novelraw Chapter 952 [Chapter 5] 37
Chapter 952 [Chapter 5] 37
... He now seems to have completely refused to communicate with her.The subject of the real Lily no longer swayed him.So, what else can she do to make him feel scruples about thinking of her or some other things even if she is not there or not on his side in the future, so that he will no longer be so reckless? To die? !
If he wanted to forcibly elevate his influence in his mind to a level that he couldn't ignore in a short period of time, he should—
It should be frank and frightening to do this, right? !
"You may suspect that the stars are flames..."
She took a deep breath and made her final decision.Perhaps because she was speaking an extremely important line—a line that must never fail, her voice trembled slightly.
"Doubt the sun will move..."
Can I still expect that using such a primitive, basic, sincere method can make you hesitate to think of this scene in those moments—remember the poem?
"To doubt the truth is a lie—"
Sure, it will be useful, right?Because I have used all my sincerity, all my hope—and all my acting skills?Can you hear what I want to convey to you in these few short lines of verse?
"but……"
But—listen here.Severus, listen to what I really want to convey to you behind the lines of these lines—?
That is, even if you once harbored sincerity or hypocrisy, it is... something more important than everything else?
That is the lives of countless people, the weight of an entire world—even if you simply win, if you die, it may also disappear? !
Snape's arm on the doorknob stiffened suddenly.His intuition told him that these few sentences were too weird, and there must be something wrong; but a feeling of almost timidity suddenly arose in his heart, which made him dare not ask further, for fear that he would get an answer he didn't want to hear.
However, uncontrollably, he felt that his breathing became much heavier in an instant; the timid emotion suddenly expanded a little bit, mixed with a feeling similar to apprehension and at a loss, and for a while he should have said The words of reprimand and resistance that came out were pressed back into his chest and he could not utter a word; he subconsciously squeezed the handle of the door, feeling that his whole body seemed to be tense because of this strange, weak, and evasive reaction, so tense. It was like a fully drawn bow, as long as she uttered an inappropriate word or phrase, it would suddenly snap.
...But, perhaps because she sensed the aura emanating from him that was on the verge of collapse, she let him go without warning.
Behind him, she suddenly choked for no reason, and then her tone turned sharply, the strange tension in her voice suddenly disappeared, suddenly became gentle, and it no longer sounded as strange and inexplicable as it was a few seconds ago .
"...But everything I said to you today is without deceit and from the heart." She said hurriedly, speeding up her speech, scribbling to end the abrupt words, and laughing awkwardly twice.
It's bad.She almost seemed to get things out of hand right away.Or to put it another way—the shocking education she gave was like an endangered treatment. If she didn't let go, his nerves seemed to be snapped in the next second.
The Gryffindor side of her character must have popped out just now.There was a moment when this unrelenting, unrelenting prowess suddenly took hold of her, and prompted her to utter such revealing words as if possessed by a ghost.
How stupid.She thought that her recklessness would probably directly scare away the current Hogwarts headmaster who had an astonishingly keen intuition but never intended to ignore her trouble.
But she guessed wrong.
He held the door handle with his right hand, but did not open the door immediately.He seemed to pause for a second before finally looking back at her again.
And this look surprised her.
She had never seen him look so tired and pale.After losing all his sarcasm and indifference, his expression was empty and lonely, as if his life had been riddled with holes like a moth-eaten tree and there was no hope.
This discovery made her heart soften suddenly, with a faint pain.
After personally issuing the Avada Kedavra to the only old headmaster he once thought he could trust and rely on, he has no one to rely on in this world, and he must rely on his meager strength to continue unswervingly in the darkness. Amidst the overwhelming hatred and reviling, it is difficult to continue to stick to your promise and protect those who don't know the truth who want to get rid of him quickly, right?Difficult, isn't it?
Maybe when he chose this road of double agent, he was under a lot of pressure; he could only bear it silently, chewing the incomprehensible hardships in the dark, stubbornly rejecting the occasional kindness and warmth from others ; and now, when the final outcome is about to come, heavier commitments and responsibilities are on his shoulders, forcing him to relive the unforgettable pain of the past, clamoring for him to pay an even more unimaginable price.
How could everything so heavy never crush him.
Liu Quan kept imagining what was going on in his heart when he fell on the ground of the Shrieking Shack, with a lot of blood gushing from the wound on his neck.She couldn't think of it.The only thing she could be sure of was that he probably had no fear of death at that time.Although this was a sudden death that was not what he expected, he may feel relieved, relieved, surprised, or a little bit unwilling... But he should still be calm.He is the kind of person who will never turn back when he hits the south wall.Although there may be regrets, in the end he should not regret his choice.
She remembered how he looked when he said "I'm not afraid of death".And that fateful summer night last year, when he calmly answered her, "I have nothing to fear," before leaving the office for the Astronomy Tower.He is always like this, no matter what will happen, no matter what difficulties and partings he will face, his face will always be calm and indifferent, and his tone of answer to her is melancholy and firm.
He is not afraid of losing, but he does not allow himself to fail.He had done and missed some things, so from that time on, he learned to carry the heaviest responsibility in the world on his shoulders.Those who traveled with him, those who guided him, and those he loved gradually separated from him and left him along the way; in the end, he was left alone, bearing all the abuse and misunderstanding, hostility and hatred, Walking in the deepest darkness, I want to split the boundless dark night, expel this infinite despair, and get a ray of light.
She thought about that Halloween night 17 years ago, the house that was filled with smoke and ruined by the spell.She walked slowly up the stairs, around James' lifeless body, and at the nursery door, saw Snape hugging the dead Beryl - the real Lily - crying.
From then on, his sole purpose in life was to protect her son and destroy the Dark Lord who had killed the one he loved.She will never be in his sight, but this must not stop her determination.
Whether he accepts it or not, whether he appreciates it or not, she must help him complete this matter.Even if it wasn't due to the requirements of the mission, even if it was because of her sincerity that he didn't believe in, she would let him live well.He has trudged alone in the dark for too long, and he deserves to see the final victory.He doesn't need pity, he is only loyal to himself, then she should follow his example, not for any reason, only loyal to her heart.
Some kind of urge came to her heart suddenly.She took a step forward and said softly to him, "Everything will be fine, Severus."
He looked surprised, so surprised he could hardly believe his ears.His eyes blinked several times, and he asked back with a suspicious expression: "... What did you say?!"
Perhaps no one had ever said that to him.
Once this idea rushed into Liu Quan's heart, it took root there, forcing out a weak and gentle light in her eyes.Liu Quan's expression softened, he stared at the figure in black robe, blinked his eyes, trying to blink away the mist that came out of his eyes without interest.
His eyes did not avoid her this time, and there was no emptiness in his eyes, but it was filled with disbelief; she saw all this clearly, and slowly spread a warm smile on her face.
"Everything will be fine, Severus. I promise." She said softly but firmly, "so I beg you to live on."
For a moment there was a bewildered expression on Snape's face, which even made him look a little weak, as if at last there was a crack in the solid, dark armor he'd been wearing all along; but he soon realized that Due to his mistake, he stood up straight again, showing an expression of feeling absurd and unbelievable, with a trace of Liu Quan's familiar sarcasm hanging from the corner of his mouth.
"Naive Gryffindor!" he sneered mercilessly, "always believe in such Pollyanna for no reason!"
Liu Quan raised his eyebrows and stared at him firmly, without flinching at all.
"Be aware that you don't have the blood of prophets like the Trelawney family..." Snape continued to speak meanly, but Liu Quan suddenly raised his hand to interrupt him.
"No, Severus." Her eyes were bright and bright, conveying a kind of determination to move forward.
"I may not have the blood of a prophet, but what I just said is not some blindly optimistic nonsense." She stared seriously at Snape's eyes and said word by word.
As soon as Snape's eyes made contact with hers, he looked away instantly.He seemed to turn his face away a little unnaturally, and strode towards the door, cursing in a low voice while walking: "Aren't you talking nonsense? What is that?"
He opened the door and stepped out, and when he was about to disappear outside the door, he heard the clear voice of the fake Lily behind him, echoing in the silent corridor on the eighth floor.
"That's a prophecy. Severus, it's a prophecy that's sure to come true."