HP Midnight Light

-September 1980, 5 -Burstead Manor

"She's beautiful."

"That's right. The way she cries would soften a demon's heart, but you'd better not see that."

Are you more terrible than a demon, then, Fudge thought: "Can you hear me, miss?"

"Of course, sir," she replied meekly.

Fudge turned his head: "This is..."

"Specially blended confusion potion."

"I thought it was illegal, Mr. Burst." Fudge was taken aback.

"You don't know much about the laws unique to pure-blood families, Mr. Fudge." Signus handed Olivia a small cup of passion fruit tea, and she took it obediently, "In the past, marriages between pure-blood families have always been Parents, not children, were not uncommon for brides to be forced into marriage. Even now, how many pure-blood couples really love each other?"

"Then your wife—"

"Her original name is Shafiq, and that's enough."

Fudge moved uneasily on the sofa: "So, uh... the next thing we have to do is..."

"You don't need to come forward, Mr. Fudge." Signus saw but did not point out his timidity. "Mr. Lestrange will persuade Mrs. Black to agree to our plan."

Fudge took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from the tip of his nose: "So does Mrs. Lestrange know about this?"

"Not yet, but she will know—after Mrs. Black agrees, of course, she will." Signus smiled.Word spread that Walburga was going mad, and if she was completely insane, Mrs. Druella would be the person to run the Black family's affairs.Therefore, unless Walburga is willing to relinquish power, she must find her only current potential heir - Sirius Black - as soon as possible.

And Burst will continue his relationship with Blake again, but this time Olivia's marriage partner will change from her younger brother to her older brother.Walburga needs an heir, Signus needs a comeback, and they each get what they need, and no one suffers.

He knew that Walburga would not refuse the proposal to retrieve Sirius again, the only problem was Bellatrix: with her shrewd eyes, she would be able to see through Signus' plan at a glance.That's why he will persuade Rodolphus to help him hide from Bella at all costs.

Signus thought he was a genius.What surname in this world can be louder than Blake?

"But how are you going to get Sirius Black to agree?"

"That's what you need, Mr. Fudge." Signus said with a hint of pressure in his tone, "You need to do two things. First, lure Sirius Black to the Ministry of Magic; second, subdue him, no matter what In what way."

Fudge opened his mouth—

"That's the only thing you have to do now, and it should be easy for you," Signus reminded. "If you don't agree, Mr. Fudge, I'm afraid I'll be disappointed."

"Is this a threat, Mr. Burst?" Fudge flushed. "You can't order me like that!"

"I can. You should know that it is not difficult for the Death Eaters to wipe out a Ministry of Magic employee. Even Minkan was murdered." It was the first time that Signus took out Death Eater so bluntly. He threatened Fudge with his gangster status, "Secondly, as far as I know, it is extremely easy for the Ministry of Magic to try to make some people's careers go wrong..."

"I'm afraid I'm not so easy to play with in the palm of my hand!"

"And I'm not in vain, Mr. Fudge." Signus saw through his thoughts at a glance, "You still want to go home for dinner, don't you?"

"I'll find a way!" Fudge shouted immediately, his hand clenched his wand secretly, and Signus didn't care:

"very good."

A few seconds of silence.

"Then," Fudge forced himself to be composed, "why did you keep it from Mrs. Lestrange?"

Signus didn't bother with the change in his title: "It's just so it doesn't get messed up in the beginning."

"Then Madame Druella..."

"Lady Lestrange has no relationship with her mother."

"You're going to keep her?"

"Of course not. We'll be able to deal with her as a matter of course when it's done. In any case, Deruella Rozier is a potential hidden danger."

Fudge quietly wiped the sweat from his palms on his robes.

Edmund had promised him that after the Black family and the Burst family joined together and brought down the Rozier family, they would guarantee him the position of Minister of Magic.In exchange, in addition to promising a high position, Fudge must also try to help them complete an important part of the plan: capture the only Sirius Black they can't control.

Fudge impulsively agrees to the deal with Signus under the benefits and Edmund's sweet talk.It wasn't until after that that he really understood what kind of people he was negotiating with. He was no less gentle than the Dark Lord, and perhaps even more ambitious.Now, Fudge was less eager to become a minister, and he wanted to escape this demon alive.

"My sacrifice is greater than yours, Mr. Fudge." Signus said as if he knew his fear. "In order for Mr. Lestrange to agree to match us, I promised him many things. Even Do you know how hard it is to find a pure-blood wife for his brother Rabastan?" Rabastan and Rodolphus' kinky affair was a well-known gossip, so no pure-blood girl would want to marry him ?

"I understand." Fudge swallowed, his eyes fell on the ring in Olivia's hand, "But...is this a ring from the Black family? Mrs. Black has already agreed?" He belatedly asked road.

"This is indeed the ring of the Black family, but Mrs. Black has not agreed. These rings actually belong to the Lestrange couple. As the eldest daughter, she inherited them from her parents." Olivia looked at the ring with her hand, "But it's still easy to fool the little girl with it."

-June 5th - Parkinson Manor

Tata had a busy morning furnishing a new bedroom on the third floor.

Hyacinth noticed, and she also noticed that Edmund seemed to avoid her eyes on purpose. He was either walking up and down on the third floor to check on the work of the house elves, or went to the other side of the second floor to take care of Pansy. Anyway, he just refused to step into Hyacinth's field of vision.

This is really strange.Hyacinth thought he must be planning something again.

But near noon, she waited for another person——

Cornelia went straight into her room.

"You look so cocky that I wonder if it's you who's shaking so badly that he can't hold his wand steady."

Cornelia glanced at her: "Aren't you very energetic? Why, stop looking for death for your Sirius?"

"I think it's more important to fight to the death with you."

"Aren't you afraid that Sirius might misunderstand that you lived like a fish in water at Parkinson Manor? Huh?"

"Keep being sarcastic, Leah." Hyacinth said, "That's all you have to do."

"I'm really worried about you, why don't you want to open it up? I mean, you have changed your surname and given birth to a daughter. At this point, my cousin is still a bit self-respecting. Man, he won't want you anymore, right? So what's wrong with being Mrs. Parkinson with peace of mind?"

"Since when did you become a first-class emotional expert?" Hyacinth's face turned pale, "Of course, if I were you, I would definitely cry for myself. You have nothing but calculations and conspiracies in your life. What's left? You've neither truly loved nor been loved, so of course you don't understand—"

"That's not necessarily the case, Hyacinth." Cornelia smiled, "I'm not like you, I won't climb the stars in the sky, so I won't be like you now... er, the situation is bleak .”

"It's not over yet, Cornelia, why don't you see who will have the last laugh."

"That's all you can say, poor Hyacinth. Look at your shattered life—parents dead, orphaned, Muggle friends turned into phoenixes, forced and true love Separation, living out the rest of your life in a big house—this is bound to be a bestseller, right?"

"Why do not you go to hell!"

"Don't be so excited, old friend." Cornelia waved her hand, "Actually, I have another purpose for coming today, I want to see if Edmund will allow me to be his daughter's godmother—her name is Pan West, right?"

"Don't dream. She won't have a godmother like you!"

"Are you caring about her?" Cornelia opened her eyes wide, "I thought you didn't love her at all!"

Hyacinth sneered, "She doesn't deserve God's blessing."

"Is this a kind of anger?" Cornelia asked back, "It's more like a cycle. I thought that you, who were hated by your relatives since childhood, would not easily transfer your anger and hatred to innocent children."

"Listen, Cornelia, if you die, I will give you a great funeral myself, and call all the guests to dress up and throw a party. We should be happy on your grave Tap-dancing to celebrate the death of a witch." Hayesings said tartly, "What's on your epitaph?—'Cornelia Rozier: Born without a mother, died without a mother Love', do you like this?"

"Shut up!" Cornelia yelled furiously, and Hyacinth laughed out loud:

"You are more pitiful than me, Leah. Sometimes I wonder where your mother has gone. Maybe she was forced to give birth to you and escaped with difficulty. This makes me full of hope for my future. Merlin is Come on, you were born a child cursed by your mother, it's so sad—"

"Shut up!" screamed Cornelia, drawing her wand and pointing it at Hyacins. "How dare you—"

"Of course I dare!" Hyacinth shouted, "I have nothing. What do you think I should be afraid of? I am different from you, and now I have nothing to worry about!"

"I saved your life! Twice! You would have died in a Muggle orphanage a month ago if it hadn't been for me!"

"If it wasn't for you, maybe I would have left here! Maybe I'd be back where I want to be!"

"I gave you a chance," Cornelia's wand trembled, "you could have escaped far, away from Parkinson's..."

Suddenly, Hyacinth understood this thoughtless remark.

"You gave me the note."

"It's a pity that you would be wrong! You were more afraid of blood cleansing, right? So you forgot about Edmund, even though he has been coveting you for many years! Hyacinth, what a pity... what a pity ...You could have been with your Sirius forever, but in the end you insisted on sending it to your door!"

"you--"

"You're scared too, aren't you? You're not that confident that Sirius will treat you the same way. So you run away, but you don't dare go to him directly. Then you go to the Leaky Cauldron, and you run into the Death Eaters Take action, this is all arranged by fate! Then you give birth prematurely, and you run into a bloodbath orphanage... In the end, Hyacinth, you can’t blame others, and you let go of opportunities far more than others snatch from you !” Cornelia roared and finished the last sentence, her voice gradually lowered, and Cornelia said hoarsely, “You probably don’t know it yet, you can’t have any more children...you never come back not going……"

"Rozier!" Edmund appeared pale by the door, also clutching his wand.

Cornelia finally finished what she wanted to say, and the blood slowly returned to her face. After a pause for a few seconds, she suddenly turned around and bumped away from Edmund and rushed out the door.

"Hyase -"

"That's good." She replied extremely calmly, "at least I don't have to worry about Margaret's tragedy happening to me, at least I don't have to be involved in that disgusting source of life plan. Edmund, this Is there anything else in the world that you can't do or dare not do?"

"Do not--"

"Guess what, Edmund," said Hyacinth softly, "what do you think I know?"

Edmund was silent, still holding his wand.Hyacinth saw it, and she couldn't help smiling:

"You lied. Sirius was never caught by a Death Eater, and that cufflink was just a prop for you, wasn't it?"

Edmund stared at her: "I never said that Black was captured by Death Eaters, it was all just your imagination."

is it?

Is it chaotic if you care about it, and you are timid if you are close to your hometown?

Hyacinth didn't bother to recall what he had said: "Now tell me, what are you planning?"

It was a sad and happy face, and Edmund couldn't see any trace of anger, but he didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"A new agreement," he said matter-of-factly.

"Let's hear it, then. Maybe I'll say yes."

"Never hurt Pansy in any way, never go to Blake—"

"What can I get?"

"I'll give you back your wand."

Hyacinth smiled: "I won't say yes, give me back my wand."

"I won't agree either." Edmund refused.

"Then let's see who can consume more than whom, Edmund." Hyacinth's smile did not change, "There is nothing behind me, and you still have to care about that damned little devil!"

"She's your daughter!"

"She's not!" Hyacinth looked at Edmund and spit out the rest of the words word by word, "She's just a rapist's daughter, that's all. Don't worry, I will keep this in mind, always Remind you, and don't forget to tell her."

The author has something to say:

Note:

1. The title is French, the literal translation is "This is life", and the free translation here is "This is fate".

2. The plot of Signus here is a temporary addition, after all, his downfall needs a stronger reason.

3. The note was actually given by Cornelia a long time ago.This is her last kindness.

4. Cornelia's mother has a later story.

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