"I heard you're sick." After recovering from his astonishment, Aberforth explained the purpose of his visit bluntly. "Ariana and I have been trying to contact you for the past few days, but you haven't responded."

"Let's see how you are," Arianna sat down on the edge of the bed, gesturing to Aberforth with her eyes.Aberforth scratched at his shaggy beard, drew back the curtains, and sat down on the overturned chair in front of the desk, where his little sister was trying unsuccessfully to yank his brother's hand from his face. "Come on, Albus," she said worriedly, "what's the matter with you?"

"I'm fine," said Albus, his voice strangely hoarse, and he put his hands down, still bowing his head, "I'm - I'm just too busy, the pressure -"

"Are you pregnant?" Aberforth asked suddenly.

"Merlin! I told you not to—" Ariana screamed.

It was too late to stop, Albus's stooped body twitched, "Of course not," he raised his face in disbelief, his eyes were dull, "No, pregnant? No!" With the pale noon sun, his younger siblings clearly He clearly saw the red blood in his eyes and the small cracks in his lips. "I'm just resting...I'm tired, the end of the school year, a lot..."

"The rest in your mouth is hiding in the dormitory to drink? Albus, I don't remember you being an alcoholic," Aberforth ignored Arianna's reproachful eyes, "What happened?"

"The world is peaceful, nothing serious... At least not this year." Albus covered his stomach with one hand, his brow was beaded with sweat, "Let me sleep peacefully and I'll recover. There are too many papers to correct Yes, there are lesson plans..."

"What the hell happened to you?" Aberforth stood up, glaring condescendingly. "Honestly! I can add 'please' if necessary!"

"Be gentle, we agreed!" Ariana growled angrily in a low voice, "Don't use this tone to him!"

"Mouth, you still care about my tone! Sister, he's lying! He's lying to us!" cried Aberforth. "Can't you see? He made himself into such a ghost, How dare you keep saying 'it's just too busy'?"

"Okay, okay," Albus raised his arms and gestured, "Stop arguing, okay? I have a headache." He lowered his head again, red hair listlessly resting on his shoulders, sucking in a sob She sniffed her nose, "It's just...it's actually not a big deal..."

Ariana held her breath, and Aberforth secretly clenched his fists.

"...Gellert is getting married," said Albus softly, "That's it."

Silence spread in the room, and the three brothers and sisters seemed to have been cast with a spell of silence.Ariana covered her mouth, and Aberforth kept tugging at his own beard subconsciously, seemingly feeling no pain.After a few seconds, maybe a dozen seconds, maybe half a minute, Aberforth glanced at Ariana before hesitatingly said, "Oh, Grindelwald is getting married—what should I say?" He He looked at his sister again, his eyes kept rolling, "Congratulations—"

"Not me, not married to me," Albus said with difficulty, "of course not me. Me and Gellert are just, just friends."

The air seemed to freeze.

"Gellert is getting married, we have to be happy for him..." He licked his chapped lower lip, tried to raise the corners of his mouth, and made a brisk expression and tone, "We—me, and you two, The three of us and him are pretty good neighbors and friends. But you know, friends are friends . . . just friends. So . . . "

Aberforth gritted his back teeth. "You're just friends, and he's getting married—then I have a question: who is he going to marry?"

Albus's lightness was like a puff of smoke, but it didn't last long, "I don't know," he covered his eyes with his hands tiredly as if surrounded by a heavy mist, and rubbed, "He didn't tell me. No need... I guess he didn't intend to invite me to the wedding. There's a lot going on at school this year and next, and I don't have time to go abroad, and," he broke off, "and—"

Aberforth turned and walked away, clutching his wand.Albus stared blankly at his back, suddenly struggled to jump off the ground, stumbled and grabbed Aberforth's robe, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to kill him!" Aberforth blushed, "This bastard, he actually--"

He flicked his backhand in a rage, and pushed Albus onto the peppermint wrappers all over the floor.The white candy wrappers all over the place look like new snow.Arianna was furious, jumped up and grabbed Albus's shoulders, "Aberforth, for the sake of parents, can you calm down!"

"How can I calm down!" Aberforth waved his wand, a little red light flashed, and the picture frame hanging on the wall fell in response, "How many years has he been deceived by that bastard? Nine years? Ten years? Since then Since last summer, he has been by his side all the time! ——Helping him study for exams, appeasing his bad mood, walking in the valley, eating together, going to see exhibitions in the world of Muggles! Stay with him when he is free! And that office, those orphaned wizards, the two of them go there on weekends to read stories and play games with the kids—”

"Stop talking..." Albus begged in a low voice, "Stop talking..."

"Albus knits sweaters and hats for him! Write him letters, write papers and sign his name! He treats him so well! Think of everything for him!" Aberforth was so excited, the tip of his nose was bright red , "What is this? Oh, he suddenly remembered to get married! The heir of the great European pure-blood family, the bullshit aristocrat, after wasting other people's time and affection for ten years, is ready to get married! Find a pure-blood, or a Romanian Princess? That’s great news, I didn’t see it on the headlines of the Daily Prophet!”

"Shut up," Arianna's blue eyes filled with tears, "Albus and him are friends! You're wrong!"

"Am I wrong?" Aberforth gripped his wand, his fingertips turned white, "Ask Bagshot, ask the neighbors in Godric's Hollow, ask the officials at the Ministry of Magic, they are sure to I think the same! An alpha and an omega, everyone thinks they are a pair! Albus, our brother, can be killed by him! He gave everything for that bastard, so far, what has he got !He's 28 years old and unmarried - he's waiting for Grindelwald to propose! Don't tell me you don't think so!" He walked towards the door, furious, "I'm going to kill him, chop him up Throw it in pieces and feed it to the fish. He knows Albus likes him...he's using Albus! Totally using him! He's just playing cat and mouse—"

"Stop talking!" Ariana screamed, panicking. "Come back! Albus passed out!"

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