HP Midnight Light

The wedding ceremony of Narcissa and Lucius once became the hottest news of the year, until many years later this grand wedding was often mentioned.To celebrate the union of the two surnames, all students who were related to either Black or Malfoy received beautiful dessert boxes as gifts.

"It can be seen from this that the combination of Malfoy and Black can be described as a strong alliance." Cornelia commented very implicitly.People knew the Blacks had a long history, but they didn't realize how many Galleons the Malfoys had until they opened the dessert box.

Unexpectedly, Hyacinth also received a dessert box. She guessed that Lucius and Narcissa were trying their best to let everyone know their strength.Although Hyacinth firmly believes that the exquisiteness of the packaging is not necessarily proportional to the taste, but when she found that the cupcakes are made of gold foil, and each candy is micro-engraved with the names and portraits of Lucius and Narcissa At that time, she blurted out a comment that was much more straightforward than Cornelia: "It can be seen that they should taste great, after all, they are all carved from gold Galleons."

Regulus choked on the cake, and Olivia quickly smoothed things over for her: "What Hyacinth means is: Lucius really took the trouble. I think so too, these gift boxes alone cost a lot. How thoughtful."

Cornelia showed a proud smile: "Of course, he married the last lady of the Black family."

"My mother said in the letter that she was proud of Narcissa's marriage, and that she and Lucius were a match made in heaven." Regulus opened the letter from Mrs. Black, and as he read it, he Suddenly stopped in embarrassment, "Uh..."

"Keep talking, Regu." Olivia urged.

Regulus looked over the letter to Cornelia, and said apologetically, "She mentioned your aunt, Leah." It was clear that Mrs. Black had nothing nice to say about Mrs. Druella.

Hyacinth believed that at a certain moment, a trace of embarrassment and anger flashed across Cornelia's face, but she quickly adjusted her expression and shrugged: "It's nothing, just keep reading."

Regulus flattened the letter paper and adjusted his voice: "She said that Mrs. Druella mentioned her daughter who was removed from the name at the dinner on the eve of the wedding, which caused Bella to fly into a rage. Mrs. Druella that night And had a big fight with her husband in the room - at Narcissa's wedding the next day she was sullen and forced to smile..."

Regulus' words fell to the ground, but no one answered.Hyacinth guessed that there might be some worse words written in the letter, but Cornelia calmly swallowed the last mouthful of chocolate, wiped her mouth with a napkin, and then said slowly: "It's okay to be noisy now. It's useless, she should reflect on why she raised such a daughter. It's not surprising that Mrs. Black is angry, and every guest will secretly wonder why the bride's mother looks so unhappy." She sneered.

"So you don't mind my mother's wording?"

"Not at all. I'd even say that Mrs. Black is too kind."

Regulus frowned, but he was obviously relieved.

"Okay," Olivia said with a smile, "Where are Lucius and Narcissa planning to spend their honeymoon?"

"Lovelace Island, in France." Regulus also laughed. Mrs. Black's letter just now didn't seem to affect the atmosphere at the dinner table at all.

The topic was naturally drawn to the newly married Malfoy couple. The couple's wedding even occupied the front page of the "Daily Prophet" that day. Hyacinth looked at the newspaper that was put aside, and the photo showed a white gauze Narcissa walked past the congratulatory guests with Lucius, who was also dressed in the same costume, on her arm, and the petals fell on the young couple one after another.

Are they really in love?Hyacins looked at the businesslike, impeccable smiles of the two men in the photo, trying to discern how much genuine emotion and drama there was.This question that she had never thought about suddenly popped up in her mind. How much of this perfect marriage is the will of the parties themselves?

Just like the marriage contract between Sirius and Margaret, are Lucius and Narcissa tied together because of interests?Hyacinth felt as if she saw a crack in this beautiful marriage, and the couple in the newspaper didn't seem so perfect anymore.

"Don't be distracted, Hyacinth!" When she recovered, she realized that Regulus had been called away by his friends, and Olivia and Cornelia were watching her together.

"What are you looking at? You're so engrossed." Olivia looked at her with her chin up, her eyes flickering.

"I'm just looking at this wedding dress." Hyacinth said nonsense, pointing to the wedding dress on Narcissa in the photo, "It's beautiful, isn't it?"

"After all, it is a unique wedding dress," Cornelia stared at the sparkling diamonds on Narcissa's skirt with admiration, "Did I tell you the origin of this wedding dress?"

"You've said it many times, Leah." Olivia pointed to the flower crown on Narcissa's head, "I think this should have a lot of origin."

The two of them immediately began to discuss Narcissa's various ornaments enthusiastically, and Hyacinth wanted to be alone for a while: "I'm going to make up my arithmetic and divination homework, let's go first."

"There are so many homework for arithmetic and divination?" Cornelia looked away from the newspaper.

"That's right," Hyacinth said nonsense, "It's also possible that I wrote too slowly."

Cornelia raised her eyebrows: "Then I wish you good luck."

Of course Hyacinth didn't go to the library, she came to the hill she liked the most.

The change of seasons is no different for Whomping Willow, which always looks the same bleak.Hyacinth took off her coat and put it on the ground. The weather is a bit hot today, so she decided to just draw a sketch.

However, just as she took out the pencil, she heard a familiar voice: "See you here again."

Hyacinth turned her head, and Sirius put his hands in his pockets and was walking slowly down the slope. It was rare for James not to follow him, which was strange, because they were usually inseparable.

"Hello." Hyacinth did not forget what happened on the day of the OWLs exam, "I don't accept any spell attacks, thank you."

Sirius froze for a moment, then couldn't help laughing: "You're really interesting."

Hyacinth glanced behind him: "Where are your other friends?"

"I want to be alone." Sirius watched her take out a knife, "What are you doing?"

"Pencil sharpening." Hyacinth pointed to the nib that was obviously not suitable for drawing.

"There is a simple and effective little magic spell that can help you." Sirius stretched out his hand, and after hesitating for a while, Hyacinth passed the pencil over. Sirius tapped lightly, and some wood chips floated down.When he handed the pencil to Hyacins, she was astonished to find that it had indeed been sharpened--but she had never heard of such a spell!

"Where did you learn it?"

"It's actually a gardening charm used to prune branches, and we've made a small change." Sirius stared at the pencil with interest. "Why don't you use a quill?"

Sometimes Hyacinth felt that wizards were not very creative, at least they only had quills instead of pencils, pens, and charcoal.Therefore, Hyacinth didn't bother to explain more to Sirius: "Well, well, it's more complicated to say, and people who don't understand art may not understand."

"So it's a Muggle tool?"

"Yes." Sensing Sirius' eager eyes, Hyacinth dug out an unused pencil from her schoolbag, "Take it if you want it."

"Really?" Sirius ecstatically took it and looked it over carefully, "It should be expensive, right?"

Hyacinth shook her head helplessly: "One Galleon is enough for you to grow old."

"Speaking of which, why do you always draw Whomping Willow?" Sirius continued to ask persistently.

"Because Whomping Willow has an unusual and wild beauty," Hyacinth thought she had met a like-minded person, she relished unconsciously, "Look how powerful the dancing of those branches is."

"You know how every year someone gets hurt by getting close to the Whomping Willow?"

Hyacins felt that she couldn't paint properly as long as Sirius was around.So she simply stopped writing, flipped through the previous paintings, picked out a satisfactory one, tore it off and handed it to Sirius: "Here you are."

"What does that mean?" Sirius asked.

"First, as a thank you, thank you for exonerating me at Christmas," Hyacinth explained. "Second, to give you a chance to get in touch with the essence of art."

Sirius shrugged: "I have reservations about the second point, but thank you." He folded the parchment and stuffed it into his pocket.

"You may need to be alone for a while, then I'll go first." Hyacinth felt very unhappy at the thought of his engagement to Margaret-though she had no position to be unhappy.

"I think it's good to chat with people." Sirius jumped off the hill and sat down next to her. "Let's continue talking about the Muggle world."

"That's all I know," Hyacinth was almost lost in Sirius' temper. "If you want the contact information of those girls, I might be able to find out."

Sirius protested: "You can't be prejudiced against me because of some posters."

"Human nature," Hyacinth muttered, and she cleared her throat to change the topic, "Did you receive a gift from Narcissa and Lucius?—I didn't mean to mention this." She suddenly Remembering that Sirius usually seemed to be the one left out.

"No, I did." Sirius shrugged, "My relationship with Narcissa is much better than my relationship with Bella."

"Honestly—" Hyacinth said honestly, "I can't tell."

Sirius smiled: "Do you think that Narcissa looks arrogant and indifferent, and she doesn't like to socialize with others at all? She is actually not like this. Narcissa was still very lively and weird when she was in school."

"Not at all!" exclaimed Hyacinth in surprise.

"When she was young, she used to tease me and... Regulus," Sirius said with a dark look on his face. "Of course, she slowly changed when she grew up...becoming more and more 'Black'." He strengthened his tone sarcastically.

Hyacinth realized she had messed up Sirius' mood: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to remind you of the old house of Black." Her voice trailed off.

"My mother used to write letters admonishing me to restrain my behavior," Sirius said suddenly, "The letters gradually decreased, and she probably finally realized that I was a rotten piece of wood." Speaking of which, His expression fluctuated briefly, as if he wanted to smile, but Sirius quickly returned to his gloomy expression, "But she wrote to me again today, apparently, the wedding reminded her of something else -"

Hyacinth immediately remembered what Olivia had said: "Engaged?"

Sirius stopped suddenly, he turned his face to look at Hyacinth seriously, and frowned: "How do you know?"

"Uh... I heard it." Hyacinth hurriedly explained, "My friends are very well-informed."

Sirius had a complicated expression: "Yeah, obviously I was the last one to be notified."

Hyacinth became more and more uncomfortable: "But you have a good relationship with Margaret—"

"—that's different." Sirius interrupted her rudely. He looked very agitated. This was the first time Hyacinth detected Blake's repressed madness in him. Enough of them pointing fingers at my affairs, and now they want to use another method to restrain me... so that I can get back on the 'right track'... My mother's biggest expectation is to let me go back to that gloomy house, okay? Shame on everyone and let others know that she gave birth to a 'bad child'!"

Hyacons was taken aback by the other side of Sirius: "Maybe you should ask Margaret's opinion, maybe she doesn't want to—"

"Oh, she probably got the news a little faster than I did." Sirius smiled mockingly, "You know she's into snot, sorry, I mean Snape. She's very fond of Snape, As far as I know she would never want to be engaged to anyone else, but it's useless to say what we say now... well, you may not understand, but this kind of thing is controlled by the parents in a family like ours, once They exchange tokens - such as rings - and the marriage contract takes effect immediately, and it's useless for us to object and protest."

"It's completely unreasonable!" Sirius' words made Hyacinth shudder, she couldn't understand what it was like to grow up in such an environment, but this kind of marriage manipulated by the parents was simply ridiculous to her, " Why is there such a thing in the wizarding world?"

"This is the so-called 'noble and ancient family'." Sirius sneered.

"So what are you going to do now?" Hyacinth asked cautiously.

"I hope Margaret can convince her father, if not—" Sirius paused, his eyes lacking warmth.

"Sirius?" Hyacinth whispered.

"It's nothing." After a long silence, Sirius finally seemed to have regained consciousness, he forced a smile, "Margaret has a great chance of being able to convince her father, so... things are not too bad Bar."

"There will always be a way." Hyacinth was speechless, so she had to say dryly.

Sirius stared at the Whomping Willow in ecstasy: "Now I kind of understand what you mean. This tree feels a bit desolate. No matter how strong its branches are, its roots are stuck here, and there is no way to move it."

Hyacinth thought Sirius was talking about himself.

"Do you mind if I ask you a question?" Sirius suddenly turned his head and asked her, "If you were given a chance to exchange lives with me, would you choose a family like mine?"

"No." Hyacinth replied without hesitation, the atmosphere in Black's old house was enough to make her daunting, "I have no other intentions, but I don't want to stay in such a... luxurious cage."

Sirius silently turned his head back and continued to stare at the Whomping Willow: "You have seen the essence of the problem, but more people only see the superficial prosperity."

At this time, James called from the hillside: "Sirius - Padfoot -"

"Your friend came to see you." Hyacinth said, affected by Sirius' emotions, she couldn't help sighing, "On the bright side, you still have so many good friends, and you like No matter how bad you are, there is still a Snape who can bully you..." Sirius finally laughed, and Hyacinth sighed again: "I can't find anyone to bully."

"Regulus was very timid when he was a child, and he had to hug a plush toy every night to fall asleep." Sirius said briskly, "You can use this to laugh at him."

"Regulus must hug the plush toy to fall asleep!" Hyacinth exclaimed in disbelief.

"It's true, he even named them one by one." Sirius winked at Hyacons, "I've always suspected that he is still like this."

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Note:

I think the relationship between Narcissa and Lucius should be cultivated through thick and thin. Of course, Lucius may have pursued Narcissa when he was a student, but that may not be entirely out of love. According to Lucius Personality, I think there must be certain interests in it.Also considering the year of Draco's birth (Lucius and Narcissa were both in their 20s when he was born), I think the couple's relationship should be of the long-lasting kind.

Easter eggs:

Lovelace Island, where Narcissa and Lucius honeymooned: Margaret took Violet and Pansy there in Night of Dawn.

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