[HP] Once Upon a Time in England

Most of Regulus' neighbors only knew that there was someone living in the house, but they didn't know who it was.The few people who met Regulus described him hollowly as a "reclusive, taciturn young man".

"It's in line with his previous image." Sirius didn't have a good impression of this younger brother, "Doesn't he associate with others?"

"Yes. His neighbors don't know his name, age and origin at all. They only say that they often saw him walking by the lake in a daze."

"How long has he lived there?"

"Not very long, three or four years." Edgar deliberately asked Edmund again, "almost after he completely faded out of the Dark Lord's sight."

"What is the definition of this 'clean fade out'?"

"He no longer attends the Dark Lord's meeting, and he has no contact with other Death Eaters. Of course, in theory, he is still a Death Eater now." Edgar said, "Rozier once wanted to pull him Go to her banquet, but after seeing that his heart is still haggard, she gave up by herself."

"Rozier used to be old friends with Olivia." Leaving aside whether Rozier really regarded Hyacinth as a friend, Sirius clearly remembered that she was with Olivia and Regu Ruth played well, "It seems that their friendship is not very strong."

"Do you have a personal relationship with Olivia?" Frank asked him.After hesitating for a moment, Sirius said truthfully:

"In the autumn of 1979, she came to me." He tried to recall, "She asked me to help Regulus, saying that he was troubled now... However, I didn't have the energy to take care of her at the time, so I drove her away. gone."

"Oh." Frank sighed bitterly.

Sirius didn't think it was his fault.Given his mental state at the time, it was already pretty good that he could still remember that Olivia had been here.

"Let's start with Olivia Burster first." Marlene pointed to "Hamlet" on the table, "Ophelia is Hamlet's lover and the daughter of a powerful minister. Spying on intelligence. Later she became part of Hamlet's revenge plan and was abandoned by him, and when he learned that Hamlet had killed his father, she was insane and ended up drowning in a flower-strewn stream in full costume."

"She is very similar to Olivia." Frank said to the point, "Olivia's brother was also the minister of the Humerus of the Dark Lord, and he also used her to control Regulus. Regulus' cousin Bellatrix was brought down... so what is Regulus trying to tell us? Did Olivia die because of him?"

"Her death has something to do with the water." Sirius thought of the overflowing lake in front of Regulus' house, "it should also have something to do with Regulus, otherwise how could he feel remorse because of her death."

"But he didn't turn from darkness to light." Edgar reminded him.

"That's not necessarily the case." Frank retorted, "The crux of the problem is that we don't know what Regulus is doing now."

"Come on." Cornelia invited her to sit down with a smirk, "Aren't you curious about my new plans? Here—"

She raised her hand, motioning her to look at the woman sitting at the other end of the long table.It took her more than ten seconds to recognize the familiar face, and she was shocked immediately, but the man just looked back at her calmly:

"Is this Mrs. Parkinson?"

She suddenly woke up, thankful that her expression hadn't had time to betray her heart: "Who is this?"

"You don't know her?" Rozier lazily explained, his eyes flicked between the two, "Her name is Aurora Smith, is this name familiar to you? If not, just think about your past Muggle friend—Ann." When she said the last sentence, she dragged out her voice, bringing out hidden intimidation and threats.

"It turned out to be you, look, I didn't even recognize it." She was startled, and then smiled brightly, "It's really interesting. Aren't you working as your eldest lady in the Smith family, why are you here?"

"I don't know when you changed your name and got married." Aurora sighed, "I've already fallen down, so stop laughing at me."

"is it?"

"Aurora's sweetheart was accidentally killed by an Auror a few years ago. She held a grudge, so she surrendered to me and expressed her willingness to wish me a helping hand on the condition that she avenge her lover."

"Are you talking about William?" She was dumbfounded. "He... died?"

"Yes." The sadness in Aurora's eyes told her it wasn't a lie. "It was years ago."

In the Squib trial seven years ago, there were two protagonists, one was Aurora in front of him, and the other was William who was dead.Both of them are Squib children deliberately abandoned by pure-blood families. The Smith family that Aurora belongs to is considered neutral, while William's Greengrass family has a certain relationship with the Death Eaters... She felt a palpitation:

"I'm very sorry."

Aurora smiled back.

"All in all, Aurora has a plan that can help me take down the Ministry of Magic." Cornelia smiled, completely unmoved by this tragic story, "But I called you here for the second thing: her Is it true that Barty Jr. behaved abnormally?"

She quietly observed Aurora's face, only to see that the other side blinked quickly.After thinking about it, she asked back, "What do you mean?"

"You were arrested at Rozier Manor, did Barty Jr. make trouble?"

"I don't know about this. You should know more about the Aurors' intelligence network than I do." She said deliberately, "And the person who betrayed us may not be Barty Jr. He has been loyal to you for so many years, there is no need to do it now .”

"I don't think so." Cornelia snorted, "You explain to her."

Only then did Aurora speak: "I have been in touch with a few Squibs. Some time ago, two of them came to me specifically, saying that Barty Jr. came to the door in person as the Director of the Legal Department, and threatened and lured them to take them to a 'A good place'. They were suspicious, so they refused. Maybe it was because they were afraid of causing trouble, but little Barty didn't force it. After they told me, I thought about it carefully and thought that the place he was going to take them to might be here. White Castle."

"Why?" Barty Jr. is indeed not a very cautious and low-key person, but this is too exaggerated.

"Because he said this place could provide shelter for them, and he made a request that he wanted them to do something for him."

"doing what?"

"The master who is monitoring this place." Aurora said in a deep voice, "When they heard this, they felt that something was wrong, so they declined on the excuse that they would travel abroad soon. Now... in order to avoid trouble, I have suggested that they leave the UK. "

"Do you think Barty Jr. can really do this?"

"Why not?" Cornelia said with a blank expression, "Putting the car...he reminded me."