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(ps add a little more about the settings of Veritaserum and Occlumency on the HP wiki. For powerful wizards, especially those who are good at Occlumency, the effect of Veritaserum is quite limited. Powerful wizards can use it when Veritaserum touches their lips. It is time to transform it into something else, and if Occlumency is strong, it can even shield the effects of Veritaserum. There is a saying that after Sirius was captured, he went directly into Azkaban without using Veritaserum, which is also true. Since the Ministry of Magic suspects that he has mastered Occlumency, Veritaserum will not work, above~)
Chapter 180 VII The Painful Past Cannot Continue to Sink
Harry is indeed very angry now, but what he is angry with is not because Snape leaked the prophecy back then, but because Snape, as his teacher, did not qualify at all!
There were irreconcilable contradictions and hatred between Snape and Harry's father James, so he hated Harry who had the same face.
And at the same time, he loves Harry's mother Lily deeply, so facing Harry's eyes that are the same as Lily's, he begins to take care of and protect Harry in every way.
But if we put aside the relationship of the previous generation, Snape and Harry should be the most essential teacher-student relationship!
Therefore, as a teacher, when Snape faced his student, he didn't think about the student's character and talent. Instead, he kept recalling the beautiful smile of the student's mother and the hateful face of the father in his mind...
Isn't his behavior too unfair to Harry as a student?
But when Harry temporarily put aside the previous entanglements and wanted to objectively explore whether Snape agreed with him, the other party chose to use Occlumency to block the influence of Veritaserum while completely isolating himself. heart...
That's why Harry was angry, because ever since he successfully brewed Veritaserum, he has completely regarded Snape as his most important mentor, and he is also looking forward to gaining more recognition from the other party...
But Snape only cared about indulging in the past emotions, and he was only thinking about being a lover!
"Go ahead... Evans."
Looking at the light from the wand in Harry's hand, Snape seemed to have misunderstood something, and closed his eyes in relief.
"Sijiao, remember that in the first Potions class, I told you...don't call me by my middle name anymore!"
With a flick of the wand, a certain 'ball' in Harry's pocket suddenly jumped out, stretched his body in the air, and landed directly on Snape's face!
"Winged Demon?!" For a moment, Snape turned pale with shock.
Only then did he realize that Harry didn't intend to kill him at all, but to erase his memory!
"The splint is tight!!" However, just as he was about to struggle, Harry suddenly released a powerful healing magic, and saw that the bed sheet and quilt suddenly turned into tightly wrapped bandages, turning Snape like a dumpling It was firmly bound to the bed board!
"Sch, you really let me down...but it's not because you leaked that prophecy to Voldemort, it's because it's been so long and you're still wallowing in regret!"
When Harry first found out that Snape had leaked the prophecy, it was hard for Harry to accept it.
But after half a month of calm thinking, he began to be able to look at this issue from an objective perspective.
For the current Snape, Harry's biggest feeling is not hatred, but anger.
Blindly struggling with the pain of the past, and protecting the deceased's children out of a sense of atonement and debt, this behavior is by no means real salvation, and it will only make Harry, the person involved, look down on him even more.
Harry admitted that after staying at Hogwarts for more than a year, he did have some changes himself.
In the beginning, he had a battle of wits and courage with Old Deng. At that time, all he needed was Snape's support, and he didn't need the other party to be such a good teacher.
But now that Harry had become the school favorite of the entire Hogwarts, he inadvertently began to ask for more things, such as an objective and fair evaluation from Snape.
For this mentor who has countless entanglements with himself, Harry doesn't want him to keep bringing his absent regrets to the grave, and finally he can only write on the epitaph... Miserable tragedy man!
So... if Snape refused to take the initiative to break free from the pain of the past, then Harry would resort to coercive means to help him break free!
"The Winged Demon... clear his memory." Looking at Snape who had been struggling, but his attitude hadn't changed a bit, Harry gave the order regrettably.
"No! Please...don't!" Snape shook his head in resistance, and even cried out to Harry in despair, "Let it go! Evans... Granger, no! Please... Potter , I beg you not to take her away!!"
"Winged Demon!!"
At the last moment, Harry choked out the Winged Demon who was about to spit out the venom.
When he heard Snape's last cry, and even saw the teardrops sliding down from the corner of his eyes, Harry found helplessly... his damn heart softened.
"Curse stop..."
He waved his wand hoarsely, and after releasing Snape, he turned away from looking at him.
And Snape jumped up from the hospital bed abruptly, and retreated to the corner with a full face of vigilance.
The memory of Lily Evans is the most precious thing of Snape who has nothing left. Even though the memories are full of pain now, he will still cherish them carefully and never allow them to be taken away.
"Sniper, I'm sorry to use the truth potion you taught against you..." Harry's voice was hoarse, and he kept his back to Snape, preventing him from seeing his expression, "I won't I beg for your forgiveness, the same... I am not qualified to choose to forgive this hatred on behalf of my deceased parents. All I can do is to be an unfilial child, and one day I will go to my parents’ grave in person to apologize for my inaction !"
"Potter... sorry."
Snape's apologetic voice came from behind him. He used perhaps the name he disliked the most for Harry, and this apology might not only refer to Harry himself.
"Sijiao, I can't accept or pass on your apology to my parents. But if you feel sorry for me, please try to truly recognize me." Harry put on his glasses again, and looked back at Sneaker earnestly. Pu, "I hope that the mentor I have always respected will be a great wizard who is praised by others, and the reason why he is praised must not be just how loyal he is to love!"
"I hope he can be loved by the students and admired by the teachers; I hope he can reshape his beliefs and transcend pain, go all out to save those innocent suffering lives, and always stick to the justice in his heart!!"
After finishing these words, Harry ignored Snape who was full of astonishment, and left the ward which had returned to silence.
"Reshaping faith, transcending pain...?"
After Harry left, Snape, who was still in shock, gradually began to become thoughtful.
Harry's self-blame for his choice of not pursuing hatred for his parents, and the words left by the other party before he left, really touched Snape's already battered heart.
For the first time in his life, Snape began to reflect on his past years while still hating everyone who caused the tragedy that year.
Of course, whether he will change from this, or continue to sink in pain, these are still unknown.
And the only thing Harry was sure of right now was... there was a girl waiting for him right now.
...
"Harry... oops~"
The bully girl had been sitting in the corner of the corridor with her knees hugged. When she saw Harry appearing, she immediately wanted to get up excitedly, but her feet became weak because of sitting for too long, and she accidentally fell back.
Fortunately, Harry had already stepped forward quickly and supported her in time.
"Why don't you find a room to rest and wait?" Looking at Hermione's tired little face, Harry couldn't help feeling very distressed.
He didn't ask why Hermione waited for him, because he knew that the other party would definitely wait.
"I'm afraid I accidentally fell asleep~"
Hermione rubbed her sleepy eyes lightly, and that girlish delicacy inadvertently dispelled the haze in Harry's heart.
So he smiled and held the girl's hand tightly.
"Let's go, let's go back and rest~"
(ps "Today I have realized this: despicability and greatness, viciousness and kindness, hatred and love can exist in the same heart without mutual exclusion. That's because I still don't understand how contradictory human nature is, and I don't know the truth in sincerity. How much affectation is there, how much baseness is in nobility, or, even in vice, is virtue to be found." - Somerset Maugham, "The Moon and Sixpence"
The above passage is actually very suitable for describing the complex image of Sijiao in the original work.Many Harry Potter fans have been influenced by the movie and think that Snape's most classic words are 'Always' and 'Look at me', but it is not these two sentences that can really reflect Snape's later mentality.
"Don't freak out, Severus. How many men and women have you seen die?" "Lately, only those I couldn't help," Snape said.
Snape in the original book is a tragic hero with complex humanity, who is loyal to love and able to stick to his beliefs, so it is not possible to evaluate his image purely from the level of love. )
Chapter 180 You Can't Be Sister and Brother After Valentine's Day
As it turns out, teenagers and teenage girls are better off hanging out on campus holding hands at night...
Because it is very likely that you will not be sleepy after walking around~
Hermione is in this state now. When she was waiting for Harry in the hospital corridor, she was already so sleepy that she started pecking at the rice. But after walking around for a while, she felt refreshed now.
"Forget it... If you really don't want to sleep, just follow me to the suitcase."
Just now he was so sleepy that he could hardly keep his eyes open, but now he is as energetic as a night owl... Regarding the sudden change of mind of the school bully girl, of course Harry chose to let her~
"Okay!" Hermione smiled sweetly when she heard that Harry didn't force herself to go back to sleep.
In fact, she didn't care where she was going at all, as long as she was tired of being with someone anyway.
And the reason why Hermione became more refreshed as she wandered around was because she had already realized an important problem.
Time has quietly come to a new day...
"Hey, it's hard to integrate water elements, but the magic that can be released directly now is just a toy for them~"
Sitting on the open space inside the suitcase, Harry hooked a few water polos with his fingers and danced back and forth. A few moon morons and Bowtruckles who hadn't slept started chasing each other happily, having fun with each other.
Looking at these naive little guys, the lines on Harry's forehead still haven't stretched.
"If only they could be as carefree as they are all the time... Hermione?"
Suddenly, Harry felt a soft burden on his back, and he realized that two gentle arms were already on his shoulders, wrapping them gently around his neck.
"Harry, what's bothering you...can you tell me?" The girl pressed her profile lightly against Harry's, her tone contained concern with a little fear...as well as a touch of gentleness that was cautious and tentative.
"It's Sijiao, I don't know whether it's right or wrong for me to deal with his problems in this way..."
The water element that he was controlling in his hands dissipated, and Harry slowly told Hermione everything. At this moment, by Hermione's side, he seemed to have found a harbor that could tolerate him, and he could confide everything to her.
He had told Hermione all about Snape's troubles with his parents, and his own handling of Snape.
"Harry... I think no matter what decision you make, they should not blame you." Hermione comforted Harry softly, "For your parents, the only expectation is that you can be safe and happy life, so... I think they will definitely support your decision!"
"Is that so..." Harry frowned slightly, but he still couldn't let go.
"Of course it is!" Hermione hurriedly continued to persuade, "Although I haven't met your biological parents, let's take our parents as an example. If we go back and be honest with them, I think They will definitely support…”
"Hermione, thank you. I feel better now after hearing you say that~"
Harry looked at Hermione gratefully, but gradually, there was a little more smile in his eyes.
"It's just that I don't quite know what you mean by the matter between us?"
"I... Between us, it's just... Oops!"
Caught off guard by Harry's question, Hermione faltered and couldn't speak, and could only scream and run away from behind Harry.
It wasn't until this moment that she fully realized that she had just inadvertently said what was in her heart without noticing it for a while!
Didn't she and Harry... have nothing between them at all?
However, she had already talked about this point just now, and Harry had already responded to the question... At this time, is she still going to evade and shrink back?
"Hermione..."
"Harry!"
Seeing that the other party was entangled, Harry, who had already guessed the general reason, planned to speak first, but was preempted by Hermione's sudden voice.
"You... Do you remember, at Christmas before, I said that I actually prepared presents, but it was not easy to give them?"
Hermione's face gradually turned red, her fingers were twisted together nervously, and her toes unconsciously drew circles on the ground, making her whole body look quite cramped.
"I actually brought that gift...but you have to close your eyes so that I can give it to you."
"Uh...do you want to do this?"
Harry's expression suddenly became a little tangled, either because he wasn't interested in Hermione's 'gift', or because he thought it might be a bit embarrassing for him to be so passive.
He has already figured it out, and the time should have reached the next day... So on February 2th, he was actually planning to speak on this day~
But now... Harry felt that he might be reversed today.
"What are you dawdling about, why don't you close your eyes quickly?!" Seeing that Harry was still staring at her fiercely, Hermione couldn't help feeling ashamed and angry, "If your stinky brother is still disobedient, I'll have to smoke is you!"
"Okay, okay, I'll just close it~" Harry shrank his neck from the yelling, and quickly closed his eyes obediently.
In other words, the school bully girl is obviously using immature acting skills to force the domineering heroine's personality, but in the end she has to cooperate with her in the opposite scene. This is really forcing a person who loves you to improvise.
Uh...I missed it~
"Huh..." After seeing that Harry was finally willing to cooperate, Hermione managed to cheer herself up enough, and came to Harry with small steps.
Her mind is in a mess now, and she is even wondering if she is crazy, why she has to take the initiative to do this.
Obviously this should be the active part of the boys~
But after all, I am an elder sister, and if the object is that stinky younger brother, I don't want to be passive no matter what!
So she got closer and closer, and her breathing became more and more rapid, and Harry could even clearly feel Hermione's snort.
Finally, Hermione seemed to have made up her mind completely, she turned her head slightly, and gently touched her lips to Harry's.
The slightly cool touch made Hermione's body tremble inadvertently, but when she was about to touch and leave, she found that the other party had already hugged her tightly in his arms.