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Chapter 1107: Apologize to Snape
🕑 Added 2024-05-08 14:00:08 +0000 UTC"Harry!" Hermione shouted uneasily, his metaphor was inappropriate.
Upon careful consideration, judging a person's goodness or badness indeed could not be based on whether they resisted the Dark Arts.
Magic itself didn't have a division between good and evil, and it should not be used as a criterion for categorizing people.
Take Salazar Slytherin, for example. He was proficient in the Dark Arts, but undoubtedly he was the most feared enemy of all Dark wizards.
It had nothing to do with what kind of magic was used. The key was a person's heart and character. Although Snape knew a lot of dark magic and was never intended to be a good person, he did many truly great things. He silently protected and dedicated himself in the darkness. In a sense, he was much greater than James.
He did not sacrifice his life to resist Voldemort, but living was far more difficult than dying.
Living meant bearing more responsibilities and pain...
Of course, it was simply impossible for Sirius to admit that Snape was a good person and that he was better than James. His feelings did not allow this. Yes, his dislike of Snape had risen to an instinctive level.
To be fair, Harry's father James and Snape both had their own shortcomings, but they were actually very good.
One could not generalize, nor could one be as biased as Sirius.
If possible, Evan would like to persuade Harry to apologize to Snape on behalf of his father.
If James and Lily knew what Snape had done, they would definitely do the same.
"Hermione, that's not what I meant, you understand," said Harry, still staring at Sirius. "But he just attacked Snape for no good reason, just because — well, just because you said you were bored."
"I have to admit," said Sirius, "that's not surprising, because we were fifteen and prone to doing meaningless and foolish things. If Remus were here, he would tell you how lacking in self-control James and I were at the time, which was why the professors hoped he could keep an eye on both of us."
"But..." said Harry in a pained voice, "besides that, he kept messing up his hair.”
"Seriously, I’d forgotten he used to do that,” said Sirius affectionately, his face filled with nostalgia for the past and his old friend. “Was he playing with the Snitch?”
“Yeah,” said Harry, watching uncomprehendingly as Sirius beamed reminiscently. “Well … I thought he was a bit of an idiot."
“Of course he was a bit of an idiot!” said Sirius bracingly. “We were all idiots! Maybe this is youth."
Sirius attributed all of this to age, but Harry didn't think so.
“And,” said Harry doggedly, determined to say everything that was on his mind now he was here, “he kept looking over at the girls by the lake, hoping they were watching him!"
“Oh, well, he always made a fool of himself whenever Lily was around,” said Sirius, shrugging. “He couldn’t stop himself showing off whenever he got near her."
“How come she married him?” Harry asked miserably. “She hated him!"
“Nah, she didn’t,” said Sirius immediately. “She started going out with James once he had deflated his head a bit and stopped hexing people just for the fun of it. He even volunteered to teach that guy Peter some Quidditch skills, which he had always wanted to learn. Harry, your parents actually admired each other. Like I said, fifteen-year-old James had so many flaws, was a bit of an idiot, but everyone was like that. He matured a lot later..."
“Okay,” said Harry. "These changes you mentioned, did they include Snape?"
"Snivellus was a special case. I mean, he never lost an opportunity to curse James, so you couldn’t really expect James to take that lying down, could you?" Sirius replied. "And to be honest, he was really annoying. I never thought he'd change for the better. Believe me, I was more surprised when I found out he was teaching at Hogwarts two years ago than when I found out Peter was alive."
"Professor Snape is trustworthy. He’s a good person," Evan interrupted and reminded, "He’s still a member of the Order of the Phoenix."
"Dumbledore's view, he thinks everyone is good, willing to give them a chance," said Sirius disdainfully.
"Sirius, what my father did to Snape, my mum was okay with that?"
“She didn’t know too much about it, to tell you the truth,” said Sirius. “I mean, James didn’t take Snape on dates with her and jinx him in front of her, did he?"
Sirius frowned at Harry, who was still looking unconvinced.
“Look,” he said, “your father was the best friend I ever had, and believe me, he was a good person, and like I’ve always said, a lot of people are idiots at the age of fifteen, He grew out of it."
“Yeah, okay," said Harry heavily. "I just never thought I’d feel sorry for Snape."
"It's not your fault, Harry!" said Evan, looking at Sirius critically. "In my opinion, Sirius and your father went too far back then, far beyond what's usual. By the way, did you guys actually take off his underwear in the end?"
"No one was interested in that kind of thing, we just wanted to scare him a bit," said Sirius somewhat awkwardly, as Evan looked at him disbelievingly, "Well, it's been so many years, there's nothing to hide, I was the one who did it..."
You could imagine the scene. In front of so many students, Snape was hung upside down, with his thighs and underwear exposed.
He was ridiculed wantonly, and then his underwear was taken off in public.
"As far as this matter is concerned, we did go a little too far, but I swear it only happened once," said Sirius. "James was very, very angry because of what he said to Lily. It never happened again!”
Sirius looked around and saw Evan, Harry, and Hermione all looking at him.
He explained with a wry smile, "As you know, Lily was friends with Snape at first. They came from the same place, and it was said that they knew each other before going to school. But after that day, they broke up. As far as I know, they never spoke again, at least not in public. After all, Snape had already joined the Death Eaters at that time and became a scary little monster. There was nothing to say between him and Lily. All the feelings of the past had been consumed..."
