Chapter 696 Bedtime Story (Sincere Thanks to the Leader of the Alliance for Self-Defense)
After Owen finally sent away the Goodlove family, the entire Harris house fell silent in the middle of the night. Allen, who had been lying in bed for a while and fell asleep, rubbed his eyes and got up from his bed. He will be at the dinner party tonight. And drank too much wine before going to bed.
Later, after losing some weight and returning to the corridor to the bedroom, Allen saw his daughter Helena floating in the dark room. Allen's hand tightened. After all, the ghost was not a living thing. She couldn't really sleep when she needed to. She must have been very lonely wandering around the room like this in the dead of night.
Ellen adjusted her pajamas and pants to make herself look less sloppy, and then called softly to her daughter: "Helena."
"Father?" Helena turned around and floated over.
The portrait that Allen had retrieved from the entrance to the Hogwarts kitchen appeared in his hands. Allen looked at Helena and said softly: "This is the portrait of Helga Hufflepuff. Don’t hang it in your room? That way you can chat with Helga to kill some time when you’re bored at night.”
Allen was about to let the scroll unfold when he heard Helena say: "Father, it's too late, don't disturb her." Helena floated two steps forward and brushed her hand over the scroll: "It's better to hang it. Let's go to the kitchen, she likes to watch people cooking and will make friends with grandma. Don't worry dad, I'm just getting familiar with the house."
"Then let me take you back to your room first. You can get familiar with it gradually during the day. You don't have to hide your status. You can walk through the wall as you like. Our family doesn't have that many rules. Of course, you'd better confirm before entering the bathroom. The state inside..." At this time, Allen, who obeyed his daughter's words, stretched out his arm, and Helena floated over, carrying her father on her shoulders, and then returned to her room.
Helena was led by Allen to the door of her room. Her bedroom was located next to Allen's bedroom. On top of the brown-red wooden door. There was a doorplate nailed to it, with Helena's name written in cursive English and some decorative pictures and texts of flowers and birds on it. Helena stretched out her long and transparent fingers and touched the name on the house number that belonged to her like a living person. Her fingers followed the strokes of the letters and wrote the entire name again. You must know that even though she is a ghost of Ravenclaw Academy, she does not have a room of her own. She can only live in her mother's sculpture.
Allen did not turn around and leave immediately. He walked into his daughter's new room, dragged a chair and placed it next to the bed. He patted the bed: "Helena, lie down and try? I'll give it to you. Let’s talk about The Tales of Beedle the Poet.”
"Father, I was older than you in my lifetime...I have long passed the age of listening to bedtime stories." Although Helena said this, she still followed the words and let herself lie down and float on the bed.
"We won't talk about age anymore... Your grandfather did this to me when I was a child. Let's just fulfill dad's wish." Allen ignored his daughter's complaints and told the story directly: "A beloved wizard, In order to help his neighbors, he used his magic power to make cures in this magic pot. It was a round pot..."
Allen's voice had a quiet and gentle power in such a late night. Helena lay on her bed, holding her head in her hands, watching her father tell her about the wizard child without blinking. A fairy tale that only one would listen to. Helene had seen these stories read many times by younger students, but now they took on a different meaning for her.
After saying goodbye to her father, Helena floated onto her bed, as if she were alive, letting herself float flat on the bed. She couldn't understand what the bed felt like, but from the thickness and color, Helena guessed it must be very soft and comfortable.
The ghost had no tears. She stared at the gauze curtain that was gently fluttering with the cool summer night breeze blowing from the window - she had not seen her father since she was born, and her mother's attitude toward her a thousand years ago was not as affectionate as it is now. Many times she heard others say that she was an unexpected child, and how smart her mother was, full of wisdom and greatness. For this reason, when she was still alive, she once aspired to be smarter than her mother, Rowena Ravenclaw. , more famous, stole Ravenclaw's crown of wisdom, and hid it in a hollow tree in the Albanian forest - but it was only a few years ago that I learned from my mother that all this was planned by her mother. Yes, the purpose is to prevent your soul from getting lost in the underworld...
But even though she knew that her mother and father's plan was to protect herself, in addition to feeling that Helga Hufflepuff took great care of her during her growth, she had always felt lonely - others showed her Good wizards are either forced by their mother's prestige and hope to please their mother through her, or they pry into her eyebrows and identity.
Today's grand welcome scene, seeing the undisguised anticipation and joy on their faces, made her feel a feeling that she had not experienced in many years. She tilted her head and tried to recall it from her memory. But she couldn't find words to describe this feeling, and she couldn't determine what she was feeling at the moment. No matter what, from today on, she has a place to belong, and this is her home.
It was around nine o'clock the next day, and the sky was still dark. Compared with the dark clouds outside and the dark sky, the living room of the Harris family was brightly lit. After washing, Allen walked slowly, feeling refreshed. Go downstairs.
Just now, Allen received a letter sent by an owl from the Ministry of Magic. He and Luna's Silent Person positions have been approved, requiring him to perform their duties at the Ministry of Magic within the next few days. Therefore, early in the morning, Allen and Luna After making contact, he got dressed and prepared to leave, but bursts of laughter from the kitchen caught his attention.
In the kitchen, Helena was introducing the people at home to Helga who was in the Hufflepuff portrait that Alan hung on the wall last night. Helga and Morgan Le Fay, who finally came out of the pub, were obviously very Speculation, Morgan Le Fay was very interested in making food, especially desserts.
And Helga was obviously very satisfied with her family's attitude towards Helena and her placement in the kitchen. When her eyes met Allen, she nodded kindly to Allen. Seeing this, Allen would smile heartily, nod, turn around and apparate away.
When Alan approached the main hall of the Ministry of Magic and got rid of the staff and visitors who greeted him, he realized that Luna and Len, who were dressed a little strangely, had already arrived at the row of golden doors at the end of the hall. Talking next to the elevator of more than 20 cars, this is their agreed meeting place.
After reuniting, they walked into the crowd surrounding an elevator. The middle-aged female teacher with reddish golden curly hair smiled ingratiatingly at Lun En, but did not dare to take the initiative to say hello, but her eyes were full of laughter. I couldn't help but look at Luna from time to time.
Because she is not required to wear a uniform at school, Luna, who is wearing a bold and fancy forehead necklace, is wearing a loose blue cotton dress with irregular patterns, layered homemade large necklaces and a The chains of rings and bracelets hang down diagonally. They are made of several hemp ropes of different colors twisted together and tied together. The sandals are made of full cowhide soles, making her look like she is not working at the Ministry of Magic at all but like she is going for an outing in the wild. Normally, her colorful appearance was in sharp contrast to the wizards who were all in formal attire around her.
"How are you doing lately, Mrs. Aikemo? How is your daughter's face?" Lunn took the initiative to greet her.
"Director Harris, I asked you to worry about it. My daughter's face is fine." The witch looked a little flattered: "Although I supervise the Floo network, please don't worry. I will urge my colleagues to speed up the process of transforming the magic car as soon as possible. of."
With a clanking sound, an elevator descended in front of them, and the golden gate opened gently. No one from the wizard staff entered first, until Lunn took Alan and Luna. They walked into the elevator together and then walked in. Not only Mrs. Acmore, but also the wizards in the elevator all tacitly leaned close to the elevator wall, leaving the middle space to Lunn and the others. There are seven departments in the Ministry of Magic, each of which is responsible for one aspect of the magical world. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement under Lunn's jurisdiction is the largest of all the major departments. Except for the Department of Mysteries, the other major departments are more or less related to it, so Lunn is actually their immediate boss.
Len took Alan and Luna to his own office. From 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 holder, with photos of Alan and Luna; in the middle is the logo and seal of the Ministry of Magic; and on the right is the department and responsibilities they are responsible for. .
Allen's eyes were fixed on the seal in the middle that represented the Ministry of Magic. It was a light golden seal that seemed to radiate like the sun. It was composed of two circles. The middle of the big circle on the inside of the seal was Magic. (Magic) is the capital letter M. There is a wand in the V-shaped part in the middle of the M. The top of the wand, the two sharp corners above the M, are like angel wings emitting stars, and the small circles on the outside are surrounding them. Text "Ministry 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 mysteries. Most of its business is completely confidential from ordinary wizards. , few wizards in the Ministry of Magic really know what it is like here. People who work in the Department of Mysteries are called silent people because their work has the highest level of secrecy and secrecy. They rarely talk about their work, even if it is The same is true for the former staff. After the Voldemort incident, we have dismantled all the surveillance equipment in the Department of Mysteries. I think even though my father has the right to know in theory, he may not understand other than knowing that there are records of storing and keeping prophecies. What are they doing?" Lunn also brought his ID, "I will take you there right now, Allen, Luna, I am honored to be your colleagues."
Allen put the certificate away: "The main business of this department seems to be more like what Muggle scientists do, which is to reveal the sources 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 fanny pack.
After hearing the two children talking about what seemed to be some big secret, Lunn coughed a few times and wanted to remind his brother and Ravenclaw that they should pay attention to the privacy of their conversation, and then took the initiative to change the topic: "When Arthur Weasley was attacked, it was actually an illegal operation by the Order of the Phoenix. They took turns breaking into the Department of Mysteries to protect the prophecy ball. However, we did not hinder them due to the plan at the time, and it was inconvenient to hold the Order accountable afterwards. In the end, the Department of Mysteries was punished for poor management and they took the blame. The remaining silent man, Saul Crocker, was not an official. He was somewhat sensitive to this, although he was not He said he had emotions but then acted too cautiously..."
Allen was a little helpless. After his second brother coughed, he acted solemnly and pretended not to hear: "Lun, of course I know you can hear my conversation with Luna here. I will tell you when I completely understand it myself." Yours, 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 avoiding... Even Daisy and Emily have never liked you very much because of this, let alone other girls... "