Chapter 165 Ella's Death
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Shui Shen Zhi Feng
Chapter 165 Ella's Death
On the second day of Christmas, everyone got up very late.The Slytherin common room was much quieter than it had been in previous days, and people were chatting casually, interrupted by yawns from time to time.
There are still 1 days of holidays before the school starts 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, busy writing.
Schelling had finished his homework.After all, most of the 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.
Although there was no homework, Schelling and Draco had to leave Hogwarts for a trip.Bad news comes from the family—grandmother Druella Blake has passed away.
Under the arrangement of Lucius, Schelling and Draco went to Druella's small house with Floo powder that day.
Schelling is not a ruthless person. Although she doesn't spend much time with this grandmother, she loves her very much. Every Christmas and birthday, her gifts are indispensable.During Xie Lin's short stay at her house, the old man made delicious food for him every day, and was always worried that Xie Lin's frequent soaking in the pile of books would be bad for his eyes, so he bought expensive eye-replenishing potions for Xie Lin.
However, Druella died of old age. Before she died, the house elf had brought Lucius and his wife to her. Although she failed to see her beloved grandson for the last time, she was not alone in going to the world of the dead.Regarding her departure, although Xie Lin, who had lived in two lives, was not devastated, he was also a little depressed and sad.
Schelling stayed at my grandmother's for two days.During the 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, there are actually many cousins in the generation of grandfather Cygnus Black, and their bloodlines are still being passed down.For example, Mr. Crouch and his two older sisters, their mother is Charis Black of the Black family.
In other words, Mr. Crouch and Schelling's grandfather were cousins.They are all prominent figures in the political circles and need to be treated with caution.
In fact, the same is true for Mr. Arthur Weasley, who is also Cygnus Black's cousin, but the Weasley family has been expelled because they are called "pure blood traitors", and they will not be invited to the funeral at all.
There was another guest, although she was not invited, and although she had been expelled from the family, she still came.
Sherin's second aunt - Andromeda Tonks.
Ironically, she was Druella's own daughter, but her arrival was totally unwelcome.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 her sister's family relationship, so she couldn't calm down and drive her second sister out.
Druella has three daughters—Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa. The relationship between the three sisters is very good. This can be seen from the fact that Aunt Bella, who is Voldemort's most fanatical follower in the original book, is willing to hide from Voldemort the fact that she and Snape concluded a magical contract for Narcissa.
It is a pity that this sincere sisterhood became fragmented after Andromeda fell in love with a Muggle wizard and got married. Andromeda was expelled from the family, and the two sisters also cut off all contact with Andromeda.
Since father and mother, as well as Draco, were unwilling to talk to this aunt, Schelling had to come forward.First of all, Xie Lin's name is famous enough. Although he is a generation younger, none of the people present dare to accuse him casually.
Moreover, the reason for Xie Lin to come forward is justifiable. No matter who the other party is or what their status is, she comes to condolences with good intentions. It can be said that it is against the noble upbringing to ignore her like this.At the same time, Schelling's actions fell into the eyes of some political circles, and can also be interpreted as Schelling's attitude towards the concept of pure blood.
Schelling knew that he had offended the Ghost Society and Walpurgis, and now he didn't care if he would provoke more pure-blood extremist enemies. On the contrary, if he properly revealed his attitude, he could also reap the moderates in the pure-blood family and let them know that in this world of wizards, apart from the two extremes of pure-blood supremacy and pure-blood traitor, there is actually a third possibility.
Pure-blooded moderates have always existed, and their influence is not small, such as Crouch and Greengrass are good examples.What they lack is actually a representative figure who can serve as a facade.
The pure-blood faction has Voldemort, and the Muggle-friendly faction has Dumbledore. In contrast, before the appearance of Schelling, Crouch, the representative of the moderate faction, was probably not ready.Now, what Schelling is trying to do is to show the banner and become a representative of the pure-blood neutral faction. He has this reputation and even more potential.
Don't doubt that during the period when Dumbledore was old and Voldemort was missing, the sharpness shown by Schelling was enough to shine in the world.
Under Schelling's warm voice, Andromeda was moved to tears, but she kept repeating "good boy, good boy".To be honest, she came here with great courage. She was already mentally prepared to be kicked out, ridiculed, underestimated, or even insulted, but she never expected to be received and condoled by one of her juniors. This moved her so much that she couldn't say a complete sentence.
In addition to the branch of the Black family, the Rochell family from which Druella was born also came.Ivan Rocher, the last bloodline of the Rocher family, was finally killed by Moody, who was an Auror at the time, because he participated in the Death Eaters.But the Rocher family is actually a family from France, and the French branch is the core of the Rocher family.
In France, Rocher is one of the 12 Holy Blood families with the longest history, and ranks in the middle, at least belongs to the second echelon. This is because some members of the family were implicated in the Battle of Grindelwald, otherwise it would be enough to challenge the existence of the Monroe family.
On the afternoon of the second day of the funeral, Druella was officially buried.
Just after the funeral ceremony was completed, a middle-aged male wizard in neat clothes came to Schelling. He was the will processing commissioner sent by the Ministry of Magic's Legal Enforcement Department.He read Druella's will in front of the Schellings.
According to the statement in the will, Druella passed all her inheritance, including the Gringotts vault, this small house, Sasha the house elf, various valuable antiques, etc., to Schelling, her most precious grandson.Schelling signed his name on a series of magical contracts, and registered the name "Ella Cottage" with the Ministry of Magic for this small house in memory of Druella.
After everything was ready, Sherin planned to leave with her parents and Draco, but she didn't expect to be stopped by an old witch with shrewd eyes, thick long eyebrows, and short black hair.
Xie Lin remembered seeing this well-dressed lady on the first day he came to Ella's hut, but it was strange that he didn't know her name - Xie Lin did his best to entertain every guest who came to express his condolences. He had read every guest list, and it was even less likely that there would be mistakes or omissions due to his memory.
To Schelling's surprise, Lucius just nodded to the old witch, and told Schelling to stay and return to Malfoy Manor by himself after the matter was over.
The old witch introduced herself as Aunt Veda, a distant relative of Druella's natal family in France, and a branch of the Rocher family. She was wanted in France for committing a crime and fled to England. 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 a remarkable person!
Veda Rocher.
She is the right and left arm of the original Dark Lord Grindelwald, and she occupies a high position among the saints and has a prominent reputation.How much Grindelwald trusts her is evident from her assignment to run Grindelwald's divining skull.
"Xellin, you don't mind if I call you that? You can call me aunt, it's more kind." With Vida's eyes, she has long seen the faint aura of black magic on Xie Lin, and it also includes the black magic that she is familiar with from Rochelle's family.
"Auntie," Xie Lin knew the identity of the person in front of him, he knew that he was an extremely shrewd and powerful person, and he didn't dare to slack off, "Hello, may I ask Xie Lin to help you with anything?"
Veda smiled indifferently and said, "I knew you when I saw you. You are a shrewd little guy. You are very pleasing to me, because talking to someone like you can save a lot of effort. Let me put it this way, I have heard other people say that you are Druella's most beloved grandson. I have 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, from the will just read out, everyone could see that Schelling was Druella's most beloved grandson.
What Veda said next was different, her gaze suddenly became very sharp, "I have a question to ask you, have you ever learned the family magic of our Rochelle family?"
(End of this chapter)
On the second day of Christmas, everyone got up very late.The Slytherin common room was much quieter than it had been in previous days, and people were chatting casually, interrupted by yawns from time to time.
There are still 1 days of holidays before the school starts 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, busy writing.
Schelling had finished his homework.After all, most of the 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.
Although there was no homework, Schelling and Draco had to leave Hogwarts for a trip.Bad news comes from the family—grandmother Druella Blake has passed away.
Under the arrangement of Lucius, Schelling and Draco went to Druella's small house with Floo powder that day.
Schelling is not a ruthless person. Although she doesn't spend much time with this grandmother, she loves her very much. Every Christmas and birthday, her gifts are indispensable.During Xie Lin's short stay at her house, the old man made delicious food for him every day, and was always worried that Xie Lin's frequent soaking in the pile of books would be bad for his eyes, so he bought expensive eye-replenishing potions for Xie Lin.
However, Druella died of old age. Before she died, the house elf had brought Lucius and his wife to her. Although she failed to see her beloved grandson for the last time, she was not alone in going to the world of the dead.Regarding her departure, although Xie Lin, who had lived in two lives, was not devastated, he was also a little depressed and sad.
Schelling stayed at my grandmother's for two days.During the 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, there are actually many cousins in the generation of grandfather Cygnus Black, and their bloodlines are still being passed down.For example, Mr. Crouch and his two older sisters, their mother is Charis Black of the Black family.
In other words, Mr. Crouch and Schelling's grandfather were cousins.They are all prominent figures in the political circles and need to be treated with caution.
In fact, the same is true for Mr. Arthur Weasley, who is also Cygnus Black's cousin, but the Weasley family has been expelled because they are called "pure blood traitors", and they will not be invited to the funeral at all.
There was another guest, although she was not invited, and although she had been expelled from the family, she still came.
Sherin's second aunt - Andromeda Tonks.
Ironically, she was Druella's own daughter, but her arrival was totally unwelcome.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 her sister's family relationship, so she couldn't calm down and drive her second sister out.
Druella has three daughters—Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa. The relationship between the three sisters is very good. This can be seen from the fact that Aunt Bella, who is Voldemort's most fanatical follower in the original book, is willing to hide from Voldemort the fact that she and Snape concluded a magical contract for Narcissa.
It is a pity that this sincere sisterhood became fragmented after Andromeda fell in love with a Muggle wizard and got married. Andromeda was expelled from the family, and the two sisters also cut off all contact with Andromeda.
Since father and mother, as well as Draco, were unwilling to talk to this aunt, Schelling had to come forward.First of all, Xie Lin's name is famous enough. Although he is a generation younger, none of the people present dare to accuse him casually.
Moreover, the reason for Xie Lin to come forward is justifiable. No matter who the other party is or what their status is, she comes to condolences with good intentions. It can be said that it is against the noble upbringing to ignore her like this.At the same time, Schelling's actions fell into the eyes of some political circles, and can also be interpreted as Schelling's attitude towards the concept of pure blood.
Schelling knew that he had offended the Ghost Society and Walpurgis, and now he didn't care if he would provoke more pure-blood extremist enemies. On the contrary, if he properly revealed his attitude, he could also reap the moderates in the pure-blood family and let them know that in this world of wizards, apart from the two extremes of pure-blood supremacy and pure-blood traitor, there is actually a third possibility.
Pure-blooded moderates have always existed, and their influence is not small, such as Crouch and Greengrass are good examples.What they lack is actually a representative figure who can serve as a facade.
The pure-blood faction has Voldemort, and the Muggle-friendly faction has Dumbledore. In contrast, before the appearance of Schelling, Crouch, the representative of the moderate faction, was probably not ready.Now, what Schelling is trying to do is to show the banner and become a representative of the pure-blood neutral faction. He has this reputation and even more potential.
Don't doubt that during the period when Dumbledore was old and Voldemort was missing, the sharpness shown by Schelling was enough to shine in the world.
Under Schelling's warm voice, Andromeda was moved to tears, but she kept repeating "good boy, good boy".To be honest, she came here with great courage. She was already mentally prepared to be kicked out, ridiculed, underestimated, or even insulted, but she never expected to be received and condoled by one of her juniors. This moved her so much that she couldn't say a complete sentence.
In addition to the branch of the Black family, the Rochell family from which Druella was born also came.Ivan Rocher, the last bloodline of the Rocher family, was finally killed by Moody, who was an Auror at the time, because he participated in the Death Eaters.But the Rocher family is actually a family from France, and the French branch is the core of the Rocher family.
In France, Rocher is one of the 12 Holy Blood families with the longest history, and ranks in the middle, at least belongs to the second echelon. This is because some members of the family were implicated in the Battle of Grindelwald, otherwise it would be enough to challenge the existence of the Monroe family.
On the afternoon of the second day of the funeral, Druella was officially buried.
Just after the funeral ceremony was completed, a middle-aged male wizard in neat clothes came to Schelling. He was the will processing commissioner sent by the Ministry of Magic's Legal Enforcement Department.He read Druella's will in front of the Schellings.
According to the statement in the will, Druella passed all her inheritance, including the Gringotts vault, this small house, Sasha the house elf, various valuable antiques, etc., to Schelling, her most precious grandson.Schelling signed his name on a series of magical contracts, and registered the name "Ella Cottage" with the Ministry of Magic for this small house in memory of Druella.
After everything was ready, Sherin planned to leave with her parents and Draco, but she didn't expect to be stopped by an old witch with shrewd eyes, thick long eyebrows, and short black hair.
Xie Lin remembered seeing this well-dressed lady on the first day he came to Ella's hut, but it was strange that he didn't know her name - Xie Lin did his best to entertain every guest who came to express his condolences. He had read every guest list, and it was even less likely that there would be mistakes or omissions due to his memory.
To Schelling's surprise, Lucius just nodded to the old witch, and told Schelling to stay and return to Malfoy Manor by himself after the matter was over.
The old witch introduced herself as Aunt Veda, a distant relative of Druella's natal family in France, and a branch of the Rocher family. She was wanted in France for committing a crime and fled to England. 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 a remarkable person!
Veda Rocher.
She is the right and left arm of the original Dark Lord Grindelwald, and she occupies a high position among the saints and has a prominent reputation.How much Grindelwald trusts her is evident from her assignment to run Grindelwald's divining skull.
"Xellin, you don't mind if I call you that? You can call me aunt, it's more kind." With Vida's eyes, she has long seen the faint aura of black magic on Xie Lin, and it also includes the black magic that she is familiar with from Rochelle's family.
"Auntie," Xie Lin knew the identity of the person in front of him, he knew that he was an extremely shrewd and powerful person, and he didn't dare to slack off, "Hello, may I ask Xie Lin to help you with anything?"
Veda smiled indifferently and said, "I knew you when I saw you. You are a shrewd little guy. You are very pleasing to me, because talking to someone like you can save a lot of effort. Let me put it this way, I have heard other people say that you are Druella's most beloved grandson. I have 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, from the will just read out, everyone could see that Schelling was Druella's most beloved grandson.
What Veda said next was different, her gaze suddenly became very sharp, "I have a question to ask you, have you ever learned the family magic of our Rochelle family?"
(End of this chapter)
