HP Cronos

Regarding the matter in the afternoon, the proprietress didn't ask any further questions.In the afternoon, the tavern still had a "Closed" sign.The proprietress opened a bottle of red wine.Nora felt quite guilty for concealing her truth, so she could only bite the bullet and accompany her for a drink.Tom was sent upstairs to read by Nora—she had borrowed romance novels from the landlady.

Once a woman drinks alcohol, the topic will always go back and forth to feelings.

"Do you still remember the wizard who said he would take me to elope to Northern Europe?" the proprietress asked.

"Remember." Not only did he remember, but he was deeply impressed.Nora thought.

"That's Benji," said the landlady. "It's strange to say that I actually met him the day after you told me I'd see him again. He's still the same on the street. , wearing very awkward clothes. I took the initiative to talk to him. Unexpectedly, he still remembered me... He has never been married, and he happened to be single, so we were reunited logically."

"He said he worked on a dairy farm. . . God, that kind of lie can be seen right away. He falters when he talks about work. I know he's keeping something from me, and I've been waiting for him to tell me, but He didn't."

Maybe he's just afraid that if he tells the truth, you'll think he's joking and walk away without saying goodbye.Nora groaned.

"You also have something to hide from me." The proprietress said, "Who is that child? What happened between you and your boyfriend?"

"...that's a long story." Nora brought up the omnipotent excuse again.

Fortunately, the proprietress just wanted to find someone to talk to, and didn't mean to ask.

Nora had a pretty poor drinker and was drunk after only a few drinks.She staggered up the stairs, leaning on the wall.Tom, who was reading, got off the bed and helped her.

Nora fell on the bed. She squinted at Tom, and it took her a long time to smile and say, "Hey, Tom Riddle, when did you get so short?"

"You're drunk," Tom told her calmly.

Nora grabbed Tom by the sleeve and pulled him down on the bed too.Now the two of them lay face to face.Nora stretched out her finger and poked his face: "You look pretty good now, you look much cuter."

Tom frowned at the smell of alcohol on her body.Seeing her bright eyes, without getting up, she asked, "What was I like before?"

"Well..." Nora thought for a while and said, "This is a long story."

Tom: "..."

"If you want to know, I can tell you," said Nora, "only to you."

"I won't tell anyone, I promise." The little Dark Lord swore without blinking an eye.

Nora blinked and smiled. She reached out and smoothed the hair around Tom's ear, looked him in the eyes and said, "In many, many years, you will become a very powerful wizard. Everyone has heard of your name." You invented many amazing spells and taught at Hogwarts. People say that Tom Riddle is the greatest wizard Hogwarts has ever produced, except of course Merlin and Deng Beyond Bullido."

"Who is Dumbledore?"

"A wonderful wizard."

Asked is the same as not asked.

Tom sighed.

Suddenly there was a commotion downstairs, the proprietress seemed to have an argument with someone, the voice was chaotic.Nora was worried that the proprietress was in danger, so she put on her wand and struggled to get up. As soon as she reached the stairs, she saw a group of people coming up from below.Nora recognized them one by one, and finally showed a silly smile: "Hey, Professor Dumbledore, we just talked about you."

Meg Geary had the most magical day of her life.

She's sitting in the lobby of her tavern now, facing a group of weirdos in cloaks who have just broken into her house, listening to her boyfriend explain to her that they're actually wizards.

"I don't believe it," was Meg at first.

Then one of them changed his face to another person and back on the spot.

"It must be some kind of magic trick," insisted Meg, shaky.

Then one of them turned the teacup into a hamster on the spot.

Meg's sanity had been completely destroyed.She felt that everything was off track, but she could explain everything.

Who would have thought that Benji, Benji Fenwick was really a wizard? !

Nora, who had been sobered up with a spell, shrank aside, and Tom sat next to her playing with his fingers, pretending to be an ordinary little boy.After the proprietress was helped to rest in the room, Nora could only face the torture from the Order of the Phoenix.

"Nora Gray?" asked a terrifying wizard with a prosthetic left eye.

"it's me."

"Have you ever met a mysterious person?" He continued to ask.

"Can I choose not to answer?"

"Miss Grey, you should know that Death Eaters are looking for you all over the world. Even if you hide in Muggle society, they will come to you sooner or later." Another wizard said.

Dumbledore looked at Tom Riddle, who was bowing his head and playing with his fingers, with great interest, but did not speak.

Nora still has a headache now.She is obviously on the side of the justice camp, but now she has to be tortured by her own people, it is really hard to tell.

"Is he your brother?" Dumbledore asked with a smile.

"Yes, his name is Jack Gray, and he's my second cousin," said Nora anxiously.

Tom looked up at Dumbledore, then continued to play with his fingers with his head down.

Dumbledore nodded: "Miss Gray, I still remember you. About 50 years ago, you took my Transfiguration class. A reckless but brave Gryffindor. As you can see, your current The situation is quite dangerous. Bad guys may come to your door at any time, and you are alone. I formally invite you to join the Order of the Phoenix, at least your safety can be guaranteed."

The members of the Order of the Phoenix looked at Dumbledore.

"But she hasn't said anything yet, Albus..." Moody questioned.

"She doesn't want to say she has her reasons," said Dumbledore gently and without doubt. "Trust my judgment, Alastor."

"I am willing." Nora said quickly, "Please believe me, I am definitely on your side."

Dumbledore was right.What place was safer for her now than the Order of the Phoenix?

No. 12, Grimald Place, has a particularly large number of people entering and exiting today.

As soon as they came back, Sirius, who had to stay behind because he was forbidden to go out again, couldn't wait to step forward and asked, "How is it? Did you find it?"

Mrs. Black screamed again, and Sirius slammed the black cloth over her face to shut her up.

The lingering Kreacher sighed faintly again: "Master Black treats Madam with such an attitude...Master Black let those dirty, lowly thieves and robbers enter Black's sacred old house again... But everyone Master and Madam are still..."

After a week, Nora returned to the house.

Mrs. Black, who had been screaming in front of her a week ago, was now a portrait.Sirius Black was still handsome, but he was a stubble handsome middle-aged man, and Kreacher, the house-elf, had more creases on his face—he was now a rather old one. The elf is gone.The dust that had accumulated for more than ten years made the house look even more gloomy, and it no longer had the grandeur of the past.

Suddenly a world away.

She didn't see Regulus.

"Sirius, this is a new member of the Order of the Phoenix, Nora Gray, and her brother Jack Gray." Dumbledore introduced them.

"Nora Gray, a new member of the Order of the Phoenix? Did she explain how she disappeared from Voldemort's nose?" Sirius rubbed his hair.

"I have questioned her alone," said Dumbledore. "For some reason, she is unable to make it public at this time. Miss Gray is a trustworthy person. Please do not press anything she does not want to answer."

Dumbledore's prestige is such that people will always choose to unconditionally detail every word he says, no matter how unfounded it sounds.

Nora gave Dumbledore a worried look, wondering if he had discovered that the child she was leading was Tom Riddle.Such unconditional trust makes people feel uneasy.

"The children have moved out, and I think there should be quite a few rooms vacant here, enough for two people." Dumbledore said to Mrs. Weasley, "Please help me entertain them, Molly. I have to go back to Huo Gwartz. The Headmaster cannot be absent from the matriculation ceremony."

After Dumbledore left, there was another wave of chaos.Everyone looked at her full of curiosity. If Dumbledore hadn't spoken first, the prosthetic-eyed wizard named Alatos would have poured a bottle of Veritaserum into her mouth by now.

The last time she was treated like this was in a certain time and space, when she was treated as the girlfriend of the mysterious man who had resurrected from the dead when he was a student.

Molly Weasley cleaned up the room for her.Nora slumped on the bed, feeling extra tired today.Tom and she were still sleeping in the same room, maybe because he had experienced too many storms recently, he looked extraordinarily calm.

"So—" he asked, "—who is Voldemort? And who are the Death Eaters?"

The most feared thing is still coming.Nora wailed inwardly.She rolled twice on the bed: "Can't we ask about this tomorrow?"

The whispering downstairs also didn't stop.

Sirius paced back and forth in the kitchen, he yelled in dissatisfaction: "What the hell is Dumbledore thinking? The key to uncovering the truth is upstairs, but he doesn't allow us to ask her? Voldemort is making trouble outside, but what is he doing?" Don't tell us?"

"Dumbledore always has his reasons," Lupine reassured.

It was getting late, and people left in twos and threes.Only Sirius Black and the Weasleys remained.

Tonks caught up to Lupine and went out with him.

"You seem to have been preoccupied," said Tonks.

"Since the resurrection of the mysterious man, I have been preoccupied." Lupine sighed.

"Don't worry, with Dumbledore around, we'll be fine." Tonks said optimistically.The last time You-Know-Who swept the wizarding world, she was just a child, unaware of the horrors floating around in the Dark Mark.

Lupine smiled slightly, but said nothing.

"So, what are you thinking?" Tonks asked resolutely.

Lupine had nothing to do with her: "I was wondering why it took Dumbledore a month to tell us about Nora Gray."

"Who knows?" Tonks shrugged indifferently, "Dumbledore always has his reasons."

Everything can be explained with this sentence, Dumbledore always has his reasons.

Lupine pressed all doubts back to the bottom of his heart.Nagini's death had presumably been the cause of Harry's letter to Sirius a month earlier, telling him of the excruciating pain in his scar.Dumbledore knew everything, but chose to keep it a secret.

The author has something to say: Lao Fu is so nervous because he feels that someone has discovered the secret of the Horcrux.

I think Colonel Deng vaguely knew the existence of the Horcrux before Slughorn let go of the sixth part. At the beginning of the sixth part, he had found the resurrection stone ring and destroyed it. At the end, Hermione also found it from his office. A book of black magic that records Horcruxes.

Dumbledore couldn't tell the Order of the Phoenix because he didn't want to startle the snake.If Lao Fu felt that it was not safe to put all the Horcruxes back under his nose and watch them, Harry would have nothing to play with the seventh part.