HP Midnight Light

- March 1980, 6 - Order of the Phoenix Headquarters in Godric's Hollow

"There is a follow-up to the matter of Selwyn!" Fenwick broke in and said, "The Burster family paid a huge sum of money, and the matter did not further expand its influence, but little Selwyn did everything he could to find Burster." Sid's fault, not to mention Goyle's sidelines—"

"How do you know this?" Edgar asked.

Fenwick shrugged: "Just ask a little bit. Now this is the thing that 'high society' likes to talk about."

His words amused several people, and the long-standing gloomy mood in the room was diluted. Dorcas looked at everyone, and was the first to ask: "Then can you tell me how much is the 'big money'?"

Fenwick estimated a figure: "Probably... one hundred thousand Galleons?"

"Selwyn must feel that the money is less." Sirius answered casually, "But Burst probably won't be able to spend more money. I think the previous messes are enough to empty their families."

But Fenwick seemed to mind what he said:

"I understand that one hundred thousand Galleons is definitely nothing to a rich young master like you."

The strange tone made the room gradually quiet down, and Sirius was keenly aware of the change in the atmosphere, so he asked politely, "Excuse me?"

Fenwick shrugged and didn't explain clearly: "Uh... I mean, everyone understands what I mean."

Sirius raised his eyebrows: "I'm afraid I don't quite understand."

"Oh no, he made a mistake. In fact, only a few people understand what he means." James gave Fenwick a provocative look, and gently pushed Sirius, "Let's go, to our duty station." It's time."

He forcefully pulled Sirius up from the chair.

"You know," Fenwick's face flushed slightly, "more than one person has a problem with your recent behavior."

"Have we offended anyone recently?" Sirius asked, breaking free from James.

"Peter," Fenwick continued, ignoring James' warning eyes, "he's been avoiding meetings with you for a while now, and I think some of your actions made him feel embarrassed— —”

"That's what he deserves!" James said gruffly. "He embarrassing Sirius first—"

"We think you should tell us these things first, Sirius," said Emmeline.

"This is his personal life, Emmeline! He has a right not to tell you!"

"He may be able not to tell us," Emmeline said without flinching, "but when he had an unusual relationship with the wife of someone who was inextricably linked to the Death Eaters, it would be difficult." It's not the same."

"Her name is Hyacinth, why don't you just say it? Anyway, I'm not the only one here who knows her." James looked at those who had met Hyacinth for support.

"I've told you countless times that Hyacinth is not a bad person."

"So, Dorcas, why is she 'Mrs. Parkinson' now? Edmund Parkinson isn't exactly clean on our record, is he?"

"There are rumors now that he was a part of Selwyn's affairs," Fenwick added.

James interrupted Fenwick: "Her and Parkinson's business is another story."

"You said."

"I told you - you don't need to know this!"

"Listen, James, of course you can stand up for your good friend. But you should know that everyone in the Order of the Phoenix has been walking on eggshells lately. Can you guarantee that that woman has nothing to do with everything?"

"Be respectful to people, Emmeline, she has a name just like you!" Sirius pulled out the chair and strode in front of Emmeline, "You know she is innocent."

"I can't guarantee that."

"What has she told you before?" asked Fenwick.

Sirius narrowed his eyes slightly: "I don't think bringing out my private life for you to judge will help the Order of the Phoenix much."

"Although Parkinson has been hiding behind the scenes, he is almost a Death Eater, right?" Emmeline folded her arms and looked at Sirius, "Take a step back, at least you should give us a reasonable explanation. Explain why she went from 'your partner' to 'Mrs. Parkinson' so quickly?"

James kicked Sirius hard so he wouldn't let him care about the problem with Emmeline's title. He stopped in front of his good friend and glared at Fenwick: "How many people have you told your unsubstantiated ideas? gone?"

"Almost all of them." Fenwick replied calmly. "As you can see, most of them have the same doubts as I do."

Indeed, many people in the room showed a little uncomfortable expression when they heard these words-even including Edgar, who spoke the most weightily.

"I believe Sirius is not that kind of person." Frank said clearly in silence.

"Frank, the problem now is that the possibility is already very high."

"A 'possibility' without evidence is nothing more than speculation, and speculation cannot be used to convict. We all know this." Frank insisted. "I understand that everyone is under a lot of pressure now, but that doesn't mean So we can put the blame on innocent people."

"Thanks, Frank."

Frank shrugged and didn't continue.His words caused many people to communicate in whispers, and everyone's eyes were either turned to Sirius or to Fenwick who provoked the topic.

"Shouldn't someone come and explain it to me?" Sirius looked around at everyone in a whisper, "Let's just explain it today, so that it doesn't matter if the Order of the Phoenix wants to expel me tomorrow. "

"No one said you were going to be fired, Sirius." Diggle looked around, "Well...uh...after the Parkinson's story got around, we...uh...some of us felt You may—well—not be so innocent…”

"If it's because of Parkinson's, then I can put my words here now." Sirius replied quickly after Diggle hesitated, "He's not a good guy, but whether it's me or Hire Sins, none of us have anything to do with Death Eaters—”

"That's not the point, let me get straight to the point." Fenwick looked straight at Sirius. "Your name is Black, isn't it? Don't we have reason to suspect that you are not as righteous and loyal as you appear to be?"

If it wasn't for James' warning, Sirius would have felt that he had heard it wrong: "I thought what I did for the Order of the Phoenix would prove my position."

"With all due respect, this is what any good undercover agent should do." Fenwick and Emmeline exchanged a look and continued, "After Regulus Black disappeared, you seem to be acting more and more. ……unusual."

"I think you all know what makes me abnormal."

"Because of a woman? Maybe. But that doesn't seem very convincing." Fenwick looked at him. "No one would believe that Sirius Black could be distraught and changed because of a woman."

"That's what you thought," James said.

"What exactly do you want to ask?" A nameless irritability rushed into his heart. Sirius looked at Edgar, Fenwick and Emmeline one by one. Those who fought asked, "What are you trying to prove?"

"We suspect that you are a Death Eater, or at least someone who is very close to the dark arts." Emmeline said bluntly, Dorcas opened her mouth, but Emmeline's words made her immediately silence "Stop saying good things about him, Dorcas, if he is really the one who keeps betraying the secrets of the Order of the Phoenix, then he is your enemy."

"His charges have not been confirmed yet!"

"Maybe it will be verified soon!" Emmeline continued to look at Sirius, "Many people have seen you attack others with black magic at school before—"

"I've used it too," James interrupted. "It's a spell that Snape invented, and we've learned it from the attacks he's had on us. Are you trying to say I'm a Dark wizard too?" , Emmeline?"

"His last name is Black," she insisted. "His family is either pure-bloods or dark wizards."

"This surname has caused me a lot of trouble, but I don't know that one day I will be in an awkward position in the Order of the Phoenix because of it." Sirius suddenly felt that their aggressive questioning was ridiculous, or he himself was full of enthusiasm The original intention of joining the Order of the Phoenix fantasy to fight with this group of top wizards is very ironic, "So, can anyone tell me, how can I prove my innocence?"

No one answered him.

"Did you not think about it, or have you already committed my crime?"

"You don't need to prove your innocence, Sirius!" James exclaimed. "I believe in you, and I'll be on your side. Not everyone in this room believes their way—say Come back, Fenwick, Emmeline, Edgar, why do you think Sirius is a traitor? Do you have evidence?"

"Some time ago, the Death Eaters hit us very precisely, and they almost never missed, which is very abnormal." Edgar said, "They always appear at the most accurate place at the best time, and more than once .”

"The reason they came here exactly was the notebook they took from the McKinnon house. You all know that."

"Yeah. But when you think about the Black family, and think about that Mrs. Parkinson, it all adds up to something so unsettling. I mean, why is Sirius the only one who keeps getting involved with this stuff?" Relationship?" Edgar looked at Fabian who had been silent all the time, "She is a Slytherin who came out of a Gryffindor family..."

"Are you implying something, Edgar?"

"According to what you said, she also returned to Slytherin in the end, so is there any problem with that?" Sirius was poked at his own words, "As a Gryffindor in a Slytherin family, I don't Should it be a Gryffindor through and through?"

"Unfortunately, after you joined the Order of the Phoenix, accidents kept happening."

Sirius couldn't help laughing: "That's nonsense."

Emmeline spoke again: "Answer our questions."

"Do you think I do?" Sirius wanted to laugh. "You think I want people to keep reminding me that I'm a Black? You think I want to be someone who's different everywhere? You think I want Hyacinth Ruth left me? You thought I—I thought the Phoenix Society accepted me, it seems I was wrong."

"You're right, Sirius. You're one of us, and that's never going to change." Frank interrupted their argument, "At the end of the day, these are baseless guesses, Edgar, and you should at least have Your own judgment is right. Also, I hope that you will stop spreading these rumors in the Order of the Phoenix until there is solid evidence, Fenwick, Emmeline."

"Very well, the only additional requirement we have is that he cannot continue to participate in the Order of the Phoenix—"

Frank frowned: "This matter is not up to you, Fenwick. Dumbledore is the head of the Order of the Phoenix—"

"Excellent!" growled Fenwick. "I'll go to him now, tell him what we think, and see what Dumbledore has to say."

"Nonsense. Sirius is going to stay in action, and he's going to go with me on the duty we're supposed to be doing," James snapped. "I beg you guys: be a brain, okay?"

"If I were you, Blake," Emmeline yelled, "at least I wouldn't be wearing that T-shirt with the golden phoenix printed on it all day long, lest people don't know I'm a member of the Order of the Phoenix!"

Sirius stopped James before he was so angry that he wanted to say something. He glanced at Emmeline with a look of arrogance on his face: "That's a hippogriff with wings. Beast, Emmeline."

-June 6th - Rozier Manor

"...we're running out of time, Evan."

"I'm ready, Wilkes." Evan replied calmly, "The only thing you have to do is minimize your presence, understand?"

"This is for your safety," Cornelia added. "We don't want you to be a target. But you have to help us when the time is right."

The calm performance of the father and daughter made Wilkes feel a little less uneasy. He began to believe that Rozier and his daughter would be the final winners in this game: "Of course!"

"Also, you have to pay extra attention to every move of Brother Lestrange." Barty Jr. interjected.

"Don't use letters to convey information to us anymore, if you have anything to say, say it in person in private."

"I understand." Wilkes nodded repeatedly, "but what is our plan, Evan?"

"We don't have a plan," Evan replied. "I love watching Bellatrix kill herself like Signus."

After dismissing Wilkes, Cornelia showed a slight look of fatigue on her face, and she leaned back in her chair: "I hope the Lestrange family can be dismantled."

"They will. Rodolphs will never forget what Bellatrix did to him in his life." Batty Jr. reassured.

"You don't have to worry about this matter for the time being, Leah." Evan glanced at the two of them, "Baddy and I will get things done."

"Barty, keep in touch with your father, we may need him." Cornelia continued to exhort, "Really, I'm not that vulnerable, father!" She raised her voice annoyed.

"People are always vulnerable during this period, and we can't take the risk of making you a mistake." Evan tapped the armrest of the chair, "I estimate that Bellatrix and others will be in a month or two. Hands down, you stay at home for the time being and don't go anywhere. I'll tell the Dark Lord that you've been busy tracking down a few members of the Order of the Phoenix recently. We'll be telling him the good news in the fall, and everything should be over by then. The dust has settled, and the Dark Lord will be delighted to hear the news - a true Death Eater heir."

When Evan said this, he fixed his eyes on the ring bestowed by the Dark Lord on his finger, and there was an ambitious smile on the corner of his mouth.

Cornelia sat up a little uncomfortably: "I'm not used to it yet..."

"You just need time, Leah." Little Barty kissed the back of her hand, "Stay here well, so that I don't have to worry about the future - believe me, our child will be regarded as a Death Eater as soon as he is born The prince and princess in the movie."

"That will undoubtedly be the best gift, Batty." Cornelia hesitated for a while, "Father, can you guarantee that Olivia will avoid this disaster?"

"No one will have trouble with a crazy girl, child." Evan comforted, "But you should also understand that she is no longer Miss Burst."

Cornelia understood what he meant, she blinked: "I know..."

The author has something to say:

Note:

1. They suspect that Sirius is ultimately the result of a change of mentality under high pressure-they are eager to find the reason for the constant setbacks of the Order of the Phoenix, and traitors are undoubtedly the best explanation.

2. Fenwick, Emmeline, and Edgar were the first to meet Hyacinth (the Leaky Cauldron), and they were also the first to suspect Hyacinth and Sirius.Strictly speaking, from the perspective of a bystander, Hyacinth is indeed very suspicious (Slytherin background, previously mixed with Lia Reguioli and others, met Death Eaters in the Leaky Cauldron Bar, and Sirius The relationship developed too violently, and the people who died in the Order of the Phoenix were related to her), and Sirius also became innocent.

3. The surname Blake is indeed scary in the eyes of others: the whole family is a pure-blood, but anyone who has a normal person will be removed from the name; two sons-in-law (Lucius, Rodolphs), a daughter and a son are both Death Eaters; ancestors have a tradition of beheading house elves...

4. It is impossible for Cornelia and Barty Jr. to get married: 1. They need Barty Sr.; 2. Their child must be the heir of "Rozier".

5. What Evan means is that Olivia Burst is already a useless pawn. Cornelia can pity her, but she must not be regarded as an equal person like in the past.

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If there is no accident, the update time should be almost at this point, so that I can complete the perfect process of having lunch-updating the article-writing homework/classes.

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The number of words in this article is probably more than I expected... In addition, there will be a part of descendants in the next few volumes.

Here is a preview where you can bet and guess the plot:

1. Who is Cornelia's mother

2. Did Hyacinth and Sirius meet again?

3. What did Margaret do to make Edmund want to kill her daughter nearly 20 years later?

4. How will the plot of the Greengrass Brothers go?

5. Does Olivia have a follow-up?

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