[HP Doujin] Scarborough Fair

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We will be swallowed up by obscur*.

Orlando forgot when he had read this sentence in some sentimental poet's pamphlet.In fact, Orlando did not dislike these aristocratic homework-Latin, French, runes, and poetry, dance and appreciation of the beauty of art.

The only thing he is incompatible with his family may be mainly because of his differences with their appreciation of the beauty of art - the most deviant of Orlando's family is nothing more than a Ravenclaw, only he entered Gryffindor very ostentatiously. .

Yes, Orlando comes from a family of moderately well-known die-hard pure-blood Slytherins.

Orlando felt that he was not expelled from the family. On the one hand, he was a Gryffindor, but he didn't care about the disputes between the two houses-his heart was completely dedicated to Potions; Because, as the only child in the family, he had a long-standing marriage contract with his cousin in Slytherin, and his cousin happened to like what he liked to death. The family was really reluctant to give up this win-win of pure blood.

Orlando's story to Regulus begins here.

"You know, Lei, in order to keep the bloodline pure, it is the best choice for the blood of the family to flow inside. So it was not uncommon for me and my cousin to get engaged at the time. Of course, although her character is aloof It’s a bit confusing, but in fact her appearance and figure have nothing to do with trolls. I remember that little sister who looked like her was married to a Blake. Maybe it’s your grandma or something. "

Regulus rolled his eyes, but didn't make any attack on this sentence.

"The marriage of close relatives is actually more obvious in my cousin's family, but in her generation, how should I put it, it can only be said that the shortcomings of the family's concentration have been fully exposed."

"There were five children in that generation, Elsa, Elizabeth, Juno and Pluto, and the little sister Dorothy. Juno and Pluto were twins, the only boys of that generation, and that inheritance Pluto is a squib, and Juno, Juno is actually an obscurial (Obscurial*), although he was also regarded as a squib at the beginning. I think you should know that obscurials are very obscurial*. Short-lived, they can't hold back their magic, and usually die young in that self-destructive outburst, but the Squibs, oh, the Squibs in noble houses don't outlive the Obscures in those days."

"In order to develop a relationship with Elsa, I often go to their house. Pluto died when he was seven years old. He was the more timid of the twins. He didn't like to talk. He was always alert, like him There are a few invisible dementors floating around all the time. Juno is silent most of the time, but he has more contact with people—he is the eldest son, even if he is a squib, he still has some marriage value."

"We sometimes take classes together, poetry, music, painting, dance, those things that nobles usually learn at home. Of course, because of Juno's health, he will not play with the broom when I am outside with other cousins. Or hang out with us on the flying carpet. Elsa likes me, maybe because of my looks, or maybe because I'm the only one of my cousins ​​who doesn't think much of her."

"Juno likes me too, not because my attitude towards him is different from other people's - it may be because I ignore everyone very much, which at least shows that I treat him very well. "

"He was always pestering me, and I was annoyed at first, but then I found that he could help with some potion materials, at least not like Elsa, who just cut two pieces of Wufu flower root and wanted to touch me " Orlando frowned when he said that, causing Regulus to laugh narrowly.

"Probably because he has no talent for magic, Juno puts extra care in other aspects. The sonnets he writes are always the most beautiful, as beautiful as magic..." It's like his eyes.

Orlando hesitated, and did not put his last words into words.Just like he wouldn't tell Regulus, he once felt that Juno's eyes were the color of the finished ghost water - that kind of potion was also forbidden in Orlando's day, but it might be because it took away too much life, its color is so bright and deadly.

After all, life is always beautiful.

He also wouldn't tell Regulus that in the love potion he brewed, he could always smell the rosemary perfume on Juno's body.He didn't realize it at first, and simply thought it was because he was too close to Juno when dispensing the medicine.

"Anyway, he managed to live to be 14 years old."

Because of Pluto's early death, Juno became the only son in the family, and he will not be treated badly, although he will certainly not be treated preferentially.Elsa was a star of their generation, rivaled only by Orlando himself - if he hadn't jumped headfirst into Gryffindor.

"It's only 14, though. I'm three years older than him, and Elsa is two years older. The night before my bar mitzvah, probably because I'm so happy. I..."

Orlando's words paused, as if the arranged words had slipped away temporarily.

"I did some bad things to him."

Orlando paused for a moment, Regulus didn't rush him, they looked up at the sky quietly, the light was fading.

"The next day, at my coming-of-age ceremony, the family announced my engagement to Elsa." Orlando crossed his fingers and rested his head behind his head, with a leisurely old-fashioned aristocratic air, "Then, he broke out .He killed Elsa, they killed him."

"I..." Regulus seemed to want to say something like "I'm sorry to hear that", but was stopped by Orlando.

Orlando said in a cold tone that he didn't know who he was targeting, "This matter didn't have a big impact on me at the time. In fact, I prefer to do it myself when dealing with potions."

"On the day I died, I suddenly had an inspiration to add something more dangerous to a potion that was already dangerous. You don't need to know what it is, just look at me Know it failed."

"For a moment, I asked Juno to help me peel something. Ha, of course he couldn't help me. I missed the right time to place the materials. Sometimes inspiration is so fatal." Orlando from It floated up on the grass, "When I died, I somehow remembered that song. A girl entrusted a traveler to find her long-dead lover and let him leave a resting place beside him."

"Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, I now understand what is missing in my potion."

Orlando looked into Regulus' eyes, and the ghost's gaze seemed to be icy, "I dare not go down, it's not because I miss the world, I just don't dare to see him. Ray, don't do things that make you like me Something to regret. If you don't believe me, maybe you can believe Dumbledore, or other white wizards, this is war, but you can choose not to fight alone."

Regulus also stood up from the lawn, the last light of dusk was fading, but fortunately the ghost was always a flash, he could see Orlando's face clearly without any other lighting, "Ollie, but I don't believe anyone .I can't trust anyone."

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"Orlando," said the little green-eyed Juno, leaning against the bookcase, pointing to the parchment in his hand, "look here, 'We'll be swallowed up in silence/And in the silence, feel you close to me/Just you and I.'"

But now in the silence, it's just me, Juno.

The author has something to say: obscur, still in French, probably means something like dark and obscure.

Obscurial, the silent one, is a new setting in the Fantastic Beasts movie, so I will pull it out and use it here.

It can be seen that the above two words have the same root...