Chapter Ninety-Two: A Lesser-Known History
"A lot of people we know are related to our family, and we can look for them," Mr. Phoenix said, "and it's kind of like some kind of contagion, and no one can get away with it." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"How can you be so analogous. Hermione smiled, and Harry shook his head.
"Dumbledore!" Hermione shouted after a moment.
About 300 years ago, one of Phoenix's ancestors married a member of the Dumbledley family.
Hermione then found Armand Malfoy, Draco's ancestor. Like he said, you can find many Hogwarts names in it, such as Diggory, Bones, Weasley, Shackle, Black, Crouch, etc. But the time is very long, and most of the in-laws took place around the 9th century AD.
Moments later, Harry shouted for them to come over.
"Is this the Potter family?" he said, pointing to a name.
"Abraham Potter, this is supposed to be your distant relative, quite far away. He said, "Yes, he's a celebrity, one of the first twelve Aurors in America." The Auror who was with Story was his descendant, if only he were your brother or something. ”
However, after so many years, it is difficult to say whether the two sides knew that they were originally a family. Because Potter is not a rare surname, nor is it a wizard-specific surname, it means potter.
They then found the genealogy of the Weasley family, and the two had a large number of marriages in the early days. Like Peverell, Weasley is a family with a long history and many family members. However, they don't have the strong family centripetal force and huge resources like Peverell.
With the increase in family members, the family property was divided up almost instantly.
"The famous Weasley," Phoenix said in a tone that did not have the usual sarcastic tone among Slytherin students, "Weasley's red hair, Peverell's black hair, and Eric's blonde hair are the hallmarks of the three major wizarding families in Europe, and Eric's patrilineal surname has disappeared, and the last family member is married to Weasley." ”
He points to a Margaret name and marries Kate Weasley. Next to it is a line of small print: The last member of the Eric family.
"So long," Harry looked down, and there were many more under Kate's name, indicating that the Weasleys didn't start with him, "but you can see it, don't you?"
He looked at Hermione. It's hard to imagine that Ron had a Malfoy-esque style, or that he could have been like Malfoy, and that image somehow made people laugh.
"I think it's because it's been so long, and I don't want Peverell to be like this—huh?" Hermione said, half-stuck.
"Without a stable, long-term source of livelihood, family members naturally have to make their own living. Phoenix answered for her, "Weasley was an advisor to the King of Britain at the time, and a colleague of Merlin. What happened later, you know, wizards went into secrecy, and all their positions and titles in Muggle society had to be given up, and they were 'unemployed'. ”
"In all these old histories of magic, Bathilda Bassat Sr. thinks that describing the plight of some wizarding families in the early days of secrecy will give a bad impression to the young wizard's heart, 'Secrecy is incorrect'. So when she was compiling the book, she deleted that paragraph. ”
"I feel like you know more than Hermione. Harry said.
"History is interesting, if you read it carefully. ”
"I didn't see you listen carefully to the history of magic class when you were in class. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Can you blame me for this, Professor Binns lectures like lullaby. Phoenix shrugged.
Leaving the room, they walked down the spring-bright hallway.
"I love this castle, it's so much better than Peverell Castle. Phoenix's body melted into the dazzling sunlight, blurred, and his voice gently filtered through the light.
"Peverell Castle is designed with defense in mind, with very poor comfort and lack of light. Successive families took the initiative to use permanent paste spells to keep their living style permanent. As a result, later generations wanted to change the decoration and only continue to expand the castle, and as a result, the castle became bigger and bigger, with more and more styles, like a pot of stew. ”
"And there's always a weird sound. Hermione agreed, she didn't really like the place either.
"Crazy sculptures and portraits, they are indispensable. Phoenix walked over to a heavily guarded door.
Two tall Swiss halberders, armed with giant halberds, stood guard at the door.
"Don't touch the cold weapons in the castle, most of them are made by goblins, and some of them have characteristics that only goblin-made weapons have - they have basically been strengthened. ”
"What are you doing in this room?" asked Hermione.
"In the past, the family's technology for making money," Phoenix cast the spell as the two armors moved away from the halberd, "there was no currency back then, and wizards traded in barter. Basically, families with a history have one, and their ancestral crafts are unique within a certain range. ”
What catches the eye is a variety of glass cabinets of various sizes. Glitter in the sun, from giant specimens of magical creatures, to early wands.
"Is this a Hippogriff?" Harry looked at the specimen with its wings outstretched, it was much larger than the average Hippogriff.
"Yes, the first one. Phoenix pointed to the joints, "You see, the stitching is very crude, and the wings and the horse's body are completely forcibly put together by magic—but then again, it was the wizard's fastest mode of transportation. My ancestors used it to exchange an elixir with an East Asian shaman. ”
In the small glass cabinet next to it, there was a bulging small cloth bag, which was dirty and torn on the outside.
"I can show you that this is one of the few finished products in the world. Because the materials were so scarce and the procedures were extremely complex and rigorous, we could only read about them in textbooks. Phoenix walked through the glass case with both hands unhindered and opened the small cloth bag.
Lying quietly inside was a crystal bottle, half-filled with liquid, which looked indistinguishable from ordinary drinking water.
"This is the elixir!" Harry and Hermione looked at the mundane potion, which was a bit unexpected.
"It's genuine, and—" Phoenix picked up the vial, and after looking closely, "someone had taken a sip. I remember seeing it for the first time, and the rest of the potion was on top of the scratch. Maybe it's my father. ”
"The elixir was invented in East Asia?" asked Hermione curiously. Things that are too old are basically only introduced in the book, and the time of invention and the inventor are very vague, and some are still controversial. For example, the Immortal Fire of Gubrai - the eternal fire - the elixir of life, the curse of Avada.
"At least we think it was invented in East Asia. "The manuscript left behind at the time shows that an East Asian wizard had made an elixir for the Muggle king, but the king didn't trust him, so he let his men take it, and they died on the spot—"
"What!?" said the two in unison.