Chapter 207: The Story of Penny Evans (Part 1)

Snape is gone!

Looking at Snape's vanishing figure into the darkness, Harry Potter had lived for fifteen years and had never been more confused than he was now.

Why the hell -

Why did Aunt Penny know Snape?

What is the relationship between Mother Lily and Snape?

Snape was so disgusted with himself, why did he leave in such a hurry, without saying anything about his performance in school?

With a staggering step, Harry made his way up the stairs to his bedroom.

Sitting down, his head in his hands, Harry fell into deep thought.

There was a clicking sound that interrupted Harry's thoughts—

It was Hedwig, crouching in the cage, glaring at Harry with its huge amber eyes as it banged its paws against the cage......

Do you want to write a letter...... Harry had an idea!

But to whom?

Write to Ron or Hermione, tell them that Professor Snape and his mother had an indescribable past?

That's ridiculous!

Or to the godfather Ciris Black, but what would Isiris's relationship with Snape say?

Harry felt that he was extremely confused right now.

For a moment, he had forgotten the horror of Voldemort's resurrection and witnessing Jon Hart's death......

......

There was a ping-pong sound downstairs.

Through the window, Harry saw that Uncle Vernon Dursley's struggling to carry Dudley to the back seat of the car.

"I'll have to take Dudley to the hospital!" Harry vaguely heard Aunt Vernon's voice, "I don't trust that damn man!"

Then he started the car and stuck his head out of the cab:

"Penny, aren't you coming with me?"

Aunt Petunia looked a little absent-minded, and after a moment she spoke, "I need to stay and tidy up the living room......"

Uncle Vernon was about to say something, when the neighbor's Mrs. Feige suddenly opened the window and poked her head out.

"Dudley has a cold, I'll have to take him to the hospital......" Aunt Vernon hurriedly laughed.

Mrs. Feige's face also showed a polite smile.

As the sound of the car fades away......

Harry took a deep breath, then he walked out of the room and down the stairs.

He wanted to find his aunt and ask him about these things.

......

Mrs. Penny Dursley was watching television in the living room.

There's a terrible sitcom on TV, the show she usually hates the most...... But now her eyes are fixed on the TV, but her gaze is slightly glazed.

Hearing footsteps on the stairs, she turned her head.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet!" Aunt Petunia yelled at Harry.

"I ......," Harry stammered, and he was silent for a moment, then mustered up courage, "Why did you know Snape?"

"I don't know him......," Aunt Petunia said coldly.

"Why do you know his name if you don't?" asked Harry without hesitation.

Mrs. Penny-Dursley's face was no longer the lean, stern arrogance of her usual life, but her face became very pale.

After a brief pause, she spoke slowly:

"We were living in Cokworth, a very dirty town...... It is located on the edge of a dirty river with garbage scattered near its banks, and there is an abandoned mill with a high chimney......"

After a pause, Penny added, "Me, our parents, and Lily......"

It was almost the first time Harry had heard his aunt say his mother's name. A few years ago, Aunt Petunia had an emotional outburst, screaming that Harry's mother was a monster, and Harry had never mentioned her sister.

"There's a very remote alley in Cockworth called Spider's Tail Alley...... The adults say there's monsters there, and they don't let us get any near there!"

"Except for Lily, when she was ten years old, she ran there every day, she was not obedient at all since she was a child, but her parents thought she was cute like this...... One time I stalked her and saw her playing with a strange boy......"

"Snape?" Harry felt his voice become extremely strange.

"Yes!" Mrs. Penny-Dursley nodded, "He has a good relationship with Lily, but I have a bad relationship with him...... When we were together, we would fight every day...... I called him a monster, and he called me a Muggle......"

"Good relationship?" asked Harry, trembling.

"Very good...... Aunt Petunia said slowly, "they stayed together almost every day, almost every summer before she turned eleven, and almost every ......summer vacation after she turned eleven."

"And what about later?"

"Later, they went to Huo ...... Hogwarts, your school!" Aunt Petunia said coldly, "My naïve sister wrote to the school and wanted me to go with her...... I'm a serious person, and I won't go to that monster-only school like her!"

"And my mother and Snape, how are they ......," Harry stammered.

"I don't know!" Auntie Petunia screamed, "I couldn't believe my eyes when Lily brought that Potter to my parents, your dad who looked exactly like you...... They actually ...... My parents were fascinated by the potter and they were very happy with him......"

"The first time I went to Spider's Tail Alley, I went to Severus, and he ......" Aunt Petunia suddenly covered her mouth, her face flushed, and she seemed to be terrified.

"What's wrong with Snape?" asked Harry, gruffly.

"You should go to bed!" Aunt Petunia's expression quickly returned to normal.

"I want to know what's next......" Harry argued

"Don't ask questions. Aunt Penny yelled, "I'll tell you to go to bed!"

"What the hell is going on?"

"Do you hear me, get to bed!"

......

Harry Potter lay on the bed in the cabin, but he didn't feel sleepy.

Aunt Petunia had no reason to deceive herself, and with her character, she couldn't have made up so many things about the wizarding world.

He was focused on what she said before, but the more he thought about it, the more sad he became.

It was as if they were gnawing at his heart, and he had always believed that his parents were wonderful people, and hadn't people like Hagrid and Sirius and Lupin told Harry how good his parents were......

He had never believed in the slander, slander, and insults that Snape threw out......

But why had no one ever told him these things before...... What about the relationship between his parents and Snape that no one told him?

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