Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Everyone just pretended not to notice.

When Ginny first arrived, she was very reserved, like an ordinary, shy little girl. But soon, she showed a fighting ability far beyond her peers when expelling the vixen, which made people look at her with admiration.

What surprised Vader even more was Percy.

Weasley, who did not have a very good image in the original book, now showed his outstanding abilities.

After he got through the initial adaptation phase, he quickly began to direct everyone's work and assign tasks, so that everyone went from doing whatever they wanted to collaborating with each other.

Although Wade thought there was nothing wrong with playing while working, this method was obviously more efficient. After tidying up the bedroom, they still had time to move to the garden.

Percy's shortcomings were also obvious. He mentioned his status as a prefect every three sentences, and acted like a prefect all day long. But it wasn't long before he was angered by the twins and broke down.

Dinner was prepared by Kreacher.

This house-elf easily prepared a table of delicious food for everyone. Its cooking skills were excellent, and the French onion soup it made won unanimous praise from everyone.

Unfortunately, their laughter was so loud that they accidentally woke up Mrs. Black.

The portrait screamed miserably: "Bastard! Bitch! Damn Mudblood! You bunch of rotten vampires! How dare you enter our house! Traitor! Kreacher! You actually betrayed me too! You betrayed Black!"

The other portraits began to scream as well.

Kreacher's face suddenly turned very pale, his frail body was about to collapse, and he said with tears in his eyes: "Kreacher... Kreacher has been loyal to the great Black family for generations!"

He suddenly rushed to the fireplace, picked up the red-hot poker and poked himself with it.

"Wait, stop!"

Harry rushed forward and pushed Kreacher to the ground, trying to grab his arm to prevent him from hurting himself, but Kreacher had already branded his stomach, and the whole room was filled with the smell of burnt flesh.

The girls were stunned, and then saw several boys running over and pinning Kreacher together to stop his cruel behavior.

Lupin hurried to pull the curtain, but this time it seemed very difficult. Sirius sat in his seat blankly, with his head down and no movement.

Wade covered his ears with one hand, then pulled out the Book of Friends and quickly wrote a sentence on one of the pages.

Then he grabbed Lupin and shook his head, asking everyone not to close the curtain yet.

Not long after, a figure appeared in a blank portrait in the bedroom on the third floor. He quickly walked through several paintings and soon came to the hallway.

Every time the figure passed a portrait, the person in that portrait quickly quieted down. Soon, he walked to the portrait of Sirius' mother, Walburga Black.

"Walburga!" the man said.

The old lady's screams suddenly stopped, and her eyes, which had been rolling around, fixed on the person who came. Her expression was no longer crazy, but rather arrogant and disrespectful.

After a long while, she said in a hoarse voice: "Phineas, what are you doing here?"

Lupin was surprised. It was the first time he knew that the portrait could speak normal words besides screaming and swearing.

The figure that had entered the portrait sighed and said, "Walburga, you should call me great-grandfather."

Chapter 203 The Only Blake

Phineas was not only the great-grandfather of Walburga's husband Orion, but also the great-grandfather of Walburga herself. The couple were cousins.

The Black family attaches great importance to blood composition, and any Squibs, pure-blood traitors, or those who marry Muggles will be removed from the family tree. Therefore, all the people whose names are on the Black family tree today are descendants of Phineas.

When Walburga was just born, Phineas held her in his arms.

Phineas died soon after. During the initial period, he was keen on walking among the portraits and talking with his family. The Walburgas could be said to have grown up under his gaze.

However, Phineas is not a good-tempered person. There is a reason why he is regarded as the most unpopular headmaster in the history of Hogwarts.

That period was not a good memory for Walburga.

However, the reverence for her great-grandfather was also deeply planted in her heart.

As time went on, the boundary between the living and the dead became more distinct. Later, Phineas began to stay in the portraits of Hogwarts for a long time and rarely returned to the Black family.

After Regulus' death, Walburga went insane and died of a broken heart and despair, and the Black house became an empty house.

Phineas couldn't stand the silence and never came back.

In the portrait, Walburga looked at Phineas and repeated, "What are you doing here?"

Phineas sighed and said, "Walburga, if you had listened quietly for even a minute instead of venting your resentment, you would have known that Regulus is back."

"W-what?" Walburga was stunned for a moment, his lips trembling, and then he suddenly said angrily: "You lied to me! How dare you lie to me about Regulus! My child has been dead for a long time!"

The old lady screamed and scratched Phineas with her long-nailed hands.

"It's true," said Phineas.

Although it was a portrait, the look in his eyes as he looked at his great-granddaughter was so heavy that it was suffocating.

The yellowed pointed nails rested in front of Phineas' eyes.

"……real?"

Walburga asked softly, with a look of fear and expectation. She rolled her eyes and looked at Phineas tentatively, as if she wanted to find some evidence from his face.

This expression looked very strange, but Phineas said patiently: "Really. Regulus is in his room, why don't you go and see it with your own eyes?"

Walburga was stunned for a moment, then suddenly lifted her skirt and ran quickly out of the portrait.

In Regulus's room, opposite the door, there was also a small portrait of Walburga.

Maybe she was looking forward to seeing her son come back, but she knew in her heart that was impossible. So most of the time, it was a blank picture.

There seemed to be a faint sound of mournful crying coming from upstairs, or it seemed to be just the sound of wind passing through the narrow window.

Phineas held onto the frame and looked around.

The surrounding portraits were usually either asleep or woken up by Walburga and started screaming.

At this moment, under Phineas's gaze, they all dressed properly and finally showed some of the demeanor that a "noble Black" should have.

The wizard in one of the portraits bowed his head slightly and said, "Father."

Phineas said: "It is indeed heartbreaking to see your offspring wither away like dead leaves, with no one to take over. But Sirius..."

He paused, and suddenly remembered that his eldest son was also named Sirius Black, so he emphasized:

"Now Sirius is back... although he is too reckless, careless, underestimates the enemy, is too emotional, places too much emphasis on feelings, and does not know how to adapt..."

Phineas kept complaining about a lot of shortcomings, which made Sirius, who was originally in a gloomy mood, have veins on his forehead popping out, and then he changed the subject.

"But he is brave...intelligent...and will definitely revive the Black family."

Phineas pondered for a long time before he finally squeezed out the evaluation of "intelligent", and Sirius clenched his fists at his reluctant look.

The portraits in the hallway all looked at this descendant who had made them frown many times.

According to the Black family's consistent philosophy, Sirius is undoubtedly unqualified -

He did not support the concept of pure blood, nor was he proud of pure blood. He regarded werewolves, mudbloods and Muggles as his friends, and even betrayed his family at one point.

But he is the only "Black" now.

Although the blood of the Black family still flows in many pure-blood families, none of them are Black.

Many portraits looked at Sirius expectantly.

Phineas didn't give Sirius a chance to speak, and said directly: "Since he is the only living Black, his decision is the family's decision, and his direction is the Black direction."

"You must support him and protect him. If Walburga goes crazy again, stop her instead of going crazy with her! Do you understand?"

The many portraits nodded in silence.

"very good."

Phineas nodded in satisfaction.

He started to leave, but paused when he saw Sirius and Vader standing next to him.

Sirius thought that his great-great-grandfather had some more instructions or words of encouragement, so he immediately asked, "Anything else?"

In his heart he was grateful, but out of long habit his words sounded like a provocation.

Phineas ignored him and looked at Wade and said, "I forgot to ask you last time... kid, which family are you from?"

Vader said simply, "Neither of my parents can do magic."

He knew that his grandparents were related to the magical world, but no matter which family it was, Wade had no intention of recognizing him.

His only relatives are his parents.

Phineas whispered, "What a pity..."

He walked out of Walburga's portrait, presumably back to Hogwarts.

The portraits in the hallway didn't say much and fell asleep one after another. Only Sirius' father, Orian Black, was still awake.

He looked at his eldest son who had once disappointed him so much and asked, "Sirius, are you married now?"

"No!" said Sirius angrily. "I just got out of Azkaban. Who should I marry? A Dementor?"

Orlean didn't get angry and continued to ask, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

"no!"

Orian glanced at Harry, staring at his son with an unsure look of disappointment or contempt, and said, "James' son is already in school, and you don't even have a girlfriend? Aren't you good friends?"

Sirius nearly jumped up and shouted, "What does this have to do with anything?"

Orian said in a low voice: "Sirius, get married soon... and continue the Black bloodline..."

He closed his eyes and said nothing more.

Sirius's indignant look gradually turned into sadness, and he sat back in his chair with his head hung.

Lupin silently drew the velvet curtains.

Chapter 204 The Second Heartbeat

Because there were a limited number of bedrooms, except for the two girls, the boys had to share a room with three or four people.

Wade naturally shared a bedroom with Michael, Theo, and Ryan. He had no habit of compromising himself, so he used the traceless extension spell to expand the space and the duplication spell to turn the original single bed into four.