Chapter 2541 Smoke and Mirrors (7)

Pomona trotted all the way and arrived at the potions classroom before the castle closed.

She adjusted her breathing at the door and made sure there was nothing wrong with her before knocking on the door. There was no word like "come in".

The lack of a ban on the door meant that Professor Snape was currently "open for business." Sure enough, when she opened the door, she found him brewing a potion at a desk that was very unpleasant to drink just from the smell.

"Sorry, I'm late." She said like a student. Of course, no student would dare to say that like her, unless he wanted to be "watered" by the snake's venom.

"I believe that dying patients can also wait patiently." He looked at the potion in the crucible and said without raising his head, "Just leave the things at the door."

"Do you need my help?"

There was only "gurgling" in the classroom, like the sound of soup boiling.

She shrugged, placed the potion at the door of the classroom, and was about to leave.

"Who are you meeting?" he asked suddenly.

"You mean a date?" she asked.

He didn't answer and focused on looking at the potion. He was indeed a "potion nerd".

"No, I haven't seen anyone." After she finished speaking, she was about to leave. Before leaving, she turned around on a whim and found that he was looking at her.

Naturally, he had to shift his gaze and stare at the crucible.

"What exactly do you want to say?" she asked, akimbo.

"Get out!" he roared ferociously.

She also got angry, pulled the door open, closed it with a bang, and left the cellar.

On the way back, she met several Slytherin students. Most of them didn't say hello when they saw her, as if the noble etiquette had been forgotten by them.

She became more and more angry, and just then there was a knocking sound outside the window. She looked over and found that it was Cynthia, the mermaid in the Black Lake, who was greeting her.

"Meet you at the same place." Cynthia said to her, and then swam away.

Pomona stuck out her tongue behind her, then quickened her pace and left the cellar. When passing by the foyer, she went to the auditorium, grabbed some bread from the table closest to the door, and then ran to the Black Lake.

She had only taken two steps when she suddenly remembered that she was now a professor, so she slowed down again and strode forward in a "steady" pace.

She came to the other side of the lake where beech trees could be seen, found a place to sit, and ate bread while waiting.

When she spent the summer vacation at Lily's house in Cokeworth, they found a slightly cleaner river in the suburbs. There were a few swans in the river. They fed them with bread crumbs, but they swam away in disdain.

Already.

An old man passing by yelled at the two of them, "They are swans, not doves, silly girls!"

Neither of them actually thought about talking back. When they realized what they were doing, Lily burst into laughter.

"Oh my god, I was just thinking that that Muggle was so rude!" Lily said, holding her stomach.

Pomona didn't give up. She wanted to scatter some bread crumbs. Maybe there was a swan who loved bread or was too hungry to eat anything.

It turns out that swans really don't eat bread, but they didn't leave because there was no food, but gracefully water-skied around the two of them.

"I still prefer deer." Lily looked at the swans and said, "My mother took me to the London Zoo and I fed them vegetables."

"But your mother always makes you eat vegetables." Pomona said, she saw Mrs. Evans several times telling Lily that she didn't eat vegetables, while Petunia ate the vegetables on the plate very clean every time, and she also

Help mom clear the table.

"Don't be so boring, okay." Lily said disappointedly, "I just want to say how cute they are."

"How about we go to the London Zoo before school starts?" Pomona asked. "We're going to Diagon Alley anyway."

"Can you change a pet? Why do you keep a turtle?" Lily frowned.

"Is it weird?"

"Isn't it okay to raise owls or other birds?" Lily asked.

"Why don't you raise it yourself?" Pomona asked.

"My mother will be unhappy if I bring my pet home during the summer vacation."

"You can tell her that this is required by the school."

"She won't understand." Lily pulled weeds glumly. "She's a Muggle."

Pomona felt that it was not good for Lily to say that about her mother, but what she said was true.

"In the past, only Sev and I talked about the magical world." Lily whispered, "He made magic so interesting, I thought magic schools were like that too."

"You think school is boring?" Pomona asked in surprise.

"Do you think it's different from a Muggle school?" Lily asked subconsciously, and then she remembered that the "Gergon" in front of her had never been to a Muggle school.

"I think...school is not a place for us to play games," Pomona said awkwardly.

"I know, it's about learning knowledge, which will make it easier to find a job in the future, right?" Lily was so depressed that she lay on the grass and looked at the dazzling summer sun. "Next time, let's go somewhere else to play, somewhere farther away."

"You mean abroad?"

"I haven't gone on holiday abroad yet."

"Woof!"

The sound of a dog barking brought her back from her thoughts. She looked over and found that it was Sirius transformed into a big black dog.

She looked around and saw no one, and there was an island in the middle of the lake blocking her view, but she still felt like she was being watched.

"What are you doing!" she shouted in a low voice.

Sirius returned to his human form.

"Where's the double-sided mirror I gave you, Knox?" Sirius asked. "If I have it, it will be easier for us to communicate."

Pomona didn't answer. After Sirius graduated, he and James no longer needed the double-sided mirror. It was originally used to communicate when the two of them were in solitary confinement. After graduation, they didn't have to worry about being locked up at all.

At least that's what they thought at the time.

"I lent it to someone else," Pomona said.

"Can I have it back?" Sirius asked.

"I'll ask," Pomona said.

"Can Harry do it before the holidays?" Sirius asked.

"You want to follow him when he goes home for the holidays?" Pomona asked.

"I have been to Privet Drive and watched him get on the Knight Bus." Sirius said sadly, "He is very afraid of me."

Anyone would be scared to see a human-sized dog at night, let alone Harry who is only 13 years old.

Big dogs are different from basilisks. Basilisks are like monsters that only appear in nightmares, and it is normal for neighbors to have dogs.

"I will find a way to contact you, please go!" Pomona urged.

"Aren't you worried?"

"worry about what?"

"I forgot how to change back, how to change from an animal back to a human." Sirius said with some excitement, "Just like those people who failed to try Animagus."

Pomona looked at him quietly.

Sirius covered his head, and after a while he said, "Have you given up looking for that mouse?"

"No, I asked Neville to help me find it." Pomona said, "He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom."

"I don't think he can be an Auror when he grows up," Sirius said.

"What do you want to say?" Pomona crossed his arms over his chest.

"You know what I'm talking about." Sirius said a little arrogantly.

"He doesn't look very smart..."

"Why don't you go help him?" Sirius asked eagerly.

I have my life too!

She wanted to tell him that.

"Exam week is coming, Sirius. Mr. Longbottom sacrificed his study time to help you. I think you should at least say thank you." Pomona said.

He laughed contemptuously.

"take an exam……"

"It may not be important to you, but it is not to others." Pomona said seriously, "If it weren't for your uncle's support, you would have faced the problem of livelihood after leaving home."

Sirius was tired of the topic.

"You've changed, Knox."

He dropped these words, turned into a black dog and left.

"Same for you, Sirius." Pomona looked at his back and said, then left the Black Lake without looking back.
To be continued...