[HP] Aunt of the Savior

It was Jody's first funeral, and Lucius' words after the funeral were somehow more memorable than the funeral itself.

Because at the funeral they only faced the death of one person, but Lucius put the death of a group of people before their eyes.The tone of his talk was cruel and indifferent, even with a touch of glee.

For a Slytherin, which one is more important, one's own relatives or a group of strangers, that seems to be a completely irrelevant question, especially when the group of strangers are just some Muggles.So there is no doubt that they will not waste their little sympathy—

Ha, that's just a bunch of lowly Muggles.Jody said to himself repeatedly in his heart without changing his face.

Even with Lucius as a friend, Snape couldn't be unreserved in front of Malfoy, he restrained himself from expressing his worries about Jody in front of Lucius.The private research and practical application of those terrible black arts are completely two concepts, and he doesn't think Jody can be as indifferent as Malfoy.Of course, this kind of violence is probably very stressful for any woman, but it is undoubtedly more stressful for Jody.

Maybe after hearing this kind of thing, she will give up her dangerous plan soon, Snape secretly expected in his heart.

But Jody seemed as indifferent as he was, and because of Lucius' presence, he didn't get a chance to ask her opinion on the matter until she left Spider's End.And after that, Snape himself didn't have time to think about these things for the time being.

Because Irene's death had a great impact on Snape's life.Not only did he lose his mother, who he had always depended on, but he also lost the freedom to use magic at will outside of school.

Snape didn't think of this problem until he received the warning letter from the Ministry of Magic.This was very unaccustomed to Snape, who was used to using magic to take care of himself.Fortunately, brewing the potion didn't require the use of a magic wand, and it wouldn't produce magical fluctuations that could be monitored by the Ministry of Magic. Otherwise, even his source of income would be affected.

"I kept it this time, but it can't be used now." Standing in front of Irene's tombstone again, Snape stroked the wand that originally belonged to Irene, and said self-deprecatingly. "Maybe I should let it sleep with you instead of staying with me?"

While Snape was saying this, the wand in his hand seemed to warm up, and a stream of heat spread from his fingertips all the way to his whole body. The tenderness was like a mother comforting her child—even though The Irene in his memory didn't comfort him like this, but he still felt that his whole body was healed.He stroked the wand lovingly, feeling extremely soft inside.Maybe it was just imagination, but he was sure the wand wanted to be by his side.So he abandoned his original plan to bury it

Snape turned around, only to find Lily standing not far behind him.She was wearing a floral sarong, her long fiery red hair was tied into a ponytail, she was holding a bamboo basket in one hand, and she was covering her mouth with the other hand, staring at the tombstone in front of Snape.

When she caught Snape's sight, she whispered, "Mrs. Snape, she..."

Lily saw Snape on the way out shopping.Although the incident by the river that day made her cry a lot, she didn't intend to give up just like that, she still wanted to try to talk to Jody or Snape again, and today's encounter made her feel that it was a Good timing, but she hadn't expected Snape's final destination to be the cemetery.

"She passed away a few days ago." Snape was surprised to find that he was now able to talk about his mother's death calmly with others.A few days ago, he had been surprised by Lucius' calm reaction, and a few days later, he found that he could be just as calm.

The pain of eternal loss is deeply rooted in every part of his body, on his skin, schoolwork, hair, bone marrow, and even his soul. Maybe time will heal all this in the future, but now he can only and must learn to ignore this kind of pain. The pain enough to paralyze the nerves, calmly accept this kind of life.As if by doing so, he could create the illusion that Irene was still alive, which made him feel better.

Lily's voice was as gentle as if nothing happened by the lake before: "I'm so sorry for you, Sev." She hesitated for a moment, and offered to Snape: "Can... can you walk with me? I I have something to say."

Snape took a deep breath and finally nodded.Maybe he is indeed like Jody complained, always unable to refuse Lily's request, he thought to himself, after all, Lily was the first friend he took the initiative to muster up the courage to make.But this time, he didn't want to leave Lily's concerns to Jody to deal with anyway.If possible, he hoped that he could share some of her burden - he knew that even if he rejected Lily today, Lily would still not give up.

They walked down the path in silence, through the alleys between the old houses, until they came to a small playground that was almost abandoned and dilapidated, with seesaws, swivel chairs, slides, and a two-person playground. swing.It wasn't the first time neither Lily nor Snape had come, but this time, there wasn't a single child here.

Lily sat down on the swing, and her soft and beautiful legs kicked the ground lightly, and the swing immediately swayed slowly back and forth. "Sev, this is where we first met. I never thought I'd meet my best friend here."

Snape looked towards the grove where he had been hiding.Because no one trimmed it, it grew very lushly, but even so, by Snape's standards now, it was still pitifully small, making it hard for him to imagine that he could shrink in it.He once looked at Lily so enviously that he even felt that he would do anything as long as he could become friends with her.

Now, his dream seems to have come true, she says he is her best friend, but what he wants has long since changed.

"But now I suddenly realize that maybe I don't know my best friend at all." Lily was very depressed, "Jodi said, not only have you learned black magic from a long time ago, but you also want to... think Follow Voldemort?"

Snape nodded silently.He wasn't like Jody, it was enough for him to stop lying to Lily. "sorry."

"Why?" Lily stood up from the swing suddenly, staring at Snape with wide eyes.Behind her, the swing still wobbled against her calf, but she didn't seem to notice it. "For power? Can you choose evil for the sake of power? I don't believe you and Jody are like this!"

"You should still remember that when you were here, you liked to jump off and glide?" Snape said slowly.He found that Jody had indeed given the most simple and direct reasons, but there was no doubt that Lily also had Gryffindor's stupid stubbornness and pursuit, and she still stubbornly hoped to change her two ways. idea of ​​a friend.

"So what?" Lily asked suspiciously.

"We could still do this back then, but now that we have a wand, we don't have this kind of freedom." Snape held the wand in his hand and waved it in vain. "This world needs to change. There is no reason for the power of wizards to be restricted and hide. We need this opportunity for change. There is no reason for wizards to live in such poverty and difficulty, and there is no reason for them to be ruled by Muggles and cannot resist at will. We need New rules, and to formulate rules, we must first have enough power. I think there is nothing wrong with our pursuit of power.”

He carefully brewed such a long-winded argument in his mind, and prepared to persuade Lily in turn.Lily was the most important friend, both to him and to Jody.Since Lily is still refusing to give up convincing them, why can't he try to save their friendship instead?

"Why do you insist that we give up our pursuit and not consider joining me and Jody?" Snape said. "And your strength is enough to join us..."

"That's impossible, Sev. No matter what you say, Death Eaters are evil. They use evil black magic, killing and attacking for no reason. This is a fact that no excuse or reason can change Lily said firmly and without hesitation, "Perhaps as you said, there are many places in this world that are terrible, and the life of wizards is indeed not that good. But that can't be a reason for Death Eaters to kill people and set fires everywhere. And excuses. Not to mention the stupid blood theory, according to them, a Muggle-born wizard like me should not be alive at all, is this the power you are pursuing? In order to change, maybe by then, it will be like Like the wizards who died at the hands of Voldemort and the Death Eaters, you will point your wand at me?"

The red-haired girl's eyes were straight and burning, and she was filled with righteous indignation, as if she was first learning about Voldemort's views and what he did.However, in front of her, the gloomy but kind-hearted black-haired boy in her memory had already grown into a teenager or even a young man unconsciously. The lines of his cheeks became hard and almost cold, and his lips were tightly pressed together.This made her feel unspeakably sad.

"Lily...Evans." After Lily rejected Snape's proposal without hesitation, his voice seemed to lose all vitality. "Well, I get it, yes, quite a bit."

"Sev, I..." Lily wanted to say something more, but Snape waved to her with a rare smile.

"I really understand now. Maybe I would have understood sooner." Snape leaned stiffly against the swing behind him, taking a step back when Lily tried to get closer to him.Now he knew how Jody felt when he told Lily the truth.In any case his explanations were futile, and as long as his pursuit remained unchanged, he could not restore the friendship between the three of them.Jody probably knew long ago that it was impossible for Lily to accept his reasons anyway.

That being the case, he felt that he had no more hesitation, and his voice became completely cold: "I thought you had some brains, Miss Evans, but now it seems, how can I expect a Mudblood to be able to Wisdom enough to understand the great and noble cause of the Dark Lord?"

"Great!" Lily's expression quickly changed from worried and uneasy to angry. The word Mudblood stung her, turning her completely into an angry little lioness. "That's what you mean, isn't it? You've finally come clean about what you think of people like us? I thought you were different, you and Jody, you were never as stupid as the rest of the Slytherins Talk about pure blood. But in fact, I really don't know you at all, just like Jody said. How much are you hiding from me?"

Snape said nothing, the smile on his lips froze into a cruel sneer.

"No, that's not important anymore." Seeing Snape's reaction, Lily pursed her lips even more proudly, "Since you must choose that evil path, then, Mr. Snape, I will never won't stop you."