During this process, Ariana kept looking at Aberforth curiously.

Aberforth dodged her gaze and walked behind the counter.

John took a sip of his butterbeer, well, just the right temperature.

It was just a sip, and John didn't drink it anymore.

In fact, it was the taste of the butterbeer that made him not want to drink it.

Ariana took a sip and drank it, and John glanced at Aberforth, who didn't dare to come over, and said casually, "Yes, it's her." ”

Ariana looked over, and she wondered who John was talking to.

John said lightly: "Didn't he tell you that I have some talent in the Regent Mind?" ”

"It's not something to be surprised about, your brain is as clear as glass right now."

"I thought he was going to tell you about it."

Aberforth's mind was all over John's eyes, and Aberforth was silent for a long time and asked, "How are you ......?"

He didn't think about it as much as Dumbledore, and even Dumbledore only remembered it after he was on the verge of death.

John shrugged, "You still don't want to know." ”

"I don't want Ariana to think she's alone," John said earnestly, looking at Aberforth, "you're his brother, and she has a right to know." ”

"Brother?" Ariana looked suspiciously at Aberforth.

What was once a familiar title now belongs to John.

Aberforth asked, "Is she all right?" ”

"It's getting better," John stood up and took Ariana by the hand as he approached Aberforth, "Ariana Dumbledore Wick, that's her name now." ”

"That's good." Aberforth lowered his eyes, "Than us."

are all around well. ”

Aberforth's mind was in shambles.

From the moment he saw Ariana, he couldn't calm down, and the indifference he showed was just a disguise after the emotion had reached its extreme.

"You used to be her favorite brother," John shook his head, "albeit a failure." ”

Aberforth didn't refute, he looked at John and said seriously, "I don't want you to let Ariana come back." ”

"He and I are both failed brothers, Ariana is by your side, and I see her getting better."

From the moment Ariana entered the door, Aberforth had been observing.

Ariana is much more cheerful now than before, she is under control, and that terrible power is hidden in her body.

There is no safer place than to stay by the side of the Second King.

"I won't imprison her, it's her freedom to go wherever she goes." John said lightly, "She will soar into the sky one day, and I will open all obstacles for her." ”

Aberforth took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice, "Thank you." ”

John's willingness to save Ariana and let his incompetent brother meet him is already more tolerant than all that.

"I'm willing to do things for you." He said this.

John shook his head and said; "I don't have to use my family as a bargaining chip."

He let go of Ariana's hand and said to her, "I think you'll like him, Aberforth Dumbledore." ”

Hearing the name, Ariana reacted.

She came out from behind John and looked at her brother.

She tried to find out her brother's shadow, but failed.

But she smiled and said, "It's like a great-grandfather, you showed me his paintings." ”

"Me

There are many more paintings that are not shown to you. Aberforth said earnestly, "Ariana." ”

He held out his hand, and Ariana hesitated for a moment before putting it up.

The two of them made their way to the door behind the counter, and Ariana stopped and looked back at John, "Are you going to wait for me, brother?" ”

John smiled, "I'll always be there." ”

Ariana was relieved and happily went in with Aberforth.

There, there are paintings left by Aberforth over the centuries with countless guilt.

If he hadn't been a wizard, he might have been a painter to the Muggle world.

Before the butterbeer cools down, Ariana comes out.

John took her and prepared to find Mrs. Wick.

As she reached the door, Ariana waved to Aberforth.

"Goodbye, brother."

Aberforth waved goodbye.

Until the figures of the two disappeared completely, Aberforth sat down.

He couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and he was immersed in the joy of Ariana's resurrection.

"Hogwarts...... King. ”

He looked at the cold butterbeer.

He seemed to understand why that child was able to become the king that everyone looked up to.

"You don't have to use your family as a bargaining chip, Wick is where you belong, Ariana."

Aberforth knew he had lost.

He saw in his sister the trust in John, and the tenderness that came from the second king.

"Albus, you're wrong, that kid, he should have been king."

Aberforth looked at the broken mirror and left a word.

...

When John finds Mrs. Wick, she can't wait to pull Ariana to try on clothes.

Ariana tries to get John to save herself, but John silently pouts.

In the end, Mrs. Wick harvested a whole bunch of new witches

Division, wrap up, end today's trip.

John takes them back to Hogwarts, where he meets Slughorn.

"Oh, Mrs. Wick." Slughorn was a little puzzled as to how he saw Mrs. Wick at school, but said enthusiastically, "Would you like to come here for a drink, there is not enough food on it, I will come to the kitchen and order to make some." ”

The hedonistic Slughorn does not deprive himself of his privileges.

Mrs. Wick glanced at her son, and John smiled understandingly, "I'm sorry, Professor, but my mother has to take my sister home." ”

"Well," Slughorn said as he saw Ariana, "and then I shouldn't have kept my friends waiting too long." ”

He walked away playfully.

Mrs. Wick wondered, "I remember your headmaster wasn't a white-bearded old man?" ”

"Oh, he's retired as a janitor."

A door appeared on the wall next to John, and he opened it to enter.

Mrs. Wick and Ariana entered, and the door closed and vanished.

Slughorn came out of the kitchen and was about to talk to John about the Bloodborne Curse Paper.

Seeing the empty hallway, he shook his glass and took a sip and said, "I must have drunk too much." ”

Hesitantly, he glanced at the wine glass and drank the rest.

...

Mrs. Wick and Ariana return home.

When they came out of the fireplace, they saw Watson lying on the couch in wizard's robes.

"Where have you been?" Watson's tone was not good.

Mrs. Wick put down her wizard's robe and asked in the gentlest tone, "Didn't you say don't bring snow to the carpet?" ”

Watson glanced at the carpet and silently adjusted his posture, sitting on the sofa with his legs together and his back straight

。

"I think ......"

"I don't want you to think, I want to feel."

Mrs. Wick was shocked by the overlord's quotation and told Watson to go out to shovel snow without any cards.

In the evening, Watson discovers the gift Mrs. Wick had brought to him.

A genuine wizard's robe.

He immediately ran to the room and said shyly: "Sure enough, wife, you still love me, needless to say, I understand, you went to prepare Christmas gifts for me." ”

As everyone knows, it's a special event to buy 10 and get 1 free.

Ariana was in the room, taking out the emerald brooch.

She took the brooch and rolled over on the bed with joy.

Seeing this, the little bear also followed her example and rolled around on the bed.

When Mrs. Wick arrived, she saw Ariana asleep on her side, smiled dotingly, and helped her put on the covers.

The occasional naughty makes people like this child even more.

Under the Christmas tree at Wick's house.

An unopened gift sat there quietly.

Watson picked it up and looked at the name on it.

"Albus Dumbledore?"

The name made Watson think of something.

He placed the gift in Ariana's room.

The Wick family never wanted Ariana to abandon their former family, even though John had said that her brother was not very competent.

"Cherish your family, Ariana."

Watson put the gift down and whispered in Ariana's ear, "I hope you are my daughter, and I hope you can be happy forever." ”

Push the falling bear a little further.

Watson tiptoed the door shut and left.

After the room returned to silence, Ariana opened her eyes and looked at the gift next to her, she closed her eyes again.

He still had the brooch in his hand.

...