From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 317 Right in front of you

In fact, Snape had prepared himself mentally for the fact that Harry would intrude on his date with Lily.

Yes, he considered his academic discussion of Potions with Mrs. White a date.

Moreover, this date only existed when Harry was present.

Because Snape, who learned all the details of Lily's love magic from Ivy, knew very well that Lily would only become complete when she was with Harry. If they were separated for too long or too far apart physically, Lily would become the woman who had no love in the literal sense again.

When the Potters went to the Quidditch World Cup for parent-child activities, Snape had already been hiding in Hogwarts to plan what to do after school started. Although he didn't know whether he would get the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts, it was certain that Lily would only be complete if she stayed in Hogwarts.

It's just a matter of whether she stays outside the castle longer or inside the castle longer.

Snape's plan was based on the premise that the Potters bought a house in Hogsmeade, because he had missed the opportunity to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor several times, and although the possibility of taking up this position this year was greater than in previous years, he was still unsure of the plans of Dumbledore, a secretive person.

In fact, this is true. If it weren't for the incident about the "Dark Mark" after the Quidditch World Cup final, Dumbledore would have preferred Moody, a retired Auror.

Now that Dumbledore has reorganized the Order of the Phoenix, Moody naturally has to shine in the field he is most familiar with, and he cannot stay in school.

The personnel changes brought favorable changes to Snape's dating plans, but it also meant that most of his methods had to be redesigned.

But one thing will never change, as Lily's love, Harry must appear in every date plan of Snape as much as possible, otherwise the progress of that date will be zero, Snape does not want to spend a lot of effort to capture a wooden man without love. Although he is willing to give everything for this piece of wood.

He knew that if his plan went well, he could buy about four years to conquer Lily, until Harry officially graduated from Hogwarts. This period of time would be the golden time for him to use his methods.

But first, he had to help Dumbledore and Ivy deal with Voldemort, otherwise he would not be able to stay in the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for long. Just look at what happened to the previous professors.

Gilderoy Lockhart was thrown into prison, his reputation was ruined, and even his proud face turned into that of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Sirius Black had just been cleared of all charges and had only been free for a short time when he squandered all the wealth left by the eternally pure and noble Black family. If he had not resigned from Hogwarts, he might have become a stray dog in the park.

Not even a trace of Quirinus Quirrell was left, and Voldemort himself, who was attached to the back of his head, was not in a much better condition. The Horcruxes he created were destroyed one by one, and even the soul fragments stored in them were mostly used by Ivy as nourishment to upgrade his level.

Therefore, if Voldemort can be completely eliminated from the world this year, Snape will be able to obtain a stable environment to conquer Lily.

In other words, for the next year, all of Snape's actions were guided by only one principle, which was to eliminate all obstacles inside and outside Hogwarts without affecting his plan to capture Lily.

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Until the four of Harry left the Potions Professor's office in a daze, they were unable to cause any impact on Snape's plan, as if they were not there to stop the process but to witness it.

"Did you notice, Harry?" Ron said with a blank look in his eyes, in a complicated tone, "Snape has been calling your name throughout the class, instead of 'Potter--'."

"We're not in class, Ron." Ariana's eyes widened, and her words were full of hesitation. "The love between professors is really terrible... I thought it would be more romantic, and I thought our actions would have very interesting effects... But Snape... He is totally beyond our ability to resist..."

"Not normal... This is so abnormal..." Hermione kept shaking her head.

Harry beside her continued, "That's right... I'm not surprised by anything Snape does now... We have to find another way to interfere with their relationship. We need help!"

"No, Harry." Hermione stared at Harry's face again and again, then shook her head again. "I'm not saying that Snape is abnormal, but Mrs. White's attitude towards you. She cares about you too much. When she chats with Snape, nine out of ten sentences revolve around you. She is just like a mother whose son is praised by his colleagues! If you two don't look alike at all, I would doubt whether your mother is alive again..."

Harry was frightened when he heard the first half of Hermione's words. He thought that this smart friend had figured out the relationship between him and Mrs. White. Fortunately, Ivy's cognitive magic was still working, otherwise Harry's worries would have become a reality. You know, long before the monster in the chamber of secrets was exposed, the smart Hermione had already learned from various documents that the monster hiding in the chamber of secrets was actually a basilisk.

Harry had originally hoped that this matter could be kept secret until he graduated from Hogwarts, but now it seemed that it was questionable whether he could keep it a secret from Hermione for a whole semester.

Harry was very sure that he needed help now, both in preventing Snape from getting along with his mother and in hiding the fact that his mother had been resurrected.

A few days of confusion passed quickly, and Harry welcomed the first Potions class on Friday.

As expected, the gentle and beautiful Mrs. White won the support of most people as soon as she appeared. Even those Slytherin students who always looked down on others cooperated very well with Mrs. White's instructions. No one dared to be absent in class or whisper with others.

Harry thought in his heart that this change must have occurred after Snape warned them as the Head of Slytherin. Otherwise, how could these guys, who always went against Gryffindor regardless of right or wrong, be so well-behaved?

In the following weeks, Harry tried several more times, whether he went to see Mrs. White alone or brought his good friends together, but it didn't produce any good results.

It seemed that Snape didn't care about their actions at all, and he would continue his private meetings with Mrs. White regardless of whether Harry was present or not. Harry was reluctant to admit that it was a tryst, especially after discovering that all the flowers and plants in Mrs. White's office were brought by Snape.

"You must write to Mr. White and Sirius." This was not the first time Hermione suggested that he do this. "Obviously, we alone cannot stop Snape's actions. We are far less experienced in this area than he is."

"Experience?" Harry asked puzzled.

"Love experience. Of course, what else could it be?" Hermione shrugged and fed the bloody beef in her hand to the black Pegasus in front of her.

The Care of Magical Creatures class for the fourth and fifth years was taught by Professor Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, because Dumbledore considered that Sylvanus Kettleburn, who was missing an arm and a leg, was a very reckless guy who also liked dangerous magical animals. But he did not have the excellent physical strength and thick skin of Hagrid, so in order to prevent him from losing his remaining limbs (an intact arm and half an intact leg), Dumbledore specifically asked him to teach the second and third year students, all of which were not very dangerous.

Moreover, Professor Keltborn's passionate teaching style can well arouse students' interest in magical creatures. It can be said that it not only consolidates the feelings of old employees who have stayed on campus for many years, but also ensures the safety of both students and professors.

The first Care of Magical Creatures class for fourth-year students was Pegasus and unicorns. They were allowed to handle the food of these creatures and feed them. As for unicorns, except for some kind-hearted girls, almost no one could get their favor.

So in this class, they are only used as teaching materials for viewing. This is Professor Grapplein's way of capturing students' interest.

As Harry mixed the various beans, grass and oats together with his hands, his thoughts flew to another place - the Quidditch field.

This of course does not refer to the Quidditch World Cup, but the Hogwarts House Cup.

With Nimbus 2077, Harry was a killer in Quidditch. After many quick matches, Harry began to enjoy the process of controlling the game at his own pace.

He would occasionally slack off from the game to observe the flying skills of his own and opposing players, and take the opportunity to cheer them on. Only when his team was far behind or the opposing Seeker threatened the Golden Snitch, would he ride Nimbus 2077 into the battlefield and win the game in one fell swoop.

Among the many Quidditch players from the four colleges, the one who left the deepest impression on him was Cho Chang, the Seeker from Ravenclaw. According to the double round-robin system of the College Cup, they should have had two chances to meet, but Harry could hardly remember the scene of the first meeting, perhaps because he was in high spirits after obtaining Nimbus 2077 at that time, so he quickly ended the game.

As for the second match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw at the end of last semester, Harry had the chance to admire her flying figure in the air. If her broom was not so bad, Ravenclaw could have been more competitive.

Harry admitted that he had been paying attention to this Quidditch-playing girl for the next few days, but when he accidentally heard that she was the girlfriend of Hufflepuff Seeker Cedric Diggory, his budding feelings immediately disappeared.

But for some reason, Hermione's words today aroused his thoughts about Qiu Zhang again.

If I could have a Seeker romance with Cho Chang...

Harry felt the dangerous thoughts in his mind were spreading, so he stopped them in time and warned himself: This kind of thought is very dangerous! What is the difference between this and Snape who wants to destroy the relationship between his parents!

There is another voice speaking in my head. It is so unorthodox and does not care about social morality and ethics.

Your parents are a serious couple and gave birth to you, the fruit of their love, but Cedric and Qiu Zhang are different. They are just lovers. Before they get married, everyone has the right to compete!
For a moment, Harry even thought he had a point.

"Let's try something else," Harry said vaguely, then he picked up the hay bucket in his hand and poured it all into the Pegasus' trough. "If that doesn't work, then we'll have to write to Sirius."

Harry sighed, put Cho Zhang, Quidditch and Snape behind him, and started brushing the Pegasus in front of him.

"What's the difference between us and the farmers on a Muggle farm?" Ron joked. "The answer is no, except that the horses we raise can fly."

Professor Grubbly-Plank had undoubtedly heard what Ron said, and was staring at them unhappily.

"The breeding of Pegasus has been approved by both the school board and the Department of Magical Transportation of the Ministry of Magic. If our work goes well, there will be an opportunity to completely change the way British wizards travel!" Professor Grubbly-Plank said with a little anger, "There will even be new sports, such as Pegasus Quidditch!"

Ron shrank his neck and stopped looking at Professor Grubbly-Plank. Instead, he obediently used a shovel to shovel the horse manure on the ground into the bucket.

As for why they didn't use a wand to do some magic, you have to ask Seamus and Neville. One of them made the dry horse manure burn violently, and the other made the wet horse manure explode. If Harry hadn't reacted quickly, he would have tasted the aroma of fresh grass by now.

After finishing the work of feeding, brushing and cleaning up the poop, the Gryffindor students went back to the castle. When they passed the entrance hall, they found that they could no longer move forward as a large group of people were blocking the notice board at the entrance.

Ron, the tallest among them, stood on tiptoe and read aloud the words on the notice: "Triwizard Tournament! The delegations from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons will arrive on the evening of October 10th. The afternoon classes will end half an hour earlier that day."

There was more discussion among the crowd about the candidates for the Hogwarts Warrior. The Slytherins felt superior because Ivy was currently a seventh-year student and had almost graduated. The Hufflepuffs were also whispering in the corner because they thought Cedric had a chance to be elected, and the Gryffindors were regretting that Percy Weasley graduated last year because many people knew about his heroic deeds from the newspapers, especially the reports about him joining the Aurors. As for Ravenclaw? It's okay for the sophisticated egoists to play a supporting role, but if they really want them to fight for honor, they need more bonus incentives. Besides, most of them think that they will create value far higher than 1,000 gold galleons after graduation.

　Tomorrow the focus will return to Ivy!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)