HP's Adagio Minor

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When I saw Alexei again, he looked a little stronger than he had been a few months ago, and he had grown a short beard.

"...Now that you know the news, I'll just talk to you. I did chase you and like you, but it's different now. If you think we can still get along like we used to? I have to say, No! It's impossible!"

"So, you and Joyena Tolk, is it true that you two are married?" Lola tried to remain calm, "I remember, you said you didn't like her very much."

"Marriage? Yes, or in other words, it's not actually a marriage..." Alexey's eyes showed an obsessive look, "—I'm in love with her! She's so charming, I know it might be a little bit All of a sudden, but emotional matters can't be forced... When I found out that the person I love is her, I thought, no matter what happened before, I will marry her and spend my life with her... This idea is really great!"

"But we're still dating, and you're not even with me—"

"Oh, is that so? I'm sorry, so we've broken up now." Alexei spread his hands, as if disapproving, "There are many men who admire you in this world, and I'm not the only one behind. a friend."

"Are you crazy?!"

Lola felt unbelievable about such an answer. She tried to make Alexei sober, but the other party seemed to be possessed, and he talked about his love for Joyna.These sweet words cut a knife in Lola's heart. At this moment, Alexei was so strange, as if he had become another person.

"enough--!"

The deep sense of betrayal made Lola hard to let go. Her eyes were blurred, and all the memories and emotions were kneaded together—she heaved her chest, but suppressed all the emotions in her heart.

"It doesn't matter what you want to do, Alexei, get engaged or who you marry, it doesn't matter to me... You are right, we should break up, but I don't approve of the way you do it—we Can't be friends."

"Hey, what about it! It's just that I didn't reply to your letter... It's too cold here, the ink will freeze, it's just inconvenient."

"Shut up, bastard! I'm so dazed that I thought you were forced to do nothing."

Lola felt that there was no need for her to stay any longer. Laughing at herself, she left Siberia as if fleeing.Along the way, Ryoma seemed to be aware of her loss of soul. It gently rubbed against her cold hand, and led the girl back to Lapland obediently and steadily.

Under the clear breath of melting ice and snow, one person and one beast crossed the sky, walked through the flowing clouds, felt the cool sunshine in the afternoon in the cold wind, in the sea of ​​clouds and snowfields that formed the whole piece .

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Lola returned to the dormitory only after her hands and face were almost numb from the cold.

It was already late at night, and the fire in the fireplace was still burning vigorously. Cary appeared with a steaming dinner plate. It looked at the girl carefully, and hesitated to speak.After Lola forced himself to eat some food, it opened its mouth: "Miss Lola, you have a strong aura of black magic, and the guard elves are already guarding around the student tower..."

"I know, but there will be no accidents this time." Lola interrupted it. As an adult, she has been able to control the magic power very well, and will not let herself lose control again.

The room fell silent for a while, and gradually, the black shadows flashing past outside the window dissipated, and just when the elf was about to leave quietly, he was stopped.

"Kari, I heard that you used to guard the elves."

It froze for a moment, "That was many years ago, Miss Lola."

Lola looked at the house elf in front of her. It was wearing a pillowcase with the Durmstrang logo on it as always. It was not young anymore. It was tall and thin with a stooped figure, and its ruined one-eyed eye was wrapped in a black bandage. ...the elves of Durmstrang have survived several desperate battles, and they are much more tenacious than the elves in other places.

"Tell me about those things. The content mentioned in the school history is too one-sided."

Cary naturally couldn't refuse such a request. In fact, it was already an elf in the school that belonged exclusively to Lola.The other house-elves were envious of its good fortune—Lola stunned the school with a tantrum over his new scars—but Kari knew he shouldn't feel that way, as Dems Trang's property, it can never leave here, and Miss Lola, whom it has served for seven years, has a broader life outside Durmstrang.

With his head lowered, Cary covered his dim eyes, and then, it used barren and boring words to narrate the old past, making Lola spend a glimpse of Durmstrang's hardships and glory. A sleepless night.

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For the next few days, Lola concealed it so well that no one noticed that she had just experienced a failed relationship-although she didn't understand why this happened, but the relationships around her were also on and off. , but they all look like they are used to it, and they can't help but think about the accuracy of the conclusion that 'love in school is unknown'.

Although she fills her life with busyness, it is strange that she still often dreams of the same dream - Alexei in the dream always begs her helplessly to stay and not to leave, while in the dream But I didn't say a word, just silently looking at the sea of ​​purple flowers full of forget-me-nots.

"...This is like some kind of dream with allegory, but it is unreasonable to interpret it in the way of predictive dreams. I thought this dream was a sign that Alexei and I broke up, but now we have We broke up, but the dream still stays where it is, without further hints..."

Lola flicked through the thick "The Interpretation of Dreams" in her hand, looked up at the playful expression of Lardy on the portrait, and couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, "Do you think I'm talking about it and don't know what to say?"

"No." The portrait shook his head, "I think it's so obvious that you broke up, and it doesn't need a dream to predict it."

"..."

"Ahem! Well, to be serious, the predictive ability of dreams is actually a branch of a powerful spiritual magic power. When I worshiped the gods of nature in the past, it continued from the natural bloodline-in fact, your grandmother is a rare The 'Dream Witch', the Kovalainen family is famous for dream divination and astrology, although it is now in decline..."

"There are still many members of the Kovalainen family! Why did they fall?" Lola retorted, "At last year's spring banquet, I danced with a few 'Mr. Kovalainen'."

"Hmm, but they can't inherit the full talent——" the portrait leaned on the seat, and said lazily, "The original belief in Finland is actually the belief in witches, which is a product of the matriarchal society...Of course, you are very Luckily acquired a little bit of talent, though your abilities can't match your grandmother's."

Lola shrugged, "I see what you mean, I'm a 'Barodis' after all."

"In fact, I think Maris is lucky. You know, the more powerful and ambitious witches are, the more they will use their self-breeding ability to set up magic circles, and sacrifice their vitality in exchange for powerful power. Therefore, in our At that time, witches were much more famous and evil than wizards."

"But my grandmother gave up this way of improving her abilities. She gave birth to five children."

"That's right, that's why I said that Maris is lucky. He has a kind wife, and he has successfully passed on to offspring. After all, it is already extremely difficult for the heirs of the Barodis family to come to him...Of course, giving birth will make the child more difficult." Witches are weak, but some of their abilities will be passed on to their offspring—that's how bloodlines pass on."

"so?"

"So your 'precognition dream' is still half-baked, don't take it seriously."

Lola couldn't laugh or cry at the conclusion of the portrait, "Even so, I still don't mind. It's confusing to have the same dream every day and then wake up depressed."

"But you already knew about the affiliated family, didn't you?" The portrait raised his chin, "So you didn't get too involved in the relationship. Sooner or later, the two of you will be separated, but it's just a matter of time. .”

Lola did not deny the portrait, she had indeed suspected it before, and she also obtained confirmation in the library of the old house - the predecessor of the 'Romanov Family', the 'Romanov Family', was once a member of the Ba One of the twelve subordinate clans of the Rhodes family.However, unlike other subordinate families that have disappeared in the long river of history, the Romanov family still has some trade relations with the Barodis family, and both parties have kept their relationship a secret—this should also be due to some kind of consideration and agreement .

The portrait saw the girl suddenly fell silent, thinking that she was still sad, "Even if you are no longer the relationship between the main clan and the subordinate clan, you can't be together smoothly-you don't understand, those former subordinate clans are separated from the main clan After freedom, the 'contract' that continues in the blood will still be passed on, and the 'taboo' will also be stimulated with the power of the main clan."

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Seeing Lola's bewildered face, the portrait sighed in his heart, the young man really doesn't understand anything!

It goes on to explain:

"At that time, it was a crime to intermarry with subordinate clans without permission, but for some reason, many main clans began to tacitly allow subordinate clans to offer young girls. Although such improper relationships would be criticized by others, such things were repeatedly prohibited. So Later, people from the Holy See of the Holy Light invented a secret technique that can make people forget their feelings. Without obliterating the memory, this secret technique was finally blessed in the contract of the affiliated clan to prevent personal affection. And the scandal that arose..."

"So Alexei will... forget our relationship because he likes me?"

"It's almost like this. This secret technique can make the subordinates forget their personal feelings, but they will always be loyal."

The words of the portrait did not let Lola relax, but made her feel very uncomfortable. The feeling of loss and betrayal was still reminding her all the time—this kind of thing was hard to let go—but she felt that something was faintly wrong .

If Alexei really forgets the feeling of being in love as Rudy said, it is not impossible for the two to break up peacefully, and they will not suddenly change their minds, and even fall in love with Joyena Tolk?The man Alexei had once evaded, who was obsessed with him—wait, obsessed?

Lola's heart was pounding, and she felt like she was about to grab a clue from a clueless situation.

"If you want someone to fall in love with another person suddenly..."

"Oh, there are many ways to do this, but I must point out that potions with special smells, hallucinations, and all kinds of shit don't make people really fall in love with each other."

"—like a love potion!"

The portrait is baffled by the way Lola suddenly jumped up from the sofa, her face flushed.It's no wonder, after all, it spent many years in the study of the secret room, teaching and disciplining the young Barodis with a superior attitude, but now it is easy to make suggestions emotionally—— Things are quite new - of course, compared to this, it prefers to tell some old stories that it has personally experienced.

"Some witches are keen on this kind of love magic, using their emotions to achieve their own goals. We call this a 'love trick'. Back then, several people in the Black Flame Knights fell for it, such as that Rudjevi Ram... "

Lola thought of the portrait of the red-haired knight she had seen in the Dark Magic office.

"That guy was originally the head of the regiment, but he was exiled because he was cursed to seek personal gain for his lover and offended the precepts—and then I, no, Ganircha replaced him."

"Is the love potion in him too?"

"No, although the love potion is known as the most powerful love potion, it is not impossible to be detected. The other party must take it uninterruptedly to maintain the feeling of infatuation—and the ancient love spell But I omitted this trouble..."

"So, is there anyone who can use this spell now?"

"I don't know." The portrait shook his head, "This kind of spell is only spread among witches, and it is almost unsolvable."

Lola was silent again, everything was just speculation, she didn't have any evidence to verify the authenticity of this matter.But soon, another thing appeared in her mind, that is, she had heard gossip and rumors about the Tork family, saying that the family and the offspring of the Olsen family were married. Depend on.

Finally, after thinking over and over again, Lola seemed to have decided on something.

She returned to the dormitory with the portkey, and hurried across the common room and down the hall stairs.On Saturday morning, most of the people were still asleep except for the lazily fluttering of the owls in the foyer.

The girl walks through the deserted corridor, the never-extinguishing torch casts warm light and shadow on her robe, and the blizzard falls from the window on the other side, melting into wet water...

Finally, she went straight into the study room for graduates in the corridor - on the empty round table in the innermost row, the boy with soft brown hair was buried in layers of parchment scrolls - Lola stood beside him Standing still, he reached out and held down the textbook that the other party was about to turn.

"Vichy," she said, "let's talk."