Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Later, Ron came to see the stone that successfully lifted the curse.

"That guy really likes to watch this kind of thing... I knew he would come. But now it happens to be summer vacation, and Bill is here, so I feel a little relieved."

"But this is really strange..."

"What's weird?"

"Isn't this item placed too obviously? Compared to the other things, it's just randomly thrown in a conspicuous place, as if someone deliberately took it away. Is this Tom's last prank?"

Bill replied, "Yes, it has a curse attached to it that makes people want to wear it, but once they wear it, they will die."

"So that's it. He wants revenge on Dumbledore?"

"That should be it. He must have thought that Dumbledore would definitely find the ring and would definitely wear it. Professor Snape was amazing. He knew that the ring was cursed, but he still brought it back without wearing it. However, Tom might have thought that Dumbledore would not be able to resist such temptation. No matter how strong the curse is, if there is no underlying desire to wear it deep in the heart, the curse will not work. With this in mind, Tom may have known that Dumbledore would desire the ring."

"So this stone is something special? What do you think it is?"

"Hmm...the wand Dumbledore possessed was Grindelwald's elder wand, and considering the quality of the Potter family's invisibility cloak, this stone could be the Resurrection Stone?"

Oh my goodness... we actually have this thing in our house. By the way, the invisibility cloak is also kept in this house.

"That's a possibility. But was it made by the Peverell brothers, or did they really get it from Death? Which is true?"

"They were wizards so good that there was a theory that they actually made their own."

"I prefer the word 'death'. It has a romantic feel to it. In that story, they met 'death' on the bridge, right? In Japan, bridges symbolize the boundary between this shore and the other shore. Even ordinary bridges in the real world can sometimes become passages to other dimensions.

In addition, people use "crossing the Sanzu River" to describe the process of going to the other shore, which means going from this world to the other world. There is a river between this world and the other world, and the dead have to take a boat to cross the river, so people put money on the dead at the funeral. This concept is very common in Buddhist countries. Moreover, this idea that there is a river between this world and the other world is also common in ancient Greece and the ancient East. The Ganges River in India is also a center of faith. People can bathe in it and use it to bid farewell to the dead. Although in fact, the river is quite dirty.

In that story, they encountered a dangerous river and built a bridge with magic. Maybe that river itself is a special river that appears between the two worlds. With a bridge built with magic, it is not surprising that "death" appears there. "

"Indeed, in ancient mythology, there are often rivers at the junction of two worlds. Ordinary people will die, but the three brothers used magic to cross the river safely, which made Death very angry. Maybe they did not get the finished product from Death, but only got the raw materials and made the other parts themselves."

"It is indeed possible. This is a good idea, adopt it!"

"If that's the case, then the elderberry trees that grow there are also special, stronger than other elderberries. And the stones are also from the riverbank, right? Oh no, the stones in the river are not simple."

"what happened?"

"In Japan, you must not pick up stones from the river. Many people believe that stones in the river contain souls, and if you take them home, something bad will happen. When I was stationed in Japan, I wanted to pick up stones from the riverbed, but I was severely scolded by my friends. They said that stones that flowed from the river to the sea were okay, but stones from the river were definitely not okay. In some places, stones are piled on the riverbed to comfort the souls. I have a friend who likes the occult and took me to see it.

In countries that retain ancient beliefs, people still believe that rivers and riverbanks are the border between this world and the next. In Japan, until modern times, executions and public executions were often held on riverbanks. This is the case with the riverbanks in Kyoto. This custom shows that rivers are indeed a special space. And so are the bridges that cross these rivers. Many ghost stories are related to bridges. Compared to Europe, which is more deeply influenced by Christianity, Japan has better preserved traces of ancient beliefs. So this story also makes people feel the afterimages of those times.

Therefore, the stone must have been a very powerful object... and although it was made into a ring, it was probably not meant to be worn on the body. Did Tom actually wear it?"

"It seems that he did. Scrimgeour, who has seen Dumbledore's memories, said that Tom was recorded wearing the ring."

"Ah... this may be one of the reasons for everything. As expected, there is more than one reason. All these factors combined together led to such a result. Being attracted to darkness may also be due to this stone. The Gault family may not have taken good care of the stone. If they did not make it into a ring, but locked it in a box of dark magic items like the Black family did, maybe nothing would have happened."

"James was the same. He used this dangerous thing as a toy every day, and as a result, 'Death' soon found him. The invisibility cloak is said to be made from the cloak of 'Death'. No matter how you look at it, it is more dangerous than the wand and the stone. It is not a thing of this world at all. Wood and stone are the products of the intersection, but the cloak is different. Although you can escape death by putting it on, it is definitely very dangerous if you use this thing every day. It can only be used to escape death when it is critical."

"But when I think about it, this kind of existence does exist, so the world suppressed by the Black family may really be like what I thought. If this house is gone, those things may appear everywhere, right? In that case, it would be quite interesting, wouldn't it?"

"That's not fun at all... Please, don't say things like that, okay?"

"Sirius, even though you live in a house full of mysteries, you don't like this kind of topic, right?"

"It's not that I don't like it... but I'm not afraid of it either."

"Of course. You are the one who can handle this kind of thing the best in the UK."

"...I really hope you won't say these things."

"Why? You should have some self-awareness, right? That's why the Black family is known as the king of magic families that are close to the limit of darkness. You must always remind yourself, don't forget that those things are very close to you, and don't be swallowed by them. That's why you need strong self-control."

"Self-control... isn't that what Sirius lacks the most? Because he lacks the awareness and self-control as a member of the Black family, chaos will arise. Weren't you taught to 'have awareness' or 'have self-control' since you were a child?"

"I've heard these two sentences many times..."

"Right! Your parents are really nice people! They are right. You should have thought more about why you were admonished like this, but you always resisted, which must have been very difficult for them. They may have understood those principles from the beginning, so they didn't expect that they needed a little patience to explain them clearly. They were probably confused as to why you couldn't understand these principles. In fact, they should have taught you like a three-year-old child, instead of mistakenly assuming that you are smart just because you are good at studying. It is the most troublesome thing to be good at studying but not knowing anything else. You may even know nothing about things that others understand without being taught."

"..."

"Look, Ron, Lord Sirius is already troubled, and he can't say anything. The truth can hurt sometimes."

"..."

Actually, Bill's words have hurt me. Shouldn't you help me smooth things over at this time? But Ron is still the same. I'm used to it. Habits are really terrible things.

"But if I don't say it, he won't understand, right? He is that kind of person. I guess everyone wants to point it out, but those pure-blood nobles are too particular about etiquette and don't dare to speak up. That's why things turned out like this. James is probably this type of person, so no one will remind him. And now that Sirius is the head of the Black family, there are even fewer people who can remind him. So I can't help but say it out, otherwise no one will point out the problem."

"But normally, he should understand without being told, right? If he doesn't understand, it may not just be because he's stupid, it may be because his blood is too strong."

Stupid... I haven't been that stupid lately, have I?

"What's the meaning?"

"Normally, you can sense something dangerous even if it's not explicitly stated. That feeling will make you nervous. But, think about it, isn't Sirius's aura somewhat close to that kind of thing? For example, there is an extremely dangerous magic emanating from deep within this house, and when Sirius gets emotional, the magic he erupts is very similar to that place! You wouldn't be alert to something you're close to, right?"

“Ah, now that you mention it, it seems to be true!”

Bill showed an expression of approval. ...Please, can you please not do this?

"That's why he can't sense the danger. Because it's too close to him. Suppose there is a curtain separating life and death in this world, what would he do?"

"A normal person can tell at a glance that it's a dangerous thing, so they won't go through it, right?"

"But he certainly won't understand. He will just think it's an ordinary curtain, and that's the best he can understand."

“No, you should be able to tell, right? I’m not that stupid, am I…?”

"If it was James behind the curtain, he would definitely think, 'Ah, it's my friend!' and then walk over without hesitation, completely forgetting that he is still alive and his friend is dead. Ordinary people would definitely realize that they are dead people and understand that they cannot pass through the curtain. Once they pass through, they can't come back. They will instinctively know that those beings are different from the living. However, Sirius will not have this alertness, because his blood is too close to darkness to distinguish danger."

“…………”

"Ah, I can imagine that if my father was there, Sirius would definitely follow him without hesitation, completely forgetting about me. What a clear picture. Even if he knew the danger, he would still go, right?"

Harry, who had been listening quietly, suddenly spoke up.

“…………”

"No, he is not aware of the danger at all. Even if he is aware of it, he may walk past it rashly. I cannot deny that."

I hated that I couldn't deny it.

"This is the difference between him and Professor Snape. If it was Snape, when he saw Lily behind the curtain, he might have wanted to go over there at first, but he would have stopped and realized the difference between the living and the dead, and realized that Harry was still alive, so he had to stay here. Snape would have thought that if he went through the curtain, Lily would be angry. When he raised Harry to be an upright person, and then went behind the curtain, Lily would definitely thank him for taking care of Harry for so many years."

"But Sirius would never think so. He would pass through the curtain without hesitation. He was too close to the darkness to even sense that dangerous thing. He was too close to things that ordinary people could sense instinctively. Of course, this also means that he has strong resistance. There are so many dangerous things in this house, and only Sirius can remain unscathed. If it were anyone else, they would have been sucked away by the curtain long ago!"

"Sirius is really amazing! As expected of you! Please give me more advice in the future!"

...Can you please stop talking? I've been through enough.

"Sirius can handle most things even if he doesn't have much knowledge. In fact, he does lack knowledge, but he still made it all the way. You are worthy of being the Black family! You are the best in Britain, and the royal family of the wizarding world is indeed worthy of its reputation! Those things that would kill others if they touched them, at most they would just make him feel sick for a few days. So he never understood the importance his parents attached to this house. He couldn't understand it because he couldn't feel anything!"

Hey... Although it was you who encouraged me to touch those things, and I did get sick a few times as a result, you never told me that those things were so dangerous.