[HP] Lost and Returning

On Christmas Day, almost every child gets up very early, and they run barefoot to inspect the gifts under their Christmas tree. This is a festival to give blessings to each other.

The Malfoy family also got up very early. Draco was fully dressed and walked down the stairs. It seems that Lord Slytherin has not come yet. The Christmas tree in the hall is full of presents. The house elves have already classified them. Outside, others are temporarily put in lockers because there are just too many.

Draco glanced at it, half of it was sweets and chocolates, it seemed that the students of Hogwarts sent their Christmas presents to Lord Slytherin directly here.

"Merry Christmas." A voice interrupted Draco's contemplation, it was Regulus, leaning on the stairs, greeting his nephew who looked about his age.

"Merry Christmas, uncle." Draco replied awkwardly. Since meeting this very kind uncle yesterday, he has been telling himself that this person is much older than himself, so pay attention to his seniority.

Regulus smiled, and sat on the sofa. Being able to see his sister and his relatives again alive was something he never expected: "Your brother hasn't come back yet?"

"He's delayed by something." Draco was perfunctory, and his parents didn't tell his uncle, Lord Slytherin, so he naturally wouldn't talk too much.

"Have some snacks first." Narcissa came out with black tea and pastries, and put them on the tea table.

Regulus didn't want to eat it, but he had no choice but to pick up the biscuits under the strong aura of his sister. When he woke up, more than ten years had passed. In the past, although Narcissa was the youngest sister, she was the one who took care of him the most. , when parents pay attention to Sirius, this elder sister cares about herself and is considerate of herself. When Sirius enters Gryffindor, and her parents turn all the pressure on him, it is also this elder sister who gives her the most considerate care .

"Go and see your present." Narcissa looked at her obedient brother with satisfaction, pointing to the Christmas tree.

Regulus' presents were several custom-made robes and a wand.

"This is?" Regulus turned his head happily, his wand had been destroyed in a certain cave.

"According to the material of your wand, I found someone to order it." Lucius appeared in a gorgeous dress: "It should be used."

"...Thank you." The wand was half the wizard's life, and Regulus was grateful.

"Why are you being polite?" Narcissa looked at her son, "Xiaolong, what good gift did you receive?"

"A set of Quidditch equipment." Draco lifted the small box to show the back to his parents: "All the autographs of the current England team players are on it."

"It's a great gift." Regulus leaned forward to look at it with the curiosity of a teenager, his mental age is not yet 20 years old: "Your friends will envy you."

A minimalist postcard stuck to the box with the words "Merry Christmas, SS"

"Ah!" Draco immediately showed a flattered expression.

"What's wrong?" Narcissa stepped forward.

Draco turned his head and rummaged through the presents. As he expected, there were gifts with this kind of postcards stuck inside: "Dad, Mom, you have them too."

Narcissa took a star-shaped box, and after seeing the contents of the postcard, she immediately understood where her son's surprise came from. It was a gift from Lord Slytherin.Flower seeds, that child is really thoughtful, Narcissa went to see her husband's things, a piece of parchment?

Draco's attention was suddenly focused on the bow tie tied with parchment, he thought of something, and pulled his mother's sleeve: "That's the bow tie..."

"Still..." Draco choked, he couldn't say the word "pets only".

Lucius glanced at the parchment and folded it again, then looked at the bow tie in his hand in a daze, what did Lord Slytherin want to give him?

Narcissa suppressed a smile, while Regulus was a little puzzled.

……

Salazar originally wanted to go back to the manor earlier, but something went wrong. Christmas gifts are traditionally delivered by owls. He found a professional Christmas gift delivery shop in time, and successfully mailed a large number of things, but the one that was packed A large spider that no owl would be willing to send.Changing a lot of owls was useless, it took him a lot of time, and in the end he had to throw the spider himself in the cellar, where there was no Christmas tree, so he threw it on the ground.

Godric still decided to go to the Burrow first, so Salazar apparated to the gate of the manor alone, but ran into another acquaintance, or a familiar snake-Nagini.

Salazar's disguise had no effect on Nagini, and changing the color of his hair and eyes could not change his aura.

[Your Highness...] Nagini bowed her head humbly. She has been lurking here for almost two weeks just to wait for this man.

Elsa poked her head out of Salazar's sleeve curiously, it was the first time she had seen this type of snake.

The next moment, another person suddenly appeared - Tom?Riddle.He needed to find Regulus, and his only clues were those two children. He did not go to Hogwarts, but he thought of the connection between Lucius and that Parseltongue. Leave the Malfoys alone, he remembered the warnings, but he could use that to find the kid.So he put Nagini outside the estate and cast a spell that if Nagini found anything, he would appear immediately.

"What are you doing here?" Salazar frowned.

Tom looked at the boy with a platinum face. Nagini would not mistake anyone. It was unexpected that Lucius' so-called illegitimate child was actually...

Bending slightly, Tom saluted: "Maybe, I should call you Lord Slytherin?" A Slytherin who is not a descendant of Slytherin can only be Slytherin himself.No matter how incredible it is, this is the most likely and closest truth.

"I don't think you came here just to say hello." Salazar narrowed his eyes, he still didn't like this man, even though the man's face was pretty good now.

The other party acquiesced in his judgment of his identity, Tom took a deep breath, is this person really Salazar?Slytherin!He saluted again: "I apologize for what I did before." Splitting souls, bloody killings, brought the Slytherins to an extreme, and ruined all honors. He deserves an apology.

Salazar said nothing, just watched.

"Your Excellency..." Tom carefully looked at the other person's expression, he could see that Salazar didn't like him: "You take the liberty to come here, I just want to ask one thing, where is Regulus?"

Salazar was silent, and it took a long time before he replied indifferently: "If he wants to, he will go to you." Salazar turned his head and walked towards the manor, not wanting to say more.

"Wait!" Tom was a little anxious, and he took a step forward to adjust his emotions: "Then can you bring this letter to him?" The next best thing is that he needs a chance.

Salazar took the snow-white envelope without writing a single word.

"I'm sorry." Tom took a few steps back and bowed again before disappearing with Nagini's apparition.

【Can't Aisha play with her? 】The little green snake watched Nagini disappear in disappointment.

【Will have the opportunity next time. 】Salazar comforted the little girl and put away the letter.

……

The Christmas dinner at Malfoy's family was particularly rich, with mostly sweets, which definitely catered to Salazar's taste.

After Salazar said hello to a few people, she went to eat at the dining table. Aisha was so happy that she pestered a circle of people around to help her cut the food.

When he saw the little green snake, Regulus was shocked: "Pet?"

"Her name is Aisha." Salazar said lightly.Regulus looked the same as in the photo. He didn't have the aristocratic vigor at all. Instead, he was just a slender and docile young man. Perhaps he should be called soft on the outside and strong on the inside. The incident of the Horcrux was enough to prove the character of this young man.

Regulus glanced at it, then buried himself in his food without making a sound.

Narcissa gently sliced ​​meat for Aisha, and talked with her son about school matters from time to time to adjust the atmosphere during the dinner.Lucius was a little surprised by Salazar's silence, as if he was thinking about something.

After the Christmas dinner, Draco pointed to the Christmas tree next to him: "There are a lot of your presents, all sweets."

Regulus smiled slightly. Although this little nephew was taciturn, he was quite childish: "It's not good to eat too much sweets."

Salazar turned his head to look at the black-haired boy, took out the letter from his arms, and handed it over.

"What?" Regulus wondered, and the other three looked over in confusion.

"Christmas present." Salazar forgot to prepare a present for Regulus, but this one was not bad either.

"...Thank you." Regulus scratched his head in embarrassment. He glanced at the envelope, but there was nothing on it.He smiled at the few people who were paying attention to his movements, and tore open the envelope. He thought, this might be a prank type of gift, he had received a lot from his brother when he was a child.

The parchment inside was also blank, but the moment Regulus touched the parchment, he froze. The magic fluctuations on it were so familiar that Regulus loosened like an electric shock. Opening his hand, all the blood on his face faded instantly, and the parchment fell to the ground.

"Regulus!" Narcissa hurried forward, the panic and death-like paleness on her brother's face shocked her a lot: "What's wrong?"

Salazar's gaze was fixed on the boy's face, and he watched without changing his expression.

Lucius' eyes fell on the parchment on the ground, what is that?

"...Where did you get this thing?" Regulus looked at the platinum boy with an indifferent expression.Impossible, how is it possible, that person has changed, I will not write such things to him again, no more...

Salazar managed to capture a trace of sadness and expectation from the boy's eyes. He really didn't expect that idiot to win such affection from Blake. He shrugged: "Tom? Riddle."

Lucius, Narcissa, and Regulus were stunned at the same time. They all knew the real name of the Dark Lord, but Draco was at a loss, not knowing what the name meant.

"It's just Tom? Riddle." Salazar emphasized, "It's up to you whether you see him or not."

"You... who are you?" The guess became reality, and Regulus was even more surprised by the child who calmly said that name, just kidding, this doesn't look like a 12-year-old child at all.

Salazar frowned, looking at the Malfoys.

"We didn't say anything." Narcissa hurriedly waved her hands, but they didn't get permission, so how dare they tell someone's identity casually.

"It's okay, as long as you don't talk nonsense outside." Salazar was still very relieved to Black: "I talked to Tom, he will clean up his mess, you can help if you are willing, and it doesn't matter if you don't want to. And... ..." Salazar looked at Regulus again: "His soul is complete, and the locket has no connection with him. It is at best an evil black magic item. Destroy or leave yourself Decide."

Regulus stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what he heard.He never said anything about the locket, not even when Narcissa asked him when he first woke up.

After saying this, Salazar went to unwrap the presents under the Christmas tree. All kinds of candies and chocolates are more attractive than discussing a certain idiot.