Chapitre 176: Arcana(HP Xover/WC)-4
"You know, not to look at the gift horse in the mouth or anything, but you are suspiciously quick to accept a completely unknown stranger into your house. Even if you did learn that we have blood connection." I said without looking at Arcturus, insets of running my finger over a wall painting of a snake.
I... had to admit that I had a small liking of snakes that could be considered rather unnatural since two of the pantheons I was a part of did not look very kindly on the slithering bastards. What with one pantheon destined to lose their strongest god to the poison of a snake and the other having a giant snake trying to devour their leader and the heart of their civilizations. Was it from Hecate then?
"Well, I wouldn't really say 'completely unknown'." Arcturus said as he drank from his glass before burping a small amount of fire. Fire-whiskey, not a false advertisement. "I still keep an eye out when it comes to the new generation in order to see if there are any who might cause some... splash in the future."
"An unusual hobby?"
"More like learning from my mistakes." The patriarch of the Black family snorted. "Feel like a lots of things would have turned out different if I paid more attention to Hogwarts when my grandchildren were attending. Might even have been able to save my family from following that lunatic dark lord." Damn, that suddenly got heavy.
"Sounds like you don't really like the latest dark lord, despite his views on blood purity." I prodded the man in order to learn a bit more, only for him to snort once more.
"'Purity'. That's just some hogwash the other families spout in order to make themselves feel like they are equal to us." It was impressive how he could say such a thing without sounding arrogant. "I have no idea how my kids were dumb enough to get conned by his 'give you the magical world' bullshit. We are Blacks, the magical world already belonged to us; they literally became servants in order to share their power." He huffed and I could swear that the glass in his hands started to crack.
"Doesn't matter anymore. As I've said, I have kept an eye on any of the potentially powerful among the youth so I know a bit about you. More precisely, a bit about what you let others know."
"...I have no idea what you mean."
"Don't play coy with me boy. I am a Black, I know hidden malice and madness when I see it. It's practically the trademark of our family." The old man said with a chuckle. "You appear as a very talented young man that is not much interested in more exciting things like Quidditch but instead with ancient runes and magical theory. Yet I can easily see it in your eyes, it's not that you have a problem with excitement but what you have in Hogwarts simply isn't enough to excite you!"
"...you have keen eyes." I said as I finally turned around. Somewhat irritated yet also intrigues about how much he had managed to figure out about me. "Still doesn't tell why you were so ready to jump at the chance of having a new member to your family, since you seem to have such a low opinion on the family you already have."
"It is because of that low opinion that I was so ready to jump at this chance." He said with humph and got up. "I had five grandchildren before the war. Now Bellatrix is a mad woman in Azkaban, Narcissa is married to a piece of slime, Andromeda is unwilling to respond to my letters, Sirius is a lackey of Dumbledore and your father Regulus is dead. My family is basically in shambles."
"I have three potential heirs and each one of them is unsuited. Narcissa's daughter is a daddy's girl to her slime father and is a dumbass. Andromeda's daughter has been snatched up into Dumbledore's orbit and is training to be an Auror of all thing, that is without mentioning the atrocious name she has. Finally there is Rose, the granddaughter of my sister Dorea and the so called 'Girl Who Lived', raised practically besides Dumbledore with that dumbass nephew of mine filling her head with stupid bullshit like 'equality'."
"I get the weirdest feeling that you don't really like dear headmaster Dumbledore." I said with a chuckle.
"I might respect his magical prowess but that damn old bastard stands against many of our traditions and would doom our society by giving it all to muggleborns. If it doesn't get destroyed by one of the many people he gave a 'second' chance to." He said with a huff but I was thinking that he might be a little biased. "That doesn't matter now. What matters is that I had no proper heirs but then I found you."
"...I am flattered but I think you are moving a bit too fast." Seriously, he knew me for less than a day and he was already talking about making me his heir? Just how much did he dislike the other options?!
"Heh, don't flatter yourself. I don't intend to just make you my heir, do I look as stupid as a Malfoy to you?" Oh, well that was a relief. "I am going to be testing you for the next year, during which you will be the heir apparent, and if you can show me that you are worthy of the mantle of Black lordship; then you will properly become my heir."
"Sounds needlessly complicated." I said with a raised eyebrow. Wondering what kind of protections he would take in order to make sure I couldn't just kill him while being the 'heir apparent' and take the mantle anyway. "Yet just as intriguing."
"I am glad to hear you say that my boy." Arcturus said with a smile as he started to pour himself another drink. "Is there anything you wish to tell me before we start your... studies?"
The angel on my shoulder was telling me that what I was about to do was a bad idea but the devil on my other shoulder was insistent that it would be hilarious.
I listened to the devil.
"I can do this." I said with a smile as I had my hair change colors a few times and changed the shape of my face to a far older version followed by a younger one before settling back to my normal face, just in time for Arcturus to drop his drink with a wide eyed look before he started to laugh.
"The gift that keeps giving indeed."
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