[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

Exactly as Eli expected, after a short period of shock and astonishment, the companions of the school newspaper did not hesitate to welcome and accept the deputy editor who had never sat with them openly. After the newspaper office, they finally sat together for the first time and chatted about those past years.

"Your article is really well written." Catherine said appreciatively, "I still remember the "Secrets of Ancient Magic in Hogwarts Castle" in the first issue. More vividly and interestingly mentioned in "History"—perhaps I should have thought at the time that the author of this article must come from an ancient wizarding family. In fact, I did guess in this direction! But your brother managed to put I got it wrong, it made me misunderstand that the heirs of the ancient family are all researching flying motorcycles..."

"Only people who eat and the latest gossip on campus are complaining about me?" Sirius pretended to dig his ears and asked with raised eyebrows. Catherine cast a disgusted glance at him and turned the back of her head at him.

"Anyway, I'm belated—I really appreciate you." Catherine said coolly, and Regulus smiled, and he didn't seem uncomfortable or embarrassed by such a straightforward compliment. His reserved elegance is now more obvious than that of Sirius.

He himself soon realized this problem, so he added: "Thank you, I also read your article, it is very novel."

"Have you entered the stage of mutual flattery now?" Lily asked with a smile, and Catherine raised her eyebrows narrowly at her.

"It's good to come here once in a while, isn't it?" Catherine said with a drawn out voice, "After all, we didn't have a Potter by our side during school, and you've experienced too many things like this. , Of course, it’s not uncommon, to learn to understand others, sometimes everyone still thinks it’s quite necessary.”

In the midst of everyone's laughter, Lily rolled her eyes angrily and amusedly: "Hey, it's as if I gave James to you back then, and you would want the same... Don't look at me so aggrieved, James, You were really annoying back then."

"Actually, I don't think it's changed too much now." Joan commented leisurely, "The mood is different, and the feeling of seeing people is also different, isn't it? When I was in school, I would sometimes meet Lei Gu. Les, at the time I felt that he was much more difficult to communicate with than Sirius, but now it seems that this impression is completely wrong, Regulus, you are much easier to communicate with than Sirius who only has racing and adventure in his mind."

The relationship between Ravenclaw and Slytherin has always been good. Although Joan and Regulus are not in the same grade, she is still the person who has the most interaction with Regulus besides Eli. Not surprisingly.

Regulus looked at her, slightly curious: "What do you think of me?"

Joan blinked, looked at him for a moment, and slightly bent the corners of her lips.

"There are always a lot of people around you," she said, "but you don't smile very much, and you don't look as high-spirited and self-satisfied as your other classmates. Although you are one of them with a lot of status, But it feels like you're not always happy."

Regulus was slightly startled, his eyebrows drooped slightly, and after a brief pause, he smiled faintly.

Joan also laughed: "Of course I know you can laugh, and you don't need to show it to me-OK, this arc looks much better now."

"A good Quidditch player can't be a bad guy!" James said convincingly, "He was very disciplined during the game, and he never hit his opponent's head with a bat! I knew at that time that he was better than others Much better Leitlin!"

"Wake up, James." Sirius said from the sidelines amidst Remus's giggle, "Regulus is the Seeker—where did he get the bat, snatch it from his fellow hitters?" Is it?"

"It's not as good as you imagined, is it?" Eli shrugged at Regulus, and said helplessly, "These people are always so chatty when they get together, arguing constantly around some childish topics, and often There is no point of conversation, if the topic is not careful, it will completely go astray..."

Regulus' eyes fell on the other people who were said to be in a ball, and his eyes stayed there for a while.

"It turned out to be like this." He said softly, "I have been curious for a long time."

According to Eli's original idea, after Petunia became pregnant, he wanted to hide his home completely, but he realized in the immediate life that this was completely unrealistic, and their family was also closely related to the Muggle world , Petunia's colleagues and classmates will visit from time to time, it is impossible to disappear in front of them, this kind of precautionary measures is extremely unreasonable.

So he began to settle for the next best thing, and carried out some meticulous renovations to his home.When Regulus walked into the kitchen, he wanted to help with the fruit—Eli told him it was in the refrigerator, and he made it very clear what a refrigerator was and where it was located.But he probably misremembered where the fruit was stored (or the mistress of the house took it away when she just went out), anyway, there was no fruit in the refrigerator, so Regulus rummaged in the kitchen suspiciously.

Then he was locked in the kitchen by a total petrification, staring at the boxy box in front of him, feeling incredible.

Would this be too exaggerated... Besides, how did he trigger the magic mechanism?Doesn't Eli know how to use these kitchen utensils at home?Regulus fell into deep thought, until a voice from the kitchen door interrupted his thoughts.

"Need help?" the voice asked.Regulus couldn't move, and couldn't respond, but after a few seconds, footsteps gradually approached from behind him, and a short figure appeared in front of him.

"Perhaps you need a solution to the curse?" The visitor looked at him nervously and in awe, and asked in a low voice.

Regulus looked at him, and after a few seconds, he also realized that Regulus had no way to respond to him.After a few seconds of hesitation, he raised his wand anyway.

"I mean no harm." He explained in a low voice before waving his wand and reading the undoing spell to him.The next second, Regulus felt that his limbs were finally free from the stiffness, he moved a bit, and nodded towards the person coming.

"Thank you." He said, "Peter Pedilou, right? I know you are Sirius' friend."

Peter looked taken aback that he remembered his name.He put down his wand, looked at him for a few seconds, and then suddenly remembered to explain: "It is no problem to use kitchen utensils normally in the kitchen of Eli's house, but turning around without a purpose will trigger the defense mechanism. Eli said that looking for a purpose There is a difference between rummaging through things and aimlessly, to be on the safe side, he decided to keep the latter first and then make further distinctions."

"Very powerful magic." Regulus said sincerely. "His use of magic is always so amazing."

"Yeah, he's always been that powerful, and I've copied that magic at home, and my mother says I've made really great friends," said Peter immediately.He subconsciously puffed up his chest a little, and his face suddenly became a little more proud. It could be seen that he admired Eli's outstanding ability from the bottom of his heart.

"Is Ms. Enid okay?" Regulus asked. "The world is in chaos now. It seems that I haven't heard from her for a while."

Peter froze suddenly. He opened his mouth and looked at him in great surprise.

"You know my mother?" he said in amazement, as if he couldn't believe what he heard.

"Yes." Regulus said politely and calmly, "Ms. Enid's great-grandmother has some blood relationship with the Black family. She has good grades at Hogwarts and has a good talent for magic. We listen Said she was married to a Muggle. I've only heard about it once, since the relationship is far away. Your father is now..."

He paused and did not continue speaking.Peter showed amazing acumen at this time, he grinned and shook his head nonchalantly.

"They've been separated for a long time, and my dad isn't like Eli's dad, he's not a hero," Peter said simply, passing by, "I was raised by my mother on her own, and we live together now— After I started working, our family moved to London, of course, because of the distance, my apparation is not stable enough... But I think, in another two or three years, we can really have London A home of his own, though certainly not as big as Sirius' house."

When he was talking, he maintained a slightly suppressed pride on his face, and only when Sirius was mentioned at the end, his voice dropped, as if he suddenly woke up and realized that he was showing off with a person of what kind of family background Bragging, he immediately stopped talking, shrank his head, and glanced at him carefully.

"Excellent." Regulus said, seeing the reason for Peter's restraint, he said calmly, "Sirius' house was bought with the inheritance of our Uncle Alphard. Not as good as you."

Peter smiled slightly, his expression looking more natural.

"It's not like that." He muttered vaguely, his eyes still fell on his face, it could be seen that he was very interested in him.

"Sorry, I don't know if I should ask," he whispered, rolling his eyes. "The papers say you're missing... and that you were a Death Eater..."

"They're right." Regulus admitted calmly, and in Peter's wide eyes, raised his index finger to his lips.

"It's hard work for everyone to keep it secret for me." He said, "The situation is special, and I have to do this."

Of course... of course.Peter nodded again and again, looking like he was about to swear he wouldn't say it.But he still stared at him, carefully observing his expression and reaction.

"Can I ask you a question?" He hesitated for a moment, then whispered.

Can.Regulus nodded, and Peter immediately stood up straight. He blinked his eyes and couldn't wait to ask him questions.

"How did you escape from the control of You-Know-Who?" he asked, thinking for a while, and then added a little hesitantly, "And...why do you want to get rid of him? Your family supported him, you joined the Death Eaters early, he I value you too."

"As for the previous question, it was Sirius who saved me." Regulus said simply, and Peter gasped in disbelief, with a mixture of shock and admiration on his face.

"He can save you from the mysterious man!" He couldn't help sighing, and then realized what he said, and quickly waved his hands, "No, I'm not saying Sirius isn't powerful, I just...that's the mysterious man!"

"Yes, an extremely powerful mysterious man." Regulus said calmly, "You are right. In fact, when I decided to betray him, I was indeed prepared to sacrifice myself. I never thought You can save your life by yourself.”

Peter watched him intently, and Regulus smiled.

"Yes, the mysterious man values ​​me to a certain extent." He said calmly, "It's as important as looking at a good dog under his hands. My bloodline makes me more valuable than most people. A dog of great value—or a dog of little value, the only two types of Death Eaters in his eyes. It occurred to me one day not long ago that what I wanted was not to get rid of the dog. Brain, always kneeling at someone's feet and begging for mercy, I'm a Black—or just an independent and free person, so I betrayed him, and Sirius arrived in time to save me from dying Life."

Peter listened intently, with his mouth half open, and sighed enviously.

"Sirius can always create infinite possibilities." He admired yearningly, "You are so lucky to have such a good brother."

"I think he's willing to do that for everyone he thinks it's worth." Regulus said seriously. "He's the kind of person who would give everything if there was a reason. That reason includes me and You - don't envy me, I know you are very good friends, and he must be willing to do this for you."

"I can't be as great as you, risking my life." Peter whispered, "If possible, I still don't want to take risks... My mother will still need my care in the future, and our family hasn't saved enough money to buy a house..."

"Then work together and let the mysterious man go to see Merlin." Regulus looked at him and said, "The culprit who makes you have to worry about your life, you are walking with others on the great road to solve him Woolen cloth."

Peter moved his lips. Judging from his expression, he didn't have any confidence in his ability to accomplish such a great thing.But he didn't refute Regulus' words, they left the kitchen and walked towards the living room together, he was half a step behind him as usual, following behind him as he had always followed his friends.

The author has something to say:

Thanks to Ji Chuanbuki for quitting procrastination!mine~

My writing logic: exclude the contingency of each choice, and start from a person's background, personality and experience, and explore the more reasonable result.Regarding whether Peter will bounce back, I won’t make spoilers here, you can analyze it rationally