Chapter 203 The Only Black

Phineas was not only the great-grandfather of Walburga's husband Orion, but also the great-grandfather of Walburga himself. The two of them were cousins.

The Black family attaches great importance to blood content, and all squibs, pure-blood traitors, and those married to Muggles will be removed from the family tree. Therefore, all the people named in the Blake family tree today are descendants of Phineas.

When Walburga was born, Phineas held her in his arms.

Phineas died soon after, and during those early days he was keen on walking among the portraits and talking to his own family, and the Walburgas could be said to have grown up under his watchful eye.

However, Phineas is not a good-tempered person, and it is not without reason that he is rated as the most unpopular headmaster in the history of Hogwarts.

That period was not a good memory for Walburga.

However, the reverence for her great-grandfather was also deeply rooted in her heart.

The longer time goes by, the more obvious the boundaries between the living and the dead become. Phineas later began to remain in portraits at Hogwarts for long periods of time, rarely returning to the Black family.

After Regulus died, Walburga went crazy, died of heartbreak and despair, and the Black family became an empty house.

Phineas could not bear the silence and never came back.

In the portrait, Walburga looked at Phineas and repeated: "What are you doing here?"

Phineas sighed and said, "Walburga, if you don't vent your resentment blindly, but are willing to listen quietly for even a minute, you will know that Regulus is back."

"Wha, what?" Walburga was stunned for a moment, his lips trembled, and then he suddenly said angrily: "You lied to me! How dare you lie to me about Regulus! My child is already dead!"

The old woman screamed and scratched Phineas with her long-nailed hands.

"It's true," said Phineas.

Although it is a portrait, the way he looks at his great-granddaughter is so heavy that it makes you breathless.

The yellowed pointed nails rested in front of Phineas's eyes.

"……real?"

Walburga asked softly, looking frightened and expectant. She rolled her eyes and looked at Phineas tentatively, as if she wanted to find some evidence on his face.

The expression looked strange, but Phineas said patiently: "Really. Regulus is in his room. Why don't you go and see it with your own eyes?"

Walburga stayed for a while, then suddenly lifted up her skirt and ran out of the portrait quickly.

In Regulus' room, directly opposite the door, there was also a small portrait of Walburga.

Perhaps she was looking forward to seeing her son return with her own eyes, but she knew in her heart that it was impossible. So most of the time, it's a blank picture.

There seemed to be faint cries of grief upstairs, and it seemed to be just the sound of wind passing through the narrow window.

Phineas held onto the frame and looked around.

The surrounding portraits were either sleeping or were woken up by Walburga and started screaming.

At this time, under Phineas's gaze, they all looked well-groomed, finally showing a bit of the magnanimity that a "noble Black" should have.

The wizard in one of the portraits lowered his head slightly and said, "Father."

Phineas said: "It is heartbreaking to see your descendants wither like dry leaves, leaving no one to succeed you. But Sirius..."

He paused and suddenly remembered that his eldest son was also named Sirius Black, so he emphasized:

"Sirius is back now... although he is too reckless, hasty, underestimates the enemy, too emotional, values ​​feelings too much, and doesn't know how to adapt..."

Phineas complained endlessly about a lot of shortcomings, which made Sirius, who was originally in a gloomy and depressed mood, have veins popping out on his forehead before he changed the subject.

"But he is brave...intelligent...and will definitely be able to revitalize the Black family."

Phineas thought about it for a while before he squeezed out the comment "intelligent". The look of reluctance made Sirius clenched his fists.

The portraits in the foyer all looked at the descendant who had made them frown many times.

According to the consistent philosophy of the Black family, Sirius is undoubtedly unqualified——

He does not support the concept of pure blood, nor is he proud of pure blood. He regards werewolves, mudbloods and Muggles as his friends, and even betrayed the family for a time.

But he is the only "Black" now.

Although the blood of the Black family still flows among many pure-blood families, none of them are Black.

Many portraits looked at Sirius expectantly.

Phineas didn't give Sirius a chance to speak, and said directly: "Since he is the only living Black, his decision is the family's decision, and his direction is Black's direction."

"You have to support him and protect him. If Walburga goes crazy again, stop her instead of going crazy with her! Do you understand?"

Many portraits nodded in silence.

"very good."

Phineas nodded with satisfaction.

He started to leave, but paused when he saw Sirius and Vader standing next to him.

Sirius thought that his great-great-grandfather had any other instructions or words of encouragement, so he immediately asked: "Is there anything else?"

He was grateful in his heart, but his words sounded like a provocation as a result of his long-standing habit.

Phineas ignored him and looked at Wade and said, "I forgot to ask last time... kid, which family are you from?"

Wade said briefly, "Neither my parents can do magic."

He knew that his grandparents were related to the magic world, but no matter which family it was, Wade had no intention of recognizing his relatives.

His only relatives are his parents.

Phineas whispered, "What a pity..."

He walked out of Walburga's portrait, probably back to Hogwarts.

The portraits in the hallway didn't say much, and fell asleep one after another. Only Sirius' father, Orion Black, was still awake.

He looked at his eldest son who had disappointed him, and asked, "Sirius, are you married now?"

"No!" Sirius said unhappily, "I just got out of Azkaban, who should I marry? Dementors?"

Orian was not angry, and continued to ask, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

"No!"

Orian glanced at Harry, staring at his son with an unspeakable disappointment or contempt, and said, "James' son is already in school, and you don't even have a girlfriend? Aren't you good friends?"

Sirius almost jumped up and shouted, "What does this have to do with it?"

Orian said in a low voice, "Sirius, get married early... continue the Black bloodline..."

He closed his eyes and said nothing.

Sirius's indignant look gradually turned into sadness, he sat back in his chair and lowered his head.

Lupin silently closed the velvet curtain.