Admiral of Hogwarts

After the last stew was served, everyone took their seats at the table. Everyone was hungry after a busy morning, so everyone spent the first few minutes eating.

No one spoke, only the clatter of plates and cutlery, and the scraping of chairs as everyone sat down to eat. It wasn't until the final dessert of rhubarb crumbs appeared on the table that everyone who had filled their stomachs began to communicate.

But because of Harry's current situation, everyone subconsciously didn't talk about anything with Voldemort. They avoided making Harry sad by talking about Death Eaters or the Order of the Phoenix, and just chatted about various interesting things about the holidays.

Because of the meeting today, everyone was a little late for dinner, so after eating, except for two people who stayed to help clean up, the rest of the people went back to their rooms to rest.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Weasley went to Diagon Alley to purchase supplies, and Veneto also said that he needed to go out for something. Perhaps because they received some information from Dumbledore, others did not stop Veneto from going out.

After those who had gone out left, Sirius left the restaurant with everyone who had finished breakfast, and then walked up to the second floor of the room to be cleaned today.

There was nothing important on the first floor. Sirius just pointed out that under the curtain where he entered was his mother's portrait. They will yell and curse like crazy if they are disturbed, so it is best to be quiet when passing by.

Then the three of them came to the living room on the second floor, which was a long room with a high ceiling. The tapestries hanging on the olive green walls were still dirty from not being cleaned before. Every time someone put their foot on the carpet, a small cloud of dust rose up, and the long, chartreuse velvet curtains buzzed as if they were filled with invisible bees.

"Damn it, how long has this place been idle?" Hugo said with an ugly expression as he listened to the buzzing in the curtains. "I feel like the vixen in the room has caused a disaster."

"Is it difficult to clean up like this?" Sirius turned around and asked after hearing what Hugo said. "If it's difficult, I may need to inform Mrs. Weasley to buy some special potions-"

"It's not necessary." Hugo said with a smile. "It's just that I will need more runes and consume more raw materials and magic power."

"Sirius, your family has such a long history." While Sirius and Hugo were discussing some cleaning issues, Hermione looked at the tapestry that occupied an entire wall at the other end of the room and exclaimed.

The tapestry looked very old, the color was dull, and it seemed that foxes had chewed it up in several places.

However, the gold thread embroidered on it still shone brightly, and they could clearly see a branching family tree that could be traced back to the Middle Ages. Several large words were embroidered on the top of the tapestry: The noble and oldest Black family is forever pure.

Hermione was amazed because in Europe only nobles with a long history would record the history of their family, so she was a little surprised that the Sirius family's genealogy could be traced back to the Middle Ages.

"Yes, but the ones up there are all dark wizards. Occasionally, one or two decent people will be expelled by them. For example -" At this point, Sirius pointed to a small blackened round hole on the tapestry, like Signs of cigarette burns.

"I was here once, but my dear old mother destroyed me after I ran away from home - Kreacher loved to whisper this story."

"You ran away from home?"

"I was about sixteen," said Sirius, "and I had had enough, and luckily Harry's grandparents took me in. I stayed with them during the school holidays.

After graduation, my uncle Alphad, who was also expelled, left me a considerable amount of gold so that I could find a place to live. "

Hugo stepped forward and looked at the family tree carefully, and found that it was not just one or two people who had been expelled as Sirius said. At least the traces of destruction on it accounted for more than 1/5 of the total number of people.

"It feels like your home is not as bad as you said." Hugo pointed to the holes in the carpet and said. "One in five people does not choose to be a dark wizard."

"Ah - not all of these people left because of different ideas." After taking a step forward and looking at the holes, Sirius showed a sarcastic smile.

"For example, some squibs and people with obvious congenital defects will be removed from this list. Another example is that some people who are not recognized by the family are selected as marriage partners-"

Unlike those nobles in the ordinary world, there is only one full-time boarding magic school in the British wizarding world, and pure-blood wizards must also go to school together with the so-called hemp or mixed-blood wizards.

In this case, the control of pure-blood wizard families over their children is obviously not as good as that of ordinary families. As a result, the probability of running away privately is naturally much higher than that of ordinary noble families.

"For example, my family's motto is to always be pure, so they kick out all the guys they think are not pure enough, so that they can make this thing look very noble." Speaking of this, Sirius had a look on his face. of contempt.

"I remember hearing someone say that all the pure-blood wizards in the wizarding world are related to each other. Is this true?" Hermione asked, pointing to a line of words on the tapestry. "For example, there seems to be a person named Potter here."

"You observed very carefully, Hermione, and the facts are exactly as you saw." Sirius nodded and said. "If you only want your children to marry purebloods, your options are very limited."

"For example, the Weasley family. Molly is my cousin by marriage, and Arthur is probably my great-uncle's great-grandson. This situation is very common in the wizarding world."

"Very common." Hermione's eyes widened at this time. "How do you avoid the various problems that arise when married between close relatives? Or is it that the marriage of wizards between close relatives does not have the same problems as ordinary people who do not know magic."

"How could it be avoided!" Sirius said with a bitter smile. "So there are not many people like us left. If you look carefully, you will find that many descendants of families who pursue extreme pure blood have some problems."

"For example, when you look at this tapestry, you will find that more and more people have been crossed out over time. And as far as I know, a large number of these people are born with defects."

"It's a pity that they still have to maintain the so-called pure bloodline, and even try some evil magic to solve this problem, but until now, only a few have succeeded, and the cost is huge."

"Which family is that successful?" Harry, who had just been listening in confusion, suddenly showed a curious expression. "Is it Voldemort's family?"

"Of course not, and what we think may be a successful solution is only the content discussed in private discussions, and no one will directly admit this." Sirius shook his head and said.

"When I was in Azkaban, I heard that the Malfoy family seemed to be successful in this regard, and several generations was simply the price paid by their family. Of course, this is just a possibility that everyone can infer based on the facts."

"But no matter what, most of the pure-blooded Witch families don't have the ability to solve this problem. I think even if there hadn't been that war, the so-called Black family might not have been able to persist for too long. "

Having said this, Sirius sighed. Although he was not proud of his pure-blood status, and even hated the discriminatory and conservative practices of pure-bloods, he still felt a sense of sadness for the disappearance of those personnel. a feeling of.