[HP] If youth has an ageless face

“The decor is to my parents’ taste,” Darren explained apologetically as he showed her around the Zabini estate. “I guess they’re a bit dated.”

"It would be much better if the curtains and carpets were changed." Edwin stretched his hand and flicked the tassels on the curtains. "Do you mind if I make some changes here?"

"Now you are the hostess here." Darren clapped his hands, pointed to the creature that suddenly appeared in front of them, and introduced to her, "This is Pope, the house elf, and this manor has always been maintained by it. "

Edwin looked curiously at this gray elf with big ears and wearing a white sleeveless robe: "Hello——"

Before the words were finished, Pope suddenly let out a sob-like scream, and Edwin was taken aback.

"Stop!" Darren commanded, and he stopped Pope's attempt to grab the ground with his head in time. "Okay, Pope, go back to the kitchen."

The elf bowed, sobbing, and disappeared.

"They are very sensitive creatures, and they are not used to wizards treating them as equals." There was a hint of a smile in Darren's voice, "Don't feel guilty about this, the relationship between you is just a pure master-servant relationship."

"I forgot." Edwina shook her head angrily. After the Davis family fell into ruin, they lost their servants. She no longer remembered how to greet this kind of elf, "Okay, don't Laugh again, okay?" She raised her eyebrows pretending to be annoyed.

"Anyway, let's meet my brother now." Darren raised his hand and knocked on the door in front of them. "Can we come in, Ethan?"

The door opened almost immediately.A boy with a sharp jaw and wary eyes appeared before them.

"Are you used to living?" Darren asked gently.

Ethan nodded in reply.

"This is Edwina, you've seen her before." Darren said jokingly, "You still told me she was pretty, didn't you?"

Edwina and Ethan's eyes briefly met, the boy quickly looked away, and two red clouds floated on his cheeks.

"Don't be so shy, she is your sister-in-law now." Darren reached out and rubbed the boy's hair, then explained to Edwina, "He was picked up last night, it may take some time to adapt to the new environment .”

"Hi. I've prepared a present for you." She followed Darren's example and reached out to touch Ethan's cheek. The boy dodged a little embarrassedly, "I'll give it to you at dinner, okay?"

Edwina tried to put on a stance of an elder, but she was a genius after all, judging from Ethan's reaction, she failed without a doubt.

"It's okay. He and I don't have much of a relationship. After all, he and I haven't had much chance to develop a relationship since we were young." After leaving Ethan's room, Darren comforted, "It should get better after a long time. Come on, I There is also a present for you."

"What is it?"

"Close your eyes," he ordered.Edwin pulls to do so, and she feels something cool passing by her neck:

"Is it a necklace?"

"Not exactly." Darren asked her to open her eyes. "Do you like it?"

Around her neck hangs a woodcut pendant strung on gold thread with runes she can't read.

"This is a piece of Davidia involucrata wood that I carved myself during our vacation. It is engraved with the prayers passed down in Northern Europe. It will bring you good luck."

"It's beautiful." She raised her head and looked at him with a smile, "But when are you free to go out and look for Davidia involucrata?"

Darren leaned closer to her ear: "When you sleep in."

"It seems that he takes good care of you." Yulia concluded after looking at her for a long time, "You have gained weight."

Edwina was choked, she tugged on her robe guiltily, and rolled her eyes angrily: "Run for your life before I do it."

"So," he rubbed his hands, and asked in a low voice with a sneaky and playful smile, "when can I be an uncle, huh?"

She literally choked: "We've only been married for less than a month, Uriah Davis!"

"Oh——" he let out a strange and meaningful cry, and before Edwin pulled the pillow, he assumed the appearance of a good brother who cared about his younger sister at an alarming speed, "Then how are you getting along with his younger brother?"

"It's okay, that's it." Edwina glared at him, and let go of the cushion angrily, "I gave him a set of Encyclopedia of Fantastic Beasts, but he doesn't seem too interested."

"It's a bad start, my little sister."

"But he seems to like me quite a bit, and Darren said that there are some small estrangements between them." Edwin La defended himself, "He's going to Hogwarts next month, I just want to Until then, just maintain the status quo of getting along with him in harmony."

"Okay." Ulea shrugged, "Anyway, it seems that you are still qualified as a mistress."

Compared with the previous one, Zabini Manor has undergone some subtle changes. Whether it is the flower arrangement on the table or the flower tea in the cup, it has added a little vitality to this old house that has been dead for many years.

"Thank you for the compliment." She quickly asked back, "Then when are you going to start a family? I think the Davis family also needs a hostess to take care of them."

"Uh... I'm still waiting for the right person." Uriah said vaguely, Edwin waited patiently for a while, and then he really said it himself, "Well, I actually have a good candidate beside me -"

"Who?"

"One of my fans," Ulea said. "She even managed to become an assistant to our team agent for me. Anyway...we're still getting to know each other."

"It seems that she is really infatuated with you."

"So, don't you think about finding a job?" Uriah turned the topic back to her worriedly, "Darren often has to go out, right, won't you go crazy if you stay here alone?"

"Please, Ulea, I don't look like someone who knows how to work." Edwin covered his mouth and yawned, "Don't worry about me, I've already found something good to do."

"what?"

"Social." Edwina slowly opened the fan in his hand, imitating the woman in the oil painting and using it to cover his chest. "It's time for the Zabini family to become the core of Vanity Fair."