[HP] Raven

Episode 16

Alex hesitated between the two books, but chose the "Carrion Won't Disappear" brought over from Austria, and sneaked it into the common room.Her family has been studying in Durmstrang for generations, a school that is particularly tolerant of black magic, and the accumulation of generations has naturally left a lot of related works.

She knew that she was in Hogwarts, where black magic was strictly prohibited, but she still couldn't help being curious and wanted to study it. Although there were many people in the common room, there was a more leisurely reading environment—not to mention that no one would care what she was doing. All she had to do was pick a lighted spot and pretend to read her Transfiguration notes.

When she opened the book, her stomach couldn't help but twitched excitedly—she was in the blood of the Everly family, and the perception of black magic existed in her bones and blood.It was hard not to be interested in those weird totems and spells, terrible legends and horrific carnages.

"Evely."

The moment she raised her head, she closed her book, smiled resolutely, and asked. "What's the matter, Blake?"

Regulus Black glanced at the book in her hand, obviously she had covered the title on the cover with the Confusion Charm, but he glanced away and still showed a clear expression.

"You're working on 'that stuff,' aren't you?"

She quietly mixed the book between her two notebooks. "It's just some family books that record legends, just look at them casually. You know, reviewing OWLs is always boring."

"Actually, I have some at home," he pointed, "something I don't want the Aurors to see."

"Hope it's a secret between us, a..." Alex paused, his eyes falling on the silver-green walls of the common room, "a Slytherin secret."

"Okay." He nodded, his gray eyes fixed on her, and asked, "You're really interested in 'that stuff'?"

She didn't want to leave a clue, but said it cautiously. "I am curious about many things, if used for entertainment."

"So," he paused, "what if I lend you my books at home?"

"That's your house, Blake."

"It's just a few books," he smiled shortly. "Unlike No. 12, Grimmauld Place, which doesn't have Blake engraved on it, why can't it be shared?"

She frowned. "Is there anything you need me to do?"

Seeming to be hit by what she said, Regulus nodded slightly. "...I do need you to do me a favor, Everly."

"What do you need me to do?" She frowned a little nervously, remembering the infectious disease incident last year.Regulus's reaction at the time seemed very speculative, and Alex guessed he must know something—Lucius and Narcissa got married this year, Black and Malfoy became a family, and Malfoy apparently had a relationship with that Things are inseparable.But she couldn't say exactly how much he knew.

He raised his jaw slightly and said. "Professor Slughorn's Slug Club, I want to join rightfully."

Alex took a deep breath. "I suppose you came after the invitation, Blake."

"Of course." He said quickly.

"If you get an invitation, it's justified," she replied.

"No, Everly, that's not what I'm talking about..." He produced a treatise on potions and placed it on the table in front of Alex, who saw Professor Slughorn using a very expensive gold powder The ink gave him a swashbuckling E, "I want to receive invitations because of my excellent grades. You know, I value ability more than blood."

"You mean—you need after-school tutoring?"

"Yes, Quidditch training takes up too much of my time, no offense, but I need a more efficient teacher than Professor Slughorn." He gave her a small smile.

Alex was a little surprised, he suddenly didn't look like the slightly weak boy in the second grade, he became determined and proud, probably because the Quidditch game gave him extra respect from his classmates—and Her impression of him has been stuck in the past.

"Okay. It's a deal." She nodded.

—

The book that Regulus Black secretly lent her arrived soon, but instead of giving it to her himself, he let the vulture deliver it to her bedroom.Yes, he actually raised vultures to deliver letters, and somehow he tricked Filch, Hogwarts does not allow students to keep ferocious carnivores, and she also hopes that he remembers to feed his vultures...cough , for the safety of other owls.

The book was a very thick one, tightly wrapped in parchment, and the cover of the book was also damaged—very old traces, probably to avoid Auror's search.However, the tome is still in good condition, like something you would see in a museum window.

Greenglass watched her staring blankly at something on her desk, and asked her what it was.

"It's just a book." She told the truth confidently.

Dalia Greengrass took a cursory look and sure enough lost interest. "I thought you'd be interested in something more interesting."

Alex smiled. "That's enough to attract me."

Soon, a note arrived, this time from a normal owl, thank goodness.There is only one sentence on it: "Chaos is back, I think you received it?"

For Merlin's sake, who would name their pet Chaos, the ancient Greek god of chaos.

Resisting the urge to complain, she wrote on the back of the note: "Received. Thank you."

Another new note was soon owled over. "Are you free tonight?"

She originally asked Lily-Evans to review OWLs together, but for the book's sake...she was willing to find Lily to adjust the time.

Alex quickly replied on the back of the note: "Okay. See you in the library then."

—

"I thought you would come later." Regulus showed up in the library just after six o'clock, and found that Alex had arrived, waiting for him flipping through the history of magic textbooks and notes.

"I don't like being late." She closed her notebook. "Let's get started—do you have any questions?"

"These," he pulled out a large textbook that was heavily labeled, "it's time for the Potions quiz."

—

"You've gotten very close to him recently." Lily said that when she was studying with her.

"'he'?"

"Another Black." Lily lowered her head and began her Potions homework.

Alex shrugged quietly. "He's a Slytherin too."

"Alex, the division of departments is not that important."

"Indeed—" She handed the written note to Lily, raised her eyes and glanced at her, "So, Lily, what do you want to say?"

Lily hesitated for a while. "It's nothing. I'm sorry, I'm too confused."

"Evans!"

Very familiar voice.Potter, Potter, still Potter.Who else but him?

Lily looked up. "Thank you for your kindness, Potter, but Hogsmeade doesn't even bother me—"

"If we don't want to go to Hogsmeade, we can sneak away and explore other places." James Potter said cheekily.

Alex was almost amused.

"Evely, don't you think so?" James Potter turned to her, "If Hogsmeade isn't fun, there's nothing wrong with going somewhere else? Anyway, it's not hard to fool Filch."

"Potter, Sir Merlin will give you a first-class medal." Alex concluded, not wanting to continue to watch them, bowed her head and continued to organize notes.

"Oh, Everly, do you mean they'll honor my affection and courage?"

Lily said mercilessly: "Praising your stupidity and arrogance is almost the same!"

"James, are you again—" Sirius emerged from behind him, and they stuck together like two brothers all day long.

Alex's quill nearly rips the parchment.Yes, that quill pen.

"Evely, it seems that you like it very much." Sirius noticed her - and the dark red quill in her hand, paired with her dark green notebook, had a strange brilliance.

What's going on with one or two today, don't you all review for the exam?

"Yes, thank you, Blake." She put the quill into the inkwell.

"So did you accept my apology?"

"It's all over." Alex glanced at Sirius indifferently, then intentionally no longer looked at him, she turned her head to Lily Evans, the one-sided quarrel between her and James Potter had already begun It's been a long time.

"I won't go out with you, Potter, it's useless to say anything, stop making mistakes."

"You always go out with me. After OWLs."

Lily's face turned red with anger. "Even if it's the end of the world, I'll—"

"Lily," broke Alex, feeling a bit of a headache, though it probably wasn't because of either of them, "forget it."

Lily gave James a cold look. "Alex and I are going to review together, Potter, please leave."

Potter left dejectedly, accompanied by Sirius who didn't know what fun he was talking to.Although Alex felt that Potter would show up for the same reason next time, she was very confident in this matter.

"Although that's what I said," Alex opened the Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook, "but when the end of the world really comes, maybe you should stay closer to Potter—he's good at Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"Alex!"

Lily poked her arm unceremoniously.

"Meinefreundin, Lily-Evans," Alex said teasingly, raising an eyebrow, "you're using violence on me."

"What's that? Meinefreundin?" Lily asked.

"German, my friend."

Lily was stunned. "I almost forgot, your family is in Austria, no wonder every time you send a letter, the owl looks so tired that it can fall asleep immediately."

Alex took the dark red quill back into her hand. "At least the exam is in English...I need to forget about fragments of German."

"And what about when your grandmother talks to you?"

"She can speak English, we can communicate." Alex said lightly, hiding the thorn in the memory.

"By the way, you haven't told me much about what's inside the ancestral house? Isn't it fun?" Lily suddenly remembered and asked.

Alex recalled a little. "Hmm... It's dark and quiet. There are towers on all four corners, and there are owls. There are so many portraits. The number can catch up with Hogwarts."

"Sounds like a castle from a Gothic novel."

Alex stealthily avoided the unpleasant things in her memory. "Except that there are no murders and no ghosts in it, otherwise it would not be so quiet. The house elf walks almost silently, but you can pretend to be a ghost. Sometimes I am startled by elves carrying food or holding feather dusters."

Lily looked like she was listening to a distant story.

Alex sighed, feeling that she hadn't done a good job of disenchanting the old house. "I thought you'd like a sunny place, Lily."

"True, but there's nothing wrong with hearing a story now and then, right?"

"If you want to find your next vacation spot, in that kind of place and in the snow-capped Himalayas, I suggest you choose the latter...at least there is plenty of sunlight." She doesn't like the ancestral house, so it's hard to avoid being mean when she mentions it, "Of course , and you might meet clumsy yeti monsters, great for exploring, and actually kind of cute, except for smashing your skull with a slap."

Lily froze for a moment, a little surprised. "It sounds like you don't like the ancestral home."

Alex paused for a moment, adjusting her tone. "Actually, I don't like it or not... That's where I should be. My surname is Everly, and that's where I should live."

"But there are some people who will be exceptions," Lily looked around and said to her secretly, "You know Black, Sirius Black, he also came from that kind of... old pure-blood family, but He's just..."

Lily shrugged, as if she didn't know how to describe Sirius Black.He is who he is.

"Normal people don't have the courage to live like him, no offense intended," Alex said.There is only one Sirius Black in this world.

"There's a lot I don't like about Sirius Black, he's too arrogant and childish, but, Alex, he has a lot of courage, doesn't he? Choose the life you want, not let life choose You." Lily said.

Alex thought of her father.A defector from a pure-blood family, he decided to leave for her mother, and lived a relatively poor life until... until his death.

Is he happy?In the first memory, my father was obviously happy, and my mother was still there at that time.All Alex could think of about his smile was about his mother.But then, everything changed.He wasn't ready to be a single father, and his life became a long, bitter aftermath after his mother left them and left her too soon.

Alex sighed.

"Maybe he's right, Lily, but I can't...I can't just yet."

The breeze in late spring and early summer passed through the ancient and long corridors of Hogwarts, disturbing the fine lines on the raven feathers, and they pulsated randomly in the air.Alex stared at the dark red quill in front of her, as if she could see all the impressions that Sirius Black left on her from it—noisy, chaotic, restless, jumping...but very, very charming.

The author has something to say: Is there anyone who does not yearn for Sirius... (sigh

This chapter does not seem to be very important, but in fact it still has a great impact on the direction

And the next chapter is OWLs

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