Hogwarts Slytherin

Chapter 159 The rebellious Alphard

After spending a lot of gold and silver to buy a bunch of empty titles, the Black family officially announced its decline.

Although Walburga is still very impressive to the outside world, maintaining the illusion that the Black family is still prosperous and powerful.

But in fact - judging from the family tree, there are still clues.

In the Black area of ​​Phineas Nigellus, the eldest brother died at the age of eight, the three Eladoras never married, and the youngest sister Isla Black simply eloped with a Muggle.

From then on, Blake seemed to be under a curse.

Every generation of Blacks is bound to produce several treacherous sons, and more and more black holes are burned through the blanket of the family tree.

The fundamental reason is that the vanity of successive family heads has aggravated the depletion of the treasury, and it is related to the reason why they have fewer and fewer mates with the decline of pure blood.

When people are scattered, the team is not easy to lead.

In the Orion area, affected by the constant wars breaking out in the Muggle world, the Black family's situation became even worse, and they were almost unable to make ends meet.

Walburga is a beautiful and powerful woman. After she took over the old Black house, she quickly captured everyone in Black, including the house elves.

However, she is also a proud and paranoid woman. After becoming the master of the house, Walburga senses Black's crisis. If this continues - no, it won't work!

The moment Voldemort stood up, she saw hope.

Walburga, who was eager to turn over, was stimulated by internal worries - Black's unfinished future, and external worries - the pro-Muggle faction headed by Dumbledore, and finally chose to put all his bets on "Slytherin" The human Voldemort.

She has no choice.

Blake's family is not that weak. If they hold on to the remaining wealth, they can still live a life of food and clothing.

But it is definitely impossible to live as luxuriously as before.

How could the proud Black and the proud Walburga endure this?

A declining Black, a Black without status, she was willing to die.

Black cannot fade in her hands!

They can only sincerely hope that Voldemort can win the final victory, and then Black, as one of the most powerful supporters, can maintain the past glory and even go further.

Under such circumstances, a Sirius appeared.

What's worse is that he is the eldest son of the Black family!

In the magical world, pure-blood families generally default to the eldest son as the next family heir. This means that Sirius has been the next head of the Black family from the moment he was born.

However, something extremely ironic happened - Black's heir actually entered Gryffindor.

"Don't think she doesn't know!" Walburga was filled with hatred. Every time she thought about this matter, she would regret it endlessly. If possible, she would rather not have given birth to that rebellious son!

Just because she knew a secret - entering Gryffindor was the request of the traitor!

Yes, one dark night during the summer vacation of the first year, Walburga walked into Sirius' room with his wand.

She had to find out whether it was Dumbledore's conspiracy to let the Black heir enter Gryffindor House.

All it takes is a simple Legilimency plus the Oblivion Charm.

Everything went smoothly.

But the result was a huge disappointment to her, because that traitor—he actually asked the Sorting Hat to enter Gryffindor House!

very good.

Because of this huge stain, Black was labeled a "weed" among the Death Eaters. No matter how much they did, someone would always bring this matter up from time to time.

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Diagon Alley, Nimbus Grocery Store.

Reggie sat behind the table and drank a cup of slightly bitter tea.

They are out of money.

As a result, a store in Diagon Alley that was suspected of going bankrupt reopened.

That's right, he brought Snape to the stage again, and this time there was Anthony.

Not long after, a house elf in a white apron crept over, walked respectfully to Reggie, and bowed deeply to him.

"Dear Master, the Malfoys are here."

Reggie nodded, and Nubis withdrew again.

The Nimbus Grocery Store in Diagon Alley is open like a game, but the business is always very good.

The range ranges from broomsticks to potions, but they always sell something good.

Of course, there is a good price too.

It was only when Ruigi had no money that he thought of such a store. In addition, Nimbus only produced high-end products, so it took a high-end approach.

Because the business seems to be sluggish, but in fact it is easy to sell it and take it away.

It was the same today. They didn't sit on the stage for too long, and soon a familiar figure appeared and took away all the talent potions.

......

In a beauty shop in Diagon Alley, James stared stiffly at the mirror in front of him. Several scissors and combs were flying on his head, but he didn't have any hands to control them.

"Click", "click".

Broken black hair kept falling, and was quickly cleaned up again.

After a while, James felt a chill on his neck, and the towel covering his shoulders flew away. Lupine, who had been waiting behind, quickly got up and walked around him.

"You look great," he commented at last. "I promise, well, Lily will never say your hair looks messy again."

Lupine received his invitation before the start of school, and both Peter and Sirius received letters. However, something seemed to have happened at Peter's family, and it was a pity that he could not come to Diagon Alley with them.

As for Sirius, he gave them no response at all.

It didn't matter, James was used to it.

This meant that their good brother Sirius was likely grounded again and his letters were intercepted.

Sure enough, luckily there is a magic notebook.

When Sirius complained about not being able to go to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies at night, James mentioned that an invitation letter had been sent to him.

What he didn't know was that Sirius, on the other hand, was still filled with anger after reading the news.

them!No!right!Seize his letters privately!

Even parents!

For this reason, he ran out of the room angrily, and ran to Walburga who was staying comfortably in the living room to have a quarrel. Fortunately, Walburga seemed to be in a good mood and did not argue with him.

Just tell him to go back to his room and not come out until school starts.

"What I asked for!" Seeing that he failed to anger her, Sirius walked back to his room angrily and slammed the door hard.

Before that, not only letters, but even his room, Walburga always broke into him from time to time.

No matter whether he cursed the door lock, warned him, or made trouble, it had no effect.

Until—he plastered Muggle girls in bikinis all over his room and used a permanent sticking charm on them.

From then on, Walburga finally stopped.

Today, only Lupine and James came to buy school supplies. They wandered around Diagon Alley. After getting their hair cut, they walked into Madam Malkin's robe shop and were greeted by a short, fat witch in purple. out.

"Oh! My dear, you must want to buy Hogwarts school uniforms, right?!" Before they could say anything, Mrs. Malkin glanced at them and made a quick judgment, "We have many styles here, but you need to wait a moment. After a while, someone was trying on clothes inside."

The two boys still couldn't resist their enthusiasm and walked to the sofa and sat down.

Mrs. Malkin took the basic fashion magazine from the shelf and handed it to them, "Take a look, dear, there must be styles you like."

"Well, we just need regular coats and a long run."

"Oh! Stop talking nonsense, my dear, at your age, you should treat your clothes as seriously as you would the girl you love!" She opened one of the magazines, pointed to a picture and said, "Look, This classic style will definitely suit you very well, and I dare say there will be many little girls who will be fascinated by you.”

James looked in the direction of her finger, and the words "There must be a little girl who will be fascinated by him..." echoed in his mind.

Well, it looks really good.

James, who originally only planned to buy two ordinary robes, was still lost in the words "handsome" and "girl" after all.

In the end, he bought a lot of robes and accessories, determined to appear in front of Lily with a new image after school started.

After knowing that he had left, James was still in high spirits.

Then he took Lupine to the Florin Cold Drink Shop and ordered ice cream with two chopped nuts. The two of them found a table by the window and sat down.

School is about to start, and Diagon Alley is crowded with little wizards who come to purchase supplies for the start of school. Most of them are with their parents or friends, and they look full of life.

The two chatted while looking at the crowd outside.

Then, at a glance, he saw Reggie standing not far away.

Sometimes I have to admit that Reggie seems to have a unique temperament that always makes people notice him at a glance. It has nothing to do with his appearance, it is just a temperament.

Reggie's reaction was even more astonishingly sharp, and he soon noticed that someone was paying attention to him!

Without warning, he looked in the direction of James and the two of them. Their eyes met. James raised a big smile and waved.

Reggie nodded slightly, showing no intention of walking in.

They have something more important to do now.

Elsewhere, someone also noticed him.

"Rael, is that your friend?" Alphard asked curiously.

Regulus quickly withdrew his gaze. In fact, it was just an inadvertent glance that happened to be noticed by Alphard. He was one of the rare Blacks who was thoughtful and thoughtful.

"Just a Slytherin student." Regulus said calmly.

He has no friends.

This year, in order to prevent him from continuing to associate with Barty Crouch Jr., Walburga simply sent Uncle Alphad to watch him and go shopping with him in Diagon Alley.

If he hadn't wanted to come out for some air, Walburga might have asked Owl to mail-order all the back-to-school supplies to the Black Mansion.

"Since we are Slytherin classmates, we should go say hello! Let's go -"

"Uncle Alphard!" Regulus quickly stopped Alphard, his eyes lowered and looking at his toes, "Mother will be unhappy if she finds out - we'd better buy things quickly."

When Alphard heard this, he spoke with a smile on his face. His eyes wandered between the two of them for a while, then he suddenly grinned and pulled Regulus in front of the three Regis without any explanation.

"Don't do this! Uncle Alphard—"

"Hi, hello! Let me introduce myself. I'm Rael's uncle, Alphard Black." He extended his hand, which was a common Muggle etiquette.

Anthony and Snape were a little confused, and Reggie took the initiative to step forward and hold each other's hand: "Hello, my name is Reggie Duke, and these two are my friends Severus Snape and Anthony Dolokhov.”

Alphard, who looked cynical, looked at Reggie in astonishment when they shook hands. He felt that Reggie looked a little familiar.

"Oh, hello. Rey said you were his friends, and I thought it would be appropriate to come over and say hello, right, Rey?"

"Uncle Alphard!" Regulus's face turned red.

Even before receiving Narcissa's reminder, he and Reggie couldn't be considered friends.

Besides, when did he say he was friends with them!

Regis would definitely deny it. Well, it was right to deny it. Regulus regretted it very much now. It was a wrong decision to come to Diagon Alley today. Maybe he should have listened to his mother and ordered it directly through Owl Mail.

Reggie watched the expressions of the two people calmly and understood what was going on in an instant.

Regulus would definitely not have said those words. From this point of view, it was probably the rebellious Black who was talking nonsense.

He nodded slightly with a calm expression: "Nice to meet you, Rey, and Mr. Black, are you also here to buy supplies for school?"

"That's right, there's no need to call me Mr. Black. Since you and Rael are good friends, you can call me Alphard - or Alf." Alphard smiled brightly and heard Reggie calling Regulus. , which further confirmed that the two must be friends, and they have a very good relationship.

Walburga was so harsh on her two sons!Poor little Rael!

Alphard was the Black who was later expelled from the family. He didn't say anything to Walburga, or forbade anyone to interact with him. Moreover, he was very familiar with Walburga.

Plus Reggie gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity...

In the end, Regulus dragged Regulus and chatted with Reggie for half an hour. By the end of the chat, Regulus gradually relaxed and began to have a sincere smile on his face. The restraint in his tone at the beginning was even worse. Just disappear.

The chat partners gradually shifted from Alphard and Reggie to Regulus and Reggie.

Alphard, who had hidden his merits and fame and began to give up the right to speak, looked at his little nephew who was gradually getting happy, and the smile on his face became more sincere and profound.

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September [-]st.

It's the first day of school again at Hogwarts.

On platform nine and three-quarters, the little wizards were all making friends.

In a compartment of the train, Reggie was busy talking and laughing with his friends.