Science and magic at Hogwarts

Chapter 231 Several joys and sorrows

For a while, the Malfoys in the study had a terrible headache, and they all fell silent, thinking about how to go in the future.

Finally, Armand Malfoy, who was born in the eleventh century, was the first to break the silence:

"Lucius, there must be more than that happening in the outside world. Please tell me all the relevant things in detail."

"it is good."

Of course Lucius would not refuse this request. He came to the study to discuss this matter with the portraits.

Moreover, the process of telling the story to the portraits is also the process of sorting out the context of the matter and organizing his thoughts.

So the platinum noble cheered himself up, brushed his slightly messy long hair, and opened his mouth slowly while thinking.

And the content of his narration is not limited to the conversation with Kyle today. Lucius talked about it from the first time the secret room was opened, trying to restore every detail and thinking about every information he had received.

The portraits are not listening quietly, but are constantly asking questions.

As long as they have something unclear, they will interrupt Lucius and help him supplement the whole thing in this way.

The story starts from the Chamber of Secrets and talks about the negotiations in Dumbledore's office.

At this point, Lucius paused, waiting for the Malfoys to continue asking questions.

It was not until it was confirmed that no one wanted to add details for the time being that he began to focus on what he had seen and heard in Black's old house.

This is also the part that the portraits care about the most, so no one even interrupted Lucius when they were narrating, they just listened to his narration quietly.

Lucius only stayed at Black's old house for two hours, but when he relayed the story to the Malfoys, it took him a whole hour.

Including every word Kyle said, every movement, every expression, and even the movements and expressions of the Blake portraits he observed, he said everything in detail.

After confirming that he had finished speaking, the Malfoys became active again and started asking questions about details again.

Lucius even ordered the house elf to bring the Pensieve. If he couldn't answer the question about the portrait, he would use the Pensieve to revisit the scene at that time, not letting go of any information at that time.

This review went on until late at night, before the Malfoys finally decided to come to an end.

During the replay, they not only restored every scene at that time, but also worked hard to analyze the meaning of Kyle's every movement and every expression.

Including joy, including anger, including impatience, which are his real emotions and which are his acting out.

It can be said that just for tonight's conversation, the Malfoys know what he has done better than Kyle himself.

It's hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing for Kyle.

Because through this review, the Malfoys have clearly understood Kyle's intentions.

He wasn't looking for allies, he wasn't looking for support, he was looking for minions.

What he wanted was the submission of the Malfoy family.

After the result came out, the Malfoys were not dazzled by anger, but fell into a new question:
Why is Kyle so confident?

Where did he have the confidence to protect the Malfoy family?
Where does the confidence come from, to be able to fight against Dumbledore, to be able to fight against Voldemort?
This question is very important, because it determines the next choice of the Malfoy family.

For Malfoy, honoring the Black family as the head is not unacceptable.

The thousand-year history of the family, of course, has its ups and downs.

When the three major families prosper together, Slytherin implements the system of elders, and the three major families jointly decide the direction of Slytherin's development.

But if one party declines, then the other two families can only be respected.

So in history, there has never been a lack of situations where the Black family leads Malfoy, or Malfoy leads the Black family.

Seeking Black's asylum is certainly a better choice than surrendering to Dumbledore.

But the premise of doing this, of course, is that they are sure that Black can really shelter them, or that Kyle can shelter them.

But it's hard for them to imagine, how can a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child do this?

In addition to discussing Kyle, they are still working hard to find other ways out for the family.

The magic world has national boundaries, but for these thousand-year-old families, this boundary is not obvious.

Not only in the UK, but even in Europe, the Malfoy family also has a large number of in-laws and allies, and has its own properties in every major magical country.

So in order to leave a way out for the family, the Malfoys immediately decided to transfer the property.

Germany, which does not discriminate against black magic, is of course their first choice.

Because Lucius had to stay in England to preside over the overall situation, after discussion, they decided to send Narcissa to Germany.

Organize German industries and focus on managing local contacts. This is what Narcissa needs to do.

Once the situation in Britain is completely corrupted, Narcissa's actions will become the last protection of the Malfoy family.

It is true that Lucius has protected Narcissa very well these years, but don't forget that she is also from Slytherin.

She is the most favored little princess of the Black family and the only mistress of the Malfoy family. She has grown up in intrigue since she was a child, and she is surrounded by conspiracies and ghosts.

Narcissa doesn't do these things, it doesn't mean she won't.

Although Lucius was very reluctant to let his wife face these things alone, but for the sake of the family and leaving Draco a huge family fortune, he finally agreed to this decision.

At two o'clock in the morning, Lucius finally returned to the bedroom with heavy steps, and fell asleep full of thoughts.

There was nothing to say all night, and soon it was morning.

After breakfast, Lucius walked with his wife in the garden as usual, but talked a lot less.

"Lucius, what did you discuss with the portraits yesterday?"

It was Narcissa who brought up the subject.

This beautiful woman looked at her husband tenderly, with smiles in her eyes.

As mentioned above, she is very smart and knows exactly what the family will decide.

She is also very aware of her husband's protection for her, and she does not want to face those dirty and dangerous plots by herself.

But since she was given the surname of Malfoy, she has been honored and honored with this family, and she has been harmed by each other.

What's more, it was about her husband and her child, and Narcissa would not evade her responsibilities.

So before Lucius could answer, Narcissa continued:
"Where do you want me to go? Germany or France? It should be Germany, after all, the environment there is more friendly."

Narcissa was very understanding and spoke out the family's decision for her husband.

She doesn't want to embarrass her man.So he took the initiative to say what he couldn't say.

It may be said that Lucius loves his wife, or he is machismo, but in fact, he just believes that men should shield women from wind and rain, and should keep risks and difficulties out of the family.

So now he wants to take the initiative to let Narcissa face these, he really doesn't know how to speak.

But when Narcissa took the initiative to finish these words, Lucius couldn't help laughing.

The smile is full of warmth.

He tried hard to give his wife and children the best life, to give them wealth, to give them happiness, to give them security.

So does Narcissa.

The two held hands tighter.

If you have a wife like this, what can your husband ask for?
This was the only sentence that Lucius could think of at this moment.

After taking the first step, the subsequent arrangements became much smoother.

Lucius took the trouble to explain to Narcissa the work after arriving in Germany.

What industries does the family have, how to deal with each industry, what is the character of the local person in charge, and how to deal with them.

And the local nobles in Germany.

Which are allies, which are enemies, and which are potential friends.

He told Narcissa over and over again what kind of coping methods different families adopted and what their preferences were, lest his wife would be wronged and suffer in Germany.

Narcissa strolled in the garden with him on her arm. She didn't feel that Lucius was wordy at this time, but felt her husband's concern for her wholeheartedly, which made her fascinated.

The two lost for a long time in the garden.He even ended up sitting on a bench altogether.Lucius said, Narcissa listen.

It was not until the house-elf brought lunch that the conversation was temporarily suspended.

Although the Malfoy family has not yet discussed a countermeasure for the British wizarding world, they have already begun to prepare in an orderly manner for their own family's future.

No one knows when Voldemort will return, so the time left for them may be long or short.

However, the Malfoys believe that no matter how difficult the difficulties are, they will not be able to break down this thousand-year-old family, and they have enough ways to overcome the current difficulties.

It was this self-confidence that allowed the Malfoy family to temporarily abandon their hesitation and start to operate with full force.

The line of sight returned to Black's old house.

After Lucius and Narcissa left, Kyle ordered Kreacher to take him back to the cave again.

Voldemort was still howling in pain.

When he saw Kyle appearing in front of him, his wailing was filled with boundless hatred.

Although it is just a cloud of black mist now, Kyle can still feel that two eyes that want to cramp his skin are fixed on him without moving.

But in Kyle's view, these are nothing more than incompetent rage.

Waving stopped the running magic circle, Kyle slowly walked to the edge of the forward position:
"Mr. Voldemort, can we have a peaceful chat now?"

Voldemort in the magic circle didn't answer Kyle's question, but panted heavily while the evil energy finally stopped tormenting him.

Kyle didn't pay attention to his small movements, but stood leisurely outside the puppet, letting him recover his state secretly.

After a long time, when Voldemort finally calmed down, he spoke in a hoarse voice:

"Kyle, look at your arrogance, are you so confident that you can beat me?"

Although Voldemort's tone was extremely fierce, it couldn't even cause a ripple in Kyle's mood.

He just shrugged and replied very easily:
"Can you still make waves? If you give in, then I can get the effect of a powerful Dark Lord with normal IQ."

"If you don't give in, I can also get a servant who is full of killing but is more powerful. I can accept either result, but you, Mr. Voldemort, which result can you accept?"

Kyle's shameless words made the black mist tremble even more violently.

There is no mercy at all, no tact at all, Kyle has directly regarded him as his own, how can the proud Dark Lord accept this?
But what Kyle said, he couldn't find any place to refute it, because that was the truth, he was just a piece of meat on Kyle's chopping board.

This made him even more angry and more powerless.

After finally calming down the pain brought to him by the evil force, the black mist finally had the strength to transform himself into Voldemort.

But at this time, he was no longer as calm and elegant as before.

Looking at Kyle, the eyes are already full of madness and hatred,
It's a pity that Kyle didn't care about his appearance at all.

There are definitely not a few people who hate him. Just a fragment of Voldemort's soul is not enough for him to change his approach.

Still wearing the standard Slytherin smirk, Kyle continued to persuade Voldemort:
"Why do you really have to carry it to the end? What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for a miracle to happen? Do you really expect other Horcruxes to be able to resurrect you before you completely lose your mind, and then save you?"

"Impossible, that's just wishful thinking!"

"And think about it, if you can maintain your sanity, then maybe you still have hope of getting out of control, but if you are completely crazy, can you still expect me to show mercy and let you go?"

"Think about it carefully, Mr. Voldemort. I will come to see you again at this time tomorrow. By then, the final conclusion will be made."

"Surrender, or completely accept the transformation of evil forces!"

After finishing speaking, Kyle stretched out the corner of his clothes to Kreacher without hesitation, and after a while of spinning, he appeared in the lobby of the old house again.

After thinking about it, Kyle strolled towards the basement where the portraits were stored.

At this time, the portraits were gathering together, happily discussing the situation in the magic world.

The portraits have no reason to be unhappy.

How desperate they were in the past, how much hope they have now, and some people are even imagining the day when the Black family will officially rule the wizarding world.

And it's not some megalomaniac fantasy.

The portraits are very aware of what Kyle is doing now, and this is why they are careful.

Seeing Kyle walking in, the portraits immediately stopped talking.

But the joy on their faces couldn't be restrained no matter what.

"Kyle, what can you do with us?"

It was Sirius who spoke.

The other Blacks also turned their attention to Kyle, waiting to serve him.

The portraits at this time have completely put away their pride in front of Kyle.

He really regarded him as Black's patriarch and the object of their service.

(End of this chapter)