Chapter 453

Previously, when Maka was busy back and forth between the United States and Britain, the old black house was not idle. Voldemort's penetration into the Ministry of magic has never stopped.

The members of the order of the Phoenix don't have much time to rest, because there will always be tasks in front of them one by one, so that they don't even have enough to breathe a sigh of relief.

Kingsley's physical condition is good. He just returned to his post and continued to run for the order of the Phoenix.

When Kingsley was not in his old house, Lupin became the candidate for prime minister affairs. All kinds of intelligence documents and reports before and after the mission were piled up in front of him.

Now Sirius is finally back, but judging from his injury, a good rest is his first priority. Therefore, even if he wanted to help lupin, Lupin firmly pressed him on the bed.

But to be honest, the old black house is much more lively now than when it was just rebuilt.

Among the children rescued by Maka from the dungeon, only the children simply abducted have been returned to their homes as they wish; The other part of the children who have nowhere to go for various reasons are left in black's old house to continue to find a possible way out.

In any case, these children have one thing in common, that is, they have experienced the first magic rampage and are children with wizard talent. After this incident, as soon as they reach their age, they will probably be accepted as students by the magic school.

The little girl who was first rescued from the cage by Maka was one of the remaining children. Her name is——

"... isira, it's time for dinner."

Lena, the sister of the two werewolf sisters, is still as reluctant as gold. Even in the face of children, she is no different from usual.

However, after living in black's old house for so long, she is not completely unchanged.

For example, her cooking seems to be more exquisite than Mrs. Weasley. It's just that she always likes to try all kinds of "new menus", which leads to a strange looking dish on the table from time to time.

But it can be seen that at least she is really used to the leisurely life here. As long as sister Lenny is happy every day, she can enjoy it in her own way.

"I see." Isala, sitting on the stairs in a daze, nodded at the speech.

The little girl was obviously frightened in the dungeon. In addition, before she was caught by the old wizard, she seemed to have encountered some painful past events. Such an experience, so that she is only a person in a daze and doesn't like to talk much.

Speaking of, when Marka met her in the dungeon, she was extremely dirty. Black and dry blood mixed with soil and dust, broken clothes and long locks of caked hair are like broken dolls turned out from the trash can.

But when she was sent here and cleaned well, Mrs. Weasley and others found that it was a very beautiful little girl.

I'm afraid only an old wizard like Lenny who only cares about research will torture such a lovely little girl like that without pity?

After informing Ezra, Lena walked past her and went upstairs to call the other children.

Isila pursed her lips, but did not immediately get up and go to the kitchen. She still sat on the wooden steps of the stairs, as if thinking about something.

When Lena came downstairs with five or six children, she gently stood up and walked slowly to the opposite corridor without saying a word.

When passing through this corridor, you should keep as quiet as possible. These children who have experienced hell are very sensible and obviously more mature than their peers. Here, they are always careful not to cause trouble to anyone in the old house as much as possible.

Therefore, the picture of old lady black, who was always disturbed by the rough Tonks, but their children never bothered her once.

As Maka speculated, these children were very nervous when they were sent here. They have a great degree of distrust of all people and things in the world.

In order to try to control them, old Lenny often used both soft and hard. These children have not seen the so-called beauty. But when that kind of beautiful past flows on the surface, what is waiting for them is always boundless fear and helplessness.

However, distrust and disobedience are two concepts that can be distinguished.

There can be no trust in their hearts, even for the big brother who saved them from hell, they may not be convinced from the bottom of their hearts. But even so, they will never be disobedient.

There is a truth they firmly remember, that is - disobedient people are dead.

The kitchen table was replaced by a larger long table, which was taken from the living room from the head. Even though the rooms in black's old house are spacious, even the kitchen is the same, but after setting up this long table, it has become quite crowded.

The children sat quietly at the long table, making as little noise as possible.

If someone can observe carefully during this period, they will find that their positions are fixed. From the first time I sat down here for dinner, it has not changed.

However, this time is a little different.

It was isira, who did not sit down like the other children, but stood aside with her lips pursed. On her face, the expression of desire to speak and stop is gradually deepening.

It's lunchtime now, and few members stay at Black's old house for dinner; Moreover, Mrs. Weasley took Percy, who was still awake, back to the burrow yesterday, which made the lunch even colder.

"... what's the matter?" Lu pingrou, sitting on the other side of the long table, asked softly, "is there anything you want to say? It doesn't matter. Just say it if you want to. It's okay..."

"Yes, yes! Just say what you want to say. This uncle is easy to talk!" Lenny was still so lively.

"... Maka, I want to see Maka..." said ishra softly. "Where is he?"

"Oh - he's busy now and can't get away," lupin explained. "But Christmas is coming and he'll be back here."

"'christmas'?" Ezra seemed puzzled. "What's that?"

Her situation seems a little special. Obviously, she has never known about this festival at all.

"Er... It's a sacrificial day to thank nature and life. It's a major festival of ancient Druids. But now Muggles call it 'Christmas', and we're getting used to it..."

Lupin was naturally surprised that isira didn't know about Christmas, but he learned something about the unusual experiences of these children from Sirius. So no matter how surprised he was, he didn't go deep into it, so as not to accidentally touch the pain in the child's heart.

However, the more he explained, the more he felt that it was better not to explain, because ithra obviously listened more at a loss.

"... well, in short, it's a happy day." lupin finally gave up his plan to explain the origin of Christmas, but chose a simple and easy to understand explanation, "there will be delicious, fun and gifts..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly nodded, smiled and said, "Oh, by the way! Remember to prepare well that day, and each of you will have gifts!"

"... that is to say, will Marca come back on that day?" ithra was obviously not very interested in gifts. All she cared about was whether she could see Marca.

Different from other children, isira seemed to be very concerned about the big brother who gave her freedom and hope.

"Yes, he will come that day!" lupin replied positively. "And I'm sure he'll give you a gift too - Marca, who didn't miss such a warm little detail once!"

"OK." isira nodded slightly. Then she opened her chair and sat down. "Thank you for your answer, Mr. lupin."

"As I said, don't be so polite to us, son." lupin waved his hand. "Eat quickly! You don't have to be so restrained all the time. It will be easier to let go."

But no matter what he said, these children were always very cautious, as if all this had become their habit.

Keeping quiet as much as possible, they quickly solved the food put in their plate in advance, then said thanks and left the table silently.

From beginning to end, they didn't even look at the plates in the middle of the table.

Generally speaking, there is no food in everyone's plate. They are free to choose the food they like. But when Mrs. Weasley found that these children took only a little food and ran away after eating, she had to match them in their respective plates from the beginning.

Because she knew that it was useless to rely on persuasion alone. If they took it themselves, they would still take only a little.

Predictably, it will take a lot of time to break in if we want these children to return to normal life, and it will not be able to adapt in a while.

"... thank you for your food."

Isira also finished eating. Like other children, after saying thanks, she slowly walked out of the kitchen in Lupin's helpless eyes.

"Lena, you are close to these children. How do you think you should get along with them?" lupin couldn't help turning his head and asked, "they always look like this. It must be bad."

Lena put down her fork and looked at lupin with a rather serious expression.

"I don't know."