Sifels Cliveden

Chapter 41 The Past

Hermione closed the door carefully, and just walked around a shelf when she saw Mr. Butler sitting on the sofa, who seemed to be waiting for her.

Sure enough, after seeing Hermione, Mr. Butler pointed to the sofa beside him and said, "Good evening, Miss Granger, let's sit down and chat."

"Good evening! Mr. Grindelwald!" Although Hermione stayed at Cliveden Manor for a long time during the summer vacation, every time she pronounced such a surname, she couldn't help but cast a curious look at Mr. Butler. Eyes, you must know that this is the surname of a generation of Dark Lords!Maybe this Mr. Grindelwald is someone from that person, of course I am very curious.

"You guessed it right, Gellert Grindelwald is my uncle." Mr. Butler glanced at Hermione, who was sitting stiff for a moment, looked away, and smiled gently at her, "Don't be nervous, I I just want to chat with you about Sifel."

"Please tell me!" Hermione nodded solemnly, her back straightened even more, and she looked like she was listening.

"You like Schiffel." The corner of Mr. Butler's mouth curved up in a nice arc, but there was no smile in his eyes when he looked at Hermione.

Hermione clenched her fists nervously, raised her eyes to meet those scrutinizing eyes, and nodded solemnly, "Yes, I like her."

Mr. Butler raised his eyebrows when he heard the words. He thought that after Hermione confessed, she would continue with a long paragraph of words to prove her love for Sifels, but this unusually indirect answer was in his favor. A lot of good feelings, "She likes you too, but that's not enough."

"not enough?"

"Yes, it's not enough. Even if you enter school one year later than the students of the same grade, you are only 14 years old now, and Schiffer is only 12 years old." Mr. Butler stopped and took a sip of black tea, "I would like to I believe that your relationship is not just casual talk, but what ability do you have to maintain this sincere relationship? You still have a long future..."

"..."

"Have you read all the materials I showed you a while ago?" Mr. Butler suddenly changed the subject and changed the subject directly, "Tell me your opinion."

"... Phew..." Hermione took a deep breath, closed her eyes and quickly went through the things she had read, "The information is very detailed, if the contents of the information are true and credible, So I think the notorious Blake is not as scary as people think."

"Oh?"

"Since I was young, I have disagreed with the concept of the family that supports the Dark Lord. After entering school, I was directly assigned to Gryffindor, which is opposite to the Dark Lord. After graduation, I directly joined the Order of the Phoenix led by Principal Dumbledore and became a member of the Order of the Phoenix. From the information, I can’t find any reason for Black’s betrayal. Let’s not say that he and Mr. Potter are brothers in life and death. Just judging from his admiration and conviction for Principal Dumbledore, it is said that he It is no exaggeration to say that it is the most loyal blade of the Order of the Phoenix against the Death Eaters..."

Hermione paused, took a breath and continued, "But he suddenly stood in the Dark Lord's camp, not only betrayed the Harry family, but also blew up a street in the process of escaping, and even killed his other family members." One brother was blown up with only one little finger left... I think this piece of information is very unreasonable. Since he has already committed an act of betrayal, why was Hao not resisted when the Aurors arrived? He was detained I was imprisoned, and I didn’t even say a single word of argument…”

"So what's your conclusion?" Mr. Butler lowered his eyes and casually looked at the cup in his hand.

"So I think there may be some unknown secrets hidden in it, and Peter Pedilu, who was bombed with only one finger left, seems suspicious. Even ordinary people still have a relatively complete body, but He has only one finger left, why is there only one finger... If there is really one person in the Jiedao four-member group who is a betrayer, I think the one who is most likely to betray is the one who won the Merlin Medal. First-class Peter Pedilu." After finishing speaking, Hermione sat upright in her seat like a good student waiting for the professor to make an evaluation, looking at Mr. Butler expectantly in her eyes.

"Your analysis is very good." Mr. Steward nodded, "Siris Black is indeed a good soldier, and a good knife in the hands of Albus Dumbledore. He is Potter's good brother, almost The first is the half son of the Potter family. He helped Potter pursue Lily Evans, and after Harry Potter was born, he was naturally invited by Potter to be the godfather of little Potter. He is extremely He loves this godson, and thinks this tiger-headed little guy is so cute, so he has the idea of ​​getting married and having children, so he does so. But his wife gave birth to only a daughter in October, and he thinks only Crying girls are the most annoying, so I started to stay at Potter's house for a long time, and when I came home occasionally, all I talked about was his lovely godson..."

"Then... what happened next?" Hermione looked at Mr. Butler with some puzzlement, as if she didn't quite understand the purpose of the sarcasm in his words.

"Later, after the leak happened, that poor woman took her young daughter and escaped from Black's house overnight, and hid in the Muggle world, carefully relying on her labor in exchange for remuneration, feeding her own Daughter." Mr. Housekeeper lowered his head to hide the turbulent emotions in his eyes, "After she married Black, she still attended his private gatherings with his brothers to some extent, and her appearance was still seen... in the magic world In , as long as a meditation disk is enough to solve the problem of blurred memory, it is not difficult for those who lose their minds to find her traces in the wizarding world. Obviously she also thought of this, in order to protect her daughter , she didn't dare to have the slightest idea of ​​luck, no matter how hard and tired she was, she gritted her teeth and survived, so within a few years she became sick from overwork and left behind her young daughter, full of regret and joy. Unwilling to leave this world.”

Hermione opened her mouth and didn't know what to say. The sadness on Mr. Butler's body was obvious. She thought, maybe that poor mother happened to be Mr. Butler's friend...

"You must be wondering why I know so clearly." Mr. Housekeeper calmed down a little, "I don't know that poor woman, or I've only seen her portrait, but I know her daughter... "

Suddenly, a seemingly absurd idea flashed through Hermione's mind, she swallowed, and said with some difficulty, "That girl...is...ce, ce...Sifei Cepheus?"

"You guessed it." Mr. Butler looked unsurprised, looked up and looked away, his face was full of nostalgia, "When Xifei was brought back by that guy, it was only so small when shrunk. Bad, she looks so thin that she doesn't look like a child who is about to be five years old. If she is only three years old, few people will doubt it. For a long time, that little guy just hugged his knees like that Squatting in the corner, staring blankly at the floor in front of me, sitting for a whole day, if I hadn't made up my mind to pinch her chin and pour bottles of medicine into her mouth every day, maybe the child wouldn't have died. How long will it take to follow her mother's footsteps and leave this world. How deep is the relationship to cause such despair?"

"How fortunate we were to be able to enter the heart of that child... That guy in Cadiac is always very lucky. His appearance gradually filled the huge hole caused by Linda's death. Don't look at her who usually seems to be very unsympathetic. He always wants to tease him about his face, but that guy's status in Schiffer's heart is so high that even I am a little envious... No, the little guy saw Katie being so restless all day because of Black's affairs, how could he actually Without saying a word, he drank the bloodline removal potion directly, just to dispel the hidden worries in his heart..." Mr. Butler stood up with his hands on the handrail, walked up to Hermione, and handed out the handkerchief. As soon as she was sure that the girl was Sifels, she burst into tears, "Wipe it."

"Ugh... thanks, uh thanks..." Hermione hiccupped and wiped away her unstoppable tears.

"Hermione, look at me, child." Mr. Butler put his hand on her shoulder, bent down and looked at her seriously, "Kadiac and I can only stay here for the rest of the day by reason of Sifle's awakening." After a few hours, it will be up to you to take care of her. Black has now appeared in Hogwarts, and we don't know if he will recognize Shefel, or if he will hurt Shefel. Phil, look into my eyes and tell me, can you protect her?"

"I can!"

"We can only grow up with her, but we can't accompany her through this long life. You are the only person she recognizes, and there are many things that only you can bring her. For example, a warm embrace, a solid support... Alright, let's go in and stay with her, I think Schiffer still hopes that when he wakes up, the first thing he sees is you." A very sincere smile appeared on the face of Mr. Housekeeper, "Although it was hard The raised daughter was kidnapped just like that, but it seems good to have another daughter..."

"Thank you!" Hermione stood up and bowed to Mr. Butler.

"I never thought that there would be such a vivid expression on Schiffer's face, so we should be the ones to say thank you. Thank you, little guy, when we meet next time, let's talk about you again For the future, it's still early..." Mr. Butler waved his hand, turned and left.

"Go slowly." Hermione watched Mr. Butler leave, then ran to the room where Sifels rested anxiously, opened the door, strode to the bed, and blinked her eyes under the light shining through the crack of the door He stared at Sifels' sleeping face without blinking, gently held Sifels' hand hanging by his side, lowered his head and kissed the cool back of his hand, "Good night, Sifels, I will always I will always be with you, and I will definitely protect you and myself..."

Normally, Sifels, who drank the powerful water of life and death, should sleep until dawn, but now, she opened her eyes, "Hmm... Henny?"

Hermione reached out to caress her cheek, looked at her nervously, and asked repeatedly, "It's me, Schiffer, why did you wake up suddenly? Is there something uncomfortable?"

"No... I just seemed to hear you calling me, so I woke up..." Sifels raised the corner of her mouth, and gently rubbed Hermione's palm, "Sleep with me, okay?"

"Okay." Hermione nodded, "Then let me let go first and take off my coat, okay?"

"Hmm~ okay~" Sifels squinted her eyes and looked at Hermione. After Hermione took off her coat and turned over, and lay down next to her, she took the initiative to get into Hermione's arms and put her hands around her waist. , slowly fell asleep.

Hermione lowered her head to press a kiss on her forehead, hugged the person in her arms tightly, and closed her eyes.

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Hmm...it might be a bit messy...