[HP] Once Upon a Time in England

[You can get Barty Jr., provided Rozier is returned to us. —Bellatrix]

"This is different from what we thought." Marlene stared at the note, "Do you think the condition of exchanging Rozier for Barty Jr. was Bella's own initiative or the Dark Lord's request?"

"The Dark Lord. He must have wanted to torture the traitor with his own hands."

"Then what are we going to do?"

After unsoliciting the Dementor's Kiss, Cornelia's trial proceeds as usual in the defendant's absence.Due to sufficient evidence, the trial was declared over shortly after it started: Cornelia will spend the rest of her life in Azkaban, and she will be subject to the highest level of supervision, which will not change because of her current state of immortality .

"I don't want to hand Rozier over to them, not because I sympathize with her, but I always feel that we should try to get her to say what she is hiding."

"But it's impossible for someone who has been kissed by a dementor to speak again, Marlene."

"I know, it's just..."

"Save this for now, and make a decision after asking Dumbledore." Edgar signaled Marlene to put away the note, and then announced the end of the meeting.

Regulus' suspicions about the "traitor" were not publicized, and Edgar, as Dumbledore's temporary spokesman in the Ministry of Magic, announced his abandonment to the light to everyone in the Auror Command.Facing Scrimgeour's questioning, Edgar responded with "Dumbledore's decision here".After that, Regulus also cooperated very well, staying obediently in the position they arranged for him, never overstepping the threshold, so that anyone with a heart could not make a mistake.

"Who do you think that traitor will be?" Edgar asked.This question has been haunting him for several days.

"I'll rule out both of us subjectively first." Sirius replied, "I don't think the traitor may be in the Auror Command. It's very likely that this person is lurking in an imperceptible corner."

"And this person must be better hidden than Barty Jr., otherwise the Dark Lord would not be so confident." Edgar sighed, "What I'm worried about is that if the Dark Lord has more than one eyeliner in the Ministry of Magic, what should he do?" what to do?"

Sirius frowned: "It can't be that bad, can it?"

"I've been thinking about it for a while, but I can't even come up with a suspicious name." Edgar thought for a while, and then said, "Don't bring children to the Ministry of Magic these days - think about how lucky we are , Little Barty never thought of attacking Harry in the Ministry of Magic—also, you'd better inform Hyacinth, and let her be careful." Edgar sighed in frustration, " There is no place in this world that is [-]% safe!"

The day of the date has arrived.

As if knowing that she was a little embarrassed, Carl quietly dropped a note when he passed by her desk before class. When Hyacinth opened it, she found that it was an address about 5 minutes' walk away. Carl left a message saying that they would part ways after class. The action meets at the door of the theater.

Hyacinth didn't expect anything from this date at all, she clutched the note tightly, thinking that today she had to explain to Carl no matter what.

"Hi!" When she arrived at the movie theater, Carl was already waiting with fresh popcorn and reserved movie tickets.

"What film?"

"There's a new crime movie coming out, Crimes in the Sun." Carl asked. "Do you like this genre?"

"is acceptable."

It's actually a great movie, and it would have been a great date if she wasn't so preoccupied.

After the movie ended, they walked to the Terrace Cafe by the Thames to buy drinks and fish and chips. Hyacinth was thinking about how to speak, but Carl broke the silence first:

"London has changed a lot."

"Yes. Were you brought up in London?"

Carl nodded: "This area is much more prosperous than before."

"When I was a child, the neighborhood was far less orderly than it is now." Hyacinth had already noticed the bridge in the distance, and she felt a little dazed.

Seven years is actually not a long time, but it has already made her feel completely strange to the outside world.But when she is walking on the road or talking with people, occasionally there will be a helpless loneliness in her heart: she knows that she is a person "from the past".

"What are you thinking?" Carl pointed to her cup, "The coffee is cold."

"You don't understand." She resolutely made up her mind, "Although there is not much difference in our age, in my opinion, you are still a little boy."

"But I have also experienced many things." Carl said softly after being silent for a while.

Hyacinth was about to refute, but suddenly remembered that Karl's mother and sister seemed to have been killed by Death Eaters, which made her speechless.

"What kind of person is he?"

"Who?"

"Your kids' dad," Carl asked. "Is he your ex-boyfriend?"

"Yes." She emphasized needlessly, "ex-fiancé to be precise."

"Why did you separate?"

"Why do you ask him?"

"Last time in the bar, when I asked you if you would get back together with him, you hesitated. I wonder if your resistance to contacting me is because of him. Of course, even if you have the possibility of getting back together, I won't give up easily. But if he's your reason for turning me down, I'll be very sad."

"It has nothing to do with him." Hyacinth shook her head, "Karl, stop wasting time on me—"

"No, I don't think this is a waste of time." Carl said with childish stubbornness in his tone, "Tell me, what kind of person is he?"

"He's pretty good, almost perfect." She said perfunctorily, "Are you satisfied with this answer?"

"Not satisfied." Carl shook his head. "No one is perfect. So either you beautified him, or you didn't tell me the truth."

"But he is indeed a very good person in every way."

Carl made a grimace: "Then it seems that I have little chance."

"You can be friends with me, but other than friends..."

"Okay, you're coming to persuade me to give up again." Carl waved the coffee cup in his hand in protest, "That's not about talking about love. Are you going to find a job after we finish class?"

"I would like to." She said half-jokingly, "but what boss would want to hire an employee who didn't graduate from Hogwarts?"

"You can do freelance work. Writers, painters, whatever..."

"No. I am the kind of person who will become more and more free and loose without supervision. If I were to be a writer or a painter, I would never be able to deliver a complete work."

"Oh? That means you have actually considered these two professions?"

"Uh……"

"I guessed right!"

Hyacinth blushed a little: "Well, I have thought about it."

"Then why don't you try to do it? If you lack someone to supervise you, I'd be happy to sign up." Carl winked, and Hyacinth couldn't hold back her laughter:

"I'm sorry—cough—could you not do this?"

"Is it that funny?" Carl seemed a little discouraged, "Speaking of which, you can still do rune translation work. Or develop into research. By the way, you can also write novels. Take things from the Muggle world It's sure to be a hit in a novel for wizards!"

Carl's ideas came one after another, and Hyacinth was almost stunned by him: "Wait a minute, why are you more active than me?"

"Because I'm eager to prove that I'm not that little boy who doesn't understand anything in your eyes!" Carl said with a grin, "Hey, Hyacinth, you can't feel that you don't have a NEWTs certificate or because you didn't graduate from Hogwarts. Can't get anything done. Too many Hogwarts dropouts these days, not just one."

"Is it the Death Eater's influence?" she asked.

"Yes." Carl's expression became serious, "Most of the people who left Hogwarts wanted to stay with their families, most of them were fine, but the few remaining completely annihilated."

"why?"

"Because the Death Eaters advocate cutting grass and roots, once they set their sights on a certain target, they will try their best to kill the whole family."

Hyacinth thought of the undead who passed away in the cold ward of White Castle, and the people who died tragically under the opal necklace...

"Do you know what the white wizard lacks now?"

She shook her head.

"The way the message is delivered," Carl said. "Whether it's an owl, a patron saint, or a message, there is a risk of leaking. There is no way to ensure that only you can see the content of the message. Many people have suffered misfortune because of leaks." " Carl sighed, "If there are white wizards around you, you must take good care of them. This job is really not easy. Not only are you busy day and night, but you are also in danger of dying at any time."

"It's not easy for your father."

"Yeah, but that can't be helped. He thought about quitting the Order of the Phoenix, because at one point our whole family was threatened with death by Death Eaters. But in the end he persisted because he felt that as long as he could fight the Death Eaters With a little progress in action, there will be more hope for our future." Carl said, "Every father should think so."

Hyacinth glanced at Carl, and she suddenly felt that he was not so childish.

"How do you think today's date can be scored?" Carl asked when sending her home at night, "Give me a direction to work hard."

"Seven points. Leave three points for your improvement." Hyacinth found nervously that she was vaguely expecting Carl to propose the next date plan.

"Excellent. When do you have time next week, I think—"

"Hyase!" A person suddenly rushed out from the bar diagonally opposite, she was startled, and after a closer look, she realized that it was Regulus:

"How do you..."

"Who is this?" Regulus was dressed in a nondescript Muggle outfit that someone taught him. He took a few steps closer and stared at Carl suspiciously.

"I am Hyacinth's suitor." Carl straightened his back, "Who are you?"

"Her friend." The suspicion on Regulus's face became more and more serious, and Hyacinth looked away in embarrassment:

"You came to find me?"

"I thought you would be home, but I waited for hours. Can you come in and talk? I have good news for you."

"Then," Hyacinth turned to Carl with feigned ease, "goodbye."

"Okay, remember to tell me when you are free next time in class."

After Carl left, Regulus frowned and turned to her: "I thought you and Sirius..."

"Things are more complicated." Hyacinth confessed, "As you can see, I live alone now, and the children are temporarily entrusted to him to take care of."

"You're not really dating that boy are you?"

"Yeah," she admitted. "The bad part is... I don't reject that feeling."

"It's your choice. But emotionally I'm a little surprised, I thought after all that you and Sirius would..."

"Get back together? He seems to think so too, but I'm worried." She invited Regulus in, told her something that troubled her, and finally asked, "Do you think my decision was wrong? "

"No. It would be nice to have a cooling off period. But I don't think that boy would be a good choice."

"why?"

"It may be difficult for you to establish a new stable relationship, because you have a lot of concerns." Regulus declared, "I am not speaking for Sirius, you know that our relationship is not very good."

Hyacinth was silent for a moment: "What are you looking for me for?"

"I didn't have time to tell you clearly last time at Rozier Manor. The current situation is that I have surrendered to Dumbledore and lurked around the Dark Lord as a spy. The Order of the Phoenix arranged for me a court clerk in the Ministry of Magic As for the Death Eaters, I talked to Bella, she thought I had figured it out, she was very happy, and she was preparing to join hands with me to regain her former position among the Death Eaters." Regulus Pause for a moment, "The current situation is like this. The bad news is that I suspect that there are still other traitors in the Ministry of Magic. The good news is that Dumbledore will hold a meeting next week to discuss some very important matters-I have come to invite you to attend of that meeting."

"Me?" Hyacinth was taken aback, "But..."

"You also played an important role in the process of solving Rozier, and I hope you will come." Regulus lowered his eyes, "You must come, I want to say something you want to know at the meeting. "