HP solves the mystery

In his previous life, Sifu lived for more than twenty years, and he never had a girlfriend, let alone a boyfriend.

In fact, it is not that no one has pursued him, but he always refused indifferently. He seemed to have no interest in relationships and lived alone for more than 20 years.

In this life, although he has not met anyone he loves, some people have become more than friends and can be said to be family members in his life, such as Haierbo and Tom.

They were the closest people to him in the world and the people he trusted the most.

However, when Tom suddenly confessed to him, Sif was also touched in his heart, but the emotion could not be called love, perhaps it was more like his family.

Now that someone confessed his love, Xifu was so frightened that he hid in the house all day and did not dare to go out, for fear of being embarrassed when he saw someone. Sev didn't know how to face Tom or talk to him.

We can only hope that Tom will forget about his previous confession if he can't see anyone.

Sif covered his face and pretended to be an ostrich with his head buried in the sand.

Tom didn't push too hard, knowing that Severus needed time to think calmly. But he didn't want things to remain deadlocked like this, so he asked the house elf to invite Lucius as foreign aid.

At Malfoy Manor, Lucius, who finally got rid of his son and lived a two-person world with Narcissa, felt very headache. He was not an emotional counselor.

There are usually no wizards living in the vineyard, so there are only a few magic radios in the manor.

There were no entertainment facilities, which made Sifu very bored. He took a book of poems and ran to the small courtyard to enjoy the breeze.

After watching for a while, the wind chime on the courtyard door rang. Sif turned around and saw the shining golden Lucius, holding a thick stack of documents in his hand.

Silver was a little surprised to see Lucius. You must know that since Tom's global business has increased with time, Tom's right-hand man only appears during meetings and is usually too busy to be seen.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, Senior Lucius, and you're still so radiant..." Sif narrowed his eyes and broke out into a smile.

"Long time no see, Severus." Lucius saw that Severus was in a good mood as he skillfully summoned the house elf to prepare tea.

Lucius sat down and drank his tea, then pushed the document in his hand towards Sev.

Sifu looked at him doubtfully, not quite understanding what he meant.

"This is the lord's assets and the industrial distribution across Europe." Lucius coughed and explained, "Many of the industries in it were invested by the lord in your name and his, so your assets are also considerable..."

Silver frowned when he heard this, took the documents on the table and read them. When he saw that the money he had obtained filled nearly five large vaults of Gringotts, his face was obviously stunned.

The earliest date of the document was 1984. If he remembered correctly, Tom had not yet returned to his teenage appearance at that time.

Lucius secretly laughed in his heart. He was also surprised when he made this summary. Although his Malfoy family had accumulated a lot of wealth, seeing so many gold galleons made him feel shameful.

"Severus, can you tell how special Lord is to you...I didn't know Lord had such a careful side..." Lucius looked at Severus and considered his words, "Since I can remember, The lord has never had a lover or anything else, and he is clean and self-sufficient, rich and handsome, and most importantly, he has a good character..."

"If you don't believe me, I can ask my father to tell you that he is Lord's senior and leader..." He lifted up his father and tried to make the other party believe him.

Lucius chose to forget about Lao Fu, who tried to unify the magic world and dumped Avada at will, and praised him sincerely.

His mind is also very simple. This junior student obviously can't beat the old fox Lord. Although Sif has a giant snake next to him and he is also very talented in potions, the Lord has started planning early. Everyone in the magic world or Muggles knows about them. A person's love, hatred, and hatred can only be solved by abducting the person into the Marriage Registration Office of the Ministry of Magic.

So he said this, firstly, to gain points for lord, and secondly, if the two of them broke down, he had tried his best, so lord would not be angry with him.

Lucius's father was about the same age as Lord. The man in front of him had a son who was about to go to Hogwarts, but Tom was still alone.

Thinking about it this way, isn't Tom an empty nester?

Silver was amused by his own thoughts, and he pursed his lips, trying to suppress his laughter.

"I know what you want to say, but you can't force it." He sighed helplessly, feeling very uncomfortable when he thought of Tom.

Lucius added some tea to the cup and glanced at Sif strangely, "I don't even know what to hesitate about. He likes you and you don't have feelings for him. Why not give it a try?"

Sifu couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he heard his straightforward words. The platinum noble used to speak much more tactfully, but now his temper has completely changed.

Seeming to sense Sif's doubts, Lucius said, "We have had more contact with the Russian Ministry of Magic in recent years, and isn't the matter between you and Lord obvious?"

Sifu drank tea tactically after hearing this. He didn't want to discuss this embarrassing topic at all.

But Lucius came with a mission, and of course he would not leave because of Sif's indifference. He was talking alone there, and in the end it somehow got involved with Gellert and Dumbledore.

"Didn't Durmstrang reach an agreement with Hogwarts to start exchanging exchange students this year? I heard that Grindelwald infiltrated the team leader just to meet Dumbledore, his old lover." Lu Xiu Si said and clicked his tongue twice, "It's a pity that Dumbledore has been going to the Ministry of Magic recently, so he probably can't see anyone."

Silver looked at him in surprise. Because Tom was very concerned about the harmonious development of the magical society, there were very few major cases happening, and the workload of the Aurors was drastically reduced. In general, the Ministry of Magic was very idle. At this time, Dumbledore What to do there.

Is it to avoid Gellert? But haven’t they already rekindled their old relationship?

Seeing that Silver was interested, Lucius smiled mysteriously, pulled out a few newspapers from a thick stack of documents and handed them to him.

"What is this?" Sev took the newspaper and scanned it quickly. A large photo of Tom was printed on the headline, occupying half of the page. He read the title in his mouth, "The only descendant of Slytherin, Hogwarts City" Successor of the castle—Lord Voldemort Slytherin."

The newspaper is from yesterday. In the photo, Tom's handsome face is smiling and shaking hands with the serious Minister of Magic, Barty Crouch. The background is the magic fountain in the main hall of the Ministry of Magic and the statues of the Magic Brotherhood. There are many people around. Wizards coming and going.

"It's a pity that there is no TV in the manor, otherwise we could watch it directly." Lucius said regretfully, his tone revealing a kind of helplessness and loss, as if he wanted to see this scene with his own eyes, but due to objective conditions cannot be realized due to limitations.

Silver clicked on the still people on the newspaper. It seemed that those people still knew not to provoke Tom, so they didn't use magic photos.

But his identity as a descendant of Slytherin was revealed early on. Sev's eyes stopped at the word "Heir to Hogwarts Castle". Could it be...

Before Sif's doubts could be expressed, his close brother Lucius had already told him the answer.

"Lord found the contract from the secret room of the Gaunt family. He took it to the Ministry of Magic for identification. After finding out that it was genuine, the people from the Ministry of Magic quickly spread the information, and the goblins in Gringotts said there were several The ancient vault is shining brightly. As long as the Lord can verify whether it is the property of the Slytherin family, it means that the things that the Lord can inherit are far more than a quarter of the castle..."

As for why not all of them, Lucius shrugged. It was probably because the prodigal son sold the ownership, just like him, isn't he also the school director of Hogwarts now?

Sif nodded, as if he understood something.

"In other words, Dumbledore is anxious."

"It can be said that before adding teachers to the school, although he was assigned some rights and could still control it. But now that the lord has obtained the inheritance rights of the castle, many secrets inside can no longer be hidden."

Lucius smiled happily. Even though the Lord's eyes were no longer limited to Hogwarts, it was indeed a joyful thing to see the enemy defeated.

Sif touched his chin. His rights had been taken away, his reputation had been harmed, and Dumbledore, the principal, was probably doing something very boring.

He asked why he hadn't seen Tom recently. It turned out that he was busy occupying Hogwarts.

"Xiaolong will be very happy when he goes to school." Sifu chuckled.

Lucius was startled for a moment and nodded. The lord inherited Hogwarts. When he saw the old cellar that had remained the same for decades, he would definitely spend money to renovate it, or simply move the cellar to another location... Their college Although it is a snake farm, no one would like the cold and damp underground too much...

The Lord might visit Hogwarts Castle from time to time, and Hogwarts is equipped with electric lights, telephones and projectors, which is much better than when he went to school.

Thinking about it this way, he felt a little envious of Draco.

Silver was lost in thought. A few days ago, he even talked about hiding in Hogwarts. Unexpectedly, Tom...

Lucius saw Sif frowning in thought and seeing the sky getting dark, so he stood up and left.

Before leaving, he looked at Sif seriously.

"Severus, don't let yourself have regrets. In our limited life, why don't we follow our own hearts." Lucius patted Severus on the shoulder and said solemnly.

Sifu looked at his leaving back, lowered his head and thought.

In the adult world, it is never that easy.

On the other side, Gellert, who was drinking in Hogsmeade Village, raised his eyebrows higher and higher when he saw what was broadcast on the TV.

He quickly drank the wine in his glass, stood up and walked towards the door.

Now that Tom is the Dark Lord in the wizarding world and the true heir of Slytherin, I am afraid that apart from the Ministry of Magic, the biggest headache is Albus.

Gellert looked toward the Hogwarts castle and saw countless owls flying out of the castle in groups. It seemed that they all had been greatly affected.

The conference room in Voldemort's manor was full of people. Even Karkaroff, who was an exchange teacher at Hogwarts, came here.

Tom listened to his subordinate's report and pinched his brows tiredly.

He was already very busy, but when he became a Slytherin, those old families who ignored him all sent people to send gifts and congratulations, making the manor a mess. This is why he didn't bring Sif back. .

Karkaroff watched Norton finish speaking, then stood up with the document and said unhurriedly, "Lord, I met the patrolling centaur in the Forbidden Forest. After telling him what you said, he said three days There will be an answer within a day.”

Tom finally heard a satisfactory answer. He waved his hand and doubled Karkaroff's bonus.

Karkaroff thanked him with a smile and sat down carefully.

Tom moved his gaze towards Isidore Prince sitting in the corner, wanting to know if there was any progress in his research on blood orchids.

Isidor looked at his colleagues, took a deep breath and stood up.

"Lord, the composition of blood orchid is too complicated, and the research has not yet made substantial progress." He thought of the small animals that exploded and died after eating blood orchid, and felt that there was nothing to hide, so he told the truth.

Tom nodded slightly, tapping the armrest with his fingers, staring ahead, as if thinking about something.

If Isido could produce results in a short period of time, he might still have doubts, because progress in Germany has been slow over the years.

But thinking about Nagini and Haierbo, is this blood orchid only useful for snakes? But he had read the experimental report and found that a snake wouldn't last long...

Tom concentrated on listening to the report, said some more words, and then adjourned the meeting.

The housekeeper came in at the right time and whispered a few words in his ear.

Tom glanced at the door thoughtfully and quickly went to the living room where Lucius was.

"Lucius, how's the situation?" Tom asked straight to the point, sitting in the main seat.

Lucius looked at Tom's expression, hesitated for a long time, and then nodded gently.

Tom sighed quietly, did not embarrass Lucius, and waved his hand to let him leave.

Maybe it's because I pay too much attention to it that I worry so much about gains and losses.

Night falls and the sky is filled with stars.

The little wizard in the vineyard had finished the autumn camp and returned to school long ago, and the manor was very quiet.

Sif looked at Nagini sitting opposite and shook his head in amusement. During this period, she came to the manor to eat with him every day.

When he asked Nagini why she didn't go to Tom.

She put her hands on her hips and said seriously, "The task that Tom gave me is to protect you!"

Severus knew very well that he did not need protection. The manor had powerful defensive magic and the protection of house elves. No wizard could force his way in.

"But, living alone is so boring." Nagini was washing her little paws in the basin next to her, recounting the "tragic life" of the years when Tom disappeared.

"Tom was not in the manor before, and I couldn't speak at that time, so I could only play with gnomes out of boredom." Nagini blinked, with a look of disappointment on her face, "Although I also like to play with gnomes, but after a long time It will also be boring.”

Severus smiled and wiped Nagini's hands before starting to eat today's dinner.

There are several Chinese dishes on the dining table, all of which he likes to eat, and they look very tempting. Severus thought it was the house elf who noticed his new taste, so he took his chopsticks and started eating.

His heart faltered again when he tasted the familiar scent that had clearly come from Tom's hand.

It was his favorite dish, and it was Tom's specialty. Severus remembered that every time he ate Tom's cooking, Tom would always look at him with a smile.

"Nagini, what do you think Tom is doing now?" Severus said suddenly.

Nagini was fighting with a roast suckling pig and shook her head when she heard this.