[HP] Aunt of the Savior

Jody clutched the book stiffly like a puppet, maintaining a motionless posture, staring at Snape, as if begging him for an answer that would reassure her.

Those usually warm eyes now looked so hollow.Snape thought, how could he ignore the source of that warmth, because her eyes were no longer pure black?

Snape's eyes moved to the book in Jody's hand.He knew that she must have seen it.He walked up to Jody silently and took out the book from her hand.

This move finally made Jody react. "Severus, did you already know that?"

"I just finished reading the book yesterday." Snape said part of the truth in a declarative tone.

He was indeed wrong about Irene's situation, but that didn't mean that all his guesses would be wrong.Had it not been for Professor Slughorn's request that very night, he might not have noticed so quickly what had happened to Jody - well, James, too.And the book about the magic exchange, of course, also introduced this, which explained the answer to the problem of Jody and James' eyes at the same time-

Fertility potion, the Potter family probably used this almost lost potion.

Magic power is the most magical gift from heaven to wizards. It not only allows wizards to use magic, but also makes wizards stronger than Muggles, and better able to resist common diseases and external injuries. (However, some viruses that only circulate in wizards, special magic damage, and damage to magical animals and plants still become the cause of accidental death of wizards from time to time.) The more powerful the wizard, the longer the lifespan usually, even ordinary wizards, can also be killed by taking Potions are used to retain one's youth and prolong one's life, and these magic potions are almost ineffective for Muggles without magic power.

But having no descendants is a problem often encountered by powerful wizard couples.Because their own magic power is too strong, it is difficult for them to integrate with others, making it difficult to have children.The fertility potion was invented for such wizards.One dose of potion, one matching black magic, and one can have an offspring of one's own.

However, many wizarding couples are unwilling to use this potion, because it has an extremely serious side effect, that is, when the child grows up, its own magic power will gradually decrease until it is exhausted.

Magic has always been fair.Choosing to take the Fertility Potion is actually deciding to use one's own magic power to water a child of one's own.So from the time the child is not born, this magical link is established and cannot be stopped or reversed.Not all wizards are willing to pay the price of their lives to have their offspring.

However, that certainly doesn't include the Potters, who are very fond of children.Even Snape, who had spent less than 5 minutes with the Potters, was very aware of this fact, let alone Jody.

Its superficial features are like all magic that causes mana exchange, and the user's eyes will turn black when the mana exchange occurs.But as the child's age and magic power gradually increase, the frequency of magic power transmission will also change, and this change will be directly reflected in the eyes, such as the color of the eyes starting to return to its original shape and vision loss.

No doubt this is exactly what happened to Jody and James.When Jody saw the content of the fertility potion, he deliberately used a mirror image to confirm it carefully, and found that what Barty Crouch said at that time was true.Her eyes were indeed not as pure as the black ones in memory.

Of course, this discovery was infinitely more painful than when she first heard this comment.

Before Snape appeared, Jody read this part over and over again, but instead of finding any answer that could dispel her worries, it made her more painful: the book always emphasizes the benefits that the fertility potion can get. It's... a boy.

"...You also think it might be the fertility potion, don't you?"

Jody's tone made Snape unable to utter that simple word, he nodded his head with difficulty, and bit his lip remorsefully.He felt that he had really done something wrong.

For Jody, who has lived in the doting of her parents since she was a child, the fact that her parents face threats to her life is almost a devastating blow to her.She was completely unable to maintain the calmness and introversion she was accustomed to, and now she was mentally weak like a baby.

Originally, he was only worried about his mother's weakening body, and even guessed that he was so powerful as a half-breed because his mother used this black magic, so he turned to his most trusted Jody, and at the same time planned to take the opportunity to let Her own affairs can occupy her thoughts more.But he never thought that things would turn out like this in the end, implicating this perhaps the biggest secret of the Potter family.

"Father and mother...God..." Jody was trembling all over, looking devastated, she looked at Snape helplessly. "How could this be? How could it be? And it's a black magic, they can't use it...and...and James and I are twins, this is different from what is written in the book!"

Snape sat down opposite Jody, this seat had appeared in his dream, but for the first time he completely got rid of the influence of the dream, didn't care about shyness or other emotions, and concentrated on him Clumsy consolation: "Yes, so we are still not sure that it must be this. You have not received personal confirmation from Mr. and Mrs. Potter... Besides, we don't know enough about this potion yet, don't we? Maybe There is a turning point..."

"Well, it must not be true," Jody murmured.

While Snape's words might not have been particularly consoling, his low, juvenile husky voice seemed to have soothing power.Jody's tense nerves were a little more relaxed than before, but her eyes were still at a loss.This made her look less than her usual clever, cunning, calm and rational appearance.Her feelings even made her refuse to accept the conclusions her own reason had just arrived at.

Snape kept rubbing the corner of his robe with his hands, and he restrained himself from embracing Jody like this.

The look in Jody's eyes made Snape feel that his heart was soft, and even his tone of voice, which was always full of sarcasm and coldness, was extremely gentle, and at the same time, it was as pious and firm as an oath: "In any case, I... I will help you."

Perhaps Snape's sincere assurance finally brought back Jody's reason, and finally there was light in her eyes again: "Thank you."

Perhaps it was the new goal of "overturning this assumption" that gave Jody strength, and with the help of Occlumency, she then acted calmly.However, anyone who is a little close to her can see that she is obviously a little listless, even though she is still as hardworking and studious as before.No matter who asked about this, she always showed her usual smiling face and coped with it with the excuse of studying too hard.

"Snape." But in the end, even Doris, who was most afraid of talking to Snape, couldn't help it anymore. "Do you know what's wrong with Jody? Actually... She's been waking up crying after falling asleep lately. I... I'm worried about her."

After all the events in the past, they really didn't become close friends like Jody and Lily did.This made it impossible for Doris to ask Jody directly, but it was undeniable that her years of roommate life had made her concerns genuine.

Snape pursed his lips, an expression that made Doris flinch a little.But his tone made Doris relieved, she didn't expect Snape to answer her seriously.

"She encountered some very troublesome problems..." He didn't explain carefully, but he did give Doris a maximum answer. "However, I will help her."

Doris was surprised to find that for the first time this gloomy boy showed worry and concern. "Well, let me know if you need my help."

In fact, Snape felt that his words seemed very weak.Because in fact, during this period of time, not only did they not find any assumptions that could overturn the birth potion, but they continued to confirm many detailed characteristics that fit the use of the birth potion.For example, Jody took the opportunity to observe James' eyes and found that his eyes also began to turn brown.

On this issue, Jody chose to hide it from James in the end. She didn't want one more person to experience her current fear and anxiety, especially because it was related to the black magic that James was particularly resistant to.

To make matters worse, they also found this passage in an old potions book:

"The childbirth potion can help wizards have a child of their own, but due to nature, few wizards would admit that their parents used this potion to reproduce offspring at first, so we can't know more specific details.It wasn't until a powerful dark wizard named McCorrack (surname unknown) triumphantly declared publicly that his parents had used this potion to give him great power, gradually some wizards (all male, it can be speculated that the birth demon The medicine, as its name suggests, may not be able to conceive witches) began to acknowledge the great sacrifice their parents made.There is no record so far of a wizarding family using a birth potion to conceive twins, but from the vast majority of instances we can surmise that if the birth potion did cause this, it would have cost the wizarding parents more money. Magic and vitality, no doubt. 』

"It's just speculation," Snape said to Jody when he saw this, before she could speak.

"But it's a very reasonable guess." Jody's face showed unconcealable fragility and exhaustion, as well as obvious guilt and self-blame.In order to conceal her discovery, it was only here that she could remove all disguises and show such an expression.Until now, she still can't accept the possibility that she is taking the lives of her parents because of her growth, which makes her even loathe her own existence. "And all the records show that fertility potions usually only give birth to boys rather than twins—maybe I'm someone who shouldn't have been born."

"No!" Snape's reaction was more violent than Jody expected. "You are not! Absolutely not!"

"You know, for me..." Snape, who realized that he had lost his composure just now, tried to look calmer. "Do you think that guy with only Quidditch in his head is more qualified to be born in this world than you?"

"Thank you for saying that, Severus." Jody looked at Snape in silence for a long moment before looking away.At this moment, the guilt and solemnity on the boy's face was more suffocating than his original gloom. She understood why he blamed himself so much, but she never really angered him, and she was even grateful that he could be by her side at this time. around.

"No, don't tell me that," Snape said bitterly. "Don't say thank you to me."