novelraw Chapter 322
Chapter 322
And all these subtle changes in their expressions happened in the blink of an eye. Before Liu Quan could react, James Potter had already rushed up with his wand in his hand, pointed at Snape, and shouted angrily, "Apologize to Lily immediately!" !You shameful and vicious snot!"
Snape didn't speak, and didn't look at him.His expression was constantly changing, resentment, shame, anger, embarrassment, and a little regret and panic all gradually surfaced on his pale face.
His eyelashes trembled violently for a few times, and finally they were raised tremblingly, and a line of indescribably complicated eyes floated from under the eyelids, and fell on Liu Quan's face.
Liu Quan's expression was still very calm, almost blank.This kind of reaction, which was completely unexpected by everyone, made the noise on the scene suddenly stop, and the sudden silence enveloped the small world by the lake.Everyone's eyes were fixed on her.
Her lips moved slightly, and finally made her verdict.
She looked at Snape's expressionless face calmly, but what she said was aimed at James Potter.
"Mr. Potter, I thank you for your righteous words. But what is the difference between what you call Mr. Snape and what he just did to me? I don't want to see such a thing happen. I am sure that as a Gran Fendo, any problem I face can be solved by myself. I think you also know that even if it is revenge, I can do it myself; I don't need you to do it for me."
Everyone was stunned, including the Marauders and Snape.
This girl's calmness made everyone feel a terrible emotion, as if there was a hidden storm hidden under her calm appearance, like the dark tide and rough sea, once a huge wave was set off, everything in the world would be swallowed up.
James' face also flushed, looking very unwilling, and wanted to argue: "But, Lily...!"
Liu Quan gave him a cold look.
Sirius, who is very popular with girls, naturally knew what this look meant. He briefly weighed the situation in front of him, came up and hugged one of James' arms and dragged him back, and said softly, "Oh, of course. , Of course. We will leave this matter to the honorable Miss Evans to solve it herself, I believe that as a qualified Gryffindor, she will solve it very well—"
James struggled, still unwilling.Sirius lowered his voice in his ear and said quickly: "James, listen, let Lily handle it by herself! Didn't you realize that she has changed her name to that nasty snotling as 'Mr. Snape'? You and I We all know that no one can bear this kind of insult... Isn't it your long-cherished wish to let Lily abandon that snot-nosed man?!"
James paused, and was pulled back obediently by Sirius.So in the middle of the encirclement circle formed by the crowd, only Liu Quan and Snape were left.
After solving a problem, Liu Quan was slightly satisfied, turned back to Snape, looked directly at him, and said clearly, "I am very disappointed and angry at your remarks just now, Mr. Snape. It is sad that your continued prejudice against Muggles has prompted you to verbally insult your best friend in public."
Snape trembled slightly as if pricked by a needle.
Liu Quan thought, even if he already knew that the person living in this body was not his real friend, would he feel remorse and fear because he might lose Lily's friendship forever because of these words?
During the time after he yelled this sentence, he watched her expression, as if he never knew that she was not the original Lily Evans.He still looked at her, the fake Lily, so affectionately and humbly, without hiding the fragile emotions on his face—even in front of those Gryffindors who often made things difficult for him with malice.
Maybe he was afraid that one day the real Lily would return as suddenly as she had left, and by then they were no longer best friends, and he had no reason or excuse to stay by her side.
Thinking of this, Liu Quan couldn't help feeling a little pity for the person in front of him, and even his personal attack on him just now didn't seem so important.
In fact, it's just swearing at a mudblood. In the real world, it's like being swearing at a bastard or a son of a bitch. Although it's hard to hear, if you walk in a place where boys gather on a university campus, you can hear this kind of swearing for a day. Dozens of sentences, what is there to break up.For Liu Quan, who was studying hard before time travel and was an independent and strong woman like paper, she herself sometimes boldly burst out a sentence or two such as "Your uncle"—maybe this kind of racial discrimination Taboo remarks, will the painting style of the society like crooked nuts pay more attention?It's like the principle of having to adhere to PoliticalCorrectness?
Probably Aunt Rowling wanted to express her views on marriage such as "similar people of the same type can stay together for a long time" or "people who are not of my race must have different hearts" - so Lily, the flower of Gryffindor, must marry a character Ryffindor, and gloomy Slytherin had to be out.
It's not that Liu Quan wants to cleanse the White Snake Court or blacken the Lion Court—after all, she is still the flower of the Lion Court—but she is very puzzled by this setting that suddenly derailed everything.She thought, fortunately the person standing here today is Lily who has changed the core, otherwise Snape would only end up with the same tragic ending as the original book no matter how regretful he was.Sometimes, there is no turning back when you open the bow, and there is really no medicine for regret in life.
In the silence, she looked directly at Snape's pale face.The expression on his face seemed to be pain, resentment, anxiety, and remorse.Maybe she guessed right, she thought, when he said the words Mudblood, he was berating her, not the real Lily?But in any case, in the original book, he refers to Lily, and from then on his life is like a firefly on an autumn night, burning out quickly in the dark night, and there is no more light to speak of.
But in front of so many people, she couldn't forgive him quickly.She could ignore the dispute between Gryffindor and Slytherin for a while, but he also angered her with his antipathy for Muggles.If it wasn't because he was full of prejudice against Muggles, maybe he wouldn't have cursed the word mudblood today, and there wouldn't be a lot of setbacks later.
Now she understands why the System Bacteria has a special side mission here - under the watchful eyes of everyone, this is not a sentence of "I'm sorry I just made a slip of the tongue" or "Damn Sev, you look down on me! I deserve a beating!" Then go up and kick Things he can handle with two feet.
This is the battle between the lion and the snake.There is already a vague rudiment of the future rivalry between white wizards and black wizards - the theory of pure blood must be suppressed here, and as Gryffindor's witches, it is impossible to forgive each other easily.No matter how strong and powerful the friendship is as a foundation, it will not work.
...Damn it, Sev, do you look down on Muggleborns, then let's fight.
Liu Quan slowly raised her right hand, in which was the magic wand she had been holding tightly in her hand.She pointed her wand at Snape's face.But Snape, as if under a petrification spell, stood there straight but silent, without any reaction to the wand raised in front of his eyes.
Liu Quan said clearly: "In order to protect my reputation, Mr. Snape, I challenge you to a duel now."
As if struck by lightning, Snape's body convulsed suddenly, and a look of surprise and disbelief finally appeared in his eyes.He seemed to want to take a step back, but his body moved slightly, and he still stood there, stubbornly keeping silent, neither agreeing nor resisting.
Liu Quan originally felt that it was impossible for him to agree, so she went a step further and said: "If you refuse to accept it, or deliberately lose to me in the duel to express your apology, then I have to regard it as a right Your own deeper insult. Mr. Snape, I'm sure you won't make the mistake again—are you?"
Snape's lips moved a few times, and finally he forced out a few words from his lips. "……certainly."
Once he spoke, he probably found that continuing to talk to Lily Evans—whether it was the real one or the fake one—was not as difficult as he imagined.So he spoke a little more fluently.
"...Your request will be respected as always with me."
Liu Quan was a little surprised, he didn't expect him to answer her like this.Somehow this sentence pleased her wonderfully. Although she still maintained a calm and composed expression on her face, she involuntarily rolled her eyes and said softly: "Very good. I will invite Professor Flitwick to come How do you feel as a witness to this duel?"
Snape's eyebrows twitched slightly.His face was still pale without a trace of blood, but the torrent that seemed to have stagnated in his deep black eyes resumed its slow surge.
He replied in a low voice: "Of course it's up to your arrangement."
Liu Quan stared into his eyes, sure he figured out the real reason why she chose Professor Flitwick to testify.Then she smiled slowly, took out a handkerchief from the pocket of her school robe, cast a Transfiguration Charm on it, turned it into a white glove, and threw it on the ground in front of Snape with a snap.
"Deal."
Then she stopped looking at him, retracted her wand, straightened her back, ignored the foursome of the Marauders, walked through the crowd, and walked back towards the castle.
James Potter froze for a moment, and hurriedly chased after her. "Lily! Wait a minute!"
Sirius raised his eyebrows, watching Snape bend down with extremely slow movements, picked up the white glove, and squeezed it tightly in his hand.He coughed with a trace of disgust in his expression, as if he had seen through Snape's inner activities, and said in a sarcastic tone: "Snotluck, look at you. Do you think it's Lily who sent you?" A souvenir for you?"
Snape didn't answer him, just glanced at him.The coldness in their eyes made the other three of the predators who stayed in place tremble slightly, and Peter even shrank his neck in fright.
Lupine sighed and tugged at Sirius' arm. "Let's go. Lily and James have gone back, what are we still doing here?"
Sirius snorted, and said in a somewhat frivolous tone: "I was thinking, Lily is a master in Charms... If it wasn't for the competition to boil slugs, the snot probably wouldn't have won."
This topic amused Peter, who poked his head out behind Lupin and stammered, "Y-but Evans is not-not bad at potions...Professor Slughorn no- Didn't he invite her to join his... er... what club?"
Sirius let out a loud laugh. "The Slug Club! Peter, sometimes I really admire your memory." He slapped Peter on the shoulder, knocking Peter staggering. "Let's go. If you lose to a Gryffindor girl, how will those dark and vicious Slytherins treat their kind?"
The author has something to say:
February 7:
Yes, so this is the author's new brain hole. . .duel【.
Because I really like the duel between the professor and Lockhart in the second part (?), but Lockhart is simply a clown, so I want to have a little duel [Kicked away