#414 - Chapter 414 Answer
“Severus,” Lily didn't directly answer Snape's question, but instead brought up an unrelated topic, “Do you know Katherine Jones of Gryffindor? A seventh-year girl.”
Without waiting for Snape to answer, she continued, “She died, along with her parents, during this Christmas holiday, just because her Muggle-born wizard father publicly opposed the Dark Lord. The Dark Mark floated over her house for a long time.”
“Besides her, many students have lost their families, Hufflepuff's Taylor, Ravenclaw's Hughes, Gryffindor's Thomas, and so on.”
“There are too many victims for me to list them all. The reason they were victimized is also very simple, just because they are Muggle wizards, the Mudbloods in the Dark Lord's mouth.”
“Also,” Lily's voice rose slightly, “if you read Muggle news, you'll know that Muggle villages have been disappearing. The news has an interesting explanation—natural disasters, tornadoes, earthquakes, and so on.”
“I'm really curious, why have natural disasters occurred so frequently in the past two years, and after the disasters, even the Muggle's bodies cannot be found in those villages.”
“We all know what the truth is. We don't need any evidence to determine that these were done by the Dark Lord, by his army of Death Eaters.”
Listening to these acts of evil, Harry was almost stunned.
Entire villages of Muggles disappearing, how many people is that? And it's not just one Muggle village.
This was the first time he had directly felt the cruelty of the last wizarding war, and the ruthlessness of Voldemort and his followers.
He also finally understood why almost no one in the entire wizarding world dared to call Voldemort by his name, but instead called him the Dark Lord.
“Severus, the war has already begun. Whether you want it or not, you have already joined the ranks of the Death Eaters, and I, a Muggle wizard, am naturally on the opposite side of you.”
“Lily, it's not like that. We are not opposed to each other. We are good friends...”
“Severus,” Lily shook her head, “This time, because you wanted to see me again, you joined the Death Eaters to save your life.”
“If one day, the Dark Lord orders you to kill Muggle wizards, what will you do? Will you refuse? Can you refuse?”
“I really can't imagine what attitude I should take towards you if your hands are stained with the blood of innocents.”
“So…” Snape's voice became hoarse, “I should refuse the Dark Lord's invitation, and then welcome his Killing Curse, even if I can never see you again?”
“I clearly… I clearly went to Knockturn Alley to find a gift for you. Why don't you understand me?”
“Your assumptions haven't happened yet. Why are you unwilling to give me a chance?”
Repeatedly rejected by Lily, Snape's emotions also became extreme. He could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and roared at Lily.
“Would you only be happy if I died, you stinking…”
“Severus!!!” A stern shout came from the side, interrupting Snape's words.
Harry turned his head and saw Sebastian in the memory looking at Snape with a serious face: “Watch what you say, don't let your anger cloud your mind. Some words cannot be taken back once they are said.”
Snape suddenly shuddered, as if awakened from a dream. He glanced at Sebastian gratefully, then turned his head and stammered an apology: “I'm sorry, Lily, I didn't mean that. I'm a little… too excited…”
“It's okay, Severus,” Lily sighed softly, “I understand your feelings. I won't blame you no matter what you say now.”
“To be honest, I'm not sure how you should choose when facing the Dark Lord. I have no status and no reason to interfere with your choice.”
“However, if it were me, I would rather die than bow my head. Severus, do you remember the red stories that Sebastian told us?”
Red stories?
Harry turned his head to look at Professor Swan and found that he was rubbing his forehead at this moment, looking like he was in great pain.
Seeing this scene again, Sebastian was also very helpless.
Back then, he, Mia, Lily, and Snape were all good friends and often chatted together.
After the Dark Lord began to use violence against Muggle wizards and Muggles, Lily empathized and was once very pessimistic.
At Mia's request, Sebastian told many red inspirational stories to encourage Lily, so that she would not be pessimistic, regain her confidence, and believe that the Dark Lord would definitely be defeated by everyone.
Lily also listened to it and regarded those brave people as role models.
In her words, those heroes were Muggles, but they were more Gryffindor than Gryffindor.
She wanted to learn from those heroes, to bravely fight against the Dark Lord's forces, even at the cost of sacrifice.
Sebastian could understand Lily's thoughts. She regarded the Dark Lord as a reactionary faction like the Japanese, so Snape becoming a Death Eater seemed like a traitor.
Under the influence of red stories, Lily's character became much more resolute, and she couldn't accept her closest friend making a similar choice to surrender.
“Severus, I just… I just hope that my other half is someone who will not bow to the Dark Lord, someone who can bravely wave a wand at the Dark Lord.”
Lily's face was full of loneliness, and her eyes were full of glittering tears, but she was holding back so that they wouldn't fall.
“Do you know, Severus? I have long been determined to join the front line of the fight against the Dark Lord after graduation. I was expecting you to be with me, but now it's all too late.”
“Let's break off contact. There are too many eyes in the school. If the Dark Lord knows that you still like Muggle wizards, like the Mudbloods he hates, he will torture you…”
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly turned her head, said the password to the Fat Lady, and ran back into the Gryffindor common room without looking back.
The scene changed, and Harry came to a dense forest. This was a wizard battlefield, with about dozens of wizards fighting together.
One side was all in black robes, the Death Eaters under Voldemort, and the other side was Aurors and some ordinary wizards.
Harry saw his father at a glance. He kept casting spells and fighting with two Death Eaters, looking very brave.
The battle lasted for a long time until Dumbledore and Voldemort arrived and completely stopped it.
After a dizzying turn, Harry returned to the office again. He lowered his head and couldn't say a word for a long time.
So, this was the reason why his mother and Professor Snape separated.
And his father won his mother's favor because he bravely fought against the Death Eaters.
“Harry,” Sebastian gently patted the other person's shoulder, “I usually don't want to mention your father because he bullied his classmates while he was in school, which was really outrageous.”
“However, you also saw that his performance was not bad when fighting against the evil forces of the Dark Lord. By the way, your father and mother were on the same team, and they got together at that time.”
“People have many sides. It's not convenient for me to judge what kind of person your father is.”
“However, one thing is constant: the grievances of the older generation have nothing to do with you. Don't think so much.”
