[Comprehensive HP colleagues] That year

————January 1946, 1, Edinburgh Black Manor————

"Orien, what are you thinking? You don't like strong women like Walburga at all, so why did you promise my father to marry her just now?"

"Please, Alphard, how many marriages in our pure-blood family are for love? You have no intention of family business, and little Signus is only eight years old. As long as I marry Walburga, I will be happy." It is possible to become the head of the Black family, you can't understand this, right?"

"Are you going to sacrifice the lifelong happiness of yourself and Walburga just to become the possible head of the family? Besides, don't you have Scarlett? You are engaged to Wall, what do you want to do with her? I will never allow you to eat from the bowl and look at the pot!"

"I thought you and Walburga had fallen out long ago, but I didn't expect you to care about her."

"Don't change the subject. No matter how bad our relationship is, she is also my sister. What's more, it's related to her marriage."

Orion looked at Alphard's stern face, and said with ease: "When Scarlett and I first started dating, I told her very clearly that the chance of me marrying her is so small that it is almost impossible. , but she is still willing to associate with me. Now that I am getting engaged, she can only admit that she is unlucky."

"You!" Alphard was angry, "Orion, you bastard! I really misunderstood you! You don't take your feelings seriously, what's the difference from Malfoy?"

"Don't compare me with Abraxas Malfoy!" Orion was also annoyed, "At any rate, I only have Scarlett as a girlfriend these years, and I know I can't promise her marriage, so I never touched her." She. Yes, I don’t love her enough, so I can give her up easily. What about you? You are very affectionate, why did you not marry Heather Mercia, and the result? She just turned around and dumped you Run and follow Malfoy!"

Orion immediately regretted what he said.He knew that Heather's betrayal was a scar in the heart of this cousin who was only two years older than himself.

Sure enough, Alphard's face turned livid, and before Alphard said something irreversible, Orion hastened to make amends: "I'm sorry, I was careless just now. You trust me, only if you and Mercia don't want to You just told me about this when you were in a public relationship. But Alphard, you see, you and Mercia are so in love. After she woke up from the coma, your feeling of fascination with her disappeared. , That’s why she agreed so readily when she proposed to break up? It can be seen that love is the most unreliable thing. If you look at our Aunt Doria, she married the person she likes, but if it wasn’t for Bo The Te family has money, so she can fulfill her wish? So, all love and love are fake, power and wealth are the real things that can be held in hands. "

Alphard's face changed, he wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute.

"Don't worry," Orion continued seeing that his cousin was silent, "Even if there is no love, Walburga is my cousin, your own sister, even if it is because of this blood relationship. In fact, I will not treat her badly. Besides, with her fiery temper, can I still bully her?"

Alphard sighed and said no more.

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Walburga sat in front of the dressing table, looking at the brand new ring on his hand, with no joy or worry on his face.

In the afternoon, her father told her that he had rationed her to his cousin Orion, who was four years younger than her, and she got the ring from Orion.

She knew why her father made such a decision.Since the bankruptcy disaster four years ago, the Black family's business has not improved.This marriage, to put it bluntly, was to maintain the purity of the family lineage, but to put it bluntly, it was because the father wanted to get more working capital from his cousin, Orion's father Arcturus.

Does Walburga love Orion?No, of course not.Although they are cousins, they are not familiar with each other at all.On the contrary, his own younger brother, Alphard, often gets mixed up with Orion.

Walburga felt a little reconciled in his heart now, unwilling to be reconciled to the elders choosing her future husband for her like this, without even discussing with her.

She was educated to dedicate everything to the Black family since she was a child, and Ben didn't think there was anything wrong with it, just like her last fiancé, from the engagement to the divorce, was decided by her grandfather, and she didn't have the slightest doubt.

But five years ago, little aunt Doria chose a marriage partner for herself, which made Walburga see another possibility.

Walburga disliked Doria, not from childhood, and we might attribute this to their natural discord.But Walburga also has to admit that it is enviable for Doria to live so chicly, do what she wants to do, and marry whoever she wants to marry.

It's a pity that she, Walburga, is not as "shameless" as Doria, so she also lost the opportunity to make her own decisions.

This is correct, obeying the arrangement of the elders, this is correct.Walburga emphasized this to himself, and looked down on Doria who disobeyed her elders more and more.

————1957, Edinburgh Black Manor————

"Druella's pregnant again. If she's a boy this time, you're never going to move back to 12 Grimmauld Place," said Orion, looking at his wife.

"Hmph, she has given birth to three girls in a row, how can it be so easy to give birth to boys."

"But no matter how you say people can give birth, if they can give birth, it is possible to give birth to a boy."

"What do you mean?" Walburga asked in a bad tone.

"You know what I mean. Buga, we have been married for ten years. Even if I can wait for the child, your father may not be willing to wait. Even if I handle family affairs a thousand times better than your brother, if You can't have a male heir, it's all for naught. It's a competition. It's up to you and Druella to get a boy at 12 Grimmauld Place."

Walburga's face was ugly, but he didn't refute her husband's words.

"Stop thinking about meddling in the Black family's business, you should take a break and take care of your body." Orion finally said.

"She wouldn't have a chance to have a boy. With Kreacher around, she wouldn't have this chance." Walburga murmured in her heart.

Three months later, Druella Rozier Black suffered a miscarriage and was never fertile again.

On November 1959, 11, Walburga gave birth to his eldest son, Sirius Black. One month later, Walburga's father, Palex, officially passed the position of head of the family to his son-in-law, Orion Black.In the same month, Orion moved into 3 Grimmauld Place with his wife and children, and Walburga's third brother, Signus, moved out of Grimmauld Place with his wife and three daughters and moved into Black Manor in Kent.

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20 years later

Orion lay in bed feeling exhausted.So many years of struggle, so many years of hard work, finally came to naught.When he took over the position of Patriarch, he had great ambitions, he thought he could revive the Black family.But fate finally dealt him a heavy blow.

He regretted it, really regretted it.He had not given so much of his wealth to the Dark Lord so that he could take his son's life!

He suddenly remembered the letter Alphad sent him three years ago:

【I know that my time is approaching. As a member of the Black family, I think I should report to you, the head of the family. I think it will not be more than ten days before I go to see Merlin.You don't have to come to me, I want to live my life quietly, and Andromeda is by my side now to take care of me.

I wrote to Sirius yesterday asking him to come and see me.I know you've removed him from the Black family long ago.I have to say, this is a very stupid decision.But for Sirius himself, it was a kind of relief.

I will leave all the property under my name to Sirius. Whether you admit him or not, he is my most admired nephew. He has done what I wanted to do but never had the chance to do.

I often think that if Heather hadn't died back then, and her body hadn't been occupied by that alien soul, I would probably end up walking the same path for Heather and Sirius now.So, if you want to remove me for sponsoring Sirius, I don't care.

I know that the Black family has defected to the mysterious man. Maybe you are very proud now, but I assert that you will regret it one day. The mysterious man cannot save the Black family, he will only destroy it.If there is such a day, bring Sirius back.I know that's a gut-wrenching thing for you, but O'Brien, pride can't be eaten.I believe that only Sirius can change people's perception of the Black family. 】

Orion smiled wryly.He and Walburga tried their best to ridicule Alphard's letter back then, but who would have expected that the man would make it a prophecy.

Orion didn't expect Sirius to actually save the Black family.He has been for the Black family all his life, and even lost a son for the Black family.Dying, he didn't want to sacrifice another son of his for the Black family.He wants him to live, and if he can live, he is satisfied.

"Kreacher, bring paper and pencil, I want to write a letter," he ordered.

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1981. 11, 19

Walburga sat in the empty mansion with many thoughts in his head.

When the Dark Lord had an accident, so did the Black House, and it was in her hands.

Her son is dead, her husband is dead, and now even the proud Black family is ruined. What is left of her life?

Sirius?No, no, he was a traitor, he was a traitor to the entire Black family and the pure-blood family, how could she still think of him?

It was funny when they said he was number one in the Dark Lord's service, and no one found it more funny than a mother like her.

The way she taught him back then didn't make him subdue, so he would run to submit to the Dark Lord by himself?

Is the world crazy or is she crazy?

She should go see the son and laugh at him to his face.

Oh, by the way, she had already begged Narcissa to take her to see Sirius, but Narcissa refused.

Narcissa what are you?Dare to say no to me?It's all nonsense that her identity is sensitive and inconvenient to visit. Don't think she doesn't know that Lucius Malfoy has already hooked up with several senior government officials.

Even Narcissa didn't want the Blacks anymore.

The Blake house was really ruined, in her hands.

What is left of her life?

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These things went on and on in Walburga Black's mind for the rest of her solitary life, until four years later, in solitude and madness, she closed her eyes forever.