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tter felt a bit out of place with Granger or the group of Weasleys now, let alone Draco, whom he didn't know well in the first place. "

Lucius looked at his left hand on the table and sighed, "Merlin, it seems we all paid the price in different ways, didn't we?"

Severus smiled wryly: Really?Lucius and I are still middle-aged people who have experienced a lot of weather, and we can't say how good we are after we suddenly lost our magic and completely changed our identity and role.Our advantage is that, because of our circumstances, no one will be surprised by our change of character.And Potter didn't even have those reasons. Lily was so anxious that she took him to see Dr. Flitwick, a psychiatrist.

Severus added: "By the way, I didn't know until I met Lily, and Fawks came with me. Lily told me that the day she found a red turkey in the house, Harry's situation suddenly became very strange. She Found that Potter often hugged that turkey and talked to himself, and now she is trying to get her son away from that strange bird. The only condition her son agrees to is to send Fawks to our house."

Lucius still liked the phoenix that he had a good time with.He's curious, though, how the proud bird feels about being called "Turkey": "Okay, I'll ask Fawks carefully about his racial change."

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three years later

"Lucius, lean your head back a little more, this is the third pair of earrings you wanted to change this morning! Few people on the plane will look at you!" Severus growled through gritted teeth.

Lucius rolled his husband's eyes and said, "I have to look my best in the paparazzi photos, don't I?"

Severus had never heard of a celebrity working with the paparazzi as well as Lucius.Of course, he didn't know many famous people, even though he and Lucius were famous as a couple.Glancing at Lucius' left hand curled up on his knee, Severus helped Lucius put on the snake-shaped earrings without complaint.

Lucius glanced at the door and whispered dissatisfiedly, "I told you, this is part of my effort to restore the wizarding world. In my theory..."

"In the theory of your novel," Severus corrected.

While tidying his long hair with his right hand, Lucius whispered: "In my theory, the so-called magic requires the power of faith. I have worked so hard to write epics, participate in themed online games, and cooperate with news hype. Welcome colleagues Wen, it’s all about gathering the power of faith! Don’t you feel something when you wave your wand?”

This Severus admitted.Now he was waving the magic wand with yew wood and phoenix feather core made by himself, and he felt a little bit of magic flow.He even doubted that he would be able to cast a simple spell or two if he could get a core other than the phoenix feather that was so unworthy of him.The former master of potions has even started collecting potion materials and trying to refine potions.The cold medicine he brewed may, it seems, have some effect?

"Dad, Father, can I come in now?" Draco asked from outside the door.

Lucius stopped what he was saying and replied loudly, "Come in."

Draco opened the door, pointed to the two boxes at the door and asked, "Is it these two boxes that you want to take away?"

Lucius nodded.

Draco picked up the box and was about to go outside.

Lucius stood up with the help of the dressing table, and said, "Wait."

The older boy with light blond hair looked at his father questioningly.

Lucius picked up the snake-headed crutch, tapped the box in Draco's left hand, and said, "Wingardium Leviosa (Levitation spell)."

Draco laughed at his father's use of the novel's spell.Then, he was taken aback again: "Father, why do I feel that this box is really light?"

Lucius raised his eyebrows, then tapped the box in Draco's right hand: "Wingardium Leviosa."

"Uh, father, it's not easy this time." Draco kissed Lucius on the cheek, and walked out with two boxes.

Lucius adjusted his clothes in front of the mirror, and said triumphantly, "My feathers and Fawks's feel okay."

"You're as good as Fawks and a peacock!" The former headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft, whose levitation spell hadn't worked so far, gritted his teeth.

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives.Fawks, who was too fat to fly, walked squarely into Lucius and Severus' bedroom, then jumped on Severus' lap, and pecked the former potions master dissatisfiedly.

Lucius stroked Fawks' head and said, "Harry Potter is coming to pick you up soon, you stay with him for a few days, and we'll be back from England soon, you understand?"

Fawks pecked Lucius angrily.

"Hey, if you go to England with us, you will have to go into quarantine. The time required for quarantine is longer than our vacation. We will bring you a gift from the new Malfoy manor. What do you want?" Lucius Trying to reason with Big Bird and lure him for profit.

Fawks gave Lucius a disdainful look, jumped off Severus' lap, and walked out the door again.

Lucius shook his head amusedly, and pushed Severus' wheelchair left leg in a circle towards the elevator.Before the two of them got out of the elevator, they heard Draco's voice at their door: "Ah, Harry, you came just in time. This bag is from Fawks."

When the two ex-Slytherins arrived at the door, they saw Harry looking at the engagement rings on Draco and Hermione's hands in a daze, and whispered, "Ah, I haven't congratulated you two on your engagement yet. Are you planning to get married as soon as you graduate?" ?”

Hermione smiled happily and said, "That's what we plan to do. However, I haven't decided whether I'm going to dental school or medical school in the future. At that time, I may have to trouble Draco to follow me to nowhere going to school."

Draco glanced at his two fathers apologetically, and kissed Hermione.

Lucius and Severus quickly showed that they fully supported Draco in finding a life of his own, rather than being tethered to by his disabled father of two.For the past three years, if Draco hadn't been busy driving home from school almost every week to take care of the two of them, it would have been difficult for them to support themselves.At the same time, both of them appreciated Hermione's understanding that Draco couldn't spend more time with her.Now that they had enough money to hire people, it was time to let Draco go.To tell the truth, Severus even thought of using his influence to get Hermione an admission letter from Hogwarts or Harvard, two medical schools located in Boston - not that Hermione's grades were not enough to be admitted to Hogwarts or Harvard.But when he looked back, he felt that what he did was tantamount to keeping Draco by his side, which was really selfish.

The former dean of Slytherin and the current deputy dean of the Hogwarts Teaching Hospital thought: But, I still know quite a few people related to other famous medical schools.For example, Johns Hopkins University and Yale University are not too far from Boston.Well, unfortunately I don't know many people involved in dental school...

After sending Harry away, Severus heard Hermione's whispered conversation with Draco: "Draco, I'm really worried for Harry. It's like he's changed since three years ago. He seems to have changed for me and you." It's... very strange."

Draco gave Hermione a embarrassed look. He didn't know whether he should confess to his fiancée that Harry had confessed his love to him before he got engaged, but he rejected it. ——After I finished my work with my father and father, I found that the kid seemed to be more than ten years older. Who would like a person whose mental age is thirty?When I encountered such a big thing, I felt like I was two or three years older.

Severus decided to leave the story of the young man's feelings to the young man.He took the elbow crutch from Lucius, lifted his legs off the wheelchair steps, and pushed himself up.With Lucius' support, he managed to walk a few steps and reached the door, and Lucius helped Severus open the door again.

As soon as Severus threw himself into the backseat, Lucius walked slowly back to the wheelchair and folded it up.

Draco had finally found a chance to escape from the "should I confess?" question.He took the ultra-light folding wheelchair from his father and put it in the trunk of the car.

Lucius raised an eyebrow at Severus, walked to the right side of the car himself, and got in.After fastening his seat belt, Lucius subconsciously placed his left hand on Severus' lap.Without even thinking about it, the black-haired doctor took Lucius's hand and massaged the unconsciously curled hand.

Two days later, Lucius leaned on a cane and stood in front of an old castle in the Wiltshire Single Administration Area in England, discussing with Severus: "Look, the lake and forest to the west already exist, we only need a wheelchair-friendly one." The path is gone. As for the garden, I'm thinking of some of the Muggle styles that have been in fashion lately—well, it's a shame there's no magic rose..."

At this time, Draco ran out of the castle excitedly: "Father, you are such a genius! How did you decide to buy this castle across the Atlantic Ocean? Well, it is so similar to the famous Hardwick Castle in England, I didn't expect So cheap. I feel like I can almost call this home now!"

Lucius looked at Draco lovingly, and said, "Of course this is your home—a home that you can pass on to your children and grandchildren."

The young man who is not yet in his senior year is obviously startled by the word "offspring": "Oh, father, I haven't thought about it..."

Lucius patted his son and said, "I'm not asking you to give birth to my grandson now."

Draco bit his lip, and said with a sneer: "Father, why don't you and Dad go for a few more artificial inseminations. ——By the way, it's time to know the result, right?"

Speaking of which, Severus unconsciously felt a little grateful for Muggle science: Well, Muggle medicine isn't completely useless.At least, finding a surrogate mother is much less expensive than the potion-curse method of birth.Thankfully, Luciana's eggs are still in the bank from when she planned to have another surrogate mother ten years ago, and she and Odin Nott have given us permission to use her eggs.

Lucius smiled and said, "We received a call yesterday, saying that the artificial insemination was successful. The two of us decided that if it's a boy, we'll call it Septimius, and if it's a girl, we'll call it Lucia."

Severus glared at the narcissistic Lucius.

Draco hugged his father and said happily, "That's great. But, I thought the girl's name would be Luciana."

Lucius raised his eyebrows, and said, "We must be able to distinguish the child from her biological mother, right? Besides, your aunt Luciana loves her very much. This family's name has Luci in it."

"Father, I'm Draco Lucius Britten, so my brother will be Septimius Lucius Britten?" Draco continued.

Lucius patted Severus on the shoulder and said, "Septimius Lucius Snape and Lucia Severia Britten. We decided to include the biological father's name as well."

Severus rolled his eyes, not revealing that Lucius actually wanted to name his son "Lucius Septimius Severus" after the chief high priest among ancient Roman emperors. — According to Lucius, the High Priest was an ancestor of the Prince's family.

Draco bent down and kissed Severus: "Dad, father said that you are a descendant of that Roman emperor, is it true?"

Severus glared at Lucius: Why does the old boy talk about everything?

Facing the embarrassed Severus, Draco said nonchalantly, "Oh, he also said that the Britten family was named Mal before they immigrated from Ireland to America. Now I finally know where the brave Malfoy family in the novel came from. "

Lucius tapped Draco's leg lightly with his cane, and feigned anger, "Be careful I'll make you recite the Malfoy family tree!"

Draco pouted, not caring about his father's accusations - but when it came to the detailed family tree his father set up for each family in the novel, he really had to admire his father's rigor.He hugged Severus again, and said, "After the younger brothers and sisters are born, if you need me, be sure to call me!"

Severus patted the older boy with gray-blue eyes gratefully, and replied, "We will."

At this time, Lucius suddenly caught a glimpse of a fiery red figure.

—Merlin, that's Fawks!

The proud Phoenix cast a contemptuous look at the human beings who had to rely on planes, cars and other means of transportation, and went looking for food on their own.

I actually filled this hole, oh yeah!Those who want to see BE jump out by themselves!

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three years later

Draco spent nearly every day of his free time reminiscing about the months after the war, trying to figure out what had gone wrong to make his father's situation the way it was.

The current head of the Malfoy family remembered that his father had become lethargic within days of the war.Even when sober, people start to feel listless, almost relying on energy potions to support their daily routines.

During that time, the one thing that hit Draco the most was the divorce of his parents, so that he ignored many clues that may now seem to be crucial.

On the afternoon when the damned savior Potter sent him the NEWTS exam admission ticket, Draco, who was called downstairs by his father, found his mother sitting in the living room in a daze, surrounded by luggage.

"Draco, we have something to tell you," Lucius said. "I divorced your mother."

The news was like a bolt from the blue.Yes, Draco had always known about his father's lover relationship with his godfather, and also knew that his father often messed around outside.However, he never imagined that his parents would go to the point of divorce. —At least, divorce is a very unseemly thing, isn't it?

Draco opened and closed his mouth, and it took a long time before he said, "But, father... why is that?"

Lucius said calmly: "In my 20 years of marriage with your mother, I have done too many wrong things. Some of them are so serious that I have no power to make up for them. For your mother's sake, Leaving me and changing to a healthy environment is the best choice."

Of course Draco knew that his father had always been the ruler of the family, and he was also dissatisfied with his father's suppression, but the divorce...

Narcissa burst into tears.Kneeling on the ground, she humbly grabbed the hem of Lucius's robe, and begged in a low voice: "My husband, my master, please, don't do this... I will work hard to learn how to be a good wife, please you……"

Lucius sighed and helped Narcissa up.He took out his handkerchief, wiped the tears on his ex-wife's face, and said pitifully, "Cissy, don't do this. Leave me and stay with Andromeda in the old Black house for a while. In addition, I have contacted the Muggle victim for you." Women and Children Abuse Center, talk to them about your marriage. Slowly, you will understand how wrong I am."

Narcissa grabbed Lucius' sleeve in horror, suppressing the urge to scream, her chest heaving rapidly: "No, master, I didn't do such a big mistake. Don't send me to that blood traitor in Andromeda, let alone What center of Muggles!"

Lucius let out a long sigh and said, "Narcissa, it's for your own good, and it's for Draco's too."

Draco, who had witnessed this scene, was speechless in astonishment.He never knew how his mother could be so humbled in front of his father that he was only a little better than the house elves; he never thought that there would be a Muggle rescue center in his father's mouth.

Lucius held up his wand to help Narcissa fix her makeup, insisting: "Cissy, I value you, always have. In a sense, I love you. However, my value and love have not brought you good Luck. Therefore, I am determined to let you go. In this way, it is better for you and Draco. As we just said, in order to show my compensation to you, you will take most of the property in Malfoy's name."

Narcissa sobbed in despair, "No, I don't want—"

Lucius continued to wipe away tears for Narcissa, and said, "Shh, my dear, you are the heroine who saved Harry Potter, and you are an innocent victim of my crimes. Instead of taking advantage of those villains, those property should be let You take it, maybe you can keep some for Draco."

Narcissa understood the words.There was hope in the sky blue eyes of the blond beauty: "You mean, our divorce is fake? Just to transfer property?"

Lucius smiled helplessly and said, "No, the divorce is real."

Narcissa thought she understood what Lucius meant.She said excitedly: "Oh, of course. I... I will sign the legal documents immediately and leave all property to Draco."

Lucius seemed to choke up for a moment before he said, "Dear Cissy, that kind of legal procedure is indeed what I want. But your wish is more important."

At that time, Draco felt that he understood his father's intention to transfer the property to his mother's name in order to escape the pursuit after the war.However, in retrospect, Draco always felt that his father's apology and divorce to his mother might have been sincere.This made Draco even more confused about how to face his father now.

Yes, now Draco has understood how his father persecuted his mother mentally during his 20 years of marriage, and also admitted that what his father did was very wrong and should be severely punished.At the same time, Draco couldn't think of the way his father had treated him over the years to be commendable.However, if their father had not forced them to seek help from a psychologist at the Muggle Battered Women and Children Relief Center, he and his mother would never have realized how abused they had been and how bad their original state of mind was. unusual.

Therefore, Draco sometimes had to admit to himself that his father did regret it at the time.

The time that followed confused Draco even more.

The goddamn Potter moved into Malfoy Manor within a few days under the guise of spying on the Death Eaters.At that time, Draco could only suspect that Potter had set his sights on Malfoy Manor, a land of geomantic omen, and planned to take it away from his family.He made up his mind, if Potter really dared to take the Malfoy Manor, he would definitely use the ancestral magic circle to make Potter unable to live or die. ——What a joke, not even the Dark Lord dared to take Malfoy Manor directly!

However, the development of the situation was beyond Draco's imagination.

First, father spent most of each day hiding in the Chamber of Secrets with Potter.Then, the portraits at home, especially the better parts of the portraits, disappeared day and night, and the portrait of the godfather was even less visible.For the rest of the day, his father worked like a maniac into his head how to run the Malfoys, as if he knew what was going to happen then.

What really terrified Draco was that he occasionally overheard his father calling Potter "Harry" with some endearment, which the Potter kid seemed to think was perfectly normal. Of course Draco knew that his father could call anyone a brother if necessary, but as soon as he turned around, in front of people, his father showed Potter the hostility of a prisoner to a guard. Potter seemed to want to put on that kind of mask, but from time to time, unconsciously, there was a hint of intimacy, even... longing. Potter's staring eyes became more obvious when he faced himself.

This led Draco to a terrible conjecture: the golden boy had his eye on the heir to the Malfoy family, and his father offered to replace him.In this case, the divorce of the parents can be perfectly explained.

This conjecture could explain many problems, such as the father's emaciation and trance, and Potter's sudden effort to excuse his family.

At that time, Draco was still suffering from another shock: his mother began to receive treatment from Muggle psychologists, and began to realize that he was being abused.When the mother pointed out to herself the mistakes of the father's words and deeds in the double-sided mirror, the father was protecting himself with actions.

Draco couldn't stop sympathizing with what had happened to his mother, or think about the abuse he'd endured, but it was hard for him to blame his father.

Draco tried to blame the portraits of the accomplices who mentally abused his mother, but he found that the portraits sincerely believed that what they did was right, and sincerely believed that the relationship between father and son should be like this.Thinking about it carefully, my father has always been doing what he thinks is right, including the way he treats his wife and children, including joining the Death Eaters, and even the current body replacement.This made Draco's emotions even more complicated.

Speaking of which, this wasn't even the first time Lucius had stood up to protect Draco.After Potter and the others (under father's order!) escaped from Malfoy Manor, the Malfoy family was completely reduced to the bottom of the Death Eaters.Parents and myself have completely become fish on the cutting board.The mother still has the protection of Aunt Bella, while the father and himself are almost reduced to public goods.It was the Godfather who challenged several Death Eaters, and among the Death Eaters made it clear that his father and himself were his personal belongings.Of course, Draco was well aware of the relationship between his father and godfather, and it was really nothing.However, the fact that he became the godfather's personal item... Of course Draco didn't hate the godfather, but there was always a psychological barrier.It was the father who drank the compound decoction, transformed himself into himself, and created a number of memories of the godfather's abuse and abuse of himself, which allowed the three of them to pass the Dark Lord's Legilimency.

Even if Draco could say ungratefully that the fact that their father was raped by the godfather was both willing; The man who cursed was fake; or, the man who was getting more and more emaciated under Potter's tyranny didn't care about himself.

During one of Lucius' indoctrination lessons, Draco couldn't help but ask, "Father, you and Potter..."

Lucius looked at Draco for a long time before saying, "Draco, I think I need to tell you that I'm doing something quite risky. As you can imagine, this matter is related to Potter. If it succeeds, we Most of my troubles are gone. If it fails...I don't know what the consequences will be."

Draco mustered up his courage and asked with a blushing face, "Father, can I..."

Lucius replied firmly, "No, I can't tell you any details about this matter. Merely describing it to you will drag you into danger. I ask you not to inquire or think too much about it. thing. By the way, all the portraits and house-elves in the house are gagged, so you don't have to think about clichés."

The solemnity of his father at that time made Draco really confused: If it's just to satisfy Potter's desire, there's no need to do this, right?

A few days later, Draco learned something that shocked him: his father had become an Animagus, a wyvern.This is really the greatest good news for the Malfoy family in the past few hundred years, and the Malfoy family will definitely be revived under the hands of his father!

Facing the excited Draco, Lucius just sighed, and seriously taught his son how to become an Animagus.After a few days, Draco felt that he was so stupid that he couldn't even turn the skin on his body into scales.To Draco's slight relief, his father hadn't told Draco how much he had let him down, as he usually did.In a sense, Draco still felt that he was indeed a failure who let his father down, but in another sense, he knew that this was the scar left by his father's years of mental abuse.Draco, who was in conflict, really didn't need his father to repeat those words.

Lucius, who should have been really disappointed, hugged his son instead and told him that as long as he was happy, anything was fine.

Draco was so conflicted he didn't know what to do.

A few days later, Lucius suddenly found Draco in a daze and told him that what he was trying to do had failed.When Draco wanted to ask for details, Lucius just said that everything was caused by his own weakness, but he didn't regret it.

Draco really couldn't think of what could have caused this situation.All he knew was that Harry Potter left Malfoy Manor within a few days, and his father suddenly managed to speed up the trial process of the Malfoy family that he had been delaying.

With the help of super refreshing potions and Harry Potter's strong reassurance, the Malfoy family was finally out of legal trouble.Of course, there was a price paid for emptying most of the Malfoy family's coffers.At this time, Draco felt that his father's decision to divorce and transfer property was too wise.

However, the greatest price paid by the Malfoy family was Lucius himself.When he was released from the dock, anyone could tell that something was wrong with the once mighty Lucius Malfoy.The formerly handsome and strong man has become thin and thin, and his shrewd eyes have become cloudy from time to time.It was even speculated that Lucius Malfoy had run out of fuel and was about to see Merlin.

To the disappointment of the vultures, Lucius Malfoy didn't see Merlin.However, Draco couldn't say that his father was doing well right now.

Since the trial, although my father has been very cooperative with the treatment, tried to eat more and sleep more, and even recovered his body shape from a skeleton to a general sense of emaciation, but his mind has deteriorated day by day.While still sober, his father continued to teach Draco his forty-plus years of experience.But at the same time, the man who always demanded Draco with super high standards, now repeatedly said "as long as you are happy".Even, his father once said "Hermione Granger is a good girl".

Draco just wanted to yell: Father, Granger is a bitch!

It's a pity that, even if the words "Hermione Granger is a good girl" are taken as normal remarks, the moments of sobriety are becoming rarer and rarer.More often than not, the platinum-blond man Draco admired so much just smirked while holding the portrait of the dark-haired man.

At this time, rumors spread in the wizarding world that the savior had mental problems.As soon as he heard the news, Draco expected something bad: there would always be someone who would link any problems with the Savior to the Malfoys.

Sure enough, within a few days, Ron Weasley led a group of people into Malfoy Manor, pointed his wand at Lucius' neck, and asked him what he had done to Potter.

Lucius blinked in confusion, and murmured, "Ron, didn't you go to California for college? When did you come back?"

Lucius's naturally friendly tone, his attitude of treating himself as the other's elder, completely angered the youngest son of the Weasley family.He pushed Lucius away and yelled, "Malfoy, stop being so fucking crazy! Tell me how you cursed Harry so that he kept chanting about that little ferret all day long!"

Draco's face paled: Sure enough, goddamn Potter had feelings for me, and Father somehow made him give it up.

Taking Draco's change of expression as a sign of guilt, the red-haired apprentice Auror pointed his wand at Draco: "Lucius Malfoy, I advise you to speak out honestly.