Chapter 4098 4100【Returning home in splendor】
Several senior students, including Dolphin Rohr, Corban Yaxley and Rabastan Lestrange, bully their lower-grade classmates in the school corridors all year round and cast evil spells on them.
Students often dare not speak out about their evil deeds.
Because Hogwarts does not severely punish such evil deeds. At most, it is just a few days of confinement. It is neither painful nor itchy. Not only does it not have a disciplinary effect, but it makes them do whatever they want.
In the original series of "Harry Potter", James Potter and Sirius Black often cast evil spells on classmates they disliked in the corridor, turning their heads into twice the size. The punishment was nothing but confinement.
They once took off Snape's underwear in public. Although the book does not mention what punishment they received in the end, it was obviously not expulsion because they both graduated successfully.
In this case, even if the lower-grade students complain to the school, the school will only punish them by placing them in solitary confinement. And when they come out after the confinement, they will intensify their revenge.
As a result, one less thing is better than one more thing, which makes these guys become more and more rampant.
Now they have finally hit the wall.
After being punished by Xiang Nan, if they want to bully the lower grade students again, they must first consider whether Xiang Nan is pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger. After having this additional layer of worry, they no longer dare to bully others unscrupulously.
In this way, the lower grade students will suffer less and be bullied less, so naturally they will all be grateful to Xiang Nan.
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In late April, schools begin their Easter holidays.
The Easter holiday lasts for half a month. Students can choose to go home or stay in school.
Xiang Nan and Lily both chose to go home.
Lily went home because she was still a twelve-year-old child. She had been away from home for three months since she returned to school in early January, so she naturally wanted to go home.
When Xiang Nan went home, he wanted to give the money he earned to his parents. He started brewing the medicine at the end of December, and in four months now, he has earned twelve hundred galleons, or about six thousand pounds.
Such a large amount of money is enough for Tobias Snape to make a comeback. At least you can open a small shop, or buy two houses to rent out.
You must know that in the 1970s, the purchasing power of 6,000 pounds was quite amazing. You could buy one or more houses in any city in the UK.
For example, in the borough of Lambeth, south London, a house only costs 5,000 pounds. By 2021, house prices had risen to one million pounds. In fifty years, it has increased two hundred times.
If you buy a house in Cokeworth, you will have more houses to buy, and renting it out is also a good choice.
So the two of them boarded the Hogwarts Express back to London.
Before going home, they all received a notice from the school warning them not to use magic during the holidays.
Of course, this rule is mainly to prevent students from casting spells in front of Muggles, thereby exposing the existence of the magical world. Therefore, children from wizarding families can perform magic at home during the holidays, and neither the school nor the Ministry of Magic can do anything about it.
Because schools and the Ministry of Magic mainly rely on "traces" to supervise underage wizards. Zongsi could only detect that someone was casting a spell nearby, but she did not know who was casting the spell.
So if you are a child of a wizarding family, you will be considered to be a parent casting spells.
As for a child from a Muggle family, because he is the only wizard in the family, once he is traced, he is likely to receive a warning letter, or even be expelled in more serious cases.
"Sev, you are really working hard. You are going home and you are still reading." Lily said with a smile. Xiang Nan will be home for half a month this time, so he borrowed "Advanced Potions Guide" from Professor Horace Slughorn and "Advanced Potions Guide" from Professor Filius Flavey in advance. Analysis of Ancient Runes", I borrowed the bound volume of "Transfiguration Today" from Professor Minerva McGonagall, and "The Encyclopedia of Magical Plants" from Professor Pomona Sprout, and prepared to go home. Take your time and watch.
Actually, he originally wanted to borrow books from the library, but Hogwarts had rules and library books could not be taken out of the school, so he could only borrow books from the professors.
Fortunately, the professors at Hogwarts like him, so everyone is willing to lend him books. What Xiang Nan is reading now is "Analysis of Ancient Magic Texts".
"I'm used to it." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Books are the ladder of human progress. If you want to climb higher and go further, you must improve yourself."
"That makes sense." Lily nodded, "Then where is your goal?"
"Goal? There is no goal." Xiang Nan was stunned and waved his hand, "Knowledge is infinite and life is limited. Pursue unlimited knowledge with a limited life. Although it sounds stupid, you can get it by learning a little. A little bit of joy. So I don’t set limits for myself, I just learn as much as I can, and I keep learning as long as I can.”
“Sev, your ideals are really high.” Lily said with admiration.
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As he spoke, the train had arrived in London.
Lily's parents, Robin and Mary, and sister Penny all came to pick her up at the station.
Xiang Nan got off the car together and said hello to everyone.
"Severus, how are you going to get home? Do you want to ride in the car with me?" Robin asked.
“No need, uncle, I’ll go to the Leaky Cauldron and borrow the floo network to get home.” Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled.
Robin nodded, "Okay, then be careful, we are going to transfer."
"Okay, goodbye uncle and auntie, goodbye Petunia and Lily." Xiang Nan waved and smiled, then said goodbye to the Evans family and set off for the Leaky Cauldron.
Then he used the floo network in the bar and returned to his home in no time.
There was a flicker of fire, and the scene in front of my eyes flashed. In an instant, Xiang Nan appeared at his home in Zizhidao Lane.
"Severus~" Eileen was naturally very happy to see her son return, with a long-lost smile on her face.
Tobias Snape looked at his son, and finally just nodded, saying calmly, "He's back. He won't be back for Christmas either. I thought you didn't want this home anymore."
“Tobias, don’t do this...” Erin advised.
“Dad, it’s not that I don’t miss home, I have a reason.” Xiang Nan waved his hand and said.
“What’s the reason?” Tobia asked in confusion.
Xiang Nan didn't hesitate, placed the suitcase on the dining table, and opened it immediately.
In an instant, the dazzling golden light shocked both Eileen Prince and Tobias Snape.
“This…this…this…” Both of them were dumbfounded in surprise.
"This is twelve hundred gold galleons." Xiang Nan explained, "It's worth six thousand pounds."
“What?” Hearing what he said, Erin and Tobia were both shocked and speechless.