Chapter 167 Catchpole
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Shui Shen Zhi Feng
Chapter 167 Catchpole
It was already evening when we returned to Malfoy Manor.
The house elf Lele prepared a sumptuous dinner, and 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 very dissatisfied with her decision to welcome Andromeda and criticized Xie Lin at the dinner table, in fact Xie Lin could fully understand the hidden gratitude hidden in Narcissa's eyes. Xie Lin's actions allowed her to avoid the situation where she had to drive her own sister out in person.
Alas, in the final analysis, it is a true blood relationship, which is easy to say, but how can it be cut off when it is actually done?
Of course, Xie Lin kept these words in his heart.
Another interesting observation is that Lucius secretly looked at himself from time to time, and there seemed to be some inconceivable and...
Feelings of guilt?
This discovery is very interesting.Xie Lin is not a fool. The vision on Draco's body could have been hidden from Narcissa, but it is 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 Patriarch, and he directly understood these small actions as a plan made by Lucius and Draco to achieve the ideal of pure blood supremacy.
It was rare to be home, and Xie Lin didn't want to go back to school in such a hurry.
But there are still 7 days before school starts, so we can't stay at home every day.Daphne and the others are still in school, in fact, because of the Yule Ball, most of his friends are still in school.Among his friends, there seems to be only one who chose to return home this Christmas holiday like him.
Luna Lovegood.
Not long ago this semester, Luna had been recruited into the Sleeping Dragon Club by Zhang Qiu, but Luna's character was not good at expressing, which made outsiders look a little withdrawn.
Many people misunderstand Luna, thinking that she is crazy, that she is independent, that she doesn't care about other people's eyes and opinions, and that she is unrealistic and fantasizing.
In the end, she was just a girl who had witnessed her mother's death since she was a child and hadn't been properly relieved by his unreliable father.And the closure of the wizarding world caused her lack of communication with her peers, which made the situation worse.
After her mother passed away, she was very depressed and confused, but no one told her what to do, no one taught her how to express and vent her emotions, and she didn't even have the opportunity to express her emotions clearly.Since then, she has built up a lot of defenses, hiding her truest emotions.
In the first year of her enrollment, because of her unique temperament, people felt a strong sense of alienation and discomfort, and the little wizards reacted most honestly—isolating her and alienating her.Luna must have also experienced a period of darkness, she must have had low self-esteem and depression, but she still insisted on the kindness in her heart, that is, this kindness, this persistence, finally made her rebound from the bottom of her grief, and she learned to be strong——
She no longer cares about being ridiculed by others, she doesn't even care about being bullied by others, she decides to just be herself, only believe in her own values, she believes——
Being independent and doing things in one's own way is just a warrior who dares to face the world with his true self. (Being different isn't a bad thing. It just means you are brave enough to be yourself)
Then in her second year of school, on the train, oh my God, she was lucky enough to meet Schelling, which was something she never even dared to think about.
Xie Lin's gentle and friendly attitude easily gained her friendship. It can be said that apart from her family, she was the first person who really walked into her life and her inner world.
How much Luna values friendship can be seen from the sketches posted in her room—in the painting, there are five people, Schelling, Daphne, Meredith, Astoria, and herself, eating airship plums together under the slanting sunlight. Everyone in the picture is smiling so brightly.
When she knew that Meredith was missing and her whereabouts were unknown, no one knew how sad she was, how sad she was 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 tell that Xie Lin was the same kind of person as she was in a certain way, and they both valued feelings. No matter what others thought of him, his feelings for Meredith would not be fake, and he would definitely try to rescue her.Well, he needs all the help he can get!
Speaking of Xie Lin, Xie Lin has not forgotten the blood talent he once experienced in Luna, which is a breath very close to nature, a magical characteristic that makes people feel pure and peaceful.At that time, Xie Lin already had the idea of recruiting Luna.
Now that Luna has joined the Sleeping Dragon Society, she is a member of her own subordinates in a sense, so as the actual leader of the organization, it is also a necessary duty to care about her subordinates and enhance mutual communication and understanding.Not to mention that Luna herself may have extremely valuable blood talent, Xie Lin has to admit that this somewhat ethereal and dreamy girl actually has a special place in his heart.
That is not love, not the touching emotion between a man and a woman; but it is not a simple friendship either, at least every time Xie Lin sees Luna, a soft place in his heart will be touched.Perhaps what Luna represents is the freedom that Xie Lin really wants to obtain!
So, he sent a letter to Luna with the fastest owl in the house, saying that he planned to visit her.
Luna replied quickly. Devon and Wiltshire were not too far away, and the reply was received on the same day.
The next morning, after explaining to his family, Schelling sprinkled a handful of Floo powder into the fireplace, said "Lovegood House" loudly, and came to 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 relationship between the Diggory family and the Weasley family is not bad. The male masters of the two families both work in the Ministry of Magic. Although they are not considered high-level employees, they can finally get by.And the Fawcett family is really in decline, which can be seen from the fact that their family can't even buy tickets for the Quidditch World Cup held in their own country.
Speaking of the Fawcett family, although the family is unknown, Schelling is no stranger to their only daughter, Skyler Fawcett.Skyler is also considered a celebrity in Hogwarts, and she is also a person who can cause trouble.In the Harold Dingo women's toilet peeping incident at the end of last term, it was Skyler who chased Dingo down and beat him until he was bruised and bruised.
Later, during the registration ceremony for the Goblet of Fire, she and Summers of Hufflepuff tried to cross the age line to sign up before the Wesley twins, but they were thrown out of the line with white beards. For a long time, their names were regarded as the laughing stock 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!In the end, the good thing didn't work out, but they ran into Snape and Karkaroff who were chatting about secrets. The two deducted more than ten points from their own colleges, which also made Skyler the object of many people's ridicule.
What is more concerning is that Skyler and Luna are both Ravenclaw students, and Skyler is three grades higher than Luna. The two families live so close to each other, but never communicate with each other. Skyler has never given any care to the neighbor girl at school.
Back to Schelling.
The layout of the hall of Luna's house is similar to the tent that went to the Quidditch World Cup.
It must be said first that Luna's house looked like a wizard's chess rook, a black, elongated, circular cylindrical house.In front of the house lay a sparkling brook, which ran down to the valley.
From the outside, you can imagine what the inside looks like.
The space inside the house is a small circular space divided into several floors connected by a wrought iron spiral staircase.The first floor from the door is the kitchen, and the upper floor is the living room, where Xie Lin is now.This is also where Luna's father works.If it goes further up, it is probably the bedroom of the father and daughter.
Because Luna's father also works here, it looks a bit messy here, and it can even be said that books, magazines and papers piled up everywhere make it look a bit like a maze.From the ceiling hung elaborate model animals unknown to Schelling, all flapping their wings or moving their mouths.A bust of a woman was prominently displayed, and this statue looked familiar to Schelling, that of Lady Rowena Ravenclaw.
Schelling saw Luna, and her father, Xenophilius Lovegood, a middle-aged man with a beard and white hair like cotton candy, wearing a pale yellow robe with a dazzling color.Around his neck hung a gold chain from which flashed a quaint symbol that resembled a triangular eye.
"Luna, Mr. Lovegood, hello." Schelling walked forward and greeted the two of them politely, and then he took out a poison horn beast horn from his pocket, "This is a greeting gift, please accept it, Mr. Lovegood."
A look of joy flashed in Xenophilius' eyes, and he quickly took it, "Ah! This is the horn of the horned snoring beast! Luna, look, Dad didn't lie to you, right? It really exists!"
Luna sized up the horn with her somewhat dreamy eyes, and couldn't help reaching out to touch it.The horn of this poisonous horned beast has been tampered with by Schelling, and the magic power inside has been weakened a lot. If the plot of Harry's trio going to Lovegood's house is still forced by fate in the future, this horn will no longer blow up Luna's house into ruins.
Xenophilius hastily sorted out a fairly comfortable seat, invited Xie Lin to sit down, then asked Luna to prepare drinks, and chatted with Xie Lin endlessly—well, to be precise, he was talking and Xie Lin was listening.
Xenophilius was holding a magazine with the words "Quieter" on the cover, and he talked to Schelling endlessly: "The hook and the harassing horsefly are my least favorite magical creatures. They will bring destruction and misfortune." 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, but found that they had nothing in common with Xenophilius.Sure enough, his brain hole is not big enough.
"Fudge is secretly cultivating a fire spirit body—the Heliopa army, which must have been influenced by the hook and the harassing gadfly." Xenophilius said seriously, "so I write this matter down. In "The Quibbler", I hope he doesn't make the same mistakes again and again."
Schelling took it as an anecdote, and he didn't like Fudge anyway.But from Xenophilius' point of view, it has been a long time since anyone was willing to listen to him chattering about some anecdotes. Schelling was a very rare audience for him. Ever since his wife Pandora... Thinking of Pandora, Xenophilius couldn't help but mist from the corners of his eyes. He apologized and retreated back to his dormitory.
"Father must be thinking of Mom. Every time he thinks of Mom, she always looks like this..." Luna showed a rare look of sadness, and said softly: "Mom is a master of spells, who specializes in creating or improving new spells. She is a very unusual witch. She likes to do experiments. One day, one of her spells made a big mistake, and I lost her since then. I was nine years old."
"I'm sorry," Schelling said softly.
"Yeah, it was pretty brutal," Luna said confidingly. "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, is it?"
"Yes, I'm sure you'll see her again," Schelling replied.
"Yeah." Lu Nana looked at Xie Lin seriously with bright eyes, and then smiled innocently, "Speaking of which, Dad likes you very much!"
When I first met there on the train in the second grade, many readers criticized Luna for not writing well, as if Luna was born with the kind of character that would go her own way, be carefree, and disregard other people's opinions. They seemed to have forgotten that when Harry met Luna, it was the fifth book of the original book!
(End of this chapter)
It was already evening when we returned to Malfoy Manor.
The house elf Lele prepared a sumptuous dinner, and 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 very dissatisfied with her decision to welcome Andromeda and criticized Xie Lin at the dinner table, in fact Xie Lin could fully understand the hidden gratitude hidden in Narcissa's eyes. Xie Lin's actions allowed her to avoid the situation where she had to drive her own sister out in person.
Alas, in the final analysis, it is a true blood relationship, which is easy to say, but how can it be cut off when it is actually done?
Of course, Xie Lin kept these words in his heart.
Another interesting observation is that Lucius secretly looked at himself from time to time, and there seemed to be some inconceivable and...
Feelings of guilt?
This discovery is very interesting.Xie Lin is not a fool. The vision on Draco's body could have been hidden from Narcissa, but it is 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 Patriarch, and he directly understood these small actions as a plan made by Lucius and Draco to achieve the ideal of pure blood supremacy.
It was rare to be home, and Xie Lin didn't want to go back to school in such a hurry.
But there are still 7 days before school starts, so we can't stay at home every day.Daphne and the others are still in school, in fact, because of the Yule Ball, most of his friends are still in school.Among his friends, there seems to be only one who chose to return home this Christmas holiday like him.
Luna Lovegood.
Not long ago this semester, Luna had been recruited into the Sleeping Dragon Club by Zhang Qiu, but Luna's character was not good at expressing, which made outsiders look a little withdrawn.
Many people misunderstand Luna, thinking that she is crazy, that she is independent, that she doesn't care about other people's eyes and opinions, and that she is unrealistic and fantasizing.
In the end, she was just a girl who had witnessed her mother's death since she was a child and hadn't been properly relieved by his unreliable father.And the closure of the wizarding world caused her lack of communication with her peers, which made the situation worse.
After her mother passed away, she was very depressed and confused, but no one told her what to do, no one taught her how to express and vent her emotions, and she didn't even have the opportunity to express her emotions clearly.Since then, she has built up a lot of defenses, hiding her truest emotions.
In the first year of her enrollment, because of her unique temperament, people felt a strong sense of alienation and discomfort, and the little wizards reacted most honestly—isolating her and alienating her.Luna must have also experienced a period of darkness, she must have had low self-esteem and depression, but she still insisted on the kindness in her heart, that is, this kindness, this persistence, finally made her rebound from the bottom of her grief, and she learned to be strong——
She no longer cares about being ridiculed by others, she doesn't even care about being bullied by others, she decides to just be herself, only believe in her own values, she believes——
Being independent and doing things in one's own way is just a warrior who dares to face the world with his true self. (Being different isn't a bad thing. It just means you are brave enough to be yourself)
Then in her second year of school, on the train, oh my God, she was lucky enough to meet Schelling, which was something she never even dared to think about.
Xie Lin's gentle and friendly attitude easily gained her friendship. It can be said that apart from her family, she was the first person who really walked into her life and her inner world.
How much Luna values friendship can be seen from the sketches posted in her room—in the painting, there are five people, Schelling, Daphne, Meredith, Astoria, and herself, eating airship plums together under the slanting sunlight. Everyone in the picture is smiling so brightly.
When she knew that Meredith was missing and her whereabouts were unknown, no one knew how sad she was, how sad she was 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 tell that Xie Lin was the same kind of person as she was in a certain way, and they both valued feelings. No matter what others thought of him, his feelings for Meredith would not be fake, and he would definitely try to rescue her.Well, he needs all the help he can get!
Speaking of Xie Lin, Xie Lin has not forgotten the blood talent he once experienced in Luna, which is a breath very close to nature, a magical characteristic that makes people feel pure and peaceful.At that time, Xie Lin already had the idea of recruiting Luna.
Now that Luna has joined the Sleeping Dragon Society, she is a member of her own subordinates in a sense, so as the actual leader of the organization, it is also a necessary duty to care about her subordinates and enhance mutual communication and understanding.Not to mention that Luna herself may have extremely valuable blood talent, Xie Lin has to admit that this somewhat ethereal and dreamy girl actually has a special place in his heart.
That is not love, not the touching emotion between a man and a woman; but it is not a simple friendship either, at least every time Xie Lin sees Luna, a soft place in his heart will be touched.Perhaps what Luna represents is the freedom that Xie Lin really wants to obtain!
So, he sent a letter to Luna with the fastest owl in the house, saying that he planned to visit her.
Luna replied quickly. Devon and Wiltshire were not too far away, and the reply was received on the same day.
The next morning, after explaining to his family, Schelling sprinkled a handful of Floo powder into the fireplace, said "Lovegood House" loudly, and came to 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 relationship between the Diggory family and the Weasley family is not bad. The male masters of the two families both work in the Ministry of Magic. Although they are not considered high-level employees, they can finally get by.And the Fawcett family is really in decline, which can be seen from the fact that their family can't even buy tickets for the Quidditch World Cup held in their own country.
Speaking of the Fawcett family, although the family is unknown, Schelling is no stranger to their only daughter, Skyler Fawcett.Skyler is also considered a celebrity in Hogwarts, and she is also a person who can cause trouble.In the Harold Dingo women's toilet peeping incident at the end of last term, it was Skyler who chased Dingo down and beat him until he was bruised and bruised.
Later, during the registration ceremony for the Goblet of Fire, she and Summers of Hufflepuff tried to cross the age line to sign up before the Wesley twins, but they were thrown out of the line with white beards. For a long time, their names were regarded as the laughing stock 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!In the end, the good thing didn't work out, but they ran into Snape and Karkaroff who were chatting about secrets. The two deducted more than ten points from their own colleges, which also made Skyler the object of many people's ridicule.
What is more concerning is that Skyler and Luna are both Ravenclaw students, and Skyler is three grades higher than Luna. The two families live so close to each other, but never communicate with each other. Skyler has never given any care to the neighbor girl at school.
Back to Schelling.
The layout of the hall of Luna's house is similar to the tent that went to the Quidditch World Cup.
It must be said first that Luna's house looked like a wizard's chess rook, a black, elongated, circular cylindrical house.In front of the house lay a sparkling brook, which ran down to the valley.
From the outside, you can imagine what the inside looks like.
The space inside the house is a small circular space divided into several floors connected by a wrought iron spiral staircase.The first floor from the door is the kitchen, and the upper floor is the living room, where Xie Lin is now.This is also where Luna's father works.If it goes further up, it is probably the bedroom of the father and daughter.
Because Luna's father also works here, it looks a bit messy here, and it can even be said that books, magazines and papers piled up everywhere make it look a bit like a maze.From the ceiling hung elaborate model animals unknown to Schelling, all flapping their wings or moving their mouths.A bust of a woman was prominently displayed, and this statue looked familiar to Schelling, that of Lady Rowena Ravenclaw.
Schelling saw Luna, and her father, Xenophilius Lovegood, a middle-aged man with a beard and white hair like cotton candy, wearing a pale yellow robe with a dazzling color.Around his neck hung a gold chain from which flashed a quaint symbol that resembled a triangular eye.
"Luna, Mr. Lovegood, hello." Schelling walked forward and greeted the two of them politely, and then he took out a poison horn beast horn from his pocket, "This is a greeting gift, please accept it, Mr. Lovegood."
A look of joy flashed in Xenophilius' eyes, and he quickly took it, "Ah! This is the horn of the horned snoring beast! Luna, look, Dad didn't lie to you, right? It really exists!"
Luna sized up the horn with her somewhat dreamy eyes, and couldn't help reaching out to touch it.The horn of this poisonous horned beast has been tampered with by Schelling, and the magic power inside has been weakened a lot. If the plot of Harry's trio going to Lovegood's house is still forced by fate in the future, this horn will no longer blow up Luna's house into ruins.
Xenophilius hastily sorted out a fairly comfortable seat, invited Xie Lin to sit down, then asked Luna to prepare drinks, and chatted with Xie Lin endlessly—well, to be precise, he was talking and Xie Lin was listening.
Xenophilius was holding a magazine with the words "Quieter" on the cover, and he talked to Schelling endlessly: "The hook and the harassing horsefly are my least favorite magical creatures. They will bring destruction and misfortune." 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, but found that they had nothing in common with Xenophilius.Sure enough, his brain hole is not big enough.
"Fudge is secretly cultivating a fire spirit body—the Heliopa army, which must have been influenced by the hook and the harassing gadfly." Xenophilius said seriously, "so I write this matter down. In "The Quibbler", I hope he doesn't make the same mistakes again and again."
Schelling took it as an anecdote, and he didn't like Fudge anyway.But from Xenophilius' point of view, it has been a long time since anyone was willing to listen to him chattering about some anecdotes. Schelling was a very rare audience for him. Ever since his wife Pandora... Thinking of Pandora, Xenophilius couldn't help but mist from the corners of his eyes. He apologized and retreated back to his dormitory.
"Father must be thinking of Mom. Every time he thinks of Mom, she always looks like this..." Luna showed a rare look of sadness, and said softly: "Mom is a master of spells, who specializes in creating or improving new spells. She is a very unusual witch. She likes to do experiments. One day, one of her spells made a big mistake, and I lost her since then. I was nine years old."
"I'm sorry," Schelling said softly.
"Yeah, it was pretty brutal," Luna said confidingly. "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, is it?"
"Yes, I'm sure you'll see her again," Schelling replied.
"Yeah." Lu Nana looked at Xie Lin seriously with bright eyes, and then smiled innocently, "Speaking of which, Dad likes you very much!"
When I first met there on the train in the second grade, many readers criticized Luna for not writing well, as if Luna was born with the kind of character that would go her own way, be carefree, and disregard other people's opinions. They seemed to have forgotten that when Harry met Luna, it was the fifth book of the original book!
(End of this chapter)
