94 hp Diagon Alley

Being a typical Gryffindor, this must be hard on you. "

Snape wanted to praise Lily's extraordinary insight, but he just moved his lips, and the remaining politeness made him swallow his words.

"Is there anything you want to say to me, Severus." Lily turned to look into those dark eyes.

Snape also lowered his head, meeting his familiar green eyes.After a long time, he looked away.

"I'm... sorry, Lily."

The little red-haired girl didn't seem to expect what he wanted to say, and was also stunned for a while.

"I'm sorry," Snape continued, "I broke your heart. I killed you, and it was all my fault."

"You did make me cry for several days." The girl's face showed a girlish sentimentality, "I hated you so much at that time."

"I... I have been repenting for the rest of my life, and I want to make amends, but it's too late... It's useless to do anything..."

"You've done enough, Severus." Lily got up from the swing and walked across from her old friend. "Look, I know you've been protecting Harry."

Snape didn't answer.

"I forgive you, Severus," Lily said. "Is that the answer you wanted to hear?"

He looked up and looked at the girl's radiant holy face.

"I want you to know that I forgive you." Lily said awkwardly. "Actually, I forgave you a long time ago. But we had gone on different paths by then...you became..." She sighed Tone, I don't really want to talk about these things. "I'm sorry too, Severus."

"No, you've never done a bad thing." Snape retorted immediately, waving his hand, trying to drive away Lily's over-politeness.

"I'm really sorry," the red-haired girl insisted, "if only I could talk to you...I'm so idealistic sometimes..."

"That has nothing to do with you." Snape was a little annoyed, "It's all my fault, I made the wrong choice."

"You have to say you forgive me." Lily puffed up her mouth. "That's what I want to hear. I don't need you to explain my guilt, Severus. I want the same as you, I just need to know You don't hate me, we're still best friends as before."

Snape opened his mouth, and his stubborn temper came up again.No matter how he thought about it, he didn't understand why Lily was apologizing.

The girl's beautiful green eyes widened like an angry lion cub.

"I... I forgive you, Lily."

She laughed immediately, like a lily blooming, dispelling all the haze.

"That's enough, that's enough. But I have to complain about your hair, your clothes, and your eerie look - Severus, you really don't look very well. "

He didn't care, Snape thought.He was dead anyway.

"I miss you so much." He must be crazy, Snape cursed inwardly, for saying such a bold thing.

"I've been away, Severus, long enough to be forgotten," Lily said old-fashionedly, coming around behind him.

"But I've been...missing you." Without seeing her face, Snape could express himself more easily.

"Do you want to play on the swing?" Lily said playfully suddenly, "I know you used to be very envious—Petunia used to play with us, and you were always embarrassed to sit on the swing."

"That's what girls do..." Snape tried to explain, wondering if he should tell Lily about her sister's mistreatment of Potter.

"Stop quibbling, Severus. I'll push you." She pushed Snape's back with both hands, and the swing was actually easy to swing. "Let's hurry up, you have somewhere to go. As for me, Harry needs me and James later."

Snape felt that he was really dead, otherwise how could he be sitting on a small swing in the children's playground, being pushed by a child half his height.

"You have to know, Severus. I'm glad to see you," Lily whispered as the swing fell.

The swing flew up.

"But it's not the time for us to meet again."

The swing flew higher.

"Promise me to live your own life from now on, Severus," she said, and pushed the swing up to the top with all her might.

Snape had a sense of foreboding, and he wanted to look back, but the ropes of the swing suddenly disappeared.Little Lily waved him goodbye on the ground.

He's falling, but his flying magic isn't working.The feeling of weightlessness reminded Snape of countless horrible memories, violence, humiliation, and the snake's bloody mouth.

Then he woke up with a start.

In the dark, he saw one of his students—Ollivander, who had no talent.She stared at herself with a smile, and there were a few bad crystal bottles beside her.

"I'm so sorry, Professor," she said, "that I had to save you with poorly boiled quince essence and blood tonic."

"But you have to admit that my level of potions is also thanks to you - you were too scary when I was in school." Gwen rambled, observing the two snake teeth marks on Snape's neck from time to time.

A pixie appears in the Shrieking Shack after the explosion, holding a red bird in its arms.

"Dobby is here, Gwen Ollivander. Dobby is here with Dumbledore's pet." Fox struggled in its arms.

"God, what's wrong with your eyes." Gwen took Fox, trembling from the flames on its feathers.

Dobby had one eye open, the other was swollen and bruised, with only a small slit showing. "Dobby for saving Luna Lovegood from the werewolf Fenrir."

"Thanks Merlin, you must not have any accidents." Gwen whispered, and then let go of Fox.

The regal, scarlet bird circled the Shrieking Shack with its long, golden tail, and landed on Snape's neck.The golden claws dug into his flesh, causing him pain.

Big pearly teardrops rolled down its lustrous feathers.

The pain gradually subsided, and Snape's vision became clearer.

"The tears of the phoenix..." Gwen murmured, staring at the faded black wound, "it has a healing effect, and now we don't have to worry about snake venom. You see, Professor, Professor Dumbledore hopes to help you."

Snape also raised his hand to touch his throat.

"Why do you show a desperate expression? Isn't it a good thing to escape?" Gwen was a little strange, "It seems that he is not recovered, Dobby, can you send Professor Snape to St. Mungo's?" Is it? Apparate, and I must hurry back to the castle."

A hand grabbed her wrist.

Snape looked at Dobby, gritted his teeth, and said as if he had exerted a lot of strength, "Take me back to Hogwarts Castle."

Kings Cross Station

"Professor—" Cedric finished the battle at the Ravenclaw Tower and hurried to the Astronomy Tower. "Gwen and Dobby are back, and they're bringing Snape. Harry was seen entering the Headmaster's office."

"Thank you for the news, Cedric." Dumbledore turned around and said with a smile, "Now, I want you to go to the Great Hall to help take care of the injured wizards."

The young member of the Order of the Phoenix nodded and ran down the bombed-out stairs.

A figure emerged from behind the wall stack on the other side.

"You look like you're going to die in a second." He said eccentrically.

"Not sure." Dumbledore's face was white, his lips lost color, and he leaned against the wall.

"To protect those fighting wizards?" the old man grinned, as if telling a joke, "Do those people know what they are dying for?"

"Trust me, Gellert." Dumbledore had to take a breath before continuing. "They know exactly what they are fighting for."

"Ha, so I can call you Albus now?" he said irritably. "I don't see a difference, whether it's Riddle, or what you call justice. The wizarding world is the same wizarding world, most people Fly camp dog dog..." interrupted Dumbledore's long lecture again.

"Don't speak to me—tell you, I saved the boy." Grindelwald raised his chin, "in return for having someone 'kindly' remind me."

"Then I should say a word of thanks." Dumbledore nodded, and the phoenix Fawkes flew back onto his shoulder.

"Aren't you going to meet the boy? Before he dies?" Grindelwald's eyes were fixed on the old enemy's new wand.

"No," Dumbledore shook his head, looking sad, "he must die voluntarily—I'm not entirely sure whether my presence will give him useless hope..."

"Think you can defeat Voldemort?" Grindelwald taunted mercilessly, "But you are already a dying old man, your limited life has been greatly shortened by the curse, and now it's for your—let me quote you —'companions and students' using that ancient magic? Albus, with all due respect, that Riddle could kill you easily."

"The most important thing is that I'm not a hard-hearted person—" Dumbledore said, looking at the dilapidated Hogwarts campus.

"Hmph." Grindelwald sneered. "I was amused."

"I can't tell Harry with my own mouth that we're going to trade his young life for peace," said Dumbledore calmly, "though I know it's the only way to success, it's cruel and unfair to him." .”

"Stupid prophecy," Grindelwald muttered. "Let's see if the savior is as foolish as he is