[HP] Leader's Exclusive Rose

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On their way back to King's Cross, the weather was nothing like it had been when they had come to Hogwarts last September: the sky was cloudless.

After saying goodbye to Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum, Cedric helped Rosalind push her luggage to an empty box.Finally found an empty box and sat in.

Her magic powers were back a lot—though Fox's tears didn't bring her back all at once, she wasn't in much of a hurry.

Her owl, Googo, was dozing with its head tucked under its wings, and Cedric's screech owl, Lulu, stood quietly in his cage.The train drove them south, and Rosalind got rid of the depression and depression of the past few days, and sat next to Cedric, talking to him.Cedric was reading a copy of the Daily Prophet.

"Rita Skeeter didn't make a big fuss about Headmaster Dumbledore's words." The boy closed the newspaper, his tone more disbelieving.

Rosalind giggled - she knew why: Hermione had "caught" Rita Skeeter.

The day before yesterday when she was sitting alone by the black lake in a daze because of the backlash of the curse, this Gryffindor lion cub found her and shared an interesting discovery with her:

Rita Skeeter gets some "top secret news" because she's an illegal, unregistered Animagus - she can turn into a gray beetle and hide in corners that aren't easy to spot Get the information you want.

Hermione also caught her by chance, in exchange for keeping her secret - she asked Rita Skeeter not to write any more articles for a year.

Cedric also laughed after hearing this. After all, this is a good thing that pleases people's hearts.

"What are you going to do during your summer vacation?" Rosalind tapped the ruby ​​ring lightly with the fingers of her right hand, and her face was a little more helpless: "Voldemort is back, and the Ministry of Magic will definitely not be peaceful after that—I haven't thought about it yet." Well, what to do..."

Cedric lowered his head and hooked her fingers: "I don't really care if I work in the Ministry of Magic, as long as I can protect you and take good care of you."

News of Voldemort's return hadn't been kept under wraps, but the Ministry of Magic had done nothing about it, or even tried to suppress it.

After returning to Shen's house, Nora came to her room that night and handed her a bronze medallion-like thing engraved with complicated patterns.

"Keep it carefully, and don't let it be taken by others. I'll take you to a place tomorrow—" Nora had some inexplicable emotions in his eyes, "You may need it in the future."

"Good mother. But, what is this?" Rosalind felt the coldness of the metal texture spreading from the palm of her hand, and couldn't help frowning her eyebrows together.

"This is the identity certificate of the heir of the Bork family." Nora didn't seem to want to continue this topic tonight, "Retire early tonight, and you will know tomorrow."

Rosalind hadn't expected Nora to bring her to Knockturn Alley.

Nora's face was rarely veiled, and her well-tailored dress made her look like the power behind some pure-blood family, even though she was.

She even put a veil cap on Rosalind.

Opening his eyes again from the fireplace, he saw a dirty alley lined with black magic shops.I glanced to the left, and there were some shrunken human heads eeriely displayed in the window of a family opposite.Across the two doors, a large cage was covered with huge black spiders.In a dark doorway, two ragged wizards were watching the mother and daughter whispering.Rosalind felt a dense burr from the bottom of her heart. Nora held her hand tightly and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, you will get used to it sooner or later."

Rosalind was taken aback when she heard this—Nora and Yucheng Shen had warned her not to come to this place more than once since she was a child, even though it was very close to Diagon Alley.

The biggest store in Knockturn Alley is the one in front of them:

Borgin-Bock Magic Shop

Following Nora's opening of the store door, the first thing Rosalind saw was a large number of skeletons and other creepy things placed in the not-so-clean glass window; Human hands, a stack of blood-stained cards, and a glass eyeball that freezes.Walking forward, hideous masks stare down on the wall, even various human bones are placed on the counter, and rusty sharp-toothed instruments hang from the ceiling.

A hunched man appeared behind the counter, pushing back his greasy hair and wearing a pince-nez over his rough face.

"Miss Bork, it's a pleasure to see you again." The man of no age said in a tone as oily as his hair, "It's a great honor—and, this beautiful lady? Is it your daughter?" --welcome."

"You're joking again, Mr. Bokin. I can't afford to say 'Miss' at my age." Nora took Rosalind's hand and came to the store, with a smile that didn't show any deep meaning on her face: "I The purpose of coming today is to familiarize the next heir of the Bork family with the environment here."

"Of course there is no problem, and you will always be Miss Bork in my heart." Bo Jin bent even more. "Of course, if you prefer me to call you Mrs. Shen."

"Mr. Borgin, how are you?" Rosalind tried her best to keep her voice calm, so as to hide the panic and fear in her heart. This store is actually related to her mother - Borgin-Bock, it is not difficult to guess .

"Thank you for your greeting, Miss Shen." Bojin turned his eyes to Rosalind: "It's an honor to meet you."

"If possible, I hope you can take her to familiarize herself with the situation in the store. I will come back to pick her up this afternoon. You can guarantee her safety, right?" Nora's fingers tapped lightly on the countertop, silky Gloves dull the sound.

"Of course, Mrs. Shen—" Bojin said and looked at Rosalind: "I believe this good boy will not touch anything." A strange light flashed in Bojin's eyes: "But I miss you For sure, that person is back."

"Yes, that's why I chose to bring her here now." Nora glanced slightly at the bowed man in front of her eyes: "Please, you can take her as your assistant."

"I'll pick you up at four o'clock in the afternoon." Nora patted the back of her daughter's hand: "You stay here today, follow Mr. Bojin's requirements and instructions to assist him, don't touch anything here .” After she finished speaking, she left a kiss on the girl’s forehead: “Don’t worry, he will protect your personal safety.”

Seeing Nora's figure disappearing into Knockturn Alley again, Rosalind also stood in the shop feeling quite embarrassed.

"Don't be nervous, Miss, as long as you don't touch anything, I assure Merlin that nothing will happen to you." Bojin's eyes were refracted from behind the slightly funny lens, adding a bit of sinister and cunning.

The girl nodded when she heard the words, but she was somewhat puzzled in her heart—although her mother's tone of voice to this person named "Bo Jin" was polite, it was full of an insurmountable sense of class, just like the master and her husband. His servants assign tasks politely, although they are respectful, they are by no means "equal".

Rosalind walked carefully in the store, observing the products on display that exuded a terrifying atmosphere—a huge iron cabinet that looked mysterious aroused her curiosity: "What is this?"

"The Vanishing Cabinet—you can open a secret passage and connect to another Vanishing Cabinet." The corner of Bojin's mouth curled up in a strange arc: "The other one, I remember, is in Hogwarts Castle."

After hearing this, Rosalind glanced sideways at him, and folded her hands together.She hasn't taken off her gloves yet, but that doesn't stop her from wringing her fingers.

"May I ask when you worked in this store, Mr. Bokin?" The girl cast her eyes on the man who looked greasy and slovenly, unconsciously showing a bit of her mother Nora's expression .

"Many years ago—" the man lowered his eyes, and stopped flipping the book that looked like a ledger in his hand, "I can't remember how old I was when I was picked up by Mr. Bork from the street. Come back and stay here."

"Well... so that's the case." Rosalind confirmed the guess in her heart, and did not continue this topic: "Can I help you with anything? Or is there anything I need to do?"

"I think you can try to sort out the bills first—" Bojin pointed to the counter behind him, "There are still several books on it."

When Rosalind followed Nora back to Shen's house in the afternoon, Nora told her a story she had never mentioned before:

The Burke family also sided with Voldemort, but Nora made a decision against the family and became a member of the Order of the Phoenix - which later helped the Burke family avoid trial after the first battle with Voldemort.

She originally had a Death Eater uncle, but in order to protect Nora and the Bock family, she was indirectly killed by Voldemort while passing information to members of the Order of the Phoenix—

That's why the badge of the heir to the family was passed on to her mother Nora.

"He is a very good brother." Nora took out a photo, and there were only two people on it: one was her when she was young, and the other was a man with a deep face who was much taller than her.

"I miss him very much." A gleam of sadness flashed across Nora's blue eyes.

Rosalind hugged her own mother, and patted her on the back in a comforting way: "Uncle is a hero."

There are always some things worth giving your life to protect.

Family and lover, ideal and glory.