[HP Comprehensive UK and US] Platinum Stark

At this moment, Draco returned to the medical wing with Madam Poppy and Professor Snape. Lucius waved his wand quickly and turned to look at the tall figure.

"Severus."

Even though Lucius had only called out his name, Snape could understand the message he wanted to convey.

You said you would protect them.

Snape was silent for a long time. After Madam Poppy brought the last dose of potion to the girl, he walked to Alicia and carefully examined her with magic.

After confirming that his goddaughter was fine, he turned his attention to his friend: "Dumbledore has made new progress."

Lucius, who seemed to be carelessly stroking the snake-head scepter, paused slightly after hearing this and revealed a mocking smile: "Dumbledore...he is really a competent and good headmaster."

The brother and sister watched their two elders leave the medical wing. Just when Alicia thought her brother would ask her what happened, Draco said nothing and sat beside her bed with his head down - just like he did the whole morning after she had a high fever, and just like the time when Alicia accidentally fell on the broomstick he carried her on when she was a child.

Same movements, same expression.

"Draco, we are all fine. Nothing is more important than this." Alicia took her brother's hand and said, "If you are not by my side when danger occurs in the future, I dare not imagine what the scene will be like."

She placed her hands on both sides of her brother's cheeks again, lifted them up vigorously, and gave him a relaxed and sly smile: "Hey, brother, we are Malfoy."

Draco laughed when he heard this name that the girl rarely called since she grew up. He gently grabbed his sister's hand and said seriously: "Yes, I will never let you face those dangers alone again."

His father's comings and goings, Professor Snape's expression, the Savior's admission to school, Thea's abnormality, even if he couldn't know the whole picture, he could feel that something was wrong.

Draco couldn't accept that Alicia had taken risks alone, couldn't accept that she had faced those horrific events alone.

In those terrifying and helpless moments, he should have been by her side to face it together with her, he should have stood in front of her.

He made a promise to his sister which was so firm and so credible that no one could doubt its truth.

Malfoy would never betray Malfoy.

At the same time, the two people standing at the gate of Hogwarts seemed relatively quiet.

They had just come out of the principal's office, and their unfriendly expressions made people wonder what kind of fierce confrontation had taken place in the office.

Snape and Lucius walked side by side, neither of them spoke first, and the deadlock was not broken until the latter was about to step out of Hogwarts.

"No more."

Lucius raised an eyebrow and looked a little surprised. After all, the probability of Severus saying something like that was lower than the probability of Draco announcing that he would never ride a broom again.

He stared at his best friend of several years and said solemnly: "Of course I will believe you, Severus, you are Thea's godfather."

As soon as he finished speaking, without even paying attention to his friend's reaction, Lucius left the territory belonging to Hogwarts and returned to Malfoy Manor with a single Apparition.

Behind him, Snape looked back at the ancient and mysterious castle, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

He would not watch the person he couldn't afford to lose leave him for the second time.

"Luke."

The man who had just Apparated to his own manor had no change in expression, and the moment he saw Narcissa get up from the sofa, he knew that his wife must have noticed something.

Lucius was busy with the "two suspected Parseltongue incidents" and was suddenly distracted by the attack on his children. For a moment, he did not think about how to tell his wife about it.

Narcissa's tone was still gentle. She walked up to her husband with her back straight, took his robe, and didn't say anything else. The two of them walked side by side to the living room as usual. At the instruction of the hostess, the house elf placed two symbolic cups of tea and snacks on the coffee table - naturally, the two of them were not in the mood to enjoy them.

Lucius knew that his wife was giving him time to think about how to tell the truth. He didn't want Narcissa to be worried about this matter, but there were some things that she had to know.

"The remnants of the Dark Lord have infiltrated Hogwarts. According to Dumbledore, he seems to be looking for something in the castle. The man met Draco and Thea who were frightened by the troll in the corridor. Fortunately, Severus was on patrol that night and happened to see the scene, so the man only had time to cast a stunning spell. Now both children are fine." Lucius pondered for a while and gave his half-true and half-false answer.

Narcissa was filled with worry after hearing this. She could only keep telling herself that the children were safe, and then picked out the important information - Death Eaters, and Death Eaters would only obey the orders of that man.

She subconsciously picked up the teacup on the coffee table, held the cup and saucer tightly, and then gently put down the tea set.

"It's the order of the Dark...Dark Lord, right?" Although it was a question, Narcissa's tone sounded very sure. She just seemed particularly uncomfortable when saying the three words "Dark Lord". She hadn't heard of this name for a long time, and hadn't called him by this name in person for ten years.

Lucius did not answer. He placed his large palm on the back of his wife's hand and shook it firmly: "He hasn't shown up yet. We still have time."

Narcissa shook his hand back without hesitation, seeming to have found a great sense of security in her husband.

She calmed herself down. Yes, the Dark Lord at this moment was definitely not as powerful as he was ten years ago. There was still time to prepare. There was no rush to surrender or remain silent.

But who would have thought that the person who was rumored to have been defeated by a baby was actually still alive.

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Alicia, who was sent to the common room by Draco, looked worried. Everyone had gone to class. Her godfather and the headmaster knew about her dangerous situation last night and specially granted her leave. She guessed that this was also her father's intention.

The girl sat on the sofa, her thoughts in a mess.

What mission did the mysterious man give my father? What was the thing that was handed to my father?

It must be very important, otherwise "Qiluo" would not risk being discovered and go to the medical wing to find her late at night.

Alicia was a little annoyed. She stood up and walked straight to her dormitory.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw a letter on the table. After confirming that it did not contain any dark magic, the girl opened the envelope.

She subconsciously glanced at the signature and couldn't help but smile - it was Tony.

Tony first asked her whether the Muggle newspapers were interesting and whether he was satisfied with them. He also mentioned something about when he was a child and was sent to boarding school by his father. It didn't seem to be a good experience.

Alicia could immediately see the concern behind the other person's sharing, and her mood suddenly improved.

Compared with the polite content and standardized format in the past, Tony now really lets himself go. The signatures and greetings are very interesting, and even the things mentioned in the letter are written wherever he thinks of them, full of freedom and joy.

For example, "your most handsome friend", "your dining companion who misses blueberry ice cream", etc. There are countless examples like this.

The signature of today's letter is also very special, it is "your newspaper friend who doesn't like the boarding system very much."

The girl who was writing a reply looked at the unheard-of "Newspaper Friend" in the signature of the letter at hand, and also came up with a different signature.

"Alicia who hates trolls and garlic"

On the way to the Owl Tower, Alicia ran into a group of Slytherin first-years. Although Draco, the leader, hoped that his sister would have a good rest in the dormitory, he didn't say anything in the end.

It was Theodore, who was always quiet, who took the initiative to call her: "Alicia, I took double notes. I'll give them to you before dinner."

The girl suppressed her surprise in her heart and behaved very politely. She responded with a friendly smile and said, "Thank you very much, Theodore."

She had already started thinking about the thank-you gift.

Draco said, "Theodore! You asked me to copy the notes myself, but you took a second copy in private! Besides, I should have been the one copying the notes for my sister!"

Theodore turned to look at him, with something obvious in his eyes: Why don't you make another copy by hand?

Alicia was not annoyed when she saw her brother being humiliated. Instead, she laughed in glee and trotted away from the first-year team very quickly before Draco called out her name.

However, she had thought Pansy would not miss this opportunity, but now it seemed that she had made a mistake.

The girl put those worries behind her and walked briskly into the sunshine. On the Quidditch training ground, the Hufflepuff and Gryffindor teams were training. Seeing this, Alicia thought to herself that if she hadn't seen those two red heads, she would have been happy all afternoon.