Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Due to a period of busy work and the fact that people around him said it was absolutely not allowed, Harry was temporarily left in the care of the Prince family and the Weasley brothers.

A year has passed since he was released from Azkaban, and he has gradually adapted to his new life.

Although it may be a bit self-boasting to say this, he has indeed become much calmer. Work is still busy and has not come to an end, but if it continues like this, I may never have free time. Therefore, I want to live with Harry as soon as possible and want to take him back to the Black family. So I asked people around me, and finally someone agreed that now is the time.

I also spent this summer with Severus, but he returned to Hogwarts, so I invited Harry to move in with the Blacks.

But Harry said that he still wanted to spend the summer with Severus as usual, and if I agreed, he would move in. Actually, I also hope that he can spend the summer with me, but there is no way. If this is Harry's wish, then I can only endure it.

After all, I have matured a little, so I can still be patient!

I really wanted to get rid of the house-elf necklace, but I hadn't touched anything in the Black family. If I were to live with Harry, I should start to deal with it. Ron heard that I was going to deal with the things at home, so he brought Harry here. I had heard that he had always strongly requested to see it before dealing with it, so I was a little hesitant to do it.

Why would he want to see this kind of thing? Well, maybe it is indeed rare.

"What are you going to do? Are you really going to get rid of them? But then again, this is a symbol of honor in the Black family. It would be too pitiful for the house-elves to just get rid of them. This house is so big, and there are countless rooms. Why not reserve a room to store these things? Maybe scholars who study house-elves will need them in the future. If you want to get rid of them, the twins might want to use them for some material."

Kreacher strongly objected to this. He said he had familiar companions and was not willing to become raw material. Although Kreacher had never been very close to me, he actually begged me this time, so I politely rejected Ron's request.

Ron observed these things carefully for a while and sighed, "It seems that the necklaces of these house-elves are quite different. There are some very ancient house-elves in them. I was originally planning to move them away, but now I think it's better not to move."

He carefully examined the house-elf's necklace from different angles, occasionally looking in other directions.

"Why?" asked Harry.

"These ancient house-elves are very powerful, and they feel different from the others. They don't make people feel uncomfortable at all. Why is that?"

"That's right. The oldest house-elf has served the Black family for several generations." Kreacher replied.

"That's exactly what happened. I feel like this necklace itself is a powerful protective force. Maybe it has merged with the Black family's barrier? It's amazing that it can still have such a powerful power after death."

"Master Ron is indeed very insightful. This is the highest honor for us, the Black family's house-elf."

"Yes. As long as the Black family continues, these house-elves will always be here to protect it."

"But wait, didn't Eladora invent that nasty habit of chopping off the heads of house-elves who could no longer carry trays and displaying them?"

"That lady just distorted the original tradition of the Black family. It was not originally like that."

"I understand that the aura of some heads is completely different from others. Some are full of protective power, while others exude strong resentment. It seems that the power of protection and resentment are intertwined in these heads, forming a chaotic state. It seems that some house-elves were forcibly beheaded after they lost their power due to old age, rather than voluntarily. In this case, should the heads of house-elves who were beheaded against their will be removed and buried properly?"

"I think it used to be like this. After the master of the family died, the house elves would offer to stay and protect the family. For these house elves, it is a supreme honor to continue to protect the family after death. The stronger the loyalty, the stronger the power of protection."

"Master Ron, that's a brilliant idea! That's why the Black house-elves swear loyalty until death!"

Kreacher added: "If it's for Master Regulus, I'm willing to sacrifice my head, but for this person in front of me, I will never do it!"

Harry laughed helplessly when he heard this. Kreacher always likes to compare me with Regulus, and every time it's full of irony.

"Then let's start by taking down those heads that were obviously not voluntarily beheaded." So Ron and Kreacher began to take down the heads.

"Wow, this is amazing! Could it be that this was cut off by Eladora? It has such a strong resentment!" said Ron.

"…That was cut off by the lady because she angered the lady."

"Wow, Sirius' mother is really crazy. The resentment on this head is so strong." Ron continued to sort the heads into different categories.

Harry couldn't help but tremble in his heart: Ron, are you okay? What is resentment? Can you really hear it? Why can you be so happy even if you can hear it?

"So this is Madam Eladora's 'work', right? However, it feels more like a sad atmosphere rather than resentment. It's like the pain caused by the covenant between the Black family and the house-elves being misunderstood and distorted."

As he spoke, he gently stroked the heads of the house-elves. The two continued to sort them out, removing the heads that were not volunteered by the house-elves.

The severed heads were neatly laid out on the ground, looking rather ominous.

"What should we do with these heads? They have such strong resentment that if we bury them casually, they might be dug up and used as materials for black magic. If we want to bury them, I'm afraid we have to think of a special method. Burning them directly won't work either, as the resentment might remain."

"For the time being, put them away according to categories and wait for experts to come for consultation before dealing with them."

So they found a few empty boxes and packed the heads separately according to three levels: "extremely dangerous", "relatively dangerous" and "slightly dangerous".

Following Ron's suggestion, the originally gloomy hall became a little more lively. The remaining house-elf heads also seemed to show a proud expression.

Ron and Kreacher both looked pleased.

"Yes, it seems that the Black family's bad habits have finally been eliminated, and we have brought it back on track."

"Master Ron is really brilliant!" Kreacher said respectfully.

The two of them were of the same mind, so I was too lazy to bother them. Now the only thing left was how to deal with the heads in the boxes. It was a headache. I didn't have time to find an expert recently, so I just stored them in the room dedicated to storing black magic items.