[HP] Aunt of the Savior

After an exquisite and sumptuous lunch at Malfoy Manor, Jody and Snape set foot on their way home.They said they were going home, but in fact their destination was the hometown of Lily and Snape - the small town of Cokeworth.

Jody insisted on choosing this day to see Lily. She felt that instead of facing unpleasant things one after another, it would be better to deal with all the bad things in the shortest possible time.In fact, Snape also thought the proposal was good. If they didn't stay in Cokeworth Town for a long time, he wouldn't have to worry that Jody might see Snape's crappy house in Spider's End.

"We did pretty well today, didn't we?" Jody's tone was unusually light as he was still sitting on the unbearable Knight Bus.She seemed to be in a good mood and said to Snape beside her. "I'm sure he appreciates us."

But Snape kept frowning tightly, pursed his mouth, and sat next to Jody without saying a word after telling the conductor the address.He hesitated for a long time, and finally reached out and took Jody's hand beside him, just like he had done when they were at Hogwarts.He then used Irene's wand to cast a little charm they had researched in fifth grade. "Close your ears and listen."

Jody turned to look at Snape suspiciously: "What's the matter? Don't you feel happy?"

Her cheerful expression turned to puzzlement in the middle of Snape's muffled spell, making her appear particularly innocent.

"That's enough, put away your stupid face, even that hypocritical look just now looks better than it does now!" Snape growled irritably. "How can you act so... so... happy?"

"Happy?" Jody raised her eyebrows, "Oh, of course I'm happy." She took a deep breath, "Because I met the Dark Lord, and I'm still alive. I'm happy for you too, because the Dark Lord Affirmed your talent."

"...Damn." However, this reason made Snape even more anxious.He used an angry expression to conceal his uneasiness: "You should really be thankful that the Dark Lord didn't use Legilimency on us this time. In fact, we have seen it today. He is indeed very powerful and has a very great goal. Isn't he? He has the power to change the world."

"Severus," Jody stopped laughing, she looked at Snape seriously, and said slowly: "It's not the first day I know you worship the Dark Lord, and it's not the first day you know me Plan. I think, we all got what we wanted today?"

"But..." Snape shook Jody's hand, "What did you imply to the Dark Lord just now? Dumbledore trusts you? Ha, of course he trusts you! You know that the Dark Lord heard Does this sentence have any intentions, right? This is your bargaining chip to win the approval of the Dark Lord? I thought the road you chose was on the edge of a cliff, but in fact you are planning to walk a tightrope! Stupid, reckless, arrogant...Damn it, Why weren't you sorted into Gryffindor?!"

"Severus, I know you're worried about my safety. But I insist I'm a Slytherin, and if I were a Gryffindor, I wouldn't even consider such a plan." Jody narrowed his eyes. "You don't believe that I can keep my secret from the Dark Lord? Or don't you believe that we can keep this secret?"

She puts the accent on the word "we."

"The Dark Lord is powerful," Snape said dryly.He has always been confident in his abilities and potential, but he has never been unfoundedly arrogant.Although he had been learning Occlumency for several years, he wasn't completely sure that Voldemort's Legilimency would not make any mistakes.And the things he wanted to hide before were nothing more than the youthful thoughts, but now, the memories he couldn't see were related to the lives of the people he cared about the most.

At Malfoy Manor just now, he was instinctively worried that Jody's deception would be exposed by Voldemort, and unconsciously acted more eagerly in front of Voldemort than he expected, hoping to use this as a cover for Jody.But at the same time, he couldn't help being afraid that Voldemort would learn Jody's secret from his own head instead, and the tension almost suffocated him.This made him feel extra upset when he saw Jody's pretended relaxed expression, and he always felt that there was something he didn't want to know behind Jody's smile.

"Joe, I'm...I'm..."—afraid.I am afraid of losing you, and even more afraid of killing you because of my responsibility.

Snape hadn't been able to say all he was thinking, but his nervousness had conveyed to Jody through their handshake.

"Have some confidence in our Occlumency!" Jody said reassuringly, "And now I can ask Dumbledore about Occlumency openly. At least before we get in close contact with the Dark Lord, we still have It’s time to be more prepared.”

Dumbledore's guidance can indeed provide more and better guarantees for Jody's safety, but Snape, who realized that he had inadvertently learned about Jody's plan a step further, felt a heavier burden on his heart .He finally couldn't help sighing, and said angrily: "Perhaps, you should really give me this time to forget everything..."

Jody smiled, but didn't answer.Of course she wouldn't have chosen to cast this spell on Snape, not then, and now...not even now.As she had promised herself, she would not hide from Snape any longer.As long as Snape did not intend to betray her, the Dark Lord would never be able to obtain Snape's absolute loyalty.

It was only two o'clock in the afternoon when the knight bus brought them to the small town of Cokeworth, and the parking place was chosen on the small road behind the back door of Lily's house under Snape's deliberate instructions.As soon as they got out of the car, they saw the fiery red-haired little witch was already waiting there.

Lily was circling restlessly on the spot, and when she saw Snape and Jody, she rushed over excitedly: "Oh, God, Sev, you're finally here! Mrs. Snape, Snape Mrs. Pu just passed out suddenly!"

Jody could feel that Snape stopped breathing for a moment, but he quickly regained his usual composure: "When did it happen? Where is she now?"

"It was at noon today, she passed out at the entrance of the alley. When I heard the news and rushed to go, she had regained consciousness and insisted on going home. I...I wanted to take her to the hospital, but she didn't agree." Lily worried said.She felt very ashamed, because she thought she and Snape were good friends, but she had no idea that his mother's health was so bad.

"Thank you, I'll go home and have a look first." Snape walked towards Spider's End with a gloomy face.Although he looked very calm, his footsteps were obviously not as steady as usual.

"Sev, wait for us."

"No," looking at Snape's back, Jody reached out and grabbed Lily who was about to follow Snape to Spider's End. "Let's not go there."

"Why?" Lily looked at Jody in surprise, unable to understand why she would say that at such a time.She thought the Snape family must be in desperate need of help right now.

"I believe Severus would prefer to handle these things himself. If he really needs our help, he will say so." Jody took Lily's hand, she knew very well that Snape didn't want her to see The shabby house in Spinner's End, though she had visited there long before he could remember. "I guess we could just take this opportunity to talk?"

Lily was convinced by Jody's reasons, and she suddenly remembered that the real purpose of their meeting here was not because of Irene Snape's illness. "All right……"

"Where are we going then? I don't think your home is suitable." Jody said calmly, as if nothing happened with Snape.In fact she thought the ensuing conversation might have been better off without Snape.Jody had always known that Lily held a very important place in Snape's heart, and she inevitably felt sour about it.

The place Lily finally chose to talk was a grove with a not-so-clear river meandering through the bushes. "It's very quiet here, no one will come."

"Yeah." The two girls sat down side by side on the lawn under the shade of the trees. Jody looked at his good friend's flawless green eyes and asked softly, "Lily, what do you want to talk about?"

"Jody, I don't believe it! I don't believe you and Sev... you..."

"If you're asking about the Dark Arts... yes, we did study the Dark Arts." Jody interrupted Lily, who didn't want to see her friend come up with an excuse for her or Snape. , that would only embarrass her more. "Sorry, we lied to you. There is a society in Slytherin, yes, the one we joined before, and it studies black magic."

"Why?" Lily covered her mouth in surprise. "I really thought James was wrong, I...I can't believe it. Jody, that's evil black magic!"

"James?" Jody, who had been avoiding his twin brother and best friend, was surprised to hear Lily's different address for James.You know, before that, Lily insisted on calling him only "Potter". The reason why he omitted a series of derogatory adjectives such as disgusting and hateful was because Jody and the Potter couple were very good people in Lily's opinion. reason.

"Oh," the red-haired girl had a faint blush on her cheeks. "We've been to Hogsmeade together a few times... alone. I was going to ask him about you and Sev at first. I don't want to hear what other people say..."

"Lily, are you in love with James?" Jody looked at Lily's expression, and for a moment a complex but simple joy floated in his heart.She couldn't have been more aware of what a good girl Lily was, and James... Although according to Snape, James was edgy, arrogant, and reckless, Jody still thought her brother was a good boy, and he might indeed do it for someone else's sake. Compliments are smug, but he's simple and earnest emotionally, and he's as brave and kind as a true Gryffindor.

"Yes, I like him." Lily admitted her feelings with Gryffindor-like courage without being too coy. "Although he's really immature and always very childish...but, Jody, James is a good brother and he loves you very much."

Seeing Lily's serious expression, Jody suddenly realized that Lily in front of her might not be the only person who wanted to talk to her.