The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 84 Overwhelmed by Sadness

Cecil thought that his friend had found the original murderer, but he didn't. The black wizard seemed to have evaporated and disappeared without a trace. What the friend brought was the news of the murderer's family.

The joy in his heart was in vain in the end. After seeing off his friends, the miserable Cecil got drunk and smashed the place where he lived.

When he sobered up the next day, Cecil thought of a good way. He went to wait near the residence of the murderer's family and waited for the murderer to throw himself into the trap.In the messy room, Cecil frantically searched for the parchment left by his friend, which recorded the information of the murderer's family in detail.

Cecil found the place and took up residence near the killer's family's house, where he kept watch, waiting for the killer to show up.He wanted to kill the murderer himself in front of his family and avenge his mother and sister.

This wait lasted another year, and the murderer never showed up. The daily waiting and suffering made Cecil go crazy, and his personality became more and more violent.

The people in the house live happily every day. Cecil once had this kind of happiness, but was ruthlessly destroyed by the murderer. Cecil made another decision.

"...There are not many dark wizards in Britain. When Grindelwald was in power, many people went to him. When Grindelwald was defeated by Dumbledore, many of his followers died. I think about him Did he also go to Grindelwald and was killed?" Cecil filled the pipe with shredded tobacco again, "Or he died somewhere long ago, researching black magic has always been full of danger."

"So..." Ada had already guessed, and the matter had developed to this point, and it was not difficult to guess the follow-up.

"That's right, I hurt his family, and I passed on my hatred to them." Cecil said with regret, "This is the decision I regret the most in my life."

After all, paper can't contain fire, so such a bad thing was naturally discovered by the Ministry of Magic.The horror brought by Grindelwald has just passed, and the Ministry of Magic absolutely does not allow this kind of thing to happen in the territory. They decided to investigate to the end and send the criminals to Azkaban.

The Ministry of Magic finally found Cecil. The Minister at the time, Taft, sent many Aurors to hunt him down. Taft even allowed the Aurors to use the Unforgivable Curse. The attitude of the Ministry of Magic towards Cecil is evident. .

Many of the Aurors had worked with Cecil before, and it was hard for them to believe that the handsome young man became a dark wizard and did such a cruel thing.

Cecil initially did not want to harm his pursuers, he has been on the run, and even wanted to escape abroad.

Before leaving, Cecil wanted to see his family for the last time, but because he was addicted to black magic and did such a thing, Cecil's father was mad at him, and his brother had a conflict with him, and all the family members Everyone is ashamed of him!
Cecil left in a state of desperation. On the way to the smuggling site, he encountered the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic again. his people.

The Aurors were not his opponents. They were in danger and would lose their lives at any time. At this critical moment, Dumbledore came.

When Grindelwald swept across Europe and was powerful, Dumbledore was his only opponent. In 1945, Dumbledore defeated him himself.Even the famous Grindelwald is not Dumbledore's opponent, let alone Cecil?

Dumbledore defeated him, but instead of killing him, he imprisoned Cecil in Azkaban for 30 years.

"The dementors are responsible for guarding there, where you will not feel the slightest happiness, I spend every day in pain, those who have been killed by me, or those who have been hurt by me always appear in my In my dream." Cecil said with a face full of pain, "If it wasn't for my mother and sister, I might have died somewhere, or gone crazy."

"After leaving Azkaban, I did a lot of things, trying to make up for my previous mistakes. Although I knew that no matter what I did, it would be useless, but I still tried to do it." Cecil's memory ended , he squatted on the ground sadly, unable to calm down for a long time.

"What about your family? Have you visited them?" Ada asked.

"No, I don't have the face to meet them. My father never forgave me until his death," Cecil said, "but I never regret studying black magic. What I regret is doing the same thing as the murderer , became as cruel as he was."

"Sometimes I wonder, if I hadn't gone to the murderer alone, but brought other Aurors with me, would I have been able to catch him with my own hands? If I hadn't been blinded by power, would I have Wouldn't you become a murderer?" Cecil continued, "Everything is just if, if it's wrong, it's wrong, what should happen has happened, and you have to bear it."

Looking at Cecil who closed his eyes in pain, Ada didn't know how to comfort him. Compared with Cecil, her life was as pale as a piece of parchment.

Glover Cecil, a pitiful but hateful person, a person who will only be left with pain and regret for the rest of his life, this may be Merlin's greatest punishment for him!
Ada didn't know why Cecil told her his story. The two had only known each other for two weeks, far from being close to each other.

Even if Cecil is "eager to love talent", there is no need to tell her these past events now, Ada really can't figure out his purpose for doing so.

Cecil, who was squatting on the ground, stood up and stood facing the black lake, his old face was still stained with tears.Cecil waved Ada away, he needed to be alone now.

Ada led Garen back to the castle, but the bleak figure of Glover Cecil always appeared in her mind.She looked back and saw Cecil standing alone by the black lake, the scene was very bleak.

In the afternoon, Ada went to the underground room again. Although she had prepared protective measures and ointment for bruises in advance, when she left the underground, there were still many bruises on her body.

During the battle with the trial puppet, Ada couldn't concentrate her attention. Whether it was attacking or defending, she acted like a beginner. She was out of shape and could only end today's practice hastily, dragging her tired The body returned to the dormitory.

Throughout the day, Ada felt a little panicked in her heart. She began to constantly recall her past, the mistakes she had made, and the things that made her feel regretful.Ada thought, if she had changed to another way of handling it, would the result be better, and would there be no more regrets and remorse?

It's not that Ada is easily influenced by others, nor is it that Cecil's story moves her so much. What Ada falls into is her own past, the illusion she wove.

A person's life may be long or short, but there will always be a few things that are full of regrets, and there will be a few things that people regret.People should forget these painful things, but these things are often the most vivid memory.

After dinner, Ada sat blankly on the armchair in the lounge, and the book in her hand hadn't been turned for a long time.

The twins sitting across from Ada have been watching her. The two brothers discovered her abnormality when they came back in the afternoon. They felt that Ada was bewildered.

The twins pestered Ada with questions, but her answers were perfunctory, even absent-minded.The twins tried to make Ada laugh again, but Ada always smiled with a hint of sadness, like a clown in a circus.

The helpless twins could only let Ada go back to the dormitory. The two brothers sat in the armchairs and fell into deep thought. They needed to find a new way to bring Ada back to normal. Sooner or later, something will happen to Ada's current appearance.

It's already a bit late today, and the twins plan to go to the library early tomorrow morning to see if they can find any way to help Ada get rid of her current state.

Lying on the bed, Ida was overwhelmed by her sad past, so she would not know how anxious she was trying to find a solution for her twins; she would not know, because of the quarrel in the principal's office on the eighth floor of her castle; No one would have known that the desolate old man by the black lake had a smile on his lips when she left.

(End of this chapter)