Homecoming from Hogwarts

Chapter 462 Bagman

Harry would have been surprised by the space in Sirius's father's tent if it hadn't been for the fact that Professor Blaine's classroom, which had been used for them to deal with the Inferi and Hinkpunks, was now used as a training room for physical education. .

The tent looked only half the size of Hagrid's hut from the outside, but the space inside was dozens of times larger than the outside. The wizard who made the tent seemed to have moved a seaside villa into it.Harry's aunt and uncle's family has always been extremely eager to buy a holiday villa in Majorca. They bought a lot of related magazines and brochures. Harry once lived in the enviable luxurious houses. , just like the white four-story western-style building in front of us.

"Huh—"

What happened outside just now made them unhappy. However, when they saw the villa in front of them and the huge swimming pool in front of the villa, the little ones in the Weasley family who were not determined enough all let out exclamations. Ron came directly from the team. He ran out, came to the swimming pool, lay down and touched the water with his finger, then stared at Sirius with a confused expression,

"This is a real swimming pool. Oh my god, I just thought it was just a trick!"

"It's truly an eye-opener, Sirius-"

Mr. Weasley stared at the soft glowing circle in the sky, and said in great surprise,
"Much bigger than the tent I borrowed from Perkins."

Harry didn't care who Perkins was, and the luxury tent didn't shock him as much as the fact that Sirius was related to the Malfoy family.After holding his big head for a long time, Harry's neck finally couldn't bear it anymore. He put his hand on his cheek and looked at Sirius with a frown.

"Remus, see if you can help Harry's head recover. He just ate a piece of bubble gum and his head became like this."

Sirius looked at Remus and said calmly.

"I know the kind of bubble gum you are talking about. Not long before you came, I saw a little boy when I went to fetch water. His head was more than ten times bigger than yours. Harry -"

Remus stared at Harry's head with interest and said,
"But the little boy immediately returned to normal after swallowing the other half of the bubblegum. I guess you must have swallowed the funny half and the antidote in one gulp, right, Harry?"

Harry muttered under his breath, and then, under Remus's restorative spell, his head began to swipe.

"What on earth is going on Sirius, you and Draco's mother?"

Remus walked into the villa to inform Kreacher to bring food to everyone. Mr. Weasley, who saw that the father and son wanted to chat, also gave Ginny a guilty look, and they also walked into the villa to visit. By the swimming pool, Ron, Fred and George were already taking off their shirts and jumping in to show off their skills.

"Haha, just like what Ron said just now, Harry -"

Sirius laughed dryly twice,

"There are some die-hards in the magic world who are always unwilling to abandon outdated traditions. They are pure-blood families. They are crazy about the purity of their blood. It would be a shame to combine with a wizard of mixed-race origin. But in this case, they don't have much choice. Well, in order to ensure that the family is not destroyed, these pure-blood wizard families intermarry with each other, so--"

Sirius spread his hands and made a helpless expression towards Harry.

Harry was not unaware of what Sirius said. He also knew that these pure-blood families generally graduated from the same academy, just like Ron's family members all went to school in Gryffindor, and Malfoy's ancestors are basically from Slytherin.

Sirius rarely talked about his parents with him, and Harry took it for granted that the Black family, like the Weasley family, was an 'outlier' among pure-blood wizarding families.

But judging from what Malfoy's mother said outside just now, it seems that the real alien should be Sirius.

After a short silence, Harry suddenly frowned and said,

"Draco's mother just mentioned Walburga, who is she?"

"She's my mother—"

Sirius's gray eyes flashed with a hint of gloom, and after taking a deep breath, he nodded,
"You guessed it right, Harry, she is my mother. Yes, Narcissa Malfoy is right. She doesn't like me very much. In fact, in order to prevent me from taking over the family's wealth, she died I made a will and divided the gold that my family had accumulated over the centuries between my two cousins. One of them was Narcissa Malfoy, and the other, oh, I really don't want to mention that woman-- Bellatrix Lestrange."

cousin
Harry suddenly remembered that on the night of his 14th birthday dinner, Sirius and Remus had talked to him about his dream. Sirius had suspected that the woman who appeared in his dream was his cousin, but Then Narcissa Malfoy was mentioned, that is to say, this is Bellatrix Lestrange?

"That's right, it's her."

Sirius said with disgust, "She was imprisoned in Azkaban with me. Of course, she is different from me. She is definitely worthy of the things she did." "What did she do?"

Harry asked eagerly. It was only today that he realized that he knew nothing about Sirius's life experience.

"What did she do?" Sirius smiled coldly, "She worked as a slave to Voldemort. Please believe me, Harry, you will not find anyone more loyal to Voldemort than Bellatrix Lestrange." Even in Azkaban, under the torture of those dementors, I heard her screaming many times over the years waiting for Voldemort to come back and make everyone pay the price!"

"But--"

Harry was still confused and wanted to say something, but Sirius was a little impatient. He waved his hand and said impatiently,
"Don't you understand, Harry? You still don't know who my mother and my relatives are? Most of them are direct loyalists to Voldemort, and some who are not involved are also Secretly fueling Voldemort's horrific cause, and my mother, well, yes, she is not a Death Eater, but according to me, if she could have been 20 years younger at that time, maybe what she would have done!"

Sirius's words made Harry's heart heavy. Only today did he understand that the grievances Sirius suffered were not only his parents who were misunderstood and persecuted by the world, but his own family may have caused him even greater harm.

Mr. Weasley walked out of the villa, probably preparing to call them to eat, but at this moment, the wind chimes outside the tent suddenly rang, and at the same time, a brisk voice also reached their ears along with the pleasant sound of the wind chimes. inside.

"Ah, is there anyone here? I heard that there was a conflict here. I have nothing to do, so I came here to take a look!"

"Oh!"

Mr. Weasley immediately became excited. He hurried around the swimming pool, walked towards the tent door with Sirius and Harry, and greeted Sirius on his behalf.
"The most important person at the moment, Ludo!"

"Hey Arthur, old man!"

Mr. Weasley's voice caught the people outside off guard, but then, Ludo, who realized who it was, barged in directly from the outside. He shook hands with Mr. Weasley warmly,

"Is this your tent, Arthur? It's really nice. I bet this tent can be sold for at least six thousand gold galleons!"

"Who is he?"

While Mr. Weasley was chatting with the man, Ron, Fred and George climbed out of the swimming pool one after another. Harry asked Ron in a low voice,

"Ludo Bagman, the director of the Department of Magical Sports, used to be a Quidditch player. Dad has a good relationship with him. He helped us get our Quidditch tickets."

Harry nodded. Indeed, Mr. Weasley had said this.

There is no doubt that Ludo Bagman is obviously the most eye-catching person Harry has ever seen. He is wearing an eye-catching Quidditch jersey with a wide yellow and black horizontal stripe and a splash of ink on his chest. There was a huge wasp printed on the ground. It seemed that he used to have a strong physique, but now it has begun to decline. His robes were tight on his big belly. Just imagine that when he played Quidditch for England, his belly must not have gained weight.

"Ludo received a report that someone had a conflict here and a magic wand was used. He is here to investigate the matter. However, I have already explained the misunderstanding to him clearly."

Mr. Weasley led Ludo to them and said hurriedly.He pointed at Sirius and said to Ludo,

"Actually, this tent belongs to Sirius. I'm sure you've heard of him, Ludo?"

"Ah, of course, the name is like thunder!"

Ludo looked at Sirius eagerly;

"I was in Paris at the time and heard about you from the newspapers. I must say, you are really a hero, Sirius!"







(End of this chapter)