It was already evening when we returned to Malfoy Manor.
The house elf Lele prepared a sumptuous dinner. Xie Lin and his family of four talked and laughed at the dining table and enjoyed the dinner happily.
Xie Lin could really feel that although on the surface Narcissa was dissatisfied with her decision to welcome Andromeda and criticized Xie Lin a few times at the dinner table, in fact Xie Lin could completely see into the depths of Narcissa's eyes. With a hidden sense of gratitude, Schelling's actions allowed her to avoid having to kick her own sister out herself.
Alas, in the final analysis, it is true blood and family ties. It is easy to talk about it, but how can it be cut off in practice?
Of course, Xie Lin kept these words in his heart.
Another interesting observation is that Lucius secretly glanced at him from time to time, which seemed to be mixed with some disbelief and...
Feelings of guilt?
This discovery is very interesting. Sherrin was no fool. Draco's abnormality could be hidden from Narcissa, but it was impossible to hide it from his shrewd father. From this point of view, Lucius was also aware of what happened to Draco, and even felt a little guilty about himself. Schelling didn't know about the position of the head of the family. He directly understood these small actions as a plan made by Lucius and Draco to achieve the concept of pure-blood supremacy.
It was a rare occasion to return home, and Xie Lin didn't want to be in such a hurry to go back to school.
But there are still 7 days until school starts, so we can’t stay at home every day. Daphne and the others were still in school. In fact, because of the Yule Ball, most of his friends were still in school. Among his friends, there seemed to be only one person who chose to return home during this Christmas vacation like him.
Luna Lovegood.
Not long ago this semester, Luna had been recruited by Zhang Qiu to join the Sleeping Dragon Club. However, Luna's personality was not expressive, so she seemed a bit withdrawn to outsiders.
Many people have misunderstandings about Luna. They think she is crazy, think she is unique, think she doesn't care about other people's eyes and opinions, and think she is unrealistic and fanciful.
In the final analysis, she was just a girl who had witnessed her mother's death since she was a child and had not been emotionally enlightened by her unreliable father. The closure of the wizarding world caused her to lack communication with her peers, making the situation even worse.
After her mother passed away, she was depressed and confused, but no one told her what to do, no one taught her how to express her emotions well, or even just the chance to express her emotions clearly. . From then on, she built up heavy defenses and hid her truest emotions.
In the year when she first entered school, because of her unique temperament, people felt strong alienation and discomfort. The little wizards made the most honest reaction - isolating her and alienating her. Luna must have gone through a dark period. She must have had low self-esteem and depression. However, she still insisted on the kindness in her heart. It was this kindness and persistence that finally allowed her to rebound from grief to rock bottom. , she learned to be strong——
She no longer cares about other people's ridicule of her, she no longer even cares about other people's bullying of her, she decides to just be herself and only believe in her own values, she believes -
Being independent and doing things their own way are just warriors who dare to face the world with their true selves. (bei a bad thing. it just means yh to be yourself)
Then in her second year of school, on the train, oh my God, she was lucky enough to meet Xie Lin, which was something she never dared to think about.
Xie Lin's gentle and friendly attitude easily gained her friendship. It can be said that he was the first person besides her family to really enter her life and her inner world.
How much Luna values friendship can be seen from the sketch posted in her room - it shows Shailene, Daphne, Meredith, Astoria, and herself. There is a scene of individuals eating airship plums together under the slanting sunlight. Everyone in the scene is smiling so brightly.
When she learned that Meredith was missing and her whereabouts were unknown, no one knew how sad and sad she felt in a deserted corner. It's just that she didn't say anything.
When she knew that Zhang Qiu was recruiting members of a mysterious organization for Xie Lin, she joined without any hesitation. She could see that Xie Lin and she were in some ways the same kind of people, both of whom attached great importance to feelings. No matter what other people think of him, his feelings for Meredith will not be fake, and he will definitely try to save her. Well, he needs all the help he can get!
Back to Xie Lin, Xie Lin has not forgotten the blood talent he once felt in Luna. It is an aura that is very close to nature, and a magical characteristic that makes people feel pure and peaceful. At that time, Xie Lin had already thought of recruiting Luna.
Now that Luna has joined the Sleeping Dragon Society, in a sense she is her subordinate member, so as the de facto leader of the organization, it is also a necessary responsibility to care for her subordinates and enhance mutual communication and understanding. Not to mention that Luna herself is very likely to have extremely valuable blood talents, Xie Lin has to admit that this somewhat ethereal and dreamy girl actually has a special place in his heart.
It wasn't love, it wasn't the touching emotion between men and women; but it wasn't simple friendship either. At least every time Xie Lin saw Luna, a soft place in his heart would be touched. Perhaps what Luna represents is the freedom that Schelling really wants to gain!
So, he used the fastest owl in the family to send a letter to Luna, saying that he planned to visit her.
Luna replied quickly. Devon and Wiltshire are not too far apart, and the reply was received the same day.
The next morning, after Xie Lin confessed to his family, he sprinkled a handful of floo powder into the fireplace, loudly said "Lovegood House", and arrived in the hall of Luna's house.
Luna's home is located in the village of St. Catchpole in Devon, England. This village is home to both wizards and Muggles. The magical community was established after the signing of the International Statute of Secrecy in the seventeenth century. Wizarding families living nearby include the Weasleys, Fawcetts, Diggorys and Lovegoods.
Among them, the Digory family and the Weasley family have a good relationship. The male owners of both families work at the Ministry of Magic. Although they are not high-level employees, they can still live a good life. The Fawcett family is really in decline, which can be seen from the fact that their family cannot even buy tickets for the Quidditch World Cup held in their home country.
Speaking of the Fawcett family, although this family is unknown, Schelling is no stranger to their only daughter, Skyler Fawcett. Skyler is quite a celebrity in Hogwarts, and she is also a troublemaker. In the Harold Dingo peeping incident in the girls' bathroom at the end of last semester, it was Skyler who chased Dingo and beat him until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
Later, during the Goblet of Fire registration ceremony, she and Hufflepuff Summers actually tried to cross the age line to register before the Weasley twins. As a result, they were thrown out of the line and were covered with white beards. For a long time At that time, all four of their names were regarded as the laughingstock of Hogwarts.
Her "glorious deeds" are not over yet. Just a few days ago, on the night of the Yule Ball, she and her Hufflepuff boyfriend Stebbins had the audacity to do something shameful in the rose bushes outside the Great Hall! As a result, the good thing didn't work out, but he bumped into Snape and Karkaroff who were chatting about secrets. The two of them each deducted ten points from their own colleges, and Skyler became the target of many people's ridicule.
What is more concerning is that Skyler and Luna are both Ravenclaw students. Skyler is three grades higher than Luna. The two families live so close to each other but never interact with each other. Keller never gave the neighbor girl any attention at school.
Let’s go back to Xie Lin.
The layout of the hall in Luna's house is similar to the tent we went to during the Quidditch World Cup.
It must be said first that Luna's home looks like a rook in wizard chess, a long, thin, black, round cylinder house. In front of the house lay a glistening stream that stretched down into the valley.
Looking from the outside, you can imagine what the style is like inside.
The space inside the house is a narrow circle, divided into several levels, connected by a wrought iron spiral staircase. The first floor you enter through the door is the kitchen, and the floor above is the living room, where Xie Lin is now. This is also where Luna's father works. If you go further up, it will probably be the father and daughter's bedroom or something like that.
Because Luna's father also works here, the place looks a bit messy. It can even be said that the piles of books, magazines and papers everywhere make it look a bit like a maze. Hanging from the ceiling were exquisite animal models that Schelling didn't recognize. They were all flapping their wings or moving their mouths. There was a female bust placed in a prominent place. The look of this statue was familiar to Sherrin. It was that of Lady Rowena Ravenclaw.
Sherrin met Luna and her father, Xenophilius Lovegood. He was a middle-aged man with a beard-like face, a head of white hair like cotton candy, and wearing a The light yellow robe is dazzling in color. There was a gold chain hanging around his neck, with a strange symbol shining on it, much like a triangular eye.
"Luna, Mr. Lovegood, hello," Sherrin walked forward and greeted the two of them politely. Then he took out a poisonous horn from his pocket, "This is a meeting gift, please." Mr. Lovegood, you must accept it.”
Xenophilius's eyes flashed with joy, and he quickly picked it up, "Ah! This is the horn of the Curved-Horned Snorlax! Look, Luna, dad didn't lie to you, did he? It really exists!"
Luna looked at the horn with her somewhat dreamy eyes, and couldn't help but reach out and touch it. The horn of this poisonous horn beast has been tampered with by Schelling, and the magic power inside has been weakened a lot. If fate still forces the three Harrys to go to Lovegood's house in the future, this horn will no longer exist. Blast Luna's home into rubble.
Xenophilius hurriedly arranged a relatively comfortable seat, asked Xie Lin to sit down, and then asked Luna to prepare a drink, and then chatted with Xie Lin non-stop - well, to be precise, it was him Talking, Schelling listening.
Xenophilius held a magazine with "The Quibbler" written on the cover, and talked endlessly to Schelling: "Owl hooks and molesting flies are my least favorite magical creatures. They can bring destruction and harm." Unfortunately." Xenophilius said with a serious face, "I suspect that the current Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, is haunted by these two magical creatures."
"Huh?" Xie Lin and Luna could still talk to each other, but found that they had nothing in common with Xenophilius. Sure enough, his imagination was not big enough.
"Fudge is secretly cultivating an army of fire spirits - Black Leopard. He must have been influenced by the oyster hook and the harassing fly." Xenophilius said matter-of-factly, "So I wrote about this matter Being in "The Quibbler," I hope he won't make the same mistake again and again."
Schelling heard it as an anecdote, but he didn't like Fudge anyway. But from Xenophilius's point of view, no one has been willing to listen to him chattering about anecdotes for a long time. Schelling is a very rare listener for him, since his wife Pandora... Thinking of Pandora, Xenophilius Philius couldn't help but have some mist coming out of the corners of his eyes. He apologized and retreated to his dormitory.
"Dad must be thinking of mom. Every time he thinks of mom, he looks like this..." Luna showed a rare look of sadness and said softly: "Mom is a master of spells, specializing in creating or improving new spells. Spell. She was a very unusual witch. She especially liked to do experiments. One day, one of her spells went terribly wrong, and I lost her from then on. I was nine years old that year."
"I'm sorry." Sherin said softly.
"Yeah, it was really cruel," Luna confided. "I still feel bad about it sometimes. But I still have my dad. And it's not like I'll never see my mom again. ,Yeah?"
"Yes, I'm sure you'll see her again," Schelling replied.
"Yeah." Luna looked at Xie Lin seriously with her bright eyes, and then showed an innocent smile, "Speaking of which, dad likes you very much!"
The two of them played in the village of St. Catchpol for a few days (Xie Lin went home during this period, and he did not spend the night at Luna's house). Luna took Xie Lin to catch freshwater colorful ball fish in the creek near the Valley Bridge. , and then boiled it into fish soup, which tasted really good. Xie Lin spent a few days of leisure time like this.
Lovegood also has a lot of books at home, most of which are the spell notes of Luna's mother Pandora. She is an excellent spell master and has created many special spells. Even the author of "Standard Spells" Miranda Gorshak has publicly expressed her appreciation. Her notes on how to create the spell were also inspiring to Schelling.
Seeing Xie Lin flipping through Pandora's notes as a treasure, Luna gave the entire set of notes to Xenophilius after obtaining Xenophilius's consent.
【Pandora's Curse Note obtained! 】
Time passes day by day.
January 4th came quickly and Hogwarts started school.
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