From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 300 Disappearing Love
Since the Dumbledore brothers were preparing to let Ariana return to Hogwarts to go to school, they were busy preparing various identity documents for her. The third person to be resurrected was still Regulus brought by Sirius.

But the Potters also arrived with him that day.

"Don't worry about resurrecting my brother, Ivy." Sirius explained awkwardly, "James... I want to ask you something. It's... about Lily."

"Of course." Ivy nodded. "Please ask."

Sirius looked at the other guest in the Room of Requirement - the Hogwarts Potions Professor.

These days he always finds excuses to have tea with Ivy, and every time he comes he never comes empty-handed, always bringing with him the potions he carefully prepared.

Although Ivy understood what Snape wanted to do, he had no reason to chase him away. After all, he had accepted all the things.

"Snotlout..."

"Padfoot—"

Sirius had just opened his mouth to say that he wanted to chase them away when Lily stopped him.

"Okay..." Sirius let out a sigh and said helplessly, "Professor Snape, could you please wait outside? We have something to say to Ivy."

Unexpectedly, Snape drew his wand and pointed it at Sirius: "You are definitely not Professor Black! That barbaric Gryffindor never knew what politeness was! Which dark wizard have you transformed into?"

Sirius, who was pointed at by Snape with his wand, was shocked and angry, and immediately planned to take out his wand and attack with James.

But Lily, who had known their character for a long time, stood in the middle and said to Snape: "Please - Severus."

"I understand, Lily." Snape then slowly put away his wand, turned around and walked out.

Only James was left waving his fist behind him: "Call her Mrs. Potter! You filthy Sly—"

Considering that Ivy was also a Slytherin, it was Sirius' turn to cover James' mouth.

"So..." Ivy stopped the farce, "What do you want to say to me?"

Hearing Ivy's question, James was no longer angry, Sirius loosened his hand, and Lily sighed. For a moment, none of the three spoke first.

After a while, Lily said, "Something about me is different..."

"Hmm?" Ivy indicated that he was listening.

"Death seems to have taken a part of me away forever..." Mrs. Potter continued to describe her symptoms, "I'm not saying that I'm missing any memories, although those memories in the spirit world have become a little fuzzy, but what I want to talk about is a more serious problem."

At this point, Mrs. Potter seemed to find it difficult to speak. She looked at her husband and continued with difficulty: "I don't seem to love James anymore..."

Snape, who was standing outside the door, heard these words very clearly. His sallow face showed a joy that was difficult to express in words. His blood rushed to his forehead, exposing the blood vessels hidden under the skin.

Fortunately, Dumbledore did not attend the resurrection ceremony today, but went with his brother Aberforth to deal with the issue of Ariana's identity.

Otherwise, when he saw Snape's expression, he would definitely scream out.

In the Room of Requirement, James supplemented his wife's question: "My wife doesn't really love me anymore, but it's more like she's been blocked by some magical power... like the Imperius Curse..."

Ivy nodded, then looked at Mrs. Potter. Her eyes were red and she was obviously very confused as to why she had changed like this.

"May I ask how you discovered this?" Ivy asked curiously.

"It's not a presumptuous question." James then explained, "In the past, we had the habit of kissing each other goodnight, and Lily didn't respond to me like before. You know, our memories of the real world are still stuck in more than ten years ago. Although we have stayed in the spirit world for the same amount of time, everything about it is fading from our minds rapidly. I can't remember what the spirit world looks like now. There are only a few key words like 'desolate, shrouded in mist' in my mind, but I have no impression of what the spirit world looks like specifically."

"Because of this, our bodies and minds are still in the state of more than a decade ago. The night we were killed by Voldemort seems more like a nightmare." James recalled. For him, what happened more than a decade ago was not long ago, to be precise, "the day before yesterday."

"You know, we got married not long ago, and our relationship was very passionate. Every time Lily looked at me, she was full of sweetness and tenderness. But yesterday I found that all these things had disappeared." James seemed a little distressed. He couldn't be sure why his wife had become like this. "At that time, I thought it was because Lily had just been resurrected, and the weakness from the bones affected her."

"But this morning, I felt more energetic and more excited than yesterday. When I wanted to share my feelings with Lily, I found her sitting at the head of the bed crying." James' face was full of pain, and he was obviously helpless about the reason for his wife's sadness.

"I recalled the happy memories of the past, those passionate loves with James, but it was hard to find any real feeling. I don't know what's wrong with me!" Lily cried again, venting her anxiety while crying, "I thought of Harry, and how I left him. I can't forgive myself, and I'm particularly afraid of leaving his life again... What scares me even more is that I can't even find a little love for Harry in my heart..."

Lily burst into tears sadly. James, who was standing beside her, tried to comfort her at a loss, but his wife just turned her back to him.

"I think it's a curse!" Sirius growled, "It must have been Snotlout's doing! He's had bad intentions towards Lily for a long time!"

"Please - Padfoot, Severus is not that kind of person. He is willing to sacrifice himself for Harry... He has completely changed..." Lily cried and defended her childhood sweetheart.

But this only confirmed Sirius's worries: "See! Even now you still don't forget to protect him! Don't forget that he was playing with the dark arts when he was in school!"

"Okay, Sirius, stop talking." James, of course, had to defend his wife.

But looking at Sirius's expression, it was obvious that he was saying, "You are so mean to me for this woman."

Although the four-corner relationship in front of me is very interesting, it is not suitable to look at it for too long.

Ivy nodded to show her understanding, and then said, "Professor Snape really has no motive to use dark magic to curse Mrs. Potter. Even if he really wants to do something like that, the target should be Mr. Potter first."

Magic cannot bring true love, and the lesson of Voldemort's mother has given many people enlightenment. Although Snape is a wizard proficient in black magic, it is still too difficult for him to use a curse to dispel the love in a person's heart.

Although Ivy can do it, it requires very precise control of ancient magic, otherwise all the emotions of the target will be wiped out if he is not careful.

By now, Ivy had pretty much figured out what was going on.

He produced a small crystal bottle and handed it to Mrs. Potter: "Take it, Mrs. Potter, and think of your husband and son."

The substance in the crystal bottle that emitted a warm glow made all the tense nerves present feel comfortably relaxed.

"What is this?" James asked.

However, his wife spoke up before Ivy did. "Oh my God! Back! How did you do it? Mr. Doom, I can feel your warmth towards Harry! It reminds me of him playing with a children's broom in Godric's Hollow... That broom was given by Padfoot, and Harry flew great! Even though he broke the vase that Petunia gave me, I still have to say that he flies really well!"

"Lily, are you okay?" James asked in surprise, and then wanted to reach out to hug his wife, but Lily took a few steps forward, avoiding her husband's hug and moving closer to Ivy. Prongs showed a lost expression, and couldn't help but examine Ivy.

"What on earth is this, Mr. Doom?" Lily asked excitedly. "Can I keep it?"

"Of course you can keep it, ma'am." Ivy took a step back inconspicuously and answered Lily's question at the same time, "But if I tell you what it is, I'm afraid you won't want to keep it."

"Don't keep us in suspense, Ivy. Tell her now." Sirius was already a little impatient. He had never cared about love affairs. It was only because Lily was his good brother's wife, otherwise he would not have endured for so long.

"Okay." Ivy agreed. "This is love."

"Love potion?" The red liquid in the crystal bottle obviously made Mr. Potter misunderstand.

"An unopened love potion can't be effective! You idiot!" As a member of the Sgrahorn Slug Club, Lily obviously knows more about potions than her husband.

"You actually scolded me! You have never scolded me since we got married!" James tried to regain his wife's love.

But he failed as expected.

"Please shut up, Mr. Potter." Lily glared at him. Her shrewd tone was much more powerful than that of the girls in Gryffindor today. "I'm still waiting for Mr. Doom to tell me the answer!"

"This is your love, Mrs. Potter." Ivy told the truth, "Or to be more precise, it is the love magic you cast on Harry to protect him."

"What?" Lily was obviously shocked, not for herself, but for her son. "You stole the protection from Harry!"

"No, no, no!" Sirius, who knew everything, quickly stepped forward to smooth things over. "Ivy didn't steal! This was a necessary measure to protect Harry! Remember what we talked about yesterday? Why did I resurrect my brother who joined the Death Eaters? What did I say at the time?"

"Because he sacrificed himself to steal a Horcrux from Voldemort?" James obviously remembered what his good brother said yesterday.

"That's absolutely right. Harry is also a Horcrux." Sirius pointed at the crystal bottle in Lily's hand. "The reason why Harry became Voldemort's Horcrux is also related to Lily's love magic."

"After saying so much, what exactly is the so-called Horcrux?" James asked puzzledly.

The English word for Horcrux is Horcrux. Unlike the Chinese word which can be understood literally, just seeing and reading this word will not allow people to associate it with its specific function.

"Horcruxes are objects that store fragments of Voldemort's soul. As long as there is a Horcrux, Voldemort will never die!" Sirius quickly told all the information he knew, "So if you want to destroy Voldemort, you must first destroy all his Horcruxes."

"On Halloween thirteen years ago, it was Lily's love magic that rebounded Voldemort's Killing Curse. Voldemort did not die due to the existence of the Horcruxes, but because he created too many Horcruxes, his soul became very unstable. Therefore, the Killing Curse peeled off a piece of his soul and attached it to Harry's forehead." Sirius continued to explain, "That piece of soul connected Harry and Voldemort, and even gave him the ability to speak Parseltongue, but that was very dangerous, because through that piece of soul, Voldemort and Harry could even sense each other's emotions!"

"It is to remove the soul on Harry's forehead that you will see him in the spirit world!" Sirius took a breath. "Although Harry's soul has left his body, Voldemort's soul fragment is still stubborn because Lily's love magic has completely trapped it. If the interference of this magic is not eliminated first, Voldemort's soul fragment cannot be removed. This is why Ivy holds that bottle."

"I can't explain it any more clearly. This is the fact. In order to clean up the soul fragments on Harry's forehead, I temporarily stored Mrs. Potter's magical power." Ivy nodded and acknowledged Sirius's statement.

"I was supposed to return it to Harry the day he came back from the spirit world," Ivy recalled. "But he talked a lot about the spirit world that day, so I forgot about it."

"But it was a blessing in disguise. Now I know why Mrs. Potter became what she is now." Ivy said her own reasoning, "This love magic is so powerful that it was able to rebound Voldemort's killing curse in his heyday, but it was not without cost. Mrs. Potter poured all her magic power and love into Harry at the critical moment of life and death, which led to her failure to find her love after her resurrection."

"Then how can Lily get her love back?" James stepped forward and asked anxiously. It seemed that he believed everything Sirius and Ivy said. After all, their statements were so reasonable and self-consistent that it was difficult to find any basis for rebuttal.

Ivy pointed at Lily's hand and said, "Drink it."

James breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Great! Lily! Drink it up!"

But unexpectedly, Mrs. Potter glared at him coldly: "Absolutely not! This is magic used to protect Harry! Shouldn't we pour all our love into him?"

Ivy shrugged his shoulders, which clearly meant "See, I knew it a long time ago."

"But this..." Now it was Mr. Potter's turn to be dumbfounded. Mrs. Potter's words were naturally reasonable for parents, but in the eyes of her husband, it was a bit extreme.

Lily ignored her husband and turned to Ivy, "How can I cast this magic on Harry again? I did it at a critical moment before, and I don't have the confidence to do it again... Can you please..."

"Of course, after all, this is the magic that I separated from him." Ivy didn't care about the matter. It didn't matter to him who Mrs. Potter loved. He just took the money and did the work while studying magic. But it was quite interesting to watch a real family ethics drama.

"Great." Mrs. Potter put on a relieved and satisfied smile on her face again, "Can we do it today? I want to protect Harry as soon as possible..."

"Anytime." Ivy said.

"Then doesn't our problem still remain unsolved? Is there no way to have the best of both worlds?" James began to feel aggrieved. Who could have thought that after being resurrected, he would not only have to be wary of his former love rival, but even have to compete with his son for his wife.

James regretted the moment he asked the question, as Mrs. Potter was giving him an icy look.

So he quickly added: "On the premise that it does not affect the effect of this magic!"

"Although I'm not a universal wish-granting machine," Ivy answered without thinking, "but there is a way to get the best of both worlds."

"What method?" The other three people in the Request-Granting Room asked in unison.

"Just bring Harry and Mrs. Potter closer physically." Ivy didn't keep the secret. "You all noticed just now that when Mrs. Potter got the crystal bottle containing the magic of love, she regained some of her ability to care for Harry. So when the magic of love returns to Harry, letting them stay together for a long time should be able to achieve a similar effect."

"But Harry has to go to school!" Mrs. Potter obviously disagreed.

"But Hogwarts is always short of a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Sirius had another idea, "Besides, I just resigned, and I don't have to worry about the curse, so won't I be safe for the whole year?"

"But the Black family almost went bankrupt under your hands, so it can't be said to be safe!" James obviously didn't want his wife to take risks. "Are there any other positions vacant at Hogwarts? Like a nurse? Or can we get a room in Hogsmeade?"

Hearing this, Snape, who had been hiding outside the door, could no longer bear it.

He rushed in and shouted, "Let Lily teach the Potions class! She is a rare talent in Hogwarts for a hundred years! She will definitely be able to do the job! And I will be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts!"

"Snotlout! How much did you hear hiding outside the door!" Sirius was shocked and angry.

"No more, no less." Snape had a barely perceptible smile on his face.

　Wuhu! Done!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)