"Then go live at Secret Base!"
Eileen finally made the decision, and Severus nodded.
As long as it's safe and liveable, other minor inconveniences in life can be solved with magic. If you can't solve them, just overcome them.
As for Mr. Snape... although he seemed to feel something was wrong, he obviously did not realize the existence and seriousness of the problem.
"You're moving out? Great! It's long overdue!"
Manus didn't hear the next words. He had already said goodbye to Eileen and Severus.
Severus will directly take Eileen to Secret Base, and Secret Base's protective magic is safe and complete enough. Manus only needs to add a Fidelius Charm after Evans family's matter is over.
"Dong dong--"
As Evans family's door on the first floor was knocked by Manus, Petunia's bedroom window and door on the second floor was also pecked twice by a Raven.
The matter of learning magic has not been exposed. Petunia is still regarded as Muggle in Evans family. In addition, she is still underage, so she will obviously not be allowed by Mr. and Mrs. Evans to participate in discussions on topics such as installing protective magic in the home.
Petunia still trots to open the window, just like every class night in the past six months:
"Manus, do you have to go to class today too?"
The person in front of him was a Raven, but Petunia was used to treating this Raven directly as Manus, and his eyes were full of doubts when he spoke. After all, Lily has returned home today, didn't it mean that the holiday classes would be stopped?
"The next step is to continue class, but not today."
Manus borrowed Huginn's body and shook his head:
"Be prepared. I plan to take advantage of today's opportunity to explain your situation to your parents."
"Ah?! Today?"
Petunia was immediately panicked.
"You don't want your family to know that you can learn magic?"
"No, I just think, is this... a bit too sudden?"
Petunia's voice even stuttered a bit:
"I've just learned a few tricks now, and I haven't started learning Charms or magic structures or anything like that..."
"Compared to the original plan, it is indeed much earlier, because now you have shown talents that exceed my expectations - if you continue to use the original plan, your talents will be wasted."
"Are my talents good?"
Petunia's eyes lit up. Although she didn't have any genius experience like learning things instantly when she was in class with Manus, she knew that Manus couldn't lie to her about this kind of thing.
Suddenly, Petunia thought of something:
"Then, Lily and I..."
"One of you is born Spellcaster, and the other is Spellcaster through learning. The learning process, methods, starting time and other conditions are different... I can't tell the difference very well."
Manus shook his head and answered truthfully:
"Moreover, pure talent does not mean much. What is meaningful is where you can reach in the end. And at this point, talent is only an important but small factor."
The important thing is that only with this talent can you be qualified to be compared. The small thing is that this talent has no great significance other than being an admission ticket at the beginning.
Of course, if you are Sorcerer, then it is another track.
Speaking of which, if Wizard's spellcasting ability is not very stable in the blood inheritance, Squib is purely an event of extremely small probability, and the innate special magic ability is very rare...
Manus would really think that Wizard is actually a kind of Sorcerer.
"That's it..."
Petunia felt a little bit regretful after getting Manus's answer.
"So what's your opinion? Do you want to be honest with your family now?"
Manus added:
"If you maintain your original plan, with your talent, you will still be able to live peacefully in Wizarding World with your own spellcasting ability, so you don't need to worry too much."
"Eh?"
Petunia found the key points in this reminder:
"But you said that the talent I have shown now exceeds your expectations... So according to your original expectations and plans, there is no way that I can live independently in Wizarding World on my own?"
"Yes, this is the norm. Just like not every child has the opportunity to go to school, not every child who goes to school can enter college, and not every person who graduates from college can have the ability to live independently in the corresponding field based on professional ability."
Manus did not deliberately hide this:
"Magic is an acquired course for you. There is indeed a high threshold for acquiring magic power, but this is just an introduction. It does not mean that you have the ability to make a living by this skill."
"This is not to discount your talent, but to be prepared that your talent is not suitable for being a Spellcaster. In my expectation, the worst case scenario is that you can still use this ability you learned on your own as part of your life while adhering to the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy."
"You can use it to a limited extent to create conveniences in life, but you cannot rely on it to adapt to the life of Wizarding World. Therefore, you still need to return to the world of Muggle and learn skills to give yourself the ability to earn money to maintain your life - fortunately, the courses I teach you are not completely unrelated to this."
Petunia was a little dazed, but quickly shook his head:
"Anyway, at least I don't have to face this worst-case scenario now."
Manus nodded:
"Yes, you are a genius."
Petunia's mouth corners couldn't help but rise.
"So, your decision?"
"I want a showdown with my family!"
"Wha... what?"
Mr. and Mrs. Evans downstairs was in a trance. Weren't they just talking about home security? Putting protection Charms on the house to guard against those Wizard terrorists...
Why did Manus suddenly say something? Petunia also has the talent to learn magic, and the talent is pretty good?
Lily on the side was even more surprised, but she reacted faster, got up and rushed to the second floor, knocking on the door that she had not knocked on for many years:
"Petunia! Open the door!"
"Lily..."
Mrs. Evans suddenly came back to his senses, and subconsciously twisted his upper body to say something to the people upstairs. But he felt that he didn't know what to say, or maybe it would be good to let Lily ask.
So she turned back again, looked at Manus and said:
"Manus, it's not that we doubt you, but... Lily wrote a letter to Dumbledore at that time, and Dumbledore's reply said... He doesn't seem like a person who can lie. I mean, since he will write a reply to Petunia..."
Mrs. Evans chose his words carefully.