[HP] Aunt of the Savior

Jody couldn't fully wake up from that night of Snape's confession for days, as if she was reliving that Christmas night all over again.

No, even then, Snape didn't express it so clearly and directly.Jody couldn't help but blush just thinking of this.She was always looking at Snape's face, which looked expressionless, but whose eyes were hauntingly devout and passionate.

Jody Potter is like all girls in the world, even though she knows Snape's intentions and can even entrust her most important secret to him, she still hopes to get a verbal promise, which can make her feel Reassuring and sweet.Especially the promise of Severus Snape, at this moment, is more worthy of her cherishment.She seemed to be in a good mood, with unconcealable joy in her eyes.

Jody's abnormal performance was too obvious. Although the Potters always acted disappointed and strict with her in front of James and Sirius, they secretly joked with their daughter several times in private.The Potters had Gryffindor's natural optimism, and they hoped that their daughter would be happier when she was at home instead of frowning all day because of her daughter's adventures, even if they were extremely worried.Jody's happiness after returning made them completely unaware that Jody had actually gone out to meet Voldemort that day, and they thought she was just going on a date with Snape.

As for James, he was once again disappointed in Jody.He still remembered when he saw Jody's eyes were smiling at the breakfast table that day, thinking that Lily's persuasion had worked, and his well-behaved sister was back-even if Jody couldn't let go of the damned Snape (like he certainly didn't want to give up on Lily), but he thought he'd be okay with having such a dour brother-in-law if they could choose the right path together.

However, Lily's letter disappointed his expectations.For the reason that she didn't want the relationship between the twins to deteriorate further, Lily was unwilling to describe too much in the letter the bad conversation between her and Jody that day, and James didn't have the ability to deduce everything from the lines, But at least he knew that Lily hadn't convinced Jody.

Under the condition that he couldn't talk to Jody calmly, James put all his energy into helping Sirius move.

Sirius had been living with the Potters temporarily since he ran away from home last Christmas, but this summer he had a new place to call home.Sirius' only ally in the Black family, his uncle Alphard, had bought a small house in Godric's Hollow, planning to move there to live with his evicted nephew.

For Sirius, this is probably the best news this summer.He has a new home and is neighbors with James.It doesn't get any better than this, does it?And he is now very grateful to have a reasonable excuse to divert James' attention so that he no longer continues to worry about Jody.

Worrying about that girl is superfluous!Sirius knew better than his Gryffindor classmates how paranoid Slytherin was. He despised all Slytherins in his heart for their cold blood of abandoning their families. He knew that girl would never change her mind.Just like he wouldn't change his mind about going back to Black's house in Grimmauld Place - he'd grown used to having some Black, or Slytherin, qualities in him.But he thinks that being able to accept all this calmly is the most Gryffindor side of him.

that's enough.

The boys' absence made life easier for Jody, who had been ecstatic for more than a week because of Snape's rare candid declaration, but in the end, it was Snape's letter that finally brought Jody back to life. calm down

—Irene is dead.

This woman who loved her husband deeply until her death, with her always gloomy, distorted and desperate love, withered like a morning glory burned by the afternoon sun in this hot summer.

Jody came to Spider's End again at four o'clock in the morning.The house in Spider's End was still the same as that day, gloomy, dilapidated, and lifeless.Snape sat in a daze on the steps in front of the door, even though he had already been mentally prepared, when this day actually came, he still couldn't accept this reality.He didn't even notice Jody walking in front of him until the girl bent down in front of him and met his eyes.

When he saw Jody, Snape's empty eyes finally got a glimmer of light.He didn't expect Jody to come as soon as he got the letter.

"You..." Snape opened his mouth, he wanted to say that you shouldn't come, the law and order around Spider's End is not suitable for a young girl to appear at this time.However, he couldn't continue. He felt that the girl's face in his sight was blurred, and he couldn't speak with a sore throat.He blinked in confusion, as if he didn't feel the tears were dripping down his cheeks and oversized nose onto the skirt of his clothes at all.

He felt that the girl stretched out her arms to embrace him actively and gently, making him lean into her soft and warm embrace.Her body seemed to be trembling slightly, which made his empty heart well up with a touch of warmth, so he also stretched out his arms to hug her back.

The temperature in the summer night was not low, but he gradually felt the warmth again in her embrace, which was in stark contrast to the bone-chilling cold when he was alone just now.

"...I'm the only one left." His head was buried in her chest, and his voice was muffled, deeper than usual.

"No, you still have me here." The girl assured him gently. "You still have me."

"..." Snape didn't answer, but just tightened his arms holding Jody a little more, as if she would disappear if he didn't do that.His movements made her feel a little pain, but she was very obedient, and she always felt that in this way, she seemed to be able to share some of the pain in his heart.

They hugged until the sun finally fully rose, and when they finally separated, both limbs felt as if they had been petrified for a long time.

Snape was a little embarrassed and unwilling to meet Jody's eyes.He didn't feel it just now, but after venting his emotions and calming down, he felt that he was ashamed just now.

Jody took a deep breath, "What should I do next?"

This practical question made Snape give up the embarrassment and regain his reason.He said dryly, "They...well, they will arrive at eight o'clock."

The so-called them were a healer from St. Mungo's and two wizards in strange white robes.Jody later learned that these people were responsible for the full range of funeral services: issuing a legal certificate for Irene's death, and assisting Snape with Irene's aftermath, including providing a shroud, a coffin and a cemetery, and Finally an obituary was published in the Daily Prophet.

In addition to these people, today's Spider's End also has an unexpected visitor-Lucius Malfoy.Seeing Lucius appearing in Spider's End, Jody finally understood where Snape found those people to help him handle Irene's affairs according to the wizard's procedure.

Compared with the last time he was in the manor, Lucius looked a little tired, but he still maintained his usual demeanor, gracefully mourning Snape, who was the family member of the deceased: "Please forgive me. "

"Thank you, Lucius." Snape said in a deep voice, looking at Lucius in front of him.It was perhaps the most sincere gratitude he had ever felt for Lucius Malfoy since he had known him.To be able to unleash all his grief in front of Jody, without being able to ask her for help in these matters, was undoubtedly Snape's pride as a man.

The white-robed wizards took care of everything, they even put on light makeup for Irene, making her look like she was asleep.Then her body was wrapped in a shroud with the seal of the crown and placed in a coffin covered with green velvet and painted with silver patterns.However, because there is no separate family cemetery, Irene was buried in the Muggle cemetery in Cokeworth Town, which made Lucius' face tense and his mouth tight, but he at least No disrespectful criticism was made on this point.

The coffin was placed in the middle of the tomb. Snape knelt down and picked up a handful of soil and sprinkled it on the coffin. Slowly engulfed the coffin, folded it into a flat ground, erected a black tombstone on it, and engraved Irene's name and date of birth and death on it.

Jody and Lucius watched from a little distance away.

It was a dreary funeral, and they were the only ones attending, Lucius thought.But at least Snape could stand there, throw a handful of dirt over the coffin, and remember his stupid mother who married a Muggle.

Jody looked at the tombstone in a daze.A few days ago, Irene in the tomb was still talking to her, and a few days later, she was lying here quietly, never to appear again.

She suddenly realized that death was just such a short moment, the god of death was so cold and straightforward, and her parents were calmly waiting for it to come.Although the temperature had begun to rise as the sun rose, she still couldn't help feeling chills all over her body.It was a funeral that made her almost foresee the future scene, and she didn't even dare to think about what would happen then.

After the funeral, the wizards in charge of the funeral immediately disapparated and left, but this time Lucius patiently accompanied them back to Spider's End Alley.He said softly as he walked: "The funeral reminds us of many facts that we don't want to admit, face or recall. For example-parents always leave us."

"You know that?" Jody tried her best to maintain her usual appearance in front of Malfoy, with a less forceful sarcasm in her tone.

"Of course I know." Lucius took a deep breath, "Because I just finished my father's funeral not long ago."

Jody and Snape both stared at Lucius with wide-eyed eyes.Given that Snape had been helping Lucius with the potion for nearly a year, Abraxas' death was actually not that sudden. The reason why it was so surprising was because of Lucius' attitude.

"On the second day after you went to Malfoy Manor." Lucius acted nonchalantly, as if talking about something completely unrelated to him. "My father died."

"I'm sorry," Jody said apologetically.

But Snape raised his eyebrows in displeasure, and said sarcastically: "It seems that we are not qualified to attend the funeral of a Mr. Malfoy."

Lucius was not surprised by Snape's accusation, and was even somewhat relieved to know that the gloomy teenager had indeed begun to face up to their friendship.But of course he couldn't invite them to attend, and he couldn't tell them that the funeral of the extremely prominent Abraxas Malfoy was even worse than Irene's just now.There was no condolence ceremony, no mourning, and it was so simple that it didn't look like a funeral for the head of the Malfoy family.The Dark Lord just waved his wand and buried Abraxas in the Malfoy family cemetery, and as a son, he didn't even stand for a moment longer in front of his father's gravestone.

"Because the master just arranged a very important task for me that day." Lucius announced with his haughty attitude, dragging his voice. "We planned the ... department store that day we were going to attack the Muggles."

He recalled the scene of that day, the terrified crying and screaming of the Muggles in the building as they fled in all directions, mutilated limbs and dark red blood pools everywhere on the ground.The strong smell of blood stimulated his olfactory nerves, and he followed Doholov and the others frantically waving their wands to prove their abilities and secure their position among the Death Eaters—while venting the great pain in their hearts.Every day facing Voldemort is a kind of torture for him. He hates this cruel man who killed his father, but he has to depend on him to protect and even take the opportunity to strengthen the Malfoy family.

"It's a pity that you can't be invited to attend, but I think that is the most suitable funeral for Malfoy." Lucius' eyes drifted into the void, and he stroked the snake stick in his hand with an arrogant and cold expression. "A burial honored by those lowly Muggles."