"Is it because of the Blood Curse?" Jon asked, looking unchanged.

Diana Greengrass was slightly stunned, a brief wave of surprise streaming across her face, between her sparkling eyes and a faint wry smile.

But soon, she seemed to react-

"Did Professor Dumbledore tell you?" the expression on her face returned to her composure, and she rose softly, turning 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, apart from the Phoenix mascot 'Spark' of the New Zealand Quidditch team Mottola Macaw, there's only Professor Albus Dumbledore's pet 'Fawkes'......"

“...... I think I'm honored to meet you, Miss Fawkes!" she nodded solemnly to Phoenix.

Fawkes looked up lazily and waved his beak at her, signaling that she had heard...... He tucked his head back into his wings, which were not yet full of feathers, and continued to rest.

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

"That's a long story......," Jon said, bowing his head.

"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: "Why did you come here when you know the tragic fate of Astoria?"

"Ma'am, maybe there's room for redemption?" Jon whispered.

"Hehe......" Mrs. Greengrass smiled a little reluctantly, "Mr. Hart, it is only now that I have seen in you for the first time how a young man should behave...... Young people always think that they are right in everything, poor conceit...... Of course, this is not a blame, and that's how we came back then, so I can understand your kindness. ”

"You think there's no room for redemption?" Jon asked calmly.

"Yes. Mrs. Greengrass nodded, a desperate smile on her face: "As a mother, how can I not care about my daughter, how can I bear to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person...... It is precisely because she really knows the truth, it is precisely because it is her destiny that all this is so cruel......"

"I'm sorry......"

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

"Listen up. ”

......

"I used to have a younger sister...... Alice, Alice Greengrass, nice names. Mrs. Greengrass's voice was gentle: "She is two years younger than me, and her mother has been very fond of her since she was a child, and she has neglected me a lot...... I was a little jealous of her for a while. ”

"She was not in good health, and at the same time every year, she would fall into a coma, then lie in St. Mungo's bed for two weeks, and wake up unharmed...... Looking at the painful look on my Alice's face as she was unconscious, I sympathized with her and asked what was going on with my mother?"

"But my mother never told me...... Until one year, Alice was in a coma a few months earlier than before...... My mother became reticent during those months and I often saw her clutching her pillow and crying......"

And then ...... After a few more months, I never saw Alice again, and everything about her in the manor was gone, as if I had never had such a sister......"

Mrs. Greengrass wiped tears from her eyes and looked at Jon, "You're smart, Mr. Hart, you should understand the reason for all this...... Astoria's fate is destined to be the same as Alice's, and when the curse on her actually strikes, everything about her will disappear from Greengrass Manor...... I'll do it myself!"

"Time is running out, isn't it?" asked Jon with a grim face.

Mrs. Greengrass nodded: "She can last until Christmas this year at most...... She might have been able to last longer, but I asked Professor Dumbledore to cast a powerful anti-curse on her...... If all is well, she can even live past the age of thirty...... But there have been a little surprises in the past few years......"

Jon looked down in shame and bit his lip.

"Don't blame yourself, Mr. Hart...... Is this her fate?" Mrs. Greengrass comforted, "This is a terrible curse against the Greengrass family, it originated centuries ago, and after that, half of the new members of the Greengrass family were blood curse carriers...... Astoria was on the bad luck half, and Daphne and I were slightly luckier!"

"A curse on the entire family?" the expression on Jon's face became more solemn.

Diana Greengrass raised her hand, bit her finger, and then let the blood drip on the table: "That's right, this terrible curse lurks in every Greengrass's blood, even if I don't have to endure it, it will also torture my children, so that the Greengrass family will bear this terrible curse forever......"

"In the hallway into the estate, you can see a lot of portraits of our family members...... If you look closely, you'll see that the vast majority of Greengrass family members are women. Mrs. Greengrass smiled dismally, "Because few mothers dare to give birth to a boy, you should know what terrible consequences will occur when he is born if the blood-cursed fetus in the womb is a boy!"

"Thank you for telling me this, ma'am......" Jon said with a pleading expression.

"Honestly, you're braver than I thought you would, and the Sorting Hat didn't send you to Gryffindor?" Mrs. Greengrass's tone was a little praised, and then she smiled dismally, "When I told my husband everything about the Blood Curse, he was so frightened that he fled the manor that night, and I haven't seen him since!"

"So please go back, Mr. Hart, you're a good boy!" Mrs. Greengrass stood up and wiped the blood from her fingers, "So, let her leave you, or, if you want to do it yourself, I'll agree, even if it's against the Greengrass tradition." ”

"Mrs. Greengrass...... Actually, I have a way!" Jon said, taking a deep breath.

"What did you say?" said Mrs. Greengrass, her brow furrowed, her eyes fixed on Jon.