[HP] Once Upon a Time in England

"Speaking of Regulus, why don't you ask your house-elf?" Edgar suggested with a headache after thinking hard for days and unable to crack the secret of "Ophelia", "At least you can find out What happened to your house after you left."

"You said Kreacher," Sirius immediately delivered the bad news, "it unfortunately killed itself long before I moved back to 12 Grimmauld Place. Then I liberated its successor, and since then There are no more elves in my house."

"Killed?"

"The elf punishes himself for all sorts of mistakes," Frank reminded, "so it accidentally went too far?"

"Yes." Sirius shook his head, "It must have made a big mistake."

"Never mind the house-elves," Marlene came in dejectedly, followed by Alice. "It's a waste of time to visit old Mrs. Burst."

"how?"

"I think she's gone nuts. Keeps talking about 'Signus will have his revenge sooner or later' and when I ask about Olivia she calls me bullshit and finally kicks me out Get out. Burst Manor is a barren land at all, unless we can forcibly go in and search, otherwise we should not waste our efforts on that old lady."

"I'm here to remind you of Barty Jr." Alice apparently slipped over from the Legal Department during lunch time. "He's been in an irritable and abnormal mood recently, and he's scolded several people for no reason."

"I was just about to ask how we should deal with Barty Jr., report to the Minister?" Sirius interjected.

"Alice and I came up with an idea." Frank told them, "We can't directly accuse Barty Jr. of being a Death Eater. First of all, there is no evidence. After all, he doesn't have a Death Eater mark on his hand; secondly, it's easy to expose himself; finally, Old Crouch is still alive, and he will not let us put such a big hat on his son."

"Didn't old Crouch always advocate extermination of Death Eaters? Before I captured Peter, he said to the "Daily Prophet" that once I was arrested, I would immediately give it to the dementors." Sirius sneered , "As for such a double standard?"

"He didn't really like Barty Jr., but his wife left a last wish before his death asking him to take good care of his son no matter what."

"Okay, so what do you think we should do?"

"I guess his recent irritability may be due to Rozier. So, we might as well borrow a knife to kill people and enter White Castle under the guise of Barty Jr. We thought the Imperius Curse was a good idea, but now the relationship between the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix is ​​delicate." , it’s better not to leave any talk. Persuading to capitulate won’t work either. With his loyalty to Rozier, he would rather die than betray her. Therefore, Frank and I think that we can add fuel to the flames and let little Barty be in White Castle. Create civil unrest."

Frank opened the file again: "At that time, the information about the raid on Rozier Manor came from Barty Jr. He gave me an anonymous letter, saying that the channel was reliable. We went according to the time stated in the letter, and indeed gained a lot, but it happened that Arriving earlier than Rozier, I lost the chance to arrest her. Originally, I only suspected that this was false information, but after listening to Parkinson's narration, I think Barty Jr.'s original intention should be to target Hyacinth."

"If he has the same doubts about their relationship as Parkinson, then he may not take the risk to get rid of his rival." Thinking that she is now facing the potential suitor in the White Castle, Sirius felt horrified, "I hope it is He and Parkinson are overthinking it."

"Little Barty must know that she dare not reveal Rozier's secret, and as the director of the legal department, he can quickly close the case, and all the clues will be broken after the dementor's kiss-the biggest risk here is this An anonymous letter, once we become suspicious, it is easy to guess his real identity. Barty Jr. probably only wanted to stimulate Rozier, and didn't have time to think carefully." Edgar looked at the hand of Barty Jr. and handed it to Frank. "It's just that he didn't expect Rozier to disrupt his plan, so he had to find a way to explain his actions to her. Now little Barty must be in a mess, let's see what he will do .”

Sirius found that there seemed to be some problems: "Personally, I don't want you to use her as bait."

"I know. But we can't control the development of the situation in White Castle." Edgar sighed, "I hope we can figure out a way to take down White Castle as soon as possible."

"I hope Rozier doesn't have any other evil ideas." Sirius added in a bad mood.

At this time, a paper owl flew in and landed in front of Alice. She opened it and took a look, then frowned: "I have something to do over there, I have to go first."

"It's just right, let's break up too." Edgar waved his hand, "Marlene, please let us know if there is any new progress."

"I'll take Wei." Frank stood up, "You're going with me?"

"of course."

"The youngest son of the Arthur Weasley family is the same age as Neville and Harry, have you seen it?" Seeing Sirius shaking his head, Frank smiled, "We should let them play together when we have time. Watts is all classmates—by the way, Ada will go to school in a few years, right? What if, I mean, what if, she enters Slytherin, will you be angry?"

"No way." Regarding this topic, Sirius was perfunctory, "Speaking of which, my niece is going to take the OWLs exam this year, and she told me last time that she wants to be an Auror in the future."

"That's not good. I remember her as a Metamorphmagus?" Frank didn't notice Sirius' avoidance of the previous question.As the two walked towards the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures, where Lupine was, they talked about the group of young would-be Aurors who were being trained recently.

Sirius admits that he has avoided the subject of Squibs, and that it takes courage beyond imagination to face it openly.Although he has always claimed to be fair and open-minded, neither discriminating against witches nor laughing at Squibs, he still can't be calm.

So, should he consider her request before she left?Use an oblivion spell to bring Ada's life back to the original point?

While speaking, they had already arrived at the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures.Remus is now the head of the Office of Werewolf Registration and Supervision.The name of this division has been criticized, and many people feel that centaurs and werewolves should not be classified as "magical creatures".But those conservatives also refused to budge, so this issue has been deadlocked.Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic has also made some reforms, and the original "Werewolf Capture Force" has been abolished.

When they reached the door of the office, they heard the noise of the children.

"How does it feel to have a baby, Remus?" Frank grinned and pushed the door open, and Neville came running towards him, followed by Harry and Ida, cheering.

"That's why I don't want to get married, or even have a relationship."

"Siris!" Harry plunged into his arms like a scurrying fawn. "Neville said he would take a toad as a pet when he went to Hogwarts, but I think an owl would be better."

"Toad's better!" Neville yelled. "There's an owl shack at Hogwarts."

"They're all good, each has its own merits." Frank calmly coaxed Neville away.

"Ida likes cats." Harry shook Sirius' sleeve, not even bothering to say goodbye to Neville, "You can buy her one."

"No need." Ada whispered, "It's useless if I want..."

Children can't hide what's on their minds.Thinking of Hyacinth's words again, Sirius sighed silently in his heart: "I have something to tell Remus. You two are here to play."

After closing the office door, Remus looked at Sirius and put a "close ear plug", he couldn't help jokingly said, "Is there any important life event you want to tell me?"

"Ada is a squib, and she may be vaguely aware of it." Sirius explained the ins and outs of the matter as quickly as possible, "Do you think I should send her back to Mrs. Barmer?"

"Based on my understanding of the world of Muggles and wizards, if she is really a squib, then it is indeed a good choice. But if her identity is exposed, it will be over. You know that Rozier will not let go easily over you."

"Will Rozier know?"

"We can't assume she doesn't know," Remus told him. "A werewolf with whom I had a good relationship came to tell me the other day that Greyback was dead."

Greyback was the werewolf who bit Remus.

"Dead?" Sirius had a flash of inspiration, "I vaguely remember that he was very close to Bellatrix?"

"It's actually closer to the Lestrange brothers. It is said that Rozier believed that he knew something about Bella that she wanted to know, so she went to negotiate with Greyback in person, but the two broke out a lot. There was a big dispute, and in the end she simply killed him."

"What do the werewolves think now? We or them?"

"No." Remus shook his head, "Most werewolves are very resistant to ordinary humans, and they prefer to live in groups far away from normal people. Dumbledore has always hoped to persuade werewolves to support us, but it is too difficult... …You see, even now that St. Mungo's has started providing wolfsbane/potions for free to registered werewolves, very few people are going to pick them up. These are the distrust caused by previous Ministry of Magic crackdowns."

"The good news is that Greyback's death will make them more vigilant against Death Eaters." Sirius temporarily dismissed the idea of ​​sending Ada back to the Muggle world, "By the way, I'm trying to find Regulus's whereabouts."

"I've heard. If I were you, I'd start with the story itself."

"How do you say that?" Sirius has only watched "Hamlet" once in his life, and he accompanied Hyacinth to watch it at her request many years ago when he and Hyacinth were in love. As for the plot, he only remembers a general idea.

"If Ophelia is Olivia, then Regulus is naturally Hamlet. The images of Ophelia's father and brother are combined into one to become Olivia's brother. In the original book, Ophelia's brother is in He was killed by Hamlet in the duel, and in reality Leo Livia's brother was killed by Bellatrix and lost power. So... who do you think Hamlet's main revenge target, his uncle, corresponds to in reality? "

The room gradually became quiet.

Sirius saw in Remus' eyes the answer he was thinking: "Death Eaters, the Dark Arts - Voldemort?"

"That's right." Remus announced the explosive conclusion briskly, "Regulus wants revenge on Voldemort."

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