[HP] Raven

Episode 32

What Alex didn't expect was that Regulus quickly delivered the photo to her.He had come in person, standing at the door, and handed her the framed Muggle photograph.

She glanced at the intact photo, her mother smiled at the camera gently and affectionately, her light brown hair was laid on her shoulders like gentle waves, her amber eyes were sweet and moist as if they would never Melted honey.

"Thank you." Alex carefully placed the photo with the frame on the desk.

Regulus had been looking at the still photo, silent for a moment, and asked Alex. "Is she your mother?"

"Yes." She nodded, guessing that he probably felt that they were not alike in appearance, and explained, "I look more like my father." Then she paused, and continued, "But I have been thinking about myself. Pity like her, she's a very pretty Muggle."

Alex never hides her mixed heritage.There are some students in Slytherin who tell clumsy lies about their parentage, like claiming that one of their parents wasn't a Muggle, was just a Squib (although that wasn't much better) or was a dead wizard, and now The one who maintains the family is only the stepfather or stepmother, but there is no airtight wall in the world, and the final result is laughable and generous.Alex is very obsessed with her parentage. Her father is a fairly proven European pureblood, and her mother is a Muggle.She never concealed it, and even overcorrected a little. She appeared rebellious and arrogant in a place like Slytherin, where pure bloodism was rampant, and used this as a reason to draw a line from other people.

Regulus looked at the photo, trying to find some similarities between the Muggle woman in the photo and the face of Alex in front of him, but he still couldn't find it, so he could only change the topic. "She's really pretty."

Alex smiled heartily and unconsciously when he heard him praise his mother, but never took her eyes off the photo itself.She looked at it intently, as if she could see all the warm hustle and bustle of her childhood from above.

Regulus suddenly asked, "Do you need a developing potion?"

The development potion can make Muggle photos swing like wizard photos, but the formula is very secret, and it is very rare in the market, not to mention that the mainstream pure-blood groups have never been exposed to Muggle things, and the audience for this potion is very small , as time goes by, no one mentions it anymore.Alex couldn't buy it, of course, and she even went to Knockturn Alley several times for it, but all failed.She also tried to do it herself, but in the end she didn't do it before she succeeded-it was because of her homework when she was a student, and then Professor Slughorn's laboratory took up too much of her time.

"Do you have any?" she asked, turning her head.

He shook his head.

Alex was actually a little disappointed, but she still calmed down and told him that it didn't matter, it would be great if she could get the photo for her.She had always understood that Regulus was not obliged to do everything for her.

Regulus said. "But I know the Manifestation Charm. I saw this when I was reviewing before the NEWTs." Then he walked to the photo frame, took his wand, tapped it lightly, and whispered a string of Alex's words. I have heard mantras that I can't distinguish the syllables from.

Alex stared nervously at the photo.

The sun shone on her mother's long light brown hair like a light golden tulle, the breeze blew by, and the beautiful sideburns danced playfully in the wind. The young Muggle woman smiled gently at the camera, and then The smile deepened, her reddish lips curled upwards, revealing two rows of delicate teeth, and she waved lightly at the camera—Alex guessed it was her father.She looked at it fascinated, as if possessed by a demon, and even felt that she could vaguely hear her mother's crisp laughter.

All her memories of her mother had never been so vivid, and a corner of the past scenery in her memory was easily revealed.When she recovered from her memories, the spell had already expired, and the mother in the photo was still as before.

"Thank you, Regulus."

Regulus was silent for a while, then asked out of the blue. "What kind of person is she?"

Alex was a little unresponsive. "Huh? What?"

"Your mother," Regulus paused, "excuse me...can you tell me what kind of person she is?"

"Mom, she..." Alex has actually never talked about her mother in detail with others. Before, Lily was afraid that she would be sad so she never asked, and of course Sirius didn't ask either. The time they spent together was too short. Always focusing on the matter at hand, other friends would not know about it. Regulus asked her a little hard to answer, so she paused for a while, thought for a while before continuing, "She is very gentle, She likes to wear light blue cotton skirts, can make stews, and can tell stories. She grew up in a worker's family. It seems that she used to have many brothers and sisters, but they rarely contacted her after she got married... They didn't accept my father. .”

In fact, Alex has very little memory about her mother. She tried her best to recall, trying to catch the shadows that were about to disappear in her mind.

"Later, she suddenly fell ill. She began to lie in bed, and she had no energy to speak, and seeking medical advice was ineffective... One day, she suddenly disappeared."

"I'm sorry, Alex."

She shook her head, saying it was okay.When it comes to her parents who are no longer alive, she speaks a little too much, and wants to use words to filter out the memories that have become a little rusty.

"I miss my mother so much when it was always warm at home and my parents loved each other so much and they loved me and I was their only child...I miss them and want to go back to that time .”

Regulus paused, wanting to say something but still didn't say it.

Alex actually didn't notice Regulus' hesitancy at all.

She was completely immersed in the memory, whispering. "I remember my mother said that my father used to be a dude, but he changed it after he eloped. He was trying to be a better person for her, writing books, painting, and then I was born. He saved everything Spend to buy me things, he... used to be a good father."

So when his mother left, he also took away his spiritual support. He no longer cared about her as much as before, and the most communication with her was to mourn his mother together, but he always maintained the habit of saving food and clothing. For the first time, Alex When she saw her grandmother, she was even a little surprised. The Everly family's family background was much richer than she had imagined. Only then did she realize that her father was also a descendant of a well-clothed pure-blooded family back then.

Alex was silent.She didn't understand her father, but she had forgiven him long ago, just as she had forgiven all other unsatisfactory aspects of her life.

Regulus inevitably thought of the rumors about Alex Everly that had been circulating in Slytherin since he entered school: the pure-blood father who was expelled from the family, the Muggle mother who died young, A gloomy and taciturn girl.But now, she personally told him the other side of the rumors, the warm, unknown, and sad side.The Parkinson daughter once threatened among her classmates that Alex had been raised as a curmudgeon by a father who no longer remembered any pure-blood upbringing.But Regulus already knew that this was not true, on the contrary, she was a little cold but very polite, let alone a freak.She was far better than most of the people he had ever met.

However, at this moment, Kreacher knocked on the door, and Narcissa stood outside the door. Seeing the two of them staying together again, she frowned slightly.Then she walked up to Alex and said softly.

"The Dark Lord wants to see you."

"Why?" Regulus asked.

Narcissa glanced at him. "This matter has nothing to do with you, Regulus, Lucius and Bella will take her there."

Then she grabbed Regulus and said something to him in a low voice.Lucius was already standing at the door, and Bella walked around him, swaggered in, pointed her wand at Alex's back, and led her away.

"Hold your head down!" Bellatrix stepped out of the gate of No. 12 Grimmauld Place, and gave her a vicious glance, "When you meet the master, if you—"

"Okay, Bellatrix, don't always act like you want her life now," came Lucius's elegant and low voice, "does the master want to see an Aye who was scared and fainted by you?" Foley?"

Bellatrix snorted.

Lucius walked up to Alex. "Don't be afraid, Everly, the Dark Lord just wants to meet you, and I'm sure you know how to behave."

Alex glared at him, looking away.

Lucius pulled out the wand with the snake head, and pointed to her temple with the tip of the wand like a dragonfly. "The Dark Lord hates people who don't know how to flatter you. I advise you to think carefully for your own safety."

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Alex finally saw Voldemort's real face at Malfoy Manor, a tall, thin man with black robes and a turban on his head. He glanced at her coldly with red eyes and smiled softly.With Bella holding her wand against her back, she knelt on the ground like a true believer of his.

"Master," Lucius said respectfully and tactfully, "Avery has already arrived."

"Thank you, Lucius, and you, Bella," Voldemort slowly walked up to Alex, "you are welcome, Everly. The addition of new members always makes people... happy .”

new member.Alex wanted to raise his head in disbelief, but Bella pointed with her wand and pressed it back hard again.The cold aroused the deepest fear in her heart, she lost her strength and even forgot how to resist.She couldn't remember the rest clearly, only that Bellatrix handed her left hand to Voldemort, the cold snake face waved the wand, and a strange feeling flashed across her left arm. A black snake entangled.

She has the Dark Mark.

At this time, an unexpected figure appeared.A very small, sallow man stood tremblingly behind Voldemort, making a flattering report.

Peter Pedillo!Alex stared at him in surprise, recognizing him even though she hadn't seen him in years.She knew that Peter had joined the Order of the Phoenix, Sirius had said, they had all joined.

Based on what she knew about Peter Pedilou, she always thought that he would not have the courage to leave James and the others, but now that he appeared in front of Voldemort again, could he be a traitor?But how could the submissive Peter be a traitor?In her heart, he didn't even have the guts to betray the Order of the Phoenix.

But that's what it is.

Seeing Alex's gloomy gaze, Peter shook his shoulders in fright, and then showed a flattering smile.

Voldemort glanced at Peter, then at Alex, and let out a sinister laugh. "You know each other? Oh, what a perfect reunion."

Peter avoided Alex's gaze, bowed his head and said respectfully to Voldemort. "Master, Everly is my former classmate, a very talented witch. It's really great that she became one of us. She will definitely help you achieve great things, Master."

Voldemort pointed to Alex's forehead with his wand. "I hope you can live up to Wormtail's praise, Everly, and behave yourself."

After the Dark Mark was formed, Voldemort left quickly, and Peter found an opportunity to slip away, and soon only Lucius, Bellatrix and Alex were left on the scene.Bellatrix wrinkled her nose and walked away.Lucius looked down at her.

"This is my idea, Everly," Lucius paused, "I hope you will give up the idea of ​​escaping as soon as possible. Narcissa has spent so much energy persuading her sister, don't let her waste her energy."

Alex took her own arm. "I... I don't want to join you."

Lucius raised his chin. "I suggest that you carefully consider whether your words and deeds are appropriate, Everly, otherwise you will not be the only one who suffers... One more thing to remind you, you are already a Death Eater, if you still want to escape, you will be greeted Only Azkaban."

yes.She was already a Death Eater.

Alex looked at the Dark Mark on her arm in silence, and stopped talking. In the eyes of others, she was no different from those dark wizards.Under the surveillance of Bella and Lucius, she was brought back to No. 12, Grimmauld Square, and Regulus stepped forward as soon as he saw her.

She gave him a dull look, and wanted to leave silently, but Regulus' words successfully stopped her in her tracks.

"Actually, I never understood why you resisted being a Death Eater so much."

The conflict between them has been avoided finally broke out.She turned her head abruptly, raised her sleeves and showed the Dark Mark in front of him, looked at him coldly, and asked.

"What's so good about it? It's all wrong. You-Know-Who, the Purists, the Death Eaters... it's all ridiculous."

Regulus was puzzled. "Why? Isn't it right to create a wizarding world where pure blood rules?"

"But I'm not a pure-blood, so am I inferior to you?" Alex gave him a mocking look, "Honorable Master Regulus Black?"

Regulus felt the thorns on her body stand up again, and growled anxiously. "But you are different from them!"

Alex sneered. "How could it be different. Are half-bloods and Muggle-born wizards inferior to pure-bloods? Why must pure-bloods rule the wizarding world? If blood is more important than ability in your eyes, then a person is worse than a beast .”

"It's not like that, Alex," Regulus argued, "but social resources and power are in the hands of a few pure-blood families, and people are born unequal. Only wizards who have been educated by elites since childhood can have enough ability to make the rules of society, and they're all purebloods. Is there something wrong with that?"

"Can't other people get it through hard work?" Alex asked him angrily, "Half-bloods and Muggle wizards who are talented and willing to work hard for it, they are also dedicating their strength to the running of society, Are they inferior?"

Regulus was silent, they confronted each other for a while, Alex glanced at him, turned and left.

The author has something to say: This update speed is unsustainable x Development Potion is for the needs of the plot, there is a private setting

I finally got the Dark Mark... Isn't the end of the Lion Snake the Order of the Phoenix vs Death Eaters? hhhhh

I don't know what exactly Regulus was thinking...I think his pure bloodism might be an extension of elitism?Because pure blood has social resources, it is easy to cultivate elites, so pure blood is superior to others ← but this is just my personal understanding.

He thinks that pure blood is the best, but Alex is different from other half-bloods, just like Snape thinks that "Gryffindors are all idiots but Lily is the best" is the same reason... To sum up , you Slytherins are fine (bushi

And there are so many close relatives of pure blood marrying, it is not easy to produce elites, it is easy to produce Crabbe and Gore x

The next chapter is very exciting der (but I haven’t written x and Lucius and Narcissa have written it so I’m so happy... I’ve been showing it secretly