Chapter 359: The Blake Family Born Noble

After the kitchen was cleaned up, Lupin moved a lot of ingredients into the kitchen to prepare the ingredients and cooking utensils for lunch, while Hermione volunteered to stay and help the cook. And Lane, led by Sirius, cleaned up several guest rooms upstairs for themselves and the Weasley family who came over at night to live.

After cleaning out several guest rooms, Ryan found that the materials he used to draw the runes had run out. More importantly, it was impossible for him to open the space door to pick up things from the grocery store at this time, so the work had to stop.

It's okay, we've done a lot more work today than we expected. Sirius didn't have Ryan's frustration, he felt that the workload today had far exceeded the planned amount. You don't have to be so busy this afternoon. You can have a good rest. I'll go to Diagon Alley tomorrow morning and buy everything you want.

Lane, Sirius, come down for dinner. When Ryan and Sirius were talking in the guest room upstairs, they heard Hermione standing at the stairs to greet them for dinner.

Ah, let's go downstairs to eat. In fact, Lupin and I bought a lot of vegetables and seasonings two days ago. Unfortunately, the kitchen was not cleaned up when we left, and the two of us could only eat the curry that didn't taste very good. With bread. I think there must be something delicious for lunch today.

Walking into the kitchen, five or six shiny silver plates full of food were already placed on the long table in the kitchen. In addition to this, two gilded candlesticks were placed on either end of the table, and several candles on the candlesticks brought enough light to the cave-like basement.

Jean, this stew is hot just now. Lupin used his wand to direct a large stewing pot to float over from one end of the table. Unfortunately, Sirius and I are not good at housework magic, so most of the cooking can only be done by hand. I think if someone like Mrs. Weasley is good at housework magic, it will take about ten minutes to cook. It will be done.”

When the last stew was served, the four of them sat down at the table. Because everyone was hungry after a busy morning, everyone was busy eating for the first few minutes. No one spoke, only the clattering of plates and cutlery as everyone sat down to eat, and the screeching of chairs.

After eating a whole piece of roast lamb on the plate, Sirius raised his head and said, It's been almost a week since I moved here, and I'm finally eating in earnest. Remus, your craftsmanship is really good. Not bad. Ryan and Hermione also nodded after hearing the words, although Lupin's craftsmanship is still a little bit different from that of a professional chef, but as a cooking in daily life, this level is already very high. In all fairness, neither Ryan nor Hermione, their mothers as working women, was as good at cooking as Lupin.

Ah, after living alone for a long time, one will naturally learn how to cook. Lupin said this with bitterness, but it is thanks to Miss Granger's help that she can be so fast today, how much does she have? This magic can clean the blood and bones in the meat very clean, and it can also soften the meat to make the meat taste better.

This is what I suddenly thought of when you improved the Death and Decay magic for housework in the morning. Hermione, who was sitting beside Ryan, leaned over and whispered after hearing Lupin's praise. It turns out that the blood-sucking, bone-pulling and breaking-muscle spells in blood magic work really well for meat in cooking. And no one can see that I'm using magic when I cast spells without a staff.

After eating, Lupin took over the task of cleaning the dishes. According to him, at least I can do the magic of washing dishes. Sirius looked at the dishes on the table in surprise. You two have such a good appetite, I thought there might be leftovers for lunch. Looking at you, I realized that I am old,

Can't eat anymore.

Maybe our physique is better, so we should eat more. Ryan said that since he improved his physique, his appetite has gradually increased, and now his appetite is about the same as that of an adult strong man. So when he came home this time, in order to avoid worrying his parents, he only ate six cents full when he ate, and then took time to go to other worlds to fill his stomach.

It's the same with Hermione, especially after gaining some of the dragon's traits, she's already eating as much as an adult male. Fortunately, Ryan gave her several nutritional supplements before going home to prevent her from starving at home.

By the way, Sirius. Can you show us this house? I've never seen such an old wizarding residence before, Ryan said to Sirius as he left the table.

This house has nothing but black magic and pure-blooded rancidity— Having said that, Sirius still took Ryan and Hermione upstairs to visit the house. According to him, although there is nothing worth mentioning about this house, it is always a good thing that young people can gain knowledge by looking at it.

There was nothing important on the first floor, and Sirius only highlighted that the entrance to the door was a portrait of his mother under the curtain. If disturbed, he will scold wildly, so it is best to be quiet when passing by.

Afterwards, the three of them came to the living room on the second floor, which was a long, high-ceilinged room. The tapestries hanging on the olive green walls were still dirty because they had not been cleaned before. Every time someone put a foot on the carpet, a small puff of dust kicked up, and the long, chartreuse velvet curtains hummed as if many invisible bees were flying inside.

I think it will take at least three times as much material to clean this house. Ryan said with an ugly face listening to the humming in the curtains. The Hu Meizi here should be a disaster.

No problem, I'll buy some special spray when I go to Diagon Alley tomorrow morning. Sirius replied.

Sirius, your family has such a long history. Hermione marveled at the tapestry that took up an entire wall at the other end of the room. The tapestry looked very old and very old, the color had faded, and it seemed that the fox had bitten it in several places. Still, the gold thread embroidered on it still gleamed, and they clearly saw a branching family tree that went all the way back to the Middle Ages. On the top of the tapestry were embroidered in large letters: Noble oldest Black family forever pure.

Hermione was amazed because in Europe only nobles with a long history would record their histories, and family trees like this dating back to the Middle Ages are very precious in the Muggle world.

Yeah, it's a pity that we only have dark wizards in our family. Occasionally, one or two decent people will be driven out by them. For example— Sirius pointed to a small black hole in the tapestry, as if being Traces of burnt cigarettes.

I used to be here, but after I ran away from home, my dear old mother destroyed me - Kreacher loves to whisper this story.

You ran away from home?

I was about sixteen, Sirius said. I was fed up, but Harry's grandparents took me in. Then I lived with them during school holidays. After graduation, I was also taken in by them. Uncle Alphard, who was cleared out, left me a considerable amount of gold, so that I could find a place to live.

Lane took a closer look at the family tree map, and found that in many places the golden thread representing marriage had disappeared for no apparent reason.

It always feels like there's a lot missing from this picture. Ryan pointed to the disappearing places.

Indeed, the bigots in the family are in favor of maintaining the purity of the wizarding blood. So they hide the marriages that make them feel a little unqualified. There is no way, if you only want your children to be pure. If you marry people of blood, then your options are very limited. So if you have to, you can only marry some families that we may despise, such as the Weasleys. Molly is a cousin and younger brother who are related by marriage to me. , Arthur is probably my great-uncle's great-grandfather. But you won't see them here, just a few bloodlines that make them proud. Like the Malfoys.

It seems that pure-blood families are related to each other, Hermione said after careful study. As far as I know, when Muggles marry close relatives, most of the descendants will show this or that problem. Can wizards solve this problem?

No. Sirius shook his head. So there are not many people like us left. If you look closely, you will find that many descendants of the family who pursue extreme pure blood have some problems. Unfortunately, they still have to maintain the so-called pure blood. I think even if there was no such game back then War, the so-called noble Black family may not last too long. Finally Sirius said with a sigh.

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