[HP] His little devil

Talking to Walburga was stressful, and it made Helena feel like she was talking to a portrait of her grandfather.

They are more like a type of people, arrogant and harsh, and they have no one in their eyes except their own family members.

Walburga might have been kind to Helena, at least looking her in the eye at last.

Helena could feel her back drenched with sweat, and she was very glad that she was wearing a coat at the moment. Although it was a bit too hot in August, it was not a problem here with the cooling spell, and besides, it was better to be hot than to be out of shape.

After chatting for about half an hour and getting a clear idea of ​​the current situation of Bird's family, Walburga reluctantly let Helena go with a frown.She motioned for Regulus to show her around No. 12, Grimmauld Place, then turned around and told Kreacher something else.

Helena looked at Regulus, wondering if she passed or failed. She didn't see whether Mrs. Black was satisfied with her or not.Regulus didn't speak, but he stepped forward to take her upstairs, and Helena immediately followed.

After walking a few steps, when she was feeling uneasy, Mrs. Black said plainly: "It's getting late, Miss Bird can stay for dinner at night, I believe we will have a good night. In fact, your father When I was still alive, I had some friendship with him, and we are not that strange."

Helena's father is also a Slytherin, so it seems that she is a classmate with Mrs. Black?But her parents died too early, and she was still young at that time, so she didn't know much about their parents' interpersonal relationship.

But overall, it should be a good thing, right?

Mrs. Black was not in a hurry to let Regulus send her away, probably because she didn't hate her?

Following Regulus all the way up to the fifth floor, the stairs of NO.12 in Grimmauld Square are not as wobbly as in Hogwarts. connect together.

She was feeling annoyed when she heard Regulus say, "You did a good job."

Helena immediately raised her head and said nervously, "Really?"

"Of course." Regulus finally got close to her, and after getting out of his mother's sight, he didn't need to restrain his concern anymore, "If you don't do well, she won't invite you to stay for dinner." Slightly Suddenly, he stared slightly, "Your father knows my mother?"

Helena shook her head and said, "I don't know about that either, maybe I can go back and ask about my mother's portrait."

"Where's your father's portrait?"

"...my father left too suddenly and didn't have time to leave a portrait." Helena recalled, "My mother prepared her portrait in advance after that to prevent this from happening again."

At that time, Mr. Bird probably didn't expect that he would die so early. It is understandable that he was not prepared.

Although Mrs. Bird had time to leave a portrait because of her husband's lessons learned, she followed Mr. Bird before staying with Helena for too long.The Byrd family has been passed down to Helena for several generations, and there is no dignity left.

Regulus held Helena's hand silently, and led her to the door of his room: "This is my room." He looked at her and asked, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Helena had come out of the memories of her parents' death, and she said a little excitedly: "Of course, you have been to my room, I haven't been to your room yet."

Regulus smiled, although the corners of his mouth were shallow, but the smile was unprecedentedly relaxed and gentle.

He opened the door and invited Helena in. The moment he closed the door, he seemed to see the door of his brother's room move.

He looked in that direction and closed his eyes, gave up the pursuit, and directly closed the door and entered the house.

The name Regulus is a diminutive of Rex in Roman, meaning "little king" or "prince".

At the same time, Regulus is also the alpha star of Leo, the brightest star in Leo.And his middle name Arcturus (Arcturus) is the alpha star of Bootes, the brightest star in the constellation Bootes, and the brightest star in the night sky in the northern hemisphere.

From his name, it can be seen how much the Black family valued and loved him.

He was of noble blood, and enjoyed a remarkable place in the oldest and purest Black family, and his rooms were naturally oozing with understated splendor.

When she first arrived at NO.12, Grimmauld Place, Helena felt that there was a dark atmosphere everywhere in this house.This feeling is not unfamiliar, and she often feels it in Bird Manor, and it is because of this that she feels that the silent manor is like a tomb.

The same is true of the Blakes now.

Helena thought of the darkness and oppression of each floor of this ancient mansion, and thought of Mrs. Walburga Black's serious and nervous appearance, as well as the critical and gift-like remarks of the other party.

The excitement of entering Regulus' room at the beginning was gone. She looked at it calmly, looked at the familiar silver-green surroundings, and then looked back at the owner of this room, who she never thought she could really get her hands on. Master Black.

Regulus was standing beside her, and all her worries disappeared when she saw him.

Although Mrs. Black is a difficult mother-in-law at first glance, Mr. Black, who has never met, may not be easier to get along with than her. He even has an unusual brother like Sirius Black, Grimmauld Place NO. 12 puts so much pressure on people, but... as long as he is there, it seems that there is nothing difficult to deal with.

As long as he is there.

This is his home, the place where he grew up. Helena believes that the Black family, which raised such an excellent Regulus, is not as scary as she thought.

She relaxed again, the only bed in the room as far as she could see.

It was Regulus' bed. Helena first saw the Black family crest on the bed, and then the French "forever pure" next to the crest.This was not surprising, and she moved closer, looking at the clipping below the motto.

Several newspaper clippings were pasted into an irregular collage, and Helena took a step back after a few glances.

"You read that right." Regulus didn't mean to hide anything, he pulled up a chair and sat down, his slender legs were parted, and a black robe was draped over him, which was the most elegant gentleman's attire. "It's a newspaper clipping about DarkLord." .”

The title DarkLord made Helena turn pale, and she smiled vaguely after a long while and said, "If you put these on the bedside, it will make me think you are his admirer..."

Regulus tilted his head, smiled and said, "You can understand that too."

Helena choked and didn't speak for a long while, Regulus said after a while: "You look very afraid of him."

Helena still didn't speak, and Regulus continued: "You should be in awe of him. Compared with Dumbledore, his ideas are more in line with our family's interests. If he can succeed, the wizard's situation will be very serious. Big improvement."

"...It's not just that the situation of wizards will be greatly improved." Helena said softly, "The situation of Muggles will also be greatly improved. No, to be exact, except for pure-blood families, probably Whether Muggles or wizards are adversely affected."

Regulus frowned slightly, it seemed that he didn't agree with her statement, but he didn't refute it.

Helena turned her eyes away and looked away. On the table in his room were more content about the lord, as well as several thick books about black magic.

Helena stared at those things, and Regulus followed them, and he immediately got up to pack them up.

"They shouldn't be here." He said indifferently, "It seems that someone specially 'arranged' them before I brought you in."

Helena didn't mind who did it on purpose, she whispered: "The Black family should have more books about black magic than Bird Manor."

Regulus chanted a spell, put away the books and the newspaper clippings about the Dark Lord, turned around and said, "Probably. I haven't seen the library at Byrd Manor, so it's hard to give an accurate answer."

Helena suddenly became cautious. She wandered around the room and walked to the door. She didn't know what to say, she didn't want to have dinner at Black's house now.

Regulus had already seen something was wrong with her, ever since she saw the newspaper clipping.

He walked slowly to her side, bent down and looked at her at the same level: "I don't think we will have differences on this matter, we are all Slytherins."

Helena turned her face away from him, clasped her hands and said softly, "I don't know what to say... I've read the report about that lord in the Daily Prophet, and I have to admit that his ideas are very important to us purebloods. It is very attractive to people in the family, but we are always a minority." She frowned, "Even at Hogwarts, the number of Slytherin houses is the smallest."

"So, you think the interests of the majority are more important?" Regulus questioned in a low voice.

Helena pursed her lips and said, "That's not true. I don't know whether I should tell you this, but I should have thought about it a long time ago. Between the Black family and that lord, you..."

"Close relationship." Regulus directly completed what Helena was unwilling to complete, and successfully saw her turn pale.

"I think I have to be blunt." Helena looked at Regulus, meeting his gaze, "Don't you think he's too extreme?"

Regulus straightened up slowly, without speaking.

Helena continued: "Many things that are too extreme will only have the opposite effect. I haven't seen him in person, and I probably won't be able to meet him, but this does not prevent me from knowing what he has done. This is true in Slytherin and even It’s no secret that the entire wizarding world—many people who disapprove of him were conspired to kill, including some pure blood, you should know that?”

"Most of them are Dumbledore's people." Regulus' tone was impartial, as if he didn't prefer anyone, but was just stating the facts.

Helena wanted to say something more, but Regulus said before she could speak: "Do you know that many of our former classmates followed him after graduation?"

"Follow"— Regulus used the word, and Helena swallowed it when it reached her lips.

She fell silent, she thought, although Regulus just said that their former classmates followed him after graduation and became a member of the legendary "Death Eaters", it doesn't mean that what he wants to say is just those people.

What he has to say may include himself.

Helena thought of the phrase "close relationship", and thought of Mrs. Black's mean and ungracious face. She was a little nervous, and her hand hanging by her side clenched into a fist. Regulus seemed to sigh, and then she was taken away by someone. into the bosom.

"You have the right to know this, and you have the right to make choices after knowing this."

His voice was above her head, his embrace was so warm, but she felt a little cold.

"Haven't you been looking for a way to revitalize the Byrd family? Maybe this is the path you need to choose." His tone was so calm that Helena had to believe that he was serious, "I never thought that this would be the path between us. In matters of time, the lord is a badge of honor in the Black family."

A symbol of glory... yes, for most pure-blood families, he should be a symbol of glory.They are dissatisfied with the status quo that the bitch and half-blood wizards are equal to the pure-blood wizards. More and more "mudbloods" appearing in Hogwarts also hinder the eyes of those people. Helena also heard people talking about it in school. That adult, but she always felt that he was far away from her, and those things were also far away from her, and she didn't care about bloodline like other people.

She suddenly thought of her mother. If her father knew Mrs. Black, what about her mother?How much did they know about the Dark Lord?

My father died too quickly, and my mother said he was sick, but Helena still doesn't know what disease he had.

Bird Manor seems to be cursed, and it has become more and more impoverished for generations. Is this really their own problem?

Helena was so confused that she couldn't figure it out. Regulus looked at her for a long time before he said calmly: "If you need to think about it, I can send you back at any time."

Helena raised her head slowly: "Is it okay?"

"Okay." In the dim light, Regulus seemed to smile, and there was some emotion in the smile that she didn't understand, "But you can't always escape, Helena." He approached her, hesitated for a moment, and gently Kissed her hair, "Give me your answer as soon as possible."

Helena didn't say anything, she lowered her head to look at other places in the room, and when her gaze passed the table again, she saw a photo.

From a short distance, she saw Regulus sitting in the middle of the front row in the photo. It was a group photo of the Slytherin Quidditch house team. The players uniforms had snakes drawn on their chests. He is sitting in the Seeker's seat.

Helena smiled and changed the subject: "Is that a group photo from this year?" She pointed to the photo.

Regulus glanced sideways at the photo, and the atmosphere between them seemed to have eased a little because of this. He nodded, not intending to talk about it, and asked her after a while: "Do you want to go?"

Helena knew he would probably be disappointed if she nodded.

He didn't know how much he had spent to get such an opportunity, but she wanted to leave because of the Dark Lord.

"I'm sorry," Helena said, "but yes, I'm getting out of here."

If she stayed and ate this meal today, it meant that she was allowed to join the Black family.Mrs. Black might test her a lot during the dinner, and maybe there will be something about that adult.

Helena hasn't figured out whether to accept that extreme idea, and she can't let herself start everything like this before she thinks it through.

So she had to go, no matter how reluctant she was.

Regulus didn't talk to her anymore, he just said to the air: "Kreacher, take Miss Bird back to the manor, I will explain to mother."

Kreacher emerged from the air and said respectfully, "I am willing to serve you, Master Regulus."

After saluting, Kreacher looked at Helena sharply: "Kreacher takes Miss Bird away." It walked forward, not even giving Helena and Regulus another time to say goodbye, and immediately took her away .

Regulus stood there for a while, opened the door and went out. Before going to see Walburga, he first met his brother.

"It seems that Helena Bird and you have a disagreement on someone." Sirius Black smiled viciously, "My dear brother, what should you do this time? It's so embarrassing, isn't it ?"