Chapter 126 - Ophelia, Narcissa And Andromeda (1)

Observing the entrance to the Slytherin common room, Narcissa's lips curled into a smile as she spoke the password.

"Pure-Blood."

The silver serpent coiled around the door seemed to come alive, slithering around as the doors opened, revealing the Slytherin common room.

"Almost four decades without changing the password," Narcissa murmured with a touch of nostalgia. There was a time when she, too, entered through these doors every day.

Entering the common room, it was exactly as she remembered, except for the two thrones near the fireplace, which she assumed belonged to Asterion and his fiancée.

Seeing the silver throne next to the black throne, Narcissa's eyes grew slightly colder. Daphne Greengrass had gained many benefits from being engaged to Asterion.

Thinking of Daphne, Narcissa scoffed coldly; she did not like the young woman. One reason was the Greengrass family's pro-Muggle stance, but the main reason was Daphne herself becoming Asterion's fiancée.

In Narcissa's eyes, Daphne was definitely not worthy of her handsome and adorable Asterion; no woman was, to be exact. If it were up to her, Asterion would never marry and would remain single.

Perhaps it was a motherly feeling not wanting her son to finally leave home, but if asked if Narcissa had the same feeling about Draco, the answer would be no...

Noticing the arrival of a stranger, the Slytherin students, who had been chatting cheerfully, looked stunned at the incredibly tall woman.

Looking coldly at the students, Narcissa walked towards the boys' dormitory. She assumed Asterion would be getting ready in his room for the selection of the four representatives for the International Magic and Witchcraft Tournament, which was happening in an hour.

"Definitely a relative of Asterion," one of the students commented, watching Narcissa head towards the boys' dormitory. His eyes followed her figure with a touch of lust.

"Should we inform Lord Black?" a female student asked, rolling her eyes at her friend's infatuated expression.

"Didn't you see her look? I think we'd die if we got close to her," another female student responded, rejecting her friend's suggestion without hesitation. Just remembering those cold blue eyes sent a shiver down her spine.

"I think I saw Lady Greengrass enter Lord Black's room," one of the girls said, making the Slytherin boy and girl look at her in surprise. The three of them then thought things were getting interesting in Asterion's room.

"Unfortunately, we won't be able to see," the three sighed in regret.

In their eyes, Narcissa was Asterion's mother, and catching her son in such a delicate situation would be a drama worthy of reprimand.

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Locating Asterion's room, Narcissa didn't even need to knock and tried to open the door, but failed. The door remained firmly closed, causing her eyebrows to furrow for a moment, but then she relaxed, thinking that Asterion would never have expected her to visit him at Hogwarts.

As she expected, it didn't take long for the door to open, but the person who opened it made Narcissa's eyes grow even colder.

Daphne, looking at the tall woman standing at the door, narrowed her eyes and greeted her future sister-in-law with an elegant smile.

"Lady Black."

"Please, come in," she gestured for Narcissa to enter the room as if she owned the place.

Passing by Daphne without looking at her and irritated by her clearly offensive attitude, Narcissa entered the room and saw a scene she did not like at all.

Asterion was buttoning up his shirt, but Narcissa's eyes could see the red marks all over his abdomen, shoulders, neck, and his lips were slightly swollen.

She pressed her lips tightly together but showed no apparent reaction. She still refused to believe that the child who once slept in her arms was now doing such things.

Inside, however, she blamed Daphne entirely, thinking that she had seduced him. Her cousin was practically innocent when it came to such matters.

If Bellatrix knew her thoughts, she would roll her eyes.

"Asterion," Narcissa greeted her cousin with a smile.

Asterion was genuinely surprised to see Narcissa. He hadn't been notified of her arrival but found the surprise pleasant.

As if reading his thoughts, she responded naturally, "I came with Andromeda and other senators to attend the selection of Hogwarts' representatives."

Asterion nodded, and just as he was about to finish dressing, Daphne appeared in front of him and helped button his shirt. When she finished, she gave him a light kiss on the lips.

Narcissa's smile was rigid. She was absolutely certain that Daphne was doing this on purpose to irritate her. Even so, knowing this, a slight malice emanated from her body.

Asterion naturally picked up on this and looked at Narcissa, confused. She just smiled gently back at him, recovering her composure, though inside she wanted to strangle that audacious wench.

"You arrived at a good time, Cissy." Not minding Daphne patting his clothes to remove any wrinkles, Asterion spoke to Narcissa.

He hadn't yet informed anyone about Ophelia's existence. It was a good opportunity to introduce her, especially with Narcissa and Andromeda present, as both would treat Ophelia well, something he didn't think Bellatrix would do.

Narcissa looked at Daphne with a bit of coldness before turning her gaze back to Asterion, surprised by his words.

Finishing dressing, Asterion kissed Daphne on the lips, thanking her for her earlier help, and said to Narcissa, "It's better to show you in person."

Asterion didn't see it, but Daphne and Narcissa exchanged glances, not hiding the hostility in each other's eyes.

Daphne didn't like Narcissa, who fancied herself as Asterion's mother and had an almost pathological possessiveness toward her future husband.

She had heard from her mother about the possible bad relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but since Asterion had no mother, she wasn't worried—until she met Narcissa, who considered herself his mother. The woman was simply irrational.

Narcissa, on the other hand, didn't like Daphne because she thought she was unworthy of being Asterion's wife. She was arrogant and spoiled, nothing elegant as one would expect from the future Lady of House Black.

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Descending the stairs that led to the Slytherin common room, Narcissa, who was slightly behind Asterion, looked at the corridors of Hogwarts with a very nostalgic gaze. When her eyes fell on the girl with black hair and red eyes, she widened her eyes in shock. She automatically ignored the redhead and blonde beside the girl with red eyes.

"Asterion, you took your time, the selection is about to start," Ophelia spoke with a slightly exasperated tone, then her gaze focused on the tall woman behind her cousin.

She saw those cold eyes looking at her with a shocked expression. Though confused by this, she said nothing.

"Asterion, her!?" Narcissa looked at the girl, speechless. Two bearers of the Black family's Innate Technique in the same era? This was completely unprecedented.

"Is she Sirius's daughter? That damned libertine, useless and irresponsible." She muttered while cursing her other drunken cousin with every vile epithet she knew.

Asterion rolled his eyes at Narcissa's words. Poor Sirius, he hadn't done anything and was being reprimanded in every possible way.

"She is Bellatrix's daughter, though it hasn't been confirmed yet, as I haven't had time to go to Gringotts for the lineage test." Asterion's words shocked Narcissa.

"She is my niece?" Though Narcissa murmured, this murmur was heard by everyone, including Ophelia, whose eyes widened in surprise. 

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Next Chapter Second Volume: Chapter 126 - Ophelia, Narcissa And Andromeda (1), Chapter 127 - Ophelia, Narcissa And Andromeda (2), Chapter 128 - The Four Representatives of Hogwarts (1), Chapter 129 - The Four Representatives of Hogwarts (2), Chapter 130 - The Four Hogwarts Representatives (3), Chapter 131 - The First Trial (1), Chapter 132 - The First Trial (2), Chapter 133 - King's Game (1), Chapter 134 - King's Game (2), Chapter 135 - King's Game (3), Chapter 136 - King's Game (4), Chapter 137 - King's Game (5), Chapter 138 - King's Game (6), 139 - King's Game (7), 140 - King's Game (8), 141 - King's Game (9), 142 - King's Game (10), 143 - King's Game (11), 144 - King's Game (12), 145 - King's Game (13).