HP Midnight Light

A week before the Christmas break, when Hyacinth was about to sign the registration form, Olivia stopped her: "Don't stay in school—here, my mother asked if you would like to come to our school." home for Christmas."

"Your house?" Hyacinth was surprised.

"Yeah." Olivia confirmed, "It's absolutely true, if you don't believe me, see for yourself. Don't worry about Signus, he seems to be visiting some of his friends during Christmas."

"Since this is the case, then I have no choice but to bother your family." Hyacinth passed the form to the next person, "Thank your mother for me."

Olivia nodded, and Cornelia pulled out a purple card from the letter: "The second good news——Narcisha said that my friends and I are welcome to the tea party, and the time is December 12 Two o'clock in the afternoon. She said that we can reach Black's old house through the Floo network." She shook the invitation letter in her hand, "So it's a deal?"

"Very well, then it's my turn to tell the third piece of good news." Regulus had a hint of excitement hidden in his expression, "Bella will come back for Christmas, in other words, she will also appear in Narcissa at the tea party."

Hyacinth didn't think it was good news, but Cornelia cheered excitedly: "Really?"

Cornelia is Bellatrix's number one fan, and everyone knows that.She adores Bella - from her birth to her marriage, from her skills to her standing with the Dark Lord.

But she may not be the second Bellatrix.

As Olivia said, the Birds and his wife welcomed her.They arranged for her to live with Olivia, and were very considerate enough to disturb them very little.

Therefore, Hyacinth spent a lot more time chatting with Olivia.As December 12 approached, their conversations centered more and more on various anecdotes about the Black family.

"Was Walburga a strong woman?"

She didn't dare to ask Cornelia this question, nor could she ask Regulus, so she had to ask Olivia for an answer.

"That's for sure." Olivia explained to her with great interest, "The parents of the three Black sisters have almost no sense of presence in the family. The three daughters were all raised by Walburga and her husband."

"No wonder Leah doesn't often mention her aunt." Hyacinth whispered.

Olivia didn't take it seriously: "Although she was low-key in front of Walburga, she was quite cold-blooded. It is said that she didn't show any sadness when Andromeda was kicked out of the house."

"I heard Andromeda married a Muggle?"

"Yes." Olivia said, "This is a particularly serious matter in a family like Black's, not to mention they haven't figured out how they met."

Hyacinth didn't answer for a while.For a moment, she wondered if Andromeda should be assigned to Gryffindor. After being in Slytherin for so many years, Hyacinth understood that for most pure-blood families, wizards Combining with a Muggle is something that they can't even think about - it's nothing more than a pure-blood like Cornelia, and even Olivia thinks Andromeda's behavior is absurd of.

Olivia was so absorbed in studying the chess game that she didn't seem to notice her friend's ecstasy.

"Then," Hyacinth couldn't help asking tentatively, "do you think Regulus' brother will be expelled?"

"Sirius?" Olivia tapped the chess piece on the chessboard, resting her chin in thought for a moment, "It's hard to say. Although he is quite unpopular at home now, based on what I know about the Blacks, if he Marry a pure-blood girl in peace without doing anything more outrageous, and he probably won't be kicked out of the house. Of course, I agree that Sirius can't do any of these things."

"He doesn't have the 'quiet' gene," grumbled Hyacins.

"What did you say?"

"It's nothing." She quickly changed the topic, "I was wondering what your identity was when you went to Black's house this time."

Olivia hit her forehead precisely with a chess piece.

On December 12, Olivia and Hyacinth arrived at 22 Grimmauld Place through the Floo network on time.

Since the Black family in Olivia's mouth is not the kind of kind and easy-going people, Hyacinth decided to keep her mouth shut and let the day pass without incident.

"Mrs. Druella." When Hyacinth was busy brushing the dust off her robe, Olivia had already greeted a woman waiting in the kitchen, "How are you?"

"Miss Burst," Druella Rozier nodded with a smile, "please go upstairs, Walburga is waiting for you in the living room."

She gave Hyacinth an equally polite smile, then turned away and began to sketch a menu.

Olivia winked at Hyacinth and led her through the corridor to the living room.This place is more magnificent than the kitchen downstairs, and the huge embroidered tapestry hanging on the wall alone is enough to illustrate the glory and incomparable power of the Black family.However, compared to these objects, the woman in black sitting on the sofa is more eye-catching.

"Ah...Miss Birster, long time no see." Mrs. Black's sharp eyes slid from Olivia's face to Hyacinth's, "Then you must be Miss White, right? It's very interesting... Before she could answer, Walburga laughed by himself, "Go upstairs quickly, and don't keep Cornelia waiting."

"Okay, Mrs. Black." Olivia smiled easily, and pulled La Haysings indiscriminately to signal her to follow.

It wasn't until they went up the stairs that Hyacinth glanced inadvertently and noticed that Walburga was still staring at them.She shuddered and looked away quickly, realizing with displeasure that Mrs. Black's gaze was strangely uncomfortable.

Unlike the cold downstairs, they heard a series of brisk laughter as soon as they walked up to the second floor.Olivia was also obviously relaxed: "Don't be nervous, we're here." She comforted her, walking quickly to a door with a "Nacissa" nameplate, and knocked on it.

"Come in," said a voice.

The moment Olivia opened the door, Hyacinth's eyes were stung.After she got used to the light in the room, she realized that the dazzling light came from the huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

"You're late," said Cornelia, sitting on an armchair.

"We had a few words with Mrs. Black." Olivia replied, walking a few steps into the room, only then did Hyacinth notice the two of them lazily leaning on the couch——

Narcissa Blake in pale gold and Margaret Watson in silver gray.

A reasonable idea suddenly popped into Hyacinth's mind: This is exactly the same as those court portraits in the museum!

By this time Cornelia had begun to introduce them: "You all know Olivia. This is Hyacinth—"

"——the one I told you about." Margaret explained, "I just told Cissy the story that happened in the corridor."

"I've heard countless similar stories." Narcissa sighed, "Obviously, you are not the first victim, and you won't be the last."

"I hope Bella can get Sirius back on track this time," Cornelia said.

Narcissa picked up her teacup and took a sip noncommittally.

"Please sit down." Margaret greeted, "We were just gossip about Tracy Davis."

"Tracey? I heard she and Zabini haven't broken up yet." Olivia asked.

"Yeah, we were just saying..."

At this time, a burst of greetings from downstairs interrupted Margaret's words, and one of the crisp female voices was particularly eye-catching.

"Ah—our star that everyone is looking forward to is here." Narcissa laughed, "It's Bella."

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