Caught off guard, Allen was horrified. His pupils constricted, and under his fear and shock, he let out a twisted howl. Then, he bounced off the chair and took a few steps back.
"Thud!"
The woman in front of him fell off the TV and onto the floor. Then, she crawled towards Allen at an even faster speed. The frightened Allen finally remembered that he knew magic. He quickly raised his hands to cast a spell.
The woman with black hair crawled a few steps and straightened up. She stretched out her hands to push all the hair in front of her face to the back, revealing a slightly stunned face. Allen then realized that the woman was his daughter, Helena.
Helena's footsteps paused slightly. She was a little puzzled. She looked straight at Allen, feeling a little helpless. She recalled the fear that appeared on Allen's face just now. This made Helena think of the expressions of the freshmen who saw ghosts when they first entered the school...
Helena lowered her head. Her hands clutched her lapels tightly. She bent her knees slightly and performed a palace etiquette to Allen. Then, she slowly apologized word by word in a low voice, "I'm sorry, father. I didn't mean to scare you. I'm really sorry."
Upon seeing Helena's aggrieved look, Allen, who had already reacted, was instantly filled with guilt. With a frown, he quickly responded, "Don't overthink it, Helena. I thought that it was … I'm really sorry. I don't know if you've heard of it when I was in my third year of high school, but Boggart showed that the thing that I'm most afraid of is the female ghost in the Muggle horror movie …"
Helena lowered her head, "Father, are you usually afraid of ghosts?"
"Of course not! Father is afraid of female ghosts, not female ghosts! " Allen quickly waved his hand. He rolled his eyes and thought of an excuse, "It has nothing to do with you. Just like when your mother still had black hair, she once got up in the middle of the night with disheveled hair to relieve herself. I was awakened by her movements. Before I could wake up, I saw her like that. That situation also scared me quite a bit..."
"This ability to crawl out of the TV is a new teleportation method that mother taught me. She wanted me to show it to you." After hearing Allen's explanation, Helena's hands finally let go of her lapels. She no longer ravaged it. "When I crawled in from there, my materialized hair was not tied properly. It hit the mirror frame and fell down to cover my face... I couldn't comb it when I was teleporting..."
When he heard that Helena could have teleported from so many places, but Luna chose to let her crawl out of the TV and show it to him, Allen suddenly realized that all of this was Luna's prank. When he faced Boggart in the third grade of the Defense Against Black Magic class, Boggart turned into Kayako's image when he faced her. This let Luna know that he was most afraid of female Muggle ghosts. That was why she deliberately taught Helena to do this.
"Uh... Helena, this teleportation skill of yours is very useful! You can go wherever you want in the future... You have done many things that other ghosts can't do. " Seeing that his daughter originally wanted to show off to him, Allen was not stingy with his praise. Then, he asked with concern, "Other than crawling out of the TV... I just noticed that you said crawling in from the mirror... Then, what else can it use as a medium?"
"Well, other than a mirror, there's also glass and a pool full of water..." Helena saw that her father was interested in her new skill, and her voice rose slightly. "The mirror in your room will do. You don't have to break it... But why did mother want me to crawl out of the TV?"
"Helena, this is your mother's prank on me... She must have watched those transcribed Muggle movies..." Allen explained. In fact, he enjoyed the feeling of playing pranks with Luna from time to time. However, he felt that he should not involve Helena in this, so he deliberately shouted in an exaggerated manner. "Hmph, I'm going to teach her a lesson today! I'm not going to sleep in her room tonight! "
Helena was not amused by her father's comical appearance. She looked at her father in confusion, and she did not understand why he suddenly said something like that. She felt that the way her parents interacted with each other was not quite the same as the couples in the TV series she and her grandmother watched.
Allen, who was a little embarrassed by the silence, noticed Helena's confusion. He thought of the way Helena looked at him when he snatched the bridal bouquet at Lupin's wedding. He felt sad in his heart. His daughter, who had not experienced this kind of love life, naturally could not understand the feelings between him and Luna.
Feeling that he did not care enough for his daughter, Allen softened his tone and asked curiously, "Helena, when you were a student at Hogwarts, what was your life like?"
"I didn't have many friends at school. Even if I did make friends, sooner or later, they would hate me. I understand them... After all, the professors obviously favored me because of my mother. There were also many people who got close to me because of my mother." Helena stood there and looked at Allen without any ripples in her eyes. It was as if she was not talking about herself but someone unrelated.
"Helena, when I was a pure student, the professors also favored me. Maybe it was just because you were a good child?" Allen responded. "And you are so beautiful. There must be many people who really like you."
No, father. My grades were very good, but it was not because of me... If I answered correctly, they would praise me. If I answered incorrectly, they would praise me. I deliberately forgot to hand in the homework assigned by Professor Bonnie more than once, but she never blamed me for it... Every professor is like this. They all pampered me. I knew from a young age that it was all because of my mother. " Helena shook her head. "For example, Sir Barrow... the Blood Ghost Barrow from Slytherin's school. I remember there were a few weeks when I was eating, and he kept staring at me... When I went to the library, he pretended to meet me... Even though I told him that I was not interested in him, he still did it... And he especially liked to show it in front of my mother..."
Alan did not know why Blood Man Barrow liked Helena at that time. In fact, he had never seen Blood Man Barrow in school. However, the reason he killed Helena was because he was controlled by Ravenclaw, and he knew that. As this matter was rather sensitive, after thinking about it, Allen gave up on explaining to Helena. Helena's suicide and becoming a ghost were most likely the reasons for her choice.
"Even after I became a spirit, generations of students still pestered me, either for a good score or for the so-called crown that could increase the wearer's wisdom." Helena saw that her father did not say anything. "I once met a boy. He was very likable. He seemed to be very understanding and sympathetic..." Helena tilted her head and closed her eyes. She said in a nostalgic tone, "With his company, my days were no longer boring. He was willing to listen to my heart... He sympathized with my situation. When he was free, he would come over to chat with me... But in the end, his goal was the same as everyone else's. He did everything he could to get close to me and gain my favor... But in the end, his goal was actually the same as everyone else's. He did everything he could to get close to me and gain my favor.
"Helena, some people are very good at using flowery words to confuse others and achieve their own goals. But it doesn't mean that everyone is so utilitarian. " Allen said softly. He knew that the person Helena was talking about was Tom Liddell. However, because his daughter's feelings were deceived by this person, Allen could not help but want to beat up this little hooligan who was much older than him.
"Father, before I knew that you were my father, when I met you when you first entered the school, the feeling you gave me was as if... as if I was looking at another him. When the need arises, the two of you can make yourselves very charming... That's why I thought that you approached me because you wanted to swindle information about the crown from me," Helena looked at Allen.
Allen did not know whether to laugh or cry at Helena's words. He changed the topic. "What about your mother?"
"Mother was very busy. She wrote and drew on parchment every day. From time to time, she would go on long trips and not come back. I told her about my troubles, but at the time, I could not tell if she was listening seriously." Helena paused for a moment. She lowered her head and looked at her father's hand. "I always thought that my mother didn't understand my troubles. I thought that she never understood me. Because at the time, she was like you just now. She kept telling me, no... Mother used a more perfunctory tone to tell me that the professors were so lenient with me because I was a good child. It had nothing to do with her... But at the time, I knew clearly that people only admired the Ravenclaw name. No one admired me as a person. I stubbornly thought that even Mother was the same. I was just another trophy for her... I even tried to snatch the crown from her head to get her attention, but she just calmly told me that the crown would only bring me bad luck. "
"Although your mother often looked like she did not care, she was actually listening. She just had to deal with too many things at the same time..." Allen defended Luna to his daughter. Noticing that Helena was very calm when talking about the past, Allen said, "I'm sorry, Helena. I was absent when you were growing up..."
"I really did not understand you at the time... I mainly did not understand Mother because I did not know who Father was... Mother said that I was the most important person to her, that I was her pride, but her tone was obviously perfunctory... I only thought that the Ravenclaw crown had made her forget what family was. The crown brought her knowledge, but it brought me bad luck..." Helena looked into Allen's eyes and continued, "... Don't worry, Father. I completely understand now. If Mother did not do that, I would not be able to see you now. I know that you love me in your own way..."
"Helena, you are much more reliable than your mother and me..." Allen remembered that at Lupin's wedding, Helena clearly wanted to participate in the bouquet snatching activity. However, due to her identity as a spirit, she could only watch others having fun. He said in a low voice, "Helena, I promise that in a few years, you will not have to worry about anything. You will be able to express yourself more freely. If you want to snatch the bouquet, you will definitely be able to snatch it..."
"Father! I am not... "Helena, who was a little shocked by Allen's words, shouted in a more undignified manner than usual. Then, she explained softly and shyly," Father... I just wanted to go up and have some fun. I did not want to... get married... "
"Of course, I am not asking you to get married. I am asking the other party to marry into our family! Helena, tell Father who you like. I will immediately beat him into a spirit for you to play with! "Allen pretended to be serious and teased his daughter.
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