Before the trial at the headmaster’s office, Snape actually hadn’t given much thought to his relationship with Signus.Although he had Lily as a friend in the past, Lily could never understand him like Signus. He attributed this to the difference between girls and boys, and never thought that he and Signus would get along too well Way, is it beyond the scope of friends.

What he hates most is when someone enters his territory, but allows Signus to occupy the sofa in his room.Signus isn’t one to do nothing, but spends time every day lounging on his uncomfortable old couch in order to spend as much time with him as possible.

Can friends really be this sticky?If it was Benjamin, would he still be willing to let him in every day?In other words, if it was Lucius, would Signus be willing to squeeze out time every day just to be by his side in a daze?

The answer is beyond doubt, neither he nor Signus would want to.Then why do the same things seem so natural to each other?

After the visit to the headmaster’s office, Snape spent a long time thinking about this question. During this time of thinking, he silently watched as Signus tried countless times to keep a safe distance from him, and was defeated by himself countless times.So Snape understood that the question he was thinking about might have been thought of by Signus a long time ago, but the status of Black’s heir made him dare not face the answer that did not conform to the family tradition, so he could only choose to escape.

Andromeda believes that Signus will never face his own heart, because he has no illusions about his future, and naturally he does not have any personal pursuits. Such a person will not give up his family for the sake of affection, but Nep didn’t think so.Signus can go with the flow and just be the young master Blake in this life, but when he has his own desire, he can also turn the world upside down for it.Of course he will not give up the family, because he has enough ability to control the Black family while fulfilling his wish, so that it is no longer a mountain full of pressure.

But that day, Andromeda couldn’t see her. She chose to leave after entering the station at Hogwarts Express. At this time, the students returning to school were still walking slowly towards the castle in the carriage, and they would not meet her with their luggage. look.When she arrived at the platform, the train was already empty, and the bustle of the students had dissipated, leaving only silence.She glanced at the majestic silhouette of Hogwarts castle in the night for the last time, said goodbye to the wizarding world softly, and then stepped firmly on the train to London.

After Christmas, the students were forced to calm down by the barrage of bad news in the Daily Prophet before they could recover from the holiday atmosphere.For some reason, after a holiday, the Dark Lord became even more unreasonable.He simply wanted to kill all the wizards who opposed him, no matter if they were hemp, half blood or pure blood.

For two or three days every month, the “Daily Prophet” reported the massacre. Some people speculated that if the Death Eaters continued like this, the entire British wizarding world would be wiped out by the Dark Lord before he died.

Snape thought that in such a tense situation, Signus must have a lot of troubles, and he probably didn’t have time to work on emotional issues, forcing him to face his own heart.However, without knowing what happened during the Christmas break, Signus returned to school a different person.In front of outsiders, he still looks like the young master Black should be, but in front of his friends, he no longer pretends to be “ordinary friends” with Snape, no longer denies that he is special to Snape, and no longer hides that he always follows Snape. looked at Snape.Corison was taken aback by his attitude at first, thinking that he also wanted to be expelled from the family.Lucius watched silently, and Signus’ actions during the holiday had aroused his suspicions. He knew that Signus was not an idiot, and there must be a reason for this change.

Once, when he went to Snape to get a new course of potion for his father, Lucius found that before he knew it, the two-person dormitory, which was once distinct, was completely indistinguishable.A mixture of luxury and sophistication, Signus’s habit of throwing clothes all over the house has finally spread from the Black house to the college, and the desks that were once placed at both ends of the room are merged together.There was also a huge display cabinet in the room, which contained various potions made by Snape and herbs stored privately.

“Are you living together?” Lucius joked, but his eyes were full of worry.He wanted Signus to deny the question, but he just shrugged and offered no explanation.

Snape looked up, “You look much better.”

Lucius raised his eyebrows: “So?”

“Mr. Malfoy is healed?”

Speaking of his father, Lucius’ expression relaxed a lot: “It’s not completely healed yet, but it’s almost there.”

“Did you see him?” Signus asked.

Lucius shook his head: “Not yet, but he won’t comfort me about it. I have to be clear about his physical condition.”

The news of Mr. Malfoy’s recovery was enough for Signus and Snape, and there was no need to care about the details.Lucius watched Signus walk to Snape’s side naturally, as if he saw that one day in the future, it would definitely happen in the Shura field of Black’s house.

“Signus…” He still felt that as a friend, it was necessary to remind Signus to be careful, but the other party didn’t let him go on, pointing to the door: “Close the door, I have something to tell you.”

Lucius said helplessly, “Don’t change the subject.”

“This matter is very important. If Mr. Malfoy’s illness hadn’t made you feel bad, I would have wanted to tell you a long time ago.”

Finally, Signus’ serious attitude convinced Lucius to go and close the door obediently.

“You’d better sit down first,” Signus reminded.Lucius rolled his eyes, slammed a chair away, made a squeaking sound, and sat down: “Can we talk now?”

“What I’m going to say may sound absurd, but let’s start with a story from decades ago…”

Signus spoke slowly, and told the story that once happened in Little Hangleton.Lucius’ impatient attitude restrained himself as soon as he heard the name Little Hangleton, and he listened carefully all the time. The more he listened, the more shocked his expression became. In the end, the whole person was in a state of panic. Up, the terror is already about to fall.

“Merlin, you don’t mean to say that the heroine of this story is…is…” He opened his mouth, but still couldn’t say the following sentence.Signus completed it for him, and said word by word: “The name of the heroine in this story is Merope Gaunt, and she is the mother of the Dark Lord.”

Lucius was panting, staring unfocused, and Snape watched him, wondering if he needed a calming potion.Signus continued: “I checked the Hogwarts Almanac, and the Dark Lord’s original name was Tom Riddle, the same surname as the Muggle man in the story. He came from a Muggle orphanage and lived in Slytherin College.” He wore the most common robes for the first two years, and if the major Slytherin families hadn’t helped him later, he wouldn’t be where he is today.”

“How is this possible…” Lucius muttered to himself, “I mean, he’s the Dark Lord!”

“If you don’t believe it, you can check it yourself.”

“I will.” Lucius said and stood up suddenly: “I will go tonight!”

Signus: “I’m with you.”

“What are you doing?” Snape frowned.

“Go check the information. This holiday I discovered a strange kind of black magic. It’s unimaginable. I haven’t seen it in the previous 16 years.”

Snape thought for a while, “Okay, I’ll go too.”

The night tour plan is finalized.Lucius returned to the prefect’s dormitory as if he was sleepwalking. He was in a daze until the appointed time, and immediately ran to the door of the common room to wait.

Signus and Snape appeared a minute later, Lucius almost scratched his hair in this minute, and finally decided to take a step ahead, anyway, the black magic that Signus wanted to check had nothing to do with him. It doesn’t matter, there is no need to go together.

He rushed to the library alone, and when Signus and Snape arrived late, he saw him sitting on the ground, holding the Hogwarts yearbook from 1940-1950 in a daze.

Signus sighed, suddenly sympathetic.Lucius was different from him. For Lucius, the Dark Lord not only made up a lie, but also personally destroyed the perfect idol he had admired since childhood.

Leave him to himself, thought Signus, and headed for the tiny Dark Arts area of ​​the Hogwarts library, with Snape following him, studying the books he picked up and flipped through. read books.

“See what?” Signus asked with a smile.

Snape shrugged, and put the tome of black magic in his hand back on the shelf: “I see that you are not an idiot.”

“Stupid?” Signus turned around and looked down at him, “Is this the image I have in your mind?”

Snape asked, “You think you’re smart?”

Of course I’m not smart, or I wouldn’t have been played around by that impostor of the Dark Lord, and thought of spending my life on his paranoid fantasies.Signus looked into Snape’s bright black eyes, and thought that this was the only one besides Regulus who only saw “Signus” instead of Master Black.

In Snape’s eyes, Signus was Signus, and he might wish he could not have the identities, status, and rights that others were chasing after.

But what if I’m an idiot, Snape?Signus amused himself. A man who would refuse the hand of friendship from Black’s heir must not be smart.

“Hey!” Snape felt uncomfortable being stared at by him, and couldn’t help pushing him.

Signus recovered, but still stared at him, Snape forced him to turn to face the bookshelf: “Isn’t there what you’re looking for here?”

Signus glanced at the black magic books with no connotation, and his mind was full of irrelevant content.Snape poked him in the waist again, finally pulling his stray thoughts back to face the reality: how could there be something that wasn’t found in the Malfoy’s or Black’s study, how could it be here.If there is any place in the British magic world where you can find more records about black magic, it can only be…Signus glanced at the distraught Lucius in the distance, and walked slowly to the door of the Judgment Area, where was It was blocked by iron chains, and a “No Entry” sign dangled.

If ever there was a more comprehensive record of the Dark Arts than the Malfoys and the Blacks, it was here.

He stretched out his hand, and before he could touch the chain, he heard a meow coming from the corridor. It was Filch’s little pet.

“We have to get out of here,” Snape whispered.The invisibility spell is useless for creatures like cats that can find their targets by feeling.

They ran to Lucius lightly with cats on their waists, forced him to stand up, and dragged him to escape from the library. Unfortunately, no matter how quick the reaction was, the cat saw his back, which attracted a series of meowing sounds .

Filch ran over quickly as if he smelled something fishy, ​​and searched the library for a long time, but in the end he only found a Hogwarts yearbook that was buckled on the floor.He picked up the book and put it back on the bookshelf, muttering in disappointment, and vowed that next time the disobedient student would read it better.

The cat was still staring somewhere in the dark, purring menacingly.Filch squinted his eyes and looked carefully, someone slowly came out from the darkness, it turned out to be Dumbledore.

“Mr. Headmaster?” Filch looked at him in surprise.

Dumbledore seemed very helpless: “I just couldn’t sleep to read the book, but I didn’t expect to attract you when I came here.”

Filch immediately said: “No, no! Mr. Principal, some students did come here just now, and the school yearbook still has traces of being flipped. You can go and see for yourself.”

“No, I trust your judgment.” Dumbledore said, “It’s a pity I didn’t see them, otherwise I might be able to help.”

Filch didn’t want the headmaster to help him catch the night-walking students and leave quickly with the cat.He left in a hurry, so he didn’t know that Dumbledore didn’t read the book at all. Instead, he stood for a long time at the door of the Extinction Area, staring at the iron chain that Signus almost touched just now, lost in thought.

The author has something to say:

After a few days of daily update, I tried to apply for the list, but failed.

I don’t know if it’s because there are too few daily updates?

Or is it because this article is not included in V?