"Severus, Lucius wants you to go to the party, is it to meet the Dark Lord?" On this day, on a rare Slytherin afternoon, the two of them got together to read a book by the Black Lake, and Gloria turned the pages of the book in her hand and asked casually.

Snape let out an "um" and looked at the dark arts book in his hand earnestly.

"Do you have to go? I don't really want you to go. Gloria turned to look at the boy beside her.

"Gloria, that's my chance, I want to go. "Only with the ability can I keep you by my side completely. Thinking of the pink letterhead that Gloria had secretly destroyed from time to time, Snape pursed his lips and replied.

"But we don't know what kind of opportunity it is, how risky it is, how rewarding it is, we don't know, I'm worried about you, Severus, the Dark Lord doesn't sound like a good person. ”

"He was the most powerful Slytherin of the century, and in him I saw power. Snape looked wistful.

"However, you may not be pursuing the same things, and you may not be able to recognize each other. ”

"Gloria" Snape finally raised his head, looked at the girl with a worried face beside him, and said: "There is nothing free in this world, if I want to become strong, I will inevitably give up some things, and at this time, my dispensable position becomes unimportant." ”

Snape thought she was talking about the Dark Lord's pursuit of purebloods, and he was dispensable for it, and Gloria rubbed her head in annoyance.

"It's not optional, I just want to be with you, be safe and sound, nothing else is important. ”

"You don't think it's important because you already have it, and I don't want to be pointed at all the time and say, 'Behold, that lucky half-blood, he's got the favor of the princess of Pendragon,' and it humiliates me!" said Snape, closing the book.

Gloria looked at him with some annoyance, "Humiliation? Is it my favor that makes you feel humiliated? Or is it humiliated by being looked down upon? Do you think you can get everything by following the Dark Lord? Then I tell you, among the many pure-blood followers of the Dark Lord, you will only be more excluded!

Snape frowned tightly, his voice coming out of his teeth, "You think I don't have any talent worthy of the Dark Lord?" do you think people will just say, 'Look, that half-breed boy has been mixed into the Death Eaters thanks to the Dark Lord's mercy and sympathy'?"

Gloria regretted a little when she spoke, no one knew Snape's strong self-esteem better than her, she could only barely calm her mind, "Severus, you know, I didn't mean that, I know how talented and hard you are, I just ......"

"Yes, you don't want anyone to see my talent, you just want me to always follow you and continue to let everyone point fingers to satisfy your ridiculous vanity!" Snape looked at Gloria with anger between his eyebrows, and his heart inexplicably welled up with grievances, and he gritted his teeth and interrupted her.

Gloria looked at him in disbelief, how could he think that? He really didn't want to be noticed how good he was, but he never wanted to let him follow him like a follower and be pointed at, it was just a lover's exclusivity and lack of confidence in this relationship, after all, Snape knew how much he liked Lily in his heart, and he couldn't make himself feel at ease even if he was by his side now.

Gloria thought, her heart becoming more and more angry, and she looked at Snape's vicious gaze, "Severus, if it was Lily who was telling you like that now, you would still say such a thing?"

Snape was speechless for a while, looking at Gloria's eyes with a little starlight, he was a little flustered, he opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, Gloria saw it in his eyes, and only felt that Snape was acquiescing, and was speechless for a while, turned around and left here.

Snape looked at the distant back, stood under the tree with his head down, his five fingers slowly clenched into fists, he didn't want to hurt her, he wanted to hold her for a moment just now, and told her that maybe he once liked Lily, that was the first ray of sunshine in his life, but she was different, Lily made him crave touch, wanted to chase, but Gloria illuminated his life, he wanted to hold this kind of brightness that everyone could see in his hands, he had to be strong enough.

To put it bluntly, Gloria is not confident that she can get Snape's heart, and Snape, who is not confident that she can keep Gloria, is not confident in everything about himself.