In Alina's view, large-scale conflicts between parents were nothing to worry about.
The protection of Hogwarts Castle, and the professors' spells were still trustworthy, not to mention the young wizards around.
As long as it wasn't something like the "Battle of Hogwarts" from the original timeline, most conflicts were just friction that caused smoke but no real harm.
Besides, the Hogwarts "Magic Textbook (Student Edition)" didn't have any "combat" function loaded, so these emotional outbursts were mostly just small functional misunderstandings.
Just like the Hufflepuff House's grade issue, as long as they sat down and explained it properly, the parents should calm down, Alina reassured herself.
She and Hannah were rapidly moving through the constantly shifting staircases, with Filch and a group of enthusiastic, helpful parents closely following behind—following Filch's request for help, almost all of the Hufflepuff House's parents and students had stood up, volunteering to go upstairs to mediate the conflict... a brawl between parents was something that hadn't happened in decades.
"Alina, aren't you going to deploy your Valkyria form? If there's a chaotic battle of multiple adult wizards up there—"
"Unless it's an extreme situation, deploying Valkyrie armor is forbidden in Hogwarts Castle."
Alina glanced at Hannah next to her and gently shook her head, speaking with rare seriousness.
"That's a rule I set, and I don't plan on breaking it—magic armor is designed for war-level combat in open areas, not for campus law enforcement."
"The Hogwarts Castle area is too narrow, and there are too many students, even the most basic 'Light Wing Deployment' could cut through the castle walls, it's far too dangerous."
Especially... in the special circumstance of Albus Dumbledore's temporary absence.
Large-scale castle repair and reshaping at Hogwarts required not only superb Transfiguration magic but also the "recognized status" of the headmaster's authority.
In other words, if she inadvertently caused widespread damage in Hogwarts Castle, there was no one to use "Time-Turner" to clean up after her now.
"This way, Alina, this way—but..."
Hannah quickly identified the direction while saying with some concern.
"That's a conflict that even Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick can't resolve, why do they think you can—"
"Is there a possibility, um... I mean, I'm not the one responsible for mediating."
Alina thoughtfully said softly, looking over the layers of stairs toward the upper floors.
There, countless magical lights were constantly flashing, and in those magical bursts and collisions, there were vague sounds of noisy shouts and pained cries.
In Alina's perception, a powerful and calm magical vortex was gradually swallowing the surrounding noise, like lava slowly flowing from a volcano.
"Don't forget, I'm the only wizard at Hogwarts with an intermediate healer qualification, and I'm proficient in 'Healing Runes'."
"Everyone at Hogwarts knows that compared to destruction and combat, I'm actually better at healing and soothing hearts."
Ignoring Hannah's eye-rolling, Alina frowned slightly and looked up at the magical lights with confusion.
"But what I'm curious about now is, what exactly did those parents see in the magic textbook..."
Quelling disputes wasn't difficult, whether it was Grindelwald, or her, or even Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick at full power could easily do it.
The real difficulty lay in how to ensure that after the "warring parties" were temporarily separated, they could effectively communicate, talk and find a balance.
The conflict between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw parents was clearly different from the conflict between students.
In the adult world, an outbreak of conflict often meant that both sides believed verbal communication was temporarily ineffective.
Alina wasn't too surprised that this would happen in Gryffindor House, after all, the little lions were always a bit impulsive.
However, judging from the "battle location" that Mr. Filch had informed her of, this conflict clearly originated from Ravenclaw House's active attack.
Alina couldn't imagine what could be worth so much fire from so many parents.
After all...
Even legendary campus bullying...
Gryffindor's target would only be Slytherin, right?
As for the issue of puppy love, Alina immediately ruled it out.
After all, this was the British magical world, Hogwarts, not a remote, conservative Eastern country!
Whether it was parents, professors, or even the public opinion environment of the magical society, no one ever cared about the issue of campus puppy love.
Uh—that should be the case, right?
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A few dozen minutes ago, the Gryffindor common room.
Gryffindor House wasn't a suitable place for people to quietly reminisce about their childhood.
Just like in History of Magic class, most Gryffindor young wizards had no interest in "history."
Oh, of course—except for adventure stories and gossip.
Especially...
"Wow, so the head of Slytherin House isn't a pure-blood wizard!"
"Unbelievable, Professor Snape was so poor as a child that he couldn't even afford robes? No wonder he learned Potions."
"Wouldn't Potions Masters be even more strapped for cash? After all, potion ingredients are so expensive—"
"Are you stupid? Would Potions Masters even care about prices?"
"Hey, hey, compared to these—didn't you notice? Professor Snape and Harry's mother were childhood sweethearts?"
Ordinary wizards' gossip might not be that attractive, after all, there were quite a few stories of "Wizard-Muggle" mixes or poor boys rising to prominence.
However, when the protagonist of the story became Severus Snape, the head of Slytherin, the recognized cold-faced ice killer, everything was completely different!
As Aunt Petunia told her story, the young wizards and parents of Gryffindor House gathered around, standing or sitting around Petunia, eagerly listening to the gossip.
Even Sirius, Lupin, and even Professor McGonagall curiously walked to the edge of the crowd—but out of professor's restraint, they tried to restrain their curiosity and avoid participating in the students' and parents' discussions, after all, they still had to eat at the same table with Severus Snape every day.
"Childhood sweethearts? Yes, of course. In fact, for quite a long time, I even thought he would end up with Lily."
Aunt Petunia looked at the student who asked the question, raised her eyebrows, and responded more and more freely to the various questions around her.
As a housewife, this kind of gossip atmosphere was too familiar to her.
More importantly, for the first time ever, she could finally freely tell all kinds of stories without worrying about the strange looks of the people around her.
"Huh? Then what happened later? What happened later? Why—"
"Well, I don't know exactly, I just remember that when she came back one summer, she suddenly said that she and Snape had broken up."
Aunt Petunia shrugged and turned her head to look at the dark-skinned girl with a certain wild beauty, casually replying.
"As for later, she got together with that Potter... and then two years later, um... Lily married that Potter as soon as she graduated from this school."
Boom!
It was as if someone had lit a Weasley's Wildfire Whiz-bang in the common room.
The entire common room instantly became lively, and many young wizards' eyes were shining, so excited that they almost jumped up.
"Broke up?! Was it because of Harry's father—"
"Wow, I didn't expect Professor Snape to be dumped in his student days!"
"You can't say that, if the professor hears you, you'll get Gryffindor points deducted!"
"It's okay, we still have Harry—"
"...Professor Snape, he and my mother were just friends."
Harry looked at the students around him, a little restrained and awkward, and whispered to defend.
Compared to others, Harry felt his brain was a little too messy, he didn't even know how he should face Professor Snape after today.
If...
Professor Snape was really, as Aunt Petunia said, once his mother's pursuer, even...
"Well, I don't know if Lily ever liked Snape, but I'm sure Snape definitely liked Lily—at least liked her."
Before Harry could finish his thoughts, he heard Aunt Petunia say this firmly, her tone full of nostalgia and a hint of imperceptible regret.
"You can't hide the look in your eyes when you like someone, that Snape, since he was little, liked to secretly watch Lily and me, and would almost always ask Lily to go out to play every summer at the beginning."
"But, in the end, Harry's mother chose Mr. Potter, right?"
Before a new round of noise could erupt, Hermione looked at the embarrassed and helpless Harry, and finally couldn't help but interrupt.
"From the results, they seem to be the most suitable..."
"Maybe. But the strange thing is, Lily hated that Potter very much at the beginning... hated him very much."
Aunt Petunia indifferently raised her eyebrows and snorted with some disdain, obviously her impression of James Potter wasn't very good.
"Anyway, I remember Lily said that Snape was often bullied by Potter and his friends at school."
"I even suspect that Potter used some tricks—after all, he seems to like to use magic to prank others."
"Absolutely not! I witnessed how Lily and James fell in love with each other. Right, Remus? I mean—we."
Just then, a voice suddenly chimed in.
Everyone subconsciously turned their heads and saw Sirius Black looking at Petunia Dursley with a dissatisfied expression, frowning.
"People from Gryffindor House never stoop to using tricks, only people from Slytherin House would do that. Of course, Lily didn't like Potter at first..."
He looked at Harry, nodded with a smile, blinked nimbly, and quickly made a face.
"Lily thought James was arrogant, conceited, and liked to play Quidditch—but these were also the most attractive things about James."
"From sixth year onwards, Lily started going on dates with James, students inevitably have immature moments and make mistakes, but everyone will eventually mature and become stable."
"Your dad was a standard Gryffindor, and he and Snape... well, you know, like Slytherin and Gryffindor, they were naturally incompatible."
"Friction, conflicts, etc., are naturally inevitable, but just like every Gryffindor troublemaker, we've always been very measured—"
Bang!
Bang bang bang!
Before Sirius could finish speaking, there was a sudden loud banging on the door of the common room.
In between, there seemed to be the sound of the Fat Lady arguing fiercely with someone.
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Yay!