Chapter 325: The Source of the Curse (Part 1)

"Is it because of the blood curse?" Jon asked without changing his face.

Diana Greengrass froze for a moment, a momentary surprise appeared on her face, passing between her bright eyes and a faint wry smile.

But soon, she seemed to react——

"Did Professor Dumbledore tell you?" The expression on her face became calm again, then she stood up gently and turned her gaze to the phoenix lying at Jon's feet:

"I should have guessed that there are not many phoenixes in this world that can be tamed by wizards... As far as I know, except for 'Spark', the phoenix mascot of the New Zealand Quidditch team Mottola Macaw; Albus - Professor Dumbledore's pet 'Fawkes'..."

"...I think it's an honor for me to meet you, Miss Fox!" She nodded solemnly towards Fenghuang.

Fox raised his head lazily, waved his long beak towards her, and signaled that after she heard it... he tucked his head into the wings that had not yet fully grown feathers, and continued to rest.

"Why is Professor Dumbledore's phoenix accompanying you?" Mrs. Greengrass looked up again, her brown eyes staring at Jon's face with kindness and interest.

"It's a long story..." Jon lowered his head and said perfunctorily.

"Okay... since you don't want to answer." Mrs. Greengrass smiled gently.

But the smile was fleeting, replaced by a deep sadness, and her voice became low and hoarse: "Since you know about Astoria's tragic fate, why come here?"

"Madam, maybe everything can be redeemed?" Jon said softly.

"Hehe..." Mrs. Greengrass smiled reluctantly: "Mr. Hart, until now, for the first time, I have seen the behavior that a young man should have in you...Young people always think that they are They are all correct, poor conceit...Of course this is not a blame, we also came here in the same way back then, so I can understand your kindness."

"Do you think there is no room for redemption?" Jon asked calmly.

"Yes." Mrs. Greengrass nodded, with a desperate smile on her face: "As a mother, how can I not care about my daughter, how can I have the heart to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person... precisely because To truly understand the truth, it is precisely because this is her destiny that all this is so cruel..."

"I'm very sorry……"

"It's none of your business... Shall I tell you a story, Mr. Hart?"

"All ears."

...

"I once had a younger sister...Alice, Alice-Greengrass, a nice name." Mrs. Greengrass said in a gentle voice: "She is two years younger than me. Since she was a child, her mother has been very special. Doting on her is much more indifferent to me... I used to be a little bit jealous of her."

"She is not in good health. At the same time every year, she will fall into a coma and lie in St. Mungo's for two weeks; she will wake up and be safe... Looking at the painful expression on my Alice's face when she was in a coma, I I sympathized with her, and then asked my mother what was going on?"

"However, my mother never told me... Until one year, Alice fell into a coma a few months earlier than usual... My mother became silent during those months, and I often saw her clutching her hands. Tears on the pillow..."

"Then... After a few months, I never saw Alice again, and everything about her in the manor disappeared, as if I had never had such a sister..."

Mrs. Greengrass wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and looked at Jon: "You are very smart, Mr. Hart, you should understand the reason for all this... Astoria's fate is destined to be the same as Alice's. Wait until she When the curse on her body really kicks in, everything about her will disappear from Greengrass Manor...I will do it myself!"

"Time is running out, isn't it?" Jon asked gravely.

Mrs. Greengrass nodded: "She can last until Christmas this year at most... She might have been able to last longer. I once asked Professor Dumbledore to cast a powerful anti-curse on her... everything If there is nothing wrong, she can even live to be thirty years old... But in the past few years, there has been a little accident..."

Jon lowered his head in shame and bit his lip.

"Don't blame yourself, Mr. Hart... Is this her destiny?" Mrs. Greengrass comforted: "This is a terrible curse on the Greengrass family. It originated centuries ago. After that, half The new members of the Greengrass family are all carriers of the blood curse... Astoria belongs to the unlucky half; Daphne and I are a little bit luckier!"

"A curse against the whole family?" The expression on Jon's face became more serious.

Diana Greengrass raised her hand, bit her finger, and let the blood flow on the table drop by drop: "Yes, this terrible curse lurks in the blood of every Greengrass, even if I There is no need to endure its torment, it will also torment my heirs, and let the Greengrass family suffer this terrible curse forever..."

"In the corridor entering the manor, you can see many portraits of our family members... If you pay close attention, you will find that most of the members of the Greengrass family are women." Mrs. Greengrass smiled bleakly Laughing: "Because not many mothers dare to give birth to boys; you should know, if the fetus of the blood curse in the womb is a boy, what terrible consequences will happen when he is born!"

"Thank you for telling me all this, ma'am..." Jon said with a serious face.

"To be honest, you are braver than I imagined, and the Sorting Hat didn't actually sort you into Gryffindor?" Mrs. Greengrass's tone was somewhat praising, and then she smiled bleakly: "At the beginning, I When I told my husband all about the blood curse, he was so scared that he ran away from the manor that night, and I never saw him again!"

"So please come back, Mr. Hart; you are a good boy!" Mrs. Greengrass stood up and wiped the blood from her fingers: "So, let her leave you; or, if the time comes, you want to do it yourself, I would agree, even if it goes against the Greenglass family tradition."

"Mrs. Greengrass... Actually, I have a solution!" Jon took a deep breath and said.

"What did you say?" Mrs. Greengrass frowned suddenly, and her eyes fixed on Jon.