mystery lover

In the year since Voldemort disappeared, there seems to be a consensus in the wizarding world that the Death Eaters are finished.The once powerful dark empire disintegrated at that moment. Although there were still some stubborn ones, it was clear that the Dark Lord's power was gone. The surviving Death Eaters were either sent to Azkaban, or escaped because they were controlled by the Imperius Curse. trial.The disintegration of the Death Eaters also marked the end of the First Wizarding World War.

The era of that man's reign... is over.

Oster saw intermittent news of other Death Eaters in the Daily Prophet.

The Abu family quickly got rid of the accusations of the Ministry of Magic, and some nobles also began to follow the example of Patriarch Malfoy.Oster was relieved about this, but soon, Little Barty, who seldom appeared among the Death Eaters, was accused and sent to Azkaban by his father on the spot.He was also caught with the Langstrets.

……

However, the bad luck didn't seem to stop there. When Dave Kasdey returned to England from Germany, Oster had just received the news that Abraxas was critically ill.

The young man was still holding the report related to the Malfoy family. When the fireplace in the castle hall suddenly ignited a green flame, Oster was almost shocked to see his grandfather from the dusty fireplace. The young man barely had time to hide the panic that flashed in his pupils.

"I don't think you're going to leave England, are you, Al?" When Dave Castei walked in front of the young man, his eyes stopped for a moment on the newspaper in the young man's hand.

"Grandpa..."

"I've been thinking about what makes my Orr refuse to leave the UK over and over again. And what kind of person is the other party."

Dave Kasdey paused when he said this, his gaze fell on the young man in front of him, Oster turned his eyes away under his gaze, and his grandson refused to meet his gaze.This realization caused a trace of sadness to flash across the old man's chest.

"During the years when you disappeared... I have been feeling guilty and blaming myself. That kind of emotion tortured me day and night... It was my selfishness that hurt you."

"No, it has nothing to do with you, Grandpa, you just made your choice."

"A choice... Orr, then what is your choice?"

Oster looked at Dave, the young man's voice was apologetic, but he didn't evade, "You already know that, don't you."

"I know... yes, yes, I should know." Dave's eyes were a little dazed. It's not that he didn't understand the changes in the British wizarding world at all. In fact, it was just the opposite, especially after knowing that Oster was still alive. Dave follows the turbulent British wizarding world almost every day.And with the few communications and Orr's increasingly strange words and deeds... Although his grandson tried his best to conceal something, Dave still found out.

"That girl you like...is a Death Eater? Which family? Black? Rozier? Or..."

"Grandpa." Oster interrupted his grandfather's speculation almost dumbfounded. He thought his grandfather knew...

In fact, the relationship between Oster and the Dark Lord was only rumored among the Death Eaters. Oster didn't know that Voldemort had kept him well hidden. If it wasn't for the night of Halloween, no one would It would be known that the young Castei had joined the Dark Lord's side.

"No, not a girl, I love a man."

When Oster finished speaking, he was not surprised to see the astonishment on Grandpa's face.

"Who is he..." After putting away the momentary bewilderment, Dave unconsciously looked at the newspaper in Oster's hand.An inexplicable anger rose in the old wizard's chest, but he quickly suppressed it.He needs to keep calm, he can't let Oster suffer any possible harm.

In Dave's original idea, if the other party is just a girl from a pure-blood family, then this is not unacceptable, not to mention that the Dark Lord has fallen now.But if Orr fell in love with a wizard... then everything would be different.In Dave Castei's mind, it was more likely that a certain pure-blood nobleman had seduced his grandson.

"No, grandfather, you won't understand."

"Who is he? Al, I think I have a right to know who the man is who made my grandson die for him."

The atmosphere in the hall became a little tense, Oster tightened the hand holding the newspaper, and finally the young man looked at the old man standing opposite him, "I'm sorry, but I love him."

Then the young man read the name softly, his voice was gentle and sad.

The name of the last man was drawn between his lips.

"Lord Voldemort."

There were only a few scattered people at Abraxas' funeral, and Lucius stood silently in front of his father's tombstone until all the ceremonies were over, leaving only the new head of the Malfoy family.

Standing in the rain, he seemed to have melted into the backdrop of the funeral.Until a big black umbrella covered his head.

When Lucius turned around, he saw the young man unexpectedly.Lucius watched the other party place a bouquet of white flowers in front of his father's tombstone, and there was another long silence.

It wasn't until Oster turned to look at him that the corner of Lucius' mouth seemed to move.The platinum nobleman who had stood in the rain all day was a little slow and stiff. He didn't have any magic on him, just like the young man in front of him.

"At any time, I am willing to provide you with any possible help."

When Oster's voice fell, the young man showed the spell that he had connected with Abu to Lucius in front of him. There was a trace of gentleness in Oster's blue eyes. The dazzling man, when his shadow was reflected in the other's gray pupils, he said, "You can trust me, Lucius."

"Thank you, Oster."

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"Oster..." Lucius called the young man who was about to leave. When the other party looked at him again, the platinum noble handed a ring to the young man, not missing the surprise in the other party's eyes, " My father asked me to protect this ring, he said that this ring is very important... I guess it belongs to you."

Oster took the ring from Lucius' hand, and the other party continued, "Oster, the door of Malfoy's house is always open for you, and this will not change even if I become the new owner of the manor. .”

If this person does not show up today, Lucius does not guarantee that he will return the ring to its owner.

He will keep the ring according to his father's will, but the way of keeping it is entirely up to Lucius himself.

In fact, the platinum noble had already noticed Oster, and the other party even came to this cemetery earlier than him.

But Lucius didn't say anything, until just now, when the young man walked over, the platinum noble decided to return it.

Oster nodded to the man in front of him, and when he saw the worry in his eyes, "You did a good job, Lucius."

Afterwards, the young man said firmly, "Slytherin will never be destroyed."

I'll find you, Tom.

☆、The Boy Who Lived

Almost ten years had passed since the Dursleys had woken up to find their nephew on the gate steps, and little had changed in Privet Drive.The sun still rose over the neat garden in front of the house, illuminating the bronze number four on the Dursleys' gate; the sun crept into their living room, which was exactly the same night Mr. Dursley had watched the big news about owls .Only the photograph on the mantelpiece shows how much time has passed.Ten years ago, there were pictures of what looked like a big pink beach balloon in a colorful baby hat - only Dudley wasn't a baby anymore, and there was a picture of a big-headed boy riding his The first bicycle, riding the carousel at the fair, playing computer games with my father, being hugged and kissed by my mother.There was nothing in the room to suggest that another boy was living in the house.

Harry Potter still lives here, he's sleeping right now, but not for long.His Aunt Petunia was awake, and the first noise of the day was her screaming.

"Get up! Get up! Hurry up!"

Harry woke up with a start.His aunt was banging on his door again.

"Get up!" she screamed.Harry heard her walking towards the kitchen, followed by the sound of a frying pan being put on the stove.He turned his back to the door, trying to recall the dream he had just had.It was a good dream.In his dream there was a young man who was smiling at him.

Then the aunt came to his door again.

"Are you up?" she asked.

"Soon," said Harry.

"Come on, come on, I want you to watch the bacon. Try to burn it. I want Dudley's birthday to be all right."

Harry grunted.

"What did you say?" My aunt asked sharply again.

"Nothing, nothing" Dudley's birthday - how could he forget.Harry slowly got out of bed and started looking for socks.He found a pair of socks from under the bed, grabbed a spider from one of the socks, and put the socks on.Harry was used to spiders, because the cupboard under the stairs was full of them, and he slept there.

It can be seen that the boy's living environment is very bad, but Harry didn't complain too much because of this, because...that person will always protect him.

The first time Harry saw the young man was after Aunt Petunia cut off his messy black hair. Harry was so depressed at the time. He hid in the cupboard and couldn't sleep. The boy thought about it and didn't know tomorrow How to get to school, the classmates already made jokes about his baggy clothes and taped glasses.

At this moment, that shadow-like young man appeared, which really shocked Harry. The boy almost hid by the wall. In fact, the cupboard was very small. After appearing, the young man just used an extremely complicated He looked at him, Harry couldn't understand, he just felt scared, then the young man squatted down, and he said to Harry, "I can change your hair back for you."

Then Harry's hair went back to the way it was before Aunt Petunia cut it.He also repaired his taped glasses, which Harry was very grateful to him for.

Another time, it was at school, Dudley and his gang were chasing Harry as usual, and the boy named Pierpokis cut Harry's hands behind his back and grabbed Harry firmly. Hold him so Dudley can beat him.Then Harry saw the young man appear, and Dudley, who was about to beat him up, suddenly slipped and fell, and was inexplicably thrown to the side of the trash can, which frightened the group, and Harry was locked up for it Cupboard for a week.

But the boy seemed very happy. He found that the young man seemed to be by his side all the time. As long as Harry wanted to, the other party would appear in front of him. Harry didn't care that the young man was a ghost, he thought it was his patron saint.

Harry also knew from the other party that he was a wizard, and the boy was excited for a long time because the youth told him that he could leave this place when he was 11 years old, and he would go to a place called Hogwarts. It will be a completely different world if there are little wizards like Harry.

Harry's name was young Nicole. After they got along for a long time, the young man told him his name. Nicole said that Harry's black hair was beautiful, but Nicole didn't seem to like his messy hair very much. Always trying to smooth out his black hair.

Nico was always so gentle, he almost answered Harry's questions.

It's a sunny weekend, and the zoo is packed with family tourists.At the entrance, the Dursleys bought Dudley and Pierre each a large chocolate ice cream; before they could take Harry away, a smiling young lady in the ice cream van was already asking Harry what he wanted. For something, they had to buy Harry a cheap lemon popsicle.Popsicles aren't bad, Harry thought.As he licked the popsicle, he watched a gorilla scratching its head, a gorilla that looked exactly like Dudley, except it wasn't blond.

It was the happiest morning Harry had had in a long time.He had been careful to keep a short distance from the Dursleys so that he could talk to Nicole who was beside him, and the young man walking beside him made Harry feel like this was a morning for them both.

A shy smile appeared on the boy's face. He looked at Nico beside him, and then asked in a low voice, "Nico, do you like ice cream too?"

After getting an affirmative answer from the young man, Harry thought about it surprisingly seriously, "I don't know if there is any magic in the wizarding world that allows ghosts to eat ice cream, but don't worry, I will definitely find it! Can."

After Harry finished speaking, a pair of emerald green eyes looked expectantly at the young man beside him.

After lunch, Harry followed Aunt Petunia's family to the Reptile House.The museum was cold and dark, with bright glass windows along the four walls.Through the glass, you can see lizards and snakes of various colors crawling around on wooden blocks or stones.Dudley and Pierre wanted to see the venomous giant cobra and the aggressive python.Dudley soon found the largest python in the pavilion.It could wrap its body around Uncle Vernon's car twice and crush it into a heap of scrap metal.But at this time, it seemed that it didn't have such thoughts, and it was sleeping soundly.

Dudley stared at the plate of shiny brown pythons with his nose pressed against the glass. "Let it move," Dudley moaned and begged his father.Uncle Vernon knocked on the glass, but the python didn't budge. "Knock it again," Dudley ordered.Uncle Vernon tapped the glass hard with his knuckles, but the boa constrictor continued to snooze. "It's annoying," Dudley complained, and shuffled away.

Harry moved his feet in front of the big cabinet where the python was kept, and the boy looked at the python carefully.Harry wouldn't be surprised if it ended up dying here unhappy.Because it doesn't have a partner, just some stupid guy knocking his finger on the glass all day trying to wake him up.It was worse than his life, at least he had Nicol with him, talking to him, teaching him, protecting him...

When Harry thought of this, he couldn't help turning his head to look at the young man beside him, who was also looking at the giant python in the cabinet.

At this moment, the giant python suddenly opened its bright eyes, and slowly raised its head until it was as high as the young man's eyes.It blinked.Harry was horrified.He glanced quickly around at once to see if anyone was paying attention to them.

No one paid attention.He looked back at the python, then at Nicole. "Nico, is it looking at you?" Harry asked softly.

In fact, the young man was also a little shocked. When the giant python suddenly turned its head to Potter's uncle and cousin, Oster clearly heard the hiss of the giant python: "I always meet people like them .”

"That must have annoyed you." Oster replied, and then the giant python nodded vigorously.

Harry looked at everything that happened around him in a daze. He could only hear a hissing sound suddenly coming out of Nicole's mouth. Harry couldn't understand what the other person was saying, but the sound... seemed to be particularly like The sound made by snakes.

Just as Harry was standing there in a daze, Dali and his best friend Peel suddenly turned back, Harry was pushed aside by them, Nico also noticed him at this time, he walked to Harry's side, and explained like this Said, "Don't worry, Harry, that's not an ordinary snake, it's a magical creature, and it can see me."

Harry nodded, his green eyes full of trust.Aoster turned his head away pretending to be inadvertent, a trace of concern flashed in the young man's eyes, he didn't know why he could master Parseltongue.

On such a day, Harry finally received the Hogwarts admission letter, thanks to Nicole's help. If it weren't for Nicole's foresight, Harry can guarantee that Aunt Petunia and Uncle Dursley would definitely I will not give this letter to myself.

So under Nicole's guidance, Harry sent a reply letter quietly. The boy was so happy that he even wanted to hug the shadow-shaped youth.But obviously, he failed, Harry couldn't hug a ghost, and a look of disappointment flashed in the boy's emerald green eyes.

"You will go with me, right, to Hogwarts..." Harry cautiously asked the young man opposite him, for fear of saying no from the other party's mouth.

But the young man just looked at him with his usual eyes, and Harry heard the answer he had been dreaming of, "Yes, I will."

This answer made Harry ignore the fleeting worry in the other party's eyes, and the boy happily agreed to everything Nicole asked of him.Of course he will keep this secret, and Harry is even very happy to do so. The boy was worried that after he went to the wizarding world, other people would also be able to see Nicole, but after Nicole reminded him, Harry found out excitedly ...Nico...is still his.

When Harry was very young, he often dreamed that a certain relative came to pick him up suddenly, but his dream never came true.But then, after Harry had Nico, he found that he could never expect anyone to come get him, as long as Nico... as long as he was by his side.

This situation continued until the end of Harry's first year. During this year, Harry made two new friends, Hermione and Ron. Since he came to Hogwarts, Nicole has He rarely appeared in front of him as a shadow anymore, but Harry knew that the other was always by his side, and he could feel the lightning scar on his forehead.

Harry also knew about the Sorcerer's Stone. When he found out that Nicole had the same name as that master alchemist, Harry couldn't help but ask the young man, and then the other person was really Nicole May's adopted son!But Harry didn't dare to ask Nicole how he became what he was now, for he was afraid that he would violate the privacy of the young man.

And then Harry slowly realized...Nicole was in that scar on his forehead.It was warm, the boy looked at the scar in the mirror, he knew it was from the night his parents died, he didn't know why, but Harry didn't reject it at all because it was Nico ...

When he loses his mind in front of the Mirror of Erised, the other party will appear beside him to wake him up.When everyone thinks he is special, the other party will comfort him gently.He was always by his side, and Harry couldn't find someone who was always by his side like Nicole, but when he was quietly looking for a way to make the ghost... have a body, the one who killed The person who killed his parents appeared.

At that time, Harry had just got the Philosopher's Stone, and he tried to escape from Quirrell, but Voldemort's voice rang out sharply at that moment: "Grab him!" Hands gripped his wrist tightly.At the same time, the scar on Harry's forehead suddenly ached, something that had never happened before, and Harry felt as if his head was going to split in two.

He yelled loudly and struggled desperately, he didn't know what happened, he was so worried about the young man, the boy could only shout——Nicole's name over and over again.Then, to his surprise, Quirrell let go, and the pain in his brow eased—

Harry looked around blankly for Quirrell, who was hunched over in pain.

Then Harry tried to talk to Nicole, but there was no response, his scar was in sharp pain again, and Harry felt his eyes go black, but he still saw Quirrell howling in pain.When he woke up again, he was already lying in the hospital.

☆、Tom's diary