[HP] Aunt of the Savior

"Would you like to sit for a while?" Luna pointed to her side. The lush lawn looked like a large piece of emerald green carpet with no edge to see.

Luna was never an attractive friend, she was always in her own world, talking things that no one understood.Harry had never imagined that he could be alone with her like this before.But today, he glanced in the direction of Laurel Cottage, and suddenly realized that he didn't want to refuse the invitation.

He rarely slipped out of the Burrow alone, but now he changed his mind on the way.Maybe he needed a little more mental preparation, he thought—he didn't know how to deal with Aunt Jody and Professor Snape, and couldn't accept that they might be at Laurel Cottage without coming to see him.At the same time, he was also a little worried about Luna. He felt that she was much quieter than before.

"Luna."

"Ok?"

"If... I mean suppose, there is someone you are very close to, whom you have always trusted...but suddenly someone tells you a lot of things, which are very different from what you used to think, and you don't want to doubt him, but always ..." Harry didn't know how to express it, in fact he hadn't even been able to describe his feelings to anyone before, but now he felt a *.Perhaps it was the slightly warm summer wind that slightly dissipated the thin layer of uneasiness in his heart, or it was the special atmosphere around Luna that disintegrated his defenses.

"Both my father and I believe that the horned snorkel exists." Luna suddenly said without thinking. "I know none of you believe it really exists."

After hearing Luna's words, a flash of disappointment flashed in Harry's heart.But Luna continued to sing in a singing tone as usual: "But what does it matter? As long as I always believe that it exists, and one day I can prove that it does exist. ' She looked back at Harry. "Isn't that all right?"

"Yes." Harry looked at Luna enviously. He used to think that the thoughts in Luna's mind were ridiculous, but this time he envied her firmness.He couldn't help repeating, "Yes. Thank you, Luna."

Luna smiled.

As a result, Harry didn't go to Laurel Cottage to see Aunt Jody or Professor Snape until the end.After Neville also came to visit the Burrow, Harry had no chance to sneak out.

Harry had known Neville for a year, and it was the first time Harry had seen him gleefully and eloquently. "You really don't know how cute Nina is! The other day I saw her lying in the crib, and she turned over by herself! She even sat up and gnawed her feet!"

"So have you tried turning her over again or pushing her down while she's sitting?" said Fred brightly. "I remember we did that when Ron was a kid!"

"Oh, that's funny, Ron would sit up no matter how many times he was pushed down! And when Ginny was little..." George said too.

"Fred! George!" Ron yelled in protest, his ears red with rage.Ginny glared at the twins too, then stole a glance at Harry, blushing and retreating to her room again.But Harry felt lucky that Ginny didn't stay, because he heard Ron and began to complain under his breath why he was only a year older than Ginny?

Mrs. Weasley couldn't help but lost her temper with the twins again: "Fred, George, don't teach Neville how to play tricks on his sister! Don't you think that what you have done in the past is honorable? Your brothers Never did anything like this…”

"Oh Mom, you forgot that Bill gave us a fake treasure map."

"Yeah, George and I searched for a week to find the 'treasure' and it turned out to be Daddy's old boots buried there!"

Everyone was amused by Fred and George's reluctance, even Mrs. Weasley, who was angry, couldn't help laughing.

July 31st was Harry's birthday, and his friends specially held a grand birthday party for him at the Burrow. In addition to the Longbottom family, Sirius and Lupine also came.Harry's only regret was that Aunt Jody and Professor Snape weren't here.It was the first time since he was seven that he hadn't heard Aunt Jody's birthday wishes on his birthday.It was also the first time that Jody was not able to spend Harry's birthday with him after returning to the UK.

There were just too many people to fit in the Burrow, and everyone ended up sitting in the courtyard enjoying the food from the birthday party.All kinds of delicacies made by Mrs. Longbottom and Mrs. Weasley set up four tables, and Sirius and Lupine brought an oversized cake with gold and red stars shining all over it.

Harry was sorry that Aunt Jody couldn't come to today's birthday party, but when he ate the cake, his mood was not so bad at once: he tasted his favorite cake in it, Jody Aunt Dee's special lingonberry sauce.

"Hey, this taste seems a little familiar." Ron rejoiced while eating, "It's a good thing Hermione is not here, otherwise she would say that this food is too sweet and bad for teeth. But birthdays only come once a year!"

Harry originally wanted to ask Ron if he liked this lingonberry sauce, but just at this moment Mrs. Longbottom grabbed little Nina's little hand that was trying to grab the cream. "Nina, you can't eat this now!"

But Nina had already grabbed a handful of cream with her other hand and spread it on Neville's face.Harry immediately forgot about the lingonberry jam and laughed like everyone else.

Seeing Harry's happy look, Sirius and Lupine couldn't help but exchanged a look of relief.

"I'm glad to see Harry so happy now," Lupine whispered, a little ashamed in his tone. "I'm sorry I wasn't able to…"

"It's not your fault, Moonface." Sirius patted Lupine on the shoulder, always looking worried.

"Still worried about...?" Lupine asked in a low voice after making sure no one was paying attention to them.He knew who Sirius was worrying about now, and the fact that Regulus had been saved by them and was still alive seemed less unbelievable to Lupine than the fact that Snape and Jody were not loyal to Voldemort.

"He hasn't come back yet." Sirius picked up his glass and took a sip of the wine to hide his irritability and uneasiness.

Regulus moved back to 12 Grimmauld Place after Walburga's death, and was in charge of managing the Black family's property at the same time, but because he had passed away in name, the heirs of the Black family were still expelled on the surface Sirius of the family.The rebellious son who was expelled from the family inherited a piece of the family's inheritance, which undoubtedly became a big news that attracted attention in the magic world.In order to avoid the all-pervasive Rita Skeeter discovering the secret that Regulus Black is actually still alive, Regulus simply used the Fidelity Charm to hide Grimmauld Square like Sirius' house in Godric's Hollow stand up.

Although Sirius occasionally took Harry to his house for weekends after he was cleared, he spent more time going to Grimmauld Place to teach Regulus Transfiguration.He felt that he could no longer keep his brother bored in the house.

Under the guidance of Sirius, Regulus' level of transfiguration has improved by leaps and bounds, and he can completely transform himself into another person without being seen through.However, Regulus failed to learn the Animagus in the end-Sirius believed that this was mainly because he seemed to be unable to accept turning himself into some kind of animal at all.

But now, Sirius regretted the guidance he gave Regulus.After being able to change his appearance and go out dignifiedly, Regulus abnormally left the Black family's property to Sirius, and deliberately left England by using Muggles.

Thinking of this, Sirius couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "Those Slytherins will never speak clearly..."

This time, it was Lupine who patted Sirius on the shoulder comfortingly.He had no choice but to show a wry smile. If they could figure out what the Slytherins were thinking, James wouldn't have been so sad for Jody. "Don't worry, Padfoot. And no matter how much the Slytherins hide the truth, they always care about the people they really care about, don't they?"

As he spoke, Lupine took a meaningful look at the cake.Even if Sirius didn't explain, just by looking at Harry's expression, he knew the origin of that cake.

—that, of course, was prepared by Jody for Harry.

"I hope Harry will like that cake." Jody looked at his watch and couldn't help showing a complicated smile. "It's a pity that I can't celebrate his birthday with him this year."

"I think it's a waste of time to bake Harry Potter a cake when we have more important things to do than celebrate his birthday..." Snape muttered under Jody's smiling gaze. closed his mouth. "Let's go, Regulus is waiting for us."

Jody and Snape's destination tonight was a Muggle hotel in Bonn, Germany. They drank Polyjuice Potion and pretended to be a Muggle couple visiting Bonn.Since Regulus Black was now living here under the name of Arcturus McFerrer, he was now fully acquainted with Muggle ways of traveling.

Not long ago, he had written to invite Jody and Snape to meet here.Letters are definitely not a safe way to discuss things, especially when talking about top secret matters.

After finally being able to go out freely, Regulus threw himself into the search for the Horcrux more eagerly than any of them.Especially when he knew Voldemort was still alive.Because that obviously proves one thing, that Voldemort has more than one Horcrux.

"I'm sorry." Regulus said anxiously and frustrated as soon as Jody and Snape sat down. "But I didn't find what we were looking for. I tried to ask, but there was no one who had even seen the relics of the founder of Hogwarts. Nona Leo Bastad is the largest collection in the wizarding world in Europe home, but she doesn't have anything as impressive as the Hogwarts founder's relics. I have dealt with this lady in the past, and she is not a woman who will keep her collection secret. Maybe I Should be more..."

"No," Jody immediately vetoed Regulus' plan. "You can't get close to Mrs. Bastard anymore. She knows you. And we all know that Karkaroff got very close to her. It is very dangerous for him to find out that you are still alive."

Regulus nodded, "I will be careful."

Almost all Death Eaters knew how Karkaroff escaped trial, but this guy was lucky enough to become the headmaster of Durmstrang after leaving England.

"I've been testing Lucius all these years, but I don't think he knows anything about Horcruxes." After roughly explaining to Regulus what happened at Hogwarts in the last school year, Snape lowered his voice. Said loudly. "This year, the Dark Lord cast the Imperius Curse on Draco when he broke into Hogwarts. This incident made Lucius very flustered. He was worried that it was a warning, and even tried to test me in the worst possible way. If he could know the secret of the Dark Lord making Horcruxes, he should be confident enough that he has gained the Dark Lord's utmost trust, and he would not be so flustered." He paused, "However, those black lords in his collection There are quite a lot of magic items, enough for him to spend the rest of his life in Azkaban, and Arthur Weasley has been very strict in confiscating them recently, maybe we can pay attention to whether there are any things we want among the things he dropped."

"The Dark Lord may not tell anyone about the Horcrux." Regulus' voice was a bit bitter at this point, "You know, I used to think that he trusted me very much, that's why he borrowed Black's house. But I didn't know that the Dark Lord made Horcruxes at that time, if Kreacher hadn't come back then..."

"In this regard, Voldemort really trusts you. You already know more than many people. We all know how cautious he is." Jody comforted. "Don't worry, Dumbledore is also investigating the Horcrux. I think maybe he can find some clues that we don't know. So about the wand, do you have anything to gain?"

"I think this is probably the most meaningful gain from my trip to Europe this time." Mentioning this, Regulus finally cheered up a little, "I did find out some information about the legendary magic wand. , that’s why I came here. I heard that the famous wandmaker Gregorovich once collected a very old wand, and he lives in Bonn.”