[Zongmeiying] Wait, am I going to die?

Elrond looked at the little wizard carefully and carefully.

Ill-fitting clothes, a thin figure, traces of domestic violence—the elf lord frowned in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face. He could feel the child's sensitive and guarded heart.

Magic power circulates quietly in this child's body. He is a born strong man. With the addition of the Death Code, his power will be even higher than what he could have achieved.

But the effect of the Code of Death is not limited to that... Compared with the Code of Life and Soul, the existence of the Code of Death is more cruel.

"I am going home."

Seeing that it was getting late, the little child said goodbye to the "wizard" and went home.

Although there are only alcoholic fathers and cowardly mothers in the family, "family" always comes first in his heart.

Nodding and watching Severus leave, Elrond didn't follow immediately. He closed his eyes and felt the connection in the spiritual realm. The connection exuded a golden light. Although his sentinel was not here at the moment, he never far away.

The spirit of the half-elf turned to the child just now. Because of the code of death, the child was like a small flame in his consciousness, clearly reflected in his spiritual realm.

Elrond thought for a moment, and decided to follow the flame and see the father's family.

However, what awaited him were dilapidated houses and dead couples.

With the knowledge of the elf lord, it can be seen at a glance that the male master fell to the ground, hit his head on a sharp object and bled to death.

The elf's eyes allowed Elrond to find the curled up child in the darkness. He sighed, walked over to pick up the young Severus, but saw that the child's eyes were dark, and he couldn't see the child when he first saw him. bright light.

Elrond could even hear the Codex of Death jumping for joy inside Severus.

"Severus." Elrond gently covered the child's eyes and closed them, but the child suddenly struggled like a statue awakened.

Elrond held the child, and the graceful spell was like a beautiful song.

That was the song he used to comfort the children to sleep when Celebrian had just left. Through the spells and sounds of the elves, the trick was to let the children who were disturbed by shadows and nightmares fall asleep peacefully.

Although his children were adults at that time, the little wizard's senses were more acute, and the more acute, the more obvious the effect of this song.

So when Severus woke up, the house had been cleaned up, and the strange wizard he saw for the first time told him that everything was ready, he could watch his parents be buried, and if he didn't want to go to the orphanage, the other party could also Adopt him.

"Who are you?"

Sorrow still lingered, but the presence of strangers made the order of sorrow be behind. Severus looked at Elrond, and his lips pursed tightly to show his master's nervousness.

The other is richly dressed and wears a golden crown, but whether it is putting him to bed that night or making arrangements for his parents afterward, it makes the little child feel uneasy.

—This is Spinner's End, how can there be a free lunch?

"I'm an elf." Elrond thought for a while, but decided to be honest, "Deep in your soul, there is something I need—I think that's why I was attracted here."

Severus Snape opened his eyes wide, and suddenly reached out to hold his heart.

"So you came here to take my soul?" Thinking of his dead parents and the "little monster" his father often called him when he beat and scolded him, Severus said palely, "Then you take it away." It's ready...why didn't you come and get it sooner?"

——If you are not here, will your parents still be happy?

"A human's life should be determined by himself." Elrond squatted down, "The life of an elf is very long, Severus, I will always watch you until the day you die, and the things deep in your soul will Take it with me."

Maybe something like a promise in the words made the young child loose, or maybe it was the obvious purpose that made the child feel indifferent. Severus Snape acquiesced to Elrond living in Spider's End behavior, and thus spared the orphanage.

The elf lord soon discovered that this child was different from all the children he had met before. Whether it was Estelle, Steve, Clark or the Winchester brothers, their light was so bright that no one could tell. Will ignore their light.

And Severus, he'd be great too, but he'd burn where no one cheered.

He is sensitive and slender, has low self-esteem and pride, is smart, studious and silent, but doesn't know much about the world.

Severus has always kept a certain distance from Elrond. He accepts the three meals of the elf lord, but still insists on going out to work by himself. He accepts Elrond's teachings, but he has never been close to him.

Elrond found that Severus would sit in the middle of the night where his parents died, where there had been a pool of blood, Tobias and Irene's blood mixed together, as if they had been entangled with each other for a lifetime.

And Severus looked at the place, silently staring at his tombstone like a dead ghost.

Most people look forward after being hurt, but Severus is always looking back, carrying a heavy burden of the past.

The elf, who actually didn't need much sleep, sighed softly.

He wants the child to come out of the shadows, but he can't interfere too much.

Because the death of the Snape couple is just the beginning. Under the influence of the Code of Death, the child will always be surrounded by misfortune. If Severus cannot accept and move forward by himself, one day, the shadow of the Code of Death will destroy this unyielding man. soul.

In fact, power has no distinction between good and evil, but the way the code of death sharpens the host is quite cruel.

Elrond walked softly down the stairs and sat down beside Severus.The elf shimmered white in the darkness, illuminating the child's cold and thin face.

"You haven't slept much lately, Severus."

The night seemed to be able to disarm people, Severus murmured after a moment of silence.

"...Is it because of my existence that they died?"

Even the code of death cannot change the trajectory of fate, it can only increase the probability of the less fortunate side happening.The Snapes may not have died tonight, but according to their way of getting along, they would only die tomorrow or a certain day in the future.

But facing the child's question, the half-elf just asked back.

"What do you think?"

"...I don't know. I remember them being happy when they were kids and he hadn't lost his job or been drinking...nor calling her a monster."

Severus separated himself from the Snapes during his speech, calling him neither father nor mother, and Elrond understood that it wasn't that he didn't see them as parents, but that the child thought, Maybe it's best for them not to exist.

"Any life that appears, exists, grows, and dies is meaningful."

Following the elf lord's words, fine silver particles floated from his spread fingertips, like the magic derived from the elf's light, lighting up the child's dark eyes.

Small particles gathered into an egg, and a silver worm hatched out of the egg. The worm crawled awkwardly, getting bigger and bigger, and still bumping into each other until the silver thread wrapped it and turned into a silver cocoon. The cocoon shook, and a silver butterfly, which Severus had never seen before, struggled out of the cocoon. The thin wings were like the softest fantasy. Finally, it landed on the outstretched fingertips of young children, scattered into beautiful stardust.

"There are countless sufferings in this world, and there are also countless beautiful things. It is your freedom to indulge in suffering and die, or to die chasing the good—this is the freedom that life is born with."

The butterfly was gone, but the magic that had lit the fire in Severus' eyes hadn't.

After that night, although Severus still didn't get close to Elrond, he stopped torturing himself. After a regular schedule and three meals, the child's improvement was obviously better.

With Severus' consent, the elf lord remodeled the house in Spinner's End according to his wishes, at least not to look like a haunted house.

Severus walked home, silently cursing the elf as a creature.

——Although he said that the house could be changed according to the elf's preferences, didn't Elrond really find that an elegant, neat and clean house even decorated with flowers was simply inconsistent with the style of Spider's End?

— it's like putting a sign outside the door and shouting, "The owner of this house is a fat sheep!"

With this spare money, it would be better to leave Spider's End Alley, anyway, he can't go anywhere!

Yes, speaking of the reason why Severus has not been close to Elrond so far, of course it stems from the purpose stated by the elf lord at that time.If the elf was because of something deep in his soul, then they were a quid pro quo, getting close to a quid pro quo—something Severus Snape, who was a Slytherin to his core, would never do.

"Lily! Don't do this here, you will be found out!"

A female voice came from the nearby grass.

Severus was about to look aside reflexively, but was blocked by a tall figure.

"Do you... know where Elrond is?"

The blond-haired, blue-eyed man had a majestic and handsome appearance, and his aura was quite similar to that of the elf currently stationed in Severus' house. The most important thing was his pointed ears—exactly the same as Elrond.

And the other party is not malicious.

Because he wandered around in the alley of spiders, Severus, who was more sensitive to malice since he was a child, put aside his fateful encounter and walked home with Thranduil, who had just arrived in this magical world.

As he walked, Severus was still thinking that his house might not get any better.

The elf had even more exaggerated taste than Elrond—all shiny.