harry potter book of crimes

"Mr. Snape, I took the initiative to find you not long ago, but at that time you obviously didn't want to talk to me about anything. Well, you don't want our brothers to see Tia, so I thought about it carefully at that time.

I decided to give up. After all, you are the brother she finally found after she mustered up the courage to cross the North Atlantic and went through all kinds of hardships. Seeing how you resolutely refused any suspicious people, including me, to try to get close to her, I can do it too.

Believe her, she should be living well now under your protection..."

"But, Mr. Snape, now you suddenly appear here again at a huge risk and say you want to talk to me again... Please forgive me for being rude, but my intuition tells me that it is my turn now.

I refused because... to be honest, I felt the danger in your abnormal transformation."

In the room, John stood a few feet next to the door, feeling very uneasy.

Hermione actually invited him to the ongoing exchange in the small living room downstairs. As a stranger who had just gained some trust from the other party, John had the self-knowledge to not interfere blindly.

But he never expected that when he was wondering why Tia's British brother suddenly appeared here again, the other party had already arrived outside his room.

He obviously acted like he was no longer interested in me when we just met outside! Why did he come knocking on his door in the blink of an eye?

Without knowing the purpose of the other party's visit, John did not dare to open the door - although he was really not sure, with Mr. Snape's strong character, such a thin door in the territory of the living zombies

Can the door of the room block the other party?

Fortunately, the other party seemed to have some scruples here after all. After John had expressed his refusal, he did not immediately choose to ignore the door blocking the room between the two.

Snape did not try to get in, but still stood outside the door and said coldly:

"Of course you still can't meet Tia, never - she doesn't have any good impressions of the United States, and coincidentally, neither do I. However, because I just talked to her recently, I heard a story that was suspicious in every aspect.

A familiar story...and I happened to learn from her that you, John Stewart, seem to be one of the few important characters in her little story."

Having said this, Snape in the corridor reached out to the door again and pressed it lightly, making a muffled sound.

"Tell me," Snape continued, "Stuart, can I not come to you and ask for clarification?"

As a professor who has worked at Hogwarts for many years and is known for his sternness, Snape, who already had a bad temper, developed a domineering aura. At this moment, even through the door panel,

, John could feel the oncoming pressure very clearly.

But before that, some of the information revealed in Snape's words also allowed him to capture an important point that cannot be ignored.

While thinking deeply, John no longer rejected the other party's conversation completely, and couldn't help but ask:

"What do you want to know?"

"Hmph, are you willing to talk?"

Outside the door, Snape snorted coldly, and then said calmly:

"The question I want to ask is very simple - tell me, when you come to Europe this time, is there a person named 'Jason Stewart' in the team? If so, where is he now?"

Snape's question was indeed very simple and short, which made the silent waiting after it seem quite long.

Fortunately, Snape was quite patient this time. After John in the room hesitated for a moment, he finally heard the latter say:

"Jason... is indeed a member of our team this time, and he is probably the only one besides me who is still alive. As for where he is now... If I have to say, I am actually not sure, but he is.

Someone told me that he might have gone to the Netherlands."

"The only survivor...?"

After hearing this, Snape outside could not help but murmur to himself, but he did not deliberately lower his voice. Even John, who was separated by a door, vaguely heard his words. To be honest, John was actually a little bit

I want to correct it, after all, if Snape omits it like this, he will become a dead person!

However, this is clearly not the time to argue about this.

At the stall where John was quite unhappy, he heard Snape ask again outside:

"Someone told you he went to Holland? Who said that?"

When John heard this, he thought again for a while, considering the possible consequences of his answer. But when he thought about it carefully, he realized that these things were already mentioned to Hermione and others at that dinner, so outside the door

Even if he didn't tell Snape's background and position now, the other party would probably learn it from other people soon.

After thinking about it like this, John finally answered honestly:

"That's the owner here, Mr. 'Lord of the Living Corpses'."

"Yeah?"

This time, Snape's reaction seemed a bit dull, as if he had guessed the answer in advance. Then, there was silence between the two parties inside and outside the door. They were probably thinking about their own things.

More than ten seconds passed, and it was Snape who was outside the door who broke the rare peace first, but his tone was obviously much more casual than before.

"By the way, speaking of which, you should know the specific identity of the mastermind behind the major inconclusive case in your American wizarding world more than ten years ago, right?" He asked, "You can choose not to answer this question.

But I still hope that our conversation this time can end relatively amicably... After all, this will probably be the last time you and I talk."

"What... do you mean?" When John heard this, his guard, which had just been somewhat lowered, immediately rose to its peak, "We just had some incredible conversation, do you still want to silence me?"

"Tsk!"

Snape clicked his tongue impatiently.

"What are you talking about? Answer quickly. If you don't say anything, I'll leave - I don't have as much time as you!"

Hearing what Snape said, John immediately knew that he was overly vigilant and had gone astray. He couldn't help but smile in embarrassment. Then, he said directly:

"I don't know what you want to know by asking these questions, but I can tell you that the abbot of the monastery more than ten years ago was called 'Lenny Stewart' - in fact, I have already told Miss Granger about that case.

After that, if you still want to know any details, you might as well go and chat with them. That’s it! You... can go."