Chapter 759 Summer Vacation
Chapter 759 Summer Vacation
"As for this photo..." Anduin twirled the old black-and-white photo, "This was taken 11 years ago when I spent Christmas with your parents, can you recognize which one is on it? me?"
"Yeah!" Harry nodded without hesitation, pointing to the young figure in the photo.
Although so many years have passed, Anduin's appearance has not changed much, and he can be easily distinguished from his temperament and clothing style.
"Then guess who I was holding in my arms?" Anduin looked at Harry and hinted with a smile.
"Huh? Could it be...that's me?" Harry pointed to his nose in disbelief.
"Yes, there is Neville besides you." Anduin pointed to another baby next to him, "This is Neville, and the one holding him is Neville's grandmother Augusta, and the one next to him is Neville parents Frank and Alice."
"They were persecuted by the Death Eaters later and were seriously injured and lost their memory. They are still being treated in the Magic Injury Hospital. Neville is also a hard-working child."
Harry nodded suddenly when he heard the words. No wonder the relationship between the professor and Neville is so good. It turned out that he and Neville's parents were friends many years ago.
At the same time, he was also shocked by the relationship between himself and Anduin. He originally thought that the relationship between the professor and his parents was just ordinary friends. Who ever said that the other party was so close to his family back then, and even hugged him.
After Anduin sighed, he seemed to recall something interesting, and his voice became much lighter.
"Oh, you at that time were much more interesting than you are now, and you were also braver than you imagined. I still remember that in the middle of the Christmas dinner, you happened to be attacked by Death Eaters. Your mother Lily and I, and Neville's grandmother took refuge in the basement with her mother."
"Who would have thought that those Death Eaters would actually find us and attack the shelter. In the end, with everyone's joint efforts, all the enemies were wiped out."
"As a result, you were so obedient until the end of the battle, and you didn't even cry once." Anduin smiled and fanned the photo in his hand, looking at Harry with a look of relief in his eyes.
Listening to Anduin's recounting of the past, Harry seemed to have returned to that turbulent era, but then his expression became tangled and lost again, "Did such a dangerous thing happen back then? But since So, why would my parents still..."
"It can only be said that they believed in the wrong person." Anduin also shook his head melancholy, "After that accident, the Order of the Phoenix... that is, the organization that fought against the Death Eaters back then, unanimously determined that Voldemort's target was your family. For this reason, they protected your parents with the 'Loyalty Curse'."
"It's an extremely complex spell that magically keeps someone's secret forever in the soul of a living person."
"And the secret of the chosen person—that is, the secret-keeper will never be discovered unless the secret-keeper reveals it on his own initiative."
"As long as the keepers don't reveal it, even if a burglar sticks his nose to the glass of their living room, he won't see them."
"That is to say, unless the secret-keeper took the initiative to leak the secret, in the eyes of Death Eaters and Voldemort, your parents would be as safe as disappearing from the world." Anduin simply explained to Harry.
"Could it be that my parents chose the wrong secret keeper?" Harry also heard what Anduin meant by 'trusting the wrong person' at that time.
"That's right." Anduin nodded, then pointed to the figures next to James in the photo, "Your father has had several close friends since he was a student, they are Lupine, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew,"
"At that time, all of us thought that your father made Sirius the secret keeper. He was not only your father's best buddy, but also your godfather." Anduin pointed to the still young Black in the photo and sighed.
"Both think? Could it be that they didn't choose him at the time?" Harry was startled when he heard this. On the one hand, he was shocked by receiving so much information all of a sudden, and on the other hand, he was surprised that he still had a godfather?
"It would have been nice if Black had been chosen." Anduin said with regret in his tone, "That idiot Sirius thought he was too big a target in the eyes of the Death Eaters, so he persuaded James to let Peter Pettigrew To be the Secret Keeper, and he was responsible for distracting the Death Eaters, and it turned out..."
"Peter Pettigrew betrayed my parents in the end?" Harry heard the meaning of the other person's words, and immediately clenched his fists furiously. He couldn't understand how that strange Peter Pettigrew would choose to betray his friend?They're obviously friends, aren't they?
"That's right, Peter Pettigrew betrayed James and Lily, and he is still alive!" When Anduin mentioned the name again, there was a murderous look in his eyes.
"Peter is still alive? Where is he? Didn't the Death Eaters catch him when they were destroyed?" Harry had been living in the Muggle world and knew almost nothing about what happened at that time, so his mind was full of various questions.
"No one knows where he is now." Anduin shook his head, "After finding out that he had betrayed the Lilys, Sirius tried to catch him, but he escaped by feigning death, and your godfather In the end, you were wronged as someone who betrayed your parents, and you were thrown into Azkaban and imprisoned for many years."
"Ah? There are such things? Why didn't he justify himself." Harry was full of indignation when he heard that his godfather, whom he had never met, would end up in such a way.
"It wasn't because of his stubborn character and self-esteem. Black believed that it was because he recommended Peter to James that they died."
Anduin sighed helplessly, and then comforted, "But don't worry too much, he has cleared his grievances now, and Voldemort disclosed everything that happened that year during the public trial."
"Is that so? Then where is he now?" After Anduin's introduction, Harry also became interested in this godfather. Although he grew up in his aunt's house since he was a child, he hardly felt the warmth of family affection. Now that I know that I still have such a relative, I am naturally very concerned.
"He's not in England right now, we'll have to meet him after a while." Anduin handed the photo back to Harry and said softly.
"Us? Meet?" Harry's eyes lit up when he heard Anduin's words. Could it be that...
"That's right." Anduin nodded and smiled, "You want to stay with me this summer vacation, let's go to France to see Sirius, and see your uncle and my business empire!"
Harry, on the other hand, blushed with excitement at the good news, "Long live! That's great! Thank you, Professor, oh no, it's Uncle Wilson!"
Seeing this, Anduin smiled and patted Harry on the head, "I know you have suffered a lot over the years, don't worry, you won't be alone in the future!"
"Ok!"
Harry was so moved that he couldn't speak at this time, he just felt warm in his heart. Before today, he was just a lonely person, but now he suddenly had a godfather, and the professor in front of him became his relative.
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The next day, Harry rushed to the round-trip platform with a few friends in high spirits, which surprised Hermione and others.
You must know that before yesterday, Harry was very repulsed by the summer vacation, as if leaving Hogwarts was some kind of torture, but after coming here overnight, the other party seemed to be a different person.
"Harry, don't you hate going back to that uncle's house of yours? Why are you so happy today?" Hermione looked at the other party with some puzzlement.
"Hey, you don't have to stay at that annoying relative's house any more this summer vacation. You guys will never guess what happened." Harry grinned happily and pretended to be mysterious with a smile.
"Stop playing charades with us. What happened? Where can you go if you don't go home?" Ron curiously approached Harry and kept asking.
"This summer vacation, I'm going to France with Uncle Wilson!" After being pressed by Ron for a while, Harry couldn't hold back anymore, so he announced to his friends with a smile.
"Ah? You're going to France? And you're going with Professor Wilson? And why did you suddenly call him uncle? Isn't it usually Ron and Neville who call him that?" After hearing Harry's words, Hermione I became more and more curious.
"Haha, you don't know..."
Harry recounted what happened to him yesterday with high spirits, and then emphatically showed off the fact that Anduin was taking him for the summer vacation.
"Merlin's beard, does that mean that Uncle Wilson has a lot to do with your parents?" Ron widened his eyes exaggeratedly, "Then it's been so long since he didn't recognize you, it's a good thing he couldn't bear it! "
Then Ron curled his lips with some jealousy, "You are so lucky to be able to go to France during the summer vacation. I guess I will have to stay in the Burrow and help my mother work this vacation."
"So that's it." Neville suddenly realized at this time, "I wondered why you were able to go to France. It turned out that Uncle Wilson wanted to take you to see your godfather."
"Neville, what do you mean by 'also'?" Ron stared dumbfounded at the burly boy beside him, "Could it be that you also..."
"Yeah." Neville nodded, "Uncle Wilson told me a long time ago that he's going to take Ginny and me out to relax this summer."
"What? Ginny can go too?" Ron was no longer shocked, but collapsed, "Why don't you tell us in advance if I don't know anything?"
"Ah? Do you want to talk about this?" Neville scratched his head in confusion, "Uncle Wilson used to take me out to play, so it's not a big deal to me, and isn't Ginny your sister? She Didn't I mention it to you?"
"Who's okay to contact that guy who likes stinky farts!"
Ron clutched his head speechlessly. When he thought of his two friends and sister going abroad this summer vacation, he could only stay at home foolishly, helping his mother clean up those stinky goblins in the yard, which gave him a headache.
"So you're going to France for both summer vacations?"
Ron was struggling, but Hermione sent another assist, "I've wanted to see France for a long time, and my father said he wanted to take me there for a summer vacation, or I begged him , let me go there this year, so that we can meet in France."
"That's strange."
Both Harry and Neville were overjoyed, "But can your father agree?"
"What's the matter? Anyway, our family has the habit of going out for vacation every summer vacation. Where should we go?"
Hermione's father is a dentist, and the family's life in Japan is very good. In addition, she is the only daughter who is loved by thousands of people, so it's no problem for her father to change his mind.
"That would be great!" Harry jumped up happily, "Why don't Neville and I ask Uncle Wilson later if he can take your family with us?"
And when the three of them were happily discussing how to play in France during the holiday, Ron's face beside him was already darkened.
Even Hermione can go abroad in style?Can we meet up together?Thinking of this, Ron felt more and more lost.
Afterwards, he quietly thought up a ghostly idea, and during the period, intentionally or unintentionally, he glanced at the twin brothers in the distance.
But at the moment, he was very calm and didn't show anything. He just accompanied Harry and the others on the return train.
After spending hours on the train, the magical steam train has finally pulled into King's Cross Station, and it's officially the end of a Hogwarts year.
When everyone got off the train happily, Harry saw Anduin waiting by the platform at a glance.
When Anduin saw Harry, he waved at him casually, "Let's go, I just followed to meet your uncle's family."
"Ok!"
Harry nodded happily. Anduin had told him before that he would say hello to his aunts and parents before picking him up.
But thinking of his relatives, Harry muttered uncomfortably, "Uncle Wilson, my uncle and aunt have a bad temper, and they are not easy to talk to. Will they agree to your request?"
"Harry..." Anduin glanced at the other party with a smile, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, "Since you have stepped into the world of wizards, you should learn to think in the way of wizards. Who told you that I will follow you?" Your aunts and aunts have spoken well, and who told you that I need their consent?"
"Ah?" Hearing Anduin's domineering speech, Harry couldn't help swallowing, "You don't mean to cast spells on them, do you? It's against the law to cast spells on Muggles at will."
"That's right, it's illegal to be discovered, but as long as we don't get caught, don't we? Remember, this is the survival rule of wizards." Anduin smiled indifferently.
(End of this chapter)