Sifels Cliveden

Chapter 31 Fear

"Tuk Tuk Tuk."

"Please come in." Mr. Housekeeper glanced at Sifels who came in, put down the documents in his hand, got up and walked around the heavy wooden table to the sofa in front, "Why are you here suddenly? Granny who won't be with you Miss Jay?"

"Hey, Hermione is doing her homework in her room. She wants to finish her summer homework before the training starts." Sifels reached out and knocked on the table, and two glasses of juice with ice cubes came out.

Mr. Butler picked up the juice and took a sip. It felt good after drinking it coldly, "I thought you would be more willing to stare at Miss Granger who is doing her homework seriously. Tell me, what's the matter?"

"The training is to use Boggart, right, I want to try it alone first."

"Try it alone?" Mr. Housekeeper quickly flashed something in his mind, frowned, and looked at Sifels, "You want to use Boggart to see what you are really afraid of, okay? In case you encounter a dementor, you won't be helpless, right?"

"Yes."

"Come with me." Mr. Steward nodded. There are still Boggarts. Cadiak wanted to catch a real dementor, so it took a few days to prepare. It's still a bit far from a real dementor.

Sifels followed Mr. Housekeeper to an empty room that had passed by many times but never entered. There were several large boxes in the corner. Just as the two of them entered the room, the boxes began to shake violently. It looked like some beast was struggling to escape from the box.

"The one inside is the Boggart. I left it here specially. I didn't expect it to come in handy. You know the spell to deal with the Boggart. It only takes one week to unlock the box." Mr. Butler waved his magic wand. , transported one of the boxes to the center of the room with a floating spell, and stepped forward to seal the other boxes, then patted Sifels on the head, ready to leave, "I'm right outside the door..." After thinking about it Still handed out a small thing, "Squeeze it and I will come in. Although it is only a Boggart, it may still hurt you. Don't be brave."

"..." Sifels pursed her lips and did not reach out to take the thing. Instead, she looked up at Mr. Housekeeper and hooked the corner of her mouth, "Father can stay if you don't worry, I don't mind being known by you. fear."

"Okay, I'll just stand here, if you need me to do something, just make a gesture." Mr. Butler nodded and stepped aside, "I'll open the box when I'm ready."

"All right, father."

"Araho Cave is open!"

The box bounced open with a "snap", and Sifels clenched his wand and stared at the boggart that popped up and was constantly changing. No one knows what a boggart looks like, only that they are a breeding Shapeshifting creatures that feed on the fear of humans in the dark.

The speed of the Boggart's transformation gradually slowed down, it was...

The pupils contracted slightly, Sifels resisted the urge to wave the wand, and now only one shape has changed, she wants to know more.Mr. Housekeeper looked at Sifels worriedly, and the hand holding the wand has been raised upwards, ready to throw "funny funny" over (?) if something goes wrong.

Sifels stared closely at the Boggart in front of her with wide eyes, watching it turn into Hermione, and after a few seconds it turned into Cadiac, Mr. Steward, and Linda, the only one of them The same thing is that they lay motionless on the cold floor, their chests did not rise and fall, and they looked so silent, one could tell that they had turned into a cold corpse...

"Funny, funny!" Sifels waved his wand fiercely, "Bang!", Boggart was bounced back into the box, Mr. Butler quickly stepped forward to lock the box, and the pale-faced Sifels Si hugged him into his arms and comforted him in a low voice, "It's all fake, we're all fine, don't be afraid."

Of course she knew it was fake, didn't she still have the strength to swing her wand... yeah, she should have known.If in her previous life she had nothing, so she could be fearless, and the worst would be death, then what she fears most in this life is probably losing these few people who are more important than her own life.What loss can come more thoroughly than death?Just like Linda, if you lose it, you will never see it again... No matter how realistic the portrait is, it is just a painting, without breathing, heartbeat, or temperature...

"It's okay, father, I want to go back to the room first." Sifels broke away from Mr. Butler's arms, left the words and went out, ran back to his room, opened the door with a wand, and stretched out his hand to hold the surprised man. Hermione hugged her tightly, and buried her face in the crook of her neck without saying a word.

"What's the matter? Sifel..." The coolness coming from her neck made Hermione froze for a moment, the wet and cool touch made Sifels cry... patted her back with one hand , the other hand fell on Sifels' head, stroking it again and again, and Hermione didn't know how to comfort Sifels who suddenly broke down and cried. It was just a fairly warm embrace, just standing there quietly, comforting silently.

Sifels didn't cry for long, and when she calmed down, she looked up and saw large water stains on Hermione's clothes, "...I stained your clothes...", the thick nasal voice sounded like Some cute.

"Hmm..." Hermione responded, holding Sifels's face in both hands, kissing away the tears on her face little by little, with the tip of her tongue lightly licking away the remaining tears from the corners of Sifels' eyes, " Squeaky, my heart aches when you cry... What happened?"

"Boggart." Sifels scratched the back of her head in embarrassment, feeling so ashamed to be scared and cry by a Boggart...

"Boggart?" Hermione blinked, remembering the books she had read, "Is that the kind of magical creature that feeds on human fear?"

"Ah."

"..." I really wanted to ask, but I was afraid that it would touch the sad things of Sifels, so Hermione was very entangled for a while.

"I saw you all lying there lifeless like Linda... It's not impossible..." Sifels' voice was a little choked up, and his eyes turned red again, "The savior is Your good friend, as long as he is around, there will be a steady stream of troubles and dangers. I know you can't just ignore it, but... if one day I happen to be away, and you have to step into When you are in danger, can you be a little selfish and first ensure your own safety?"

"..." Looking at Sifels' eyes full of expectation, Hermione found that she was speechless, as if her heart was tightly clenched by a hand, it was very uncomfortable. The weight in Fels' heart was so heavy, she even saw a trace of pleading in Sifels' eyes... Sifels is such a proud person...

"I promise you!" Hermione nodded emphatically. How could she not agree? Damn savior, there are so many capable wizards, why would you put the burden of saving the world on a child, at worst, you will be knocked out by then. Just drag him away!

"What are you thinking?" Sifels didn't seem relieved, she stared at Hermione, trying to find any clues on her face.

"Oh, I was thinking that if that happens, it would be better to knock Harry unconscious and drag him away..."

"Ok?"

"With Harry's personality, it's easy to be persuaded to do some irrational things... So if you just knock him out and drag him away, there won't be a situation similar to a life-or-death decision..."

"I thought Gryffindors were all warriors who would sacrifice themselves for justice."

"But what can't be sacrificed is worthless, isn't it? Avoidable sacrifices should be avoided as much as possible."

"It's charming how sensible you are, Miss Granger of Gryffindor."

"Your affectionate appearance is also very attractive, Miss Cliveden of Slytherin."

After finishing speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, and they could still joke, which showed that Sifels was not in such a bad mood anymore.What Sifels thought in his heart was that Hermione had agreed anyway, at worst, he would tie Hermione by his side when the time came, even if he was angry with her or even complained about her, it didn't matter, as long as Hermione was safe and sound.

……

After dinner, Mr. Butler dragged the Cadillac into the room with a serious expression, closed the door and locked it neatly, and then pressed a switch, a meditation disk popped out from the cracked wall, extracting his own memories, He reached out and pushed the dazed-faced Cadiak's head into the meditation plate.That's exactly the scene about Sifles confronting the Boggart...

"What do you think?" Mr. Butler leaned against the wall with his arms folded.

"What else can I think about, of course it is to live well and protect that little girl." Cadillac smiled, but there was no smile in her bent eyes, and she sighed long, "I didn't expect Lin Da's departure will have such a big impact on Shifier, the fear deep in her heart is actually the fear of losing us... I still clearly remember the moment when I brought her back and opened her eyes... The desperate look in her eyes that seemed to have lost the meaning of living was deeply engraved in my mind, how lucky we were to be able to walk into her heart..."

"So we have to step up our pace. The cooperation with Dumbledore can go deeper..." Mr. Steward stared at the blank wall thoughtfully, "Among the Death Eaters, there are many veteran nobles with deep backgrounds. You Did anyone know something about Voldemort making Horcruxes, but just didn't say it?"

"Like Malfoy?"

"Hmm...Malfoy..." Mr. Steward thought for a while, then shook his head, "He shouldn't know much, but Abraxas Malfoy may know a lot, but he has become a portrait ..."

"Tsk, this is difficult, but there were only a few people who could be his right and left hands at that time. If even Malfoy didn't know about it, then those few lunatics probably wouldn't have thought of these problems at all."

"Left and right hands... At that time, the great nobles were considered brilliant. Apart from Malfoy, there were only Black and a very few families on the Gryffindor side. , or stay hidden..."

"Eh? Where are you going?"

"I have something to go out for a while." Mr. Housekeeper picked up a coat and walked out, "I won't be back tonight, don't wait for me."

"???!!!" Not coming home at night? !Cadillac immediately ran after him, "I'll go with you!"

"The child is still at home, you stay!"

"But……"

"No but!"

"Okay... even if you don't come home at night, you can't mess around outside!"

"Shut up, idiot."

"You really are someone outside, right?! You actually treated me like this..."

"Ok?"

"...Cough, well, be careful, I'm just kidding..."

"Humph."

"..." Cadiak pouted, turned and walked home.