[HP]Aluet

"Is everything going well at school?"

"Yeah." I took a bite of the bread.

Kande leaned against the corner of the table, thinking carefully: "The fifth grade...what do you do in the fifth grade?"

"The same courses as before, the fifth grade can give up an elective course - but I didn't. The professor also provided us with future career development directions in the next semester... Well, there is a more important exam."

He suddenly realized: "How did you do in the exam?"

"Not bad." I said half-jokingly.

I stared at the rough edge of the rug for a moment.

"I dreamed about my mother. It was as if I actually saw her. It was so real."

"Do you miss her?"

"Oh, of course." I took a deep breath and put my hands on my face, "I miss her, and my dad."

Kande looked at me quietly for a few seconds without making a sound.

"Is my father still alive?" As soon as I asked, I felt a little weird.

But Mr. Kande didn't feel that something was wrong, he just nodded.

"Then why hasn't he come to me?"

"He..." Kande frowned, and organized his words for a while, "he still has things to get rid of." He looked into my eyes and forced a smile, the stubble was still shaking slightly, "However, I'm sure he'll be back to see you soon."

"Really?" I inexplicably felt a little nervous, "...But what if I don't know what to say when I see him? Is he a very serious person?"

Mr. Cande looked at me in surprise, and then suddenly laughed: "I think... probably not."

"That's good." I felt relieved, "So what is it that you can't get away from? It should be a very important thing, and it has been so long."

He thought about it seriously for a while: "It's about the Alouette family, Ashley. I don't know if you have found out by yourself. I have the impression that Hogwarts has books about Alouette. of."

"I saw a book..."

"In short, it is well known that Alouette's special ability is healing and can have special effects on the soul, such as soothing, repairing, controlling... But few people know that it can unearth negative power, because most of Alouette Very kind, there has only been one person who developed negative soul power in the entire family history."

He spread his hands: "However, Alouette's family history book... has been burned. There will probably only be such a name in future books, or there may be no names at all."

"It is rumored that the Alouette family has something that can bring the dead back to life. Therefore, it has attracted the covetousness of many people with ulterior motives."

"So, this thing that can be resurrected, is it real?" I asked.

"Yes."

My eyes widened. "This is incredible."

"You are the last Alouette, and your father... as the only person who has contact with Alouette, is naturally considered to know and master all of this..."

……

After leaving Mr. Kind, I haven't forgotten Dumbledore's advice.

I went back to the orphanage and went straight to Mrs. Cole.

"Aisley? You're back." She patted me in surprise, "I haven't seen you for a long time, and you've grown taller again."

I smiled, and since I was in a hurry to find someone, I asked straight to the point if the little girl was here, and then I got an affirmative answer.

"I'll get her—Tracey!" Mrs. Cole went upstairs.When she came back, she was followed by a girl with brown hair and brown eyes.

"Can I have a few words with her alone?"

"Yes." Although Mrs. Cole was puzzled, she still walked out and closed the door behind her.

"Did you find them, sister?" She pursed her lips.

I couldn't help feeling a little guilty: "Don't worry, I will help you. Has anyone else looked for you during this time?"

She shook her head.I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but my heart was still heavy.

"Did you go back to get your pocket watch? You kept the pocket watch that you took a photo with grandpa."

"Not yet." She replied, her voice was very low, "I want to get it, but I dare not go back."

"Then let me get it for you, okay?" I stroked her hair, looked into her clear eyes, and felt that I was about to do something inhumane.

"Forget everything..."

As soon as I got out of the orphanage I went to the jewelry store, keeping my hat down so I wouldn't be caught by people I knew.

After getting the pocket watch, I also cast the Oblivion Charm on the shopkeeper, and left the place quickly.

This should be the only photo of them together.Before destroying this thing, I looked at the photos and hesitated for a long time.It was as if I was making someone else's fate, and it seemed logical that I had to, but I didn't feel good about it.Humans are sometimes contradictory creatures.

I may take some comfort in the fact that they are no longer in danger.

Once you've done what you have to do, there's nothing to be busy with this holiday season -- except for homework.

Until one evening several days later.

"Aisley..."

My heart trembled, and the train of thought I had just thought about was interrupted in an instant——whose voice was that I couldn't be more familiar with.

I dug out the double-sided mirror from the inside pocket of my robe, and it was pitch black, so I couldn't see anything.

"Riddle?"

Like a drop of water on the surface of a mirror, it spread out from the middle, and the mirror became transparent again, reflecting my own face.The hand holding the mirror may be due to nervousness, and the nails are a little white.

After a short while of hesitation, I began to try to call his name.

I was still worried that he would not respond, but fortunately there was movement over there.The scene in the mirror shook violently, followed by a crisp cracking sound, as if his double-sided mirror fell to the ground.

With a barely audible curse, he reached up and picked up the mirror.

"Where are you? Are you not at the Riddle House?"

"It's okay, I'll go back tomorrow." His voice was calm and cold.Before I could ask any more questions, the mirror returned to its original state again, and I stared blankly at my own face for a while.

I'm not sure if I just saw blood on his passing hands and under his nose.

The whole night, including the whole morning of the next day, I was immersed in the entanglement of whether to go to him, and finally I walked on the road to Little Hangleton.The hustle and bustle gradually left me, and I walked up the hillside after passing the door of the singing church, and stopped in front of the mansion.

Still the same.

I went up the stairs and stopped at the open door of the room.I didn't try to hide the sound of my footsteps. Riddle was sitting by the window, and when he saw me, he turned around.

"sit?"

I stood still.

"What happened yesterday?" I asked.

"It's nothing."

"nothing?"

He calmly looked at me with a face of disbelief, and was still fiddling with some bottle cap on the table with one hand.

The silent atmosphere didn't make me uncomfortable, I was waiting for him to speak, and I could stay silent if he didn't make a sound.

"I accidentally called your name, is this explanation satisfactory?"

I froze for a few seconds, opened my mouth, but didn't say a word.No matter from the expression or the action, he made me feel that this sentence was not explained seriously at all.

"Are you injured?" I don't intend to dwell on the last topic.

"No."

I glanced at his hand, there was no sign of injury, but I noticed the blood in his eyes.I think I probably guessed something.

"It's because of the Horcruxes, isn't it?"

He paused when he knocked on the table.

"You don't need to be wary of anything. I just want to know why you have such a deep obsession with this. All things that go against common sense will definitely have a corresponding price. This is not good for you."

He laughed as if he had heard something interesting: "When I decided to do this, I took the cost out of consideration. I only need the result, not the process."

"Have you ever experienced the feeling of being at ease in your own world? Irresistible, indestructible. Those who live in the dark and pray for the forgiveness of fate should be those humble and stupid people, not me." He said, only at this time There was a fiery fire in his eyes, and I suddenly realized how determined and passionate his pursuit was suppressed under his indifferent shell, "Why was everything doomed from the moment I was born? This feeling is really terrible. "

He paused and said lightly: "I have seen the most perfect result, and I can do it too."

I breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered the dream on the train: "You know what? I saw a story that was completely different from reality. The boy in the story was born in an ordinary family. Happy, but complete. He is still proud and lonely, but he has lived his life in a normal way."

"I will feel sorry for him." His dark gray eyes looked straight at me, but I couldn't find any extra emotion there, "Blandness is the most meaningless."

I don't know why, but after hearing what he said, my mood suddenly calmed down like the surface of windless water.

"That's it." I said.I walked in front of Riddle, took the initiative to gently take his hand for the first time, I saw a moment of surprise in his eyes, and then disappeared with the drooping eyelids.

After the faint white light dissipated, I let go.

I was going to leave, but before I left, I remembered something.

"Last question." My tone was very relaxed, "Why did you want to be with me in the first place?"

He opened his mouth slightly, subconsciously wanting to answer, but in the end he chose to remain silent.

My heart throbbed violently.For a moment, I came up with a thought—why in the past he could say things against his will without changing his face, but now he couldn't even say simple love, even if it was deception.

"I see." I smiled.

I went downstairs, across the hall, and out the door of the Riddle House.

After a long time, I stopped and turned around, looking at the mansion standing in the distance and the gray sky above, my mind went blank.