After the conversation that day, Anaska immediately noticed that Kreacher treated her with a lot of respect. At least in front of her, he seldom kept saying those ugly words.

However, in front of Sirius, Kreacher's changes seemed minimal.Kreacher occasionally twitches when facing Sirius, as if trying to be polite.Except, Anaska bet that Sirius never noticed this little change.

Anaska is not in a hurry, judging from the current situation, she still has to live in this old house for a long time, whether it is Kreacher or Sirius, she has plenty of time to change.

So she just smiled at Kreacher when she met him, remained polite, and asked Nina to bring him some food at mealtime.It's just a trivial matter, but the relationship between them does seem to be easing.

The task of cleaning 12 Grimmauld Place seemed a lot easier now that Kreacher stopped bothering them from cleaning the house.Like all house elves, Nina is good at cleaning magic. She can always complete the cleaning work as quickly as possible, and make the dusty and dirty room spotless in an instant.

Within two days, the gloomy old house of the Black family had a new look.

Anaska didn't end up replacing all the walls and carpets—she didn't want to spoil the rapprochement she had finally made with Kreacher.It's not hard to imagine the stubborn old house-elf fighting her hard with a spoon if she did renovate Black's house from the inside out.

For the same reason, they also left the few cabinets in the living room full of dark magic items for the time being, although Sirius wanted to throw the entire cabinet directly out of the window in the first place.

In addition to the large glass cabinet, there were two other things they couldn't find a way to deal with.Unfortunately, those two things happened to be the ones Sirius most wanted to get rid of.

One is the tapestry with the names of members of the Black family on the wall next to the glass cabinet, and the other is the portrait of Ms. Walburga Black hidden behind the curtain on the first floor.

Sirius spent half a day or so every day figuring out how to get his mother off the wall, but unfortunately there was probably a Permanent Sticking Charm behind it.If she insisted on taking her off, I'm afraid the whole wall would have to be smashed down.

Kreacher would go crazy.

Anaska also had a headache for old Mrs. Black.They were afraid to turn on the lights on the first floor, or speak loudly in that vicinity, and it was extremely inconvenient to go to the basement, because she always screamed whenever she showed up.

It's not that Anaska didn't try to have a good talk with her, but Mrs. Black's cruelty was beyond imagination, she didn't want to talk to Anaska at all, as if everything related to her eldest son was slug feces Just as disgusting.

That tearing cry probably didn't do the pregnant Anaska any good, and Mrs. Black's silence was imminent.

"Break down the wall," said Sirius with a shrug, "don't care what Kreacher thinks. Then we can throw my mother into the basement with the wall, so Kreacher can serve his mistress forever."

"Sirius..." Anaska looked at him disapprovingly.

"Okay, okay." Sirius lowered his head and kissed the corner of her mouth, "Let's try a compromise method... For example, how about covering my mother?"

This suggestion was finally adopted.

They glued the two curtains together with strong glue they bought in Diagon Alley, and then glued them firmly to the ground, and now they can no longer be pulled off by themselves, and Mrs. Walburga Black will naturally have to meet the sky. Day's life while having to let go of her screaming.

As for the tapestry...

Sirius also disliked the tapestry, but this dislike did not seem to be as strong as his mother's attitude.Anaska had a vague plan in mind, but it took some time to prepare, so she put it aside for the time being.

After about a week of packing up in their "new home," Blake's old mansion finally looked a lot more comfortable than before.

It is a sunny afternoon.

Since solving the problem of Mrs. Black's portrait, Sarah can finally leave Sirius' original room on the fifth floor and walk around.Let Sirius take the little daughter to play around, Anaska is stepping into a room on the third floor by herself, and she wants to find out the purpose of all the rooms in this house.

This is probably a guest room, like many rooms with the same layout on the same floor.

The ceiling is high, there are two beds and a wardrobe, and the furniture is all classic and refined, in the usual style of the Black family.

Anaska looked around briefly, made a mark on the parchment scroll with the plan in her hand, and was about to turn around and leave.

"Stay here, little girl." A voice stopped Anaska a second before she left the room, "What are you doing here? What is your relationship with the Black family?"

Anaska turned her head.

The previous portrait on the wall with only a picture frame and no content has been filled, and an old man with a bad expression appeared inside.Strangely, Anaska actually found him somewhat familiar.

Seeing that Anaska didn't speak immediately, the person in the portrait showed a bit of impatience, "Listen, little girl, even if the Black family is sparsely populated—well—the last time I came here, I heard that only One of my expelled great-great-grandchildren—this house and its contents will always belong to the Black family only, and you better get out of here quickly, or I can't guarantee that nothing bad will happen to you. "

Anaska finally remembered who this person was, the name on the top row of the Black family tapestry——

Phineas Nigellus Black.

He was the Headmaster of Hogwarts many years ago... well, I heard he was the most unpopular one.

There is no doubt that Sirius is hundreds of times more handsome than the ugly old man in the portrait... However, there still seems to be some blood connection in their appearance.

"Sorry," Anaska replied, "I'm staying here temporarily. I'm..."

Just as she was about to say that she was married to Sirius, and what had happened, Phineas Black seemed to suddenly remember something.

He slapped his head violently, "Oh, yes! I almost forgot that Dumbledore told me about this... My great-great-grandson is married, and he, his wife and children have decided to move back to the old house."

Phineas' eyes fell on Anaska again, the hostility and contempt a few seconds ago disappeared, and what was replaced was scrutiny and a little bit of friendliness.

"Dumbledore should be talking about you, isn't it?" Phineas raised one eyebrow, "What's your name?"

"Anaska."

"I'm asking for the full name, the most complete, before marriage, including your surname, child."

"Anaska Victoria Campbell."

Phineas smiled contentedly.

"That's right, pure blood?" Phineas looked very relieved, "I guess Victoria used your grandmother's name... I remember she had a beautiful daughter named Anna... By the way, long It's about the same as you, so it must be true... Very good, very good, I am very satisfied. It seems that my great-great-grandson is not as hopeless as others say, he did the right thing after all, no Go off and marry a Muggle...you know, it dawned on me that maybe they went too far with him before."

Under the "benevolent" gaze from a portrait, Anaska felt a strong sense of unease.She wasn't sure what Phineas' gaze would have been on her if she had been a Muggle.

"...We didn't get married because we were pure blood," Anaska tried to argue.

"Oh, is that so?" Phineas obviously didn't listen, "I think it is undeniable that there is a certain reason for the bloodline...Only the combination of wizards can guarantee the purity and keep the descendants as powerful as possible...In the world There are still so many Squibs who have weakened the wizarding blood because of the irresponsibility of their ancestors. Think how pitiful it is to be a Squib! It is their ancestors who combined with Muggles that caused their tragic fate... If All families are as pure as we are, and this tragedy will not keep repeating itself."

"Marius..."

"what?"

"Marius Black," Anaska looked suspiciously at Phineas, "a Squib. According to you, a Squib cannot appear in the forever pure Black House."

Sirius told Anaska every name that had been removed from the tapestry, and she hadn't forgotten it, by chance.

Cold sweat broke out on Phineas' forehead, "Oh, oh? Probably, I seem to have such an unlucky grandson... I almost forgot, there are always one or two exceptions to everything..."

Phineas was anxious to make an excuse, but he didn't have that much time.

Sirius pushed the door in with Sarah in his arms, and when he saw who the portrait was talking to Anaska, he immediately frowned and stepped forward.

The hostile expression on Sirius Black's face was terrifying. Phineas just didn't know how to proceed with the conversation with Anaska. He wiped the sweat from his brow and hurriedly said, "I heard Hogwarts Something happened at Ci! Let’s talk to you next time, goodbye!”

Phineas Black escaped from the frame as fast as a female dragon in rut snorted after him.

The author has something to say: ╰(*°▽°*)╯I mean every day you change, you become a younger person.

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