Vio was sitting at the dining table when he received Harry's letter, enjoying the low pressure that hung over him—Aunt Sigoness had already set off with Snape earlier to go to the herb dealer, and Sirius, as a matter of course, stayed behind to take care of Vio.

For his part, he saw it as a burden and a responsibility: he had never taken care of a teenager, let alone a girl—God knows that when he went to school, the girls, except Lily, were always chattering like a flock of crows, and yet, the little crow in front of him was a little different—she was Sigoness's niece—and their family had taken him in for a long time, though not of his own volition.

As a result, Sirius behaved in a very conflicting manner, occasionally startling Vio by suddenly snatching the salt shaker from her face, and occasionally staring thoughtfully at Vio to prevent her from picking the onions out of the brisket pie.

But he barely had anything to say to Vio and appeared very inactive.

As it stands, Harry's letter couldn't have come at a better time.

Vio hurriedly read the letter and stared at Sirius, unsure if he was going to tell him for real, or if he would simply reply to it in his name.

"Put away your eyes, they're going to fall into my soup!" Sirius poked a snail in dissatisfaction, acting like Vio's homeroom teacher in his previous life, "Why are you staring at me like that? Whose letter is that? It's Harry's, isn't it, it's weird, he could have written to me directly, after all, I'm now," he paused, put down his knife and fork, "It's free." ”

Vio noticed that he had deliberately bitten the pronunciation of the last few words, and she thought of Sirius, who could only hide in the ancestral little dark room in the original book, and sighed with emotion.

"I guess he did intend to write it to you directly," Vio said, "but as close as you are supposed to be, it is not yet to the point where he feels that he can directly bother." Here, do you want to see it?"

She handed the letter over.

Sirius's dark eyes stared at her, his lips moved, and he didn't say anything at the end, just took the letter from her hand and read it eagerly.

"Dear Vio—oh, he's saying hello to you," Sirius winked at Vio comically, who looked back at him calmly, "how are you? How's the summer vacation going—I know, you're good, at least a little fatter—thanks to Sirius—"

"Sirius—" Vio couldn't help but protest, "I've already read the letter. ”

"I know, but this letter is for both of us, and it's so boring for you to read it first—" Sirius retorted lazily, but at last he himself felt that it was too slow to read, so he read the whole letter in two or two clicks.

"I'm done. Sirius said. "So he thinks he's dreaming of whom? Do you know who is screaming and taking Malfoy from the shack?"

Vio frowned, "For God's sake, Sirius, I'm only fourteen—"

"We're halfway through this year, which means you're almost fifteen. Sirius shrugged, "When I was your age, I turned Hogwarts over with Jaime, and there is no law that says a 15-year-old girl can't tell her what she knows about Voldemort's minions. ”

yes, of course there is no law that says that.

Have you seen a few 15-year-old girls who are enemies of the bad guys who are plotting to bring down the Ministry of Magic?

Please, she really wants to be able to live a little calmer this summer.

But the deepest reason was that she didn't know what Sirius would do if he knew that the woman was the escaped Bellatrix.

He'd certainly go to the Ministry of Magic to report it - given that he had been wronged and had only recently been rehabilitated, his testimony and accusations would be taken seriously by the Ministry of Magic - and then they would check Azkaban and find that one of the prisoners inside who should have been imprisoned for life was missing.

As long as they want to check, there are always clues that can be found, and when the time comes, the Malfoy family will be implicated-

Imbue Draco.

But even if she didn't hide it now, Sirius would know sooner or later—the news of Bellatrix's escape from Norway would be revealed.

Sirius is not stupid.

Besides, Bellatrix is really tricky.

Before leaving, she also stole the Tom Riddle's diary that Vio had hidden, a Horcrux that Voldemort had made when he was seventeen, which contained a part of his own soul that might have helped him in his resurrection.

"It's Bellatrix. Vio said reluctantly.

"No—that can't be," Sirius blurted out without thinking, "she's in Azkaban for life." ”

"That was before. Bogin Bock somehow went on an Azkaban trip and took it with him for three months, and then Bellatrix escaped when he was released from prison - you were in a coma when she took Draco that night, so ······" "It seems that she has gotten her wish to be with her wildest favorite master." ”

"Malfoy's family—do you know—" Sirius was interrupted by Vio before he could finish speaking, "I don't know, no." They didn't know from start to finish—"

Sirius looked at her, his eyes became a little blood-red, his figure was low, and he made a "ha" sound, and for a moment that calm look like a beast hunting made Vio a little startled: "I really don't know who I was working with, in Norway before, the person who waited in the fleet first was her-it was Bellatrix, she was alone all day, but occasionally spoke to Narcissa Malfoy, and she had a good attitude-"

Vio was speechless to refute.

Let's just say that it's a bit difficult to fool Sirius.

"Okay, okay, you win. Vio frowned. "We acquiesced in Bellatrix at first, just like we did you. ”

"Hmph. Pure bloods, noble on the outside, dirty on the inside, always have to support each other, aren't yougoing to swing between Dumbledore and Voldemort like boneless loaches?" Sirius said sarcastically, "I'm afraid Voldemort won't have the patience to wait for you to make the best choice for you?"

Vio sighed, "Yes, our Santrill family's motto is to be neutral. The enemy of our enemy is our friend, and the enemy of our friend will be our friend, even the friend of our enemy—we can be our friend if the reason is right. ”

"So what are you going to do to bring down the family that saved your life and helped you clear your name? No—Sirius, you don't have to give me an answer, go talk to my aunt. My father is not here, she is the head of our family. ”

Sirius stared at her angrily, the disgust on his face undisguised.

When Mickey came in with a large plate of fruit, he saw that something was not quite right between the two and quickly stood up to Vio and asked what was going on, while Sirius pushed away his chair and strode out.

(End of chapter)