[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

Durham University campus, Durham, England.

Mrs. Smith sat in the classroom and listened to her husband talking on the podium, quoting from many sources and narrating the ancient history of Britain with high spirits, and took notes in her notebook with great interest.It’s been a while since her last novel was published, and she’s starting to prepare for her new book. This time, she’s going to make a small transformation and write a love comedy between a pure female college student and a gentle professor in the magic world. She does not deny that the inspiration was somewhat influenced by her son and daughter-in-law-to-be.

In short, in order to obtain first-hand materials for this, she has come to the university where her husband teaches from time to time in the past few months.Thanks to her reputation, Durham University not only did not mind her visits from time to time, but also specially invited her to give a lecture as a best-selling author.This allowed her to move in and out of Durham University more freely, and she was always comfortable in the Muggle world.

This is also one of the reasons why she is willing to stay in the Muggle world despite being a witch from an ancient family.Although she still has a sense of superiority as a magical wizard, she can't deny that life in the Muggle world is very comfortable-it's not only love that keeps her in the Muggle world, but also what she can see The development and potential of this world.

For example, Durham University is world-renowned, with high-quality students and a large number of students.When you are on campus, you can feel the vigor and drive of these young people in their 20s.Each of them is a leader in the Muggle world, full of confidence that they want to achieve something.Mrs. Smith felt that in some respects, they were even more vigorous than the Hogwarts students, probably because they were older. After all, this is a school that only enters after adulthood for further study.

So she shared the same opinion as her husband, and felt that not only Petunia, but Eli should also come to study after graduating from Hogwarts and learn some things worth knowing about the Muggle world. This is definitely not a bad thing.And from another perspective, studying at a Muggle university can also avoid the increasingly dangerous situation in the wizarding world.

She knew that her son was a man with a lot of ideas in his heart who was likely to do something big, but no mother wanted her child to be in danger, and neither did she.

In any case, it is safer to live in the Muggle world. Except for the large-scale Westminster Bridge incident, most of the other times are just small troubles. After all, the Mysterious Man and the Death Eaters have not yet unified magic. world, and then focus on ruling the Muggle world, not to that extent... But she is already planning for her own family, if it is really approaching that situation, then she will take her husband abroad, It doesn't matter where you go, as long as it is not covered by Voldemort's shadow, you can always hide if you can't provoke it.

Another three and a half years had passed since her husband was attacked.The cloud of war over the past three years has shrouded the magic world even more heavily, and the turmoil has almost hit our faces.Compared with it, the Muggle world is more peaceful now. After the end of World War II, there has been no large-scale war. Those Death Eaters can follow the magic trail to find her home. For her husband's life—— They don't care about where they work or what they usually do, which keeps their family's precarious peace.

But this forced security won't last long, she knows it well.If it was said that her dear son was still playing around in small troubles before, as he grew up, he had more ideas of his own, and now he is still making such noises about running a school newspaper, I am afraid that their family will also receive attention.She is actually a showy character, but all the limelight definitely does not include being targeted by Death Eaters, and she faces a greater risk.

When Eli suggested to them that they should immigrate to the United States, she really thought about it.It's just that she is in both Muggle society and wizard society, and she knows that the economic situation in the United States is terrible, and even the law that wizards are not allowed to intermarry or even make friends with Muggles has just been abolished a few years ago, so it is not suitable for them to form like this family to go.

Where can I escape to, and live away from home?Linda shook her head in her heart. Both she and her husband felt that if they had to live in hiding like this, it might be better to die vigorously.

But of course it is best not to die. She doesn't have such lofty ideals. She wants to save more people. She just hopes to protect the safety of her family to the greatest extent, and donate some money at most—in fact, she really does. Did, provided a sum of money to the Order of the Phoenix.On the one hand, she expressed her approval for the just cause, and on the other hand, she also took this opportunity to tactfully tell Dumbledore that it was okay for their family to pay, and she was willing to do her best.But if possible, don't let her son get involved in dangerous things, he is not yet an adult.

Dumbledore expressed his gratitude for her support, but did not explicitly agree to her cryptic request.

"Eli is a very opinionated person, Linda." Dumbledore said patiently, "His talent and ability determine that he can have many choices and many paths to take. There's only one way to go, and I promise you, I won't interfere with his choice, but I think we all want him to do what he really wants to do."

What he wants to do makes people feel uneasy.Mrs. Smith is dismayed to find that after finding a good old man husband, she has felt the impact on her belatedly: her son seems too good, but in fact good people are easy to suffer because they have beliefs and boundaries , she was born in such a family, and she has a deep understanding of these things, so it is inevitable that she will feel a little worried.

So coming to Durham University is not only to obtain materials, but also means to be with her husband at any time - she is an excellent witch, and when she is vigilant, she is always protected when something unexpected happens people's abilities.What happened at home more than three years ago will certainly not happen again, a witch should not and cannot make mistakes in the same place twice.

But two different mistakes are possible.Linda's thoughts diverged for a while, and then she felt that it seemed unlucky to think about it, so she stopped thinking about it and continued to focus on her husband on the podium.

After class, under the kind and lively smiles and gazes of the students, Mr. Smith helped himself to appear gracefully and gracefully in the back row of the classroom. His wife, who looked like she came out to watch a show, was holding a handbag. Linda held his arm generously, and the two People talked and laughed and walked out together.

Mr. Smith's class is over for today, and they can go home now, and the car is parked in the parking space on the campus, not far from the school gate.They walked there. With a smile on her lips, Linda happily discussed the reserved restaurant with her husband. She glanced forward casually to confirm the location of their car.

A strange blackness suddenly appeared in the peripheral vision of the corner of her eye, which made her pause for a moment, and then turned her gaze back.

Two men in black hoods were standing quietly at the school gate.

Black hood.The memory of that day three and a half years ago suddenly came to mind, Linda stopped suddenly, and all the blood disappeared from her face.

Mr. Smith noticed her pause and turned to look at her with concern: "Honey?"

Mrs. Smith stared straight ahead, and pulled out her wand in an overreaction.

Now is the end of the afternoon class at Durham University. Many students on the campus are preparing to eat or do their own things. Everyone is going in and out of the school gate. When they pass by two people wearing strange black robes and hoods, I couldn't help but take a second look, surprised that someone dressed so weirdly was standing at the school gate.

The two hooded men seemed to have spotted them too, and the smaller of them eagerly drew his wand and aimed it straight at them.But another one who was slightly taller held her down. He looked at Linda silently through the hood for a while, and slowly grinned.

"Meet you again, Cousin Linda." He said slowly, "After that meeting three years ago, you moved? It made it hard for us to find. I didn't expect you to hide in the Muggle school with your Muggle husband." , What a good rat hole, who cares where the ants go to work? It's a pity that you were once a Lestrange, cousin, you have Lestrange's blood in your veins, as long as the family wants, I can find you, no matter where you are hiding, the ends of the earth, any corner of the world, you can be found. You have not traveled far in the past few years, which is really good, and it saves us a little bit of time to travel. "

Blood of the Lestrange family?Linda's face was completely pale, and she recalled some things that she had forgotten due to the age: As an ancient family with a long history and obsessed with black magic, the Lestrange family retained A large number of magic books accumulated over thousands of years—and among them, books on curses are rich and comprehensive, with everything that one expects to find.

She can't escape wherever she hides, she is destined to be unable to get rid of the shadow that haunts her in the past.Linda's breath was trembling slightly without realizing it, and she felt her husband's hand holding hers worriedly, and he frowned, trying to pull her back into the car.

"Where do you want to run? You stupid Muggle," said another voice impatiently, waving his wand straight across Mr. Smith's back. "Have a nice son, don't we? I want to come to talk to you again, talk about your good son, talk about what he thinks, whether he takes his parents seriously, we need your cooperation to be arrested by us, and do it in front of your son Just pretending. But now I’ve changed my mind, saying one more word to you would be an insult to the noble members of the Lestrange family, how dare you, what are you worthy of—— Cruciatus!"

The spell was aimed at Mr. Smith, and the defensive bracelet on his hand was automatically triggered to block the attack.A golden phoenix appeared over Durham University immediately, and Mrs. Smith swung her wand vigorously with sharp eyes and hands, aiming at the wizard opposite.

"Petrification!" she snapped, slashing down with her wand like a sword. "Quick and imprisoned! Fainted!"

Several spells were dodged by two hooded wizards.The stronger one was unable to dodge when he was unconscious, and the hood was thrown off by the spell, revealing the face hidden in the hood.

Rodolphus Lestrange.

Linda Smith's breathing was heavy, her pupils were slightly dilated, and her hand holding the wand was aimed straight at them.

"Trouble with your cousin again, boy?" she said hoarsely, trying to sound stern and disdainful, "Let me see, the last time you and your stupid brother came to trouble me, was What happened? Is your master happy because of your self-righteousness? How did I hear that you were punished a lot after you went back because of your recklessness and self-righteousness?"

Rodolphus Lestrange obviously didn't expect her to mention this, and he was stunned for a moment, with a distorted expression on his face.The petite one next to him also lifted his hood, revealing a beautiful but equally distorted face, aiming his wand at her with hatred.

"Don't listen to her, Rodolphus!" said Bellatrix Lestrange with hatred, "Master has been terribly troubled and furious this holiday because of the stupid things her stupid son has done. And my damned cousin, I'm going to give him an Avada sooner or later with my own hands - don't dawdle, Rodolphus! Tie them up and take them away, let your stupid cousin My son knows how he should choose! Be quick! Think how happy the master will be if we have accomplished such a great thing—”

The machinations of You-Know-Who's Death Eaters.Mrs. Smith's heart sank when she heard it. This was even more frightening than being under Voldemort's own orders. As a superior who once wanted to win over Eli, he was at least doing things first.Even after her family was approached by Rodolphs and Rabasta more than three years ago, they once expressed apologies to her tactfully through old friends she knew in the past. don't want their lives...

But Rodolphus the fool... and his wife who was more fanatical than he...

"That's right, Bella." Rodolphus' expression became firm again, a sneer appeared on his face, and he raised his wand high, "Come with us, cousin, and your untouchable husband, We want you to be of some use."

"Don't even think about it!" Linda Smith hissed, grabbing her husband's arm and about to Apparate him immediately.

But no, the two Death Eaters had been standing here for an unknown amount of time, and had already arranged a counter-curse.Mrs. Smith failed to take her husband to leave smoothly, and the offensive on the other side had already used all her brains.

The spells of different colors intertwined, and the surrounding students quickly became terrified after being at a loss at first, screaming together.

The spell shattered the surrounding walls and buildings, and when it hit a person, it ranged from unconsciousness to severe bleeding.The terrified students fled in all directions, and Mr Smith was of little help at the moment, but shouted angrily nonetheless.

"Don't hurt the students here!" He said hoarsely, shouting to the students around him, "Get out of here, run away—"

"It's so noisy! There's no place for you to talk here!" Bellatrix yelled in a very bad mood. Voldemort's bad mood made her worry, and her bad mood had accumulated to a certain limit.Anger made her forget the thought of being alive, and the wand shot a green light at Mr. Smith.

"You're nothing but a lowly Muggle - Avada Kedavra!"

Mrs. Smith's eyes were about to burst, and at the critical moment, she pulled her husband back forcefully, narrowly avoiding the fatal curse.Her face was pale, and she was extremely angry. This kind of anger enhanced her combat effectiveness unprecedentedly. She protected her husband and challenged the two of them at the same time, swiftly dodging from left to right.

"Avada Kedavra."

The fatal spell sounded again, this time from behind her. At the same time, she was pushed aside heavily and fell to the ground.

Then something fell heavily on her body.

is her husband.

Hobert Smith's face was still full of anger and anxiety. When he was protected by her, he was still worried about the safety of the students, telling them to flee as far as possible.Today, the couple booked their favorite restaurant early and wanted to spend this ordinary and beautiful Thursday together. He was dressed in a formal suit and looked elegant. He was a handsome and unrestrained British gentleman.

There doesn't seem to be much difference between the him at this moment and the him in the last second, except that the pair of eyes that always look at her tenderly have become hollow.There were no wounds on his body, and he was still alive, so close to her, as if he was still alive.

--He is dead.

"Clean up the house." Labastan Lestrange took off his hood and aimed his wand at his cousin.

"This is also a last resort. If a scum appears in an ancient and noble family and affects the family's reputation, it should be resolved as soon as possible. The Black family chose to remove that blood traitor, which is a bit too gentle. Our Lesterland The Qi family will never let it go so lightly—but you have to die for value, cousin Linda, do you know? You really gave birth to a bastard, too depraved."

Linda Smith didn't respond at all. She stared straight at her husband and remained motionless. Everything around her could no longer distract her attention. Her mind was buzzing and she could no longer hear anything.

When Eli pointed his wand at the reporter of "Wizard Weekly" and forced him to take him to the destination in the news, he was horrified to find that this was the gate of Durham University.

What made him fall into the abyss even more was that there was no one at the supposedly bustling school gate, and there were three Death Eaters with their hoods off standing opposite them—a woman was surrounded by them, and she was lying on a motionless On the human body, curled up into a small ball, with hair hanging down in a mess.She lay there, trembling, unable to see her face, but Eli recognized the dress.

It was just bought by his mother half a month ago. He liked it very much and wore it several times in a short period of time.

And the man lying motionless on the ground with a lifeless face was his father.

...his father?

Eli was in a daze at this moment, he felt that he didn't understand what this scene meant.His father lying on the ground?His mother lying on it?Why are they here, and why is he here?What is he doing now, what has he been doing all along?

His head gradually went blank and empty, and all sounds seemed to come from far away.

Rodolphus Lestrange stood directly in front, wand in hand.Seeing him coming, a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips.

"Just waiting for you," he said. "Lestrange House, we're waiting for you to come over—with the corpse of your self-defeating mother and your low, bawdy father. Come yourself, boy, you should have I know what happens to those who betray their own family."

The author has something to say:

Thanks for the great mine

I want to say that whether it is Eli or the rest of the Order of the Phoenix, the bloodshed, sacrifice, torture, and family involvement are not because they are immature, thoughtful, and did not expect this, but because they know, resist The matter of darkness needs someone to do it, and everyone cannot expect others to stand up and carry the burden for themselves.

Loss, growth, and choice are all part of finding a way.I won't say how inevitable this incident happened, but I hope everyone knows that this incident will happen. It's not that Eli did something wrong. Don't look for the reason from the victim. The wrongdoer must be the perpetrator. Everyone is fighting for When striving for great ideals and careers, we hope that no one will be tortured by the perpetrators in the future.

Black is unscrupulous, White is tied, and always will be.But those who choose justice still stand up, even knowing what they will face. The 17-year-old Audio-Technica dropped out of school and embarked on the road of destroying Horcruxes, the 17-year-old looter joined the Order of the Phoenix to fight against Voldemort, the 21-year-old Lily gave her child the last shelter with her life, and the 21-year-old Snape became a twin In the face of spies, the price never comes because of people's youth, and fate is sometimes so cruel.

When the story is written to a certain extent, the characters in the pen have their own souls, and so does Eli.Even if I let him succumb at this moment, stay away from this sad place, temporarily hide from the limelight, or completely fall for the Dark Lord...he can't do it.I know, and you all know, that’s not him. He had made many choices to protect himself, but he never really let go of the justice in his heart. Came here with pain but no regrets.

But I really didn’t expect that this episode was serialized when the Chinese New Year was approaching, and I shed tears for my Eli

PS: Why didn’t they run away or hide? It’s written in the article. First, it’s been three and a half years since Mr. Smith was attacked last time. It’s been a long time. The wizard settlement has already taken countermeasures.The second is that Voldemort mainly recruited Eli. During this period, Linda actually didn't feel the threat of death. Although the rumors were tight, her life was not affected.The third is that the normal Muggle life is actually not very dangerous. Arrogant wizards will not pay attention to where Smith works, and all hostility is basically directed at her, and hiding in the Muggle world is already a kind of hiding. Finally, Even if she chooses to hide, it's useless. She has high-purity Lestrange family blood on her body, and she can be found by using a curse. The Rodolphs and Labastan families cannot hide.

Explain that Eli didn't treat his parents like Hermione treated his parents. First, Hermione knew what he was going to do and knew the corresponding dangers. Eli's goal was not so clear. He didn't know what Horcruxes were, because It's unrealistic for him to do something equivalent to severing ties with his parents if he wants to fight against the black wizard; secondly, he can't do it either. He developed the defense bracelet himself and put it on his parents' hands. He wants to cast a spell on Linda I don't have this ability either, the first time I will be blocked by the bracelet, Linda will not let him perform the second time, when you have a wizard mother, it is too difficult to help her decide what to do, Eli suggested that they go The proposal of the United States was also rejected. He had no more appropriate choice. Under Voldemort's shadow, no one had an absolutely safe and obedient choice.