Chapter 44: Professor Snape feels a little out of place
Hogwarts Express.
In the swaying aisle of the carriage, Harry sat on his heavy suitcase and watched the houses passing by in front of the car window. The excitement in his heart began to slowly cool down, and he thought with some distress about what to do next.
Apologize.
Thanks to his cousin Dudley Dursley, Harry didn't have any friends in his previous school. After finally getting rid of Dudley and moving to a completely new environment, he especially hoped to make some friends - however
, now it seems that the first step did not seem to be too smooth.
Just when little Harry was distressed, the sliding door of the closed compartment opened with a crash.
"sorry, I do not know……"
Sensing the movement behind him, Harry immediately stood up from the suitcase and explained helplessly.
Maybe it has something to do with Harry living in a dark storage room for many years. He looks smaller than his peers. After Elena stood closer, she realized that the "Savior Star" classmate was now even shorter than her.
Upper half of the head.
"Pfft, why are you so nervous? I won't eat you."
After glancing at Harry Potter who was panicking and trying hard to repair the relationship between his classmates, Elena, who deliberately kept a straight face, finally couldn't keep her face straight and burst out laughing.
In fact, regardless of her learning attitude and ability, Elena has always admired Harry Potter in the original novel.
As a child who has been bullied and ostracized on campus for a long time, and was treated significantly differently at home, Harry Potter has not changed like a certain Mr. Snape who does not want to be named, and Mr. Riddle who also does not want to be named.
He became gloomy and eccentric, but he always tried hard to express kindness to the people around him.
Although Elena does not completely agree with this style of life, it does not prevent her from maintaining respect for people who uphold such naive beliefs, even if they are just a little kid who is not as tall as her.
Elena stuck her head out and looked at the boy's suitcase placed in the aisle, walked past Harry Potter to his heavy suitcase, rolled up her sleeves, and smiled.
"Okay, don't stand in a daze at the door. Hurry up and lend a hand. Let's move this pile of things in together first."
"Oh, alright."
Seeing the smile that suddenly bloomed on the girl's delicate face, Harry was stunned, then came back to his senses, nodded vigorously, and together they pushed the suitcase lying across the aisle to the corner of the compartment.
"Thank you. I'm Harry, Harry Potter."
Harry took a long breath and brushed his sweaty hair away from his eyes.
"My name is Elena, Elena Kaslana."
Returning to her seat, Elena blinked and looked up and down at the boy in front of her with great interest. After reading books and movies for so long, this was the first time she saw Harry Potter in real life.
Facing the girl's gaze, Harry Potter touched his nose uncomfortably.
For some reason, he always felt that the silver-haired girl opposite looked at him with a particularly special look. It was different from any stranger's reaction, but closer to Hagrid's loving look when he saw him?!
So much so that he had the illusion that he was facing a sister or aunt who had been watching his growth, rather than a young wizard of the same age. Although, in fact, he had no real experience of facing a sister or aunt.
.
"Sorry, um, do you know me?"
Harry hesitated for a moment, as if he felt that this was not the right thing to say, and he stuttered and added while waving his hands.
"I mean, since I entered the wizarding world, everyone seems to know my name. But in fact, before Hagrid told me, I didn't know anything about wizards or my parents, or about Voldemort.
Well, by the way, Hagrid is the one who took me to school, he is from Hogwarts..."
Facing the girl's lake-blue eyes, little Harry became more and more nervous. His stuttering expressions became even more confusing, his immature face turned red from suppressing it, and he waved his hands, wishing he could use a magic to directly
Everything changes.
"The Gamekeeper at Hogwarts, the keeper of the keys, I know."
Elena shook her head, leaned her upper body forward slightly, like a little adult, stretched out her hand and patted Harry's head, smiled softly and comforted, "Okay, don't be anxious, speak slowly."
"Hey, do you know Hagrid too? Did he take you over too?"
Harry's eyes lit up. After finally finding a similar knowledge point, the expression on his face became visibly relaxed and he asked curiously.
"No, actually strictly speaking, I have only met him once. It's just that I prefer reading, so I know a lot about you."
Elena shrugged and secretly added in her mind, "Harry Potter Series 1-7" is of course also a kind of book.
"Wait a minute, I'm mentioned in the book too?"
Harry opened his eyes in surprise and pointed to his nose.
"Of course, but I didn't buy those books. If you are interested, you can go to the bookstore and look for them yourself later."
The silver-haired little Luoli waved her hands with a lack of interest. She was not like a Miss Beaver with a serious reading habit who would deliberately collect these books.
Besides, even if she wanted to buy it, she couldn't. Ever since the trip to Gringotts, Dumbledore had been extremely guarded against her. Except for "History of Magic", she couldn't get into any book related to magic.
Books...well, wait...
Elena's eyes wandered between Harry Potter and his big suitcase, she touched her chin thoughtfully, and asked slowly, "Speaking of...Harry, you
You should have brought all the textbooks with you."
"Huh?" Harry nodded in confusion.
"If possible, could you lend me a copy of "Standard Spells, Elementary" for a while?"
Elena spread her hands helplessly and explained with a sincere expression, "For some reasons, my teaching materials are temporarily missing. There is still half a day before we arrive at Hogwarts, so I want to preview a little bit in advance."
"Oh, my God! That's right, I didn't even realize that I should study in advance. It's over, I dare say, I will be the worst student in the class."
Hearing Elena's words, Harry Potter slapped his forehead suddenly, stood up quickly, opened his big suitcase, took out all the textbooks in one breath, and put them on the seats in the compartment, with an annoyed tone.
said.
"Actually, there is no need to be too nervous. I dare say that most first-year students have not opened the textbook yet."
From the large pile of books, Elena took out the "Standard Spells, Elementary" that she had been coveting for a long time, smiled and comforted Harry. According to her observation, even books like Malfoy and Ron
Children from wizarding families don't seem to have started cooking in advance.
"But, there must be someone who has previewed a lot of the content."
Elena's comfort obviously did not play a big role.
Harry, who was already worried about this, realized that he had wasted a whole month playing, his little face wrinkled up in confusion, and he almost burst into tears.
Unlike the silver-haired little Luoli who had a clear purpose, Harry Potter stood blankly in front of a thick pile of textbooks, sometimes looking at this, sometimes at that, not knowing what he should do for a while.
"If you don't know what you should study in advance, I suggest you read the Potions textbook first."
Elena glanced at Harry Potter, and while opening "Standard Spells, Elementary", she said casually, "I seem to have seen in some book that your mother Lily Evans Potter is in
He is particularly talented in potions."
"Really?! Was there any mention of my mom's books? Do you remember the titles?"
Harry Potter raised his head when he heard this and asked eagerly. He had heard Aunt Petunia mention his mother's name before and remembered it firmly in his heart. Naturally, he was particularly excited when he heard Elena's words.
Phew, I accidentally got high again, I must restrain myself from now on.
The silver-haired little Luoli knew something was wrong as soon as he said it. He wanted to slap himself hard in the mouth. He looked at Harry Potter, whose eyes were full of hope, and shook his head apologetically.
"Sorry, I just remember that he was a mixed race or something."
Looking at Harry, whose eyes were quickly dimming, Elena felt a little unbearable. After thinking for a while, she said with a slight curve of her mouth, "But, I think the Potions professor in the school should know which book is in it."
I mentioned something about your mother. Of course, the premise is that you have to be at the top of the Potions class."
After a pause, the silver-haired little Luoli rolled his eyes, which became brighter and brighter, as if he thought of something interesting.
Elena closed the book in her hand, sat up straight, raised her fingers, and added extra seriously.
"At least, I think you need to understand at least some basic concepts. Let me give you a few examples first, such as - what will you get if you add narcissus root powder to mugwort infusion..."
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