HP in the name of Slytherin

Regarding the descendants of the four founders of Hogwarts, there were records at the beginning, such as who Salazar's eldest daughter married, the younger daughter disappeared during time travel, and Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter also had a bit of history. Records, similar to Catherine, the official records say that she disappeared while traveling.

It is now class time, and there are scattered students of different grades walking on campus. The closer to Ravenclaw House, the fewer students are wandering around.

Ravenclaw students wearing silver and blue striped ties are always in a hurry. They don't care much about the outside world. Catherine is not as attractive as the basilisk Herbo in their eyes. However, due to the terrifying rumors of the basilisk, they don't care much about it. Dare to get close, and finally let Catherine walk into their gathering area quietly.

Ravenclaw students may like heights just like their totems. Most of their living and learning areas are towers. Catherine asked the ghosts on the roadside and finally confirmed the tower where Ms. Gray often stayed.

That tower houses the Book of Access and the Pen of Acceptance that students are not allowed to approach. The most students can do is walk to the half-empty courtyard in the middle.

There are some medium-height landscape trees planted there, surrounded by elegant stone-carved corridors. Helena Ravenclaw, alias Lady Grey, sat in a daze at the stone table under the trees.

"Good morning, Helena," Catherine called her from the porch.

The tall female ghost with an indifferent expression was awakened by her voice. When she saw Catherine, her expression became a little warmer, "Catherine, come and sit down."

Catherine then walked into the courtyard and sat opposite Helena.

Helena put her hands on her legs, her posture was very gentle, and her voice was very soft, "I can't remember a lot of things, I'm sorry."

"It doesn't matter, I have forgotten a lot of things," Catherine smiled, looking at her mature profile, "What do you still remember? About me."

If they were of the same generation, there's no way Catherine would have been 6 years old when she woke up.

Helena looked into the distance, frowning slightly as if she was trying to remember, "You are the best among us. Mr. Salazar likes you very much..."

She said quietly and slowly: "Mother too."

"We studied together with the four founders, and of course there were other powerful wizards who were summoned by them... One day... I forgot... something happened, you left suddenly, and they never mentioned it again you."

"Going to time travel?" Catherine asked.

Helena thought for a moment and shook her head, "No, you came back later."

She fell silent again, but Catherine saw that she was thinking and did not interrupt.

Helena suddenly looked at Haierbo who was eating dried meat. "It was very big at that time. You came back with it and sat on its head."

"The atmosphere in the school was very tense. I forgot why. Your father, my mother, and Sir Godric, they were always quarreling. Later, Sir Helga persuaded them, and you left again. He didn’t come back either.”

Catherine was silent for a while and asked: "Is it because of the quarrel about the students? I heard that my father hates mixed-blood and Muggle blood."

"Yes..." Helena said slowly, "He's annoying."

Catherine pursed her lips and said nothing. Halpo suddenly raised his head and glanced at her blankly, and asked in a low voice: [Master? 】

【fine. 】Catherine quickly rubbed the small feathers on Haierbo's head and fluffed the feathers that she had pressed down again.

Haierbo rubbed his head in her hand lovingly.

Helena seemed startled by the sudden appearance of Parseltongue, and added: "But the quarrel was not because of the students...well...I forgot what it was because of, but it was not because of the students' blood."

Only then did Catherine realize that she was slightly relieved by this.

In fact, given the environment at the time, it was normal for wizards to hate Muggles and therefore also hate Muggle blood and mixed blood.

Catherine couldn't explain why she was relieved...perhaps because she knew her father didn't hate Muggles and mixed-bloods so much, so he wouldn't have such a big conflict with the other two founders?

It was wonderful that the split did not appear before my father's eyes.

"Do you know why I time travel?"

"I don't know..." Helena frowned and looked into space, "I guess they ask you to do something, and you are always the most likable."

Helena's last voice was faint. Before Catherine spoke, she repeated: "You are always the most lovable one, because you are smart enough and have the strongest magic power. Mother said you will be the best in Hogwarts." Heirs, they are always like this——"

Her last voice turned sharp, as harsh as a sharp instrument scratching glass. Catherine couldn't help but cover her ears, "Helena!"

Helena's voice stopped suddenly and she left.

"Helena?" Catherine stood up and looked around.

The courtyard was quiet, and there was no transparent figure of Helena anywhere. Only a few leaves blown off by the strong wind suddenly appeared in the originally clean courtyard.

Catherine searched everywhere to no avail, and finally had to leave Helena's half-empty courtyard.

As she walked downstairs she kept thinking about the reasons for her past two departures.

The second time should be for time travel, but what about the first time? It sounds like she didn't know Helbo when she left for the first time. Could it be that she was going to complete Apep's trial?

In the castle's study, the oldest books record rumors about the snake god Apep.

As the god who dominates chaos, darkness, and death, He rarely appears in recorded history. What appears more often is His descendants—basilisks like Herbo who can never have enough to eat.

After passing his trial, one can become the master of the basilisk, and when the basilisk fully matures, the authority of the basilisk will be equally divided. For example, Haierpo has the power to control chaos, and when it matures, Catherine can also possess it.

This is something Catherine has never thought about. With Haierbo's appetite and its slow transformation rate of only once every 10 years, God knows when it will "grow up".

[Helpo, what was the first thing you saw about me? ] She couldn't help but whisper to Haierbo.

The little basilisk licked the toffee and shouted in a childish voice: "Helpo forgot, the master must be the best in the world anyway!" Haierbo must like the master the most! 】

It said it had forgotten it last time. Anyway, Catherine has been its owner since the beginning of memory.

She is surrounded by people with incomplete memories, including herself, Herbo, and Amy. When they meet Helena, Helena is still... Maybe only Salazar's memory is more complete, but...

Thinking of Salazar, Catherine heard her father's cold voice the next second: "Instead of dwelling on the past, think about your present."

Catherine paused as she went downstairs and looked out the window at the vast slope, where some people were planting a huge willow tree.

She seemed suddenly to be very interested in it.

She resisted with silence, and Salazar didn't say much, leaving only one sentence: "My past affairs have nothing to do with you."

Then he disappeared again, with only a hint of dissatisfaction, telling her that her father was unhappy with her dwelling on the past.

But ah...

Since she has nothing to do with him and lets her live her own life, her choice is to retrieve and protect everything related to her father.

Helena said that her father was very satisfied with her and everyone liked her, but Catherine had rarely felt this kind of emotion from her father since she woke up. She did not want to deny that she had wanted her father's recognition and love from the beginning.

This is her choice.

Catherine took a breath and was about to go downstairs to leave when she suddenly heard voices coming from downstairs: "...It's okay Domida, I understand."

"Ted, I'm sorry..."

Seems to be a couple.

The male voice comforted with a smile: "Perhaps your family will be more angry that Sirius went to Gryffindor than you fell in love with me."

The female voice sighed and braced herself: "Then do I still need to thank my cousin?"

Sirius, who went to Gryffindor, his cousin should also be named Black... Before Catherine could react, her brain had already started to help her calculate the interpersonal relationships.

Although it was unintentional, it was not good after all to hear the whispers of a couple. They seemed to be going upstairs, and there was only Helena's courtyard left to stay upstairs. Turning around and leaving now would make her feel guilty if she was discovered.

"Ahem!" Catherine simply coughed twice on purpose and stepped downstairs.

When she coughed, the voices below stopped.

Catherine walked down a few steps and finally saw a young man and woman holding hands at the bottom of the spiral staircase.

The young wizard is handsome and wears the Ravenclaw badge on his chest. The girl wizard next to him is, as expected, wearing a silver and green tie and is a Slytherin.

A Slytherin named Domida seemed to be sitting next to Lucius's girlfriend yesterday...Catherine quickly searched the records in her mind. Lucius's girlfriend is Narcissa Black, and the Daily Prophet once reported on the two. The matter of engagement is because they both belong to the Holy Twenty-Eight Families, and their families are very powerful.

There is a mention of the female members of the Black family. Miss Narcissa Black has a sister who seems to be named Andromeda Black. Judging from the blood relationship, isn't she Sirius Black's cousin?