Vol 2 Chapter 324: The source of the curse

"Is it because of the blood curse?" Jon asked without changing his face.
Diana Greengrass was slightly stunned, and a brief surprise appeared on her face, passing between her sparkling eyes and a faint wry smile.
But soon, she seemed to react--
"Did Professor Dumbledore tell you?" The expression on her face returned to calmness, and then gently stood up and turned her eyes to the phoenix lying at Jon's feet:
"I should have guessed that there are very few phoenixes in this world that can be tamed by wizards... As far as I know, except for the Phoenix mascot of the New Zealand Quidditch team Mottola Macaws, "Spark"; only Professor Albus Dumbledore’s pet "Fox"..."
"...I think I'm honored to meet you, Miss Fox!" She nodded solemnly towards Phoenix.
Fox raised his head lazily and waved his long beak at her, indicating that after she heard it... he put his head back into the wings that were not full of feathers again, and continued to rest.
"Why did Professor Dumbledore's Phoenix stay with you?" Mrs. Greengrass looked up again, her brown eyes staring at Jon's face kindly and with interest.
"This is a long story..." Jon lowered his head and said perfunctorily.
"Well... Since you don't want to answer." Mrs. Greengrass smiled gently.
But the smile was fleeting, and replaced by a deep sadness. Her voice became low and hoarse: "Since you know the tragic fate of Astoria, why bother to come here?"
"Madam, maybe there is still room for recovery?" Jon said softly.
"Haha..." Mrs. Greengrass smiled reluctantly: "Mr. Hart, until now, I have seen in you for the first time what a young man should behave... Young people always think something is wrong with them. It's all right, poor conceit...Of course this is not a blame, we also came here back then, so I can understand your kindness."
"Do you think there is no room for recovery?" Jon asked calmly.
"Yes." Mrs. Greengrass nodded, with a desperate smile on her face: "As a mother, how can I not care about my daughter, how can I bear the heart of white-haired people sending black-haired people... precisely because To truly understand the truth, it is precisely because this is her fate that all this is so cruel..."
"I'm very sorry……"
"It has nothing to do with you... Mr. Hart, shall I tell you a story?"
"Listen thoroughly."
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"I used to have a younger sister... Alice, Alice Greengrass, very nice names." Mrs. Greengrass's voice said gracefully: "She is two years younger than me. From childhood to older, her mother is exceptional. Doting on her is a lot colder to me in comparison... I was a bit jealous of her at one time."
"Her health is not good. At the same time each year, she would fall into a coma and lie down in Saint Mungo for two weeks; after waking up, she was safe and sound... Looking at the painful expression on my face when Alice was in a coma, I I sympathized with her, and then asked my mother what happened?"
"However, my mother never told me... Until one year, Alice became unconscious a few months earlier than before... My mother became taciturn during those months, and I often saw her holding her hands The pillow cried..."
"Then... after another few months, I never saw Alice again, everything about her in the manor disappeared, as if I had never had such a sister..."
Mrs. Greengrass wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and looked at Jon: "You are very smart, Mr. Hart, you should understand the reasons for all this... Astoria's fate is destined to be the same as Alice's. When the curse on her body really strikes, everything about her will disappear from Greengrass Manor... I will do it myself!"
"Time is running out, right?" Jon asked solemnly.
Mrs. Greengrass nodded: "She can support up to Christmas this year... Originally she might be able to support it longer. I once asked Professor Dumbledore to impose a powerful anti-curse on her... everything If there is no harm, she can even live to be thirty years old... But there has been a little accident in recent years..."
Jon lowered his head in shame and bit his lip.
"Don't blame yourself, Mr. Hart... is this her destiny?" Mrs. Greengrass comforted: "This is a terrible curse against the Greengrass family. It originated centuries ago. After that, half The new members of the Greengrass family are all bearers of the blood curse...Astoria belongs to the bad luck half; and Daphne and I are slightly lucky!"
"A curse for the whole family?" The expression on Jon's face became more solemn.
Diana Greengrass raised her hand, bit her finger, and let the blood drip on the table: "Yes, this terrible curse is hidden in every Greengrass bloodline, even if I There is no need to endure its torment, it will also torture my children and make the Greengrass family bear this terrible curse forever..."
"On the corridor entering the manor~EbookFREE.me~ you can see many portraits of our family members... If you pay close attention, you will find that most of the Greengrass family members are women." Mrs. Si smiled dismal: "Because few mothers dared to give birth to a boy; you should know that if the blood cursed fetus in the abdomen is a baby boy, what will happen to him when he is born!
"Thank you for telling me all this, ma'am..." Jon said Chen Ken with a face.
"To be honest, you are braver than I thought. The sorting hat didn't assign you to Gryffindor?" Mrs. Greengrass said with some praise, and then smiled dismal: "I was When I told my husband all about the blood curse, he was so scared that he fled the manor that night, and I have never seen him since then!"
"So please go back, Mr. Hart; you are a good boy!" Mrs. Greengrass stood up and wiped the blood from her fingers: "So let her leave you; or, if you want to do it yourself, I will agree, even though it is against the tradition of the Greengrass family."
"Mrs. Greengrass... Actually, I have a way!" Jon took a deep breath and said.
"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Greengrass frowned, her eyes biting Jon.