During this process, Ariana kept looking at Aberforth curiously.
Aberforth avoided her gaze and walked behind the counter.
John picked up the butterbeer and took a sip. Well, the temperature was just right.
It was just a sip, but John didn't drink any more.
In fact, it was the taste of butterbeer that made him not want to drink it.
Ariana picked it up and took a sip. John glanced at Aberforth, who didn't dare to come over, and said casually: "Yes, it's her."
Ariana looked over, wondering who John was talking to.
John said calmly: "Didn't he tell you that I have some talent in Legilimency?"
"This is nothing to be surprised about. Your mind is as clear as glass now."
"I thought he was going to tell you about it."
Everything in Aberforth's mind was revealed by John. Aberforth was silent for a while and asked: "How did you..."
He didn't remember it like Dumbledore did, and even Dumbledore only recalled the incident after he was close to death.
John shrugged, "It's better you don't know."
"I don't want Ariana to think that she is alone," John looked at Aberforth and said seriously, "You are his brother, and she has the right to know."
"Brother?" Ariana looked at Aberforth suspiciously.
What was once a very familiar title now belongs to John.
Aberforth asked, "Is she okay?"
"It's getting better," John stood up, took Ariana's hand and came to Aberforth, "Ariana Dumbledore Wick, this is her current name."
"That's good." Aberforth lowered his eyes.
All around are good. "
Aberforth's mind was in confusion.
From the moment he saw Ariana, he couldn't calm down, and the indifference he showed was just a disguise after his feelings reached their extreme.
"You were her favorite brother," John shook his head, "despite your failure."
Aberforth did not refute. He looked at John and said seriously: "I don't want you to let Ariana come back."
"He and I are both failed brothers. With Ariana by your side, I see her getting better."
Aberforth had been observing Ariana from the moment she walked through the door.
Ariana is now much more cheerful than before. She is under control, and the terrifying power is hidden in her body.
There is no safer place than with the Second King.
"I will not imprison her. She is free wherever she goes." John said lightly, "She will soar into the sky one day, and I will open all obstacles for her."
Aberforth took a deep breath and said in a voice trembling with gratitude: "Thank you."
John saved Ariana and was willing to let his incompetent brother meet, which was more tolerance than anything else.
"I'm willing to do something for you." He said this.
John shook his head and said; "I don't use my family as a bargaining chip."
He let go of Ariana's hand and said to her, "I think you'll like him, Aberforth Dumbledore."
Ariana reacted to that name.
She came out from behind John and looked at her brother.
She wanted to find the shadow of her brother, but failed.
But she smiled and said, "Like my great-grandfather, you showed me his paintings."
"I
There are more paintings, not shown to you. Aberforth said seriously, "Ariana." "
He stretched out his hand, and Ariana hesitated for a moment before putting her hand on it.
The two headed for the door behind the counter. Ariana stopped and looked back at John, "Are you going to wait for me, brother?"
John smiled and said: "I will always be there."
Ariana was relieved and happily went in with Aberforth.
There, there are countless paintings that Aberforth left behind with guilt over the past century.
If not a wizard, he might be a painter in the Muggle world.
Ariana came out before the butterbeer went cold.
John took her to find Mrs. Wick.
Ariana waved to Aberforth as she reached the door.
"Goodbye, brother."
Aberforth waved goodbye.
Until the two figures disappeared completely, Aberforth sat down.
He couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, immersed in the joy of Ariana's resurrection.
"Hogwarts...King."
He looked at the cold butterbeer.
He seemed to understand why that child could become the king respected by everyone.
"You don't need your family to be a bargaining chip. Wick is where you belong, Ariana."
Aberforth knew that he had lost.
He saw the trust in John in his sister, and also saw the tenderness from the second king.
"Albus, you are wrong, that child, he should have been king."
Aberforth looked at the broken mirror and left a sentence.
...
When John found Mrs. Wick, she couldn't wait to pull Ariana to try on clothes.
Ariana tried to ask John to save her, but John turned his head silently.
In the end, Mrs. Wick gained a lot of novel witches
Put on some clothes and end today’s trip.
John took them back to Hogwarts and met Slughorn.
"Oh, Mrs. Wick." Slughorn was a little confused as to why he saw Mrs. Wick in school, but he still said enthusiastically, "Would you like to come here for a drink? The food above is not enough. I will come to the kitchen and order some to be cooked. "
The hedonistic Slughorn takes no advantage of his privileges.
Mrs. Wick glanced at her son, and John smiled thoughtfully and said, "Sorry, Professor, my mother has to take her sister home."
"I see," Slughorn said when he saw Ariana, "Then I shouldn't keep my friends waiting too long."
He walked away knowingly.
Mrs. Wick said doubtfully, "I remember your principal was not an old man with a white beard?"
"Oh, he retired as a janitor."
A door appeared on the wall next to John, and he opened it and entered.
Mrs. Wick and Ariana came in, closed the door and disappeared.
Slughorn came out of the kitchen and was about to talk to John about the Bloodborne thesis.
Seeing the empty corridor, he swung the glass and took a sip and said, "I must have drunk too much."
He glanced at the wine glass hesitantly and drank the rest.
...
Mrs. Wick and Ariana return home.
When they came out of the fireplace, they saw Watson wearing a wizard's robe, lying stretched out on the sofa.
"Where have you been?" Watson said in a bad tone.
Mrs. Wick put down the wizard's robe and asked in the gentlest tone: "Didn't you say not to bring snow to the carpet?"
Watson glanced at the carpet, silently adjusted his posture, and sat on the sofa with his legs together and his back straight.
.
"I think……"
"I don't want you to feel it, I want to feel it."
Mrs. Wick suddenly appeared and asked Watson to go out and shovel the snow without any excuses.
In the evening, Watson discovered the gift Mrs. Wick had brought for him.
A genuine wizard's robe.
He immediately ran to the room and said shyly: "Honey, you still love me. Needless to say, I understand. It's hard for you to prepare a Christmas gift for me."
Little did they know, it was a special offer where you buy ten and get one free.
Ariana was in the room and took out the emerald green brooch.
She held the brooch and rolled over on the bed with joy.
When the little bear saw this, he imitated her and rolled around on the bed.
When Mrs. Wick arrived, she saw Ariana sleeping on her side, smiled fondly, and covered her with the quilt.
The occasional naughtiness makes people like this child even more.
Under the Wicker Christmas tree.
An unopened gift lay there quietly.
Watson picked it up and looked at the name on it.
"Albus Dumbledore?"
This name made Watson think of something.
He placed the gift in Ariana's room.
The Wicks had never considered asking Ariana to give up her former family, even though John had said her brother was not good enough.
"Cherish your family, Ariana."
Watson put down the gift and whispered in Ariana's ear: "I hope you are my daughter, and I hope you can be happy forever."
Push the little bear that is about to fall in.
Watson quietly closed the door and left.
After the room returned to silence, Ariana opened her eyes, looked at the gift next to her, and then closed her eyes again.
He still held the brooch in his hand.
...
