Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

A wizard who survived the Killing Curse.

This house, invisible to Muggles, has been preserved as it is.

This ruin commemorates the Potters.

And warn against the violence that has torn their families apart.]

Harry shouted excitedly: "Uncle, Sirius, look quickly."

The moment Harry touched the iron gate, Douglas and the others had already seen the changes in the house. Douglas had known this for a long time. He kicked Harry on purpose because he disliked him for being too slow.

However, Douglas also noticed that just as Harry walked towards the wooden sign inside the door, an extremely concealed magic shot up into the sky, and he frowned slightly.

He carefully drew his wand and walked over to Harry. Sirius, Lupin, and Dobby all noticed Douglas's reaction. Although they didn't know what was happening, they all drew their wands and surrounded Harry in a triangular shape. Dobby continued to cast the Disillusionment Charm, silently blending into the iron door.

Harry carefully read every word on the wooden sign, not paying any attention to the other people's reactions.

In addition to the neat golden handwriting on the wooden sign, there are also various inscriptions on the side, all of which were written by wizards who came to pay their respects to the boy who survived the disaster and escaped death.

Some wrote their names in indelible ink, others carved their initials into the plaques, and still others wrote messages and dates, the most recent of which were written on Halloween this year.

Harry searched carefully above. He had guessed that Lupin and Sirius should not have been here since that incident, but Douglas definitely had been here.

He wanted to see what kind of mark his cousin would leave on it, a name or a sentence.

Just as he was searching carefully, two explosions of Apparition suddenly sounded outside the door.

Douglas and the others pointed their wands at the source of the sound, but did not attack immediately.

Only then did Harry notice the reactions of the others, and hurriedly pulled out his wand, also pointing it forward.

When the explosions died down, two figures appeared in front of the door, each raising their wands nervously.

When Douglas saw the person coming, he put away his wand.

"Mr. Shacklebolt (Kingsley Shacklebolt), it's nice to see you again so soon. Hi, Tonks (Nymphadora Tonks) is out on another mission."

The people who came were the Auror team seen in the rat-catching operation at Hogwarts a few days ago, led by Kingsley, and followed by Douglas' old acquaintance, junior schoolmate Tonks.

When Kingsley saw that it was the Hogwarts professor, a smile appeared on his dark face, and he said in a low voice: "It turns out to be Professor Holmes and Professor Lupin, as well as the famous Sirius Black. I didn't expect you to bring Mr. Potter here."

Before Douglas and the others could reply, Tonks' hair instantly changed several colors. She then walked straight forward, looked at the legendary Sirius Black, then nudged Douglas with her elbow and asked curiously, "Doug, how did you get together?"

Tonks was not at Hogwarts during the operation, so she was not aware of the relationship between Sirius and Douglas.

When Sirius heard someone called Douglas Doug, he immediately became interested and stood aside, looking at the two of them carefully. Lupin had an aunt's smile on his face.

Harry also quickly put away his wand and stood with Sirius to watch the show. He thought his cousin would definitely be furious, because every time Sirius called his cousin Doug, his cousin would be unhappy.

But to their surprise, Douglas just rolled his eyes at Tonks and said calmly, "That guy is Harry's godfather. You set up a warning spell here. Are you trying to catch Peter?"

When Sirius heard Peter's name, his face darkened and he pulled Harry directly between him and Lupin, carefully observing the surrounding grass.

Tonks snapped her fingers and said in surprise, "You're truly worthy of being called Doug. You guessed our intentions so quickly. When this happened, we set up an alert here. As soon as anyone entered this yard, we would rush over as quickly as possible. We just didn't expect it to be you... Why are you here... Sorry."

Tonks was halfway through her speech when she suddenly saw Harry and remembered where she was. She stuck out her tongue embarrassedly and said sorry to Harry.

Harry quickly shook his head and said, "It's okay. In fact, I just found out about this place today. What is your relationship with my cousin?"

Harry took the liberty of igniting his gossipy spirit.

Chapter 262 Rebuilding the Potter Family

After hearing Harry's question, Tonks stepped forward and ruffled Harry's hair generously, taking the opportunity to take a closer look at the lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Tonks. I'm an excellent Auror from the Ministry of Magic, a Hufflepuff, and Doug's underclassman."

Harry pulled away the hands that were pinching his head, looked between the two of them, and then let out a long "oh" in front of everyone.

Suddenly, several people present looked at Harry with admiration. Sirius looked at Harry with a conflicted look on his face, wondering whether he should protect his godson when he was beaten. Lupin's mouth twitched, and he suddenly felt that Harry was worthy of being James' son.

Tonks even made a clicking sound. As a junior who used to hang out with Douglas, she knew his character too well.

Once, a Slytherin student mocked Tonks as "Douglas Legs". Douglas tricked the other person into a basement classroom in the middle of the night. He first cast a Disarming Spell on the other person, and then let Tonks take revenge with her wand.

After the other party realized his mistake and apologized, Douglas asked him to use his magic wand to summon more than a dozen snakes as a gift of apology.

Before leaving, Douglas whistled, alerting the patrolling Filch, and then ran to the kitchen with Tonks. Fortunately, the Slytherin common room was also in the basement, otherwise that guy would have suffered a worse fate that day.

Thinking of this, Tonks couldn't help swallowing her saliva, then looked at Harry and asked, "Harry, can you summon snakes?"

Harry asked confusedly, "What?"

But Douglas ignored them and walked towards Kingsley. At the same time, he called Dobby in and planned to introduce him to Kingsley.

When Kingsley saw Dobby lift the Disillusionment Charm, his pupils shrank. He had just walked past the iron gate and didn't even notice that there was a house-elf standing there.

He looked at Douglas deeply. He had heard from Tonks that Douglas was very talented in this area and was a natural Auror. Fortunately, the other party chose to become a professor at Hogwarts and stood on Dumbledore's side, otherwise it would be a big trouble.

Sirius, who was standing nearby, suddenly asked Tonks, "What is your relationship with Andromeda Tonks?"

Tonks smiled and said, "She's my mother. I know you're from the Black family, but she doesn't like me interacting with people from the Black family. I heard her mention you when I was a child, but after that incident, she never mentioned you again."

Sirius smiled and said, "She should be doing well now. Give my regards when you go back."

Kingsley then took Tonks away. He felt that with these people around, Peter would definitely not have the courage to come.

As soon as Tonks left, Harry asked again, gossiping, "Sirius, do you know Tonks's mother?"

Sirius smiled and explained, "Andromeda is my cousin, and like me, she was expelled from the Black family."

Harry nodded. When they were collecting information before, they found out about Sirius being expelled. Suddenly, Harry thought of a question. Since Sirius was not a werewolf, what was the reason for him being expelled?

"By the way, Sirius, why were you expelled from the Black family?"

Hearing Harry's question, Sirius also remembered his godson's previous speculation about him, and suddenly his forehead was black.

"Snapped!"

After Douglas and Kingsley left, he slapped Harry on the back of the head.

"You're so young, why don't you do something else instead of just thinking about gossip all the time?"

Harry pouted in grievance. He didn't dare to talk back. He had received enough homework today.

Douglas didn't tolerate him and pointed at the weeds in the yard and said, "Go and clear all the weeds in the yard."

Harry didn't seem to understand what Douglas meant. "What? Weeding? Aren't we going back to Hogwarts?"

Douglas looked at the wooden sign in front of him and said, "I hope the sign hanging here will say Potter's House instead of a deserted memorial. Don't you wish you had your own home? You can invite friends here for gatherings."

Harry said in surprise, "Really? But didn't you say I can't move out of the Dursleys' house before I come of age?"

Sirius said from the side: "Actually, Harry can move in with me if you don't like him living with you."

Lupin tugged Sirius and shook his head slowly at him.

Douglas glanced at Sirius and said to Harry, "It only tells you that you must go back to the Dursleys' house for the summer vacation, but it doesn't say that you must stay at the Dursleys' house for the entire summer vacation. If you still want to call this the Potters' house,

Harry nodded vigorously, then went forward to pull the weeds with an excited look on his face.

Douglas said angrily, "You're a wizard, so can't you solve it the wizard's way? Don't tell me you don't know how. I've recorded several kinds of farm magic on the wooden fence posts in Holmes' orchard, including the weeding spell."

Harry turned his head in surprise and said, "You actually left it. Ron and I speculated for a long time, thinking that some studious senior wrote it here to help us reduce the punishment time. Oh, and if I cast magic here, will the Ministry of Magic not find out?"

Douglas rubbed his head and said to Sirius and Lupin, "You two explain it to him. I'm going to the bar for a drink."

Sirius patted Harry's shoulder and said with a smile, "As long as there are other adult wizards around when you cast magic, the Ministry of Magic won't be able to detect whether it's you who cast the magic. Don't worry about the Ministry coming to check. Those two Aurors from the Ministry of Magic will definitely report the situation here to the Ministry... Moony, would you like to join us for a drink?"

Sirius put his hand on Lupin's shoulder and walked out the door.

At the same time, Douglas' voice came from outside the door: "Dobby, you look after Harry here, don't help him."

Dobby quickly agreed, then took out a small chair and table from his pocket, which instantly grew larger, and placed them in the open space next to the wooden sign.

And he comfortably took out a small stove with a small teapot on it...

Watching Dobby drinking hot tea and reading a book very comfortably, Harry swallowed silently...

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Chapter 263 The former glory of the Potter family

When Douglas and the others came back, they saw that the weeds in the yard had been cleared.

Harry and Dobby sat there drinking hot tea, but Dobby was reading a book while Harry cleared the weeds to reveal the ruins.

Looking at the ruins that had been shattered by the years and left behind only a desolate ruin, he felt an inexplicable loneliness in his heart.

Looking out the window, I gazed at the old furniture and belongings scattered across the floor, as if testifying to the relentless passage of time. Dust thickly coated every object, like a pale, cold veil. The walls were covered in tattered wallpaper, revealing mottled, yellowed bricks. Every room was filled with a suffocating silence and desolation.

Looking at all this, he didn't have the courage to step in. Seeing those crumbling, fragmented things, which had obviously been neglected for so long that they could not be repaired, aroused deep sadness and loss in his heart.

In this dilapidated home, abandoned and uninhabited for over a decade, he felt a sense of being forgotten and lost. Once, this place was a place of warmth and harmony, a place of care and love from his family. But now, it was just an abandoned, lonely background note.

Sitting in the middle of the yard, looking at the faded, decayed fence walls eroded by time, he felt that Douglas was right. This shouldn't be a place where people reminisce about the past or commemorate the dead. He would definitely work hard to restore this home to its former glory and warmth...

Standing in the empty and lonely hall of his home, he looked at the trees outside the window that were gradually fading, pale and weak due to the erosion of time, but still standing tall and straight, and prayed silently in his heart: Maybe one day, this home will be able to regain its former glory and warmth and become a real home again.

Seeing Douglas coming, Dobby quickly stood up and invited Douglas to sit in his seat. At the same time, he took out two chairs and invited Sirius and Lupin to sit down.

Douglas picked up the teapot and conjured up three teacups. After pouring hot tea into them, he distributed them to the two people behind him. Seeing that Harry was still in a daze, he asked, "What are you thinking about so intently?"

Harry was immediately awakened, "Ah! I was thinking about how to restore the Potter family's former glory."

Douglas's lips flashed with a strange smile, and he uttered a meaningful "oh". Then he said to Sirius, "Look at how promising your godson is. He is ready to restore the glory of the Potter family. But I guess he must not have read the history of the Potter family in the library. How about you tell us about it?"

Sirius took a sip of tea, was silent for a long time and said:

"I ran away from the Black family when I was sixteen. Old Fremont and Euphemia took me in. They have always treated me like their own child. Even though I later inherited my uncle Alphard Black's estate and bought my own apartment, I still come here for dinner every weekend...

Sorry, I've strayed off topic. I once heard old Philemon say that the Potter family can be traced back to a 12th-century apothecary pioneer named Linfred, whose potions, after evolving into their own, are still used today, including Bone Growing Spirit and Spiritual Refresher...

The Potter family is an ancient pure-blood family, of course, this was before James and Lily got together. Don't get me wrong, the Potter family is not a pure-blood family, it just happened that your grandfather's lineage had always remained pure-blooded before this.

I don't know about the period too far back, but your name comes from old Philemon's father, Henry, whom many of his friends prefer to call Harry. The Muggle world was very turbulent during his time, and he once publicly stated that the wizarding world should support Muggles.

Speaking of the glory of the Potter family, we have to mention your grandfather, Philemon Potter. He invented the now-best-selling hair smoothing potion in the wizarding world, but after he retired, he sold the potion to the factory. Don't underestimate this potion; it quadrupled the Potter family's wealth, something your grandfather was always proud of...

Hearing Sirius mention his grandfather, Harry's mind flashed back to the Potter family members he had seen in the Mirror of Erised. There was a little old man with the same bumpy knees as him...

Before Sirius finished speaking, Douglas took over and said, "So to sum up, Harry, if you want to restore the former glory of the Potter family, the most important thing is to learn Potions well..."

Lupin couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of tea. At first he really didn't expect that Douglas had been waiting for Harry here.

Then Harry and Sirius also reacted. When Harry remembered that his Potions professor was Snape, he immediately lowered his head dejectedly.

Sirius patted Harry's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Lily is very talented in Potions. Professor Slughorn praised her talent a lot. You must have inherited Lily's talent. If Snotlout dares to give you a hard time, I will challenge him to a duel, humph!"

Douglas smiled, then said seriously, "It's getting late, let's get down to business. Since we've decided this place is no longer a tourist attraction, we need to add a set of protective measures. My suggestion is the Fidelius Charm. What do you think?"

Although he was asking everyone, Douglas turned his gaze towards Sirius, while Lupin and Harry also looked towards Sirius.

Sirius subconsciously shrank back and let out a long breath.

Douglas said to Harry, "Next, I will cast the Fidelius Charm on this place, and then ask Sirius to be the secret keeper. In the next few summer vacations, he will take you to repair and renovate the house. What do you think?"

Sirius subconsciously looked at Harry, his breathing a little rapid. He wanted to make up for this regret. In the same position back then, he almost became James's secret keeper...

Chapter 264: 12 Grimmauld Place

Harry said without hesitation, "Okay, Sirius will be the Secret Keeper."

Sirius's hands began to tremble, and he forced a smile on his face. Lupin put his hand on Sirius's shoulder.

Douglas looked at Sirius and said, "Sirius, you should know the rules of the secret keeper. You must live well. War may come again in the future. This will be Harry's last safe place, so no matter what happens, you must protect yourself and don't be impulsive... You have a responsibility..."

Sirius's mind buzzed. Was it James who had thought the same thing?

The Fidelius Charm is an extremely difficult and powerful spell that can be used to hide a person's inner secrets. This secret can be an address, a person's name, or anything else, as long as you believe it is a secret.

Douglas directly broke all the post-war protective magics originally set up in the yard, then pulled out the wooden sign in the yard and handed it to Harry to hold.

"Put this sign next to the statue in the square later."

Then several people appeared at the door. Sirius stopped Douglas and said gloomily, "Let me do it. I was the one who cast the spell in the end."

As he spoke, he waved his wand and chanted a spell towards the location of the house. As strange magic shot out from Sirius' wand, Douglas quietly cast the Eye of Detection spell, which could vaguely see the cause and effect of these spells.

As the spell progressed, Douglas gradually noticed that the house in front of him began to disappear. Slowly, he even forgot that there was such a ruined house in front of him. However, he clearly knew that there was a house here, but he just couldn't find it.

Harry was even worse off than him. He suddenly asked stupidly, "What are we doing here? Oh, now I remember. The Fidelius Charm. Is it working?"