Hogwarts: A little lion in the skin of the Eagle School

"My husband told me that Crowe's ancestors were once wealthy."

"But more than a hundred years ago, the Crow family produced a patriarch who openly opposed the excessive enforcement of the International Law on Secrecy."

"Later, because he led his family in advocating for equal dialogue with the Muggle world, he was regarded as a traitor by more than half of the Holy Races at the time, and was judged to have 'tainted his bloodline,' thus being expelled from the list of the Twenty-Eight Holy Races."

"Therefore, the 'pure-blood' title of the Kraul family became a worthless piece of paper a hundred years ago."

"The ancestors of the Klaus could only boast about the name of the former 'Twenty-Eight Holy Clans' through word of mouth."

These were all secrets of the Crow family, and Titus was also learning for the first time the true origin of the holy name his father had boasted about.

"In the following hundred years, although some members of the Klauer family were unwilling to return to the ranks of the Holy Race, they all failed. The family declined again and again, and now, in my father-in-law's generation, they have become too lazy to pursue the idea of ​​purifying their bloodline."

"These days, the only families in the world that still acknowledge our lineage are probably the Malfoys..."

At this point, the two who were listening intently were both taken aback.

"Malfoy? You mean that..." John asked, a little uncertain.

"Hmm, it's Malfoy, who's currently in charge under Lucius."

Mrs. Crow nodded and said.

"Why?"

This time it was Titus who asked the question. You see, he really dislikes Malfoy and has argued with him more than once at school, although it has become less frequent since last year.

But he never expected that the guy he hated the most would be the only one who acknowledged their family's identity.

"It seems that before Crowe was removed from the list, Malfoy and Crowe were old friends, with many intermarriages between their ancestors... I don't know for sure, I only heard it from my husband."

"The Malfoy family, though they still regard Crowe as a traitor, are the only family that remembers Crowe's past glory."

"Other families probably don't even know who Klaue is."

"When my husband and I got married, Malfoy even sent us a wedding gift, even though no one had informed him..."

Upon hearing this, John couldn't help but recall...

I ran into the Malfoy family in the stands when I went to the Quidditch World Cup before.

Although Lucius's words to Mr. Crowe were harsh, they sounded like an attempt to persuade him to turn back from the wrong path...

"Getting back to the main point, it's because Crow has been expelled that most people don't know we're purebloods, which is why the Death Eaters haven't specifically targeted us."

"Malfoy doesn't seem to be trying to drag us into this, after all, he didn't expose us more than a decade ago."

Mrs. Crow concluded, but then added hesitantly, "I'm still unsure."

"Hiss... But Lucius wasn't the head of the family back then... It's hard to say now..."

I never imagined that Crow had such a hidden past.

It took the two of them quite a while to process what they heard.

However, that doesn't stop them from still hating Malfoy.

Who knows if they didn't kick him while he was down because they thought there was still profit to be made from him.

Even if it isn't.

At most, it's believed that compared to those villains who have no principles, Malfoy at least maintains some semblance of dignity.

But that cannot change the fact that they are hostile to each other.

If he continues to serve Voldemort, then they will inevitably clash sooner or later.

......

The day after returning from Titus, John and Hermione went to the Order of the Phoenix again.

Where are they?

John walked into the kitchen and, seeing no one, asked curiously.

When the two entered the Phoenix Society, there was no one on the first floor. Logically speaking, everyone should be up by now.

"Hermione? John?"

Just as they were wondering what was going on, they finally heard some noise from upstairs.

It's Harry's voice.

He was peeking his head out from the stairs, looking down.

"Harry, where is the others?"

Hermione looked up at Harry and asked.

"Today is the day Mr. Weasley is being discharged from the hospital. Ron and the others have gone to pick him up."

"Then Sirius disappeared after Christmas. Professor Moody had just finished his night shift and was resting upstairs, while Professor Lupin was on a mission."

Harry saw that it was indeed the two of them, so he ran downstairs while explaining to them.

Well, of the entire Order of the Phoenix, only Harry is still angry.

Oh wait, there's also Kreacher, that guy was spying on him at the bottom of the stairs again.

John looked at him and said, somewhat speechless.

"...Kreacher, don't look at me like that. Headmaster Dumbledore took the locket, and I can't return it to you..."

Kreacher was probably still thinking about his former owner's locket.

After handing it over to Dumbledore last time, John didn't inquire about the follow-up.

I don't know if it was destroyed or not.

Moreover, strictly speaking, it belonged to Voldemort, not to his former master.

His former owner's belongings are still lying in that poison basin.

Kreacher then slowly withdrew his head.

Harry, standing to the side, asked with some curiosity.

"Are you talking about the locket that made you feel uncomfortable when you ran into it before?"

"Speaking of which, we went to find Professor Dumbledore together, but I got dragged away by Professor Snape first. I wonder what happened to you?"

"Did Professor Dumbledore find out anything wrong with you?"

Harry also remembered that John had found a special locket here before.

"Oh, I checked. It's nothing. It's just that the Black family used to hang out with Slytherin, so there's some filth in their house, you know."

John responded with an ambiguous answer.

After all, Dumbledore had repeatedly instructed him not to tell Harry about the Horcruxes.

Hearing this answer, Harry was still puzzled, but he didn't ask any more questions.

The three of them sat in the kitchen, chatting about what had happened recently.

The attack on Mr. Weasley made everyone more vigilant.

Harry has been staying at the Order of the Phoenix since the start of the holidays, avoiding going out as much as possible.

Actually, he didn't want to go out either, because now he was tormented by Voldemort's nightmares almost every day.

Although I didn't dream of turning into a snake again, I dreamed last night that I was standing behind a black door.

They also learned why Sirius was always missing.

He hated living in this house, even though it was his former home, but he had run away from it when he was young.

Even after all these years, he still feels disgusted by this place.

I only came back for a family dinner during Christmas a while ago; the rest of the time I stay outside.

Just as they were chatting, there was another noise coming from the gate.

The Weasleys returned in a grand procession.