[HP] Aunt of the Savior

Jody was very tired when he left the principal's office.

On the one hand, it was because she once again experienced the blow of being unable to save her parents' lives, and on the other hand, it was because of the pressure when facing Dumbledore.

Of course Dumbledore should know her parents, he must have taught them.Did the surprise and surprise I showed at the time seem real enough?As she walked, she carefully recalled all the conversations she had with Dumbledore, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that all her performances were within her plan and that her biggest secret was not revealed anywhere.

It's not easy.Because Dumbledore has a temperament that he can always see through everything and know everything, which makes it impossible to hide something from him.Even if Dumbledore always behaves kindly and kindly in front of everyone, just like a grandfather next door, it is enough to make people feel safe to trust him and rely on him.

When Dumbledore brought up the Slytherin society, Jody felt like he had almost told him everything.Of course, she was going to tell Dumbledore everything, but... not now, she thought, at least not now.She has been mentally preparing for today's talk for too long.Now, she just wants to find a place to rest for a while, and the secret base in the cellar should be a good choice.

Thinking of this, Jody pushed open the door.Then, she heard a familiar, bright laugh.

"Lily?"

Jody looked in surprise at his friend who hadn't been to this secret base for a long time.There was a bright smile on her face, and Snape was standing beside her, his expression was not as stiff as usual, and he seemed to relax a lot.They all held wands in their hands, as if they were practicing some kind of magic.

"Ah, Jody." Lily nodded happily at Jody, and waved her wand: "Look, call God to protect you!"

Accompanied by Lily's voice, a thick white mist immediately emerged from the tip of the wand, and it hovered in the room for a while before dissipating.

"Great," Jody said with a smile, but she felt that just to be able to show this expression, she just felt more tired.

After she realized the problems and burdens she had to face, she had tried her best to completely suppress the crazy and greedy thoughts in her heart.She'd been trying to be noble and selfless, like she'd never noticed the unnatural throbbing in her heart when she faced Snape.But it was undeniable that when she saw Lily appearing here, she still tasted what can only be called jealousy.This made her previous efforts seem extremely futile.

"Ah, I don't have a specific image yet, but it's the first time I've done better than Sif in magic." Lily's eyes were shining with excitement and pride. "It's not easy."

Jody looked at Snape, and Snape murmured a spell, and all that came out of the tip of his wand was a faint wisp of mist.There was no obvious disappointment on his face, "I have never been able to do this well."

"Oh, don't worry about it, Sev. I can guarantee that you will succeed, you always perform so well." Lily restrained her excitement a little embarrassedly, she raised her wrist and looked at her watch, " I made an appointment with Mary to go to the library to do my homework, so I left first."

"I'll see you off," Snape said.It would be unwise to let a Muggle-born wizard like Lily leave Slytherin territory alone at this time.

Lily obviously understood Snape's intentions: "Oh, thank you, but... Jody, would you like to give me a gift?"

"Me?" Jody raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, "Of course."

The eyes of the two girls met, and they both showed understanding smiles.

"Lily, do you have something to say to me?" Jody led the way, carefully watching for any Slytherin students passing by.

"Oh, yes. I wanted to ask you..." Lily hesitated for a moment, grabbed Jody's arm, and looked at Jody.Her expression was very serious, her eyes were shining, and there was a hint of teasing in her eyes: "Do you like Sif?"

The guilty conscience flashed across Jody's face, and she habitually concealed her true thoughts with a faint smile. "What about you, Lily? Do you like Severus?"

"Me?" Lily, who didn't expect to be asked back, blinked in surprise. "No, of course not. You know, Sev and I met before we came to Hogwarts, and he did teach me a lot of things. He's smart, considerate, and loyal to friendships. He A great friend. To me, like my brother—you know I don't have a brother, but I wish I had a brother, like Sev. We may be familiar and close, but I don't No, I didn't think about him that way..."

At the end, Lily, who was always cheerful, also became a little shy, her cheeks bloomed pink like roses.

"Oh..." Jody responded softly, unable to deny it.She vaguely felt that she should feel sorry for Snape because of Lily's answer now, but it was undeniable that upon hearing this answer, she felt somewhat strangely happy and vaguely uneasy.With Lily's opinion of Snape so well, it might not be that he had no chance at all. "Severus has never been very expressive, maybe..."

Maybe he knew he would be rejected by you and kept silent?

"Oh, yes, that's right, it's really a headache." Lily smiled approvingly at Jody's words. "I really don't understand why he never speaks out his thoughts? After all, this kind of topic should be started by boys..."

"So, do you want me to speak out?" Jody frowned.Indeed, if Snape hadn't confessed, Lily couldn't have refused.

"Jodi, if you really think so." Lily's expression became cheerful, and she looked at her with a slightly surprised expression, "Oh, that's really great, I'm so happy for you."

Jody always felt a little strange, she asked suspiciously: "Those thoughts you had just now. Do you want me to tell him?"

"Oh, those of mine..." Lily smiled shyly, "Of course, I think Sev must understand. But it's really hard to say those words directly to him. I think if you say Come out, Sev may be easier to accept."

Jody sent Lily to the hall, and walked towards the secret base alone, still thinking about Lily's words.In fact, she really wanted to reject Lily's request just now.Even if she rejected Snape's affection for Lily, it wouldn't make Snape feel better, would it?But when Lily mentioned that Snape would be easier for her to accept, she couldn't help but get dizzy, and couldn't even say the word of rejection.

"Call God Guard!"

When Jody came back, Snape was practicing the Patronus Charm alone in the room, but the effect was very poor. Not only did the fog he conjure not increase, but it became thinner due to fatigue.When he saw Jody, he lowered his arms and moved his lips.

"Lily wants to find a quiet place to practice the Patronus Charm." Snape said as if to explain.He'd seen Jody's surprised look when he walked in, and he knew he had to give her an explanation. "I put a confusion spell on all the books on the dark arts. Lily probably didn't notice."

"I thought Lily didn't want to come here." However, after hearing this explanation, Jody couldn't help showing a wry smile.Lily told herself she didn't like Snape, but Snape mentioned Lily first.

Snape fell silent.Jody was right, Lily really didn't think much of practicing in this place too close to the Slytherin common room, he was the one who chose it.He subconsciously thought that Jody would come back here after getting rid of himself, so he wanted to stay here.But he couldn't explain the real reason to Jody, and he didn't know how to force him to ask about the things Jody hid from him, or even get rid of him—just thinking about it made him feel irritable.

"How's the practice of the Patronus Charm?" Fortunately, Jody didn't seem to want to ask about it.

"I still can't do it." Speaking of the Patronus, Snape said with some hesitation: "I...I can't think of a happy memory that can support me to send out the Patronus."

It's not that he really can't think of enough pleasant memories, but that he doesn't want to recall that memory.If he had to rely on that memory to use the Patronus every time, he felt that his heart would be twisted.

"Is the memory of being with Lily during the summer vacation not good?" Jody found that her voice was colder than she imagined.She tried to restrain herself from mentioning Lily, but it was impossible.

Snape finally noticed a sharpness in the girl's voice that was different from usual. "I don't think the memory of those things is enough to support me to successfully use the Patronus Charm." He said dryly, his voice was tense and cold, and his eyes were fixed on the girl in front of him.

Despite her favorite black eyes, the unexplained anger in the boy's eyes made Jody take a half step back involuntarily, knocking the textbook on the table to the ground.

When picking up the textbook, Jody subconsciously saw the words on it.Small, compact letters neatly form a simple sentence at the bottom of the back cover of the book: "This book belongs to... the Half-Blood Prince?"

Jody read it subconsciously.Half-Blood Prince?Is this the new name Snape gave himself?

Almost at the same time that Jody pronounced the word Half-Blood Prince, Snape suddenly grabbed his textbook from Jody's hands very roughly, his sallow complexion could not cover his flushed face at the moment, he looked He was furious, as if Jody had spied on some great secret.

Jody stared back unwillingly, she didn't think she had offended him in any way.If Snape was so afraid of being seen by the byline, he should simply not use it.

"It...it's none of your business." Snape's voice was colder than Jody's just now.