"Haha~" she giggled, "Just kidding with you, besides, I haven't replenished my magic power for days—"
"Keep your voice down." Harry quickly said, "My uncle and aunt aren't too keen on seeing a wizard..."
Before he could finish, Vivi interrupted him.
"I already talked to your aunt, I told her I'm a friend of your mom." Vivi whispered in Harry's ear like a little demon, "Yep, I'm your mom's friend—so, you should call me Aunt... Oh, how about calling me Auntie Vivi?"
Harry's face turned red, as red as a ripe apple.
He never expected Vivi to be so playful.
Calling her Aunt... isn't that a bit too much?
"Stop joking around!" he said.
"You're blushing." Vivi laughed, "What's so embarrassing about calling me Aunt?");
"No, don't say that." Harry felt like a cooked shrimp, "I can't breathe... let me catch my breath..."
After a while of joking around, Vivi finally let him go.
"Oh, you finally let your little nephew go." Once released, Harry's feet touched the ground, and his sarcastic wit kicked in again, "I thought Auntie Vivi was going to do something bad to her little nephew—"
Before Vivi could speak, Harry quickly continued, "So, what are you doing at the Dursley family? I remember my Auntie Vivi said she was going to study during the holidays?"
"I also need to replenish my magic power." Vivi said with a smile, "Besides, I wanted to see what you're doing during the holidays, so you don't end up doing nothing and actually think of yourself as a child."
Harry rolled his eyes and said, "I'm marking the locations of Merlin's Trial on the map, if you hadn't come, I might already be in the Forbidden Forest—by the way, I got some more leaves of Sweet Mallow."
"So you're going to find Cassandra." Vivi snorted.
However... she didn't plan to stop him.
Finding Cassandra's whereabouts is serious business, and when Cassandra returns, it means the competition between the two can officially begin.
Vivi is actually looking forward to Cassandra's return, as she believes that Cassandra is the only one in this world who can match her—that is, in terms of emotions.
"Yeah, I've already searched over thirty Merlin Ruins." Harry told Vivi, "Now there are only three Merlin Ruins left, all of them are in the Forbidden Forest."
He then asked, "What about Gellert? I remember you said you'd let him leave Hogwarts after the semester ends, where is he now?"
"He's already back in Nimongard, after all, as you know, he's just a prisoner."
At this point, Vivi's tone turned somewhat bitter.
Not towards the Ministry of Magic or Dumbledore, but towards her foolish brother.
Stealing my property and failing, what else can you do?!
"And Professor Scamander?" Harry asked again.
"Professor Scamander still plans to stay at Hogwarts, he told me he really likes the students at Hogwarts, loves going to work." Vivi said, feeling a little off but unable to pinpoint why.
Harry thought about it, he had heard from Professor Dumbledore that Professor Scamander's least favorite thing was going to work.
That means Professor Scamander lied to Vivi.
And the question arises, why did Professor Scamander lie to Vivi?
He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"What about the new professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Harry asked again.
"Oh." Vivi patted Harry's shoulder and said, "Speaking of this new professor... he's pretty nice, at least that's what we all think, he has some minor personal issues, but Professor Dumbledore thinks it won't affect his teaching."
"That's good." Harry nodded and said, "I hope, just like Gellert's prophecy, that we can find Cassandra and Omnius's portrait, and figure out a way to save Annie before Christmas."
"Don't worry, Harry." Vivi opened her arms again, hugged Harry gently and said, "Everything will succeed, Harry, trust me."
"Hmm." Harry rested his head on Vivi's chest, wanting to empty his mind, not thinking about anything.
(First chapter complete, thank you all for your support, another chapter is coming)
(Next are days of explosive updates—catching up on what was owed, plus Sister Ka is about to return!)