Chapter 30

"The curse stops immediately."

Ayala looked back and saw that Severus had woken up. As soon as the spell fell, he sat on the ground.

"Where are you sending me? The Hospital Wing?"

"I'm not sure yet. I'm wondering if you went into the Forbidden Forest to get some Class A prohibited trade item. Would that send you straight to Azkaban? What were you doing in the Forbidden Forest? Was it that person's mission?"

"It's none of your business."

"If I had ignored you just now, you might not have seen the sun tomorrow morning. Be nice to your savior. I think we can be friends after all, right?"

Severus ignored her, stood up and cast a Disillusionment Charm.

"You don't want to go back to the lounge, do you? You might not survive these injuries if they're not treated."

"I have my own way... and, thank you, I can help you with something."

"I haven't fulfilled my promise from last time. Now you owe me two. I'll tell you when I think it over."

Seeing him like this, Ayala didn't plan to care about him anymore. After reciting the Disillusionment Charm, he walked towards the Slytherin cellar.

When I saw Severus the next day, his injuries seemed to have healed a lot, perhaps because they were covered by his clothes. Only a few scars remained on his face.

Lily and Potter were together, and almost the whole school knew about it. The four Marauders were walking with Lily all day long. Ayala looked at this scene and silently moved away. It was too weird to see five Gryffindors and one Slytherin walking together.

When Ayala returned to Turner Manor on Christmas, he felt that his body was becoming transparent, and sometimes he would even fall asleep anywhere in the manor for no apparent reason.

But things got much better when I returned to Hogwarts, and the place that had become transparent before returned to normal.

Isabel told her that this was also one of the disadvantages of the magic. People like them would start to become dependent on the place where they lived the longest at any time. Isabel started to do this a few years after graduation. The place where she stayed the longest was Turner Manor. Once she left this dependent place for a long time, she would become like Ayala before. This was also the reason why she rarely went out.

Ayala has become dependent on Hogwarts, but she will graduate eventually. After graduation, she will only have two choices: one is to be a professor at Hogwarts and live in Hogwarts, and the other is to live in Hogsmeade.

Soon, the NEWTs exam came, which was very important for wizards.

Before the exam, Lily told her a good news. She and Potter cast the Patronus Charm together, and their patronus was a deer. Ayala seemed to remember that Severus's patronus was also a deer. Could this thing be related to the person she likes?

Lily dragged her to start reviewing like crazy, and she almost fell asleep in the library. Lily even read while eating. Fortunately, the final result did not disappoint her for reviewing for so long.

Ayala got ten Os as usual, while Lily got eleven. Lily had the best result in this class.

Lily and Potter have already started preparing for their wedding. After leaving Hogwarts, they will meet each other's parents. The four Marauders are all preparing to officially become members of the Order of the Phoenix.

Ayala was afraid that she would disappear after leaving Hogwarts, so she prepared to apply for a professorship. The position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was vacant as usual, but she remembered the curse that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor would be replaced every year, so she gave up the position.

None of the professors in other departments had resigned, so there was only one option left: to move to Hogsmeade.

On the last Hogsmeade day, she dragged Lily along to look for houses to rent or sell. Most of the houses here were shops, and she finally found one at Madam Rosmerta, the owner of the Three Broomsticks.

"I usually live on the second floor. There's an empty room on the second floor. It's quite big. Come in and take a look."

Rosmerta was talking as she went upstairs, and finally stood at the door of a room at the end of the second floor. Lily went into the room with her. The room was indeed very large, with only one bed. According to Ms. Rosmerta, she had always used it as a guest room. When friends and family came, they would stay there, so she cleaned it frequently.

"You're the first person I've met who rents a room here. People here are either doing business or living here all the time. It's so noisy near Hogwarts that almost no one rents here."

After a day of looking around, Ayala found this was the only place that was suitable. He paid the rent readily and wrote a letter to Isabel telling her that he would live in Hogsmeade after graduation and would not go back.

The gold galleons her parents gave her were plenty, enough for her to spend her entire life even if she didn't work. She could stay here without worry. The only downside might be that she couldn't leave here for a long time.

The entire Slytherin was very quiet on the day she left school. Unlike Slytherin, the other three colleges held a farewell ceremony in the common room. Severus found her and gave her an address.

"The two things I promised you will always count. If you have made up your mind, come find me here or send me a letter."