It wasn't until the evening that the festive atmosphere somewhat lifted Harry's depression.

But he still had no energy and went to bed very early.

Harry got up early the next morning.

He and Hermione met in the corridor and walked towards the living room together.

"Are you okay, Harry?"

Hermione was still worried about Harry's mental state, and her worries were justified, as Harry was still very depressed.

"I suddenly remembered that the newspaper said that the escaped Death Eater...Bellatrix Lestrange was the one who tortured Neville's parents."

Hermione trembled, then shook her head: "They will all be caught in the end."

Harry shook his head and said nothing more.

Just then, he heard the sound of an argument.

That was obviously Snape and Sirius Black.

"Don't think you can fool me!"

"Don't think you can torture Harry in the name of Occlumency!"

It was Sirius Black's voice, filled with rage.

Then it was Snape's smooth voice, but his tone rarely contained obvious malice and ridicule: "If you are dissatisfied with this arrangement, you can tell Dumbledore."

"But I must remind you that you did nothing while Harry was trapped in that stupid Muggle's house."

Sirius Black was going crazy.

He and Snape were enemies who had never dealt with each other since they first met at Hogwarts. Although they now work together for Dumbledore, Snape still cannot be regarded as a member of the Order of the Phoenix, and Sirius Black is also not a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Never believed him.

But Snape was right.

Sirius Black knew what the Dursleys had done to Harry, and at that time he was still in Azkaban and was confused.

This made Sirius Black particularly angry.

He was almost pulling out his wand.

"You are just a deserter among the Death Eaters, don't think I don't know!"

There was almost no change in Snape's tone, let alone any emotion.

"Although you are the most loyal member of the Order of the Phoenix, when Dumbledore asked me to teach Harry Occlumency, the first thing he thought of was me. Why don't you ask why it wasn't you?"

"Oh yes……"

Snape's words trailed off with a long mocking ending: "Because you may not even be able to close your own brain..."

Harry knew it was bad, he rushed into the room and saw Sirius Black raising his wand and pointing it at Snape.

"Sirius!"

Sirius Black and Snape were surprised to see Harry come in, and they both turned to look at Harry.

Snape completely ignored Sirius and turned to look at Harry: "Your Occlumency courses need to continue, Harry. I will not let you fail this time."

With that he turned and walked out of the room.

Looking at Snape's back like a big bat, Sirius Black reluctantly put down his wand.

Harry turned to look at Sirius Black and shook his head helplessly: "Professor Snape is not a bad person."

Sirius Black smiled: "Is Snape a good man? He is a born Death Eater. I don't know if he is a good man or not."

As he spoke, Sirius Black looked at the door with a look of disdain.

Harry shook his head: "I know you have had conflicts before..."

Sirius Black shook his head: "Harry!"

He put his right hand on Harry's shoulder seriously: "I don't hate Snape because of the conflicts in the school. Snape was Voldemort's Death Eater last time, and he was the one with a high status among them. "

Harry sighed helplessly: "But Dumbledore believes Snape."

Sirius Black fell silent.

After a long time, he sighed quietly: "You are right Harry, but no matter what, don't trust others easily..."

"Voldemort is very good at causing betrayal."

Harry nodded.

Although Harry was still very rational when facing Sirius Black, when he came back to his senses, Harry found that he had never been so depressed and disappointed.

Hermione was beside him, trying to say something to comfort him.

But Harry just shook his head.

Because he knew one fact clearly: he could not learn Occlumency.

A semester has passed, and Harry is not working hard enough. He and Malfoy are competing with each other, and they are even more serious about learning Occlumency than the required courses.

Harry just lacked talent.

He couldn't even compare to Malfoy, let alone truly learn to close his own brain.

Harry knew that when Dumbledore asked Snape to teach him Occlumency, it meant that he really needed to learn it.

But Harry felt that he couldn't do it.

Hermione's comfort could not change the reality at all.

Harry fell into a real, long depression.

He was almost never this helpless on the things that really mattered.

But now, Harry was in true despair.

But it seems that this is nothing compared to what is happening.

"The Ministry of Magic is coming to search."

This was the first news from Mr. Weasley after being discharged from the hospital.

Sirius Black was stunned for a moment: "What?"

Mr. Weasley shook his head: "The Ministry of Magic has declared martial law. In order to catch the Death Eaters who escaped from Azkaban, they will search pure-blood families, including the Black family."

Before Sirius Black could say anything, a scream came from the portrait on the wall at the end of the room: "How dare they!"

It was a portrait of Sirius Black's mother, and moving the portrait from the corridor into the room was part of Sirius Black's reconciliation with his mother.

Mr. Weasley was obviously a little afraid of the lady in the portrait, and he fell silent in embarrassment.

Only Lu Keman nodded nonchalantly: "As expected, I'm afraid it was Umbridge's advice to Fudge."

"It's the winter vacation at Hogwarts. She might actually be in the Ministry of Magic, staying with Fudge and working hard."

Mrs. Black in the portrait smiled: "A flattering and sycophantic minister, and this kind of person appears next to the current Minister of Magic. It's really a reappearance of the old times. It's really nostalgic..."

Lu Ke smiled and nodded: "The old days don't stop there."

Mrs. Black nodded, and he seemed to look at Lu Ke in a different light, looking calm.

"So the Minister of Magic is being kicked out again."

"Sirius!"

When Mrs. Black spoke to Sirius Black, she returned to her sharp and commanding tone.

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