Chapter 14
Chapter 14
profit.Perhaps, he shouldn't have taken that failure too seriously.
"In short, this place is shared by the two of us!"
"Shared?"
"What? Do you still want to kick me out? I still want to use this place to practice spells, so don't try to kick me out." Regarding the point of sharing the Room of Response with Snape, Gino It was still very painful, after all, he was not used to being alone with Snape, an awkward guy, for too long.
"I didn't mean that." Seeing Gino's misunderstanding, Snape simply didn't explain it, and turned around to study what kind of potion was still boiling in the cauldron.
"Hey, I didn't bring you here to let you start researching potions. It's getting late, let's go back after eating." As he said, Jino snapped his fingers and shouted, "Kiki !"
"Any orders, sir." With a snap, a house-elf wearing a tea towel with the Hogwarts crest appeared.
"Can you bring me something to eat? My friend and I haven't had dinner yet." Jino said gently.
"Happy to serve you." Then there was another snap, and the house elf named Kiki disappeared again.
"I met this house elf in the kitchen, and sometimes I would ask him to bring something to eat when I was hungry." Kino explained his behavior to Snape just now. "Go back to the dormitory after eating, there is still class tomorrow."
"I don't want to go back." Snape didn't want to go back to face Potter at all. Thinking of the ridicule that might follow, Snape really wanted to stay in this secret room forever.
"Escaping cannot solve any problem." Jino is not very good at comforting people, "If you don't face it today, you will face it tomorrow, and if you don't face it tomorrow, you will face it the day after tomorrow. You can escape for a while, but you can escape Forever. You went back today, but you are not as good as Potter for a while; but if you don't go back today, you admit that you will never be as stupid as Potter."
"..." Snape remained silent, "Do you also think I'm useless?"
"I didn't mean it that way."
"You have! You, Potter, and those in the academy all look down on me! Because...because..." Snape hadn't even finished his sentence before Kino yelled back.
"Because of what! Because you think you're just a half-breed? Because you think you're just a poor kid with second-hand goods? Because you think you have nothing but study?" Kino's every sentence of questioning was like a knife poked in Snape's heart.Yes, he has always thought so.His mixed-race identity made him feel inferior in front of Potter, and his poor family made him unable to hold his head up in front of Lily.Apart from studying hard, he couldn't think of any way to gain the respect of others.
"You're wrong!" Seeing Snape's tacit silence, Gino continued loudly, "People look down on you, not because you're a half-breed, or because you can only wear second-hand robes, and it's not because you lost in today's duel." To Potter! Others look down on you just because you look down on yourself!"
"Snape, let's talk about it today!" Kino calmed down his excitement a little bit, and said in a calm tone as much as possible, "You entered Gryffindor, that is, Gryffindor In Gryffindor, we worship not only warriors who can defeat their opponents, but also warriors who can defeat themselves! Only those who bravely admit their failures and then stand up can win others Your respect. If you continue to escape today, you will only make this failure your eternal shame!"
After saying this, Gino felt a little thirsty, so he picked up the drink sent by the house elf and drank it down in one gulp, and then spit it out again while feeling the strange taste on the tip of his tongue.
"Damn it, it's pumpkin juice." Kino was never used to drinking pumpkin juice, so the house-elf prepared other drinks for Kino, and he deserved it for taking the wrong drink for Snape this time.
"Idiot!" Snape's voice was restrained and forbearing, and Gino looked up, only to realize that he accidentally sprayed all over Snape.
"Sorry, sorry, I didn't notice." While smiling apologetically, Kino gave Snape a cleanser, cleaning up the pumpkin juice on him.
"Let's eat, and go back to the dormitory after eating." Ignoring Kino's stunned reaction, Snape picked up a sandwich and began to bite.
Seeing that Snape had already started, Kino only hesitated for a moment, picked up a sandwich and started eating.
Then, there was no more conversation between the two, except for the sound of chewing sandwiches, probably only the gurgling sound of drinking drinks.
Gino has been paying careful attention to Snape's situation, but Snape has maintained a deadpan state all the time, making it impossible to see what he is thinking.
"Let's go." After eating, Snape greeted Kino after wiping his hands with a napkin.
"Hmm." Gino didn't dare to say anything now, for fear of provoking Snape and making him refuse to go back to the dormitory.
This silence lasted until they entered the common room through the portrait, and the originally bustling lounge fell silent after Snape appeared.Potter, who was still showing off in the crowd, also stopped his stupid showing off.
Kino stood at the door of the lounge, watching Snape walk towards Potter step by step, and then said, "You won this time, but I will win it back next time."
"I'm waiting for that day." Potter was as arrogant as ever.
After a short silence, everyone in the common room resumed their hustle and bustle in an instant.A carefree Gryffindor lion even approached Snape directly, with a friendly attitude, he put his arms around Snape's shoulders and said, "Hey, brother, do you want me to practice with you?" Practice, you are too lacking in actual combat. Didn't you see that Potter practiced his reaction today by fighting that Slytherin snake every day?"
"Yeah, we're going to find two Slytherin trainers tomorrow and beat them until they're lying on the ground!" Another Gryffindor also chimed in.
"Hmm." It's not like Snape couldn't feel the kindness of others.It's just that in the past, he used to put himself in a safe position and kept a distance from the approach of others.And now, he won't hide anymore.
"Thank you, Keno." Seeing Snape getting along well with Gryffindor, Lily, who was still worried, let go of her worries.
"I didn't do anything." Just a little compensation.After waving to Lily, Jino slowly walked up the spiral staircase and returned to the dormitory before falling asleep.
Hogwarts Daily (1)
After the events of the Halloween duel, Snape's life in Gryffindor was much easier.It's not that he had a difficult time in Gryffindor in the past, it's just that he looks very gloomy and difficult to get along with, so naturally he won't be very popular with the lions.However, this point has improved a lot after the duel incident.At least in the common room, more people were willing to discuss homework with him.
Seeing this situation, Lily also had some thoughts of her own, "Kino, I am both happy and sad to see Severus making so many good friends."
Gino understood Lily's feelings, and anyone would feel sad when his best friend had another good friend. "Don't worry, I bet you are definitely number one in Snape's heart."
"Who told you that!" Lily, who understood Gino's hint, gave him a hard look, "By the way, Snape has been disappearing with you recently, where did you go?"
Of course, go to the Room of Requirement!But this answer can't be told to Lily, otherwise, according to Lily's character, she may kindly share it with other good friends, and by then, he will lose this secret base.Also, there was another thing in the Room of Requirement that worried Kino, and that was Voldemort's Horcrux, Ravenclaw's diadem.
It is mentioned in the original book that Voldemort came back to apply for the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts after Dumbledore took office as headmaster.Professor Dumbledore has been the headmaster since 1971, which means that this year or next year, Voldemort will come to Hogwarts and hide part of his soul in the Room of Requirement.
How dangerous a Horcrux is, it was mentioned in the second part of the original book, it will lure ignorant teenagers, secretly absorb their life force, and finally use it to be reborn.Although the Horcrux Crown Crown didn't appear much in the original book, it was engulfed by the devil's flames not long after Harry found it.However, Gino was worried that the butterfly effect would occur because of his own existence, which would lead to the discovery of Guan Guan, a horcrux that had no role in the original work, in advance, and eventually lead to an uncontrollable disaster.
Therefore, the less people know about the existence of the Room of Requirement, the better.
"Kino! Why are you distracted again!" Lily growled, "Forget it, you must have been making up lies to fool me just now! I won't ask any more questions, and ignore you!" Then, she left angrily.
"Hey, women... are really difficult to serve!" Jino, who didn't understand the situation, only saw Lily leaving his back angrily, sighed deeply, completely unaware that the source of Lily's anger was on him.
A Lily was sent away, and a Potter was ushered in again.Potter has been taking Sirius on night tours recently. Originally, he wanted to encourage Kino to go with Snape, but Snape sternly refused.Gino did hang out with them once, but going out at night with them is risky
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