The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 510 It’s over
These words made Henry break out in a cold sweat.

Ada stayed up late at night and ran from the luxurious manor in Versailles to the small apartment in Paris. Was it just to communicate with the brother and sister?
Don't be funny, even if Ada really thought so, Henry wouldn't believe it.

Besides, Henry knew exactly why Ada came, which was also why he went out to get drunk tonight.

Henry didn't answer. His heart was beating like a drum. He stood up and walked to the small bar in the apartment, wanting to get himself another glass of whiskey.

Ada didn't say anything. She just watched Henry walk over unsteadily, wondering what she should do with him.

Henry drank a lot of wine tonight. When a person is drunk, his hands and feet are inevitably uncoordinated. He poured half of the wine from the bottle and spilled the other half. Henry gave up, put the bottle back on the bar, and stopped pouring wine stubbornly.

He lowered his head and asked, "When did you know? Did you discover it yourself, or did your great aunt tell you?"

After hearing Henry's words, Ada also remembered Vida's hesitation before she set off. It turned out that her grandmother had already discovered this matter, but had never said it out loud.

"I discovered it myself," Ada said. "In the crypt, Alan Rosier mentioned unicorn blood."

Henry laughed softly, a little bitterly, and said, "Judging from my great-aunt's condition today, there is nothing wrong with her body. The unicorn blood is naturally part of the trap. It was a trap you set to make people believe that she was terminally ill."

"Of course she didn't drink the unicorn's blood. Although I am a little cruel, but..." Ada said, "It is better to die than to live in vain."

Henry looked up, he looked at Ada, and asked, "What does this mean? Is she really sick?"

Vida was indeed ill, and his condition was very serious, which almost made Alan and the others get what they wanted. But Ada happened to have a life-saving gem in her hand, and with this gem, Vida was able to recover.

After discussing with the recovered Vida, they came up with the current plan of faking his death.

While Vida was pretending to be sick, everything Ada did was to make her look more serious, including the words she said and the cup of unicorn blood that she deliberately spilled for Thierry to see.

"You even took my grandfather into account. With him by their side, Alan and the others won't have any more suspicions." Henry said, "This way, it will be easier to implement your plan."

Ada shook her head. “No, I did this just for Thierry and you.”

Hearing this, Henry fell silent again. Rather than doing it for the grandparents to see, it was more like doing it for him alone, because everyone knew that Thierry would never betray Vida.

Henry raised the bottle and took two sips. The stimulating taste made him regain some of his sanity. He asked, "Does that mean only five people know about the cup of unicorn blood?"

"No, it's four people," Ida said. "Grandma doesn't know about this. She won't agree with me doing this."

Only four people knew about this, and three of them would not reveal it to the outside world, but Alan Rozier knew it, and it was obvious where the problem was. By weaving such a big pocket to put everyone in it, the eyes of outsiders who stayed in the manor could naturally only see what Ada wanted them to see.

"Henry, can you tell me why?" Ida asked. "I really don't see how this will benefit you."

"There's no benefit. I just want to live." Henry picked up the bottle and leaned against the wall. "I just want to live."

This confused Ada, she really couldn't understand Henry's thoughts. How could Henry die by cooperating with Vida and herself? Disclosing the secrets of Rose Manor was the real way to death.

"It's hard to understand, isn't it?" Henry continued, "I'll explain it slowly and you can listen slowly."

Henry took a big gulp, held the small bar with both hands, and slowly said: "It all started when my great-aunt got the news about you. At that time, someone told Alan and his son about you. That person was me."

"Why?" Ida asked in confusion, "I can't think of any reason why you would do this, and it won't do you any good."

Henry said, "It's really no good, and I'm not doing this for any good. The Rozier family is like a pool of stinking dead water, a greedy and stupid worm that only knows how to suck blood from the merits of its ancestors. Your return is not to inject new vitality into this pool of stinking dead water, but to throw a huge rock into the center of the pool! What will happen then?"

"The water in the pool is splashing and is no longer calm," Ada continued.

"That's right. Your return will bring great chaos to Rozier, and the entire family will have to be reshuffled." Henry continued, "Because your identity is too special. You are the granddaughter of Vida Rozier!"

If Vida didn't have such great power, Ada would most likely be another Nymphadora Tonks, and the two sides would not interfere with each other. But Vida has the ability to reshuffle the family, and Ada is a half-blood wizard, so the two sides are bound to clash. And the facts have proved what Henry thought. From the moment Ada returned to the Rosier family, the arguments surrounding her have never stopped, and a serious bloody incident occurred today.

Ida thought of the famous sophistry question. At the fork in the railway, there was a warning sign on one side of the track because the train would pass through this side, but there was no warning sign on the abandoned track on the other side.

Now the train is coming, and there are many Roziers standing on the track where the train is about to pass, and there is only a lonely strange child on the abandoned track. You can turn the switch, and on one side are stupid relatives and fellow countrymen, and on the other side are strangers. What will you choose?
Between strangers and his fellow-creatures, Henry Rozier chose his fellow-creatures, even though they were hopelessly stupid.

Henry said: "In addition to this, there is one more thing, that is, I don't want to be Rozier's helmsman, not at all. I don't want to follow the path arranged by others. I have my own ideas and my own will in life."

"For example, marrying a Muggle-born witch?" Ada asked, "This can't be a lie to me, right?"

"That's not the case." Henry said bitterly, "But if my great aunt supported me to be in charge, would I still be able to do this? Think about what happened to your father."

Even if Vida agreed with Henry to do this, the rest of the tribe would not agree. This became a choice between the tribe and the individual, but this time the "individual" became Henry himself.

"What about this time?" Ida asked, "Just because I lost Vida Rosier's support, do you think I will fail miserably?"

Henry was silent for a while before he said, "You sitting here today proves that I made the right choice to reveal this information to Alan and his son. Blame me for picking the wrong opponent and partner. You are too smart, and Alan and his son are too useless."

"You thought I would kill you, so you took the initiative and instigated Alan and his son to eliminate me first." Ada said. She roughly understood.

In Henry's opinion, Ada was the dangerous one. As long as Ada died in the crypt, even if Alan and his son would target Henry next, he would have a way to deal with it.

Facing Alan and his son, we have a much better chance of winning than facing Ada.

"What a stupid choice, Henry." Ida said, "You did all this on the premise that I would kill you. Why are you so sure that I would kill you?"

"Do you remember that you had a dog named Garlon?" Henry said with a smile, "You felt that it betrayed you, so you left it at the twins' house and ignored it, right?"

Ada nodded silently. That was indeed the case.

"It's just a dog. It didn't threaten your safety, but you abandoned it. What about me?" Henry said excitedly, "I leaked your information to Alan, causing you to be followed and even in danger. What will you do to me?"

"You are a human, and Garlon is just a dog." Ada said, "I can still tell the difference between humans and dogs."

Henry laughed loudly, then he pointed at Ida and said, "Ask yourself, is it important to you whether it's a human or a dog? Haven't you killed enough people? Your disregard for life scares me!"

Then Henry pointed out the window excitedly and continued, "Aren't those who died in the cemetery today human beings? Aren't those who will be cleaned tonight human beings? You can say that they deserve to die because they want to harm you. Am I not also one who wants to harm you?"

Henry became more and more excited, and like a madman, he swept everything on the bar to the floor. There were sounds of glasses and bottles breaking, and the carpet was soaked with wine.

Ada sighed slowly and said, "Before I came here tonight, your great aunt asked me to spare your life."

Henry looked up at Ada, he couldn't believe it. In addition to worrying that Ada would kill him, Henry was also worried that Vida would do something to him, especially since Vida had hit him more than once.

"Where's Daniel?" Henry asked. "Is he dead?"

Ida got up from the sofa and walked to the door of the apartment. As she walked, she said, "I didn't know Daniel was involved until you mentioned it. My grandmother may have known, but she didn't tell me anything."

As Henry looked on in disbelief, Ada walked to the door and put her hand on the light switch.

"You are drunk, Henry, and drunk people should take a good rest. Tomorrow is a new day, and the roses will bloom again."

After that, the lights in the apartment went out, and the small space fell into darkness again. After the door closed, Henry sat on the ground dejectedly, sobbing softly.

(End of this chapter)