Chapter 100: What's wrong with being greedy for life and afraid of death

"Black, Dark Mark of the Devil!"

Wormtail gasped, he didn't expect to see it in this place.

"You, who the hell are you?"

Wormtail's eyes widened, in the face of the Death Eaters' words, you must not be careless, the other party is not the Order of the Phoenix who insist on not killing people and only use defensive spells, the Death Eaters are ruthless people who will be ruthless if they don't agree with each other.

"It seems that more than ten years of mouse life have not made you forget about this thing. Well, Pettigrew. His Highness the Great Dark Lord has been revived again, your master needs you, come, come and help me, we will achieve the victory of Zuihou. ”

Sephiroth approached, and Pettigrew's fear of the Dark Mark made him shrink back.

"What do you want me to do? You see, I'm just a useless piece of rubbish that has lost even my wand. How can I help you? ”

Poor Peter Pettigrew rubbed his palms together and stood to the side. He hopes that with self-contemptuous words, he can make the other party ignore a little person like himself who is struggling to survive.

"You're too modest, and although you don't have the strength of Potter and Black, you're a good wizard. You know, not everyone can learn Animagus, so don't be presumptuous. ”

Sephiroth shook his finger, Peter Pettigrew looked inconspicuous in the light of James, Sirius, and Lupin, but Sephiroth would never underestimate him because of this. Just because he disguised himself as a mouse and endured it for more than ten years, this is not something that ordinary people can do.

underestimated this perseverance, but Zuihou suffered from himself.

"Xiexie, your compliment, but I'm really not as useful as you think."

It was obviously a middle-aged wizard in his thirties and forties, but in front of Sephiroth, they turned around. Pettigrew smiled in embarrassment like a student who had been praised by his teacher.

"It's up to me whether it's useful or not. I want you to do a little favor, it's really just a small favor. My senior, you won't refuse this little request from me. ”

Peter Pettigrew glanced at the black pattern on the other man's arm, the most evil black mark, and reluctantly lowered his head in acquiescence.

He had already offended the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore, and if he was abandoned by the Death Eaters, he really didn't know what else he could do with himself.

"Just kidding, you want me to do this kind of thing- no! Dumbledore will kill me. ”

Peter Pettigrew was shocked to see what Sephiroth handed over, and he didn't care about Sephiroth's threat and kept retreating, as if the thing in Sephiroth's hand was some terrible thing.

"If you don't, I'll kill you right now!"

Sephiroth was also ruthless and put aside his cruel words.

"Oh, no, no! I can't, can't do that. ”

Peter Pettigrew hugged his head and cried, and he crawled on the ground and wailed.

"Do what I say! What, now you regret it and want to be a good person? Dream on! ”

With a wave of his wand, Peter Pettigrew slammed into the wall, causing him to let out a terrible howl.

"I really can't do it - he, he's ......"

Peter Pettigrew hesitated, then shook his head frantically.

"What kind of good person are you pretending to be for me now, is this the first time you have done this kind of thing? Don't pretend to be garlic for me, it's not the first time you've betrayed your friend! 【Drill the heart and cut the bone】"

Enraged, Sephiroth pointed at Peter Pettigrew as a Drill Spell.

"Ah!!h

Unarmed, or wandless to be exact, Pettigrew couldn't resist, and he screamed and rolled around on the ground.

After dozens of seconds of torture, Pettigrew looked even more emaciated, sweat soaking his shirt, and all the hair on his forehead pressed against the door of his head.

"Huhu~"

Pettigrew propped himself up, letting out a heavy gasp, his eyes showing a deep fear of Sephiroth, and he no longer dared to say half a "no".

"What, have you thought about it? Are you ready to accept my offer, or are you going to die here? ”

Sephiroth walked in front of him, the sound of "da-da-da" footsteps like hammers striking on his heart.

When a person is confronted with violence that he absolutely cannot resist, he has only one way to give in.

Unfortunately, Pettigrew thinks he's facing such a test at the moment.

Whether to succumb to the hands of a teenager who was less than fifteen years old, or to die a heroic death, the two choices only swirled in his mind for less than a second, and his thoughts were over.

When life is threatened, no righteousness or courage is false, and only living is the most important thing.

If Peter Pettigrew had had the courage to face death, he would have died generously, but he didn't. When a person crosses the bottom line of the heart, his psychological defense is shattered, and when faced with the same choice again, there is only one result - to give in.

When Pettigrew took the thing with trembling hands, Sephiroth knew it was done. Jihua, who destroyed the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore, took another big step, and it was time to count on the Death Eaters and Voldemort's side.

"Wise choice, just like it was back then, right? Timing it into something that Potter would eat or drink, and you're done. For you lurking in their dorm room with Animagus, it's very, very, very simple. ”

"Think about it, don't you want to do something earth-shattering? Every time you can only succumb to the glory of Potter and Blake, don't you have a little jealousy? As long as you do this well, then you will have made a great achievement, and you will be very famous. When someone mentions you, it's never going to be a 'oh, that guy with Potter' anymore. ”

Sephiroth whispered like a devil in Pettigrew's ear.

"Yes. I, I'm not Jaime and Sirius—I, I'm more, more powerful than them! ”

Peter Pettigrew's voice trembled a little, and he felt guilty for his future actions, and he felt guilty like a tidal wave, calculating a person who could be called his junior, the child of his best friend, and Pettigrew felt guilty like a tidal wave.

However, he didn't dare, he didn't dare to resist the devil in front of him, even if he was just an underage wizard, just standing in front of the other party, Peter Pettigrew felt his feet go limp. Moreover, the words of the other party seemed to be deeply rooted in his heart as if the temptation of the devil had taken root in his heart.

Pettigrew rebuked his cowardice in his heart, and thought to himself: Maybe even if the wand was in his hand, the other party would collapse to the ground as long as he shouted, would he really have a way to surpass Potter and Black?

Seeing Pettigrew return to the castle, Sephiroth cautiously looked around to make sure no one had noticed, and then snuck back into his room.

Harry Potter doesn't have much power in his own right, but he's like a flag, and as long as he doesn't die, wizards who are lucky will think that they haven't completely failed. What Sephiroth wants to do is to completely ruin their luck and force Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix to fight Voldemort with a mortal heart.

Once Harry Potter dies, the Earth will not stop spinning. For millions of Muggles, this is only a fraction of the daily death toll, but for the wizarding world, the banner of savior has fallen.

In order to save the confidence of ordinary wizards, the old and frail Dumbledore had to force himself to make a little achievement, otherwise the hopeless wizard would not be able to resist the attacks of the Death Eaters.

Just like when two armies are at war, the side with demoralized morale always loses more and wins less.

"Shw, Draco. You say, is there anything wrong with being greedy for life and afraid of death? ”

Back in his dormitory, Sephiroth asked the house-elf to bring him snacks and coffee, and asked Draco, who was enjoying his afternoon tea.

Glancing at him with a strange look, Draco thought for a moment and said, "Is it wrong to be greedy for life and afraid of death?" In the face of irresistible strength, it is normal to choose compromise. Of course, those reckless people who preach 'courage' will not understand. Why are you asking this, could it be that you were infected by those stupid lions? ”

"Nope! You're right. Sephiroth smiled slightly, "I'm just, suddenly a little emotional." ”

You're going to have to haode, Pettigrew.

Also, the toy that has been idle for so long, it's time to do something.

Sephiroth's calm eyes flowed through careful calculations.

"Strange question."

Draco didn't think much of it, and the question was left behind the two of them.

……

"......, only Harry Potter, absolutely can't die!"

Snape was silent, he had worked so far, betraying his beliefs and aspirations in order to protect the only blood left of his sweetheart, Lily. The mistakes of the year, even if you gamble this life, you must definitely make up for it.

The undercurrents in Hogwarts made the sensitive professor feel more and more ominous and unfounded, and he was only uneasy in his heart.

Before the other Hogwarts professors were aware of the crisis, Snape had already begun his own preparations.

In any case, it is necessary to protect Harry Potter, who has the same eyes as Lily.

Of course, Snape could not have foreseen Sephiroth's intentions, and that would be amazing for him.

However, as a spy, he knows who should be the most wary of if there is a crisis at Hogwarts.

The only person on this campus who can really be called dangerous is Sephiroth Sterling.

He was the only one who was a Death Eater, and the other Slytherin students were not eligible to participate in the rest of the game. They don't even qualify to be flags.

So, as long as Harry Potter doesn't run around, and sees Sephiroth don't let him do it, then Harry Potter is safe.

Snape knew what the goal of Sephiroth's mission was, it was Dumbledore.

He didn't think Sephiroth had the power to hurt Dumbledore, and that cunning old bee wasn't something he had to worry about at all.

But for the safety of Harry Potter, Dumbledore couldn't die yet.

"It seems necessary to warn Sterling, in the hope that he is not the kind of person who gets carried away by the honor of the Dark Lord."

If Sephiroth was a fanatic like Bellatrix, Snape would never have shown mercy, and there was no possibility of salvation for that kind of person.

But Snape knew very well that Sephiroth was not a pure Death Eater, and in his heart, family was more important than the Dark Lord's business.