Hogwarts, where the stars shine

Members of the Black family are crazy about pure blood. They believe that being a member of the Black family is inherently noble.Even the family coat of arms is engraved with the French ToujoursPur, which means "forever pure."

Based on the view of pure-blood superiority, the Black family despises anyone who has anything to do with Muggles, including Squibs.

Family member Araminta Melifran, who once tried to force through a Ministry of Magic decree making it legal to kill Muggles.

During Voldemort's rampage in Britain, the Black family took a clear stand and publicly expressed their support for the Dark Lord.The Black family also believed that the wizarding world needed "purification."

Some family members even joined the Death Eaters, such as Regulus, who died young, and senior Azkaban students Bellatrix and Sirius.

However, not everyone agrees with the family's traditional views.Expelling these "rebellious" members has become one of the traditions of the Black family.

More recently, Andromeda was expelled for marrying a Muggle-born.Those who lived further back in time include Isla, who married a Muggle, and Phineas II, a supporter of Muggle rights. Both of them were also expelled from the family.

Although the current Black family is declining and the male members of the family are gradually dying out, because family members are always expelled, it is very likely that there are still descendants of the expelled male members still alive.

Mesa is a living example.

Therefore, after learning that Mesa's last name was Black, even though she felt disgusted in her heart, Cassiopeia still looked at him carefully, hoping to see some familiar shadows on him.

"Marius, Marius," murmured Cassiopeia, "that name is a disgrace to the Black family."

Sure enough, Marius Black was a banished Squib, Mesa thought.

Although both Squibs and Blood traitors are expelled, there is a big difference between the two. Blood traitors attend Hogwarts, while Squibs do not.

So Mesa looked through the list of graduates and could only find Andromeda and Alphard, the expelled Blacks, but no trace of Marius.

"You mean..." asked Mrs. Tonks, "that Marius was once a member of the family but was removed from the family for being a Squib?"

Cassiopeia smiled contemptuously, her eyes still fixed on Mesa.

She said, "Yes, Marius was a squib who brought disgrace to the family. When it was confirmed that he could not learn to use magic, his father drove him away."

Drive away, not send away.I think Marius couldn't have been more than eleven years old at that time, which meant that he was just a child when he was driven away by his family.

Whether it is the magical world or the Muggle society, as an 11-year-old manual orphan, one can imagine the pain Marius endured.

It's not that Mesa is trying to smear the Black family, but it's almost impossible to get the pure-blood family to treat Squibs well.

Several Squib rights demonstrations have broken out in the wizarding world, but each time they were ruthlessly suppressed.In every operation to suppress the Squibs, the pure-blood family contributed the most.

If any Ministry of Magic dares to support the rights of Squibs, pure-blood families will dare to go to Whitehall to cause trouble.

Facing Cassiopeia's contemptuous look, Mesa looked back.He sensed the hidden message in the old lady's words. Cassiopeia and Marius should be close relatives of the same mother.

"Boy, you are right," Cassiopeia continued, "Marius is my brother. But I would rather never have this brother, shameful squib!"

From the moment she entered the house and met Cassiopeia, the old lady showed her indifference to family affection.

Cassiopeia had no heirs, but when she saw her grandniece, she looked as impatient as if she had seen a fly.If it weren't for his physical disability, Mesa felt that the old lady would have knocked the two of them out with a wand.

Speaking of Marius at this moment, in addition to once again showing her indifference to family affection, Cassiopeia also vividly demonstrated her obsession and fanaticism about blood.

It can only be said that they are indeed the Black family who cheered for Voldemort.

"Marius Black is your brother. Even if you drive him away, you can't change this fact." Mesa said, "Blood is thicker than water, and even the broken bones are not connected to the tendons!"

These words were purely meant to disgust Cassiopeia. Judging from her series of performances, it was even harder to get any benefits from her.

"you!"

As soon as these words came out, the old lady was really angry. Her breathing was heavy, her face was red, and she seemed to be "Gah" at any time.

"He's not... I don't have a squib brother!" Cassiopeia said through gritted teeth, "Father drove him away and didn't allow him to use the noble 'Black' as his surname anymore!"

"Ah, yes, yes," Mesa replied in an extremely perfunctory manner.

Mesa hadn't felt how irritating this sentence was before, but he felt it today.

Perhaps out of fear that Cassiopeia would really be pissed off, Mrs. Tonks stopped Mesa again.Andromeda waved her hand and told Mesa to go cool down and not cause any trouble here.

"After Marius left, did he have no contact with you or other family members?" Andromeda Tonks asked. To prove Mesa's identity, a middle name was not enough.

What answered Andromeda was a moment of silence, and Cassiopeia's gasping like a broken bellows.

Seeing that Cassiopeia never answered, Andromeda wanted to give up.The Squib who was kicked out of the family and regarded as a shameful Squib. Even if Marius ran here, no one would want to see him.

After a while, the old and frail Cassiopeia finally managed to catch her breath.

Just when Mesa and I thought that the other party would issue an eviction order, the old lady actually answered Andromeda's question.

"He contacted Dorea once," Cassiopeia said. "The squib contacted Dorea, probably because he thought my little sister was easier to talk to."

Cassiopeia's father, Signus, had two sons and two daughters.The eldest son Pollux (grandfather of Andromeda), the eldest daughter Cassiopeia, the second son Marius, and the youngest daughter Dorea.

The old lady still looked dismissive, and she never looked at Mesa and the others.The arrogance engraved in her bones was very uncomfortable.

"When Dorea was still alive, she once mentioned this matter to me." Cassiopeia continued, "When the Squib first had a son, he wrote a letter and told Dorea about it. He hoped that he His son can return to the family instead of wandering around with him. But his son is even worse than him, that child is just a lowly Muggle!"

The descendant of Marius the Squib was a Muggle. Although Cassiopeia was smiling when she mentioned this old incident, her mood only got worse.

Cassiopeia even clenched her fists, as if she remembered the shame Marius had brought to her.

Then she stared at Mesa. The Muggle son born by the Squib actually had descendants, and he dared to come to her door today!

Although Cassiopeia is old, she does not have Alzheimer's disease, so she can naturally see through Mesa's little thoughts.She could even guess Andromeda's thoughts.

"Your appearance has a lot of shadows of your dumb grandfather." Cassiopeia said, "Looking at your shabby appearance, and it was she who brought you here... I guess you have never seen your dumb grandfather. , and probably haven’t met your Muggle parents, right?”

It was precisely because he had never met his father and ancestors and knew the weight of the surname Black that Mesa wanted to understand the past of his father and ancestors and find out why they abandoned him.

If it can benefit yourself by the way, that would be great.

Saw Cassiopeia today.Although the process was not so pleasant, the goal of exploring the past of my father and ancestors was achieved.

Grandfather Marius Black was a squib who was expelled from the Black family and must have lived a very unhappy life.Although I still don't know the names of my parents, I guess they are not doing well.

Maybe the two of them had died a long time ago, so Mesa appeared in the orphanage; maybe the two of them couldn't even support themselves, so they chose to abandon Mesa.

Regardless, Mesa is sure of one thing.

His Black was Cassiopeia's Black, even though the other person didn't really want to admit it.