On the second day of Christmas, everyone got up very late. The Slytherin common room was much quieter than in previous days. People were chatting away, interrupted by yawns from time to time.
There are still 9 days of vacation before the start of school on January 4th.
Before Christmas, almost everyone just cared about playing. Now, they began to realize that there were only ten days left, and little wizards could be seen everywhere in the common room immersed in writing.
Xie Lin did finish his homework. After all, most professors gave him some preferential treatment because of his status as a warrior. Even the ghost professor Binns rarely congratulated Schelling on the victory of his first project in class. This made other young wizards very surprised. Schelling was probably The first student whose name Professor Binns has remembered in recent decades.
Although there was no homework, Sherrin and Draco had to leave Hogwarts. Sad news comes to the family - grandma Druella Black has passed away.
Under Lucius's arrangement, Sherrin and Draco used floo powder to go to Druella's small house that day.
Xie Lin is not a heartless person. Although he doesn't spend much time with his grandmother, her love for him is real, and gifts from her are indispensable every Christmas and birthday. During Xie Lin's short stay at her home, the old man prepared delicious food for him every day. She was always worried that Xie Lin's eyes would be bad if he often soaked in books, so he bought Xie Lin expensive eye replenishing potions.
However, Druella died. Before her death, the house elves had brought Lucius and his wife. Although she was not able to see her most beloved grandson for the last time, she was not alone in going to the dead. world. Regarding her passing, Xie Lin, who had lived in two generations, was not devastated, but he was also a little depressed and sad.
Schelling stayed at her grandmother's house for two days. During this period, he and Draco helped Lucius and his wife receive relatives and friends who came to express their condolences.
Although the Black family has declined, it refers to the patrilineal bloodline. As the largest pure-blood family in the wizarding world, grandfather Cygnus Black's generation actually has many cousins, and their bloodline is still passed down. For example, Mr. Crouch and his two sisters, their mother is Charice Black of the Black family.
In other words, Mr. Crouch and Schelling's maternal grandfather were cousins. They are all prominent figures in the political world and need to be received with caution.
In fact, the same goes for Mr. Arthur Weasley, who is also the cousin of Cygnus Black. However, the Weasley family has been removed from the family because they are called "pure-blood traitors" and will not be invited to attend the funeral at all.
There was another guest. Although she was not invited and had been removed from the family, she still came.
Schelling's second aunt - Andromeda Black.
The irony is that she is obviously Druela's biological daughter, but her arrival was not welcomed at all. Narcissa didn't say a word to her at all. She just pursed her lips and stared at her indifferently, but her trembling palms still betrayed the excitement in her heart. After all, she still cared about the relationship between sisters and could not make up her mind to drive her second sister out.
Druella has three daughters - Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa. The relationship between the three sisters is very good. This is reflected in Aunt Bella, who is Voldemort's most fanatical follower in the original book. This is evident from the fact that she was willing to hide from Voldemort the magical contract between her and Snape for the sake of Narcissa.
Unfortunately, this sincere sisterly relationship became fragmented after Andromeda fell in love with a Muggle wizard and got married. Andromeda was removed from the family, and the two sisters also severed all contact with Andromeda. .
Since his father, mother, and Draco were unwilling to talk to this aunt, Xie Lin had no choice but to step forward. First of all, Xie Lin's name is famous enough. Although he is a generation younger, no one present dared to accuse him casually.
Moreover, Xie Lin's reason for showing up was justifiable. No matter who the other person was or what his identity was, she came to express her condolences with goodwill. To treat her so coldly was against the noble upbringing. At the same time, Schelling's actions fell in the eyes of some interested people in the political circles, and can also be interpreted as Schelling's attitude towards the pure-blood concept.
Schelling knew that he had offended the Ghost Society and Walpurgis. Now he didn't care whether he would provoke more pure-blood extremist enemies. On the contrary, he could gain pure blood by properly exposing his attitude to the public. The moderates in the family let them know that in this wizarding world, in addition to the two extremes of pure-blood supremacy and pure-blood traitors, there is actually a third possibility.
Andromeda was moved to tears by Xie Lin's warm words of comfort, but she just kept saying "good boy, good boy" over and over again. To be honest, she came here with a lot of courage. She was already mentally prepared to be kicked out, and also mentally prepared to be ridiculed, looked down upon, or even insulted. However, she did not expect that she would be kicked out by others. A junior received her and expressed her condolences, which moved her so much that she could not speak a complete sentence.
In addition to the branches of the Black family, there are also people from the Rochiel family from which Druella is born. Ivan Rochiel, the last member of the Rochiel family, was shot dead by Moody, who was an Auror at the time, because he participated in the Death Eaters. But the Rochier family is actually a family originating from France, and the French branch is the core of the Rochier family.
In France, Rocher is one of the 12 Holy Blood families with the longest history, and is ranked in the upper middle, at least in the second echelon. This is because some members of the family were implicated in the Battle of Grindelwald, otherwise The words are enough to challenge the existence of the Monroe family.
Druella was officially buried on the afternoon of the second day of the funeral.
Just after the funeral ceremony was completed, a middle-aged male wizard in well-dressed clothes came to Sherling. He was a will processing specialist sent by the Legal Execution Department of the Ministry of Magic. He read Druella's will in front of the Schelling family.
According to the statement in her will, Druella passed all of her inheritance to Sherrin, including Gringotts' vault, the small house, the house elf Sasha, various valuable antiques, etc. The most precious grandson. Schelling signed his name on a series of magical contracts and registered the name "Ella's Cottage" with the Ministry of Magic in memory of Druella.
After everything was completed and ready, Xie Lin planned to leave with his parents and Draco, but unexpectedly he was stopped by an old witch with shrewd eyes, thick eyebrows and short black hair.
Xie Lin remembered that he saw this well-dressed lady on the first day he came to Ella's cabin, but the strange thing was that he didn't know her name - Xie Lin was very dedicated to entertaining everyone who came before him. He has read every guest list of guests who came to express condolences. With his memory, it is impossible for any mistakes or forgetting to occur.
To Xie Lin's surprise, Lucius just nodded to the old witch and told Xie Lin to stay and return to Malfoy Manor on his own after the incident was over.
The old witch introduced herself as Aunt Veda, a distant blood relative of Druella's natal family in France, and a branch of the Rocher family. She was wanted for committing a crime in France and fled to England, where she was taken in by Druella. And received a lot of help from her.
Xie Lin suddenly realized, and thought of a name that had long been forgotten by everyone - the old woman in front of him was an amazing person!
Veda Rocher.
She was the right-hand man of the first Dark Lord Grindelwald. She held a high position among the saints and was famous. How much Grindelwald trusts her is evident from the fact that she was assigned to take charge of Grindelwald's Divining Skull.
"Xie Lin, you don't mind if I call you this, right? You can call me aunt, which is more cordial." With Veda's eyes, she had already seen the faint aura of black magic on Xie Lin's body, and it also included She was familiar with the dark magic of the Rochiel family.
"Auntie," Xie Lin knew the identity of the person in front of him and knew that he was an extremely shrewd and powerful person, so he did not dare to slack off. "Hello, is there anything that Xie Lin can help you with?"
Vida smiled calmly and said: "I knew it as soon as I saw you. You are a shrewd little guy. You please me very much, because talking to people like you can save a lot of effort. Let's put it this way, I listen to other people. People have said that you are Druella’s most beloved grandson. I received a lot of favors from her back then, so I hope I can do something for you to repay her—"
These words did not surprise Schelling. With Schelling's reputation, no one would believe him if he was said to be a fool. Moreover, judging from the will just read out, everyone could see that Schelling was Druella's favorite. 's grandson.
Veda's next words were different. Her eyes suddenly became very sharp, "I have a question for you. Have you learned the ancestral magic of our Rochier family?"
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