"It's beautiful... What's her name? Iger took a sip of his wine and muttered to himself as he looked at the girl in the portrait on the wall.

"Ariana Dumbledore." Aberforth looked at the portrait on the wall and muttered, "She's beautiful, isn't she?" ”

"Well... Yes. Iger nodded.

"She's dead," Aberforth's voice was like a dream, and there was a sadness in the silence: "I said I would protect her... My brother also said he would protect her... But we didn't make it ......."

"Ahem... It's a bit presumptuous, though... She was... How...? Iger looked at Aberforth in embarrassment.

"Grindelwald, I, my brother, when the three of us were fighting, she rushed over, and was hit by a spell that I don't know who..."Aberforth said in a haggard voice, "Obviously we have all hidden in Godric's Hollow... But even so, we hurt her. ”

"Uh... Condolences. Iger smacked his lips, feeling a little speechless for a moment.

"I hate him and can't forgive him, but I can't forgive myself either." Aberforth shook his head slightly.

Iger knew who he was talking about, and if nothing else, it should be his own headmaster.

"It's a pity, I thought your relationship seemed to be a little better." Iger spread his hands, not knowing how to comfort the other party.

The same surname was Dumbledore, but Egg didn't know much about how to communicate with the man in front of him.

"It's his dereliction of duty..."Aberforth suddenly spoke, "If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to travel the world with Ephias Dorjee, he wouldn't have taken good care of Ariana, and he began to hate her gradually, just because Ariana stopped him from becoming famous." ”

"Until Gellert Grindelwald appeared in Godric's Hollow and became the trigger for it all, and he was desperate to get out of that place, to leave Ariana, for the sake of the so-called greater good."

Aberforth's voice was heavy and full of anger, and then he sighed with gloomy eyes: "I tried everything I could, but I couldn't make up for it... I wish she could come back to life, even if it was me..."

"The mourning is all over." Egg whispered.

He suddenly regretted coming here a little.

Why should I come here and listen to an old man's thoughts?

Aberforth looked at Iger silently, "I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, I don't mind, after all, it didn't bring me any loss..."Egg hurriedly waved his hand: "I don't blame you, really." ”

To be reasonable, the Aberforth people are still quite good, and Iger didn't intend to embarrass the other party before he came.

"No, that's not what I'm talking about." Aberforth shook his head slightly: "Thirteen years ago, when I went to London to stock bars, I witnessed your birth..."

Egger: "??? ”

Damn, why is this happening to me again?

"What do you mean?" Egger was stunned, then frowned slightly.

"Legend has it that demons have the ability to grant people any wish, as long as you pay the price." Aberforth's voice was flat: "When I went to London, I met a couple of devil believers, who used their children as sacrifices and their lives as conditions for summoning demons..."

Iger looked blankly at Aberforth in front of him, not knowing what to say for a moment.

If nothing else, Aberforth should be talking about himself.

"It's a very old summoning ritual, I don't know where they learned it, at least I've never heard of it..."

"And then?" Egger's mood was a little low.

He doesn't care much about his parents in this life, but whoever is born as a sacrifice will not feel good in his heart.

"It failed, and the couple died." Aberforth looked at Iger with deep eyes: "I buried them and sent the child to a nearby orphanage. ”

Aberforth sighed, "I'm sorry, I was thinking about stopping it, but after I heard them talk about the power of the devil I thought I could..."

"It's okay..."Egger shook his head slightly, and then smiled a little self-deprecatingly, "It's stupid, isn't it?" They don't think that the demon will come alive by appearing there..."

"Theoretically, you can do it now, and they've succeeded..."Aberforth shook his head, "but they probably don't know that demons need to grow, too... I'm sorry kid..."

"It's fine." Iger shrugged, suddenly out of interest.

Originally, I wanted to do psychological counseling for Aberforth, but I was suddenly beaten by the other party.

Egger turned around with a gloomy look in his eyes, pushed open the door and left the bar, returning to school somewhat abruptly.

He had thought of various reasons for his appearance, perhaps because of Voldemort... Or maybe it's because Dumbledore...

But he never thought that the reason for his appearance would be so simple...

Maybe the original child also died, after all, it didn't appear in the original book, maybe it was because his own crossing suddenly made the ritual successful?

Egger felt nothing but confusion in his head, and when he returned to his bedroom, he collapsed under Hermione's worried gaze and fell into a groggy sleep.

……

"What's wrong with him?"

Murmurfully, a voice rang in his ears, and Iger heard it as Aisha's voice.

"I don't know, I've been sleeping since I came back that day." Hermione's voice sounded a little haggard.

"What the hell is going on?" Aisha's voice sounded a little worried: "What's going on?" ”

"He went to the Hog's Head Bar that day...", was Fred's voice, "Maybe it's because the cups are so dirty there?" ”

"Fred!" Mrs. Weasley's serious voice rang in her ears.

Iger finally couldn't help coughing, slowly opened his eyes, I don't know how long he slept, anyway, he still felt very sleepy now, he didn't have any energy at all, but the more noisy voices around him made him unable to sleep anymore.

"He's awake." Hermione's voice sounded a little excited: "Egger? ”

"Hmm...?" Egger opened his eyes, feeling a little dry, and estimated that his sockets were full of eye droppings...

"Thank goodness you're finally awake," Harry looked at Egg and grinned at the bedside, "If you don't wake up, Hermione will kill someone." ”

Egg opened his eyes and turned his head to look, and there was a group of people hula around the bed, looking at him with concerned eyes.

There were Aisha Hermione, the Weasleys, Sirius, and Remus.

"Egger, what's wrong with you?" Aisha's eyes looked red and tired, and Hermione on the side was in the same state.

"I'm fine..."Egger shook his head slightly, sat up with some difficulty, and still teased in his mouth: "Maybe it's because I ate too much dog food?" ”

"Aha... Blame me hahaha..."Sirius's wild laughter rang out, and Madam Pomfrey's roar quickly followed, and Sirius suddenly shrunk his neck.

"You can't get sick, boss, or your inheritance will be ours." Fred teased with a grin.

George nodded, "Of course, we are also willing to carry on your last wish and carry forward the magic trick workshop..."

"Think beautifully." Iger grinned and leaned lightly on the pillow, "How long have I been asleep?" ”

"It's been more than two days." Hermione held Egger's hand tightly, pursing her lips to keep herself from crying.

"Ahh I feel okay, I sleep softly. Egger looked at the group of people beside him, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and his heart, which was originally depressed because of his background, suddenly warmed.

"What's going on, Egger." Aisha stroked her somewhat messy hair and looked at Egg with concern.

"It's okay, I just want to be lazy." Iger grinned and didn't say anything.

"But a lot are worried about you, kid." Mr. Weasley's cheerful voice rang out, "If there's anything upset you don't like, tell us, you know, I've got a lot of weird stuff there..."

"Arthur!" Mrs. Weasley pinched her waist and glared at her husband.

"It's okay, no one is going to trouble Egger..."Mr. Weasley muttered, tugging at the knitted hat on his head with some grievance, "But it's okay, since Egg is awake, let's go back first." ”

Mr. Weasley was still a delicate man, and seeing that Iger didn't want to speak, he hurriedly dragged a few adults next to him and left.

Harry and Ron looked at each other, silently exchanging words.

Harry: Shouldn't we go?

Ron: It's okay, Fred and George are too...

Fred: "Alright, Egger, let's go first." ”

With that, the twins left in a hurry, and it seemed that they were also reluctant to stay in the ward, perhaps because they had been in the ward for too long.

Ron:......

Harry: They're gone.

Ron: Let's go too...

Only Hermione and Aisha were left in the room, and Egg quietly leaned on the pillow and looked at the two with a smile: "I'm fine, really." ”

"Egger, what's going on?" Aisha looked at Egger with red eyes, her eyes full of distress.

"It's just a little thing." Iger muttered, embarrassed to tell the truth, for fear of being laughed at.

Gently hugging Egger, Aisha sniffed, "Tell you something?" ”

Egger: "??? ”

"Sirius is resigning, and I'm applying for a professorship at Defence Against the Dark Arts." Aisha laughed.

"That's good, why did he suddenly think about resigning?" Iger was stunned.

"I heard he's going to China...", Hermione explained, "I don't know why..."

"What else can I do for—" Egger smiled.

"The way you look when you sleep these days is very distressing, and you frown all the time." Aisha reached out and gently rubbed Egger's eyebrows, "No matter what happens, we will always be there for you. ”

"Hmm—" Egger pursed his lips and shrunk into the covers.

It is said that a man in love is like a child, and Egg thinks this is quite right, whether it is Hermione or Aisha, it is difficult for Egg to resist each other.

Scold... Is this what it's like to be fostered?

After a brief tidying up, Egg was soon forcibly discharged from the hospital amid Madam Pomfrey's protests.

Aisha left quickly, and the resignation process from her Ministry of Magic was not yet complete, and she needed to go back and make arrangements.

Sending Hermione back to Gryffindor Tower, Egg made his way to the Headmaster's chambers.

"Ahh I'm glad you woke up, Iger. Dumbledore looked at Egger with amusement.

"How could I sleep so long?" Iger frowned slightly.

"I think... You probably need a good night's sleep to relieve your mental agitation. Dumbledore nodded slightly: "It seems that you were really in a bad mood at that time. ”

Iger was a little silent, he could probably guess that Dumbledore had done something.

"Where were you at the time? You already knew? Egg turned to look at Dumbledore.

Dumbledore shook his head slightly, "No, I don't know about it. ”

"But..."Dumbledore looked at Egg with a deep gaze, "Yes, but... But I don't think that kind of thing will make any difference to you. ”

"It really didn't make any difference to me." Iger muttered stiffly.

The impact is still there...

It's still hard to feel good...

Dumbledore looked straight at Egger, "You're sad kid. ”

"Shut up, thank you...", Egger's face was expressionless.

"Do you remember Peter Pettigrew and Sirius?" Dumbledore looked at Egg.

"How?" Egg tilted his head and grabbed Fawkes to the bird, and Fawkes shrank in Ig's arms in humiliation.

"You said something that I remember very deeply..."Dumbledore looked at Egger happily, "Hearing is false, seeing is believing." ”

"You mean, he's lying to me?" Iger was stunned.

"No, he won't lie." Dumbledore shook his head slightly: "But some things may not be what we think, you say that seeing is believing, but sometimes, seeing is not necessarily believing, many things we can't rely on our eyes alone to distinguish between good and bad, right and wrong, see the essence through appearances, this has always been what you are best at, child..."

Iger was a little silent: "You mean, I should... See for yourself? ”

Dumbledore didn't speak, and sat quietly behind his desk.

Egg bit his lip, and the figure disappeared in place with a snap.

"What a restless boy," Phineas snorted on the wall.

"You seem to be paying attention to that kid Phineas." Dumbledore looked at Phineas' portrait calmly, "You like him very much?" ”

"I'm not, I'm not, don't talk nonsense!" Feniaston yelled violently.

Dumbledore shrugged, noncommittal.

Oh, Slytherin people...

"You just seemed to have a very offensive thought." Slytherin glanced at Dumbledore.

"Ahh

Phineas: "......"