[HP] Companion

"Alice Hellman has been found."

Edith Hellmann was in Nurmengard's lower prison when she learned the news, torturing yet another prisoner to death.The prisoner had participated in the research of her sister, and she had some useful information from him, but she had no intention of letting him go.Those who are imprisoned in Nurmengard will eventually meet death, no matter who they are.Even Grindelwald, who built the prison, could not avoid such a fate.

Edith withdrew her wand, momentarily dazed.There was no news of her sister after she left the family, and it was too late when she knew what had happened to her sister.The last time they were seen was in the endless forest, her sister fell straight to the ground and never woke up.

Her Muggle husband and daughter were nowhere to be found.

Edith has been looking for it for so many years, but the hands of the Hellman family are not long enough.Her ability is not enough.Even in Europe, there are many places she cannot touch.

She sent so many people, but never got any news from these two people.

"Master Grindelwald has returned from England..."

"I know."

Edith left the men around her and went to find Gellert Grindelwald alone.He can do what no one else can do.Gellert made a rare trip to England this time, and Edith didn't ask him the purpose of his trip.Britain has always been her pain, and some things are better to be happy by pretending to be stupid.

But she had to ask about Alice.Alice Hellman, that must have been the name of her sister's daughter.What a nice name.She was thinking, but the dark forest flashed involuntarily before her eyes.Those ghostly masks were engraved with patterns of purple irises.She shook her head, letting the bad memories of the past stay away from her mind.

When she found Gellert, his Polyjuice Potion was failing.She watched his black hair and black eyes gradually fade away, turning into a familiar look.Edith blinked, but said nothing.She waited for Gellert to tell her the ins and outs of the matter himself.Their way of getting along has always been like this, each other is unwilling to speak first, even though they know that there is always a need for someone to break the silence.They are all proud and even arrogant people. They know tolerance and concession in the overall situation, but they always care about small things.

They have not changed from before to now, and that is the only thing.

"Alice Hellman?" Edith finally spoke first.

"She was sent to a Muggle orphanage and is now at Hogwarts."

Hogwarts.Edith had been to this school and she didn't hate it.But she hated the man who was teaching at Hogwarts now, and her hostility towards him aroused her bad premonition, and she decided to take Alice back to Germany almost without thinking about it.England is not safe, Hogwarts is not safe.They couldn't let a Hellman's swagger under their noses.

"Someone will protect her." Gellert immediately understood what Edith was thinking, and he stopped her expressionlessly.Although he has never had the idea of ​​playing Britain, he still has some followers.The people at Hogwarts will protect Alice from threats.Besides, now is not a good time to contact.The life of the saints is not easy now, Dumbledore is organizing people to resist them, and now dealing with Britain, no one can guarantee what will happen.

If it was a few years ago when Britain was not very strong, it would be fine.

"But she is Hellman, and she will always go home," Edith did not agree with him. "Which do you think we have the upper hand in the UK, compared with the British Ministry of Magic? She will never be safe in the UK." .”

"He wouldn't hurt a child."

"He—won't hurt a child—?!"

Albus Dumbledore.It was a chasm that stood before Edith and Gellert.None of them wanted to talk about the man.Edith remembered the few times she had been to England.She remembered that Ariana handed her the wild flowers in the palm of her hand ignorantly.She remembered that dreary afternoon, and she hadn't seen the girl since.

He won't hurt a child.Edith would never believe that statement.The scars of England beat in her heart, stinging and alerting her no matter how long the time passed.

They hadn't discussed England since then, never discussed Dumbledore.Gellert hung their blood oaths on their chests, and Edith tried to ignore them, trying not to think about the past.

"Edith."

She seemed to hear his compromise and helplessness from this claim.Her heart is not cruel enough, otherwise she must be the one sitting on the Dark Lord's throne, and she would not be the one who was most disappointed and helpless back then.But she bowed to Gellert after all.Going to England now is contrary to Gellert's plan, and it is very likely to bring about unplanned conflicts.

But she got in touch with Alice and learned that she had the same damn magic as her mother.Edith went through the family records by herself, and slowly taught Alice how to control.In the end she left Anna in prison, who had been the backbone of that institution.She knows a lot.Edith makes a deal with her, if she can help Alice, then let Anna live.

Anna did help Alice. The healer who had no longer relied on became a part of the saints.Later Alice was punished for changing the past, and Edith sent her there again.

"Whether you can survive now is not up to me."

The Hellmans are conflicted.They are always docile and respectful to outsiders, but they can be indifferent and ruthless in the face of enemies who harm their own interests.Their blood is madness and vengeance.Edith couldn't tell what Alice would be like, although her mother was one of the rare genuinely kind people in the family.

But Alice did not disappoint her after all.When Alice learned that Anna was one of the few who survived, she immediately stole her memory and searched for those who survived.As Edith expected, Alice was going to use that damn magic to get revenge on them.

"Do you know what you're doing?" Edith heard from Anna.She went into Alice's room, where she lay limp on the bed, with the house-elf stalking around to clean up the blood.Edith didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked the question: "Do you know what consequences this will bring to you? You will die, Alice. No one can change the past at will. Even a time converter must follow the law, you Feel free to use the past to kill someone else, and it will kill you too. I thought you knew it all too well."

"I know." Alice replied weakly.Although she had no strength, Edith could feel the anger in her heart.Alice is willing to sacrifice her life for their deaths... that is the hatred engraved on the bones.

"You can't kill all the enemies in the world. Think about the fact that there are still people in this world who love you, Alice. For their sake, you should also cherish your own life."

"There is no such person...someone who loves me purely and wishes me not to die. There is no such person."

Of course there is no such person, Alice.Edith thought sadly.When she was young, she also had such thoughts.At that time, the Hellmann's house was very lively, and she was a carefree little girl.Her greatest hope is to watch her brother take over the family while she spends her life with someone she likes.She hopes that this family will always be strong.

But in the end, only she and Christon were left in the family, and none of her wishes came true.

How can there be anything that suits your own mind?Edith kisses Alice on the forehead.She wasn't going to stop Alice any more than she had stopped her sister from leaving the family and eloping with Muggles.She wouldn't stop anyone from making up their minds, even if it might lead to death.

"Edith."

Before leaving, Alice grabbed her wrist, her eyes were sincere and clear: "Do you have any regrets in the past? The kind you want to change...I can only change the past for a day or two. But if If you want, I can try to travel farther in time."

Edith laughed.Alice still inherited something from her mother.She remembered the day her sister left and said goodbye to her with tears in her eyes.Alice and her mother looked at each other, they both thought about their families, and they were both willing to sacrifice for their families.

Edith's smile was bleak.

"I have too many regrets, Alice. Even if you can live forever, you can't change it."

She used to have too many regrets.Her family, her dead parents and siblings, her painful past in England, and the saints... everything is too regrettable.

No one can change that.Maybe she'd do it again, if she could go back in time with the memory.Some things have to be chosen like that, and someone has to be sacrificed.

"Patriarch."

Edith came out of the room, and Auston came up to her.Yes, and Auston, who was also one of her regrets in life.No, it's better to say that she is the regret in his life.

"Miss Alice, she..."

"She can do whatever she wants. Leave her alone." Edith came down the stairs, her butler following her.She could feel his hesitation.But he never contradicts himself.No matter how ridiculous her decision was, he would never refute it.The butler was supposed to be the one to give advice, but Alston wasn't like that... Fortunately, Edith didn't go crazy too often.

"There is a saint waiting for you in the drawing room. I heard it was sent by Mr. Grindelwald."

"I see."

Today's saints are at the end of their strength, and soon, Gellert's era will be over.

So Alice...if you had to ask Edith her greatest regret, it would be...

I can't die in the past.