Chapter 005 The Black Family's Main Mansion

Behind the door was a spacious foyer, with a carpet of very fine Persian wool on the floor, and a green wall covered with mysterious silver patterns, which Catherine couldn't even recognize a fifth. The entire foyer was full of Slytherin signs, like the row of old-fashioned gas lamps on the walls, the chandeliers overhead, all in the shape of a serpent, like the doorknob.

But the most conspicuous thing in the foyer is a row of portraits hanging on the wall, and the most striking of them is a life-size portrait of an old lady in a black hat, very pale, with a proud and indifferent expression, hanging between two velvet drapery.

"You're Mrs. Black?" Catherine asked the old lady in the portrait with some surprise.

"Yes!" Mrs. Walburga Black's voice suddenly became a little softer, "What's your name?" Young－Fairy!”

"Catherine!" The girl hurriedly saluted Walburga, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Black. ”

"I'm glad to meet you, too, Catherine." Walburga replied with a very kind expression, "Are you Severus's daughter?" ”

"No, I'm an orphan." Catherine smiled, "Just staying at Professor Snape's house temporarily." ”

"Oh!" Walburga replied meaningfully, "Welcome to the Black Family!" Her attitude suddenly became enthusiastic, "Kecheli! ”

With an explosion, a very old house-elf appeared in front of Catherine.

Except for an apron embroidered with the Blake family crest around his waist, he was almost naked, and his skin seemed to be several times more than his body actually needed, and his fleshy nose was large, almost like a pig's nose.

"Honorable hostess, do you have any commands?" The house-elf respectfully inquired about Walburga's portrait while sneaking a glance at Catherine.

"Take Miss Catherine on a tour of the house." Volbuga ordered.

"But, Mrs. Black, I just need ......"

"Don't worry!" Walburga interrupted Catherine, "When the tour is over, Kechelli will naturally take you to the living room." ”

"It's-okay!" Catherine hesitated, but finally agreed, partly because Lady Walburga Black was an elder, and partly because she wanted to know more about Sirius Black, who had lived here for 16 years.

Although from the outside, the Blake family's main house does not occupy a large area, but in reality it is a mansion that is not inferior to the Malfoy family's main house, but it is too deceptive in its layout.

Another door in the foyer led to a not-so-long corridor leading to the kitchen, flanked by a dining room and a ballroom, and Catherine would never have believed that it was no smaller than the Slytherin common room.

Of course, as a wizarding family, there are some creepy-looking things here, such as an umbrella stand made of troll's legs and a row of house-elf heads hanging from the staircase wall, and Catherine can't help but feel a chill down her back when Kechelli proudly introduces them to her as her relatives.

The living room is on the second floor, in addition to this, there is a study and several lounges on the second floor, and the next two floors are mainly guest rooms, because Black has always been a large family, and the upper floor is the main place of activity for the Black couple, and the highest floor belongs to the Black brothers, and when Catherine reaches the staircase, she sees a sign on the door facing her that reads "Sirius".

"Can I go in and have a look?" Catherine couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." Kechelli hesitated for a moment, but finally opened the door.

It was a very spacious and beautiful room, with a carved bed, velvet draperies, and serpentine chandeliers, all of which were ornate in the family, but the most conspicuous thing about this room was the decoration on the walls that Sirius himself had put together with a permanent paste charm.

Several large Gryffindor flags seemed to emphasize that he was different from the rest of the Slytherin family, and some of the posters, mostly Muggle motorcycles, but a few were Muggle girls in bikinis, which made Catherine admire his courage very much, after all, no matter the parents of that world, they would not allow their underage teenagers to post such things.

The only picture of the wizard on the wall is of four Hogwarts students standing together with their arms crossed, laughing at the camera.

Katherine recognized James Potter at first sight, his unobtrusive black hair sticking back like Harry's, and his glasses. Next to him was Sirius Black, handsome and uninhibited, with a slightly arrogant face that looked very young and happy.

To the right of Sirius was a chubby, wet-eyed boy who was more than a head shorter than him. To James' left is a gentle boy who looks a little scruffy and has a look of surprise and joy on his face.

"Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin." Catherine pursed her lips and read the names of the two boys in her heart.

Catherine took a deep breath and turned her head to scan the rest of the room, and suddenly, she noticed something unusual here.

It's so neat and tidy, like it's just cleaned and tidyed, and when Catherine opens the wardrobe, she even sees that the most popular men's clothing styles of the moment are neatly placed inside, but the problem is that the owner of this place has left and has been expelled from the family for 16 years.

"You're waiting for him!" Catherine couldn't help but voice her guesses.

"Nope! Absolutely nothing! Kechelli screamed to close the closet, "No one is waiting for that slut!" ”

"But—" Catherine was interrupted by a shout.

"Catherine!" Snape's hurried voice came from downstairs, "There you are!" Then came the sound of his footsteps running upstairs.

"I'm here!" Catherine glanced at Kecelli, and walked out of Sirius's room to the staircase.

"Why are you—" Snape's angry cry vanished as he thought of who the occupants of the top floor were, "Come down at once!" He stopped on the stairs up the top floor and stared up at Catherine.

"Okay, Professor!" Catherine answered, and looked back at Kechelli, who had closed the door to Sirius's bedroom, and was looking at the door opposite, when Catherine followed and saw a neat row of handwritten letters on a small and imposing sign on the door.

Without the express permission of the person in question

No entry

Regulus Arcturus Black

（Do－not－Enter－Without－the－Express－Permissions－of－Regulus－Arcturus－Black）

Catherine was eager to find out about Regulus Black, who had defeated Snape, but the thought of the Snape who was waiting for her made the girl decide to give up.

"Kecheli, I'll go down first." Catherine said politely, but as soon as the old house-elf heard this, she immediately began to curse herself, "Bad Cutcelli, you actually forgot the task assigned by the mistress!" Then he slammed his head against the floor.

"Stop!" Catherine shouted, but her words were clearly useless to Kechelli, and he continued to pound his head.

Just as Catherine was about to step forward to stop him, Kecheli suddenly stopped, bent down and said in an apologetic tone, "I'm sorry! Miss Catherine, Miss Sicy is calling me. ”

"Go ahead!" Catherine hurriedly said that she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when Kechelli disappeared with an explosion before she walked down the stairs.

"It's an incomprehensible creature that only obeys its master's orders." Snape looked at Catherine with an idiot look.

"But that doesn't mean I don't have to respect them." Catherine walked up to Snape, took his hand and said, "All-that-is-real-is-rational; and-all-that-is-rational-is-real. ）”

Snape didn't say anything more, just quietly looked at Catherine, who was holding him.

The Malfoys had gone somewhere, and Draco was the only one left in the living room, looking at the olive green wall of a very old tapestry, which covered almost the entire wall, with a family tree of branches embroidered in glittering gold thread, and a few large characters embroidered on the top of the tapestry: .

The noblest of the Black family

Forever pure

"Godfather!" When Draco heard footsteps outside the door, he first called Snape respectfully, and then said to the girl excitedly, "Catherine, come and see here!" He pointed to a man on the tapestry.

"Charles, Potter?" Catherine was surprised to call out the name Draco was referring to, "Could he be Harry—"

"Great-grandfather!" Draco took over with bad intentions.

"Doesn't that mean you're mine—" Catherine followed the genealogy all the way down, and finally shut her mouth.

"Why don't you say it?" Draco blinked vigorously.

"You'll find out if you try it yourself." Catherine squinted at him.

Draco opened his mouth in confusion, and finally cursed, "I actually forgot about it!" But he was immediately happy, "But there's Potter!" He chuckled under his breath.

Catherine rolled her eyes and said faintly, "You haven't forgotten who Harry's cousin is!" ”

Draco knew who Catherine was referring to, of course, and when he figured out how he was related to that one, he couldn't help but curse again, "How can this be! ”

Catherine rolled her eyes again and turned to look at the living room.

It was a long, high-ceilinged room, with long, yellow-green velvet curtains hanging from the windows, and lots of furniture scattered around, so you can imagine what a spectacle it was when the Black family came together.

Opposite the genealogical tapestry is a fireplace flanked by an old glass case filled with all sorts of things.

When Catherine walked over to look at the Black family's collection, she suddenly felt a very strange wave of magical power. It felt very familiar to Catherine, but she was sure she hadn't encountered it in the past year.