[HP]Aluet

"Yesterday, there was another case of mysterious disappearance." Minerva looked at the newspaper spread in front of her with a sad face.

"You still have to be busy preparing lessons, so don't worry about these things." I took the newspaper away from her and browsed it roughly.

"How can you not worry about it? War is a knife, hanging above everyone's head. Like thick smoke, it will not deliberately go around which side of the land." She has not taken off her hat since entering the house, and at this moment she is finally willing to take it off Come down, "Hogwarts is a peaceful place now, maybe it won't be in a while, but there are so many children here, they don't even have the ability to protect themselves." She put the hat on the side table On the road, when he walked to the window, he looked out at the dark night sky.

"Oh! It's getting too late, and I probably won't be able to stay long before I have to go back. I have to get up early tomorrow, and I can't stay up late. I'm no longer the healthy body that I was back then." Minerva turned her head, as if Suddenly thought of something, and moved the corner of her mouth, "Don't say anything about Quidditch, now I'm sitting on a broom and flying higher, and I'm worried that I'll fall off." Her hand unconsciously rested on her ribs.

I lowered my eyes, smiled cooperatively, and once again focused on the new disappearance case reported in the newspaper.

This is already the fourth missing wizard case.From the first to the present, no one has been found, and no one was found alive, and no corpse was found dead.In today's long-term war, the Ministry of Magic's investigation is even more powerless.

The pungent smell washed over my sense of smell, I frowned and held my breath, and walked out from the charred ruins.

I have explored several related disappearance cases in a row.This is the latest incident. Everything in the whole house was burnt down, and there was no scum left, only broken bricks and tiles were left standing here.

I walked around the house and stumbled over some rock.I bent down, but found that there was a piece of paper pressed under the stone. I pulled it out and saw the words on it.

[It's almost your turn. ]

My hair stood on end, and I looked around. There were dark bushes all around me, and there was no one there.I deformed and flew away from here quickly.

Since I went back, I have been haunted by intense anxiety all the time, like a ball of cotton stuck in my chest, making me unable to breathe.

In August, the weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, and even the wind in the evening carries a hint of heat.

"I have to take Remus to the Shrieking Room to transform later, and I'll go back when everything is over." Pomfrey picked up the bag in a hurry.

"Thank you." Dumbledore nodded to her, and after turning the corner of the corridor away from the school hospital, I changed from a bird back to a human figure and landed, walking side by side with him.

"I also think this is very strange, but I'm almost sure it wasn't Riddle." I said, "Is it possible that Grindelwald's remnants are deliberately creating panic at this juncture, after all, for them, The more chaotic the better..."

"Yes, Ashley. But you still have to be careful," he turned his head to look at me. "According to what you said, the person who secretly caused trouble may have already set his sights on you."

I pursed my lips, said goodbye to Dumbledore, and went down the stairs.

There was no movement in the corridor.

"Aisley."

I pricked up my ears, and was surprised to hear someone calling my name. I turned my head, and a black shadow flashed past the classroom behind me. I followed the shadow and chased after it.

In the classroom, the curtains were pulled down, and the light could not penetrate at all. I hesitated and stopped at the door, using fluorescent flashes.

"Who?" I asked.

"it's me."

I watched in amazement as the man in front of me took off his hood, revealing a pale face.Alphard raised his head and twitched the corner of his mouth at me.

"You?" I opened my eyes wide, "How did you get here?"

"I'll take you there." He said and grabbed my sleeve, I put out the spell, followed him carefully in the corridor, he walked straight up to the eighth floor, and walked back and forth three times in the empty corridor , I saw a door appearing on the wall. This is the magical house of "responsiveness" that I found here.

"You know it too?" I asked.

Alphard pushed open the door, and I followed behind him. He limped into it, and finally stopped in front of a cabinet.

I looked at him inexplicably.

"I also found this place by accident." He said, "I heard that he worked in Bock's store after graduation, so I secretly went to Knockturn Alley to check some time ago, and found this cabinet. It is similar to the one here. It's exactly the same. So I tried it with other things, and the objects put in the cabinet will disappear. I guess there must be some kind of channel connected, and it is. I don't believe that he has been working there for so long. This is a very dangerous passage, it may become his backhand, I don't know if he has entered Hogwarts again through this place."

I had a strong sense of crisis: "This is too dangerous... We need to find an opportunity to destroy this passage, otherwise Hogwarts may fall into crisis at any time, and the teachers and students here have no defense yet."

"Yes, that's one of the reasons why I came to you." He said, "Our contact information has been cut off, and I haven't been able to find a chance to meet you."

At this time, my ears keenly caught some slight noise, and I vigilantly threw the Appearance Charm in that direction, and a transparent shadow appeared in front of us.

"Headless Nick?" I took a step back in shock.

"Oh—don't be nervous, don't be nervous." He floated slowly outside, intending to leave here.

"Wait!" I stopped him and begged, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, neither do ghosts, Nick."

In fact, I was relieved that Headless Nick has always been very talkative, and he probably heard our conversation just now, and understands right and wrong.If it was someone else who heard it, I am afraid that some special measures will have to be taken.

"Don't worry..." He gestured and disappeared through the wall without a trace.

"Let's go, it's still not safe here." I left Hogwarts with Alphard.

I walked briskly down the street, but Alphard didn't look nervous at all.

"Come in and sit down for a while." I said to him.

"No need." He shook his head, went around to the backyard, found a simple wooden chair and sat down.

Thinking that no one would come here, I didn't have much attachment, so I sat next to him.

"Don't worry, there's a lot of time," he said. "You told me before that you thought there was something wrong with Ranbusi, and I've been paying attention to him. He's really not quite right, he seems a little too busy, but he's not. I got so many tasks. I intentionally showed a little bit of skepticism towards Voldemort, and he wanted to provoke me, although it was not clear, but I could also feel it."

"It's too dangerous for you to gamble like this, Alphard. If Ranbusi is okay and a loyal follower of Voldemort, then you're going to burn yourself by doing this. Fortunately, he does have a heart of disloyalty."

"Before I changed it, I really didn't dare to gamble." He picked up the topic, "I doubt that Ranbusi has his own influence."

"Yes, Grindelwald's remnant party was organized by him alone. As for his purpose, I don't know yet." I said.

Alphard showed a dazed expression: "If this is the case, then everything is clear. I have also been investigating the cases that happened in the newspaper recently. There are many doubts about Ranbusi, and those mysterious disappearances are likely to be done by him. But I don't know where all those people went, and I don't know what he wants to do."

I stroked my chin, thinking quietly.

"Hostage?" After he finished guessing, he shook his head.

"Let's save that for later." I was still wondering why he didn't seem to be afraid of being discovered at all, when he lowered his head and rolled up his sleeves, I saw the Death Eater mark on it It started to turn red slowly from black, raised and twisted, and soon the skin around his forearm turned red.

"He is calling you, you have to go back." I reminded.

Alphard ignored it. He put his sleeves down again and continued: "Voldemort has not gone to find the whereabouts of the Lin family. They should be safe for the time being."

I nodded.

"Basically, that's all I can do. In fact, I decided to come to Hogwarts to find you for other reasons." He smiled, "It's probably a selfish intention—" He took out a The small black box was handed to me, "I wanted to see Sirius, but it was too late. This is the key to Gringotts. If there is a chance, I hope you can pass it to him for me."

I put the box away: "I will."

I don't know why he did this, so I looked at him suspiciously.

The Dark Mark seemed to be causing him great pain, his thick black eyebrows were furrowed, his arms trembled slightly, and his face was even paler than when he came here, but he was still able to insist on speaking normally: "In July, Sirius Dismissed by Blake."

"what?"

I couldn't be more shocked.

"Why?" My blood started to turn cold under the summer heat, and I realized that I was really worried about that child.

"He didn't go home during the summer vacation and went to his friend's place." Alphard said lightly, "He has been defying the ideas of the Black family, and Black can no longer tolerate him. Even Orion didn't speak for him, Wal Boogar personally wiped Sirius' name from the family tree."

I opened my mouth, but couldn't say a word.

"But he's still a child..." Alphard smiled wryly, "How can he live without Black."

His face became more and more ugly, he rolled up his sleeves again, the imprint was as hideous as if it was about to burn - Alphard had left it there for too long.

He took out his wand, and the Cutting Curse slashed across the skin without hesitation. Blood flowed down his arm. Rolling out, I panicked and tried to help him heal, but he shook his head at me.

"No, Alphard..." My heart was beating nervously, and the ominous premonition was about to drive me crazy, "What are you going to do?"

"Listen, Ashley," Alphard's breathing finally eased a lot, his tone was very calm, too calm to make people feel at ease, but it made me even more flustered, "You have lost a lot along the way, I know , it's hard for you to see this kind of thing again. We are all the same, Ashley. But in fact, sometimes, what you think is bad is not necessarily bad."

I shook my head desperately: "I can take you to Dumbledore, he must have a way..."

"Dumbledore is also human, he is not omnipotent."

He looked at me softly, but there was another scene in his eyes, his attention had long been out of here, I guess he was thinking about something else.

"I have been envious of you for a while, envious that you can walk away without any scruples, you can walk into the darkness and get out of your body." He smiled and said with a light and relaxed tone, "In Madrid, you throw him When the next video left, it was really cool. That time we spent a lot of effort to get out of the giant's territory. Since then, I have often simulated such a happy scene in my mind. but--"

He shook his head, and the words suddenly stopped.

Broken grief still rages through me, I just look at him, waiting for him to continue, and I can't make a sound.

"But I—" He narrowed his eyes, let out a heavy sigh, and said slowly, "Black must be loyal. My identity does not allow me to do that."

I buried my face in my hands, and my heart was ashamed.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked you to do that..." I think I hurt him.

"No, it's not because of you. I did everything voluntarily. This is my own choice. I need to thank you, Ashley, for giving me this opportunity to atone for my sins." He comforted, "I have long since Looking forward to this day. I've lived my life long enough to see everything I need to see. I've lived my life for Blake, and now I don't need to."

Alphard stood up, raised his head, and looked at the full moon already high in the sky.

"Blake, the love of my life, abandoned me. It is time for me to return to myself."

"Alphad."

I watched Alphard walk into the night, he took out something from his pocket and drank it, then walked straight forward, gradually away from my sight.

I don't know where he went and I haven't heard from him since.

He disappeared at the end of the bright moonlight of August [-]th.