Science and magic at Hogwarts

Chapter 230 Malfoy

Seeing the reversal of their expressions, Voldemort's wailing became louder.

Without any explanation from Kyle and Lucius, Voldemort knew he had lost the bet.

And looking at Lucius's dead father's look, it's obvious that something serious happened.

At this time, Kyle also lost interest in watching Voldemort, waved his hand, and controlled the forward base to close the door.

"Kreacher, take us back to the old house. By the way, you will come here several times a day from now on. If Voldemort has something to say, you can pass it on to me."

"Obey, young master!"

Kyle's order is the greatest gift to Kreacher.

It is the greatest happiness to be able to watch Voldemort being tortured several times a day.

Lucius kept a sullen face, letting Kreacher grab his sleeve without any resistance.

The final answer has been settled, which shattered the last trace of luck in his heart.

If he wanted to escape Voldemort's punishment, he had few options left.

Either retrieve the diary he discarded, or try his best to prevent Voldemort's resurrection.

If the blocking fails, you can only rely on a person who can contend with Voldemort.

Suddenly, Lucius followed Kreacher back to the old house.

Narcissa, who was sitting on the sofa chatting with Mrs. Black, immediately saw the strangeness of her husband:

"Lucius?"

Narcissa's voice was full of concern, but he just called his husband's name, but didn't say much.

But after Lucius took his seat, he brought him a cup of tea with his own hands, and then sat beside him.

In the cave, it was Lucius who took the initiative to hold Narcissa's hand, gave her courage, and told her not to be afraid.

And now, it was Narcissa's turn to take the initiative to shake Lucius' hand.

Although Lucius tried his best to maintain a calm face, as the person next to her pillow, she could see that something was wrong with Lucius.

For the sake of the face of the Malfoy family, Lucius ordered himself to make Mount Tai collapse in front of him without changing his face, and Narcissa did the same.

So although she cared about her husband very much in her heart, all she could do now was hold his hand.

Although the eyes were full of concern, but the face also had to maintain a calm and calm.

In order to divert Lucius' attention and relax his mind, Narcissa pushed the teacup towards Lucius again.

"Have a cup of hot tea and warm yourself up, it's really cold in the cave!"

Narcissa's words brought Lucius back to his senses, he held back the teacup while suppressing the trembling, took a small sip, and finally diverted his attention.

Kyle, who came back with him, sat on the sofa opposite, and the courteous Kreacher also offered him a new cup of tea.

Without speaking, Kyle sat there casually.

Now it's not him who is in a hurry, the initiative has returned to his hands.

He doesn't need to do anything, he just needs to wait for the platinum nobleman to speak.

For a moment, there was only drinking water in the hall, and the sound of the cup lid colliding with the cup body.

Lucius had also calmed down at this time.

The cup of tea that Narcissa gave him not only warmed up his body, but also bought him time to adjust himself.

Although his mind is still in chaos, he started to think hard by taking a sip of tea.

Considering the current situation, considering the forces of all parties, trying to find a way to break the situation.

To prevent Voldemort's resurrection, joining forces with Dumbledore is already indispensable.

Not only because of the information and resources in the hands of Old Deng, but also because only by doing so can we find enough cannon fodder to prevent the platinum nobles from playing in person.

But he had been at odds with the old lion for a long time.

Even if he is willing to cooperate with him, or even surrender to him, will Dumbledore really trust him?

Back then when he completely fell for Voldemort, he already knew that he was seeking skin from a tiger.

But if it is going to fall to Dumbledore's side in the future, why not?

Lucius took the opportunity of drinking water to restrain these chaotic thoughts in his heart.

He knew that his state today was not suitable for continuing to talk with Kyle, so he resigned to Kyle immediately after putting down the teacup.

Even adhering to the principle of saying more words, more mistakes, and less good words, there was almost no exchange of greetings with Kyle, and he took his wife Apparation back to the manor.

After telling Narcissa to take care of Draco and not to disturb him if there is no important matter, Lucius plunged into the study.

Now this matter is beyond what he can solve by himself, he needs to rely on the wisdom of his ancestors.

Unlike the Blake family, which concentrated the portraits in the basement.

In Lucius' study room, there are a row of portraits hanging, and there are people staying here at any time, waiting to serve the contemporary owner.

When Lucius first came in, the portraits hadn't noticed his strangeness, they just lowered the voice of the conversation to prevent their conversation from disturbing him.

But soon, Lucius who was sitting behind the desk attracted the attention of the portraits.

The Malfoys in the portrait almost grew up watching Lucius, and they knew this man very well.

As the descendant of the Malfoy family and the rising leader of the family, Lucius will also be confused and hesitant.

But the face is full of fear and struggle as it is now, and the portraits have only seen it once.

It was the night that Abraxas died, the night that Lucius officially became the head of the Malfoy family, the night that Lucius decided to surrender to Voldemort.

In just one night, earth-shaking changes took place in the Malfoy family. The young Lucius had to shoulder the burden of the whole family and staggered forward.

Only that time, Lucius was so hesitant, terrified, and at a loss as he is today.

Since then, no matter how difficult it is, this excellent Malfoy cannot be knocked down, even if Voldemort fell.

But looking at Lucius now, the uneasiness and hesitation appeared on his face again.

Obviously, the Malfoy family was once again faced with a crucial, perhaps even life-and-death choice.

After looking at each other, an unknown portrait of Malfoy left the study to call other ancestors to gather in the study.

Another Malfoy with gold-rimmed glasses took the initiative to ask Lucius:
"What happened?"

The voice of the portrait brought Lucius back to his senses.

However, he didn't rush to answer the question about the portrait, but asked another question bitterly:
"Nicholas, do you know about Horcruxes?"

The portraits looked at each other. Although they were puzzled about the reason why Lucius mentioned this question, they still thought hard together.

From their long memory, think about this slightly uncommon vocabulary.

Most of the Malfoys looked dazed, but that wasn't all.

A Malfoy named Brewster obviously remembered something, and he spoke hesitantly:

"Lucius, why do you ask this question? This seems to be a somewhat taboo word."

"At various times in history, there have been attempts to erase it, but they have clearly failed."

Having said that, Brewster paused.

This Malfoy was active in the 17th century. He recalled the history of hundreds of years after him, and then said with certainty:

"Although people are constantly trying to destroy this information, if you know what this magic represents, then you must be very clear that someone will always try to restore this magic, but unfortunately, I have never heard of anyone who succeeded?"

"What exactly is this Horcrux you're talking about? It's in the air, can you explain it a little bit more clearly?"

It was a somewhat irritable Malfoy who was speaking. Obviously, this veiled way of speaking made him very dissatisfied. It seemed that he was not so Slytherin.

But Brewster didn't care about his rudeness, because it was his father, he just stared at Lucius with some seriousness:
"Tell me, why are you asking about this thing? Why are you interested in this magic?"

Lucius shook his head at Brewster wearily. He understood what the portrait was worried about:
"It's not that I'm interested in this magic, but that someone is chasing him, and it succeeded."

Lucius' words made Brewster startled, and then he quickly realized what he was talking about, which made him widen his eyes unbelievably:

"It's impossible! It's been thousands of years, and I've never heard of anyone succeeding. Even Hai Erbo failed!"

But soon, the old man realized who Lucius was talking about, which made him swallow a mouthful of saliva in horror:
"You mean Voldemort?"

Lucius nodded silently.

The old man said Voldemort's name calmly, and Lucius didn't tremble as much as he did in the outside world.

It can only be said that this guy has successfully fooled everyone in the magic world through his performances for more than ten years.

As the leader of Slytherin, the Black family knows the truth about Voldemort, and of course the Malfoy family also knows.

It's just that in order to survive and for the benefit of the family, Lucius cooperated with several other families who knew the truth to tacitly maintain the lie.

It's not really a lie,

Perhaps in the early days of Voldemort's rise, he did become the spokesperson of Slytherin relying on the power of several major families.

But in the end, he had successfully used his strength and terror to completely get rid of Slytherin's control, and turned himself into their master.

The Horcrux is Voldemort's deepest secret. Even if it is as strong as Dumbledore, he only knows that Voldemort is not dead, but he doesn't know what his reliance is.

But the magic of the Horcrux itself is not really unknown.

When Lucius told the portraits this clue, the Malfoys quickly matched Voldemort's performance with the Horcrux legend.

Soon, the Malfoys came to the same conclusion as Black:

"Voldemort, indeed, escaped death by means of a Horcrux, but he was not successful."

"It is said that this magic was invented by the despicable Haierbo, and there are rumors that he went crazy in the late stage."

"Voldemort failed to improve the magic, the madness he also inherited."

It was Brewster who spoke, among the Malfoys present, he was the only one who knew the most about Horcruxes.

While the few people were talking, other Malfoys also came to the study one after another, and also heard Brewster's conclusion.

The Malfoys were not easy to deal with. This group of cunning guys got together, and without Lucius saying anything, they quickly pieced together the truth of the matter.

The first to ask was Abraxas:
"Lucius, why did you suddenly bring up the Horcrux issue? Is it because you have something to do with Voldemort?"

Just as Lucius was about to answer with a wry smile, another Malfoy interrupted.

"Did his horcrux appear? No, it's not enough to make you so hesitant. This matter must have something to do with our family. Could it be that you were found by the horcrux and he asked you to help him resurrect?"

"You underestimate Lucius too much," Abraxas retorted dissatisfiedly: "It's not enough to make him so uneasy, at most he fell into a situation where he couldn't make a choice."

While speaking, Abraxas' complexion became ugly:
"Even if Lucius is unwilling to help Voldemort resurrect, he will not push himself to the opposite of him. Malfoy will never let himself stand on the edge of the cliff."

"Something must have happened that put the Malfoy family in great danger."

"In the current wizarding world, the biggest danger is Voldemort. Dumbledore is willing to abide by the rules, but Voldemort is not." This was another Malfoy, with an equally solemn expression.

At this time, Abraxas already had the answer in his heart, so he continued to speak with an ugly face:

"Is it because of that diary? This is the only thing that has related the family to Voldemort recently. From this point of view, that thing is Voldemort's Horcrux, right?"

Lucius didn't say a word, but the Malfoys had already speculated about the truth of the matter.

This made him nod with a wry smile.

Lucius' answer made all the portraits blacken.

There are many possible answers, but this is definitely the worst one.

An old Malfoy in the portrait pushed up his glasses.

His name is Septimus, and he is Lucius' grandfather:
"I'm afraid this is not the worst news. Losing the soul is not enough to make the Malfoy family face life and death. Obviously the Horcrux is facing danger, even death, but Lucius can't do anything about it."

Lucius behind the desk nodded helplessly again.

And his answer finally made the Malfoys completely black-faced, and some even couldn't help but scolded.

Who would have thought that such an ordinary thing would be so important.

The portraits all understood that if something happened to the diary, even if Voldemort would not punish them in the open, there must be enough ways to destroy the Malfoy family.

The Malfoy family has once again stood at the crossroads of the family's life and death.

(End of this chapter)