"Mr. Snape, I took the initiative to find you not long ago, but you obviously didn't want to talk to me at that time. 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 the hard work. 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 instinct tells me that it is my turn now. I declined because... to be honest, I feel the danger in your abnormal transformation."
Inside the room, John stood a few feet away from the door, feeling quite 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 as if he was no longer interested in me when they 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 on the territory of the living zombies Can the door stop 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 can - she doesn't have any good feelings towards the United States, and coincidentally, neither do I. However, because I just talked to her recently, I heard a story that was full of suspicion and suspicion. 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 gently, 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 strictness, Snape, who was already bad-tempered, developed an overbearing aura. At this moment, even through the door panel, John could clearly feel the oncoming pressure.
But before that, some of the information revealed in Snape's words also made him 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 wait 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 I'm afraid he is 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." People' told me he might have gone to Holland."
"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 actually wanted to correct it. After all, if Snape omitted it like this, he would become a dead person!
However, now is clearly not the time to argue 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. Just thinking about it carefully, these things were already mentioned to Hermione and others at that dinner. Based on Snape's background and position outside the door, even if he didn't say it now, the other party would probably talk about it soon. Can learn from other people's mouths.
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 again between the two parties inside and outside the door. They were probably both 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 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 outrageous 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 Snape say this, John immediately knew that he was overly vigilant and had gone astray, and couldn't help but smile in embarrassment. Then, he said directly:
"I don't know what you want to know by asking this, 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. If you still want to know any details, you might as well go and talk to them. That’s it! You... can go."