Hogwarts in the shadows

After Hephis brought Rice back to the Blaine mansion, he finally showed up.

But Rice just turned his head indifferently and glanced at Hefeth.

Then his eyes became empty and dull again, as if he had lost perception of everything around him.

Hephis sighed. It seemed that the time in the laboratory had tortured Rice to the point where he was lifeless.

He has mixed feelings about Rice.

Those memories that had been forgotten now emerged in his mind bit by bit.

Although he had only been in contact with this uncle for a few days, when Rice first appeared, he not only bought him a lot of delicious food.

I also took him to the amusement park once, and he was really happy that day.

After all, Hephis had just traveled through time, and his original parents had already passed away.

He has no feelings for his original body's parents.

Rice's sudden disappearance had made Hephes wait with hope.

He thought Rice was just away for a while and would be back soon.

He waited and hoped for seven days, and hope gradually turned into disappointment.

Until all the food in the house was eaten up and all the money was spent, he fell into deep despair.

It is said that we cannot control Rice because he was arrested.

It is simply impossible for him to be magnanimous and not feel resentful or hateful.

But now looking at Rice's current appearance, he really couldn't hate him at all.

Hephis pulled out his wand and placed the tip of it on Rice's forehead, "Wake up your brain!"

Rice immediately felt a buzzing in his head, and then his chaotic consciousness receded like the tide, and clear thinking gradually returned.

His eyes gradually regained focus, and he turned his head to look at Hephis and the wand in his hand.

Rice opened his mouth, but seemed to have lost the ability to speak, his voice was hoarse and weak: "Ah...ah..."

He tried hard to speak, but his throat seemed to be blocked by something and he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Hephis stared at Rice, with mixed emotions, not sure if he felt uncomfortable or not.

He took out a few tubes of potion from the small bag and fed them to Rice.

Hefeth squatted down, took a deep breath, and looked into Rice's eyes.

"Uncle, I am Hephes Dam, your nephew."

Hearing this, Rice's body trembled violently, as if stimulated by something.

His pupils dilated instantly, and his lips trembled as he let out a more rapid and broken "Ah! Ah! Ah!" sound.

He struggled to raise his hands with trembling hands, and tears unconsciously fell from the corners of his eyes.

Seeing this, Hephis opened his arms and hugged Rice, and whispered in Rice's ear.

"I brought you out. You are safe now."

Rice finally regained some of his speaking instinct.

With a hoarse voice, he squeezed out a few words with difficulty: "He...Face, I'm...I'm sorry!"

When he was first arrested, he tried every possible way to escape from the "Institute for Special Populations".

He did it not only for himself, but also for his nine-year-old nephew.

He knew nothing about the Muggle world, and he had no idea how a nine-year-old could survive in that world all by himself.

He wanted to escape, he wanted to escape desperately.

But without his wand, he was useless.

He tried various methods, but was ruthlessly caught back each time.

Every torture made him realize more deeply that he was powerless.

One month, three months, one year, two years.

He spent one long night after another in self-blame and despair.

Gradually he lost his faith and hope of living.

He longed for death and even attempted suicide several times, but was rescued each time.

Then came even more inhumane torture.

In the end he gave up and lived like a walking corpse.

Until today, he was rescued.

The one who saved him was his nephew, whom he had always missed and felt guilty about.

Hephis felt a pain in his heart, listening to the words "I'm sorry" that he had to say even if it meant tearing his throat.

He felt relieved and completely forgave this relative.

"Uncle, it's all in the past. I'm doing fine now. I'm in my third year at Hogwarts. I also have a very beautiful girlfriend. Am I amazing?"

Hephis spoke slowly, trying to make Rice hear clearly.

Rice choked and nodded: "Okay...Okay..."

"Uncle, although I gave you some recovery potions, your body is still very weak and you need a long time to recuperate." Hephis said softly.

"Hmm!" Rice squeezed out a syllable from his throat.

Hephis stood up and said gently, "Don't worry, you will get better soon. Today is Christmas. I'll ask someone to make something to eat and we can celebrate Christmas together."

Rice could no longer utter a sound, but his tears continued to flow like a dam bursting.

Hephis stayed quietly beside him, patting his back gently.

Rice gradually calmed down and fell into a deep sleep leaning on Hephis.

After Hephis put him on the bed, he called An An.

He directly used his own authority, and from then on An An would stay in the Brian's old house.

An An seemed very excited. If Hephis hadn't been there, he would probably have started that clumsy dance again.

During the following period of time, An An took care of Rice.

Although Hephis was not clear about Rice's specific physical condition, he did not prepare meat for him out of caution.

He asked An An to cook a pot of nourishing porridge so that he could recuperate in the next few days.

Although the Christmas dinner was not sumptuous, it was very warm.

Under the effect of the potion, Rice gradually recovered some of his language ability.

Although his pronunciation was still a little unclear, Hephes could clearly understand what he meant.

Hefeth didn't mention his experience of picking up trash.

He simply told Rice that a kind person adopted him and he entered Hogwarts at the age of eleven.

After learning magic, he began to survive independently.

And when I'm not in school, An An helps take care of me, so I'm living a good life.

Rice's skinny face was always smiling, but he started crying again while smiling.

Hephis really didn't have any good solution for this kind of thing, he could only try his best to comfort him.

In the next few days, every time Rice saw Hefeth, he would pull Hefeth aside and talk about the past between him and his sister.

Also, when Rice was young, he was expelled from the Blaine family.

He hadn't been back to the Blaine house for more than ten years.

He didn't expect that when he returned to the old house after so many years, everything had changed.

He and Hephis were the only two people left in the entire Brian family.

Hephis listened carefully every time.

Because he knew that Rice had a lot to say to people over the years.