[HP] love

October came, and the cold and damp mountain wind blew the whole castle.The number of young wizards with colds increased a lot. When Hill helped Professor Snape deliver potions to the medical wing, Madam Pomfrey often complained to him about the lack of manpower.

"Without Severus, I really don't know what to do with these little guys!" Madam Pomfrey sighed as she poured the potion she had just received from Hill into the mouth of a little red-haired witch .The little witch, who was obviously choked by her actions, blushed and struggled in pain to finish drinking the potion. Seeing white smoke coming out of her ears, Madam Pomfrey let her go with satisfaction, " Let's go, little girl, you have to pay attention, your body is too weak!"

Flying away from the medical wing, Hill saw her disappearing quickly at a speed of sprinting [-] meters.He thought about it carefully, this little red-haired witch seemed to have seen it himself, and seemed to be one of the main characters in the fight at the Lihen Bookstore, or more precisely, the Weasley who liked the savior?

Thinking of this, Hill shook his head. It doesn't matter who she is to him, his life is already busy enough!

"Although the brewing time of my new refreshment potion has been shortened, Severus' potion is still easier to use, but it takes too much time." Madam Pomfrey shrugged her shoulders and said to Hill, " You are the one who delivers medicine every time, so in other words, you are still doing the labor service that will never be completed this semester?"

"Yes, ma'am." Hill was also a little depressed. For some reason, Professor Snape still called himself to his office every few days in the new year to do labor services. Hughes doesn't have that relationship anymore! "Perhaps it's... used smoothly?" He couldn't help guessing.

"Oh, then your guess may be true," Madam Pomfrey replied with a smile after hearing this reason, "You know, a good assistant is much harder to find than a good student! If it weren't for Severus I have recruited you, and I want to apply to the principal to let you come to the medical wing to help!"

Do you really have the temperament of a nanny?Hill couldn't help doubting his own future.

"However, with Severus' guidance, your potions test should be fine." Madam Pomfrey said casually.

Hill also had to admit that she was right.Indeed, even though he spent his spare time working for Professor Snape, he did not get much of the goods. Almost all the potions below the fifth grade were made by him, even the cold potion delivered to the medical wing today Half of them are from his handwriting.With such disguised counseling, he felt that there was no need for him to review potions before the owls came!

Just as he was starting to think about his exams, a man who had just ordered him to bring the potion himself appeared in the medical wing.I saw Professor Snape, who was walking in front of the two people in a black robe, had a serious face, and stared at Hill's face with two sharp eyes, "Stoke, come with me."

Sensing that something was wrong with the atmosphere, Hill's calm face also showed a serious color, he pursed his lips, guessing what happened in his heart, but he immediately followed the dean's footsteps without stopping .After walking for a while, Hill found that the place they came to was actually the principal's office!

"Pile of cockroaches." Professor Snape said the password in a disgusted voice, and the two stone beasts immediately jumped away.Following his footsteps and stepping into this never-before-seen place, Hill secretly looked around, but was completely attracted by Principal Dumbledore's first words.

"Here you come, children!" His small piercing eyes sparkled with wisdom behind the glasses, "Little Mr. Stoker, I have just received a letter from the Ministry of Magic with sad news. .”

Hearing this, Hill held his breath for a moment, waiting with nervous eyes for Mr. Principal to tell him the news.

"Mr. Bailey Stoker, died unexpectedly two hours ago."

Taking a deep breath, Hill's eyes widened instantly, as if he had been greatly shocked. He opened his mouth, and it took him a long time to utter a few words, "Is this true?"

"Yes," Principal Dumbledore nodded heavily. The young man in front of him seemed unable to bear such a blow, and anyone could easily see the panic on his face.Even though it was a Slytherin, he felt pity. "My fireplace has just temporarily connected to Stoke Manor via the Floo network. I think there are still many things you need to deal with there."

"Thank you, Principal." Hill quickly stabilized his emotions. Although he was still pale, there was no panic on his face. "I think I should go home as soon as possible," he said with affected calm.

"Of course." Principal Dumbledore comforted his students with a considerate smile. Even Professor Snape rarely sprayed venom at Hill, but just looked at him with calm eyes.

But Hill didn't have the energy to pay attention to these anymore. He felt his heart beating endlessly. He walked quickly to the fireplace in the principal's office, grabbed a handful of Floo powder, "I'm sorry," he said. The two professors nodded, and then they got into the fireplace without looking back, "Stoke Manor."

In just the next day, the news of Bailey Stoker's death spread throughout the noble wizarding world.

Of course, the news did not cause much sensation, and very few people attended the funeral.But all the wizards who went to mourn said that it was strange that Ajel, the illegitimate son who was favored by Bailey at the funeral, did not see much sadness on the face, but Hill, the heir who was rumored to be unfavored, Pale and slightly exhausted, he dealt with the whole funeral.

As expected, Mrs. Zabini was not present.This seems to have become a talking point in the wizarding world. Since the death of Mrs. Zabini's first husband, she will not attend the funerals of other husbands, and this time Stoke is only her boyfriend. There is no position to participate.

However, I have to say that this funeral has something to do with her. There are gossip claims that the cause of Mr. Stock's death was an overdose of prohibited drugs, and the cause of the whole incident was directed at Mrs. Zabini.This incident has become the latest news for the noble ladies during this period of time. Even Rita Skeeter, a reporter from the "Daily Prophet", opened a column dedicated to this issue, and described the entire incident in three full issues. , And had a lot of influence in the lady world.

However, there was still a surprising person who arrived at the funeral. When people saw Lucius Malfoy walking into the crowd with a silver snake-headed cane, some people were almost surprised from ear to ear.Everyone didn't know why Mr. Malfoy had to come to this unremarkable funeral. How could such a mercenary little man deserve his presence?

But these doubts obviously cannot be expressed here. They all just greeted the respected Mr. Malfoy with a sense of awe, and then watched him go to talk to Hill, the sole head of the Stoke family!However, the arrival of Mr. Malfoy also brought some changes to the funeral. At least the number of people attending has more than doubled within half an hour.

But none of those things were on Hill's radar.

He only remembered that he returned to Stoke Manor in a daze, attended the funeral with Ajer under Stuart's command in a daze, and then sent the bustling crowd away, then fell asleep on the bed in a daze past.He didn't even remember seeing Bailey's body!

The only thing that impressed him was the arrival of Lucius.Seeing that handsome and tidy noble gentleman walking towards him with steady steps, he really felt like he was dreaming at that time.I don't know why, the moment I saw him, the complex emotions that had been suppressed in my heart seemed to find an outlet to release, and the original heavy burden seemed to be put down all of a sudden.

This is really a strange feeling. For Lucius, he has always been in awe and alienated, but at this moment, Hill felt that he was very grateful to be able to see this person at this moment, at least he did not let himself feel strange.He was afraid of seeing Bailey's body, afraid of seeing Ajer's eyes, and afraid of being told over and over again, "Please forgive me, your father, Mr. Stock, has suffered misfortune." This is obviously his subconscious. The thing he had been looking forward to for a long time actually happened, but he was not as happy as he imagined, and even began to feel a little confused.

Lucius himself didn't know why he came, but he was ready to go out as soon as he received the news.But when he saw the pale boy in front of him, he immediately felt relieved, but he seemed to have lost a lot of weight after not seeing him for a month, this discovery made him frown involuntarily.But at this moment, he didn't say much, he just walked in front of Hill a few steps, "I just learned this heavy news."

"Thank you for coming, Mr. Malfoy." Hill himself didn't realize that when he faced Lucius, his expression became a little more familiar.

"I hope the Stoke family will continue to operate the store in the new business district. As the head of the Stoke family, Hill Stoke, I need yours to arrive as soon as possible." Lucius said as if giving alms Such a sentence, but everyone present understood it, it was the Malfoy family showing their attitude and supporting Hill in charge of the Stoke family.

Hill also heard this meaning, and he suddenly raised his head to look at Lucius in disbelief, but he didn't see any clues from his face.