The next morning, Sirius was awakened by the noise outside. He opened his eyes with difficulty and stared at the bed curtains for a moment. Sirius rolled over in bed, showing no sign of wanting to get up.

There was a loud knock on the door, and James' voice rang out: "Sirius? Come on, man, you're still awake?" He was about to break in, but Remus and Ender persuaded him, and James gave up the idea. Sirius was still not fully conscious, so he didn't hear clearly what Ender and Remus said, but he thought he must have heard Regulus say a lot of sarcastic things.

Sirius covered his head with the quilt. Having hardly slept all night, he had no energy to deal with his good brothers. He thought about his pitifully short sleep time and silently shed tears in his heart.

"I'll be right there." Sirius replied weakly, and then he jumped off the bed and walked to the door. He yawned and opened the door. The first face that came to him was James. Sirius stared at James' face for a long time before he slowly realized that the distance between them was too close. Sirius took two steps back and couldn't help yawning again.

James was shocked: "You should really look at yourself, both eyes are black and blue, were you beaten?"

"Nothing like that."

James was puzzled: "So you sneaked out to play by yourself at night? That shouldn't be the case. There's no reason for you not to invite us."

"..."

Sirius' silence shocked James. He put his hands on Sirius' shoulders and shook him desperately: "Did you really sneak out to play by yourself? I treat you as a brother, but you..."

Sirius didn't have the strength to push James' hands away. His eyes were dull and he looked like he would pass out in the next second. Remus walked over to James and said pertinently, "Sirius, you do have dark circles under your eyes. But James, if you shake Sirius again, his brain will fall off."

James saw Sirius's head shaking with his movements. He immediately let go of his hand. Sirius, who suddenly lost his support, could not control his steps. He took two steps back in a daze. At the moment he was about to fall, Ander grabbed him. Sirius was half awakened by the fright. He said with lingering fear, "Thank you, Ander."

Ender waved his hand to show that he didn't need to worry about it. He looked at Sirius with some concern, "Are you okay? You look really bad. Did you not sleep well last night?"

"No, it has nothing to do with this." Sirius answered. He knew that Ender was worried that he had not entertained him well. "Yesterday was a special case. I didn't sleep well before."

Ender's doubts were mostly dispelled by Sirius, but he still couldn't figure out why Sirius looked so, haggard? Although it wasn't quite appropriate to use this word to describe a teenager, Ender couldn't think of any other words.

Regulus seemed to see through it. He said coldly: "Maybe he went to do something bad."

James had almost forgotten about it when Remus interrupted him. He said, "Sirius, I didn't expect you to do something bad behind our backs."

"I don't know who is the one who did the bad thing." Sirius muttered softly, but no one heard it.

When they got downstairs, Anna and Lawrence were still busy in the kitchen. All the boys went to ask if they needed help, except Sirius.

James said that although the food they cooked might poison someone randomly, at least they wouldn't break the plates when they served them. But the same couldn't be said for Sirius, as he looked like he could not only poison two people but also break the plates.

James' words were unanimously agreed upon, and Sirius was stopped outside the kitchen. He collapsed on the sofa, nodding his head. When Lily and Petunia walked down the stairs, they saw Sirius looking sleepy. They walked to the kitchen and asked the boys what was going on. James was indignant and said that Sirius did something bad without taking them with him.

Anna laughed when she heard it. She mentioned it casually: "Oh, I think Euphemia will be very happy that you didn't do anything bad."

Several people couldn't help laughing when they heard Anna's words. Lily asked, "Is it really appropriate for him to sleep there?"

James took the initiative to speak again. He repeated his theory of "poisoning people and breaking plates", which successfully made the atmosphere in the kitchen much more cheerful.

"By the way, where's Xia?" Ender looked for a long time but couldn't see Xia, so he asked Lily and Penny.

Seeing that they also looked confused, Ander washed his hands and said, "Then I'll go call her."

He came to the door of Xia's room and knocked gently. Hearing footsteps from inside, Ander took a half step back. The door opened, and Xia yawned and asked, "What time is it?"

"Eight o'clock," Ender said. "Are you okay? It's strange that Sirius doesn't seem to be awake either."

When Xia heard Sirius' name, she instantly became more awake. She said, "Oh, is that so? I'm not sleepy anymore. Where are mom and dad? And everyone else, where are they?"

Ander looked at Xia suspiciously, and let her go out of the room. The two of them went downstairs while talking. Xia was so happy to hear Ander's theory about "poisoning people and breaking plates". When the two went downstairs, breakfast was ready. Everyone sat in their seats and prepared to enjoy breakfast. At this time, there was a sound outside the window. Looking at the sound, it was an owl.

Lawrence walked to the window and took the letter from the owl. He said, "It's from Oswin and Fiona. It's for Thea."

Ander looked at Lawrence eagerly. Lawrence spread his hands to show that he only saw a letter. Ander was a little dejected. But Lawrence took out a box of cookies and said, "I knew you would be like this. This is for you."

Ender took it. On the cookie box was written: "To our dear grandson, Ender."

At this time, Xia had finished reading the letter. She was a little surprised but still handed the letter to Anna and Lawrence, "Mom and Dad, grandpa and grandma asked me to live in Priest Manor for a while."

Anna looked at Lawrence calmly, and the two exchanged glances. Anna said, "It seems that they really miss you."

"But they were at home two days ago! We went out to play for a while and then they left. And why didn't they let me go?" Ender was a little indignant. He poked the poor toast in front of him with his fork.

Lawrence comforted him: "You all leave, your mother and I will be very bored."

Ender gave Lawrence a look of disbelief and reluctantly accepted the reply.

After breakfast, because Shia was going to Priest Manor, Lily, Penny, Sirius, Regulus and Remus all said they were going home. Ender said angrily again: "Shia is leaving, are you guys leaving too?! Oh, Merlin, I'm going to be bored to death!"

James bumped Ender in dissatisfaction and asked, "What about me? Do I not exist?"

In this way, the little wizards who had gathered for a day parted again. Xia also regretfully told Lily and Penny that she seemed to have no time to visit their home. Fortunately, Lily and Penny both said that there would be many opportunities in the future, which made Xia feel much better.

The next time we meet, it might be when school starts.

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