[HP] Once Upon a Time in England

At six o'clock in the evening, Sirius arrived as scheduled.

"Tea or coffee?"

"Tea. Thanks."

When she walked into the restaurant with the tray, Sirius was leaning against the window and looking down: "This place must be very lively at night."

"Please don't make fun of my residence, okay?" Hyacinth emphasized, "The situation in Soho has improved a lot, and I don't think it's very unsafe here."

"Really?" Sirius pointed to the ground, "When I came in through the front door just now, your landlord asked me if I came to see you."

Hyacinth expected that it would be a bad thing: "You didn't say anything nonsense, did you?"

"I didn't say anything, but she said regretfully that I was the third man to come to you in a week."

"Yeah, the level of three a week is definitely the bottom in London in their opinion. She may be very worried that I will not be able to pay next month's rent." Women's attitudes, but sometimes they still can't help but get angry.

"Then who are the other two?"

"I won't tell you." Hyacinth flatly refused, but couldn't help explaining when she handed him the tea, "One is Regulus, and the other is...a classmate. Do you want cake?"

She was afraid that Sirius would ask about that "classmate"'s background, and before he could answer, she cut a piece of chocolate cake and handed it to him. Sirius blinked in surprise, and Hyacinth realized that she seemed to be too enthusiastic : "Why are you so nice to me today?"

"Uh..." She was at a loss for words, "It's for the sake of Ada and Wesson."

"Well, do you think it's okay to be friends instead of lovers?" Sirius added coolly, "But I don't want to be friends with my ex at all."

"Afraid that your new girlfriend will be jealous?" Hyacinth couldn't help but tentatively asked, "Don't worry, I will never bother you if I have nothing to do."

Sirius ate the chocolate cake with relish: "I didn't say I have a new girlfriend. However, what you said just now sounded a bit sour."

"Who's sour?" Hyacinth said impulsively. "Believe it or not, I've got a potential prospect."

"Oh? Good news! Who is it?"

"It's none of your business." Thinking of his relationship with Edgar, she said a little guilty.

Sirius was eloquent: "Of course I have to know, after all, this person may become the stepfather of my children, am I not qualified to ask for a pre-examination?"

"Shut up." Hyacinth felt dully that she seemed to have walked into his trap unintentionally, "If you talk nonsense again, please leave my house."

"You invited me."

"you--"

"Since when did you resume learning ancient runes?" Sirius changed the subject at an astonishing speed.A few runes and Latin books were piled up on the dining table, and a stack of scratch paper covered with words was spread randomly at the bottom.

"Oh... this, it's just something to pass the time." Hyacinth said vaguely, while starting to tidy up, Sirius reached out and took the top book:

""Guide to Interactive Parsing of Ancient Feysac and Latin", I remember this book is out of print, where did you get it?"

"It was given to me by my classmate, he knew that I like ancient runes."

"Him?" Sirius raised his eyebrows, "Couldn't he be your mysterious 'potential development object'?"

"That's true." Hyacinth provocatively said, "You should meet him when you have time, he is very cute, but he is not childish at all."

"You fell in love with a little boy?"

"He's not a little boy. He has a mature mind and I can talk to him. Most importantly, I feel a lot younger when I'm with him."

Sirius asked inexplicably: "I hear what you mean, do you like him very much?"

"Yes."

The two fell into silence suddenly.Sirius didn't say a word, drinking his tea and eating his chocolate cake in silence.Hyacinth suddenly felt a little regretful, she lowered her eyes, and put the books and papers together tidily, trying to hide it.

"So, what did you come to me for?" He put down his fork, and got down to business.

"Come here." She beckoned Sirius to the window, "Look over there."

There was a person sitting outside the bar opposite. He was drinking beer while reading the newspaper, but his eyes glanced at her window from time to time.

"He's not the only one." Although she hasn't experienced such a thing, she is not a fool, "It didn't happen when I first moved in, it just appeared a few days ago. Who sent them?"

"Ministry of Magic." Sirius clenched the curtain tightly. News, good or bad, always spread like wildfire. "I guess Scrimgeour sent it."

Hyacinth turned her head to look at him: "Why is Scrimgeour staring at me?"

Sirius was silent for a moment, then lowered the curtains: "We suspect that there are traitors among the white wizards, and the Ministry of Magic obviously thinks so."

Her face paled slightly: "Is the information reliable?"

"This is Regulus' speculation, but his information is only known to a few people. Either someone leaked the news, or Scrimgeour got suspicion from other sources."

"I'm honored to be a suspect." Hyacinth's expression suddenly became flat, even a little indifferent.She was figuring out what it was that made Scrimgeour suspect her - she had moved out of 12 Grimmauld Place, and these people had only shown up a few days ago.Had they discovered that Regulus had come to find her?Or did someone find out about her "visiting" Auror Command with Carl?

Either way, it doesn't seem like a good thing.

"It's not necessarily all bad things," Sirius said, "With the Aurors here, at least the Death Eaters wouldn't dare to take revenge on you easily."

"Should I be grateful?" She smiled sarcastically. "You'd better send someone to keep an eye on Edmund, too. He's never been a strong-willed man."

"Scrimgeour should have sent someone to do this."

She nodded and motioned him to sit down: "There is one more thing... something more important." She told him the story of her reunion with Vera, and emphasized her last words, "At that time, I didn't understand much. , Now that I think about it, the thing that the mysterious man entrusted to Bella for safekeeping is likely to be another Horcrux."

"Another..." Sirius murmured, "He split more than one soul?"

"I don't know." She shook her head, "I want to know why the mysterious man didn't hand over the Horcrux to Rozier and his daughter for safekeeping. Although Cornelia has different intentions, Evan has always been a loyalist of the mysterious man. He has no reason to choose Bella over Evan."

"My cousin is obsessed with Voldemort. He must be very aware of this." Sirius laughed. "I will explain this to Edgar. Dumbledore is currently working on the Horcrux. Maybe that's the clue he needs. And, you—"

He stopped suddenly.Someone knocked on the door.

The two looked at each other, and Hyacinth raised her voice and asked, "Who?"

"It's me." Aurora's voice, "I just wanted to try my luck and see if you were at home."

"Let me avoid it first," Sirius said in a low voice, "Is there any place where you can hide?"

"My room." Hyacinth replied, raising her voice, "Come here, wait a minute."

After Sirius crept into her bedroom and locked the door behind her, Hyacins went to answer it.Aurora outside the door was carrying two cardboard boxes: "You haven't had dinner yet, have you? I brought takeaway—hey, do you have guests?"

"A friend came to me before, and I haven't had time to clean up." Hyacinth waved her wand to clear the table, "Why did you come here suddenly?"

"You don't have a phone, and I can't give you advance notice," Aurora said. "I'm here for a trivial matter: Do you remember Arabella Figg?"

Hyacinth paused when she opened the takeaway: "Mrs. Figg."

"That's right. She came to me today and asked me if I knew your whereabouts. I didn't dare to tell her that you were not dead without your permission, so I told her that I would help to find out and let her know if I had any news." Laura took out a note from her pocket, "This is her address."

Hyacinth rubbed the note, slightly lost in thought.

"What do you think she came to you for?" Aurora asked after wolfing down, "So you mentioned me to her, and I didn't know about it! Oh, by the way, she told me you were because We met because we started a Squib organization together."

"That was a long time ago. I originally wanted to lure you into the gang. After all, you are a Squib from a pure-blood family. If you can devote yourself to anti-Death Eater work, it will definitely inspire other skeptical Squibs." Hye Sins couldn't help smiling, "I heard that Mrs. Figg is still an active Squib egalitarian? That's great. She hasn't given up yet."

Aurora's expression was a little stiff: "Don't mention it, the Smith family has brought me far more harm than happiness. In the final analysis, if only I hadn't been confused by the luxurious life they described."

"That's not your fault." She hurriedly made excuses, and tried to change the subject.

However, Aurora seemed a little less interested, and no matter what topic she tried to stir up, the other party was a little listless.Finally, after they finished their meal in a hurry, Aurora took her leave.Say goodbye when you are free.

"You don't seem to be having a good chat."

"We lost contact after the Squib trial. It's inevitable that we haven't seen each other for so many years. In fact, we had a good relationship." Hyacinth was a little frustrated, "Why did you avoid it?"

"I'm not familiar with her, and the relationship between the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix has always been delicate. It's better not to meet in private." Sirius looked at the empty takeaway box on the table, "I'm hungry."

"You can order a pizza." She tossed the boxes into the trash, "And you're not going to let Remus take care of those three little bastards for you again, are you?"

"I'm embarrassed to send the three children to the Longbottoms' house, who else but Remus? Who made him single." Sirius said plausibly, "I don't want to order takeaway, you can make me something to eat Yes."

"Why should I make tea and rice for you?" Hyacinth looked at him with a smile on his face, "It would be nice to give you a piece of chocolate cake, don't be too thick-skinned."

"It's you who said you want to maintain a friendly relationship with your ex. How can you forget what you said so easily?" Sirius reminded confidently, "I just want a piece of pasta, isn't it difficult? Dear ex, Girlfriend."