squatted down to wash off the snake repellent powder on his hands, suddenly he caught a glimpse of a bunch of flowers, it emerged from the grass, only One, very abrupt.

With white petals and yellow stamens, Snape froze in place suddenly, his hands submerged in the water stopped moving for a moment.

"Lily Bo..." Snape paused and asked, "Lily Evans and James Potter, how did they die?"

"Dead in the war, they died in a battle protecting Harry." Albus asked someone to investigate the Potter family, "Harry was still very young, and later lived with his uncle and aunt. Just moved to Durmstrang from Hogwarts in [-]."

Snape's eyes were still on the flower and he refused to take it away. He stretched out his hand and gently broke it. The water stains on his hand fell on the petals, and he gently put the flower in his pocket.

Albus repeated: "Harry is a lovely boy, and I think you'd like him even if you didn't think of him as Lily's boy."

"But he's also James Potter's son."

There was a brief silence between the two, and Albus didn't intend to continue the topic. This historical issue can only be left to Snape to solve by himself, and he can't help.

When they left here, the two found that this place seemed to be the habitat of snakes, and there were poisonous snakes spewing snake letters everywhere along the way. They hid in the grass and on the branches, and their ready-to-go appearance was full of danger.

When Snape turned his head to Albus, Albus seemed to have understood what the other person was trying to say.He shrugged: "I'm sorry, it's okay if it's Elvish, but I really can't speak Parseltongue. Being able to listen and speaking are two different things."

I thought this was a very common remark, but Snape stopped in his tracks and froze in place.There was finally a hint of surprise on his expressionless face, maybe a mix of surprise and shock, and Albus looked back at him, obviously puzzled.

Before Albus could ask, Snape suddenly got off the horse with his legs and wanted to step forward.

When the pony was side by side with Fox, Snape asked Albus one step ahead, "Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore?"

The author has something to say: Third watch, I'm sorry I'm busy during this period, so I didn't bother to send it to jj.