[HP] Aunt of the Savior

"You think Mrs. Snape became weak because she passed on her magic to you?"

Facing Jody's surprised expression, Snape nodded slowly, his lips twitched slightly: "...I hope that's not the case."

The secret of black eyes, this is a black magic that Snape accidentally read from a book during the summer vacation.

The reason why this black magic has such a name is because the appearance of the person who uses it will have a very obvious feature: a pair of very pure black eyes.This kind of pure black eye color is rare among British people, or Caucasians.It is said that the eyes turn black, which is a manifestation and symbol of the transfer and exchange of magic power.

What made Snape suspicious was precisely because both Irene and Snape had such black eyes, and because Snape himself had grown stronger with age-not every third-year student had such black eyes. To be able to learn those black arts so smoothly and successfully.

The reason why black magic is regarded as a heresy is that, apart from the well-known evil and danger, there is also a characteristic that most people are not willing to admit, that is, it has extremely high requirements for the magic power of the user .In fact, the danger of black magic usually comes from the user forcing it when the magic power is insufficient.

Snape once believed that his outstanding achievements in the black arts came from the fact that he had learned from the theory of the magic system taught by Professor Columbus that he was better at manipulating magic than his peers, but when Regulus, who was born in a pure-blood family, It was only when Black and Barty Crouch encountered the problem of insufficient magic power in the study of black arts that Snape vaguely felt strange.Because it never bothered him and Jody.

In most people's perception, pure blood should have more powerful magic power and talent than half blood wizards and hemp wizards.But this rule didn't seem to apply to Snape.

Therefore, during this summer vacation, when Snape discovered the black magic "Secret of Black Eyes" in those black magic books hidden by Irene, he immediately felt that he had found the one that was most likely to be true. Answer.Although it is only briefly mentioned in the book, the characteristics described are undoubtedly consistent with the situation of their mother and child.

Snape didn't want to believe it, or he didn't want to accept this possibility at all - if Irene really used this black magic, then she might be dying.

In fact, Snape had already discovered that Irene was getting weaker and weaker.A life of poverty and hard work had aged this apparently young woman prematurely.Her already sullen features were now cast with an unhealthy gray and her thin cheeks were sunken.For a woman who lived on government handouts, the look was quite reasonable.But for a witch who clearly has the ability to improve her life, this kind of appearance is too abnormal, but she seems to stubbornly choose this difficult life and is unwilling to change.

Irene has always insisted on only using Galleons for things related to magic, such as paying Snape to go to Hogwarts for all expenses and buying some potion materials.For this reason, while avoiding Tobias, she secretly brewed potions to earn some income, ensuring that the Gringotts vault would not become empty before Snape graduated—in fact, the vault The money in it was originally saved bit by bit by her in this way over the years.

No matter how poor she was, Erin told her son sternly that they must not use the property in Gringotts to pay any bills in Spinner's End.Of course she didn't explain why, she never explained to her son anything she did, but it always made sense.It was like after entering Hogwarts, Snape realized that Irene had told him so much common sense in the wizarding world, all in order to allow him to naturally integrate into the new environment.

In this regard, a tacit understanding was reached between the mother and the child. Irene didn't say anything, and Snape didn't ask.If it weren't for the sense of crisis that he might lose his mother, Snape would not have gone to the root to confirm whether Irene used the "secret of black eyes".

"You'll help me, won't you," Snape said.

When he first discovered this black magic, he was once surprised that he immediately thought of asking Jody for help and believed that she was the only person who could help him, but after realizing what Jody meant to him, he realized that his It is not her help that is really needed, but her.

Maybe he could figure it out himself, but he wouldn't miss an opportunity to occupy her time now, he selfishly hoped that her mind would always be about him and no one else's.

"Of course." Looking at Snape who was worried about Irene, Jody instinctively wanted to express some comfort.She tried to get closer to him, to pat him on the shoulder or give him a hug.But just as she took a step towards him, Snape took a step back suddenly, and even staggered a little against the table behind him because he backed up so fast that he didn't fall.

Although he quickly looked away, the momentary staring at each other already made him feel hot from head to toe.Under such circumstances, he really didn't have the courage to look directly into those warm eyes, let alone make physical contact-even though he never slackened in his Occlumency practice.

Seeing Snape's reddened eartips, Jody belatedly realized that her friend would still be shy about his approach, which made her a little frustrated.She made a suggestion to break the current awkward atmosphere: "Maybe, it's time for us to find a way to get a professor's signature. There may be what we are looking for in the restricted section."

Although Snape was also in favor of going to the Restricted Section to find information, the matter did not go smoothly, because they couldn't decide which professor they should turn to to obtain a permit to enter the Restricted Section.Surely they couldn't tell the professor - whoever it was - that they had gone to the Restricted Section to find details of a dark art that was never mentioned in any textbook.And Snape didn't want others to know about the problems he might have.

The weekend slug club meeting would have given them a good chance.Professor Slughorn's vigilance was always very let down on this occasion, where good food and wine were indulged.But considering the unhappiness caused by the party at the Slug Club last year, Jody decided to selectively ignore this option.

"Maybe I can borrow the Invisibility Cloak from James."

"And then we go to the library at night? That's an exciting plan." Snape objected in a flat tone.How the hell could he squeeze in that invisibility cloak with Jody?

"But I can't think of a good way to get to the restricted area..."

Before Jody finished speaking, someone suddenly interrupted: "You...do you want to go to the restricted area?"

Snape and Jody changed their expressions at the same time.They were too careless to ignore that they were talking in a corridor where someone might pass by at any time.

But when he saw who came, Jody was somewhat relieved. "Ah, Barty, good afternoon."

Barty Crouch smiled timidly at Jody and Snape. "Good afternoon, Jody, Severus. I thought I just heard you wanted to go to the Restricted Section?"

"Oh..." Jody replied vaguely. "I want to find some extracurricular books, but the content in this area is only available in the restricted book section."

"For the magic of the club? Can you take me with you?" Batty's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice, but he seemed very excited: "Lucius said that you are the best in the club, if you go to the restricted area , I can help."

"You?" Snape looked at Barty.As the only heir of the Crouch family, he is not good enough and outstanding, but there are some things that may be very suitable for him.Although he hated Batty's positive look very much, he didn't intend to miss this door-to-door help.

"Well, I think it shouldn't be difficult to ask Professor Slughorn for an autograph." Barty Crouch nodded nervously when facing Snape.Because Mr. Crouch is an official of the Ministry of Magic, Barty Jr. has been Professor Slughorn's favorite student since he entered school. What he said is indeed not a boast. "Then Jody, what kind of content do you want to study? Professors usually only open a certain part of the restricted area to students at a time, and the types of books we want to consult will be written on the approval slip and handed over to Mrs. Pince."

"Ah, about... the exchange of magic power." Jody hesitated and said in a very general way.

Surprisingly, after hearing Jody's answer, Barty Crouch actually said to the point: "Could it be...are you interested in 'The Secret of Black Eyes'?"

"You know this magic?" Jody asked pretending to be calm.She glanced at Snape and signaled for herself to speak, so that it would not be so easy for others to suspect him.

"Ah, yes, this is a well-known black magic curse. Magic that can exchange magic power is very rare even in black magic, but this magic has become less popular because of its obvious characteristics." Speaking of something that Jody didn't know, Barty Crouch puffed up his chest with obvious pride. "If you're interested, you can go to the library to find some more information... Uh, have you been cast by this spell?"

At the end, Barty Crouch suddenly became nervous, as if he wanted to make sure that Jody was okay now.At this time, he even ignored Snape, who was standing beside Jody with a dark face.Being sized up like this, Jody was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.And Snape's eyes looked almost cannibalistic.He now regrets that he agreed to let this guy help. Maybe it is better to visit the library at night wearing an invisibility cloak than to let this guy dangle in front of his eyes.

"Although the secret of black eyes is very famous, it is also very dangerous..." Fortunately, Barty Crouch finally stopped this kind of impolite behavior.He looked at Jody nervously for a long time, and then said firmly: "However, I think Jody, you should be fine."

"Why?" Jody asked curiously.It is very rare for little Barty, who is always nervous and excited, to be so confident, which makes her find it very interesting.

"Ah, that's because... your eyes aren't that dark." Barty Crouch and Jody looked at each other for a while, then smiled shyly.