novelraw Chapter 149 The Disappearing Corpse
Chapter 149 The Disappearing Corpse
Halle's funeral was simple.
The Bruce family, including Barbara; the Clark family, including Kara; and Diana—that's all the family members at the funeral.
They refused Queenie's request to participate, and even refused to answer her phone calls-the Bruce family agreed that they would no longer have any dealings with the wizarding world-unless wizards and ordinary people set off a war.
This is actually what Damian meant—"If you don't let me fight that old man Dumbledore, then cut off contact with that world!" He shouted at his father and Grayson who were standing in front of him road.
This was originally just an angry remark, because with his father's "control freak" character, Damian thought he would never choose the second option——
But my father never mentioned anything about "that world" again, and even stopped cooperating with Snape.
"As 'No-Majs' and wizards, we belong to different interest groups, and the basis for cooperation is not solid—not to mention that Harley is no longer here, and our only common starting point is lost. There is no need to cooperate anymore." Father So to speak.
As for Voldemort, Damian believes that his father did not order him not to continue to pursue, of course he will take advantage of this loophole.Getting rid of Voldemort's remaining three Horcruxes and finally killing him is Damian's number one goal in life from now on; as for the principle of "don't kill"?Damian sneered to himself - Voldemort wasn't even human.
Todd strongly asked to join in the hunt for Voldemort, Damian simply ignored him, this guy would only be a burden.
But he suspects that his father himself will continue to track Voldemort quietly, collect information, and prepare for a counterattack.After all, this snake-faced monster aims to trample ordinary people under its feet, and it is also a dark force that needs to be monitored by the Justice League at all times.
(And judging from the violence/chaos that night at the Quidditch World Cup, contempt for ordinary people is a consensus shared by a considerable number of wizards. Voldemort's ideals have a rich mass of soil.)
At this time, Harley's coffin had been placed in the family cemetery behind Wayne's mansion-Afu did not ask to be transported back to the UK.He didn't say so, but Damian knew he wasn't too keen on burying Harry in the wizarding cemetery in Godric's Hollow.
Let those hypocritical wizards pay homage to her body from time to time, thanking her for her service and sacrifice?Let those grown-up wizards hiding behind Harley touch themselves with a bouquet of flowers and a few autographs?Thinking of this, Damian felt nauseous——
Even if it means Harley won't be buried with her parents.And Harry, of course, is also a Wayne, in every sense of the word.
In fact, after Afu was transported back from Harley's body, apart from the necessary daily housekeeping work communication, he didn't say any more words-those humorous and sharp friendly sarcasm and British jokes are gone.
It's a dreary summer morning.
No one wanted to make a speech, but they all just quietly watched the small coffin that was slowly lowered into the grave—it was from the craftsmanship of the Los Casso family, and the coffins of Bruce's parents and Jason were made by them.
The speeches at the funeral are mostly used to extol the achievements of the deceased, share the wonderful or interesting moments of the deceased's life, and commemorate the traces he or she once left in the world.And Harley doesn't need this, the history books about wizards' continuous emergence have already sung enough hype.There will only be more of these praises in the future.
Interested in sharing the life of the deceased?She died so young that Damian could only think of the splendor and beauty that she hadn't had time to experience—she had only been to the ball once.
She had never even experienced the excitement of a first kiss.
He doesn't know how he's done it all on his feet -- Carla and Barbara are crying.
Wouldn't it feel better if he could cry like a girl too?
Ah Fu did not participate, no one forced him.
When it was Karasa's turn, an uninvited guest suddenly landed on top of the tombstone—it was an owl with a letter.Damian was instantly furious.
But before he could react, Kara was the first to act—she burned the letter directly with her heat vision, causing the owl to fall to the ground in fright.
In this regard, Clark just squeezed her shoulder and didn't say anything.
Damian walked over, grabbed the owl by its wings, and picked it up, "I don't know how your magical owls send messages. I just think you can understand human language. Go back and tell your owl companions that you are in Weiwei. En Manor is no longer welcome - if any more show up at my house, I'll gut and stuff it."
Damian then let go of his hand, and the owl "threatened" by him, didn't even have time to smooth its feathers, and hurriedly flew away crookedly.
"We don't want to have any connection with that magical world anymore." Damian explained to Diana who showed a questioning expression, "except for continuing to monitor as an unstable factor."
"Where's Voldemort?" Diana asked.
Damian had already thought of a cover-up for himself to continue his actions, "It is Dumbledore's job to eliminate Voldemort - as he said, professional things are left to professional ones. But if Dumbledore fails , and threaten our world, I will kill all their wizards - black and white!"
Bruce gave Damian a stern look, only the young man's impulsive words.
But Jason quietly gave Damian a thumbs up.
"Alfred quit," Bruce told the kids, unable to hide his sadness and frustration. "I can't stop him."*
"And, Titus is missing. Ace refuses to look for it." Even the pet left without saying goodbye, Bruce sighed softly, the family was falling apart more and more.
Damian nodded... He hasn't dared to face the old housekeeper for the past two days, now it's time for him to take up his own responsibilities...
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After the funeral, Damian walked slowly in the mansion, feeling uneasy.
Even though almost everyone was there, the mansion was still silent, as if every light footstep could create an echo.
Ever since his father faked his death last time, Wayne's house has given him a sense of loneliness like today...
There is no sign of Ah Fu in the kitchen or the bat cave.
After thinking about it, he finally found the old housekeeper in Harry's bedroom——
He's still making Harley's bed, like she'll be sleeping here tonight...
At this point he had just changed the pink and white sheets—no patterns or cartoon animals.Because Harley had protested that she was a big girl, and of course she had to use "mature" style sheets...
Suddenly, Damian felt a dizzy wave of sadness—he realized that he had been suppressing this sadness all this time.
"Ah Fu..." He couldn't control the trembling in his voice.
"Forgive the habits of an old man." Ah Fu's tone was gentle and calm.
"Don't go, Fu." Damian swallowed, and said softly after he could control his voice, "If you leave the mansion, leave Gotham... it may be dangerous."
"Harry... is already dead. If those wizards will retaliate again, they will only come for me. I will leave the mansion and be good to everyone." The calmness in Ah Fu's voice... makes Damian's heart ache. A crunch.
"There is a new... a new protection," he closed his eyes and blurted out with all his courage, "Harry died because of me. That damned Dumbledore said that similar protection will flow in the future It's in my blood..."
"As long as you are with me, as long as you still regard this place as your home, this kind of protection will cover everyone, just like the protection that Harley used to have..."
"I'm sorry, Fu, I killed Harley. If you leave, I will never forgive myself-no, I can't forgive myself now..."
He needed to hold on to the door frame to stop himself from kneeling and confessing to Ah Fu.
Alfred stopped making the bed, and he quietly looked at the boy who was about to collapse at the door - he had never seen a similar expression on the boy's face, mixed with confession and grief, and even let him see He looks even more vulnerable than when he lost his father.
He suddenly realized that he was too immersed in his own grief, ignoring this family, ignoring Bruce also lost a daughter, and several boys also lost their sisters.
"I let you out of the Batcave that night 7 years ago - I killed you."
Damian's eyes widened, what was Ah Fu talking about?
"Why do you still think so? You didn't kill me!"
"The reason is the same, if you think I didn't kill you, then you didn't kill Harley either." Ah Fu said lightly, and finally pulled out a smile.
Damian's breath became short of breath.
"I... won't leave." Ah Fu pinched his brows, "This is a sad moment for the whole family, and we will spend it together."
Just like those setbacks that they have survived, this time, they will definitely be able to come out.
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In the dead of night, Damian certainly suffered from insomnia.
And not just because it's the night after Halle's funeral—the funeral makes all the loss more real than ever.
His chaotic thoughts are more due to what Ah Fu said during the day——
It reminded him of his own death.
If even he and Todd deserve a second chance, why shouldn't Harley?
And he clearly knows what to do, why is he still hesitating?
Of course he is not a father who will look forward and backward because of "violating the laws of nature"——
But even my father has studied various "unnatural" living methods for himself, even Frankenstein's.
As the unscrupulous "son of the devil", Damian thinks that he should have acted long ago...
When the first shovel went down, Damian found someone around.
Of course he didn't believe in any so-called ghost stories that "disturbed the peace of the dead", so he threw a bat dart out, "Who!"
The shiny hood that Todd held under his elbow first appeared in the shadows beside the bushes, "Do you want to dig a grave? Harley won't be able to live after death?" Although his words sounded lazy, but Under the dim light, Damian could still see his thick dark circles and serious expression, "If I'm not mistaken, you're going to find your mother and grandfather?"
"So what? Even if someone like you can live again, why can't Harry." He kept shoveling, the grave was just pressed today, "What are you going to do, Todd? Don't tell me You came to stop me today. I thought you would be the most supportive of this decision among all the people."
"I'd support you in killing Dumbledore and blasting Voldemort into ashes - I'd even be your front man. But Lazarus Pool...isn't a good idea."
"I think you're fine," Damian retorted, lowering his voice. His father went on a night watch, but that doesn't mean he won't come back early. "You've still grown to two hundred pounds, and you can still eat and sleep—— I can still come back to anger my father from time to time, no different from before the resurrection."
Jason sighed, "That's because you don't know what I went through when I was alone..."
He continued, "With Harley's special situation, you really haven't thought about who will be brought back by that pond? Is it the real Harley, or the scorpion?"
"That's not a problem. If it's Voldemort who comes back, I'll kill him again."
"Correction, you will kill Harley again. Do you think you can do it?" Jason frowned, and Damian actually saw some concern, "Even I can't do it. I'm doing this for your own good...brother."
The shovel froze for a moment. "If it's necessary, of course I'll do it. I would never let the ghoul borrow Harley's body—if that's what you're worried about."
At this time, the shovel had touched the coffin, and there was a bang.Damian looked up and gave Todd a clear smirk——
"You wandered around Harry's cemetery in the middle of the night. It's impossible to come here to watch the coffin. Todd, admit it, you actually want to do this in your heart, but I'm more decisive and courageous than you."
"Don't stand still, take a shovel, come and help me - father is coming back soon, we don't have much time."
Jason clicked his tongue, and this kid really saw it...
With the cooperation of both hands, Halle's coffin was quickly dug out.
Damian took a deep breath, pushed away Todd's hand that wanted to do it for him, gritted his teeth, and lifted the lid of Harry's coffin in one breath—
However, with the lighting provided by Todd, both Damian and Jason froze.
"In the coffin...why is there no one?"
At this time, in a dark cave far away from Gotham, a black-haired girl suddenly panted heavily and emerged from a pool of water... *
"Harriet Potter from England," a cold female voice with a slight accent rang in her ears, making her even more irritable. She wanted to destroy everything around her, including this voice...
"Come to meet your challenge." The female voice continued.
The author has something to say:
*The reason for Afu to resign is to echo in n52 Batman Heroes, after Damian's death, the master opened Afu's behavior (of course it didn't happen in the end, the master just talked about it), here Afu didn't resign. .
*The environment of Lazarus Pond is different to a certain extent under the hands of various screenwriters and painters in different periods. Some are indoors with luxurious decoration around; some are in a primitive cave.This article uses the environment of the pool where Dachao threw the master into The Dark Knight Returns 3, like a dark cave. (Why use this? Because it is emotional...)
* American funeral customs, I have seen some clips in movies and American dramas. After querying, I roughly connected these clips: American funerals are generally divided into three stages. (There is this passage in "Bones", and the heroine found out that the deceased was murdered...); the second is the mourning ceremony, either at home or in church, the pastor presides over the opening ceremony, and the relatives and friends of the deceased come to the stage to share with everyone Memories of the dead; the third is the burial ceremony, which is more in this part of the movie, such as the funeral of Superman at the end of BvS.