novelraw Chapter 971 [Chapter 5] 56
Chapter 971 [Chapter 5] 56
Although he had various doubts, Snape had no time to find out the whereabouts of Miss Bigonia Columbine, or determine her life and death.
He sent Sirius and Ginny to St. Mungo's, but they couldn't find the fake Lily in St. Mungo's, which was overcrowded after the war.He even showed them both in a Pensieve how she looked and dressed when he last saw her, and reminded them to also pay attention to how she looked when she was charmed into Bigenia, because they were not sure when What happened after she disappeared at Malfoy Manor with Nagini the snake, and what kind of visage she appeared in; but they still found nothing.
Snape had an incredible amount of things to do at Hogwarts.Although the memory bottle left by the fake Lily and the words Harry Potter yelled in front of Voldemort completely cleared his reputation and rebuilt his image, making almost everyone now worship and He faced him with admiration, guilt, and fear—yes, his former prestige is still there, and it is now more severe—attitude, but it also represents that as the headmaster of Hogwarts and has always been As a war hero who fought face to face with Voldemort on the front line, he has more things to do.
The reconstruction of Hogwarts, the trial of the Ministry of Magic (of course this time he attended as a hero who bears the burden of humiliation and a glorious witness), the pursuit and arrest of the remnants of the Death Eaters, and the treatment has been separated by Voldemort's pure blood theory The relationship between the four academies makes him exhausted, and he goes back to the bedroom every day so tired that he just wants to sleep.Not even the strongest stimulants and nourishing potions could bring him temporary relief from the deepest levels of mental exhaustion.
Sirius and Ginny volunteered to help find the fake Lily.After they returned from St. Mungo's without success, and Snape was only in the headmaster's office (yes, the Room of Requirement was burned down by that idiot Crabbe with Fiendfire during the Great War, and it hasn't been rebuilt for a while, so it can't be used temporarily ) meeting with them was private enough - if you don't count the portraits on the wall - Dumbledore in the picture frame sat in on their conversation throughout.Finally, he joins in and provides an important clue.
Back then, when he had made a swap deal with the fake Lily, who would tell Harry the key law of the Elder Wand's change of ownership, and the fake Lily would make sure that the real owner of the Elder Wand was Harry at the final battle, the fake Lily Lily asked him for something.
A portkey that he and Nicolas made with advanced alchemy in the early years can break through the magical defenses that almost all ancient magic families put on their residences.And the landing place set by the Portkey is Godric's Hollow.
This explains why the fake Lily suddenly disappeared with the big snake Nagini.She must have used that portkey to escape to Godric's Hollow.
Hearing the news, Sirius stood up with a whoosh, shouting impulsively, "Albus, why didn't you say it earlier?!"; Ginny was also full of excitement, as if she was going to drag Sirius into the The fireplace in the principal's room went to Godric's Hollow; only Snape, the light in his eyes suddenly lit up strangely for a moment, but soon fell silent.He was still sitting on the headmaster's chair, clasping his hands on the armrests on both sides of the seat in front of his face, and even when he had been listening to Sirius and Ginny's report on their trip to St. The groaning expression revealed did not change.
After noticing Snape's silence, the momentary agitation of the others quickly calmed down, and they all showed puzzled expressions.
"Sev, what's the matter with you? Aren't you happy with the news?" Ginny asked first.
Snape raised his eyes to look at her, and said slowly: "...I remember when I walked into the execution room in Malfoy Manor, I saw blood on the floor. There wasn't much blood, but it was enough to make me Sure……"
"Lily was bitten by a snake?!" Sirius yelled in surprise, and then suddenly realized that the real Lily was sitting next to him, so he scratched his hair in embarrassment.
Snape glanced at him again, and continued slowly, "I don't think anyone in Godric's Hollow could have healed Nagini's bite...especially since it's not just an ordinary poisonous snake, it's Or the Horcruxes of the Dark Lord."
There was a sudden silence in the room, an eerie silence.
This inference sounds very reasonable, and considering that Bigenia, who was injured in Malfoy Manor, still dragged the big snake to Godric's Hollow, and then solved it alone in Godric's Hollow—although I don't know How did she solve it—this horcrux, in the end, she still needs to allow time for others to find her or go somewhere to ask for help, and she was successfully treated and survived—no matter how I think about it, I feel that this luxury is too difficult to realize.
After thinking this through, the headmaster's office was so silent that even a needle dropped on the table - the floor was covered with a thick plush carpet - could probably be heard.
Finally it was Ginny who broke the ominous silence.
She rose from her chair with a whoosh, looking a little rejuvenated.She said energetically: "Anyway, I'm going to Godric's Hollow first to see if there are any new clues that can leave us—"
Snape spoke suddenly.
"...No, I'll go."
Ginny turned her head to look at him in surprise, as if she didn't expect him to volunteer suddenly, and asked in surprise, "But... Severus, don't you have anything else to do? Wisengar Moore's court appearance—”
Snape replied blankly: "The recent arrangements have been completed."
Ginny: "So, Hogwarts—"
Snape replied blankly: "I think Minerva would be happy to take over some Hogwarts affairs for me temporarily—after all, she will always be the headmaster here in the future."
Ginny looked surprised.
"But... what about you, Sif? Aren't you going to continue to be the principal here? So what are you going to do?!"
Snape replied blankly, "I think teaching one Defense Against the Dark Arts would be enough of a headache for me."
Ginny looked temporarily relieved, but also worried.
Snape glanced at her, and said, still expressionless, "... so I should have enough time to visit Godric's Hollow - maybe it's a little hard for you to revisit?"
Ginny seemed to be taken aback for a moment, with a slightly hesitant look on her face, as if Snape suddenly said something to her heart, but she also didn't think this reason was enough to make her shrink back; she Just when they were about to speak, someone suddenly spoke in the picture frame on the wall behind them.
"Then, Severus, let's make up your mind." The former Headmaster of Hogwarts pushed the crumbling half-moon glasses on the bridge of his nose and reminded with a smile. "Lily, although you used to be a very good student...but you have to pay more attention to Miss Weasley's academic problems. As a student at Hogwarts, it is not wrong to ask for leave from time to time to find someone to help you. A long-term solution... I guess the paper you're going to make up is already more than ten feet long?"
Ginny froze, lowered her eyes, lowered her voice, and argued, "I think I can spend more time at night—"
"Oh, no." The old headmaster said kindly, "Let Severus go by himself. As the current headmaster of Hogwarts, it can be said that even if there are any powerful traps in Godric's Hollow, he must be You won't be recruited... And you, you just hurry up and finish that ten-foot-long paper for Miss Weasley. Think of poor Arthur and Molly..."
Ginny lowered her head, perhaps feeling a little guilty about the current chaos, she stopped talking.
In this way, Severus Snape came to Godric's Hollow alone.
After many years, he stood in front of that house again.
Unlike back then, that house now looks extremely dilapidated.Over the past decade or so, the hedge has grown in a mess, and the rubble is buried in the waist-deep grass.Much of the house was still standing, completely covered under blackened ivy, but it could be seen from outside that the right side of the top room had been blown away.
He stood before that house for a long time.At first he seemed a little undecided whether to go in and have a look, but then a certain urge from deep inside gradually took hold of him; he took a step forward and put his hand on the heavily rusted iron door superior.
A wooden sign rose abruptly from the ground in front of him, emerging from a tangle of nettles and weeds like some strange, rapidly growing flower.Gold letters on the plaque read:
[On October 1981, 10, Beryl and James Potter died here.Their son Harry is the only wizard who survived the Killing Curse.
The house, invisible to Muggles, was preserved as a ruin to honor the Potters and serve as a reminder of the violence that tore their family apart. 】
Next to these neat handwritings, there are various inscriptions, all of which were written by wizards who came to pay their respects to the place where the "Boy Who Lived" escaped from death.
Snape frowned, staring at the mess of messages with boredom.Those messages were full of compliments like "Good luck, Harry, wherever you are" and "Long live Harry Potter".For some reason, for a moment, he actually remembered the badge that Draco Malfoy got out that year, which said "Potter stinks".
…he remembered, and then, Lily—the fake Lily—made excuses and deducted fifty points from Slytherin in one breath, making Draco's face crooked in anger.
Of course, he also ruthlessly responded to Gryffindor at that time - the point deduction battle that broke out between the two of them at that time was like a barbaric competition, full of various labor services and various names Points deducted from Gryffindor: he just deducted [-] points from Gryffindor for not making the potion well, and she immediately deducted [-] points from Slytherin for insulting her classmates; he just caught Potter once Night tour, she immediately caught Draco for a night tour...
In short, it was Dumbledore who stopped the fierce wrestling in the end.The reason he used was simple——
Snape still remembers the menacing atmosphere in the headmaster's office, where he and the fake Lily were at each other's ends; only the old wizard, who sat comfortably in the chair in the middle, smiled, pushed a plate of chocolate frogs towards them, and said, "Oh, Lily." , Severus, won't you have some Chocolate Frogs to celebrate Ravenclaw's temporary lead in the House Cup? ...
Thinking of this interesting incident, he seemed to feel a little lighter in his heart; the heaviness he felt when he came to the ruins just now seemed to be a little less, maybe it was because he remembered his barren past. One of the interesting things is because he now knows that Lily, who died in this house, has been reborn in someone else's body.
There were other houses, other places, even churches and graveyards in Godric's Hollow—but for some reason, his instincts were clamoring, as if subconsciously reminding him that this was the only possible place.
Snape took a deep breath and pushed open the rusted iron door.