A Fine Show

Eileen Prince Snape!

Harry stood frozen in place upon seeing the name.

After a long while, he touched the gold lettering on the crib.

"The traces of magic are very new, just recently."

"So that means..." Harry immediately guessed that the girl was born recently.

Considering the size of the crib, and the traces of magic, it's undeniable that...

However, he wasn't surprised for long.

After the initial surprise, he recalled feeling as if he had been scanned by X-rays when he first entered the room.

However, a part of the magic in his heart responded.

That feeling then disappeared.

That was the magic of his mother's love, which she sacrificed for him.

The ability to round off is actually the magic of his mother.

The mansion's detection magic ignored him because of this part of the magic.

There was no magic that triggered an alarm or attack.

This made Harry's face darken immediately.

Her mother did indeed spend the night here.

Moreover, the long black hair on the pillow undoubtedly reveals something.

If he hadn't personally resurrected his mother in April.

He might even assume the child is her mother's.

But the location where this crib is placed, combined with the name.

Harry understood immediately.

This might be a child Snape adopted.

"How insidious! Trying to use the child to tie my mother down!" Harry snorted unhappily.

What worried him even more was that Snape's tactic seemed to be working.

These days, his mother's attention has really shifted away from him and Meiling.

Combined with what he saw last time, the book his mother was holding, "Excellent Wizards Start with Names".

It's likely that his mother named the child.

Harry looked at the pacifier-shaped Portkey and picked it up.

His reason told him that he should return to Hogwarts as soon as possible.

He did just that.

But the magic of entering the Portkey vanished without a trace, like a stone sinking into the sea.

"This is a single-path Portkey." Harry immediately understood; the only way to return to Hogwarts was probably through the fireplace.

But there was no fireplace in the room.

Moreover, the sudden disappearance of his mother and Snape from Hogwarts likely led them to this mansion.

Use spare portable Portkey.

They're not here now; they've probably just taken the kids out shopping.

If he wants to go to the fireplace in another room.

One possibility is that we might run into them.

Secondly, at Hogwarts, all the professors' fireplaces approved by the headmaster are documented.

If he passed by the fireplace, it would certainly be recorded.

So, it's better to just wait here.

With that thought in mind, Harry sat down on the edge of the bed.

I didn't realize anything.

He inexplicably overlooked the Mirror World.

He could have used the mirror to reach the Mirror World and used it as a transit point to return to Hogwarts.

Meanwhile, Snape and his children received unprecedented hospitality at the Dursley family.

This puzzled Dursley greatly, as the delicate features on his broad, purplish-red face appeared squeezed together.

He didn't understand, since Snape was clearly a wizard too.

He's no different from that James Potter.

And his nephew Harry is also Petunia's sister's child.

But when it came to Snape and Eileen, Petunia changed completely.

Could it be because the child is a girl?

However, he soon received the answer from his lover.

".

We haven't seen each other for almost twenty years.

But that's really great.

"You'll be with Lily." Petunia wiped her eyes. "For me, the only weirdo who can be with Lily is you."

You also saved Lily!

Dudley often received your help at school.

Dursley then realized what was happening.

It turns out that this gloomy man was the Potions Class professor that Dudley had mentioned.

He was also the one who saved Petunia's sister.

Dursley had heard Dudley and Petunia mention it before.

However, he has never been able to remember the wizards' strange names.

He didn't even remember Harry's name until more than half a month after adopting him.

It's likely that Petunia welcomed Sleip and his child so warmly because Sleip was good to Dudley.

"Good for Dudley?" Dursley's heart skipped a beat.

The smile he had forced on his face froze instantly.

"Haven't seen you for over twenty years?"

Moreover, from the previous conversation, Petunia and this Sleip are childhood sweethearts!

Could it be that Petunia hated her sister so much before because her sister stole her boyfriend—this Sleip?

No wonder!

Why is Sleip so nice to Dudley? (Dursley was too excited and forgot that Dudley said Snape was even nicer to Harry)!

It's all because Sleip and Petunia have a past relationship!

Petunia likes this girl named Eileen so much.

It was also an extension of his affection for Snape! A whirlwind began to rage in Dursley's mind.

His breathing became rapid.

So he quickly squeezed his way to Snape. "Excuse me. I just remembered, we have an important business client tonight. Mr. Snape—"

"My name is Snape!"

"Yes, Mr. Snape. That guest has a terrible temper and hates children because he's infertile." Dursley stopped Petunia, who was about to speak. "Even though I've known him for many years, I only dare invite him when the children are at school. So..."

"So... you're telling me I should leave?" Snape squinted.

He immediately realized that the annoying Muggle in front of him was lying.

Just as he realized that Petunia's welcome to him was so sincere and enthusiastic that it made him a little uncomfortable.

However, as he observed, he saw more.

"Is he jealous? Afraid? He thinks Petunia likes me!" Snape was a little flustered.

Having never been married, he subconsciously believed that husbands all understand their wives.

Considering how warmly Petunia welcomed him.

He subconsciously trusted Dursley's judgment.

So he quickly took the child in his arms.

Before Dursley answer, Petunia told him to stay.

He said, "That just so happens, I also have something to do."

It's exam time for Hogwarts students right now.

I still have to grade the exam papers!

I'm leaving now!

I won't bother you any longer!

"I'll come with Lily next time!" Snape said, already carrying the child outside.

The door slammed shut.

He and Dursley, who was inside the door, wiped away cold sweat almost simultaneously.

He breathed a long sigh of relief.

I could hear Petunia's voice coming from the house behind me.

How dare you lie!

Get rid of my brother-in-law!

Quick!

"Quickly, stop Severus!"

Snape vanished from the spot in a flash.

Harry, meanwhile, was fast asleep on his four-poster bed, which smelled like his mother and looked just like his dorm room.

The Phoenix in Harry's heart seemed to have also smelled the magic of its mother, Lily —the magic of Lily.

He closed his narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes.

Under the influence of the Phoenix's magic, which also served as Patronus, Harry slept soundly and peacefully.

So much so that Harry didn't even notice Snape's icy, chilling gaze.

Snape rushed home, went upstairs, and put the baby in the crib, where he noticed the bulge in the bed.

They even discovered who the bulge belonged to.

That's Harry Potter!