Capítulo 2: 02
As his wife and old classmates enthusiastically reminisced, Mr. Smith glanced thoughtfully in his son's direction to make sure he had boarded the train.
Then he was surprised to find that his son was still on the platform, standing facing the train, looking up at the scarlet train in front of him, and seemed to have a strong interest in these ordinary carriages.
Is there also a magical element in this ordinary vehicle? It looks no different from other trains. Mr. Smith looked at the train curiously, and he was moved to study it carefully.
However, this was so difficult to achieve that he could not even come to the platform to explore on his own, and he had to be brought in by his wife's arm, let alone do further research. So Mr. Smith had to abandon this seductive idea and smile proudly instead.
Worthy of being his son, he completely inherited his scholarly genes. It was a joy for young Eli to face a wider world than his father had ever seen.
Having mentally completed a complete set of reading comprehension and satisfactorily withdrawn his gaze, Mr. Smith did not know that the inference he had made was far from the truth. The main reason Eli now has to observe the train is that he can't stare at a strange girl's face for long periods of time – it's rude.
Even more disturbing than rudeness was the cold scene, it was really difficult to expect two strangers who had just met to talk happily, and after the two exchanged names, they briefly exchanged pleasantries, and looked at the train together in a slight embarrassment, and both were quiet for a moment.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans expressed happiness that their daughter's mood had stabilized, did not disturb the children's chat, walked away a little kindly, still looking around happily, Eli's appearance made them feel a lot more at ease with the wizarding world, and a heartfelt smile appeared on their faces. Penny looked at the steaming scarlet train in front of her steadily, and for a while, she spoke somewhat reluctantly.
"Your school—where?" She asked, tightly pinching the handkerchief that Eli had just handed her, her emotions still a little tense, and her tone was deliberately fully armed, "It won't go out of England, or underground?" Nautical mile? A place that Muggles can't go?"
As soon as her voice fell, she was stunned to find that the person next to her actually laughed. This made her gasp nervously, and almost immediately became hostile again.
"If you think what I said is ridiculous-"
"I didn't mean that, sorry." Eli waved her hand, still with a smile on her face, and glanced sideways at Penny, her voice much more relaxed than just now.
"It's just that I've heard it many times over the summer – my dad keeps asking it, and he doesn't know magic. My mother couldn't explain it clearly, so she bought the school history of this school for him to see for himself... Many wizards have not thought about this problem, but take it for granted that there will be no Muggles there, in fact, the school should be in Scotland, and the magic that has been cast undetected can be understood as a blind eye. "
No one had ever said this to Petunia, the wizard's wizarding world had nothing to do with her, and certainly no one would care if she was curious or not. Although her face was still not very good-looking, she listened very attentively, and she was simply fascinated.
"... My sister received an acceptance letter this year. She whispered, lowering her eyes and quieting down again.
Eli glanced at her keenly, did not pierce her sudden depression, and took over the topic in a natural tone.
"I'm also a freshman this year." He introduced himself and said sincerely, "Magic is wonderful, and she will definitely have a good time at Hogwarts." But the school for ordinary people is also very good, I like the technical classes and art classes in elementary school, they are very interesting, my mother said that these courses are not available at Hogwarts, and she also thinks it is very good to be able to figure out how clockwork works. "
Although she also stated that she could achieve the same effect immediately by using her wand to spell it, without actually studying how Muggle mechanical creations worked, Eli did not say these words.
Penny's gaze wandered over him.
"Your mother is a wizard, and your father can't do magic?" She asked, with a hint of strangeness in her tone, "How did they come together?" I mean - "
She hesitated and did not say what she really thought. The corners of her lips were tightly pursed again, showing the deliberate arrogance that was aroused, as if she thought that in this way she would not be at a disadvantage in terms of momentum.
Eli knew what she meant, and perhaps something she had experienced before had given her some prejudice against wizards, believing that wizards looked down on Muggles, let alone married them and started a family.
To be honest, this may not be prejudice.
Eli paused briefly, not answering the question head-on, only raising one eyebrow slightly.
"Probably because both sides are humans, there is no reproductive isolation, and biology can be combined and reproduced." He said a little narrowly, "It can be strongly proved that wizards are not monsters, right?"
In his smile, Penny choked and stared at him unpleasantly, almost annoyed.
But she didn't say anything mean this time—just a faint blush appeared on her face, and she fled away from Eli, running towards where her parents were standing, hugging their arms, and then glaring at him from a distance, staring at him cautiously and warily, as if wary of him suddenly letting out a burst of laughter that taunted her stupid speech.
Seeing her expression, Eli really couldn't help but be a little handsome. This short episode made him feel strangely good, until he sat in the private room, the train pulled out of the platform, and passed through the gentle wilderness, with a faint smile on his lips.
The box he was in was at the back of the train, and at first there was no one but him. It wasn't until the train had been running for a while that the sound of luggage dragging on the ground sounded outside the box. A few seconds later, the box was pulled open from the outside and a smiling face poked in.
"Sorry, are there two more empty places here? The other boxes were full. "
Eli was a little surprised, and then shook his head: "There is no one else here, please feel free." "
Thank you so much. Lily breathed a sigh of relief and walked in first. The half-long dark-haired boy followed behind her, his gaze lingering on Eli for a moment, his face darkening slightly, and after noticing the landing point of his vision, he clenched his hand unconsciously.
After Lili sat down, she also found that the boy opposite was looking at her, and greeted her in a friendly manner: "Hello, my name is ..."
"Lily. Evans. Eli said, returning the same friendly smile, her gaze falling on the corners of her still reddened eyes, "You left in a bit of a hurry just now, your sister didn't say goodbye to you properly, she feels very sorry... I think she was also sorry for saying the wrong thing in her anger, although she didn't say it so explicitly, but I felt it. "
The two people opposite looked at him blankly, as if he were speaking a foreign language. They looked at each other for a moment before Lily exclaimed as if she had suddenly woken up.
"Penny?!" Lily's eyes widened in amazement, "You know Penny?!" How did you guys meet??"
How can this be summed up, on a whim? Eli thought about it and retouched it slightly: "A coincidence. "
All right... Lily was still shocked, but finally showed a smile.
"It's good if Penny doesn't hate me." She said sincerely, "For me... I'm really sorry... If Penny wasn't willing to forgive me, I really didn't know what to do. "
Snape, who was sitting next to her, had been quietly silent, and when he heard Lily's words, he still couldn't hold back and pouted the corners of his lips.
"That's just a Muggle." He said, glancing at Eli and deliberately interjecting to attract Lily's attention, "Her thoughts don't matter, we are wizards, Lily." "
"Seaver!" Lily stopped him reproachfully and threw Eli an apologetic glance, only to find that the friendly smile on Eli's face had been put away, showing a cold detachment.
"My father was a Muggle too." He said lightly, his gaze falling on Snape.
Snape paused and looked at him silently, neither of them continued to speak, and the originally friendly atmosphere in the box immediately froze.
Lily apologized, and she hastily apologized on behalf of Snape, and hurriedly explained for her friend: "I'm sorry, Seaver didn't mean to!" He just has a little... A little... You are all half-blood wizards! And it's all mom is a wizard, dad is an ordinary person, it's quite similar, isn't it?"
Snape's gaze fell on the dark-haired boy opposite.
He was handsome and well-dressed, his suitcase was brand new and beautiful, his name was embroidered with gold thread on the inside of the cuffs of his wizard's robe, and the snow-white shirt cuffs were exposed inside, and from head to toe he was full of life and was properly taken care of.
It's different, not like it at all. Snape jerked back his gaze and was silent in front of Lily, not revealing half a word, only quietly pulling the wizard's robe down again, trying to cover the oversized trouser leg.
Eli carefully noticed his covert behavior, paused, and recurved the corners of her lips at Lily's apologetic voice.
"So none of us escaped, we were all involved? Well, maybe I don't appreciate the humor in this way. "
The atmosphere quietly eased.
Despite a minor accident upon meeting, they got along well on the rest of the trip – Eli was influenced by the curious spirit of her historian father and could tell a good story about the history of the school of magic. Snape's experience with spells and potions also intrigued Eli, and Lily would love to know. When it was almost time to reach Hogwarts, they finally ended the discussion reluctantly, and everyone felt that what they had said today was too much.
"We're about to sort the hospital, it's really nerve-wracking." Lily took a deep breath uneasily, "Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin... Eli, where do you want to go?"
"My mother told me about the characteristics of the four houses of Hogwarts, and she said she wouldn't be surprised where I got it except Slytherin." Eli said thoughtfully, "But she insisted that I would go to Ravenclaw, where people with an interest in knowledge sounded good." "
It's good to have your own goals, Lily sighed enviously: "You and Seaver both have their favorite colleges, great, I wish you all the best of luck... I don't know where I'll go yet, but Seaver says I'd better go to Slytherin so we can go later..."
"Slytherin?" Eli was stunned for a moment, and her expression was a little strange.
Snape frowned and cast him a defiant glance – despite the good conversation, he still had some unspeakable hostility towards Eli, which he didn't want to admit.
If he is as brazen as the two fools in the box before... Snape thought threateningly, looking at Eli, but was stunned for a moment after seeing his face, and then reacted abruptly, his face turning white.
"Eli!" He suddenly spoke urgently, "You don't—"
Before he could stop it, Eli had already continued.
"You're not fit to go to Slytherin, Lily." He said, in a calm tone, no disgust or admiration, just an objective statement of facts, "I heard my mother say that Slytherins are almost all students who pride themselves on their blood, and they have unjustifiable malice towards students from Muggle families, and they use insulting terms and exclude them in every way. Even if you are a good girl, in the eyes of some, birth is enough to condemn you, and as long as you have a relationship with a Muggle, you are a lump of mud that should be trampled underfoot. "
Lily and Snape's faces turned a little pale.
"Does the non-wizarding family have a big impact?" Lily was stunned for a long time and asked in a low voice.
Snape jerked his head up and glared at Eli viciously, angry and hateful at his relentless efforts to expose the harsh reality for Lily.
However, to their surprise, Eli shook her head without hesitation.
"I don't think so." He said, calmly facing the eyes of the two, "The excellence of a person is not about birth, but about what kind of person you choose - my dad has always said this to me." He's a Muggle and a very good guy. "
He thought of something, and suddenly curved the corners of his lips: "All prejudice should be eliminated, right?" We all know that wizards are not monsters, and some wizards have to think of their fellow citizens in this way. If you want me to say, Lily, these people are not as brave as your sister, at least she dares to face her mistakes, what do you think? Don't worry too much, it's all about yourself. "
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