Chapter 118 Escape
In the quiet potion preparation room, Snape's writing movement suddenly stopped.
He wanted to pretend not to hear, but it was impossible.
Every word Karan said came to his ears clearly.
He subconsciously wanted to refute.
But after opening his mouth, what came out was.
"Yes."
Karan stood aside and looked at him calmly.
Snape lowered his head deeply, his yellow cheeks were covered by his long hair, and it was impossible to see the expression on his face.
There was a suffocating silence.
"I've never felt so at ease."
Finally, Snape murmured softly.
He did not blame others, such as his four roommates.
I didn't find any other excuses.
That moment of total exposure when they bump into each other in the hallway.
He knew it.
Karan knows everything.
Not just because of the black magic book, but also because of Karan's actions at that time.
Before Lily found out, he took the lead in covering everything up.
Perhaps Karan already knew all this.
"It's like my magic wand."
Snape took out his cypress wand and recalled what Mr. Ollivander had said to him.
The owner of the cypress wand will die gloriously.
"It's an extension of my arm, a part of me."
Snape continued in a low voice.
"It chose me, and there was no way out."
"There is no escape."
Another moment of silence.
Only the flickering flames remained, indicating that there were still living people in this space.
Karan sighed softly.
Snape never gave up on the dark arts.
He has repeatedly requested the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor.
After he got his wish, when he talked about black magic, he was full of love and admiration.
Even Lily's death could not change this.
"Because you are Severus Snape."
Karan finally said softly.
"So I'm not surprised by that."
"Because you are Severus Snape..."
Karan murmured and repeated it again, his brown pupils staring at a fire that was about to burn out, swaying slightly with his gaze, as if it was going to be completely extinguished, but was rekindling unwillingly.
The atmosphere was stagnant again, and no one spoke.
Karan slowly closed his eyes and opened them again.
"I won't tell Lily."
he said suddenly.
"If that's what worries you."
"Don't worry, Snape."
"I won't tell Lily this."
he repeated emphatically again.
Snape finally raised his head, the black hair on the side of his face hanging weakly, and his black pupils were filled with complicated gazes.
"It's no big deal."
As if to answer Snape's unspoken question, Callan continued: "At least for me, that's the case."
"The only two people who made the agreement were you and Lily."
"Instead of worrying about whether I will tell it, you should think about how long you can hide it. In other words, when Lily discovers this, how will you explain it clearly."
"I won't tell the truth. But the moment you are completely exposed, I think I won't be able to continue to help you."
"This is just between the two of you, just two people."
"always like this."
After a brief silence, Snape nodded wordlessly.
"All right."
The smile returned to Karan's face, and his handsome face became more approachable.
"Then continue to improve the formula. I heard Lily say that now has reached a more critical moment, right?"
Kahlan's sudden change made Snape unable to recover for a moment, but he still nodded honestly: "That's right."
Callan stepped forward and picked up the parchment covered with writing in front of Snape.After reading it briefly, he walked aside and picked out the potion ingredients according to the content. He handled them skillfully and said casually.
"By the way, I also heard that you won't try it before you are completely sure. This is just to avoid wasting ingredients, right?"
Snape was stunned. Of course he could guess where this rumor came from.
It could only be Lily.
Karan stopped hiding it and said directly: "Yes, that's what Lily said to me. She also explained that there are still many shortcomings in the advanced potions, but you are too embarrassed to bring them up. .”
After hearing this, Snape became even more silent.
"Actually, I don't think it's anything to be embarrassed about."
Karan didn't seem to notice. While handling the roots of the narcissus, he continued: "After all, the three of us gather here often to successfully improve the formula. At least from the current point of view, this is not the case. wrong."
"Instead of thinking about what we owe or what we owe, it is better to derive the formula as soon as possible. This is the most important thing to us."
"And in this process, a lot of experimentation is inevitable, so you shouldn't worry about ingredients at all."
Karan put down the silver knife, raised his head to meet Snape's eyes, and said slowly.
"And even if you fail, it will be much better than spending your time studying dark magic."
Snape didn't back down, he also looked directly at Callan.
"Is this a threat?" he asked.
It's hard not to think of this when he mentions the word "dark magic."
Especially the man standing in front of him, named Karan Sangster.
"threaten"
However, Karan rolled his eyes without hesitation.
"You call this a threat"
"Why use a so-called secret to threaten you to spend more of my own money?"
"I only knew that black magic can make people become extreme, but I didn't expect that it could have such a mind-reducing effect."
Karan said angrily, Snape suddenly became a little embarrassed, and even his cheeks turned completely red.
"Ahem." He coughed twice, trying to change the subject.
"Let's start quickly." Karan interrupted bluntly.
After that, the atmosphere in the potion preparation room finally became much more relaxed.
Although Lily was not here, the research results of the two were still recorded, and they only needed to follow the above plan and try it step by step.
"Okay, let's go here today."
Karan covered his nose and used a whirlwind sweep with his wand to remove the pungent smell coming out of the crucible. He also used the Clear Water Like a Spring spell to clean it up.
Snape hugged his backpack tightly and hid far behind him. The potion in the cauldron was about to explode.
After thoroughly dealing with it, the two of them walked out of the secret passage together.
"Didn't you always keep me away from black magic?"
Before he could reach behind the mirror, Snape suddenly asked hesitantly: "Is this... have you changed your mind?"
Karan raised his eyebrows. He had indeed done this before. Whether before the start of school or after arriving at Hogwarts, he had always maintained an attitude against dark magic in front of the two of them.
"of course not."
Karan shook his head and said slowly: "I just suddenly realized that people can't escape themselves."
Snape looked at him blankly, but Karan did not continue to explain.
He just added silently in his heart.
Even a naturally closed-minded person cannot do this.