Chapter 431 429 Fight to the Death

Chapter 431 429. Fight to the death

"Is this the position you gave me?"

Lily tightened her grip on the wand in her hand, as if she wasn't satisfied with Snape's broad answer.

Snape said indifferently.

"So I said three questions. Telling you that I will not leave the UK is already my greatest sincerity. Otherwise, what do you think? Do you want me to just throw myself into the trap like this?"

Lily just stared at him quietly, as if she had no more objections to Snape's words, but was waiting for him to ask his second question.

Snape only had one face in the flames, but Jon looked at that expressionless face, and for some reason he always felt that he must be twisting his fingers nervously and uneasily.

"I really want to know, do you know what James did to me back then? And when did you get together?"

Jon secretly covered his face.

Snape's two questions made all his previous ulterior motives in vain. If a normal person thought about it, he would understand that if he really hated and resented Lily, he would not ask at all. , and won't care about these problems.

Lily didn't know if she had thought of this, but when Snape asked the question, the expression on her face still didn't change at all. She just stared indifferently at the human face made of green flames.

"You actually still care about this? That's why I said, you never listen to others, and you have never changed. Of course I know what James did to you, so my feelings about him at that time have always been the same. Very bad, no matter how hard he tried to attract my attention and pursue me, I never thought about what kind of future we would have with him. "

When Snape heard this, he clenched his teeth as if subconsciously, and said in a calm voice as much as possible.

"Then why..."

"The best thing about him than you is that he knows how to change. No one makes mistakes, but if you make a mistake, you must know how to change it, especially after it is pointed out by others. James changed it, Not just because he knew I didn't like it, but because he recognized that what he had done before was wrong, he sincerely apologized, and was willing to correct it. It was precisely because of this that I accepted him at that time. Is my answer clear enough?"

Snape lowered his head, and the flames formed by the floo powder became a little blurry, making it impossible to see the expression on his face at this moment.

But what Jon can be sure of is that the Hogwarts vice-principal in front of him, who was once ranked below one person and above ten thousand people in Britain, will definitely not have a good-looking expression.

No one would show a good face when his sweetheart exposed the gap between him and his enemy so decisively and directly.

After a long time, he raised his head again. There was no special emotion on his face, but he simply completed the second transaction he had promised.

"If you want to find me, I suggest you go faster, because my previous master has not discovered my importance yet. If you wait for him to find me, you will not be the only ones who want to find me. "

After hearing this information, Lily's face darkened.

"Is this considered a message?"

Snape held his head high.

"Why not? How long do you think you can hide my escape from prison? As long as this matter gets out, you will not be the only ones who want to find me. You know in advance what kind of competitors you will have. , isn’t this a very important thing?”

Lily took a deep breath. She didn't dwell on this matter for long, but continued to ask.

"What about the third question?"

Snape did not remain silent. He asked softly a question that sounded simple enough.

"We are destined to fight to the death, right?"

Lily didn't answer immediately. She just stared at those eyes and asked coldly.

"What do you think?"

This already gave the answer, and Snape did not need to ask any more questions.

He closed his eyes, then opened them again two seconds later.

"Then come on."

He seemed to stand up from his chair, but did not give the location information of Lily's third transaction as agreed.

But the picture shown by the Floo powder was expanding, not only Snape's face, but also several objects around him and the background.

Then the flame suddenly went out, and the whole room fell silent, leaving only the dust in the fireplace still floating in the air.

Jon stood up from his chair consciously. He knew that the time for eating melon was over and he had to get back to business.

"What a shame. He actually broke his promise. He agreed on three questions and three location information, but the last one just left without saying anything!"

He said this on purpose. He just wanted to test Lily's mood now and see if she needed any further relief.

Lily just walked back towards the fireplace.

"He did not breach the contract. The last information has been given to us. I know where he is now."

Jon blinked and followed Lily's pace. This time they disappeared into the fire of the fireplace again. When they reappeared, they had arrived at a magic joke shop on a bustling magic street.

Diagon Alley, the busiest street in the British wizarding world, could not change its status among wizards even when Voldemort ruled Britain.

After Jon and Lily came out of the fireplace, they found that this was the storeroom of the store. The fireplace for receiving was hidden behind a pile of wooden barrels and wooden boxes.

This was the place where Dumbledore had told Lily before she left, where she could obtain legal status in the UK.

"If we waste time here, then if we go to find Snape again, won't he definitely run away?"

Jon asked in a low voice.

Lily did not alarm the busy clerks and shopkeepers outside, but searched in this storage room. Soon, she opened a hidden compartment under a tiny phoenix mark, in which were hidden several simple parchments.

"As he said, he would not fall into the trap after escaping prison. Since he dared to expose his location to us so confidently, it means that he is not afraid of us looking for him next."

Lily handed one of the parchments to Jon, which was a legal and traceable half-blood wizard identity information in the British magic world.

Dumbledore was well prepared. Jon even suspected that he had already planned to let him come to England with Lily. Even the identity information they had obtained now was a mother and son.

Jon memorized the contents of the parchment and asked.

"So we have to prepare for a protracted war?"

"He told us that his previous master would soon discover his importance and come to find him, so it would be better if our actions were not exposed, otherwise there would be more trouble for us later."

Her words completely put Jon at ease. At least Lily's state was not overwhelmed by hatred. She had always been clear about what she wanted to do and how to do it.

In this way, Jon did not have to interfere with her decision. He just had to rescue Lily in an absolutely dangerous situation as Dumbledore said. At other times, he could just follow and be a bystander and act as a thug at most.

After getting the legal certificate to operate in the UK from this magic joke shop, they did not stop and immediately left Diagon Alley and arrived in a gray city through Apparition.

No matter where you are in the city, you can see several large chimneys, which make people feel that black smoke is constantly coming out every moment.

The city is located on the bank of a dirty river. There are many fish and potato chips wrappers scattered near the river bank. The river water is also black and there is no sign of life in it.

A typical industrial city with an extremely bad living environment. If you just live here, you probably won’t be in a good mood every day.

"Where is this? Professor Potter." Jon asked, breathing in the tar-smelling air.

"Cockworth, my former home."

After hearing this answer, Jon raised his eyebrows and did not continue to ask.

Then, led by Lily, the two soon came to a shabby Muggle alley called Spider's End.

There are rows of dilapidated brick houses in the alley, and the windows on the houses look dark and lifeless during the day.

The dirty river is right next to Spider's End Alley. The fishy smell from the river is not very strong, because the alley itself is already smelly enough.

Lily took Jon to the last two-story house at the end of the alley, and the two stopped there.

This house doesn't look special compared to the surrounding buildings. The door is not locked and you can walk in with a light push.

Lily took the initiative to speak after discovering Jon observing the surroundings.

"This is Snape's home."

Jon couldn't help but subconsciously think about the meaning of this sentence. Although Snape's home sounds very inconsistent, he didn't jump out of a stone after all. This so-called home is where his parents gave birth to him and raised him.

After taking a look at the dirty alley where the house is located, the relevant information about Lily and Snape came to Jon's mind.

If he remembered correctly, Lily and Snape should live in the same alley and grew up together.

But soon he had no time to think about it, because Lily had already walked into the room without any protective measures, and Jon could only quicken his pace to follow.

The house was very messy, and all kinds of furniture had obviously been deliberately searched by someone and thrown everywhere casually. Even the murals on the wall seemed to have been checked by someone and hung crookedly on the wall.

"Has this place been searched by Death Eaters?" It was easy for Jon to guess what happened here before. "Snape was taken away by us, and it is normal for Death Eaters to thoroughly search the place where he used to live, but if so, is it possible that they will leave Aurors nearby to monitor this place?"

Just as Jon looked at some hidden places in the alley suitable for hiding and observation, Lily had already checked the fireplace full of half-burned firewood.

"He met us here before." Lily looked in the direction of the fireplace, which was the background that Snape showed before the Floo powder transmission ended.

"If he dares to come back here and does not return to the master who abandoned him, it means that there are no Aurors around to monitor him."

As she spoke, Lily picked up and threw a new-dated Daily Prophet beside the fireplace.

The front page of the news had long stopped reporting on the Triwizard Tournament. As the ultimate loser, the British side naturally wanted to downplay the impact of the lost Triwizard Tournament on British wizards. The easiest way to do this was to try not to mention it, so that one day, people would be attracted by other things and take the initiative to turn the page.

The recent news was basically about changes in positions within the Ministry of Magic.

First, the office director of the Auror Command was replaced. Everyone speculated that Draco's terrible performance in the Triwizard Tournament must have angered that gentleman, and Lucius was also angered because of this. He lost his position in the Ministry of Magic and now sits at home doing nothing all day.

Then there were other important departments, which were basically replaced. Even Slughorn, who had been working "diligently" as the director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation in the past two years, was "transferred" from the position of director to the secretariat of the Office of the Minister of Magic.

These are very unusual signals, and what is even more unusual is that the second edition of the Prophet's Daily Edition vaguely revealed that the great gentleman seemed to want to build a new magic school in the UK recently.

The newspaper reported this matter with such certainty that it seemed as if the reporter who wrote this article had seen the new magic school built with his own eyes.

But Jon, who saw this news, did not believe a single letter written on it.

Voldemort's desire to build a new magic school is simply nonsense, and at most it is just an excuse to appease the emotions of wizards in the UK.

Let's not talk about whether he has the energy to build a magic school now. Even if he really builds it, what about the students?

All the pure-blood and half-blood wizards who were suitable for admission before were brought to France by Dumbledore!

Now Voldemort's newly established magic school has to start teaching again by recruiting first-year students?

This is obviously impossible. The so-called establishment of a new magic school sounds exciting for a while, but wizards are not fools. They can quickly realize that this rumor is a joke.