As the old home of the Scamander family, it naturally has a long history. Rove took Shirley around to visit it.
They followed a dark passage and quickly entered a very hidden room.
The layout of the room is very simple, with only stone statues carved from dragon crystal placed on both sides of the room, extending into the darkness in the distance.
"These are the statues of the ancestors of the Scamander family." Rolf took Shirley forward and introduced to her:
"Thousands of years ago, wizards commonly used dragon crystal to make statues of themselves, which were passed down to future generations. At that time, only the Lydians knew how to draw magical portraits."
“In the fifth century BC, the Persian Empire destroyed the Kingdom of Lydia, and the wizards there fled to the Peloponnese Peninsula. Only then did the method of drawing magical portraits spread in Greece.
Later, with Alexander's Eastern Expedition, it spread to Central Asia and Europe."
Shirley followed Luo Fu and shuttled between the statues. Sure enough, she saw that the stone statues behind them slowly disappeared, replaced by portraits.
The girl saw that the portraits were motionless and did not look like they were pretending to sleep, so she wondered: "Why don't they move?"
"After too long, the magic on the portrait dissipated, and it became the same as a Muggle portrait." Rolf shrugged.
Shirley said oh, looked into the distance again, and asked doubtfully: "Rolf, is this your family's tomb?"
"No, this is a room that only stores statues, portraits and family trees." Luof suddenly stopped and whispered:
"Speaking of which... actually, even I don't know where our family's cemetery is."
The ponytail girl looked surprised.
"Only my grandfather knows the specific location," said Luo Fe. "He will pass it on to my father, and my father will pass it on to me... It has been passed down from generation to generation. This has been the case for thousands of years."
Luofu didn't know why it was kept so secretive. He could only guess that there was a secret in the tomb, and the fewer people who knew the specific location, the better.
But then again, which ancient family doesn’t have some secrets?
For example, the Ravenclaw family possesses the remains of ancient wizards; the Potter family has the Deathly Hallows Invisibility Cloak passed down from generation to generation... focusing on an ancient inheritance!
Walking to the end of the room, Shirley's eyes were attracted by a wall. On that wall was a 100-foot gilded tree covered with silver leaves. There were dozens of bright and beautiful flowers among the leaves.
"This is the family tree of the Scamander family." Rolf raised his finger and pointed at the mural and said:
"The women in the family will be marked as flowers, and the men will be marked as silver leaves. The names are connected with gold threads to form the branches of the big tree."
"If the wizard dies, the leaves and flowers will wither and die from the family tree."
The girl with the ponytail was full of surprise, her eyes searching the family tree. Luo Fu knew what she was looking for, so he pointed to the shining silver leaf at the top and said:
"I'm there."
Shirley looked up and saw the name 'Rolf Scamander'.
A single vertical golden thread branched from his body, connecting to his parents, and another golden thread connected to 'Newt Scamander' and 'Tina Goldstein'.
And 'Newt Scamander' and 'Theseus Scamander' are also connected together with a golden thread, and there is a name next to Theseus...'Lita Lestrange
'.
"Theseus is my grandfather's brother, and Lita is his fiancée. Back then, when the Wiccan Party gathered in Paris, Lita died fighting against Grindelwald." Rolf sighed softly:
"Theseus never remarried and recorded his fiancée Rita's name on the family tree."
After hearing this, Shirley was a little moved, and her heart was filled with regret and regret. She continued to look at the family tree and saw those golden threads connecting each name.
Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gaunt, Potter, Weasley...many surnames are very familiar to the girl.
"Pure-blood families are all related to each other." Rolf said, "If you really count, I am Voldemort's distant cousin.
There’s one more thing you won’t think of!”
"What's going on?" Seeing the young man's pretentiousness, Shirley pulled his sleeve and shook it, saying softly: "Say it quickly."
"Back then, Voldemort's grandfather Marvolo Gaunt wanted to marry his daughter Merope Gaunt to my grandfather." Rolf said with a smile.
Shirley opened her mouth slightly and was stunned by this sentence.
"The Gunter family was already in decline at that time. There were only a few dilapidated old houses, and food was a problem." Luofu continued to talk:
"The luxurious life Marvolo wants can only be achieved by marrying off his daughter at a high price."
"A pure-blood family of the right age must be rich, and there are even fewer wizards to choose from... My grandfather was only twenty-six or seventeen years old at the time, and he just met the conditions.
Marvolo came to discuss it, but my great-grandmother saw that Merope was ugly and not very clever, so she refused directly."
Shirley patted her chest and said with some fear, "Fortunately I refused."
"Who says it's not the case?" Rolf said with a smile: "If a Voldemort of the Scamander family were born, it would be fatal."
This made the young man feel lucky and also regretful. After all, if his grandfather was Newt and his father was the Dark Lord... then the whole world would have gone sideways.
Rolf picked out some other interesting family anecdotes, told Shirley what he saw, and then took her out of the room to visit other places.
The two of them walked around the old house, and finally returned to Luofu's room. They stood on the balcony and looked at the gorgeous night view.
Shirley leaned on the railing, looking at the clear night sky with a crescent moon hanging, her eyes blurred, and she murmured:
"It's so beautiful...Rolf, I like it here!"
"Then you can sleep in my room tonight. I'm sure you can see the stars when you open your eyes in the middle of the night." Luo Fu said with a smile:
"I...continue to squeeze in with you reluctantly."
"No need." Shirley looked at the boy, covered her mouth and smiled, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and she said in a soft voice:
"I also have a balcony in my room. I can see the night view. I won't squeeze you. If you keep falling off the bed, you will hurt your back."
"It's okay, my bed is quite big. It's not as small as the bed in the monastery. It won't fall down at night." Luofu said with a smile.
Seeing that the girl with the ponytail still shook her head, Luo Fu threatened:
"Shirley, this old house is haunted. The first night you move in, you'd better squeeze in with me and get my breath. The ghost won't bother you."
Shirley suppressed a smile and said, "It's okay. When we were in the kitchen at night, grandma said that if anyone bullies me, let me tell her. If anyone dares to harass me, I will tell grandma."
"..."
Luo Fu sighed softly, with a face full of resentment and said: "I have found a new supporter, so you don't want me anymore."
"Not at all." Shirley tilted her head slightly, resting her head on Luofu's broad and warm shoulder, and murmured:
"Besides, aren't you my supporter?"
Luofu took the opportunity to hug the girl into his arms. The two of them did not speak for a while, but cuddled together and looked into the distance.
Then... Newt and Tina appeared on the street, followed by three lightbulb cats.
Rolf looked at Newt and Tina holding hands and said with a smile: "They have such a good relationship."
Shirley hummed. She looked at the two old men and seemed to have thought of something, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
Ralph stared at Shirley's side face and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"I was thinking..." The girl with the ponytail made a playful face towards Luo Fu and said with a smile:
"I will tell you when we are old and you hold my hand to cross the road!"
