HP's Foreign Land

one,

Victor's father, Plov, found that the atmosphere was not right as soon as he entered the door. His mother's dejected look made him suspicious, and his heart was immediately suspended.

"What happened?" Plov stepped into the tea room cautiously.

Old Mrs. Krum didn't seem to notice it, and Plov felt even more strange.

"You... are back?" Heimdall wanted to say, "Why are you here?" Then he thought it was wrong, and quickly changed the wording.

"I received a message from Victor, and he said it was urgent." Ploof was speechless when he saw his son standing there, "Aren't you in a competition?"

Victor has not said a word for a long time, and his emotions have not been adjusted. He is afraid that he will not be able to restrain himself and go crazy, so he stands silently on the sidelines and struggles with his thoughts.He raised his head when he heard his father's question, and the rolling clouds in his eyes made Produ startled.

"No..." he said.

Plov's face was inexplicable, and he couldn't help muttering.

"What's wrong?" Heimdall asked softly.

Plov shook his head, "I was participating in an activity at the fishing club, and someone sent me a message saying that my son asked me to rush home quickly to find something for him. He is about to play a game, and that thing is very important to him."

"So you're here?"

"So here I am."

For parents, any reason that seems absurd can carry weight when it comes to children.

"I'm sorry I lied to you. I sent someone to call you here." Victor wiped his face.

Plov had already guessed the result, and he was silent for a moment, "You didn't leave anything important at home? Didn't it affect your game?"

"I don't have a game today, I'm sorry." Victor was very depressed.

Plov breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "That's good, it's fine."

Victor, caught by his emotion, laughed along with him, a far-fetched and stiff smile.Plov's thoughtless words and actions brought tears to his eyes - Heimdall noticed that his eyes were a little red, and now Victor is in a period of sentimental expansion, and any sign of trouble may cause an uproar.

"So can you tell me what happened?" Plov was stunned from wondering just now.

Heimdall happened to turn his head to look after his sleepy son who was rubbing his eyes. Plov didn't notice his deliberate avoidance, and looked at his son expectantly.

"You'll know right away, wait a minute." Victor couldn't help sighing when he saw Heimdall's actions. He understood that the crack had completely exceeded the distance that could be made up, and he could no longer wishful thinking.

This answer did not satisfy Pulov, but the attitude of the two people in front of them was very resolute in not talking. Pulov turned to look at his mother. The strange state of the old lady was another reason for his doubts.

"Mother?" Plov tried to call out.

Old Mrs. Krum ignored it.

It was not the first time that his mother ignored him. Plov tried again and still had no response, so he temporarily suppressed his doubts and came to Mionier, talking to the child in a soft voice, even though Mionier hesitated due to sleepiness. , Plov still looked satisfied.

A few people didn't pay attention, but the statue-like old Mrs. Krum, who was immersed in her own world, quietly rolled her eyes to watch the intimate interaction between the old and the young. She stared at Mionier's little face obsessively, and her heart couldn't be calmed down for a long time.

In the following time, members of Krum's family arrived one after another. Vidin and his wife Daisy, son Bernick, daughter Dorit, and Victor's mother Anna were the last to arrive. Love's performance was almost the same when he entered the door - doubts, deep doubts - from the beginning to the end, the young master Boy did not show up, and the old Mrs. Krum seemed to be under the spell of amnesia.

This made Heimdall feel very strange. Judging from the old lady's previous responsiveness to Boyi, she has been conveying to others the concept that "she is the only person in this family who is willing to accept this child", is it because of the so-called The curse, her pity for Boyi also evaporated?

"Everyone is here, let's start." After Victor finished speaking, Mrs. Krum suddenly moved. Victor seemed to be unaware of it. Facing the increasingly puzzled eyes of his family, he said again, " Something happened today, it has something to do with our family, it has something to do with the Jankulovska family, and now it has something to do with Rigg and Mionier..."

Heimdall hugged the child and got up abruptly, "I'm sorry, I don't want to hear, excuse me." Amid the surprised gazes of everyone, he walked straight to the door, Victor looked at his back and hesitated to speak, and finally just watched him close the door. door.

Heimdall sat down beside the long table outside the tea room, gently placed the sleeping Mionir on the table and leaned against him. The next second, the house elf brought a thin blanket tremblingly, and Heimdall hesitated. For a moment, mutter "thank you" and place the blanket over the child.

Well-trained house-elves usually don't make their own way, but Heimdall wasn't about to appreciate some old lady's thoughtfulness.

two,

Ten minutes later, Victor pushed open the door, Heimdall turned his head, and the two looked at each other silently.

"Come in." Victor pleaded in his words.

Heimdall wrapped Mionir in a blanket, and the sleeping child struggled a little uneasily due to the change in posture. Heimdall stroked his back, waited for him to settle down again, and carried him back to the tea room.

The atmosphere in the tea room has changed drastically from when he left. Plov and Vidin whispered something that might be comforting around the old Mrs. Krum who was crying again.Daisy and her daughter sat in the same position with a blank expression. Dorit, who was already a little sensible, seemed restless under the influence of the adults' emotions; Anna and Daisy sat across the table, with calm expressions as always, and clasped hands on their laps Betrayed her; Bernick frowned, bowed his head in silence, and raised his head immediately after hearing them coming in.

At that moment, all eyes in the room focused on Heimdall.Their eyes were complex and focused. All in all, they were moved by his "selflessness" and deeply ashamed. Plov and Vidin were even ashamed, and they couldn't hold their heads up in front of Heimdall.

Old Mrs Krum wept silently, seemingly indifferent to the changes in the room.

Victor tried to hold the child and let Heimdall relax, but his hands were empty. The hesitation on Heimdall's face hurt his heart, making it difficult for him to breathe, and deep pain flashed in his eyes After passing away, Victor did not retract his hand, but stretched out stubbornly.

"You misunderstood, I didn't mean that." Heimdall understood and explained carefully. "I'm not tired yet, I want to hug him, I'm afraid of waking him up." The unfamiliar environment made Mionier's belated nap restless.

Victor took a deep look at Heimdall, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. The master's smile was the most relaxed so far.

The house-elf sent an antique dwarf and moved it next to Heimdall's seat, Mionir was sent to it, and Victor cast a soundproofing spell around the donut to prevent the child from being disturbed in his sleep.

The others watched silently without saying a word. Facing such a pure sleeping face, they thought about the cause and effect that Victor had described before, and their hearts filled with infinite pity.The flesh on Anna's cheeks was bulging, and she was biting her teeth tightly.

"Mom, why didn't you tell us? You never told us about this...it's really..." Pulov gasped suddenly, with the elderly mother on one side and grandson on the other , the middle-aged Plov feels that the experience of this life is not as "magnificent" as the short ten minutes just now.

"...Is it useful to tell you?" Mrs. Krum whispered.

"At least we can think of a way, instead of being helpless like now, and..." Vidin didn't dare to take another look at Heimdall, and couldn't continue speaking.

"Helpless?" Mrs. Krum was very annoyed at what her youngest son said. "It's solved! It's all solved! Krum will be completely freed from the curse. We have defeated fate. We are the winners. Krum will never be defeated!" After talking about it, the old lady rolled her eyes excitedly. Light, with tears of joy in his eyes.

Daisy's heart was cold. If she and her two children were required to be "needed by the family" today, would Mrs. Kroom force her to sign that terrible contract without hesitation?No doubt, it will.Daisy watched her mother-in-law relieved and weeping with joy, unable to shake off the fear in her heart, she subconsciously hugged her daughter tightly.

Mrs. Krum's joy came to a dramatic and abrupt end. She suddenly remembered that Victor had also written his name on that contract, and her mood fell to the bottom instantly.

"Victor...how could you do this...Victor...I'm grandma...how can you make grandma feel sad for an outsider...just an outsider...just an outsider..." Mrs. Krum He covered his face and wept like a child, and beat the two sons who came up to comfort him from time to time.

This time Victor didn't take the blame as quickly as before, until the old lady's crying weakened, he said, "I won't do anything wrong to the Krum family, the day when the curse will come true, I give my life back to Rig, and as for our children..." Victor looked tenderly at Mionir's sleeping face. "We won't leave him alone. He has been insecure since the day he was born. He is so young and shouldn't be left alone. It's too lonely." Victor's eyes fell to Heimdall's His face seemed to be asking for his opinion.

Heimdall remained silent, Victor's pupils dimmed, and the corners of his mouth curled up mockingly.

The old lady screamed hysterically in the tea room. She pointed at Heimdall and yelled, "I knew he was a scourge! The evil spirit that disturbed the Krum family is the culprit. He is the culprit. I should have Take a firm stand not to let you be together, Master Cassandra clearly warned me to be vigilant against all heresies and abnormalities, it is my fault, it is all my fault... You and Boyi are the same! Both are monsters! Monsters!"

Everyone was caught off guard by the old lady's sudden outburst. There were many incomprehensible things in her accusations, but the Krum family had no time to pay attention to them at this time.

Heimdall was relatively calm at the scene, "What's wrong with Boy? Isn't he your precious grandson?"

The old lady said out of breath, "...I don't have such a grandson! He is a monster. I have been vigilant all the time, so I didn't let him succeed...but I missed you, a big monster!"

"Monster? I thought you were happy to have such a grandson for your entertainment." Heimdall said coldly.

"I'll tell you a secret," the old lady opened her eyes wildly. "He won't grow up... That monster named Boye won't grow up... He hasn't changed at all in these years..." Heimdall immediately cursed angrily as soon as he glanced at him, "Big monster that hurts people! Big monster !!!”

"Grandma, he is my partner, I love him, I can't bear you to say that about him!" Victor suddenly yelled out of control, and closed his eyes in pain after he finished yelling.

The old lady was shocked, and she looked at Victor with her mouth gaping. She pointed at Victor tremblingly, and then she rolled her eyes and fell to the ground. The tea room was silent for a second, and then everyone turned on their backs.

The old Mrs Krum with disheveled hair and earthy complexion was quickly placed back in the room. Anna took a deep breath and followed.After some inspections, it was confirmed that they were all right, but they couldn't recover from the stimulation for a while, and the two pairs of father and son were relieved.Victor was frustrated and blamed himself, but his father and uncle didn't blame him.

three,

The three families reunited in the tea room again, feeling extremely gloomy.

"I still don't understand, why... how did it become like this?!" Vidin rubbed his forehead. A few hours ago, he and his son were happily strolling in the forest with fishing tools.

In fact, except for Victor who is still calm, the rest of the Krum family are puzzled by the unbelievably fierce words and deeds of the old lady. They have never heard of the curse, and until now, they can't reprimand the old lady for "making a big fuss".

"You want to hear my opinion?" Heimdall said.

Everyone looked at him.

"All willing to listen?" Heimdall asked again.

"Just say it." Plov sighed.

Victor clasped his hands in front of his chest, quietly watching Heimdall.

"I think the most difficult thing for you to understand is the old lady's attitude." Heimdall said.

Several people looked at each other, then nodded.

"It starts with the master's prophecy back then." Heimdall briefly reviewed the three prophecies of Cassandra. "The old lady's husband, Sergey Krum - I'm sorry I called him by his first name - unfortunately died young. The old lady must have been in a bad state of mind at that time." Judging from her madness today One or two, maybe the root of the disease was buried at that time.

"Vidin and I were young at that time. I heard from the nanny who took care of us that my mother was once in poor health. She was bedridden all day and had insomnia all night. Being turned away by her, even we barely saw her,” Plov recalls.At that time, Vidin was still a suckling baby and had no impression of this period of history at all.

"Her husband's death hit her too hard. I guess the reason why she is so vulnerable is that she thinks that she killed her husband. The strong sense of guilt makes the demons take root in her body and entangle her. lifetime."

"What?!" Plov exclaimed in surprise.

Vidin reacted, "What curse are you talking about?"

"Yes, your mother later learned about her husband's curse transfer measures. Since then, she has developed a great sense of responsibility for the Krum family, and has an inseparable desire to protect the children." Until later, it turned into control. Desire—Heimdall didn't say that.

"I seem to understand what you mean." Vidin pondered. "In other words, Cassandra's prophecy actually became the shackles that fettered her mother, binding her to the Krum family's boat. Because of the prophecy, she denied everything she thought should be denied, rejected everything she thought should be rejected, Drive away everything she thinks should be driven away, but any abnormality that mother thinks is the object that must be vigilant mentioned in the prophecy, such as you, such as Boyi..."

"Maybe there are me and Mionir." Anna interrupted suddenly. "Mother hates Rig because Rig is not the grand-daughter-in-law she expected, and Rig is not even a girl, so she can't accept Rig anyway, so she takes Rig as a prophesied heretic; Boye just popped up out of nowhere An illegitimate child, too dishonorable for a conservative old-school person, tarnishing the Krum family's reputation, and heretical; I was obviously not the ideal candidate for the eldest daughter-in-law of my mother, so she never concealed her dislike for me. Victor was taken away by her when he was born; everyone in our family knows about Mionier Of course, my mother couldn't accept it.Everything that is not in harmony with her should not appear, is worthy of vigilance, and is a threat and harm to the Krum family.

"She vowed to protect her family and fulfill the responsibility of being the head of the family instead of her husband. When there were more and more alarming phenomena and the mother could no longer sit still, she learned from the pain and thought of a solution once and for all."

"Anna..." His wife's sharp accusation made Pulov's heart ache.

Daisy covered her face and quickly read a paragraph in Icelandic. Bernik pretended not to understand, and everyone remained silent for a long time.

"She is great." Heimdall broke the silence.

Everyone looked at him strangely and hesitantly, humorously with a little indulgence.

Heimdall said with a smile: "I'm not talking ironically. She did all this because she loves this family. Her guilt made her make up for it at any cost. Such a mother, such a grandma, is great. But," said the tone a turn. "I say this does not mean that I am willing to be sacrificed. There is no doubt that I am willing to sacrifice for Victor, but I am not willing to make selfless dedication under the premise of being deceived and persecuted. These are two different things. Therefore, her greatness Just for you."

Everyone's expressions darkened again, except the master was still looking at him quietly.

Mionir, who was on the short bed, looked around with his big round eyes. He was surprised that Rig was clearly talking, why couldn't he hear the voice?

Heimdall, who was always paying attention to the changes on the bed, lifted the spell, squatted beside the bed, smoothed the child's hair, and asked softly, "Are you awake?"

Surrounded by everyone's eyes, Mionier nodded shyly.

"Do you want to come down for a walk?" Heimdall asked.

Mionier nodded again, threw off the blanket and jumped down.Heimdall waved his wand, and the clothes that were crumpled and wrinkled all over his body were neatly straightened out quickly.

Dorit couldn't sit still for a long time, seeing her younger brother woke up, she struggled hastily.Daisy let go of her, and she quickly climbed off the sofa and ran towards her brother.The two little radish heads quickly muttered.

Heimdall withdrew his gaze, glanced at Krum's faces, and asked hesitantly, "Does that mean you all believe it?"

Everyone was puzzled.

"Curse," Heimdall blinked. "You all believe in the existence of curses?"

Everyone is a little confused.

four,

"You, you don't believe it?" Bernick stammered.

Heimdall conducted a very brief self-psychological analysis, and then said: "I didn't believe it at first, but now I don't believe it."

"Is there a difference?"

"Of course there is. The curse is true, but it's far from what Mrs. Kroom imagined. I believe that part of the truth."

Bernick looked at everyone with a dazed look.

"You explain to us."

Heimdall said, "What about the contract? Where is it now?"

"Here with me." Although Victor said so, he didn't mean to show it.

Heimdall knew that he was wary of tampering with the contract, so as to prevent himself from carrying out his selflessness to the end, so he laughed, "I won't do stupid things, this contract involves a large sum of Galleons and A large piece of land."

Everyone didn't expect it to be this far, and he was still thinking about money!

Victor is different, he understands him, Heimdall will not be so short-sighted that he will ignore his life for money, no matter how great the wealth is, he must have a strong life to consume it.Victor took out the roll of parchment, and Heimdall took it over. He was not surprised to see the names of the two of them written on the signature, and he couldn't help sighing.

This reaction is actually quite normal, but the Krums feel that it is very inconsistent. It is a strong...false, yes, it is false, pretending, pretending.

"It's all you..." Heimdall complained to the master melancholy. "Now the money and land will be shared equally with you."

The Krums are dead, Victor can't laugh or cry, don't I know him well enough, has he evolved to the realm of loving money like his life?

"What's mine is yours." Victor could contribute the share he inherited from the Krum family without hesitation.

"Can it be the same?!" Heimdall gave him a blank look.

The Krums agreed that there was little difference.

Heimdall waved the contract in his hand and sneered, "A piece of paper can transfer the curse to another person? How can there be such a simple and easy-to-operate curse in the world!"

The Krums were dumbfounded.

"Since you heard about this incident, you have no doubts because you were caught off guard. The authorities were confused, and Victor was concerned about it, but he was confused. The first thing to bear the brunt is not to question the obvious loopholes and doubts, but to stand firm and share the same fate with me. Our Darling..." He winked a few times intoxicated, lowered his head and shot for a few seconds, before the crowd was confused, he continued, "I have read the spell books and consulted experts and professors, such as Crewe. Mrs. Mu's deadly and hereditary ancestral curse is quite difficult to remove, because the person who cast the spell is no longer there." He lifted the parchment in his hand. "What is certain is that a piece of paper will not solve the problem at all."

The Krums took some time to digest the huge shock of this turnaround, and their hearts really suffered a lot today.

"The curse is still at Krum's house? It's still at Grandma's..." Bernick couldn't help being vague.

"It should be like this." Heimdall said with a serious expression.

Mionir is his darling, he can't sit back and watch a little hidden danger threaten the child, let alone watch the child become the next scapegoat?He will die with regret!

"But grandpa..." Victor hesitated.

"You all know how he died," Heimdall reminded.

"Isn't it because of a curse?" Bernick asked confused.

"There are indeed many forms of cursing, but they all have specific manifestations, that is, they will die from the curse of the person who cast the curse at the beginning. In other words, the curse is to ambush the cursed object with an extremely vicious black magic in advance. in the body, and then wait for one day to explode," similar to a ticking time bomb. "Another rare thing is to force the cursed person to commit suicide. I don't know what kind of ancestor the Jankulovska family is. It must not be that he was persecuted by someone on a certain day in a certain year and died unfortunately. , Sergey Krum's death had nothing to do with the curse." He was just unlucky, and very badly.

If Lao Caipi knew that a reckless disregard for human life when he was in high spirits was driven by a curse by human brain, I don't know how he would feel.

"Then all these arrangements of grandpa?" Victor asked again.

"He spent a considerable amount of galleons to reassure your grandmother," Heimdall said. "At the end of the day, Sergey Krum, like me, no, more than I, has a complete disdain for cursing. To keep the old lady from her thoughts, to cheer her up, to get her out of her mind The burden is to make her believe that he single-handedly planned and performed the play of prophecy, as well as other things in order to match the prophecy, the more mysterious and serious the more it will win people's trust." Sergey must have confused everyone in the past , suspicious. "You should be aware of it." Heimdall hinted.

Victor quickly remembered the series of inexplicable and costly audits, and then remembered that his grandmother had not amended the will so far. Due to the presence of his uncles Vidin and Bernick, he chose to remain silent.

Heimdall thinks that the reason why Cassandra left the prophecy ball is probably due to compensation psychology. Who would have thought that the last divination in the great seer's life was just a random word. Maybe she foresaw that his life would be twists and turns because of her nonsense. constantly.

The Krums are completely bewildered, what are they supposed to believe?

"How do you know?" Vidin asked cautiously.

"Guess... don't look at me like that. I pieced it together based on extremely reliable information. I personally think it's more reliable."

"Where did the 'extremely credible information' come from?"

"Given by the goblin."

"Fairy?" Bernick was very surprised.

"Don't underestimate the intelligence network of goblins. As long as the reward is right, they can accurately find out the order of the color of your underwear throughout the last year."

Bernick's expression twisted for a while, obviously he didn't believe it, "Such a blast?"

Heimdall seemed to be stepped on a sore spot, and almost jumped, "Why else would I accept money bribes from your grandmother, do you know how many Galleons I paid for investigating these old things?!"

Everyone was silent.