HP solves the mystery

"Oh, is it Master Snape? I am Kreacher, the house elf of the Black family! The young master asked me to deliver a message to you..."

Severus, who was brewing the potion, was startled by the sudden sound. His hands trembled, and the hair growth potion in the pot made a bang. The whole pot was destroyed, and the potion inside splashed in the air.

Ignoring the hot potion, he quickly pulled out his wand and pointed it at the shadow in the corner of the basement, where a short figure appeared.

"Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Snape, Kreacher scared you. Kreacher is really a bad house elf. He actually scared the little master's friend... Ask Kreacher to help you..." The low and hoarse voice of a bullfrog sounded again, With the snap of fingers, the floor, walls and even the pot for boiling the potion took on a new look.

I saw an ugly creature walking out of the shadows. It only wore a half-new brown towel around its waist. The skin is somewhat wrinkled, and there are a few hairs on the head. There are a lot of white hairs in the two big bat-like ears, and the fleshy nose is like a pig's snout.

The creator of the house elf is really random, everyone cares about appearance, but this creature is very 'crude'. I don't know what the wizard who created it thought, Severus thought.

"Which one, are you Kreacher, the elf of the Regulus family? The sweets and cakes you make are delicious..." He looked at the words of the Black family on the towel and breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he is not a bad person, house elf But if you are powerful, you can use Apparition in Hogwarts.

"Thank you for your approval, Mr. Snape. This is a letter from the young master. Please reply within two days..." Kreacher bowed in a pretentious manner and warned seriously, "I sent the letter. Sometimes I feel that the little master is not in a good mood and looks very angry..."

Severus frowned when he heard this. Under what circumstances would a house elf deliver a message? Owls know addresses.

"Okay Kreacher, please... come to me at this time tomorrow to pick up the letter..." He realized that the matter was a bit serious and answered quickly. Then he watched Kreacher disappear before he couldn't wait to open the letter and read it.

The content of the letter was about his friend who ran away from home because his eldest brother did not want to marry. The family asked his friend to go. The friend was helpless and angry. He expressed his views on family marriage and said that if he encountered such a situation, he might How to deal with it.

Severus felt very strange after reading the letter. He got engaged when he was fifteen or sixteen, so early?

He shook his head and turned his thoughts back to the topic, walked upstairs to the newly opened small study, and studied it carefully.

Being able to use house elves to deliver letters must not be easy.

This is indeed what happened, the time went back three days ago.

No. 12 Grimmauld Place, the old residence of the Black family, the family meeting had just ended. The fireplace kept glowing green for a while, and they used Floo powder to go back.

On the sofa in the living room, three people sat around a table, and the atmosphere was a bit solid.

"Father and mother, are you serious? Didn't you veto this proposal before?" Regulus made a rare loss of composure, looked at his parents sitting in the armchairs in disbelief, and asked in a dumb voice.

Orion picked up the black tea and drank it with his head down to cover up his guilt. After all, after discussing with other members of the Black family for more than half a month, he finally had to push out his younger son.

It’s really...the German branch of the Carlo family gave too much...

Walburga was much calmer. Although she felt a little sorry for her younger son, the mess left by Sirius had to be resolved. Miss Carlo would be arriving in England in a few days.

"Rael, this is the best solution after discussion. You know the family...Besides, Miss Carlo is a nice person. You met her when you were a child...And if we choose to marry her, our power in Germany will be further developed." Walburga rubbed the side of the cup with her fingertips and spoke slowly. She looked at her youngest son's changed expression and became even more angry at Sirius's betrayal of the family.

Originally, her younger brother Alphard was planning to leave his property to Sirius, but now she was full of thoughts of giving her eldest son something powerful to try. With his habit of spending money lavishly, those Galleons would not last long.

'Purity' is important, but the growth of the family is more urgent, and they are all flesh and blood people and will not do anything to their families. Otherwise, the niece Andromeda who married a Muggle would have been disappeared by the Black family for some reason. The world is gone.

"When she comes to London for a visit, you can just accompany her and communicate with her," Walburga continued without giving Regulus a chance to refuse, obviously determined to win this marriage, "In short, we There is no reason to refuse, Rael, with a generous dowry and a powerful family, let alone a pure-blood wizard in the English magical world..."

Regulus pursed his lips and looked at his mother, once again clearly aware of his position in her heart. His brother had run away from home, not died.

"Mother, you know that Sirius is at the Potter's house. We can go directly to ask for someone! Moreover, that is his original fiancée..." He retorted in the face of his mother's stern look, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart. Although he He said that he could get married, but if he actually took action, he had the intention of shrinking back, "Doesn't Miss Carlo have someone she likes? She still goes to school in Durmstrang. Logically speaking, there are more choices there. a lot of……"

He was only mid-sentence when he was interrupted sharply, this time by his father, Orion, who was watching from the sidelines.

"Rael, no matter what, what they want is the opportunity to return to England and develop. Marriage is just an opportunity to return to the magic world... We also need channels to Germany..." Orion broke it apart word by word and crushed it. explanation, I felt very depressed, what happened to the Miss Carlo family? If you have money, good looks, and a good personality, you will probably end up being a superficial couple.

Marry first and then love, just like him and Walburga, love will turn into family affection and responsibility in the end anyway.

The daily necessities of life will be filled with romance. Without a sufficient financial foundation, the choice between bread and roses is never uncommon.

"..."

Regulus fell silent, but heard his father's even more heartbreaking words.

"After you inherit the family, it will inevitably be divided. Sirius can only get a small part of the property. If he marries the second lady of the Carlo family, even if your mother and I are gone, I will feel a lot more relieved. But I didn't expect... ..." Orion sighed and made a decision in his mind, "Since he doesn't need the family's protection, let him go out and make a living."

"Sirius's resistance to dark magic is something I didn't expect... Maybe we spoiled him... But Rael, I'm telling you all this just to let you know that family is always family, and we won't harm you. …”

His words were full of self-blame, and he cared about his younger son, who had been sensible since he was a child, but he didn't think about Regulus at all. Most of their love was given to their eldest son, Sirius.

Even though outsiders would not know that Miss Carlo had planned to marry Sirius, this feeling was not pleasant.

In short, the final result was that Regulus compromised.

His elderly parents and heavy family affairs made him unable to escape, and he could not let go of the family. He had no choice but to compromise, even though this decision made him extremely uncomfortable.

Except for the core members, no one else knew what happened in the old Blake house, and the days passed quietly.

Regulus was so busy that he didn't even have time to grieve. After meeting the second lady of the Carlo family several times, they both sighed when they learned that both parties were pawns in the family marriage.

Seeing that they got along well, the two families hastily decided on the engagement date.

As his brother-in-law, Lucius helped receive the guests. He was actually waiting for the adult. The pure-blood family's engagement banquet was a good stage to expand their influence.

Voldemort, who was still very handsome at this moment, soon appeared on the scene. He was only wearing an ordinary silver-white suit, but his every move was elegant and calm. No one knew that he was facing the crazy complaints of a snake at this moment.

"Ssss-oh, my God, Tom, why do I smell such a fragrant and stinky smell? Ugh, it smells so bad. How much perfume did they spray? Ahhh...ahhhh..." Nagini exposed her belly Lying in Voldemort's breast pocket and pretending to be dead, with his forked tongue constantly poking out, sometimes his sense of smell is too sensitive and not good either.

Voldemort, who was nodding to the nobles, heard this and smiled in his cold eyes.

The crowd was still shouting fervently, automatically making way for him, and surrounded him to the main seat.

The several Aurors hidden among them looked at each other, not knowing what Voldemort was planning to do, so they had no choice but to squeeze the wand in their sleeves.

Voldemort glanced at those people and watched the engagement ceremony indifferently.

Although the engagement was hasty, it was not perfunctory. The high-profile engagement party also made the headlines of the Daily Prophet and The Quibbler, and the handsome men and beauties caught everyone's attention.

Besides, Voldemort has arrived. Even if the newspapers dare not publish his frontal photo, they still have the courage to publish his back photo.