harry potter book of crimes

Chapter 643 Snape's Rejection

Everyone has their own way of spending the holidays. Whether it is a fast-paced excitement or a slow-paced comfort, as long as you are satisfied with it, it will be a valuable and wonderful holiday.

Of course, this is all based on the premise that life is already full of surplus.

"Bang bang bang... bang bang bang..."

Deep in the maze-like old brick house, the knocking on the door echoed in the narrow alley, breaking the oppressive silence.

After several days of continuous rain, the temperature that was supposed to be the beginning of summer has once again dropped to a freezing state. In addition, this almost abandoned residential area is sparsely populated, and you even want to put on a coat when you are in it.

In the distance, a towering chimney shoots straight into the sky, looking quite abrupt in the generally low brick rooms. The sewage in the river in the distance has experienced several days of showers, and the smelly sludge is churning up, creating a disgusting smell.

The smell quietly passed this way along the evening breeze.

"Bang bang bang... bang bang..."

The knocking on the door is still going on, and there seems to be a sense that he will not stop until he knocks on the door. In such a dirty place, an uninvited guest suddenly came for some reason.

This is Spider End Alley, an old place that is both dark and stale.

I don't know how long it took, but a muffled male voice finally sounded from inside the door, suddenly interrupting the never-ending knocking.

"Narcissa, go back! I no longer welcome 'guests' here."

The voice was cold, cold, and without the slightest hint of politeness, which directly showed his attitude of rejection. The door did not open, not even a crack.

"Severus -" the person outside the door said weakly, holding on to the wooden door, "Severus, open the door...Draco needs your help..."

Although she was wearing an exquisite cloak with a hood, her entire face was hidden in the shadows. But the name she called when she was called at the door immediately revealed her identity - this was Naxi

Sarah Malfoy is Draco's mother who was just found some time ago.

Narcissa's vaguely pleading words seemed to make Snape behind the door fall silent for a moment. But a few seconds passed, and the wooden door still did not open.

"What happened to him?" Snape asked in a deep voice through the door.

"Oh...he, he has been having nightmares for a while. I'm worried that...you know...that person left something terrible for him..."

It could be heard that Narcissa's voice was trembling, which was a sign that she was gradually sinking into despair. Her son was suffering unknown sufferings all night long in his sleep, which made her, a mother, feel extremely distressed.

Heartbroken, I wish I could replace the person who suffered the sin with me.

"Then you should go find a therapist," Snape said immediately after just a brief pause, "Don't say that I am a defense professor now. Even before, my job was just to teach a bunch of brats at Hogwarts.

, rather than treating patients at St. Mungo's."

"No, Severus, I know what you are capable of..." Narcissa tried her best to persuade, but in the blink of an eye, a feeling of sadness came to her heart, and she couldn't help but cry in her voice, "Severus, you must

You have to help Draco... Do you remember? When you were at Hogwarts, Lucius gave you a lot..."

"Stop talking!" Upon hearing this, Snape's voice suddenly increased a lot, "Narcissa, you should know that I have brought too many conveniences to Lucius in the past few years.

When Voldemort was rampant, I was even more... Narcissa, I don't want to make it so clear, you know those things in your own hearts..."

Although he didn't finish what he said, the meaning was very clear.

Yes, when he was a student at Hogwarts, Lucius, as the senior, brought a support to this poor mixed-race, which made him live a very nourishing life in the lower grades. But all of this is also the same.

This laid the foundation for his tragic life after graduating from Lucius.

To be honest, now, every fragment of those days is what he is trying to throw away. If it weren't for the existence of Lily in his memory, he would have completely stripped those memories out of his head and put them in a small test tube

Stored permanently.

"Oh..." Narcissa felt as if her heart was about to break, "Severus, please save my poor child... please save him..."

When Narcissa couldn't hold it any longer, her heartache for her son and her grievance about the family's decline surged into her heart at the same time, and the tears in her red eyes immediately flowed uncontrollably.

"Bang, bang——"

She lay on the mottled wooden door, punched it twice with her fists, and then slid down the door panel as if she had lost all strength.

And on the other side of the door, Snape stood expressionless, with a pair of indifferent pupils flickering with a complex light.

He is a persistent and selfish man.

In the past, for an invisible and intangible love, he could seize all the bargaining chips that slipped in front of him, and the Malfoy family was naturally one of them; but now, when Maka erased his meaningless feelings about love,

After the chase, his sister Tia became everything in his life.

He feels that life is actually quite good now - at Hogwarts, he can be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor that he has always wanted to do since he was a student; in this home, he can enjoy the life he has had since he was a child.

I have never felt the warmth of my loved ones.

In this case, a friendship with the Malfoy family, which is becoming lonely, is obviously not what the selfish man needs.

What's more, although Lucius was taken out of Azkaban by Maka, many people actually know that the connection between him and Voldemort cannot be written off. Now and even in the future, anyone who is willing to cooperate with the Malfoy family

I'm afraid there won't be many people involved.

With Severus Snape's shrewdness, he would naturally not do such a thankless thing.

"You...who are you?"

Just when Snape replaced his answer with silence, trying to let Narcissa retreat on her own, a soft female voice suddenly sounded behind Narcissa. There was a little surprise in the voice, but more of it was

Confusion and uneasiness.

When Narcissa suddenly turned her head and looked blankly at the young woman not far behind her, with a soft "squeak", the wooden door that seemed impossible to open in this life actually opened.

"excuse me……"

Snape's words seemed quite polite, but his actions were somewhat impatient. He gently pushed Narcissa back half a step, while he walked sideways beside her.

"Tia," Snape grabbed his sister, who was still in a confused state, and dragged her quickly towards the door, "You have had enough shopping today, haven't you? It's time to go home..."

“Wait, wait—” “Bang.”

Almost as soon as she reacted, Narcissa stretched out her hand to hold the wooden door, but her hand was pinched by the door panel that was quickly closed. To be honest, the force Snape used to close the door was really strong, and Narcissa immediately covered her head.

He squatted down on the spot holding the fingers of his right hand.

This door has not been closed after all, although the price paid to prevent it from closing seems to be too high.

"Sev... Les..." Narcissa gritted her teeth to prevent herself from crying out in pain, "Please, please help Draco take a look... I can't just watch my child suffer like that.

Go down..."

Snape turned around, lowered his head slightly, and frowned tightly. He only paused for a few seconds before reaching for the door handle again, obviously wanting to close the door again.

But this time, his hand only reached halfway before someone grabbed him by the arm.

"...she...what happened to her child?" It was Tia who spoke. Although she still looked timid, her life in Spider End Alley at least allowed her to talk to strangers.

It was a complete sentence, "Severus, can you help her? We should be giving help to people, not keeping trouble out."

Her words truly came from her heart and were transformed from her own personal experience. If she hadn't been taken to the Black Mansion and received help from many people, mainly Mrs. Weasley,

Now she would never have such a peaceful life - she was always confused and timid, and she even found Snape, the only remaining relative in the world.

This made her understand that sending warmth to those in need is also the meaning of life.

"Tsk..." Snape clicked his tongue lightly and said impatiently, "Where did you hear this meaningless truth?"

"Yes, it was Mrs. Weasley and the others, they made me understand..." Faced with Snape's habitual indifference and impatience, Tia still seemed a little difficult to deal with, but she still muttered,

"You know, they've helped me a lot... and... well, there's also Mr. MacLean, he's always willing to help."

"Hmph," Snape snorted, automatically ignoring the last name, "Weasley? I should have guessed it earlier. They are the only family that meets everyone and everyone is as enthusiastic as a fool..."

Of course, he obviously ignored another point - the Weasleys never looked down upon him when they met him, and the same was true when they met Narcissa and Lucius.

But after these contemptuous words, Snape never reached out to close the door again, but suddenly turned around and walked into the room.

"Narcissa, come in and say—" he said coldly, "and close the door by the way."

Narcissa didn't know who the young woman who helped speak in front of her was, but when she saw that Tia was able to speak next to the stubborn Snape, she immediately took off her hood and wiped the tears on her face, looking towards Tia.

Ya nodded gently in thanks.

Soon, with another creaking sound, the wooden door finally closed tightly again.

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