In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter

Chapter 451: A Pure Person (2 in 1)

At the same time as Snape's words sounded, there was a rope that swam around the ground like a snake, which the three of them had never noticed, and it suddenly tightened!

Such an attack simply didn't trigger the shield charms' defence, and as Rufus and the others were all focused on Snape at the moment, they didn't even notice that there was someone else hiding somewhere in the vicinity.

Without surprise, the twine, which was as thick as a baby's arm, caught the three of them by the legs and dragged them towards the door, causing them to lose their weight and even though they had reacted, they were unable to wield their wands and use their magic, so they all fell to the ground!

At the same time as they fell, a small hand came out of a corner and snapped the fingers lightly.

The next second, all the wands instantly flew out of Rufus' and the men's grasp, and floated in mid-air!

It was only at this time that they finally saw the person who had waited until they had preyed on the cicada and had been guarding in the shadows as a sparrow.

Jon took off the cloak of invisibility, revealing his original face.

"Jon Green!"

For that face of his, which could not have been any more unfamiliar to every Death Eater now, Rufus' face was unbearably grim as he gritted his teeth and spoke out.

Jon was also looking at them with interest while asking Snape without looking up.

"Is this the elite of the Death Eaters? Why are they so off guard? It feels so much easier to deal with them than Bella and the others."

Faced with such undisguised contempt from Jon, Rufus and the others, not knowing whether it was from anger or humiliation, all turned red, while Snape's voice remained as calm as ever.

"They can be considered elite already compared to the rest of those losers. Do you think it really matters how strong or weak we are from each other in this war? No matter which side it is, we are actually leaning on one person all the time."

Jon shrugged, not expressing anything of his own in response.

"So you actually knew I was following behind all along?"

"With all that commotion, there's no way you couldn't have heard it, and you certainly would have been sure to follow if you did hear it."

Snape threw the vial of golden sands in his hand at Jon as he spoke, and Rufus, of course, saw the sight and glared as if he wanted to tear them apart with his eyes now!

"How dare you! Snape! Do you know what you're doing? You've defected to Dumbledore!"

He roared, his body struggling to get up off the ground, and after Jon saw this, he simply flicked the wand in his hand and the twine that had taken control of the lower half of their bodies began to continue to lengthen, wrapping their bodies tightly from the neck down.

Snape acted calmly in the face of his accusations, sitting in that high-backed chair, the indifference on his face unchanged from the start, like he had it all under control.

"I've never committed myself to anyone, since that night. Do you know why the lord has always treated me with such high regard? It is because our relationship is different from what you have with him, he and I are in a cooperative relationship, we get what we want, and now I just want to end that cooperation."

"Betrayal! You disgraceful betrayer! You think you will succeed because you have defected to Dumbledore! You know what our lord does to betrayers! He will make you beg for your life and die a violent death!"

Snape didn't bother to look at him, just lightly waved the wand in his hand.

"Avada Kedavra."

The two Death Eaters who were trapped were not deterred by the death of their companion, they cursed at Snape just as furiously, until two green lights came on in quick succession and the shack finally became quiet.

Jon held the glass vial with the golden sands in his hand and looked at Snape with an odd expression, not that he had any problem with Snape casually disposing his captives, but Snape really did look like he had completely defected to Dumbledore with this look on his face now.

The Death Eater from Voldemort One had been cunningly eliminated by him, and the Death Eater from Voldemort Two had been killed by his own hand, and what the hell was he thinking?

"Are you waiting for this thing to get to your hands all the time now?" Jon shook the vial of sand, "Didn't you say there weren't enough people? So the third party you've been waiting for is them?"

Snape finally gave a dismissive sneer at Jon's words.

"Do you really know how many people I've completed deals with? What I just said to Rufus is equally valid to you, I have never defected to anyone, and the same goes for Dumbledore, there is only cooperation between us."

Jon stared at Snape, it was actually all evident from the way he had acted in the original story. He had been protective of Harry because he felt a sense of responsibility for Lily's death, and had never treated Harry well at all when he had been safe because he was full of hatred for James.

But now, all his actions made it a little hard to see through.

"Well, I suddenly realise that we haven't had a proper conversation, and just out of my personal curiosity, can you tell me exactly what you're trying to do with all this? Mr. Snape."

Instead of using the same cryptic tone that he had previously used when he had communicated with Snape, Jon used a rare respectful tone.

At this Snape did not immediately utter a word, he looked in silence towards the always open door directly in front of him.

The sun was shining through the doorway, and he was at the very edge of where all the light touched, where if he moved a step forward he could leave the shadows.

He stayed there, just as he had when Lily had tried to help him get out of the shadows when he was a student, and stood there unmoved.

"If Harry Potter is still alive, then you should have been in the same class as him."

Snape's voice was not loud, nor any emotions could be discerned in it as if he was just saying something that had nothing to do with him.

"So I can understand Lily's attitude towards you, you were brought to that wagon by her own hand or in the year when her own children should have been enrolled in school normally, she actually placed some of her feelings towards Harry Potter on you, otherwise this cloak of invisibility wouldn't have fallen into your hands so easily."

Jon glanced down at the cloak of invisibility in his hand.

How could he not understand what Snape was saying, but, Jon didn't actually mind, and if Lily did make it clear that she wanted him to come and acknowledge her as godmother to heal the scar in her heart that had never healed, Jon had no problem with that at all.

She was willing to risk her life to take him away from Barty Jr. It wouldn't even be wrong to say that she had given Jon a second lease on life like a parent.

"And then what?"

"And then, in fact, there is something I could and do tell you, Jon Green." Snape looked over to him and met Jon's eyes, "I've closed three deals with two people in the last few days, and it's okay to proceed with another one with you now. I'll give you an answer, if you promise to protect Lily's life from now on, no matter what happens!"

Jon's answer to this was a complete lack of consideration.

"It doesn't require a deal with you at all, and I'll always do that."

"That would certainly be best." Snape raised the wand in his hand and he snapped it with his own hand, right in front of Jon's face!

The birchwood exterior snapped, revealing the faintly glowing snake nerves within!

Snape then reattached the broken part of his wand, pulled a vial of what looked like glue from his pocket and gently placed a drop on it, after which the surface of the wand became as good as new again.

Having done this, he struggled to stand up by holding onto the arm of his chair, he held his wand in one hand and made his way to the fireplace in the shed with the other hand, withdrawing a handful of green powder from his pocket.

"My purpose is really, really, really simple. I can be on board with whoever can keep Lily alive after that night, and I can sell my life to whoever guarantees Lily's safety and be a dog, so can you say that this is an allegiance? Of course not, it's just a deal."

Jon watched in silence as he sprinkled the powder in his hand on the fireplace and the fireplace, which hadn't burned in years for a long time, suddenly lit up with a green flame.

Snape walked over towards the blazing fire.

"One last word of advice Jon, I don't know if Dumbledore knows anything about this or not, but the man that has been cooped up in Northern Europe, he is crazier than all of you could ever guess, what is bloodline theory in the face of his plans, and if he does succeed, then the whole world will have to change because of it."

Finally, his body disappeared into the flames, and at the same time, he stated his own final destination of travel.

"Spinner's End."

Jon watched him leave, not meaning to stop in any way.

Dumbledore had given him the task of just protecting Lily, never saying that he should actually take Snape back, so Jon had actually always known exactly what he was supposed to do.

Besides, Snape had clearly made sure to let him know that they would see each other again after this departure.

He had understood what he had said about his purpose and was finally able to understand what Dumbledore had been saying about Snape being an extremely pure man.

Over a decade ago, he had approached Dumbledore and begged him to save Lily, and was willing to give everything he had to do so.

Dumbledore agreed to the deal but didn't actually do anything after that.

Voldemort still found the Potters and took the lives of the Potters' father and son, but actually did keep his promise to Snape and let Lily live.

What kind of mental journey Snape went through after that Jon did not know, but after meeting Voldemort who had disappeared for a month to mend his divided soul and return to Britain, Snape should have decided that the only one who could really control Lily's life and death would be the man in front of him.

Even with Dumbledore's protection, Lily, whose entire family had been killed, would inevitably want revenge against all odds, and she would always put herself in danger, always put her life on the line.

If he had wanted her to live, Snape couldn't afford to keep the deal he had previously pleaded with Dumbledore, but instead, he would have to serve Voldemort, the returned king, with all his heart and soul, and let him keep the promise he had made to himself at the beginning of not harming Lily so that he could truly keep her safe.

It was for this reason that Voldemort agreed to his almost insolent request, giving orders to all his men not to endanger Lily's life under any circumstances, and at the same time using Snape to his full potential, making him a leader and role model for the half-bloods, as well as a thorn in the side of the purebloods, and attracting the hatred of the vast majority of Dumbledore's men, and let him keep Hogwarts Castle in check for him. Snape also had to help him make some kind of unknown potion secretly.

Completely squeezing Snape as a person to the point of not even letting a bit of value go to waste.

So it really was a quid pro quo between him and Voldemort before.

After the Triwizard Tournament, the reason why after he had fallen to Witching Horizon's hand, he was willing to return to Britain and help Dumbledore get what had now fallen into Jon's hands, Jon guessed that it would be Snape who had guessed the inside story of Voldemort Two's defeat by himself.

After the day he was given up by Voldemort One and had been handed away, Snape had probably begun to think that the general trend of the bloodline theory was no longer in play.

There was no point in him continuing to work for Voldemort any longer because it was the lunatic Voldemort One who now controlled Britain, and after abandoning Snape, there was an obvious answer to the question of whether he would still order his men to let them keep their hands off Lily in the later war against the Witching Horizon.

Even if that rational Voldemort Two could still make a comeback; since Jon had been able to defeat him once, it was surely possible to defeat him a second time.

So, it was at this point that Snape struck the deal with Dumbledore; Dumbledore had actually always seen Snape more clearly than anyone else, so he knew exactly what was going through Snape's mind and didn't question his intentions.

The result of this deal between the two men was now the vial of golden sand in Jon's hand.

Jon held the glass vial up in mid-air, the sunlight shone into it and the tiny golden particles reflected a faint light.

What was in the vial, Jon didn't know, but what was clear to him was that Snape's willingness to complete this deal with Dumbledore meant that he wanted more than anyone else for the Witching Horizon to defeat Voldemort in the end, which meant that what was in the vial was what he thought would pose a real threat to Voldemort himself once it fell into Dumbledore's hands.

As for Snape's last paragraph of advice about Grindelwald.

In fact, it is something that Jon had discovered a lot earlier than anyone else.

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