Lin Ze and Kreacher stared at each other at the door.
He knew that this guy had always looked down upon Sirius, and was full of abuse against all wizards except Pure-blood.
He could see that the other party was a little confused about his yellow skin, but his black hair made Kreacher dare not say the words "Mudblood" or "bastard".
"I'm just going to stand here at the Entrance Hall, and I won't go in. Is this the head office?" Lin Ze took a step back. After all, Sirius is his current ally, and Lin Ze still can't do such a thing as forcing his way into his ally's house.
Kreacher stared at him with those big bloodshot eyes for a long time, until Lin Ze wanted to poke his eyes out with a magic wand.
"You can't go over the doormat." Kreacher finally gave in.
"Okay." Lin Ze nodded.
With the snap of Kreacher's fingers, Charms in the old house opened up to Lin Ze.
Lin Ze stood on the doormat like a shoddy sculpture just picked up from a flea market.
Kreacher didn't move away, just crouched in the shadow of the stairs, staring at him unblinkingly with his two lightbulb eyes, for fear that he would take even half a step too far.
"I asked, when will your young master come back?" Lin Ze put the wine bottle under his arm.
"I don't know." Kreacher said dryly.
"Then can you pour me a glass of water first?"
"Can't."
Lin Ze Take a deep breath and put your temper back into your stomach.
In a quarrel with House-elf, it would be disgraceful to win, and even more embarrassing to lose.
He leaned against the doorframe, his eyes darting around the Entrance Hall.
The gas lamp overhead was old and broken, and the flames danced on the dusty wallpaper, illuminating the House-elf heads hanging on the wall.
"I later suggested that Sirius take off these heads, as they will affect the feng shui of the house." Lin Ze said in a normal voice.
"No! Those are the honor of House-elfs and the proof of serving Black family!" Kreacher screamed.
Tsk.
These little things have been completely ruined by perverted thoughts like Pure-blood families.
Just when Lin Ze was still trying to tease this old elf who was about to explode, there was a shuffle of footsteps outside the door.
Sirius opened the door and came in. His hair was messy in the wind, the old coat he was wearing didn't look very warm, and his nose was a little red from the cold.
"Lin?"
He looked at Lin Ze, then at Kreacher who was huddled by the stairs, and was stunned for a moment.
"Why don't you go in?"
"Your house House-elf won't let me in." Lin Ze raised the wine bottle and Cockroach Clusters in his hands.
"Look, I also brought you a meeting gift."
Sirius glanced at the label on the bottle and twitched the corner of his mouth.
"Come in." He tilted his head towards Lin Ze, then looked at Kreacher, "Go back to your cupboard."
Kreacher shrank back and burrowed into the shadow of the wall like a mouse whose tail was stepped on.
"Don't pay attention to it next time. Just go in and do it. I will make a mark on your body to mark your home." Sirius said.
"No, no, I won't come to your place if you have nothing to do. It's so gloomy." Lin Ze handed the wine and candy to Sirius.
"Whatever you want," Sirius shrugged nonchalantly, "Do you want to see me for anything?"
"Yes." Lin Ze nodded.
He didn't beat around the bush with Sirius and said it directly, "I'm investigating a case recently. Maybe you can help me."
"Oh, that's great, let's talk about it." Sirius seemed very happy that Lin Ze came to him for help.
"That's it..."
Lin Ze briefly talked about the vampire clan, and then asked Sirius how much he knew about his ancestor Chivalis·Black.
"Let's put it this way..." Sirius cleared his throat.
"I know nothing about him... even the name I heard from you."
Lin Ze:"..."
"Come on, let's look for it..." After saying that, Sirius got up and took Lin Ze to the family tree on the other side of the old house.
"Chivalis...Chivalis..." Sirius's eyes swept over the complicated branches, and he kept mumbling the name, as if he was afraid of forgetting it.
It can be seen that this guy doesn't care about his family's affairs at all.
Sirius stood in front of the huge tapestry for a long time, and finally found the name in a corner.
"Chivalis·Black... here is the younger brother of my great-great-grandfather. He has no marriage and no heirs. This branch has been completely cut off in the family tree."
Lin Ze leaned over and took a look. There was no spouse or children next to the name embroidered with gold thread. There was only a thin thread connected to it.
"Then, does your family have anything left by him or any record of his life?" Lin Ze asked.
"I don't know." Sirius, as the sole successor of Black family, behaves like a typical questioner.
"If you want to find something related to him, I can take you to Black family's library, but I don't think you have to have high hopes. The family has never paid much attention to these branches that have no heirs. Their things may be kept, or they may have been thrown away long ago."
"Okay, take me to the library and take a look. Maybe we can find something?" Lin Ze felt that we still have to look for it. Just listening to the words of Sirius, a second-generation playboy, is not reliable.
The library is at the end of Third Floor Corridor. The door frame is half shorter than other rooms. Sirius and Lin Ze have to lower their heads a little when entering.
Lin Ze followed him and smelled the smell of aged leather mixed with rotten wood.
This place has been treated with "Undetectable Extension Charm".
Rows of huge bookshelves go straight to the roof, but the bookshelves are placed in a messy position, which fits the stereotype of Black family.
"I have no impression of this place." Sirius said.
"The last time I came in was when I was six or seven years old. Regulus played hide and seek with me. I hid in here and no one found me all afternoon."
Okay, looking at Sirius's heartless look, he didn't expect him to be of much help to him in finding the relics of Black's ancestors.
Let me see...
Well...
Lin Ze pulled out the wand and kept chanting the name "Chivalis" in his mind.
As the wand was waving, a blue butterfly suddenly appeared in the room.
"Revealing Charm"
Generally used to find missing items.
The butterfly fluttered twice in the air, and then flew deep into the library without hesitation.
"Follow me." Lin Ze walked away.
Sirius was stunned for a moment and quickly followed.
Blue Butterfly passed through several rows of maze-like bookshelves, bypassed a pile of old books stacked to the ceiling, and finally stopped in front of a wall that was half blocked by bookshelves.
An old velvet curtain hung on the wall, its color faded from deep red to grayish pink.
Lin Ze opened the curtain, and there was a narrow door behind it. The door handle was wrapped with thick cobwebs.
"This place... I never knew there was a door." Sirius looked a little confused.