[HP] Aunt of the Savior

Jody's question ultimately failed to get a reasonable answer.

After slipping away early like the last time he attended the party, Jody never got a chance to ask Snape what was the reason for his bad mood, and Snape naturally wouldn't take the initiative to answer the question.And when they routinely got together with Lily to do their homework in the library on Saturday morning, Snape seemed to have fully recovered to his usual state, so Jody had no choice but to keep this question in his heart.

That's right, Severus couldn't possibly be that irritable when he was with Lily!Jody silently explained Snape's abnormality in her heart, but after coming up with this explanation, Jody felt that she was in a bad mood, which made her appear very silent today.

"We won't be able to come to the library tomorrow morning," Snape said to Lily. "The club mentioned earlier has an event tomorrow."

"The top extracurricular study club in Slytherin? Oh, that's really great!" Lily said enviously. "Severus, you will definitely learn a lot there, can you teach me?"

Jody and Snape didn't hide from Lily about Malfoy's invitation.There are some interest groups in every house, and this is not a secret in the school - although the content of the Slytherin society research is definitely a secret that needs to be kept low.

"Of course, but I think we can at most have more opportunities to practice magic in the group." When Snape was hesitating how to answer, Jody once again habitually helped Snape out.Having had to trick Lily, she was thankful that her friend was Muggle-born, so she should have been able to teach Lily a few little spells she hadn't mentioned in her second year beforehand.

"Great, so I don't have to worry about falling behind you." After Lily breathed a sigh of relief, she leaned into Jody's ear and asked softly, "Jody, did you quarrel with Severus?"

"No, what's the matter?" Jody's answer was very natural.

"Well, of course, I also don't think you will quarrel with Severus...I mean, you have always been so good..." Lily smiled with some trouble, "But I always feel that today you and Severus There is something wrong between you two, although you two are acting very normal..."

Jody couldn't help sighing silently in her heart for Lily's sensitivity.She quietly glanced at Snape who suddenly stopped the quill in his hand beside Lily, and replied with a smile: "That's not the case."

Are they really close?At least she didn't even know why Snape was in a bad mood.At first she thought that since she could hold back her curiosity and not ask about family matters that Snape hadn't mentioned, she shouldn't mind this kind of concealment so much.However, perhaps it was because she had been keeping some common secrets with him that she could no longer accept his concealment.

Thinking that before, I was secretly happy that they hid Lili together, but now it was her turn to be concealed, this is really an ironic punishment.

Jody smiled self-deprecatingly, and made up her mind that she would not ask Snape any more questions unless Snape himself brought it up.However, their relationship seemed to be the same as usual. They still went to the auditorium to eat together, and then went back to the common room together, and they also appeared at the rally hosted by Lucius on Sunday morning.

The common room was apparently set aside for the exclusive use of this gathering.The other Slytherins who were not invited were told to leave the common room by 07:30 if they wanted to go out, otherwise they had to stay in their dormitories until notified.

The armchairs in the common room were arranged in an oval shape. Lucius Malfoy sat in the center early and waited for the other members to arrive. He held his wand in one hand and played with a delicate gold pocket watch.Upon seeing Jody, he assigned her a seat on his right, next to Snape.Jody greeted him calmly, and began to observe the students from the same club, and happened to miss the moment when Snape hesitated to speak.

The Slytherin students who can join this club are usually very vocal, and they all come from certain pure-blood families with deep foundations.For example, Evan Rozier, the prefect of the fifth grade, Nihal Selwyn, the prefect of the seventh grade, Dick Crabbe, Muska Gower and Rolf Knott who followed Malfoy, Quidditch captain Labastan Lestrange and Anthony Doholov, who ran unsuccessfully for Boys' President last year - his long contorted face and savage looks clearly couldn't get the students to vote for him as Head of the Boys .Jody noticed that none of these people had directly troubled Snape or himself in the last year, but that just proved that a lot of things might have something to do with some of them.

"I have a distant cousin in this club." Doris was very envious of Jody's invitation. "I heard it was difficult to apply to join, and you got an invitation! That's amazing."

Jody took a little extra look at the sixth-grade Knott as Doris re-used a phrase she hadn't used in a long time.Among these hard-edged classmates, Knott seems to be one of the less conspicuous ones.Doris's cousin was a tall, stocky boy with an unattractive face, very different from the thin Doris, but he seemed shrewd, unlike Crabbe and Goyle. It's just that he is big, but his brain is notoriously bad.

The members took their seats one after another, and for the newcomers who participated for the first time, Lucius assigned a seat of their own.When all the seats were filled, the common room gradually became quiet.

"I'm very happy to see that all of our members—whether they've joined before or those who attended for the first time today—are keeping to the time, and no one is stupid to be late for this occasion." Lucius Started with his customary arrogant tone. "This proves that my vision is at least not so bad that I chose idiots who have no sense of time to join us."

Lucius joked boastfully, but no one laughed.However, the disdain on the face of the seventh grader Doholov was obvious, and he did not hide it, while Lucius pretended not to see it.

"First of all, we want to welcome some new members to join us this year, Rolle, Travers, Potter, Snape, Black, Crouch." Lucius said in a way he could do He introduced each new member with the utmost enthusiasm, and those who were named by him all stood up consciously to greet their companions.

"I think everyone is very clear that the purpose of our concentration here is to learn something that a wizard, especially a wizard with noble blood, should master."

Doholov sneered.

Lucius still ignored it, but glanced at Snape inadvertently. "Of course, I will never hide anything from my companions..."

Snape had been tense all over since just now, sitting upright in his seat.He was already mentally prepared to be questioned about his bloodline, but Malfoy seemed to have prepared in advance, except for Dohorov's sneer, no one questioned Snape's joining.

"Black magic, I don't need to hide from you what our society needs to learn and master." Lucius raised his voice slightly, "Of course, the more powerful and powerful black magic, not the time we spend in class now To master those lacking practical significance...Defense against the Dark Arts. As Slytherins who advocate strength, we should learn those advanced magics that many wizards have never even heard of in our lives, so that we can be strong enough to surpass other wizards To live up to the reputation of the greatest of the Big Four - Salazar Slytherin."

"Excuse me, do we have any professors to guide us in learning black magic?" Travers, a new fourth-year student who joined us, asked boldly. "I mean like the dean...you know it's...not so...easy..."

Travers' voice became smaller and smaller under everyone's gaze. He had already realized that he shouldn't raise this question, but at this point, he could only bite the bullet and finish his sentence.

"Oh, no, I'm afraid this will disappoint you. Professor Slughorn will never participate in our activities." Lucius did not show any dissatisfaction or anger over this, Instead, he spoke meaningfully, and by the way, looked at a few people who had just joined the Slug Club. "In this area of ​​research, we mainly have to rely on ourselves. I hope that we can be the best guides for each other, as long as...have enough strength."

"The dean's fun is playing with his slugs." A twisted smirk appeared on Dohorov's long face: "Oh, but of course, he's a professor of potions!"

This time, many people present snickered.

"Professor Slughorn is a powerful wizard." Lucius didn't smile, there was a hint of warning in his voice. "He taught at Hogwarts for a long time and taught many people, some of whom were very powerful, very..."

After everyone returned to silence, Lucius' tone returned to normal, "I'm not the only one who hopes that Professor Slughorn can join us to provide us with some guidance and help. If anyone here can If the dean is invited to give us personal advice, he will get some unexpected rich rewards."

It was only then that Jody suddenly noticed that Lucius Malfoy, who had an extraordinary family background and excellent grades, hadn't been in the list of members of the Slug Club all this time?And not just Malfoy, other members of this society were not on Professor Slughorn's invitation list.

Although Lucius's hint was clearly intended for them, who had been in the Slug Club, Jody was convinced that it might not be so easy to do after noticing it.She even wondered if Professor Slughorn would invite her to those boring parties of the Slug Club again after learning that she had joined the society.

"Of course, we are not completely alone and helpless, we can only rely on ourselves." Lucius changed the topic and smiled: "If we really need a wise and powerful wizard to guide us...we will always owned."