【HP】Elvira’s Unicorn Garden

This greenhouse was borrowed by Elvira and her husband from Mrs. Allison, and most of the plants grown in it were common green plants.

Such as daisies, roses, cherry tomatoes, and some "grasses" that cannot be named but have many small flowers of various shapes and colors. The latter can easily grow into weeds that are unsightly and take up space if they are not taken care of in places like greenhouses.

Mrs. Allison initially used this place to store teaching equipment and sundries, and occasionally planted some herbs. However, due to some uncontrollable reasons, this place was abandoned.

This abandoned greenhouse was only locked for a period of time and there was no human intervention to interfere with its growth. The grass plants that had been trying hard to absorb and compete for nutrients inside now savagely and wantonly invaded every place where they could grow.

Until it is opened again.

"No wonder Mrs. Allison gave the key to this greenhouse to Elvira so easily. She's probably too lazy to tidy it up herself." At that time, in addition to Abraxas and Rudolph who were originally planned, several other boys, Aurella, and Lilias also volunteered to help.

Letoria pulled off a weed and threw it on the ground, his eyes full of disgust as if his hands were stained with something dirty that could never be washed away. He looked a little irritated, perhaps because he had a conflict with Selina Shafik not long ago.

He was already too annoyed to spend any more time on his family-appointed fiancée. Selena was always stubborn and unwilling to listen to his explanations. It was originally just a conflict between the two of them, and he had always been patient enough to accommodate Selena no matter how unreasonable she was.

Letoria already hated forcing other people's personal affairs to be involved. This time, Selena directly pointed the source of the conflict to Elvira. Not to mention that Elvira rarely interfered in other people's private affairs, and everything was based on first come first served. What's more, he was only defending his friend. Selena had more reason to doubt his relationship with Elvira.

But why was Selena misunderstood even when he was explaining the facts and defending his friend?

Letoria was confused, so he took out all his anger, annoyance and resentment on the weeds that should have been cleared out of the greenhouse.

"The Greengrass family taught you so many things, but did you feed them all to the troll?" Rudolph picked up a blade of grass and looked at it in front of his eyes. After a while, the leaf slipped from his fingertips. He ignored the thing he had thrown away and sneered, "If Uncle Greengrass knew that you only have this much patience to treat a lady, he would probably curse you one by one, especially since she is your fiancée."

"But I don't want it. If you defend her so much, I can give my fiancée to you." Letoria's attitude was not very good. Although she was helping to tidy up the weeds in the greenhouse, her unpleasant remarks could not be heard outside.

"Laitoria, I don't think Miss Shafik is someone who can be easily pushed aside. The conflict between you and Miss Shafik has fermented to this point. Isn't it time to reflect on your own problems?"

The owner of the voice was Elvira, which was unexpected to Letoria and everyone else.

This was an unexpected situation that Laetoria had not expected.

But Elvira did not turn her head to look at him, nor did she look at anyone else. She just transplanted or trimmed the messy 'grass'.

The atmosphere in the greenhouse was uncomfortably quiet. Some people set their sights on Abraxas. One was Rudolf and the other was Letoria. The two girls quietly walked to Elvira's side to help, secretly glancing at each other's expressions from time to time.

One was observing Malfoy's reaction curiously, and the former was curious with an amusing attitude about how Malfoy would deal with the conflict between his two friends that might be on the verge of breaking out.

He could probably guess the result, but that didn't stop him from looking forward to it for a while.

The latter was waiting for Malfoy's attitude. Perhaps Malfoy would speak out to stop these unnecessary things from happening?

The two had different ideas but they forgot that the initiative in this matter was now in Elvira's hands. In a sense, little Grindelwald's attitude represented Malfoy's attitude.

No, that explanation is not actually accurate.

Abraxas stayed beside Elvira, busy tidying up the greenhouse without any reaction. He just took the plants handed to him by Elvira as if no one was around, or talked to Elvira from time to time about topics related to the greenhouse.

Ignore them completely.

"Letoria, can you tell me what you are waiting for?" The girl stood up and shook her hands gently, trying to shake off the dirt and debris stuck to her hands. Her voice was very soft, as gentle and kind as usual, but when it reached Letoria's ears, it made his back begin to numb.

"Vivian, use this." Abraxas took out his silk scarf from his shirt pocket and handed it to her. When the girl took it, she gave him a familiar, comforting smile.

Letoria did not ignore the three women in the greenhouse. Perhaps because she was so angry, she thought without thinking that these remarks were harmless, and she thought that Elvira and the other two ladies would not care about these remarks that had nothing to do with them.

"I think... I think there is nothing wrong with me. At least I have explained this to Selena many times, but she has been stubborn and unwilling to listen." Now with Elvira's "reminder", his mind, which was easily overwhelmed by anger, has calmed down a little. "Elvira, I didn't mean to say those words, I just..."

"We are friends, but most of the time we can't interfere in your private affairs. From your perspective, you certainly don't want others to interfere in your private affairs. But sometimes, just like we consider you from your perspective, can you try to look at what is happening from Miss Shafiq's perspective?"

"I don't know Miss Shafik as well as Letoria does. Many times we can see Miss Shafik's feelings for you. Miss Shafik just hopes that you can give her some of your time..." Elvira has witnessed Letoria's choice between 'friend' and 'fiancée' too many times in the past. Letoria doesn't want to break away from his friends, but he can't handle the relationship between Miss Shafik and his friends.

Elvira had selfish motives in handling this matter, and she felt uncomfortable when she said at some point just now that she wanted to give her fiancée to someone else.

She sympathized with the girl, and Elvira hoped that she could do something for the girl when she was able and capable enough to handle these things.

At the same time, he was also considering his friend Letoria.

"Laetoria, even if you don't care about Miss Shafik, I hope you can consider the marriage contract between the Greengrass and Shafik families, just for your own sake." The girl folded the silk scarf stained with mud in her hand and held it in her hand. Elvira looked at Abraxas and asked him with a smile, "Abu, can you give me this silk scarf? I will exchange it with you."

If Letoria were to rebel against the engagement, what would this descendant who had rebelled against the family and done things that were detrimental to the family's interests be like in the eyes of the head of the Greengrass family? What kind of consequences would be waiting for him?

The leaders of the two families subjectively set marriage contracts for their offspring for the sake of the family. They did not take into account the attitudes of their offspring and naturally would not consider whether their offspring were willing.

In their eyes, it is inevitable for the offspring born into those families to bear the family responsibilities. It seems that the only choice for the offspring born into these families is to obey. If the rebels or the offspring have their own subjective will, then the only consequence for them is to bear the crime of "betraying the family".

In this era, only a few people can be born in such an environment or family. The original owner of the wand in her hand, the ancestor Elijah, who was talented, kind and kind, and incompatible with the former Grindelwald family, was not one of these few people.

Not Letoria, born in Greengrass, not Edgar, born in Nott, not Orion, born in Black, not Walburga, not Aurella, born in MacMillan.

The life trajectories of her companions had already been determined by their family.

At least most people in the entire Slytherin House have a similar fate. The larger, older and more prestigious the pure-blood house is, the more they hope that their bloodline and the surname they are proud of can be passed down and continued.

Is it a good thing to be born in such a family? This is both a shackle and an honor for the descendants of pure blood. Already carrying this bloodline and being given these surnames, Elvira is not qualified to judge good or bad. She just doesn't want her friend to become the next 'Elijah Grindelwald'.

"Okay, maybe I've already started looking forward to the items Vivian will use to exchange with me." Abraxas responded to Elvira in a gentle voice. He grew up with her and they were close friends. Naturally, he could see the concerns in Elvira's heart.

He should be thankful that Vivian is one of the few, and he can barely be considered one of them. His family has become a bridge between him and Vivian, and his parents also favor Vivian.

However, such a result that was clearly the best of both worlds became another shackle that Abraxas was unwilling to accept. His father and mother regarded the girl whom he had cared about for a long time as Malfoy's first and best choice, both in terms of bloodline and family.

But it wasn't fair to Vivian, and it wasn't fair to him either.

Vivian will not and should not be anyone's must-have or non-essential option. No one has the qualifications to decide for her, and the person he cares about should not be the family's choice.

"Letoria, I think you already have the answer." Malfoy hid his thoughts deep in his heart and shifted the topic to his companions. As for those things, only he knew the details. He would go and he had the ability to make his family change this stupid view.

"Who knows? He might not have listened at all." Rudolf stretched slightly and walked to Laetoria's side, patted her shoulder, and said to her without any previous awkward attitude, "Perhaps you didn't take our advice to heart. Just like Elvira said, you should reflect on your own problems. You should think carefully about what Elvira said."

"Think about yourself, Letoria."

……

The past events came to his mind and disturbed Abraxas' thoughts. He withdrew his attention from the memories but could not help but think of the conflict between Letoria and Orion not long ago. Letoria talked about Vivian at that time. Vivian had clearly heard it all but still maintained a friendly attitude in front of her companions. All these things reappeared before his eyes uncontrollably.

Letoria did not listen to Vivian's advice.

Yes, if he really had the brains to listen, he would not have ignored the advice of Rudolph and others. If he could listen, he would not have escalated the conflict with Miss Shafik.

If he could listen, he wouldn't say those unpleasant words that made him want to abandon the etiquette taught by his family since he was a child, and made him want to fight with the other party without any scruples regardless of the occasion or status.

Vivian regarded Letoria as her important companion, but what did Greengrass think of Vivian?

One was Malfoy's friend, and the other... was Abraxas's 'companion'. He wanted to tell everyone that that was the person he cared about and coveted for a long time.

Whether from a selfish point of view or from other perspectives, Elvira was the one who was innocently implicated.

Abraxas wanted to comfort Elvira who was taking care of the flowers with a shower, but was blocked just as he was about to speak.

Laetoria's words were harsh to the ears, but they were indisputable facts, and Abraxas had no way of refutating them.

"Abu, look, they are growing well. It has only been a short time. When I first planted them, I was afraid they wouldn't survive." The girl came towards him with a showerhead, looking at him with a smile. Elvira held a small leaf in her hand and shook it in front of Abraxas' eyes. "Abu, look, Abu?"

Elvira put down the shower and stayed beside Abraxas. She didn't disturb him, but just sat in the chair, looking at him and waiting for him.

Abraxas didn't know how to respond to Elvira for a moment.

He tried hard to hide so many dirty things he did, all the dirty things that Slytherin did. These things were done for his own and his family's interests. Abraxas would not regret it. He even reflected on whether he could have done these things more flawlessly if he could have gone back to the past.

Abraxas was afraid that these things would be discovered by Elvira, that she would be scared, that she would be afraid of him, and that Elvira would stay away from him after knowing the truth about these things.

He is exactly the same kind of person as Letoria, no, he is much worse.

"Okay, if possible, don't think about those things if Abu is still worried about Letoria and Orion." The girl looked at the depressed and distracted boy with a bright smile. She might have guessed something, but what could she do? What had happened could not be changed.

Abu, like her brothers and sisters, thinks too much about her. In fact, these are things she should learn to face on her own. Her family and friends have done so much for her.

She was not in the position to do so, nor could she stop it. Her best option was to turn a blind eye.

"Do you want to do something together that is very unbecoming of Grindelwald and Malfoy?" Ivilla reached out to ruffle Abraxas's blond hair, just like her older siblings and Abraxas had done to her before. "Let's go to the kitchen later. We haven't been to the kitchen once in all this time since we entered Hogwarts."

She deliberately smoothed some of Abraxas' soft hair on the back of his neck to his collar. It turned out that this was what it felt like to touch the head. No wonder Abu, her brothers and sisters, and the brother named Riddle liked to put their hands on her head so much.

"What is it?" Abraxas raised his eyes to look at her, "After going to the kitchen... can we go to the Black Lake?"

He wanted to stay alone with Vivian and have some time for themselves, and he didn't want to ask his other friends to come along.

He didn't want to... go back to the dormitory and tell them that he selfishly only wanted to be with Elvira during the few times they were alone, and he didn't want anyone to disturb him, including his friends.

Abraxas came back to his senses and obediently moved closer to her. Finding that she did not resist, Elvira took advantage of this gap to rub her a few more times and said with a smile -

"Abu, do you want to go on a night out together tonight?"