[HP] If youth has an ageless face

In the early morning the owl delivered Constance's letter.

"Did she meet a friend on the journey?" Mrs. Davis couldn't help raising the end of the first line strangely.

Ulea anxiously asked: "Who?"

"Constance said she was a Ravenclaw classmate who was a class or two older than her—" Mrs. Davis paused slightly, and only after the remaining three people at the table looked at her in surprise, she pretended to be mysterious. Read on, "He is a writer with research in many fields."

"He." Mr. Davies grasped the point sharply. "What else? Did she say his name?"

Mrs. Davis shook her head after reading the letter: "No."

"My Merlin!" cried Uriah grandly, looking around at everyone. "Constance is traveling with a man. Doesn't anyone want to comment on that?"

Edwin pulls pretending to be drinking orange juice, so Mr. Davies is the one to answer: "Not everyone is as gossiping as you, Uriah! They're just traveling companions now, understand?"

Uriah's arrogance was instantly extinguished, he fiddled with the food on the plate, and muttered in a low voice unconvinced: "It's as if Constance mentioned another boy!"

"You'd better worry about your own business," Mr. Davies warned. "Your OWLs test results are worse than we expected, so I suggest you-"

"Dad!" Yulia hurriedly interrupted the conversation and promised, "Have you forgotten, I promise that this summer vacation I will..."

"Actually, we've already arranged some things for you to do, my dear." Mrs. Davis and her husband exchanged glances, "We managed to get you a Quidditch summer camp organized by the European Magic Sports Association." You have a place, if you want, and you are due to leave for Germany next week."

The expression on Ulea's face has turned from sadness to joy at an alarming speed, and finally he jumped up from the chair with an unbelievable expression: "Really!"

"Sit down." Mr. Davis already showed a slight smile when he said this, "Since you are quite talented in Quidditch, you might as well develop in this direction. After all, looking at your report card, you also It’s not like someone who can achieve something in other fields.”

"Don't listen to your dad's nonsense, he was the one who came up with the idea of ​​this summer camp first." Mrs. Davis condemned, and at the same time turned to Edwin La, "You all remember Haydn, don't you?"

Edwin's heart tightened suddenly, and she nodded obediently under Mrs. Davis' gaze.

"Haydn got this quota. When you go to Germany, you have to thank him for us, you know?"

"Haydn is already so powerful now? I remember he graduated from Durmstrang for three or four years." Uriah asked in shock, "What does he do?"

"I'm not sure about that. Listening to Haydn's implication requires a certain degree of secrecy." Mrs. Davis changed the topic, but turned to Uriah, "Listen, there is no Quidditch Odd teams will accept a NEWT test score—”

"Oh..." Uriah sighed, "If you don't compare me with Constance, my grades are actually quite good."

More than a week after Uriah departed, Constance finally returned from her Romania with longing.

Later, Edwin pulls to find that she has changed.

Every morning Constance volunteered to be the first to pick up the letter, and after she delivered it to everyone, Edwina would always notice that she would slip a copy with a blue ribbon when she thought no one would find out. The bundled letters were tucked into the pockets of his robes.And, as she did so, Constance often had a smile on her face that was stronger than pleasure.

Also, she was no longer the Constance who preferred to stay in her room and read.Now she goes out almost every day, and never returns empty-handed, sometimes with a new robe, sometimes with one or two pieces of jewelry... Once Edwin saw her through the crack of the door when he called her to finish eating She was carefully applying the beauty potion in front of the mirror.

For a moment Edwina thought she was the only one who noticed Constance's change, but she soon realized she wasn't.

That morning, Edwinra was surprised to find that the other three members of the Davis family had already gathered in the dining room.The Davies took their places, and Constance stood at the end of the table with her head bowed.The atmosphere in the room was weird, and she carefully glanced at the things spread out on the table: an opened package, revealing a section of pink lace.

She was about to leave quietly to leave room for them to deal with housework, but Mrs. Davis stopped her: "Come here, Edwina, and sit in your seat."

Edwina hesitated for a moment, then obediently walked over.When she passed by Constance, she glanced sideways at her, her eyes were red and full of tears, and Edwin's heart felt cold, but Constance lowered her head even faster.

"Your sister bought something we don't think she should have bought." Mrs. Davis told Edwina tactfully what happened. "Your father and I have always felt that it is unnecessary to restrain you too much, but this does not mean that we Will allow you to grow into girls who have no self-respect."

The ball of lace lying in the package suddenly took on an ambiguous color.

Edwina looked away in embarrassment and discomfort.Mrs. Davis looked at Constance sternly, and continued their unfinished conversation: "You asked us to move out last time because of him, right?"

"Who the hell is he?" interjected Mr. Davies. "If he's a good boy we won't stand in your way..." Constance seemed determined to use silence as a weapon of resistance, and Davies The gentleman's voice sank immediately, "Do you want us to take coercive measures against you, Constance?"

Still silent.

Mrs. Davies casts a disappointed glance at Constance and picks up something from the table.Edwinra recognized immediately that it was the letter that Constance received every morning.Mrs. Davis unwrapped the blue ribbon, pulled out a square piece of paper, and read directly: "My little pigeon: I dreamed about our nights in Romania last night, and I don't know if you dreamed I didn't. When I woke up this morning I could smell your fragrance on my pillow—"

"Enough!" Constance screamed suddenly and rushed forward, before anyone could react, she grabbed the ball of pink lace with red eyes and threw it into the fireplace beside her, and then snatched Mrs. Davis The card in his hand was torn in half and thrown into the flames.Edwin pulls up and tries to grab her:

"Constance!"

"stop!"

Constance turned around and ran out of the restaurant crying under Mr. Davies' angry reprimand, leaving only the smell of burning in the fireplace getting stronger and stronger.

The Davies froze in place, as if in total disbelief that Constance, who had been submissive a few weeks earlier, had suddenly become like this.

"I'll go find her." Edwin said in a low voice, then pushed away the chair and chased after her.

"Please, Constance." Edwina couldn't open the door that was locked by magic. She tried for a long time, but there was no response in the room except crying. "Open the door and let me accompany you."

It wasn't until she was almost desperate that the door was suddenly opened.Constance looked at her with red eyes, sobbing, "Don't look down on me, Edwina."

Edwina shook his head silently: "Do you like him very much, Constance?"

She cried so hard that she couldn't answer.

"I don't think Mom and Dad will object... if you'll tell them who he really is."

"They won't agree." Constance sobbed heavily, grabbed her handkerchief and blew her nose. "They will definitely think that he...he is not a good character."

Edwina recalled the pink lace fabric and the letter, and felt his face burn: "You are not children anymore, they should not be so rigid."

"No... that's not the problem." Constance wiped away the tears on her face, and she motioned Edwin to sit closer to her, "After we parted in Romania, he was still planning to continue heading east, But his money is a little tight... so I..."

Edwin pulled a light breath.

"...I imitated my father's signature and transferred a sum of money from Gringotts to his account after I came back." Constance trembled, and her nails dug into Edwin's arm, "They will definitely think it is He encouraged me to do it."

Edwin lowered his voice almost instinctively: "How much did you give him?"

Constance said a number, and Edwina's eyes widened. Before she could speak, the door of Constance's room was suddenly pushed open.

Mr. Davis walked up to Constance without saying a word, with a sullen face, and slapped her with a raised hand.