[HP] Aunt of the Savior

The natural sunlight in summer shines on Jody's bed through the magic window that can adjust the temperature, making people feel warm and comfortable.As a "wounded and sick person", today she can allow herself to relax a little bit, for example, she can still comfortably sit on the bed and read the newspaper at this time.On the other hand, Snape had already waved his wand, and set today's breakfast on the low table in front of her: fried eggs, bacon, toast, and a bottle of fresh... Potion.

"Severus, I'm not that fragile." Even though such care was very enjoyable, Jody still showed a helpless expression when he saw the bottle of potion. "You're going to spoil me."

Although complaining, the sound was unmistakably pleasant.Snape had been alone in Spinner's End since he left that day, but now he was back.It made Jody feel that being punished by the Dark Lord might not be so bad at this point.

Snape sat down next to Jody by the bed, and he refused to give in to the potion: "You should remember that you just suffered an unknown black magic spell yesterday, and I don't even know if this potion will work on me. hoped-for effect.”

"I think it's working, I feel better today." Jody moved his arm. "Actually, this curse is not as hard to bear as the Cruciatus Curse."

"But that doesn't mean it's less harmful to you..." Snape watched with satisfaction as Jody finished drinking the potion. "Well, I admit that your method of dealing with the Lestrange family is not bad. If the person you want to protect is not so brainless, it can be considered a good idea."

"Come on, Severus, you've been cursing James in my ears all night." Jody gave a helpless smile, "He... well, I admit that he is really reckless, but he doesn't know My situation and identity, it can’t all be blamed on him.”

"Ha, can't blame him, can't blame him for causing his sister to suffer undeserved punishment? What an amazing brotherhood. With his current behavior, Mr. Porter, Mrs. Potter and you have concealed him. So many things, it's really a wise decision." Snape said narrowly.After bringing Jody to his senses that night, he never avoided mentioning the Potters in front of Jody.And he had a feeling that she also wanted to talk to him about her parents.Jody wasn't like her grim self, Snape thought to himself, and she missed her parents so much, even though they had left this world forever.

Sure enough, Jody showed a sad and nostalgic expression, but not painful. "If they were still around, maybe I wouldn't..." she broke off, "and it's not like James really can't keep a secret." She remembered their Animagus studies, at least they were the same one back then. Lily from the academy didn't find anything abnormal.

Snape sneered disapprovingly, but he didn't insist on arguing with Jody about it.

"Okay, Severus." Jody obediently finished his potion and finished his breakfast. "I need to rest as a 'patient', and you... why don't you take a rest with me when you hardly rested for brewing potions and preparing breakfast for me?"

Jody lay down on the bed generously, her jet-black hair spread out on the snow-white pillow, and she winked at Snape cunningly.

Stared at by those eyes, Snape unconsciously felt that his breathing seemed a little heavy, but Jody had already closed her eyes suddenly, her eyelashes trembling slightly, as if she was holding back a laugh.Snape took a deep breath and lay down beside Jody.When he was lying down, she pulled his arm up very naturally, and leaned against his arm like a kitten, against his chest, and rolled into his arms.

Leaving Jody in his arms, Snape suddenly felt a little guilty.Maybe he shouldn't blame Jody for not being honest with him, because he was, too.He also concealed and reserved things from her. Of course, if she asked, he shouldn't lie to her, but if she didn't ask...

Jody didn't know that Snape went to Malfoy Manor alone after leaving Laurel Cottage that day.Nor would she know that this was not the first time he had visited Lucius Malfoy in private.Just as Jody had things she wanted to accomplish, Snape also had things she wanted to accomplish.

"Severus, you are really a good collaborator." Lucius snapped his fingers, and black tea with an attractive aroma appeared on the coffee table immediately. "Your potions are really good, but may I ask my friend what makes him so active in making those cute potions that can be exchanged for Galleons? Even if they will be sold to some ...someone who doesn't know how to appreciate the beauty of potions?"

The friendship between Lucius and Snape seems to be a little more sincere since brewing the potion for the old Mr. Malfoy, but this doesn't make Snape feel the same about the current Malfoy family when they get along and talk. The patriarch took it lightly.

——After all, the cunning of the Malfoy family is well-known throughout the wizarding world.

"I don't think this has anything to do with our cooperation." Snape picked up his teacup, ignoring Lucius' question at all.There was no way he could tell Lucius that he hoped to make enough money to buy Laurel Cottage outright, or something better than that.

"Indeed, it's just a little curiosity of mine." Lucius unabashedly looked at Snape's robes, which were not at all gorgeous. "I don't think you have that much overhead that you're desperately trying to earn more wealth."

"No one would dislike more Galleons." Snape answered this question perfunctorily.Based on his experience dealing with Lucius, he was sure that this was not what Lucius wanted to hear from him.

"That's a good answer." Lucius nodded, and sure enough, he didn't dwell on this issue. "Actually, I have an idea recently."

"Ok?"

"I think the master's recent plan has gone too smoothly. Although we all know that the master has arranged... the task, it seems a little unusual to be able to go so smoothly." Lucius narrowed his eyes and took a sip of black tea with a smile . "What do you think?"

"That's because the master is strong enough, without a doubt." Snape's heart skipped a beat, but he still said calmly.

Lucius nodded, "Oh, of course. But you know, although Dumbledore is an old lunatic, at least he is not a brainless idiot..."

"Although there are quite a number of old fools in the Wizengamoria, I don't think they will support a fool as the chief magician at least." Snape's implication is that Malfoy's words have no meaning at all. significance.But he also blocked Lucius' plan to continue analyzing Dumbledore.

"To gain his trust, if you don't pay enough loyalty, it must be impossible, right?" Lucius stroked the snake-headed cane in his hand, not intending to be forced to change the subject. "Severus, tell me, is my speculation very reasonable?"

"I think, for someone like Dumbledore who always talks about so-called love, you just need to say any name aloud in front of him, and express that you love that person like crazy, he will would accept this man's loyalty." Snape's lips curled up, "Otherwise, why do you think every member of the Order of the Phoenix looks like they're insane?"

Lucius couldn't help laughing at Snape's words. "Maybe so, and I can't believe that old madman still has as much ingenuity in his head against Grindelwald. But the master may feel that everything is safe now, but I think if someone really Lied to the master, then the plans of the Lestrange family will certainly not go as smoothly as they hoped—oh, maybe that is a good opportunity for some people?"

"No one would do such a stupid thing. Lying to the Dark Lord? We all know that won't work, because the master uses Legilimency to a level beyond what most people think, and he doesn't even need spells and wands."

Snape's contemptuous eyes made Lucius nod with a wry smile. Almost every Death Eater has received the Dark Lord's Legilimency, and he really couldn't deny this: "Indeed."

"And that so-called good opportunity... are you interested in the mission of the Lestrange family?"

"The Lestrange family got a mission that I envy." Lucius shook his head regretfully. "They will waste a chance to grow the family. I can already guess the ending. I want Le A foolish family like the Strange standing by his master's cause doesn't do him any favors, does it? No one who doesn't wish to be thwarted by Lestrange will allow that to happen. Rodolphus must It will disappoint the owner."

"Maybe." Snape gave a standard, unabashed smirk.

In order to ensure Jody's safety, Snape always talked with Lucius carefully and cautiously. In this tense atmosphere, the delicious black tea prepared by Malfoy's family became tasteless.

In the end, to Snape's satisfaction and to Lucius' disappointment, Lucius Malfoy was never able to ascertain who Miss Potter was loyal to from his friends, nor did he get an expression from Snape or Potter. He showed an attitude of being willing to add weight to the status of the Malfoy family among the Death Eaters.From Lucius' point of view, Snape may have won, but for Snape, who knew the inside story and realized that Jody's next actions were exactly in line with Lucius' plan, he, or Jody, had already won. lost.

"Ask me so many questions." Snape slid the smooth and graceful handle of the bone china teacup with his fingers that had been making potions all the year round. "Can you tell your poor, exhausted friend what Malfoy really wants? I want you to answer my question honestly - as Malfoy can With utmost honesty."

"Me? Of course I hope to get the status that the Malfoy family deserves smoothly..." Lucius raised his eyebrows, "The status is second only to the master."

Darkness flashed across Lucius' face, "That's what the Malfoy family deserves, and I don't want the Lestrange family to climb on top of me. ——Of course, so does the Potter family." He deliberately Looking at Snape, he added another sentence.

"So you want to grab this mission from the Lestrange family? When the Dark Lord doesn't intend to give you this mission?" Snape frowned and said mockingly. "Perhaps you should think about it first. If Lestrange's attack with the Death Eaters fails, what will you do?"

"Oh, oh, don't worry about me, my friend." Malfoy stretched out a finger, and shook it gently from side to side, and his pale blond hair fell from his shoulders to his chest with his movements. "Severus, you know, what our master wants Lestrange to do is actually very simple. I always think that any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem."

The final result was as Malfoy wished, and the matter of preparing goblin jewelry for Mrs. Bastard was handed over to Malfoy by Voldemort.Undoubtedly, Lucius would not miss this opportunity to expand and grow the Malfoy family's business in the European continent.

Lucius' shrewdness and good timing made Snape feel inferior in this day and age.He lowered his eyes, looked at Jody who seemed to be asleep in his arms, and breathed silently.He knew she wasn't as relaxed as she made it out to be, otherwise she wouldn't have fallen asleep again—that potion would allow the wizard to fall asleep, and use the sleep time to repair the wizard's damaged body, provided the person who took the potion was really There is damage.

If those Gryffindors learned to be cautious like Malfoy and use their brains a little more, Jody wouldn't suffer like this.Even if he cursed for another night, Snape still couldn't forgive Jody, the twin brother he hated so much.

However, Snape's guess was not accurate this time. The so-called stupid and unthinking Gryffindor he knew might be a little smarter than he imagined.

Because Gryffindor, who is particularly curious, always likes to explore some unknown mysteries, such as the mysterious visitor in Dumbledore's study.

"Don't you think it's strange? That person has never met other people in the house." After returning from Nottingham, James sat by the fireplace in his home, holding an apple in his hand, throwing it into the air like a ball and then Catch it, chatting with Sirius while playing.He wasn't mentally tired at the end of a fight, and he didn't want to lie in bed remembering Jody throwing a spell at himself.So he found a relatively easy topic. "His identity is very mysterious, Padfoot, I remember you didn't finish talking at Dumbledore's house?"

"Oh, then I was thinking, if that person is Dumbledore's agent. Then the agent must be a Death Eater, otherwise he can't help Dumbledore with his plan-I don't believe Arthur's set of Dun Bullido knows everything, he is not the resurrection of Merlin." Sirius also held an apple in his hand, but he put the apple directly to his mouth, unconsciously letting it "kiss" his lips, It looks like it's ready to take a bite at any time.When the Death Eaters were mentioned, his expression was a little restless.Just now on the battlefield, Rodolphus's Killing Curse that was missed by other spells, Sirius intuitively realized that maybe it wasn't that he had better luck than others.

"Indeed." James scratched his messy hair with his free hand. "Otherwise, how would Dumbledore know that Voldemort was after the goblins? He also arranged for us to summon our companions for support at any time, and also arrested took a prisoner. Wait... you said... Death Eaters?"

James was halfway through the sentence before he noticed the strange expression on Sirius' expression when he mentioned the Death Eaters.

"Padfoot, did you just mean... Jody?" James' brown eyes suddenly flashed a light of joy that hadn't been seen for a long time, and he threw away the apple, letting it roll far away on the carpet, Excitedly talking to himself. "Yeah, that makes sense. I remember you telling me you'd noticed her in the Slytherin society since third year, and if she'd started learning the Dark Arts that early on, and started being obsessed with Voldemort stuff , then she should have hated Lily and distanced herself from that Snape... There is no need for her to learn alchemy in order to hide Lily. If it is to go undercover beside Voldemort, then things make sense."

"Yeah, what you said...it's very possible. Maybe, we should ask her right away." Sirius clenched his fists tightly, and there was a hint of self-mockery in the corner of his mouth that James hadn't noticed.Indeed, Jody made more sense as an agent of the Order of the Phoenix among the Death Eaters than he had in mind. "We can ask Moonface and Wormtail to study the plan."

Sirius' voice paused, and there was some wild enthusiasm in his emotion. "It's been a long time since the robbers have played pranks, haven't they?"