Hogwarts Slytherin

Chapter 163 People Like Me

Before most people were aware of it, the war was already closely related to everyone's lives.

Perhaps someone once glimpsed some omens, such as some wizards who can make prophecies - such as the Trelawny family, or some sober wise men who are familiar with the trajectory of history. I saw the cruel smile of the God of Destiny in the newspaper.

However, more are ordinary people.

Muggles and wizards alike.

They had no idea of ​​the misery that was to come.

Time flies, and many years later, history repeats itself again.

In fact, it didn't take long.

The Muggle war is over, and the wizard's war has begun again.

When Britain's wizards came together to denounce former Minister of Magic Hector Foley for not taking the threat of Grindelwald seriously enough and asking Albus Dumbledore to fight to defeat him, they were not learning from the previous Muggle Wars. No experience can be learned from it, and it has been completely forgotten that war never breaks out suddenly overnight.

The wizards' first war began earlier than they realized.

It started with the approval votes cast by those he lobbied when Grindelwald was seeking the position of President of the International Federation of Fifties.

It started with his speech in front of Lachaise Cemetery in France.

It started when he jumped from Grigovitch's window sill.

It started from the encounter between the blond boy and the brown-haired boy that summer in Godric's Hollow.

It started with that ambitious idea - for the greater good.

In short, this is all even the Chief Wizard of the Wizengamot can think of - all evil is caused by dark magic.

Gellert Grindelwald needs to be held responsible.

As for the centuries-old hatred between Muggles and wizards, the long-term incompatibility between pure blood and mixed blood, the undercurrent of power struggle in the Ministry of Magic, the rise of the Carrow family again, the canceled engagement of the Black family, and the embezzlement of the Malfoy family in Knockturn Alley Cannibalization, Galadia Melos' resignation, and the mysterious death of a Ravenclaw girl, such trivial matters can be put aside.Everyone agreed that this war started and could only start with the unspeakable Dark Lord.

Therefore, in that war, Gellert Grindelwald became the biggest culprit and the only culprit.

In the end, he lost.

The war seemed to be over.

Everything is moving towards the better.

But, they got it wrong from the beginning.

So, bad luck has struck again, and a new dark devil has emerged in the magical world.

When he was a boy, his name was Tom Riddle, and later he called himself Voldemort - Fei Li Death. Now people call him the man whose name cannot be said.

The wizards, on the other hand, are just showing up to their old ways.

They began to find various reasons for this crime.

Black magic, desire, seduction, ambition...

Perhaps everything began to take shape as early as the burning wardrobe in the orphanage.

******

After Halloween.

Ted Tonks knew nothing about Andromeda's wedding being scheduled for Christmas.

From a certain perspective, even Reggie knew more than he did.

Regulus was becoming more and more anxious. He always had an ominous premonition, especially the bad idea Sirius made at Mrs. Patty's Teahouse last time.

He was a little undecided whether to tell everything and tell his mother Walburga. They would definitely not let Andromeda do something stupid-elope.

However, Regulus recalled the appearance of Andromeda in the past in his mind and thought about what it looks like now.

He felt like something was tearing him in half, one half was the honor of the Black family, and one was Andromeda's smiling face in general.

Regulus didn't confide in Regis here, but he took action on the other side.

Potions class.

James and Sirius were winking at Reggie. He calmly picked up the small note at his feet and said, "Tonight at ten o'clock, the Room of Requirement."

For Merlin's sake, why do you need to ask his opinion even about elopement?

In-house on request.

After listening to the descriptions of the two people, Rui Ji felt a little headache.

"So, what you are saying is that you want me to find a way to help Andromeda Black elope with Ted Tonks?"

"The summary is very accurate." James nodded, "Moon Face, let us ask your opinion, what do you think?"

"I think...since Andromeda is not afraid of being expelled from the family, can't she just run away?" Reggie shrugged.

"After all, they are all adults and there are no traces on their bodies. Furthermore, since Ted Tonks was born as a Muggle, they can just hide in the Muggle world. I believe - with your family's temper, they will definitely Not going into the Muggle world to search for them."

Reggie looked at them like they were fools.

Sirius turned his face to the side, his expression thoughtful.

James slapped his thigh, "That's right! Brother, let's write a letter to your cousin quickly."

Back in the Slytherin common room, Reggie knew that Andromeda would be expelled and successfully gave birth to a daughter with Ted.

And their daughter will eventually marry Sirius's best friend, Remus Lupin.

......

In the Room of Requirement, after hearing about the good deeds they had done for this purpose, Regis didn't understand very much. They even persuaded Regulus, but they only struggled to pass on some love letters without taking actual action.

Doing that would be meaningless except to ease the mood of Andromeda and Ted, a pair of miserable couple.

It will not contribute anything to changing the situation of the two people.

He thought that after such a long time, at least they could have a more detailed and operational plan.

When Ted Tonks found Sirius with a look of despair, the latter was so frightened that he almost couldn't recognize him.

He knew about Andromeda's upcoming engagement. Although he was now just a clerk in a store in Diagon Alley, he still had his own information channels, not to mention the wedding of the Black family and the Selwyn family.

Andromeda's wedding and Bellatrix's wedding took place almost immediately.

When Ted Tonks heard the news, he was silent for a long time, and he finally just continued his work.

It wasn't until after get off work that I walked into the Leaky Cauldron. I sat in front of the bar in a daze, drinking glass after glass. By the time I finished drinking, half of my robe was wet with wine.

After that day, he took a leave of absence.

He had been numbed by alcohol for two days.

I have an appointment with Sirius today at the Three Broomsticks.

Still not speaking, all Sirius saw when he came was an unshaven drunkard.

"Sober up! Ted! I will definitely help you with Andromeda, but you need to cheer up!" Sirius shook his shoulders hard, which also caused Ted to lose his grip on the wine glass. It fell to the ground with a "clang".

Mrs. Rostamer glared at the two.

Sirius rolled his eyes, took out a silver Siko from his pocket and slapped it on the bar.

Ted still had no reaction to this, and even still tried to numbly reach out to the bar, trying to pick up the next glass of wine.

Sirius gritted his teeth, just thinking about the tragic experience of the two of them - feeling that he should understand him, even though he couldn't.

He exhaled irritably, took out his wand from his sleeve and cleaned Ted's robe that was wet with wine, and sighed: "What are you going to do? There's not much time until Christmas. You know, Andromeda doesn't Don’t want to marry that Selwyn.”

Hearing Andromeda's name, Ted's numb eyes began to focus. He turned around blankly and looked around, as if he had just realized where he was.

"My plan?" His palms began to tighten and clenched into fists, "I don't know... Since I received the news, I don't know, you haven't written to me to tell me about it. Maybe you also think——"

Sirius stood up with a sudden movement, and the movement was so large that he kicked the chair under him.

Mrs. Rostam slammed the rag onto the table.

But this time, Sirius didn't look at her. Instead, he glared at Ted angrily and said in disbelief: "You actually think like this?! I really feel worthless for Andromeda."

He said coldly: "During this period, we are all helping you... Even Rael... my cowardly brother has stood up. Yes, he has never You wouldn’t disobey our mother like this!”

"If you don't want to be with Andromeda, fine, I will tell her truthfully." After saying that, Sirius turned around and prepared to leave.

However, Ted anxiously grabbed a corner of his robe, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, making it impossible for him to break free.

"I thought, why wouldn't I want to be with Andromeda?" Ted said with some excitement.

But he quickly lowered his head again, but his hands were still clutching Sirius's robe, "But maybe you - other Blacks, such as her parents are right, she is a young lady of the Black family... maybe Marrying someone from an equally powerful family would be considered the best outcome for everyone."

"She deserves better...not a grocery store clerk. Maybe with a little time, she will forget about a man named Ted Tonks, forget about this farce, and continue to be a lady, Lady.”

As Ted spoke, the strength in his hand began to loosen, until it completely slipped from the corner of Sirius's robe.

He closed his eyes, as if this statement caused him great pain, but continued to whisper: "But if she is with me, I know she will-"

"Of course she will, you idiot!" Sirius growled.

"But if she is with me, she will gain nothing and lose everything - oh! She deserves a better life." Tears finally fell from the corners of Ted Tonks' eyes.

But this did not arouse Sirius' sympathy, and his expression even turned contemptuous: "Are all Hufflepuffs such a coward like you?"

"What?" Ted didn't react for a moment.

"I say! Hufflepuff! Are you all such a coward?!"

"How-why do you insult Hufflepuff?!" Ted stood up suddenly and stared at Sirius loudly.

"I didn't mean to offend Hufflepuff, I was just insulting you!" Sirius looked arrogant and looked at Ted sharply, as if he was looking at another piece of trash.

"I really feel unworthy of Andromeda. I didn't expect that my best cousin would fall in love with a coward like you!"

"Shut up!" Ted's lips trembled because of his anger, "You don't understand anything, what qualifications do you have to say that - you are a Black, you will never understand the lives of people like us."

"I'm doing it for Andromeda's own good, so what's the benefit of being with me? She'll get nothing but ridicule and sarcasm! Nothing!"

"boom"

Unable to bear it any longer, Sirius punched Ted in the face.

They were startled for a moment, and soon, the two of them were wrestling with each other.

Instead, Mrs. Rostamer picked up the rag again and continued wiping the quilt carelessly.

******

In James's view, Sirius is the kind of person who doesn't need to bother learning, improving himself, or perfecting his abilities, because Sirius is already the closest to perfection by nature.

"Thank you." Sirius himself did not agree with this view - although he did feel that he was extremely perfect.

Rather, he believes that although he is quite incredible, occasionally, aspects of his perfection are not achieved in an instant.

Sometimes these aspects do need some "perfection", and he is willing to make such improvements when necessary.After all, one couldn't become as incredible as Sirius without putting in a little effort.

The difficulty with these moments is that Jaime tends to turn them into internal meetings of the Marauders.

Allow me to illustrate: "Prongs, have you ever heard of 'The Essential Elements of Poetry'? There's a lot more to it than I thought." Sirius leaned back in his chair, flipping through Pamela's Apprenticeship "Introduction to Poets", he said thoughtfully.

James didn't even look up at Sirius.He was too busy writing a poem that would kill them all, just because when Sirius mocked him for never being able to write a poem that touched people's hearts - mainly Lily's - Peter burst into a cacophony of laughter from the sidelines.

He had no time for Sirius's antics, and honestly, this poem was really important.

"Rhyme, rhyme, rhyme, cross-sentence. What is this, Moony?" James asked.

Remus also didn't look up at him.However, unlike James, Remus was actually spending his time studying usefully for OWLS.

He muttered, "I don't know, Prongs," and went back to transcribing his History of Magic notes.

James frowned and grabbed the large dictionary he had asked Pince to find specifically for this purpose - much to Mrs. Pince's surprise, she reached across the table and thrust it towards Peter, who was also trying to study for OWLS.

"Check it out, would you, Wormtail? Cross-sentence continuity."

Peter, who usually had more trouble ignoring James's slippery ways than the others, sighed and started looking in the dictionary.

"How?" he asked.

"Enja--"

"Can you two be quiet? I'm trying to think of a map," Sirius whispered.

"...mbment," James finished quietly, then turned to Sirius and added: "This is important, Padfoot. I have to make sure I know that this poem will make Lily fall in love with me."