"Singing Naysayers",
A magazine whose sales volume once surpassed that of the "Daily Prophet". It specialized in publishing eyewitness news of rare magical creatures that were said to not exist in the world (crossed out) and some fabricated (crossed out) non-mainstream news,
It was famous for never paying its contributors. Other than that..,
"Singing Naysayers" was actually a family business. From the editor-in-chief to the typesetting to the distribution,
Lovegood and her husband were basically responsible for it. Occasionally, they would ask their youngest daughter, Luna, to help design the cover.
But now, Kamia was busy being a teacher, and Luna had gone to Hogwarts,
Xenophilius gradually felt that he couldn't take it anymore, so he was eager to train a successor.
"Tommy, look, t-h-e, Q-u-i-b-b-l-e-r... Ouch!" Xenophilius caught the plush duck that his daughter threw over and began to giggle. "Kamia, Tommy is so strong..."
Kamia, who was lying on the sofa and biting an apple, couldn't stand her husband's silly look.
She shook her head and got up to remove all the toys around Tommy.
Then, she helped the three-month-old baby sit up.
Then, she placed a thick stack of parchment on the table in front of her.
Angry Little Tommy:!!!
Xenophilius was puzzled. "Kamia,
What are you doing? "
Kamia was quick-witted. "Since you like to throw things so much, these are the manuscripts from the past half a month. Read them first. Throw away the ones that obviously don't pass. Your father and I will read the rest tomorrow."
She then turned around to look at Xenophilius, who was still in a daze, and snapped her fingers. "One more apple. Don't peel it. Cut it into smaller pieces."
Seeing that Little Tommy, who was angry but didn't dare to say anything, had already started to flip through the manuscripts, Xenophilius swallowed his doubts and turned to peel an apple for his wife. His wife had to take care of her (biological) child and the child (school) every day. It was very tiring!
Therefore, the unscrupulous parents leaned on the sofa and started to eat the fruit. Kamia recalled the way Harry looked at her a few times, as if he was looking at a playboy who deceived a young girl. She could not help but feel angry and guilty. She leaned on Xenophilius' shoulder and listened to him talk about his past adventures.
"… I caught a lot of freshwater colored fish that day. It was a bucket full. Ah, right, I even took pictures!" Xenophilius was flattered and gestured excitedly.
"Really? Is the photo still there? Let me see. " Kamia felt that it was good to sit down and chat. At least she was in a good mood and didn't have to think about the mysteries that were hanging in the air.
"Let me see …" Xenophilius got up and searched on the bookshelf for a while. "Photo album … Photo album … Ah, it's here. I remember it's Pando …" Xenophilius was speechless for a moment. He looked up at Kamia, but she was poking an apple with a toothpick. She did not seem to hear what he said. "You found it? Let me see. "
Sitting back down next to Kamia, the two opened the photo album together. In the old photo, Xenophilius, who was more than ten years younger, was waving a fishing rod with a smile on his face. Several small glazed fish were jumping and falling in the wooden bucket next to him.
But Kamia looked at another photo. It was a very young girl, whose facial features were very similar to Luna's. Her pale blonde shoulder-length hair was braided into two braids and hung down to her ears. Her smile was peaceful, and her light green eyes were not looking at the camera but at a farther place.
This was the younger Pandora that Kamia had never seen before. When she came to this world, Pandora was so pale and swollen that she could not recognize her teenage appearance.
Kamia continued to flip through the photo album. More and more, the young Lovegood couple jumped in the photo album. It was a period of time that she had never been involved in. She commented objectively and optimistically, "Wow, so Pandora is Ravenclaw? By the way, you had a hairstyle when you were young? Fortunately, Luna looks like her mother and not you … "
Xenophilius grabbed Kamia's hand, lowered his head, and said nothing.
"… It's because of me." Kamia was silent for a moment and said softly. She stared at the young couple laughing in a photo. Some indescribable emotions were suppressed in her heart, making her voice muffled. "It's me."
She saw Xenophilius's puzzled eyes and thought that he did not know. He did not know that Pandora should not have left so early. Pandora, Lovegood, in the original story, in most stories, died in 1990 because of a wrong spell. It was her mistake that rebooted this world. It was her who forced her way into this world. It was her …
"Kamia …" Xenophilius held Kamia's hand and said in a low voice, "It's' Jiamei's Blessing. '"
"… What?" Kamia was hit by a word.
"Pandora … She used that spell. She wanted to protect our child. Luna, she wanted to protect Luna …"
Pandora protected Luna with her life! Kamia finally knew how Xenophilius learned this spell, but more questions arose. "Pandora … How did she know about 'Jiamei's Blessing'?"
Perhaps Kamia's sudden change of expression ruined the atmosphere. Xenophilius let go of his wife's hand as if he had been electrocuted and lowered his head in pain. However, Kamia was still immersed in doubts. "Dumbledore? No, he would not take the initiative to mention this … It's also impossible for it to be Abfoss … "As a fragment, she and the bluebird Jiamei could not have been in the same era, so it was unlikely that Pandora had seen the bluebird Jiamei." Xeno, do you know … "
"I don't know!" Xenophilius said in a low voice.
Kamia finally realized that her husband was in a state of suppressed sadness. "Xeno …" She subconsciously wanted to imitate him and reach out her hand, but she pulled it back.
Xenophilius closed his eyes and shook his head. He then took the album from Kamia's hand and put it aside. He looked at his wife who was at a loss and had a stiff expression. "Kamia, please don't ask anymore, okay? I don't know what Pandora found, and I don't know what you are looking for … But, but I know that it puts everything I love in danger. First Pandora, then you … "
"Xeno … What are you talking about?" Kamia was not sure what Xenophilius was talking about.
"That rain, Kamia, that rain!" Xenophilius looked crazier than usual. "Can't you smell the danger? Kamia, something — I don't know what it is — is hurting you and weakening your soul … Kamia, I don't know how to protect you … "
He looked desperate. Kamia thought in a daze. In a farther, calmer place, she was hugging herself tightly, but she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
(That rain, Kamia, that rain!)
(Can't you smell the danger?)
That's right. There were some things that he had intentionally ignored. Kamia recalled some details dully. During the heavy rain that lasted for half a month, during the sudden coma, she did feel something … But that was impossible!
Kamia hugged herself tightly and kept telling herself, "That's impossible! It can't be … "
"Kamia? Kamia? " Xenophilius nervously hugged his trembling wife and kept calling her name. He was most afraid of seeing Kamia's expressionless face.
But Kamia called out another name, "Maya …"
After stiffening, Xenophilius trembled and said, "What did you say?"
Kamia didn't look up, so she didn't see Xenophilius' deep fear. She was curled up in her own fear, so she held the man's arm tightly and desperately needed another person's warmth to calm herself.
“don’t
Kamia … "Awkwardly reaching out to wipe the tears on Kamia's face, Xenophilius hurriedly picked up the photo album on the side and then turned to the second half," We … Look, we … and Luna … "
In the second half of the photo album, a girl with black hair and black eyes began to appear frequently, as well as a little girl with light blonde hair.
The girl with an indifferent expression slowly grew into Kamia, and the little girl who often looked absent-minded slowly grew into Luna.
The latest few photos were of a little baby with a sour face every day.
Xenophilius said, "… And Tommy."
"… She's the most annoying." Kamia pursed her lips, paused for a moment, and then asked, "Xie Nuo, do you mind if I cut my hair short?"
"Of course not."
"Then how about this?" Kamia looked up, her black hair slowly fading into silver.
"… Kamia, if you do this …" Xenophilius hesitated and said, "It will make Tommy look like our adopted child."
Tommy, who was innocently implicated, was speechless.
So tonight's conversation ended with Wang shoving Tommy next door. The two tacitly agreed not to mention the previous conversation. One put the photo album back on the bookshelf to run a hot bath, and the other went to check the results of little Tommy's work.
"Only ten left? You're quite strict! " Kamia poked little Tommy's belly. Seeing that the baby was so tired that she could barely open her eyes, Kamia stroked the soft hair on her head. "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Go to sleep today. I'll give you some apple puree tomorrow."
However, Tommy didn't seem to want to sleep. She lay in Kamia's arms and reached out to pull the manuscripts.
"What are you doing?" Kamia thought that Tommy just wanted to mess around, but the baby stubbornly grabbed the parchments and pulled one of them off.
"You again …" Kamia patted Tommy's butt and picked up the parchment. Then, she froze. "Luna?"
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