[HP] Aunt of the Savior

But soon, Snape realized that he didn't need to think about how Jody would react when he knew about it.

He subconsciously glanced at the magical Mirror of Erised, and was surprised to find that there was a familiar figure in the mirror: Jody with the face of Professor Bubbaji standing at a distance from Harry with a painful expression on his face. Not far away, she stared at him silently.

"I'll take Harry to Poppy's first," Dumbledore sighed, took the fake Philosopher's Stone out of Harry's hand, handed it to Snape beside him, and picked Harry up himself. "Afterwards, I think we can talk in my office, Severus, Jody."

The old man stood up holding Harry, took a deep look in Jody's direction, and sighed again. "I believe we need to have a good talk."

After Dumbledore left, Snape walked up to Jody, reached out, fumbled for the hood of the Invisibility Cloak, and the Cloak slid from Jody's shoulders to the ground, her back to Snape , the shoulders twitched slightly.As far back as Snape could remember, he had never seen Jody look so... He took a deep breath and took her in his arms from behind her.

For a moment Snape thought Jody was crying, but he could see through the Mirror of Erised that she wasn't crying, she was just shaking.

"It turned out that Voldemort was possessed by Quirrell. I kept looking at them, but I couldn't do anything... I watched Quirrell couldn't stand Harry's touch on him, and gradually turned into ashes. I saw Voldemort possessed him again." I got on top of a mouse, got into a crack in the wall and escaped..." Jody said in a low voice.Snape's warmth from behind her seemed to bring her back a little bit of composure, but at the same time it seemed to make her weaker than before. "I don't even dare to check if Harry is still alive..."

"Harry's alive, and you've done well and rightly." Snape was well aware that Jody's whispered confidant did not necessarily require an answer.But he still couldn't help saying this.It wasn't a perfunctory thing, he was genuinely proud of Jody.She really is a good Slytherin, not a Gryffindor who only acts on impulse.Over the years, he had been very worried that Jody's excessive affection for Harry would cause her to lose her old calm and sanity, which was fatal to a spy. "I'm glad you haven't lost your mind."

"If Quirrell hadn't been unable to bear Harry's touch at that time, I think I would have done it." However, Jody laughed at herself, and she stopped shaking: "And, Severus, know Well, sometimes, I just hate myself for being so rational."

"..." Snape didn't speak, just tightened his arms a little more.

It took Jody a moment to fully cool down in Snape's company.What happened one after another just left her no time to take the compound potion on time, and when Dumbledore returned to his office, Jody, who was waiting for him, had changed back to his original form.But her face was still very ugly, which made Dumbledore worry whether she needed rest or treatment like Harry.

"I admit that today's incident is my failure." Dumbledore wearily used this sentence as the beginning of their conversation, "Even though Voldemort is very weak now, he is still very cunning."

"Did the Dark Lord realize that the sixth floor is actually just a trap?" Snape looked tense.

"I think Voldemort is not sure where the Sorcerer's Stone is really stored." Jody shook his head. "I heard some conversations between him and Quirrell. He is very eager for Quirrell to confirm whether the Philosopher's Stone is hidden here as soon as possible. If there is no place here, he plans to go to the sixth floor."

"So Jody, if you may, can you tell me what you saw..."

Facing Dumbledore's obviously seeking gaze, Jody cocked his lips bitterly: "I saw Quirrell enter the restricted area on the fourth floor, so I followed. At that time, I thought that Voldemort went to the sixth floor in person. , Let Quirrell confirm the situation in the restricted area on the fourth floor. This is also in line with Voldemort's suspicious character."

Snape frowned suddenly, as if he was very dissatisfied with Jody's actions.

"It was undoubtedly the mistake of the Sorting Hat for not sorting you into Gryffindor." He said bluntly and narrowly.

After hearing Snape's words, the Sorting Hat, which was placed on the shelf beside it, seemed to let out an unhappy snort.Jody turned his head and glanced at the sorting hat, showing a complicated expression.

Dumbledore smiled silently, motioning for Jody to continue.

"Of course, the levels originally prepared for Harry were not difficult for Quirrell. Although they increased the difficulty when dealing with adult wizards, Quirrell came to the Mirror of Erised smoothly. But he couldn't find it. The way to take out the Philosopher's Stone, at this moment, Harry broke in alone." At this point, Jody stopped suddenly, and she took a deep breath to adjust her emotions.To this day, she still feels nervous and scared.

Dumbledore understood Jody's mood when he saw Harry. He stared at her with gentle eyes, waiting patiently for her to continue.

"When he saw Harry, Quirrell grabbed him right away. But Harry kept trying to buy time and distract Quirrell with conversation, so that he didn't have time to think about how to get the Philosopher's Stone. Harry did it very cleverly "Speaking of Harry, Jody's tone was a little proud, "but Voldemort didn't have that much patience, he urged Quirrell to use Harry to get the Philosopher's Stone."

"Voldemort is indeed an extraordinary wizard." Dumbledore said admiringly, looking at the Mirror of Erised that had been transported back to his office. "I guess there are probably few people who can see the magic in this mirror at once-only those who want to get the Philosopher's Stone and don't want to use it can get the Philosopher's Stone hidden in it. Compared with Greed and Ambitious Quirrell and himself, and only Harry could possibly meet this requirement."

"Harry did get the Philosopher's Stone. That's when I found out that Voldemort had possessed Quirrell, and his face had been hidden under Quirrell's big hood."

"So that's why Quirrell's classroom and body always smell strange?" Snape curled his lips in disdain, for Voldemort and Quirrell.He couldn't believe that Quirrell, who was born in Ravenclaw and had always been known for his talents, could be so stupid, stupid enough to share his soul with other people's souls.You know, from the moment Quirrell shared his body with Voldemort, his body was dead and decayed, and the real death was not far away.

In the past, the dark lord, who was aloof in the past, can only hide under other people's hoods, share his body with others and emit disgusting smells, which also made Snape, who was once fascinated by his power, feel great irony and ridiculousness. "The Dark Lord should really be praised for having the courage to show himself like this in front of Harry."

Even Dumbledore couldn't help smiling, but thinking of Quirrell, he still shook his head regretfully. "It seems that apart from his cunning mind, Voldemort's level of deceiving people is still as good as before. An excellent young wizard like Quirrell was stunned by ambition and greed, and sold his soul to Voldemort, ruining his life." took my own life...I feel very sorry."

"Voldemort wants to convince Harry to submit to him, and Quirrell wants to grab Harry's... Sorcerer's Stone," Jody said the word Sorcerer's Stone with a hint of sarcasm, "but Harry Not bewitched, and would not give up the Philosopher's Stone even to the death."

A guilty look appeared on Dumbledore's face.

"I was even ready to save Harry at that time, I knew it might expose me... But Lily's protection still works on Harry after all these years," Jody said when he mentioned Lily There is unconcealable sadness and heartfelt admiration. "Quirrell couldn't bear Harry's touch at all, his skin burned when it touched Harry's body."

Dumbledore's blue eyes twinkled, but he said nothing.

"So, the Dark Lord never noticed your presence?" Snape finally asked the question he'd always wanted to know.He cared more about that than what happened to Harry.

"He's too weak to notice me under the cloak. Besides," Jody suddenly showed a mischievous smile, and she looked at Fox. "I borrowed a little help from Phoenix..."

Fox chirped and seemed pleased.

Jody took out of his pocket the phoenix feather that everyone in the Order had. "I threw Quirrell's body on the ground when it started to burn. Voldemort probably thought Albus was coming, so he didn't dare to waste any more time on Harry, and hurriedly escaped by possessing a mouse. Leaving the hapless Quirrell—and when he left, Quirrell died in a pool of ashes."

Jody finally finished speaking, and after re-telling what happened today, her face became more ugly, showing tiredness and weakness.

Snape, who had been frowning tightly since just now, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and stretched out his hand slightly forcefully to hold Jody's arm, not even giving Dumbledore a chance to continue the conversation. "Dumbledore, I think, let's stop here today! Joe, I think what you need most right now is rest."

"I agree with Severus, Jody." Dumbledore unexpectedly did not press on, "You need to rest."

"Then... okay." Jody hesitated for a while, put on the Invisibility Cloak, and walked out of Dumbledore's office with Snape.

"Slytherin..." Dumbledore watched them leave, then muttered to himself, stood up, walked to Phoenix Fawkes's perch, filled it with water and feed, and stretched out his hand to stroke its head.

The portraits on the wall were silent, only the portrait of Phineas Black said lazily in an obnoxious tone: "Always admirable, Slytherin!"

"Yes, admirable," said Dumbledore.Phoenix Fox neighed in a low voice, tilted his head and rubbed Dumbledore's fingers.

Jody silently followed Snape out of Dumbledore's office, seeing his back striding ahead, she showed a bitter smile.She knew Snape must have noticed, and in fact she wasn't going to hide it from him any longer, even though...it might surprise him.

Snape had been feeling angry and irritable the whole way, and it all exploded the moment he walked into his room.He sealed the room with a charm, so that no one could disturb them, and then he couldn't help but speak aloud. "Okay, are you going to tell me the truth next, or are you going to lie to me like you did to Dumbledore?"

He always thought that she had trusted him enough to not hide anything from him anymore, but it turned out that things disappointed him every time.This time this feeling was particularly strong, and the disappointment was even stronger than usual.

Snape didn't believe what Jody had said to Dumbledore at all.Of course, he didn't think the old wizard had fully believed Jody's words either.But the insightful attitude that Dumbledore showed in the end made Snape, who subconsciously covered up the lie for Jody, feel extremely bad.

You know, Jody knew about the plans for the trap on the sixth floor, and even though they weren't sure that Voldemort was possessing Quirrell at the time, Snape and Jody had talked about the possibility together.If Jody had been following Quirrell as she said today, then she should have noticed that Malfoy was under the Imperius Curse.Manipulating a Malfoy is unlikely to be Quirrell's own initiative.In other words, Jody should be very clear that Quirrell might really be with Voldemort.According to her excessive care and love for Harry Potter, she should have cast a spell to prevent those reckless Gryffindors from breaking in.With Jody's ability, she can do this completely.

But when he and Dumbledore rushed to the restricted area, there was no trace of a spell cast on the gate, the harp was still playing, and the terrifying three-headed dog was still sleeping soundly.It is impossible for a few little wizards in the first grade to keep the harp playing all the time. That is to say, Jody not only did not stop Harry, but even helped Harry enter the restricted area on purpose, even though he might face him directly. Voldemort.

This is undoubtedly contradictory to her usual overprotectiveness towards Harry.

Under Snape's gaze, Jody was unexpectedly calm. "Severus, I said a long time ago that my brain is always open to you. In fact, you can take Legilimency on me—if you think I still want to keep hiding something from you."

"I also said that I hope you can confess to me yourself." Snape's finger lightly touched the wand in his pocket, and quickly withdrew his hand.The smile at the corner of his mouth made people feel very uncomfortable: "Or do you want to tell me that you have confessed to me to the maximum extent now, except for some... things you can't say?"

Jody's eyes widened in astonishment, and then she really couldn't help laughing: "Severus, you know me better than I expected. I really want to say that, and there are some things I don't want to say." She Taking a deep breath, "Yes, I did lie today. In fact, after Harry and the others came to ask me about Dumbledore, I put on the invisibility cloak and followed them secretly. I saw how Malfoy Those who provoked Harry and the others also saw Quirrell talking to Voldemort on him. Then, I guarded the door of the restricted area, even leaving it open, so as to tempt Harry and the others to rush in and take risks..."

"You said... you actually made Harry Potter face Voldemort on purpose?" Snape couldn't believe his ears.

"Yes, I just watched him rushing to face Voldemort... Do you think I'm scary, Severus?" Jody looked at Snape, her expression seemed a little nervous for a moment and cringe. "I calculated Harry in this way and made him risk his life, even though I kept saying that I love him and care about him so much. I...I don't want you to see me like this." She finally couldn't bear it Live and look away. "I can't stand..."

"But why would you do that?" Snape asked confused, taking a step forward, bringing the distance between him and Jody slightly closer. "I thought you'd always wanted him to be well protected from any harm..." Because that's what you expected, so I did my best, Snape thought.He knew what she couldn't stand.

"Some things... I don't want to say, because I don't want to face this possibility. I have always had a suspicion in recent years, and I have even wanted to overthrow this terrible guess. I have never been willing to admit that this possibility may be It's true." Jody said painfully, "but now I can't escape this possibility anymore, Severus, I can't lie to you, I have to tell you, I suspect...Harry he might... Also one of Voldemort's Horcruxes."