bioinnovel Chapter 241 There are no good people in the Black family.
Chapter 241 There are no good people in the Black family.
Chapter 241 There are no good people in the Black family.
In the cave-like, dark underground kitchen, Belvina, with her long, disheveled hair, looked like a vengeful ghost.
Sirius Black, with a mischievous grin on his face, sat opposite, taking sips of whiskey now and then, cracking open a couple of nuts now and then.
"Seriously, Sirius, you've got a conscience!" Belvina said angrily. "I'm in this state, can't you at least offer some comfort?"
Sirius continued eating nuts.
"Damn Ludo Bagman, how can that old bastard Crouch put up with him!" Belvina said emotionally.
Sirius is still eating nuts.
"I really admire that old man Crouch. How did he manage to successfully complete the World Cup preparations under Bagman's influence!"
Sirius: Crunch, crunch, the nuts smell so good! "I'm really speechless. How did Bagman become the Minister? If someone like him can be the Minister, the Ministry of Magic might as well just be disbanded!"
Sirius Black: Crunch, crunch, the more you chew, the better it tastes! "Tell me, when that old bastard Crouch interrogated Bagman, why didn't he just throw Bagman into Azkaban like he did with you! Barty Crouch, a sinner of the Ministry of Magic!"
Sirius finally put down the nut he was holding and asked, "If Bagman is a Death Eater, why haven't I seen him in Azkaban?"
"He's not a Death Eater! How could Death Eaters recruit such an idiot!" Belvina still resentfully cursed like a ghost. "I want some too!"
Belvina smoothed her hair and continued, "Bagman once passed on intelligence for the Death Eaters, and this story begins with Karkaroff."
"Is this related to that coward?" Sirius asked while shelling nuts. "Could it be that he betrayed Bagman?"
"Pretty much," Belvina said. "Karkaroff provided the Council with August Lukewood's name, and the Ministry of Magic followed the trail and caught Bagman, who was passing information on behalf of the Death Eaters, red-handed."
Sirius was speechless, and his hands paused for a moment.
Belvina continued, "Here's the key point: Bagman didn't know what he was doing. He thought he was gathering intelligence for the Ministry of Magic because Lukewood said he would find him a job there."
August Lukewood, a Murderer of the Department of Mysteries, is Voldemort's spy within the Ministry of Magic.
If it weren't for Igor Karkaroff's betrayal, Lukewood's Death Eater identity could have remained hidden for a long time, and the Ministry of Magic had never suspected him before.
Sirius Black placed the shelled nuts in Belvina's hand and said, "Didn't Bagman suspect anything at all?"
Belvina stuffed all the nuts into her mouth at once, crunching them as she chewed.
"That can't be right! How could he not have any suspicions at all!" Sirius continued. "Could Bagman be pretending to be stupid on purpose, trying to fool Crouch and the Ministry of Magic?"
"No, he's really stupid." Belvina shook her head and said vaguely, "The key is that the people in the ministry would rather believe he's a fool than believe he would do anything bad, especially something as dangerous as being a Death Eater."
Sirius was speechless once again, and his hand movements froze again.
Before long, Sirius had shelled another small pile of nuts, and Belvina once again stuffed them all into her mouth, leaving not a single one for her brother.
"I'd really like to meet this Ludo Bagman and see just how stupid he can be."
"Go ahead and see him sooner rather than later. I have no doubt he'll be beaten to death by his creditors after the World Cup," Belvina said, her words slurred. "Unless he can pull off a comeback in the knockout stages."
Sirius looked puzzled and asked, "Why do you say that? He owes a lot of money?"
Belvina shook her head and said, "I'm not too sure about the specifics. He lost a lot of money in this World Cup. Apart from Ireland and Bulgaria, whichever team he bet on lost."
In a way, Ludo Bagman is quite a talent; if you buy the opposite of what Bagman does, you can get a villa by the sea.
"I'm increasingly eager to meet Mr. Bagman; he's so interesting," Sirius exclaimed excitedly.
"Your position determines your perspective." Sirius Black wasn't a Ministry of Magic official and didn't work with Ludo Bagman; he simply thought Bagman was an interesting person.
Belvina, on the other hand, not only had to work with Bagman, but also had to do the work that should have been Bagman's, which is why she wanted nothing more than to strangle Ludo Bagman.
Belvina rolled her eyes at Sirius, only then noticing that his attire was unusual for the evening.
Why are you dressed like that?
Tonight, Sirius Black was dressed in a sharp suit, with a striped tie, and his lapel pin and cufflinks gleaming gold.
"It's Harry's birthday today, so I picked him up from the Dursleys' house right after midnight," Sirius said. "I dressed like this, of course, to intimidate the Dursleys."
“I think you’d be more intimidating if you went in prison,” Belvina said. “I took a peek at the family last summer, and they seemed like bullies who prey on the weak. Talking to them nicely wouldn’t work.”
Upon hearing this, Sirius frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Why don't you come with me? You're just lounging around at home anyway, and Harry keeps asking you what you're doing."
"At least he still has some conscience."
Belvina paused for a moment, then continued, "What about Remus? Did he stop playing with you because you always hid your cards?"
"I already said, I didn't hide any cards, I just accidentally dropped a few," Sirius said. "Dumbledore needs to see Remus."
I don't know where they went.
Belvina nodded, said nothing more, and then slumped back onto the dining table, reverting to her previous half-dead state.
"Belvina, Belvina," Sirius shook Belvina's arm, "come with me. If Dursley pisses me off, you can stop me."
Belvina remained lying there, silent.
"Sister, dear sister, come with me!" Sirius said. "I'm too lonely by myself."
Belvina remained lying there, silent.
"Sister, from now on you will be the sister I respect most. If you tell me to go west, I would never dare to go east!"
Belvina raised her head and said softly, "I've recently come across a set of jewelry I like, but—"
"I'll pay!" Sirius Black waved his hand generously, displaying his wealth.
"There are still a few pieces of clothing—"
"I'll pay! I'll buy it!"
"Also, I've recently become quite fond of divine talismans—preferably pure white—"
"Belvina Black, I'm warning you, don't go too far!!!"
It was midnight, and all was quiet.
There was no sound coming from the square houses on Privet Road, and no living creatures could be seen on the clean and tidy street, not even stray cats or dogs.
A black vintage car silently drove onto Privet Road and stopped on the street outside No. 4 Privet Road.
The door on one side of the old car opened, and shiny leather shoes appeared first. Sirius Black, dressed in a sharp suit, ducked out of the car and jogged to the other side.
Sirius eagerly opened the car door, and Belvina then leisurely got out, not forgetting to give Sirius a disdainful look.
No matter how closely he dressed and acted like a Muggle, Sirius Black was still the most unpopular figure on Privet Drive because he was a wizard and Harry Potter's godfather.
Similarly, Belvina was not welcomed on Privet Drive; she did not belong on this strictly rule-bound street.
"I'm dressed like this, and the Leigh family can't find anything wrong with it," Sirius said confidently. "There wasn't a single argument."
There were no unpleasant incidents, and Harry was picked up smoothly—it was perfect!
"Did you communicate with the Dursleys beforehand?" Belvina asked impatiently, "Even just tell Harry."
Sirius Black replied without hesitation, "Of course not. Wouldn't it be a surprise if I told you beforehand?"
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"First of all, you showing up at the Dursleys' house in the middle of the night is a shock to the Dursleys," Belvina said. "Expecting them to treat you politely? Dream on!"
Sirius was pleased with himself; he hadn't considered whether the Dursleys would be alarmed.
"Secondly, if you had told Harry in advance that you were coming to pick him up tonight, I think he would have been happy for days," Belvina continued.
Sirius immediately deflated like a wilted eggplant, realizing from the bottom of his heart that his actions had been somewhat inconsiderate.
"Hey, since you're already here, go knock on the door."
Sirius nodded, took a few steps from the roadside to the door, and rang the doorbell for No. 4 Privet Drive.
The shrill doorbell shattered the silence of the long night, and soon lights came on, followed by footsteps from inside the house.
At this moment, Belvina stepped forward, pushed Sirius aside, and stood alone in the doorway.
She rang the doorbell again and said into the room, "Excuse me, is this where Vernon Dursley lives?"
A moment later, a male voice rang out, and Vernon Dursley asked warily, "Who is it? Who's outside?"
Vernon stood in the doorway, looking out through the peephole: a young, pretty woman in a grey women's suit and tie, who didn't seem threatening.
Penny Dursley leaned closer to her husband and whispered, "Who's outside?"
"I don't know, I don't recognize him, I've never seen him before," Vernon said, shaking his head.
Belvina, who was just a door away, spoke again, saying, "Hello, Mr. Dursley, I am Belvina White, and like you, I graduated from Smetine High School."
Sirius silently gave a thumbs up, thinking that when it came to making up lies, he would never be able to catch up with Belvina in his lifetime.
Smetine High School is a load of rubbish. Belvina only went to Hogwarts. And White? Why doesn't she just say her last name is Red or Blue?
"Well, it's like this," Belvina continued, making up a story, "I urgently need a batch of drilling rigs, and I just happened to hear that you work at Groning Company, so I took the liberty of coming to you. I hope Mr. Dursley will forgive me."
Sirius silently gave another thumbs up; in terms of sheer ability to spout nonsense, the wizarding world probably couldn't match him.
A batch of drilling rigs is urgently needed—how did Belvina of Groning Company come up with such nonsense!
As Belvina finished speaking, Vernon Dursley fell silent inside the house.
A moment later, the door opened.
Vernon Dursley peeked out and first saw the well-dressed, young and beautiful Belvina, before he saw the fugitive waving at him.
Mr. Dursley's big, fat face immediately stopped smiling. He tried to close the door, but found that it wouldn't close.
Standing outside the door, Belvina held onto it with one hand and said with a smile, "Mr. Dursley, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Belvina..."
Black was Harry's teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
First, they pretended to be harmless to trick people into opening the door, and then they revealed their true colors and delivered a brutal blow with the truth.
Sirius Black was instantly filled with admiration for Belvina.