Hogwarts: I've acquired the Father System

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I'd rather kill myself before Voldemort arrives, so I don't have to see you treat me like this!

[Ding, Fatherhood Value +100]

[Ding, Fatherhood Value +100]

[Ding, Father Value +100] Darren raised his wand.

It seemed it really wanted to hurt itself. This startled Harry.

He angrily snatched Darren's wand.

"If you hurt yourself again, I'll just kill you!"

"So, you're finally willing to talk to me?"

Darren said with a smile. Harry's face turned ashen.

He put down Darren's wand and said with a look of despair, "But Voldemort is likely to wake up inside me soon. Are you going to make me watch you die?"

"I watched Mr. Weasley get bitten by me, and now I'm supposed to watch you get killed by me?"

Harry spoke angrily, his eyes filled with tears. This left Darren utterly helpless.

He paused for a moment and then said, "I think you may have misunderstood. I know you listened to what Moody and the others said, but I think you misunderstood."

Harry and the others were stunned.

Darren said helplessly, "We had some suspicions before, and we also told you that Voldemort could influence you through what he left in your scars."

Moody's statement that Voldemort awakens inside your body is actually unclear. It should be that Voldemort awakens from what he left in your scar.

In other words, he influences you through what's inside your scars. He can only influence you; do you really think he can control your body?

Dumbledore isn't someone to be trifled with; he'll be keeping a close eye on you.

"If you were truly possessed by Voldemort, he would have taken you into custody immediately. Would he really have allowed you to remain in the Order of the Phoenix headquarters?"

"But I... I really felt myself biting Mr. Weasley's body that night..."

“Oh, Harry, we woke up a minute before you did that night, and we’ve been calling for you ever since, think about it!”

Ron was speechless.

He continued, "When I came back yesterday, I wanted to tell you, but you refused to talk to us and wouldn't come down to eat..."

Dude, don't be silly. Even if Voldemort controls you, with your limited magical power, what level do you think Voldemort can achieve?

He might get utterly crushed by Darren!

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Although it was a bit insulting, Harry thought it was the best thing he had heard in the past two days.

He shouted excitedly.

I couldn't wait to let everyone know how happy I was.

He especially smiled when Sirius was outside singing "God bless you."

Christmas Eve.

They cleaned the whole house and even brought in a Christmas tree. Mrs. Weasley prepared a sumptuous meal.

Harry and his friends played until late at night.

When they woke up the next morning, the room was piled high with gifts.

Ok.

Most of them were gifts for Darren.

Harry and the others left the room to Darren, allowing him to unwrap his presents in a private setting.

Darren breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, this was abroad.

He wouldn't peek while opening gifts without permission. Otherwise, he might have to alter Harry and the others' memories.

He cast several confusion spells on Phineas's portrait, ensuring that Phineas would be confused if he came over, before waving his wand and opening all the packages at once.

As in previous years, most of them were Galleons. There were also some candies.

Darren piled all the candy on the ground, making a small mountain. Then he called Patty.

Patchouli took his Galleons and some candy with him, leaving only wrapping boxes scattered all over the floor.

It seems like they were all left over from unwrapping candy.

Darren changed into the sweater Mrs. Weasley had given him, and then used his wand to carry away the candy on the ground.

The people inside the house were utterly shocked.

They stared at Darren, dumbfounded, at all the candy he had.

Darren said apologetically, "It's the same every year, so I've always had Patsy deliver these candies to the patients at St. Mungo's."

I hope they will receive care from strangers on Christmas Day. I had Patchouli come over today, and she took most of the candy; these are the ones left.

I think we should have a better Christmas, shouldn't we?

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[Ding...] Anyway.

Darren shared the candy he managed to get with everyone. They all said they wouldn't need to buy candy for a year.

However, just when everyone was happy, Sirius brought bad news.

"Kreacher has disappeared!"

Sirius's expression was somewhat irritated.

Ron looked at Hermione and asked hesitantly, "Hermione, you didn't give the hat to Kreacher and then let it run away, did you?"

Hermione glared at Ron.

"How could that be? I know what I'm doing. I gave it a robe, hoping it would be clean to wear."

"Could it be that Sirius told it to get lost, and it interpreted that as an order to leave?"

Harry suddenly asked. Sirius shook his head.

"No, house-elves only gain freedom when they receive socks or hats. They won't betray you just because you tell them to get lost..."

"No, Dobby betrayed its master, didn't it?"

Darren said after a moment's thought.

They fell silent.

Blake's face showed unease.

"Probably not... I'll go check its den again. Maybe it's crying inside looking at pictures of my mom or my brother... or kissing Bellatrix's things... or maybe it's stealing my dad's pants and kissing them..."

"Blake said anxiously."

Then he left in a hurry. Harry and the others quickly followed.

They found Kreacher's hideout, or rather, the place where he lived. It was filthy and smelly inside.

There are a lot of things Mrs. Weasley and her colleagues cleaned up and threw away in here. They're almost moldy.

Harry and his friends were utterly speechless.

Darren really wanted to get rid of all these things, but he also knew that there were still some things in there that might be useful later.

We can only leave it at that.

Kreacher was clearly not found in his lair.

Black said he would look elsewhere and told Harry and the others to go back first. He would come back for help when he had searched the entire room and needed it.

However, during their lunch, Blake said he had found Kreacher.

It's in the attic upstairs.

This relieved many people. Besides Harry, there was also Darren.

Darren knew the plot and that Kreacher had contacted Bella and the others. Harry simply thought Kreacher was acting strangely.

Ever since Kreacher found him, he'd been secretly watching Harry, as if he were plotting something terrible.

But Harry thought he was overthinking it.

He didn't tell anyone how he felt.

Especially in the afternoon, after they were about to visit Mr. Weasley again, he completely forgot about it.

Mr. Weasley was still reading the newspaper in his hospital room.

However, when he saw them approaching, a guilty expression appeared on his face. Under Mrs. Weasley's questioning, he finally learned that the snake venom was too potent, and the wound would not heal.