Harry Potter: Another

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“I would trade the soul of this life for his peace and happiness in the next.”, Qiu Zhan·Jin

I stand with my back to the world you inhabit. Here, nothing remains but silence and a fear unlike anything I have ever known…

So this is how fragile my courage is.

“You're not Lily. You can't take her place.” The sorrow and longing in the man's eyes pierced her emerald-green gaze.

Yes… I can't take her place, but I love you more than anyone else does. Professor, you'll never know what I gave up for you…

“Jin, your work isn't half as good as Lily's was back then…” The man's eyes were harsh.

“I'm sorry, Professor. I'll work harder.”

“Working harder won't help, just as you'll never become her, and I'll never fall in love with anyone else.”

“…”

I love you, not so that you'll love me, but because I hope you can live the rest of your life for yourself. Not for Harry, not for the greater good, but for you, for yourself!

I was pierced through the neck by Nagini, and in the end, I broke my promise…

“I'm sorry. Maybe forgetting me would be a good choice, Professor…”

Just as you never cared about me.

This journey was too painful. It was as if I were drowning in bitter water, struggling until I sank to the bottom of the lake.

My name comes from “autumn adonis” and its other name, “pheasant's eye.” It means “substitute.”

Professor, I've always known that when you look at me, you see Lily…