[HP] Once Upon a Time in England

Regulus found himself inadvertently trespassing into the graveyard behind the church.

sorry.He silently apologized for his interruption, and when he turned to leave, the names on the two tombstones not far away caught his attention:

[John White 1934.9.16-1962.11.7

Cherie Prewett White1936.10.5-1973.5.19

"Behind the light is the shadow"]

Regulus didn't quite understand the meaning of the epitaph, but he knew them—Hyase's parents.Shelly's sudden death at the end of their first year was a big blow to Hyacins.At the beginning of second grade, she often missed the old days, and after realizing that Cornelia didn't like her talking about her parents so much, Hyacinth gradually stopped talking about her life in front of them.

At that time, they didn't know her very well, they just regarded her as a supportive follower and a little tail that needed protection.At the end of the sixth grade, Hyacinth left without saying goodbye. Regulus was shocked when he knew that she had dropped out of school and left Hogwarts with Sirius, but it was understandable when he thought about it. After all, they Never really paid attention to her.

She never said, however, that the family had originally lived in the village of Ottery St. Catchpole.As far as Regulus knew, Hyacinth never came back here.

"It seems that you discovered the grave of my sister's family." Someone said behind him.When Regulus turned his head, he found that it was Gideon who was holding a bouquet of plain white flowers. Regulus didn't understand at first, but Gideon went straight to another newer tombstone and put the flowers down.

The name on the tombstone is Fabian Prewett.

Gideon stared at the tombstone silently, and after a brief mourning, he knelt down and pulled out a few weeds that had grown by the tomb with his own hands.

"Have you never swept their graves?" The White couple's grave was desolate and overgrown with weeds.Regulus took a closer look, only to find that there was a couple surnamed White farther away. Judging from the date of birth, they were obviously John's parents.White's line had been cut off after John's accidental death. The Prewett family lived not far away, but they never visited their dead sister and brother-in-law.

"Why should we?" Gideon asked back. He walked to Regulus and looked at the tombstone of the Whites with him. "We opposed their union at the beginning, but they refused to listen to advice and insisted. Together. The result was that they died young one after the other, leaving behind a daughter who would grow up to be a Death Eater—"

"Hyase is not a Death Eater."

"It's the same." Gideon turned to him aggressively, "You're still in touch, aren't you?"

"She and I were never enemies." Regulus replied, and he suddenly understood why Hyacinth had never mentioned her wizard relatives before.

Gideon nodded, and did not let go of this topic easily: "The entire Ministry of Magic knows what Mogara Parkinson's true identity is, and the entire Ministry of Magic also knows where Sirius's two extra children came from. Yeah. It's playing with fire. They don't seem to have learned their lesson from seven—oh no, it's eight—years ago."

"As far as I know they haven't gotten back together."

"I don't care what stage their relationship has reached. I just hope that the reputation of the Order of the Phoenix won't be affected when things get into a storm." Gideon said coldly, and he glanced at the tombstone without emotion. "You don't have to speak up for them over and over again. Maybe people believe your nonsense, but I'll keep my eyes on you—Death Eater."

Regulus felt very helpless while being dumbfounded: "You are a little too suspicious."

"It's better to be suspicious than to be betrayed once in a while."

"Mr. Prewett, I'm curious about your position." Regulus asked suddenly, "Which side do you lean towards between the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix?"

Gideon choked, and replied without thinking: "Why should I choose?" When he noticed Regulus' half-smile look, he realized that he had accidentally stepped into his trap, "In my opinion Come on, the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix are exactly the same - no, why do you ask me that?"

"Because Dumbledore believed that I really decided to turn the prodigal son back, but some Ministry of Magic staff headed by Scrimgeour don't think so." Regulus smiled slightly, "I thought you were 100% loyal to Dumbledore , but now it seems that’s not the case.” He glanced at Fabian’s grave with a playful look on his face, “After all, your brother was posthumously awarded the Order of Merlin by the Ministry of Magic, right?”

He walked around Gideon and walked out of the cemetery, and when he was walking towards the temporary residence, Regulus reached into his pocket and came across the brief note——

Bellatrix had managed to pass this on to him, saying that the Dark Lord wanted to see him.

Regulus wasn't afraid to meet the Dark Lord, and he didn't think he showed any signs.But how can he confirm whether Bella has another Horcrux in his hand?

Hyacinth is in a bit of trouble.

When she bought a subway ticket, she accidentally threw a silver Sickle into it as a pound coin. After many times of tossing and turning, she successfully attracted the subway staff.

It was only when the staff member checked the silver Sickle repeatedly and showed a confused expression that Hyacinth realized she had violated the Secrecy Act.Then she did the second mindless thing-drawing out her wand and casting a Forgetting Charm on the other party.

After the forgetting spell was finished, she was also invited into the Prohibition of Misuse of Magic Office by the Ministry of Magic staff who heard the news.

Since she didn't cause any serious consequences, Hyacinth didn't even have to pay the fine, but as punishment, a young intern in the office came to her with a straight face and told her about the possible consequences of abusing magic and the "Secrecy Act" importance.Finally, he took out a letter of guarantee for her to sign: "Next time something like this happens, you will be fined."

"I didn't do it on purpose." Hyacinth really didn't know why she cast the Forgetting Curse, and just lied that Yinxi didn't have the game currency.

"Everyone says they didn't mean to. Sign it."

When she handed back the signed letter of guarantee, Hyacinth was surprised to find that the intern's surname was also "Borns": "Are you also from the Burns family?"

"Huh?" He was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately emphasized, "I entered the Ministry of Magic on my own."

"Then you are Edgar's youngest son?"

"You know my father?"

She felt a sense of intimacy towards him spontaneously: "Do you still have an older brother?"

"Correct."

"He also works in the Legal Division, right?"

"No, he never worked in the Ministry of Magic." Edgar's youngest son looked puzzled.

Hyacinth frowned: "Is his name Carl?"

Seeing her name, the suspicion on the other party's face faded: "Yes. But Carl has been working in St. Mungo's. Did you remember wrongly?"

"We haven't been in touch for a while, maybe I misremembered." She lied, and then continued to probe, "How is he recently?"

"Everything is fine," Edgar's younger son told her. "He just got engaged a while ago. Do you want to see the engagement photos?"

got engaged?

Hyacinth's heart sank: "Of course."

She thought it was just a typical emotional scam, but the moment Hyacinth took the photo, she was completely stunned - the person in the photo was not the Carl she saw at all, and they had no similarity at all place!