Chapter 254 Letters
Chapter 254 Letters
It can be said that the meeting between Lily and Snape ended on bad terms.
Even Harry seemed just confused.
When Lily and Harry bought everything, he was extremely quiet.
Back home, Harry felt very bad.
Until Dobby came up and asked Harry to eat.
"Harry! It's dinner time, why haven't you gone down yet?"
Harry looked at the house elf in front of him and just sighed.
Dobby is a house elf and an elf employed by the Potter family, which is very special.
When Ron knew that Harry had a house elf in his home, he was envious of Harry, but after learning from Harry that Dobby was an extremely unique elf, Ron was no longer so envious and jealous.
Because Dobby is paid, he does not call Harry or the Potters master, and his temper is not that good. If James says that Dobby's cooking is not delicious, the house elf will also lose his temper.
Moreover, Lily has to pay Dobby's salary every year, and there is a special room in the house, which is Dobby's bedroom. He is more like a servant hired by Potter. Sometimes, Dobby will also help Dobby with the help of Lily. , go to other places to learn cooking skills. Dobby likes these very much, especially he loves to go to the Muggle world to learn new things. After all, he is a house elf with a very special appearance, so he still needs Lily to cover him.
This made Dobby have a very close relationship with the Potter family. In addition, Dobby had watched Harry grow up, so he felt a little bit like an elder to Harry.
Harry thought about what he had heard during the day. In fact, he had been thinking and digesting it and didn't even notice that it was already time for dinner.
Only then did Dobby run up and tell him to get down.
In the dining room, only Lily was waiting for Harry to come down.
"Where's Dad?"
Lily said calmly: "Your father, your godfather, and your Uncle Lupin said they wanted to have a good time together, so there is a high probability that they will not come back tonight."
Harry had no choice but to sit in his chair, his eyes falling on Lily from time to time.
"What do you want to ask?" Lily naturally noticed Harry's sizing. She thought for a moment and simply told Harry about the prophecy. "The child in the prophecy is most likely you. Although the child of the Longbottom family is also considered, but judging from the mysterious man's final attack, he thought it was you."
Harry froze.
"But……"
Lily just sighed and said: "So, I am very worried about you. If that mysterious man still thinks it is you, then it will be very scary. Harry, when he comes back to life, he will definitely target you."
"Will that mysterious man definitely come back?" Harry asked, but it actually felt ridiculous. After all, he had met the mysterious man face to face, although at that time, Harry was not sure that it was the mysterious man. They didn't meet officially either.
"I will definitely come back. After all, there is still the matter of Horcruxes."
Lily's complete lack of concealment made Harry's heart turn pale, and he was completely at a loss.
"Mom, what should I do?"
Lily was silent for a moment, maybe she didn't think about what to do.
Dobby carefully pushed a large plate in front of Harry, which was full of food he had carefully prepared, which was the official way of making Indian curry that he had recently learned.
He looked at Harry and Lily who seemed to have no appetite. Although they only listened to half a sentence, they did not dare to speak out of fear of Voldemort.
"It's okay. I'm going to try and see if I can go see Seles. At least I know he must have some plan there. No matter what the plan is, I need to ask him."
Lily had a feeling that there must be something very important with Salazar, and she had to figure it out.
"But, hasn't that person been hiding from you and not wanting to see you?" Harry said softly.
At this time, Dobby's big eyes were obviously brighter, and he said loudly: "Lily and Harry, do you want to see the master?"
Lily looked at Dobby and suddenly thought of something: "Yes, Dobby, your contract is with Seles, right?"
Dobby nodded vigorously: "Yes! Dobby was taken out of the Malfoy family by his master. Dobby was also sent to Lily's family by his master. It was his master who introduced Dobby to work at the Potter's house. "
"Can you find Celes?" Lily asked.
"The master has not forbidden Dobby to go to him! Dobby can appear next to the master immediately!"
Even Salazar himself had most likely forgotten that he had contracted a house elf. At least he brought Dobby to the Potter house and asked Dobby to help new parents raise the newborn Harry. As a house elf, Dobby has experience in this area, much better than Lily and James.
But Salazar sent Dobby to Lily, and there was no other arrangement. Even when he was injured later and even had to take Tom and Draco with him, Salazar didn't call Dobby over to help. He was too busy. When he was young, he just let Old Nott take care of the children.
Fortunately, although Old Nott's Nott family is in decline, they still have a house elf. The three children are often helped by the house elf.
This also made Salazar remember the time when he had a house elf, because the Nott family had one. After going through the most difficult time, he waited until Draco and Tom could take care of themselves and be sensible. Get up, Salazar doesn't need to use a house elf.
Dobby has been left at the Potter's house, and because of Lily's kindness, he has established a very good relationship with the Potter family.
"Does Lily want to say something to the master? Does he need to meet? Dobby has not received the order, so he doesn't know if he can take Lily to see the master. But Dobby can take Lily's oral message or written letter to find the master!" Dobby looked at Lily expectantly, hoping that Lily would let him help.
Lily really thought Dobby's idea was a good one.
So, while Salazar was resting at Old Nott's house, he heard a commotion.
Old Nott's house elf was an old house elf. It screamed and made a sharp sound. When Old Nott and Sara looked for it, they saw it being pressed against Dobby. He was no match for the young and strong Dobby.
And Dobby's eyes lit up when he saw Salazar.
"Master! It's Dobby! Dobby is here to find the master!"
Salazar stared at the house elf in front of him, confused at first, then remembered something, and looked at Dobby with surprise in his eyes.
"It was Lily who asked Dobby to find his master!"
Salazar: "..."
Old Nott looked at Salazar, and then at the crying house elf who bullied his own house elf. He didn't know what to do.
"My lord, is this your house elf?"
Salazar nodded silently.
"Is that so..." Old Nott understood that it was Dobby's sudden appearance at home that aroused the alarm of his own house elves, which led to the current scene. Generally, this kind of behavior is extremely impolite. How can other families allow it? Where are the house elves running around?
But the owner of the house elf in front of him happened to be Salazar Slytherin!
Old Nott could only endure it.
"Master, since it is your elf, can you let it go to my little one?"
Sarah looked at Dobby, who was also very clever. He jumped off the Nott's house elf and walked to Salazar's side.
"You just said, it's Lily, Lily, Potter?" Salazar frowned.
"Yes, Lily wants to see you, Master." Dobby said, handing Salazar a letter specially written by Lily, and then looked at Salazar expectantly.
"Meet me..." Salazar did not open the letter. In fact, he was avoiding Lily because he didn't know how to face Lily's kindness. In addition, Lily didn't know that Godric was still alive. She felt that Voldemort was targeting her at the beginning. Godric and Godric were involved in the Potter family's affairs, which made Lily always feel extremely guilty.
This guilt also made Salazar uncomfortable.
It's not that they haven't met, it's just that Salazar doesn't know what else to say if they meet.
"Are you okay with Lily?" Salazar lowered his eyes and began to ask how Dobby was doing. This was just an excuse for him to avoid Lily's invitation.
Dobby didn't know such complicated emotions. He was very happy and shared his life in the Potter family with Salazar in a cheerful tone.
Old Nott asked his house elves to leave while listening to the exchange between Dobby and Salazar.
Salazar was naturally very perfunctory, but his perfunctory attitude also frightened Old Nott, because he had never seen a wizard who was so serious, at least with a respectful attitude on his face when facing a domesticated baby. Elf's.
Salazar really had the patience to listen to Dobby talk about things that he felt were worthy of great joy.
Then, after Old Nott heard it, he also noticed something special about the Potter family in Dobby's words.
What is the status of house elves in the wizarding world? It could be said that they were slaves, but the Potter family in Dobby's words did not have such an attitude at all.
Because Dobby wanted to develop his cooking skills, Lily signed up to take a cooking class to learn the cuisine of other countries, and let Dobby listen invisibly!
Is this something a wizard would do?
Also, at Christmas time, the Potter family of three would give Dobby Christmas gifts?
what?
Do house elves need Christmas too?
The Potter family's attitude towards Dobby is as if Dobby is also a member of the Potter family. That's pretty much it!
In the eyes of people like Old Nott, this was highly deviant.
But Salazar didn't look strange at all, his expression even had a hint of happiness, listening to Dobby talk about his life with the Potter family.
This made Old Nott confused and even found it incredible.
Why does Salazar look so gentle now?
Obviously he is a very famous dark wizard in history, and he is also a sinister and cunning dark wizard in legends, but those bad descriptions now have no connection with the young man in front of him who listened carefully to the house elf telling his story. together.
Old Nott was silent, thinking, and then began to doubt life.
He could only find excuses to comfort himself. At least Lord Slytherin was indeed very powerful. At least Lord Slytherin was indeed decisive when facing the enemy! At least……
Just when Old Nott was thinking wildly, Dobby probably finished telling his story, then looked at Salazar excitedly, and thought of the purpose of his coming here.
"Master, do you want to see Lily? Lily really, really misses the master."
Salazar was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and his tone was a little solemn.
"Dobby, go back and tell Sister Lily that I have other things to do now and I don't have time to see her for the time being."
Dobby looked very regretful, his little head drooping, and then reluctantly said: "Is it true that you can't go back to Potter's house?"
"For now, no." Salazar answered with some difficulty.
"Then, Master, can you write a letter to Lily."
Salazar looked hesitant.
Dobby pleaded again: "Master, Lily said that you should at least reply to the letter in person."
Reluctantly, Salazar nodded.
Sure enough, when she opened Lily's letter, she said in the letter that she didn't expect Dobby to be able to let Salazar go home this time, but she told Salazar that it was best to give her a reason to convince her, explaining that The reason Salazar couldn't go see her.
Between the lines, one can see Lily's resentment towards Salazar for avoiding him.
Sara looked particularly distressed after checking the letter, but Old Nott observed carefully and saw a hint of joy in Salazar's eyes.
Being cared about, worried about, and remembered like this is actually a very happy thing.
At least, for Salazar, who originally lacked the emotional care of his parents, family was a very unfamiliar word, and the frankness and kindness of Lily and James, a couple, somewhat compensated for Salazar's lack of love in this regard.
Family, friends, loved ones...
Salazar suddenly found that he seemed to lack nothing. Even though his friends, the most important friends, were still a thousand years ago, and the people he liked were no longer around, he still had his family.
Whether it was the kindness of the Potter family towards him or Angus, the cheap son who came from time-to-time, in fact, strictly speaking, some people here could be considered friends of Salazar.
Even these friends are actually far less close than Rowena and Helga.
But Salazar felt that as friends, it was not impossible to ignore these people...
Salazar's originally lonely heart suddenly calmed down.
He's not really alone here anymore.
Dobby took the reply letter from Salazar and left Nott's house happily.
Salazar's expression was very calm, but Old Nott felt that the surrounding atmosphere seemed to have changed in some way, and he felt that it was a good change.
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