[HP] Aunt of the Savior

Professor Slughorn looked at Jody the same way he had looked at Snape.He was surprised that any student invited to his Slug Club party would gladly accept it.Especially the ambitious Slytherin, they usually will not refuse any invitation from the strong, not to mention, they are always eager for any platform that can climb up.

However, the two children in front of them wanted to know why they were invited.Maybe it's just because they're freshmen and don't know about the Slug Club, maybe...

"I thought you were very clear, Miss Potter. You see, you are a girl with a keen eye." Slughorn looked at Snape meaningfully. "I'm glad you also have the vision to spot geniuses."

"Obviously, dear Elvis and Cycia taught you very well, which is completely different from those stupid guys who turn a blind eye." When Jody's parents were mentioned, the smile on his chubby face became more cordial Passionate. "The Slug Club never misses a good kid."

"You're really flattering yourself." Jody forced himself not to pay attention to Snape's probing gaze, and smiled at Slughorn. "Thank you very much for your invitation, Professor, Friday afternoon, I remember."

"All right, boys," Slughorn was satisfied with Jody's reply.He opened his stubby arms exaggeratedly, and patted Jody and Snape on the shoulders respectively. "Go and eat quickly, you still have classes in the afternoon, don't you?"

As soon as they came out of the Potions classroom, Doris greeted them. "Jodi, the dean is looking for you...what's the matter?"

She glanced at Snape, who was still gloomy and unapproachable, and decided to ignore him altogether and only talk to Jody.

"Oh, the professor just invited me to a party on Friday." Jody told the truth, and at the same time quietly looked at Snape, and found that he didn't leave alone, but walked not far away from them, and They maintained the same speed towards the auditorium.She remembered Snape's strange look at her when Professor Slughorn said that she, too, had seen Snape's strengths in potions.That look made her think he would ask about it as soon as he left the classroom.But the boy seemed to be more patient than she had imagined, and perhaps because of Doris' presence he didn't want to talk more.

"Professor Slughorn's party?! Could it be the Slug Club?" Doris exclaimed in surprise.She was so startled that she had to cover her mouth. "My God, that's unbelievable. It's said that only a small number of people in the school can get an invitation. I've heard it. That's amazing, isn't it?"

Jody didn't know how to answer this question, so he smiled vaguely.

"Jodi, can I go with you on Friday?" Doris excitedly shook Jody's arm: "Why would he invite you? Oh, I envy you, if my parents knew I could If you go to the Slug Club, you will definitely promise to give me more pocket money."

Seeing Doris's excited look, Snape sneered undisguisedly from the side.

This diverted Doris's attention very well, and Jody was relieved.She didn't want to talk about her noticing of Snape's prowess, because that would have to mention Snape, and she wasn't sure he would want it to be known.But Jody also didn't want to say that the invitation might have something to do with her parents—if she could, she didn't want to reveal that her parents were friends with certain professors at school.

"Then... what about him?" Doris finally noticed Snape who was always there, and asked quietly in Jody's ear. "He was invited too?"

Doris kept her voice low, but her expression made it easy for Snape to guess what she was asking.

Jody took a quick look at Snape, saw that he hadn't meant to keep her secret, and nodded. "Yes."

Doris turned her head with a look of disbelief.Jody was worried that she would yell again or ask why Snape was invited, but she just gave Snape a strange smile and stopped commenting on the matter .

Once Doris, who had been chattering, suddenly fell silent, the atmosphere among the three became a little weird.Fortunately, the auditorium that appeared in front of them saved them from this awkward and weird atmosphere.After drinking potions all morning, the smell of food was even more wonderful than usual.Unknowingly, the three of them quickened their pace and sat down at the long Slytherin table.

As soon as she sat down, Doris returned to her usual chattering and lively appearance. She began to recommend some foods to Jody, which she had "heard" about and were worth trying. There are, such as the very Slytherin mint panna cotta with silver flakes on the bottom - but its too light taste does not meet the preferences of 11-year-old children at all, so they are quickly ignored by them up.

Snape sat a little distance away from the girls, he quickly filled his stomach with the few foods that were closest to him, and then took out his textbook to read.If he hadn't vaguely felt his gaze, Jody would have thought he had given up on talking to him.

But when Snape looked at Jody for the sixth time under the cover of the textbook, she stood up and left early on the pretext of going back to the dormitory.She walked out of the auditorium alone and waited at the corner of the corridor. If Snape really had something to say to himself, he probably wouldn't miss this opportunity.

A few minutes later, when Jody was about to lose patience with the wait, Snape finally walked out of the auditorium with the textbook in his arms.He looked left and right, then walked towards Jody. "I have something to ask you, okay?"

Jody shrugged: "I thought you could see that I was waiting for you."

"Maybe we should find a quiet place," Snape suggested.

Jody nodded in agreement, and she didn't think the doorway of the auditorium, where people were coming and going, was a suitable place for conversation.

"James, is that your sister?" When walking out of the auditorium, Sirius happened to see the backs of Jody and Snape leaving, "The one next to her seems to be that snotlite."

"Oh, don't remind me that my sister is making friends with snotlings..." James exaggeratedly covered his face and put on a sad look to cover up his inner unhappiness.He didn't like that Slytherin boy who dared to underestimate Gryffindor at all, and he didn't like him getting too close to his sister.But he couldn't openly rush up and stop them from talking.He felt that he had to think of a way.

Many girls were amused by James' funny appearance when they passed by him. Only Lily Evans dragged Mary MacDonald past quickly and gave him a hard look.

"Although it's a bit boring, you can't deny that he's funny..." Mary, who was forcibly pulled away by Lily, only had time to leave a fair comment.

Jody and Snape didn't know what was going on behind them. They concentrated on finding a quiet place to talk as soon as possible, but this was not so easy for the freshmen who were not familiar with the castle.So in the end Snape wisely chose to enter the underground passage, and with the help of Slytherin's unique guidance in candlelight, he finally found an empty room.

"During Potions class, what did you notice?" Snape carefully observed Jody's expression. "I trust Professor Slughorn's affirmation of your acuity is not a compliment?"

"At that time, I was just considering whether to invite a boy who had no partner and had to concoct potions by himself." Jody replied lightly, and then quickly continued before Snape's face turned black. "As a result, I found out that he used a method different from others to experiment with something, and then he cleaned the crucible and re-deployed it properly..."

Jody stopped suddenly in the middle of speaking.She thought that she had overlooked an important point before.Clean out the cauldron!At that time, Snape just tapped the cauldron lightly with his wand to clean up the cauldron. As a first-year freshman, he was actually able to use the disappearing spell proficiently, which was actually better than his skills in cutting materials and making potions.With that in mind, she had to look at this sullen and untouchable boy with a whole new perspective—he might be better than he made it out to be.

Snape thought she had finished speaking, his face was tense and expressionless, but his slightly larger nose kept panting heavily, which proved that he was not in a calm mood right now.He thought he understood the real reason why he had been invited by Slughorn even though he had used the Ignore Charm on himself in Potions class and kept as low a profile as possible.The ignoring spell can only make people not pay attention to you, but for people who deliberately intend to pay attention to you, this spell has no effect.If the girl had seen that much, she must have kept her attention for a long time, long enough to attract the attention of a professor.

Snape didn't refuse Slughorn's invitation. He was indeed ambitious, but that didn't mean he wanted to become the center of everyone's attention from the very first class.Standing higher too quickly without a foundation, the end is likely to be a harder fall.He's never been great at being likable, but perhaps that's why he's more sane in that regard.

"Miss Potter..."

"Jody." Jody subconsciously corrected him.

"Well, Jody, although we have become classmates in the same house, I don't think I need too much attention and care from you, do you understand what I mean?" Snape stared at Jody, slowing down. The speed of speech is slowed down, and the tone of voice is rigid. "Because of your overzealous enthusiasm in Potions class today, which caught the attention of Professor Slughorn, I have to spend this Friday attending a party with a very stupid name. And this may give me a peaceful campus Life brings many unnecessary troubles... I hope you can promise me that this will not happen again in the future."

"Oh," Snape's words made Jody wake up completely from his observation of Snape.His clear speech showed that he did not put their relationship as friends because of the conversation at the school opening banquet.This made Jody slightly raised the corners of his mouth in displeasure, "That's really sorry, Severus, seeing how happy you were when you were praised by Professor Slughorn, I thought you were very happy to accept it." Professor Slughorn's invitation!"

"I, I didn't..." Snape stammered in denial, but this tone was enough to prove his lack of confidence.Noticing the smile on the corners of Jody's brows and eyes when he heard his poor denial, he pushed back the hair that covered his face in annoyance, and stopped trying to lie: "Well, I'm really happy to be invited, but I hope it's not now, and your excessive attention just messed up my plans."

"As I said, I'm sorry. But I'd also like to remind you that I was obliged to attend that very time-wasting party at Professor Slughorn's office on Friday, and most likely only because of —too much attention.”

Jody's voice sounded as usual, and there was even a slight smile on her lips, but Snape could hear her dissatisfied with what he had just said.

But Snape didn't quite understand why Jody felt unhappy.He thinks that he just simply stated that he doesn't need others to pay too much attention to himself, so that he can do what he wants to do to his heart's content: he has read all the textbooks before school starts, and they are too easy to satisfy his inner desire The thirst for magic.He has a lot to learn, which requires time and space alone.

So far, the only girls Snape had really dated were Lily Evans and her sister Petunia.Petunia is a Muggle that he doesn't take seriously, and Lily is a lovely girl who is straightforward and warm.But Jody was not like any of them.

Now Snape realized that the Jody Potter standing before him was clearly a Slytherin like himself.She would not scold him rudely and sharply like the Muggle girl, nor would she directly say what she was dissatisfied with him like Lily.Without his experience at the dinner party yesterday, he wouldn't even be sure that the girl in front of him might be angry.He silently thought about how he should express his feelings to appease the girl's anger, and he found that he had no successful experience in this regard.