HP: By the lake of Snake Garden, flowers bloom on the other side

The flowers on the other shore bloom and the phoenix returns.

This sentence is the agreed code between Lycoris and Dumbledore. In fact, there are two sentences in total.

The flowers on the other shore bloom and the phoenix returns.

What it means is: Lycoris has something to ask Dumbledore now, and the blooming flowers mean that Lycoris is waiting for him.

Anyway, Licorice is the red spider lily, and even when things are urgent, we have to wait until the flower blooms. If you don't come, the flower will wither and it will be too late for anything else.

The latter sentence means that he needs to invite Dumbledore to come to his side.

Dumbledore's favorite pet is the phoenix, so it is Return of the Phoenix.

The other sentence was the secret code that Licorice had thought of at the beginning, and she was very satisfied with it.

The flowers of the other shore bloom and fall without a trace.

The first part is the same, and the second part is whether I can go to you quietly, and I will be careful not to leave any traces - such as "little tail" or something like that.

Let Angie take the message to Dumbledore first, it was also agreed.

"Is your place safe? Can I go there? Is it convenient?"

Licorice had always thought that this sentence would be used. After Angie got Dumbledore's consent, she would take herself to find Dumbledore.

Unexpectedly, this sentence was not selected and was used by the options.

I actually fainted and am still hospitalized in the medical wing.

Madam Pomfrey, who cares about her students, would check on the status of the hospitalized students at night. If she tried to talk to Dumbledore, she wouldn't know what would happen if she couldn't see him.

Lycoris lay back against her pillows, waiting for Headmaster Dumbledore to come.

When Dumbledore saw Angie suddenly appear, he was also confused as to why she looked like Hogwarts School was going to go bankrupt.

"Angie," Dumbledore said, watching her grabbing her tiny clothes and kneading them, as if she was going to bang them on the ground a few times, "Come here Miss Snape. Do you have anything to say?"

"Yes... yes, Master!" Angie hurriedly let go of her hand and answered Dumbledore loudly, "The little wizard said, 'The flowers on the other shore bloom, and the phoenix returns.'"

Dumbledore, who was smiling as usual, suddenly stopped smiling and asked calmly, "What happened to Miss Snape?"

"She...she..." Angie blinked and was about to cry, "Angie didn't help the master take good care of the little wizard! She is sick and in the medical wing."

Dumbledore's heart ached when he heard the elf stuttering.

He thought something had happened to Lycoris.

After hearing that he was hospitalized, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What happened?"

As soon as Dumbledore finished asking, Angie started crying and said that she had not done what her master had arranged for her to do, and she found a corner of the desk and was about to hit her head.

Dumbledore, who was familiar with the elves' personalities, reached out and picked up Angie, then Apparated to the medical wing.

Seeing that Licorice seemed to be in good spirits, she put Angie down and said, "Okay, go back to the kitchen."

"But..." Angie sobbed loudly and choked, "I didn't take good care of the little wizard for the master."

"This is not your fault, Angie." Licorice took the initiative and took a candy from the table. "I want to thank you for helping me invite the principal."

Angie looked at Lycoris, rubbing her big eyes, then looked up at Dumbledore again.

Dumbledore said gently, "Go ahead, this is your candy."

Angie took the candy and bowed to her master and the little wizard, then disappeared in front of them.

Lycoris raised her hand and picked up the wand next to the pillow, cast a protective spell before starting to speak.

"Principal, I'm sorry to ask you to come here." Lycoris smiled at Dumbledore and asked him to sit down.

"Have you thought of your third wish?" Dumbledore was very curious about her wish, after all, her first wish was very special.

"Mr. Potter has been dreaming about that man again recently, and it's getting worse. You haven't been in contact with him, and he has no way to contact you. He doesn't trust my father, which is normal. But he hasn't told Professor McGonagall about this yet. I'm very worried about the safety of Mr. Sirius Black."

Lycoris' words almost confused Dumbledore.

Harry dreamed about Voldemort again? I had repeatedly emphasized that I had to learn Occlumency, so why did he dream about it again?

Could it be that...he really is...

He didn't contact Harry because he was afraid that Voldemort would know his relationship with him. It would not be good for him to let Voldemort know that he valued Harry.

So the reason why Harry couldn't learn Occlumency was because of Severus? Why did he care so much about Severus' existence? Learning Occlumency was good for him, and he should learn it well.

But these are not what Dumbledore cares about most. What he cares about most is the last sentence.

Dumbledore was concerned about Professor McGonagall and didn't want anything to happen to Sirius, "What happened to Minerva? What happened to Sirius again?"

Isn't Minerva still working as the headmistress of Hogwarts? Isn't Sirius still working at the Black Mansion?

"Doesn't the principal know what's happening in the school?" Lycoris saw Dumbledore's reaction and realized one thing: the principal's control over the school was not omnipotent.

That's good, otherwise it would be embarrassing to have her little problem in the first grade "seen". But if she had to do it again, she would do it the same way.

Dumbledore sat there and listened to everything Lycoris told him - everything she "should" know.

"I know about Minerva, but what about Sirius?" Dumbledore frowned and stroked his beard, his voice a little suppressed. "I will let Minerva and Filius return to Hogwarts as soon as possible."

"Principal, you know this, right?" Lycoris suddenly asked this question. She was betting that Professor Marchbank was Dumbledore's man.

Dumbledore looked into her brown eyes and understood what she meant.

"So, my third wish is," Lycoris chuckled and looked at Dumbledore seriously before speaking, "Sirius Black will face a doomed death, and I hope he can avoid it."

Dumbledore asked quietly, "Is this wish worth it?"

Dumbledore thought she would want his Elder Wand, and felt that this was the only thing about him that could attract her, but he didn't expect that she actually wanted to save Sirius?

Lycoris looked at Dumbledore. He really knew a lot about her. With such an outrageous request, he didn't even ask why Sirius was doomed to die?

Is this wish worth it?

Licorice also understood what he meant.

The plunderer had such a deep hatred for her father, yet she, as his goddaughter, actually asked to save him.

"It's worth it, why not?" Lycoris replied with a vicious tone, "If you die, there will be nothing. Living is torture. You know what Mr. Lupin's improved wolfsbane potion does, Headmaster."

Licorice smiled, her eyebrows curved, "This is my punishment for the bystanders. As for the culprit himself, how could I watch him die so easily?"