Chapter 696 Bedtime Stories

When Irving finally sent the Gudlov family away, in the middle of the night, the entire Harris house fell into silence. Allen, who had been lying in bed for a while, got up from his bed rubbing his eyes. And drank too much alcohol before going to bed.

Later, in the corridor where he lost some weight and returned to the bedroom, Allen saw his daughter Helena floating in the dark room. She can't really sleep even if she needs it. In the dead of night, she must be very lonely wandering around the room like this.

Allen straightened his pajamas to make himself look less sloppy, and then softly called out to his daughter, "Helena."

"Father?" Helena turned around and floated over.

The portrait that Allen retrieved at the entrance of the Hogwarts kitchen appeared in his hand. Allen looked at Helena and said softly, "This is the portrait of Helga Hufflepuff. Don’t hang it in your room? This way you can talk to Helga to pass the time when you’re bored at night.”

Allen was about to unfold the scroll when he heard Helena say: "Father, it's too late, don't disturb her." Helena floated two steps forward, brushing her hand over the scroll: "It's better to hang it on the scroll." Let's go to the kitchen, she likes to watch people cook, she will make friends with grandma, don't worry about father, I'm just getting familiar with the house."

"Then let me take you back to the room first. You can gradually get familiar with it during the day. You don't need to deliberately hide your state. If you want to wear it through the wall, we don't have so many rules. Of course, you'd better confirm before entering the bathroom." The state inside..." At this time, Allen, who was obedient to his daughter, stretched out his arm, Helena floated over, hugged her father, and then returned to her own room.

Helena was led by Alan to the door of her room, and her bedroom was located next to Alan's bedroom. Above the brown-red wooden door. There was a door plate nailed to it, with Helena's name written in cursive English on the door plate, and there were some decorative pictures of flowers, birds and birds on it. Helena stretched out her slender and transparent fingers and touched the name on the house plate that belonged to her like a living person. Her fingers followed the strokes of the letters and rewrote the entire name. You must know that even if she is the ghost of Ravenclaw College, she does not have her own room, she can only live in the sculpture of her mother.

Allen didn't turn around and leave immediately. He walked into his daughter's new room, dragged a chair and placed it beside the bed, and patted the bed: "Helena, try lying down? I'll give you Tell me about "The Tales of Beedle the Poet"."

"Father, I was older than you when I was alive... I have long passed the age of listening to bedtime stories." Although Helena said so, she still let herself lie flat and float on the bed.

"We won't talk about age in the future... Your grandpa treated me like this when I was a child, so let's just fulfill my father's wish." Allen ignored his daughter's complaints and told the story directly: "A beloved wizard, He used his magical powers to help the neighbors around him, and made medicines for diseases in this magic pot. It was a round pot..."

Alan's voice had a quiet and gentle power in such a late night. Helena lay on her bed, resting her head on her hands, watching her father tell her about wizard children without blinking. Fairy tales to listen to. These stories Helena had seen the younger students read many times, but at this moment, they gave her a different meaning.

After saying goodbye to her father, Helena floated onto her bed, as if she was alive, letting herself float on the bed. She couldn't understand how the bed felt, but judging from the thickness and color, Helena guessed it must be very soft and comfortable.

The ghost has no tears, she stares at the gauze curtain that is gently fluttering with the cool summer wind blowing from the window—she has never seen her father since she was born, and her mother's attitude towards herself a thousand years ago is not as affectionate as it is now, Many times she heard others say that she was an unwanted child,

And how smart and full of wisdom and greatness her mother is, for this reason, when she was still alive, she once aspired to be smarter and more famous than her mother Rowena Ravenclaw, and stole Ravenclaw's symbol of wisdom Crown, and hide it in a hollow tree in the Albanian forest - but I learned from my mother a few years ago that all this was planned by my mother, the purpose is to keep my soul from getting lost in the underworld...

But even if she knew that her mother and father's plan was to protect herself, apart from feeling that Helga Hufflepuff took good care of her during her growth, all she had ever felt was loneliness——others showed her Good wizards are either forced by their mother's prestige and hope to please their mother through her, or they spy on her beauty and identity.

And today's grand welcome scene, seeing the undisguised expectation and joy on their faces, made her feel a feeling that she hadn't experienced in many years. She tilted her head, trying to recall from memory, But she couldn't find any words to describe this feeling, and she couldn't judge how she felt at the moment. In any case, from today onwards, she has a place to belong, and this is her home.

After nine o'clock the next day, the sky was still dark. Compared with the dark clouds outside and the dark sky, the living room of Harris's house was brightly lit. After washing, Alan walked slowly. go downstairs.

Just now, Allen received a letter from the Ministry of Magic sending an owl. His and Luna's position as the Silent Man has been approved, requiring him to perform his duties at the Ministry of Magic within a few days. Therefore, early in the morning, Allen and Luna After contacting him, he dressed neatly and prepared to leave, but the bursts of laughter from the kitchen caught his attention.

In the kitchen, Helena was introducing the people at home to Helga in the Hufflepuff portrait Allen hung on the wall last night. Helga and Morgan Le Fay, who finally came out of the tavern, were obviously very happy. Speculative, Morgan Le Fay is very interested in making food, especially desserts.

And Helga was obviously very satisfied with her family's attitude towards Helena and being placed in the kitchen. When her eyes met Alan, she nodded kindly to Alan. Seeing such a situation, Allen would smile heartily, nod, turn around and apparate away.

When Allen approached the main hall of the Ministry of Magic and got rid of the members and visitors who greeted him proactively, he realized that Luna and Lun, who were dressed a little weirdly, had already arrived at the row of golden gates at the end of the hall. Talking next to the more than 20 elevators, this is their agreed meeting place.

After meeting, they walked into the crowd around an elevator. The middle-aged witch with reddish golden curly hair smiled at Lun as if to please, but she didn't dare to say hello, but her eyes flicked from time to time. Can't help but look at Luna.

Because she is not required to wear a uniform at school, Luna, who wears a bold and fancy forehead headband, is wearing a baggy cotton blue dress with random patterns today, wearing a large layered homemade necklace and attached rings The chain of the bracelet hangs obliquely, and it is made of several hemp ropes of different colors twisted together and tied together. The sandals made of full leather soles make her look like she is not coming to the Ministry of Magic for a job, but like going on a field trip. , the colorful she is in stark contrast to the wizards all around her in formal attire.

"How are you doing recently, Mrs. Aikemo? How is your daughter's face?" Lun greeted her proactively.

"Director Harris has troubled you, my daughter's face is fine." The witch looked a little flattered: "Although I supervise the Floo Network, please rest assured that I will urge my colleagues to expedite the procedures for the transformation of the magic car." of."

With a rattling sound, an elevator landed in front of them, and the golden fence door was gently opened, and no one from the wizard department entered first, until Lun took Alan and Luna Walking into the elevator together, they walked in afterward. Not only Mrs. Eckmore, the wizards in the elevator all tacitly approached the elevator wall, leaving the middle space for Lun and the others. There are seven major divisions in the Ministry of Magic, and each division is in charge of one aspect of the magical world. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement under the jurisdiction of Lun is the largest of all the big departments. Except for the Department of Mysteries, the other big departments are more or less related to it, so Lun is actually their immediate boss.

Lun brought Alan and Luna to his own office, and in his drawer, he took out two small notebooks with brown leather covers. This book can be folded into three layers. On the left is the information of the bearer, with photos of Alan and Luna; in the middle is the seal of the Ministry of Magic; and on the right is the department and responsibilities they are in charge of. .

Allen's gaze was fixed on the seal in the middle representing the Ministry of Magic. This is a light golden seal that radiates light like the sun. It consists of two circles. The middle of the large circle inside the seal is magic. (Magic) capital letter M, there is a magic wand in the part of the V in the middle of the wand. At the top of the magic wand, the two sharp corners on the top of the M are like angel wings exuding stars, and the small circle outside is surrounded by magic. Text "Mnistry of Magic".

"The Department of Mysteries is the most special existence in the Ministry of Magic. It is an independent department located on the ninth floor of the Ministry of Magic. It is a department of the Ministry of Magic that conducts secret research on specific puzzles. Most of its business is completely kept secret from ordinary wizards. , very few wizards in the Ministry of Magic really know what it's like here, and those who work in the Department of Mysteries are called the Reticents, because their jobs are of the highest degree of secrecy and concealment. They rarely talk about their jobs, even if they are The same goes for former staff, we have removed all surveillance equipment in the Department of Mysteries after the Voldemort incident. I think my father, although theoretically entitled to know, will not necessarily understand except that there is a record of storing and keeping the prophecy What are they doing?" Lun also brought his ID, "I'll take you there right away, Alan, Luna, I'm honored to be colleagues with you."

Allen put away the documents: "The main business of this department seems to be more like what Muggle scientists do, which is to reveal the source and rules that govern the operation of magic."

"But they can't learn it, because they haven't seen the Nether scroll." Luna put the certificate into her raven pocket.

Hearing the two children say what seemed to be a big secret like chatting, Lun coughed a few times, wanting to remind his brother and Ravenclaw that they should pay attention to the privacy of their conversations, and then took the initiative to change the topic: "When Arthur Weasley was attacked, it was actually an illegal operation of the Order of the Phoenix. They took turns breaking into the Department of Mysteries to guard the prophecy ball. However, we did not hinder them because of the plan at the time, and it was inconvenient to pursue the Order of the Phoenix afterwards. In the end, they only punished the Department of Mysteries for mismanagement and let them take the blame. The remaining silent man Saul Crocker is not an official, he is a little sensitive about it, although he is not Said to be emotional but then acted too cautiously..."

Allen was a little helpless. After his second brother had a dry cough, he showed a serious expression and pretended not to hear: "Len, of course I know that you can hear my conversation with Luna here, and I will tell you when I fully understand it. You guys, for the sake of my apprentice Merlin, don't be so boring, you are my brother and I am my younger brother, what are you hiding...Even Daisy and Emily don't like you very much because of this, let alone other girls... "