[HP] just lover

After Valentine's Day, Vanessa was caught in a huge cloud.

She is often distracted, in poor condition, and almost exploded the cauldron in the excellent Potions class. Professor Slughorn looked at her in disbelief, asked her if she was not feeling well, and offered to send her to Medical wing, but Vanessa's not a physical problem at all, she's... psychological.

She avoided everyone and ignored Angie's concerned words. She used preparing for the exam as an excuse to soak in the corner of the library alone, staring at Hogwarts outside the window in a daze.

She can't hide in Hogwarts forever, this safe place can only hold her for a few more months at most, at that time, she has to make a choice, is to accept Lucius' asylum and stay with him against morality Together, or expose yourself and your mother to danger and live a harder life than in school?

April passed in a muddle, and Vanessa met Lucius in the school corridor.

His appearance attracted the attention of all the students in the school, and many freshmen came here specially to find out the true face of Malfoy's heir.They had only heard about this excellent new Patriarch through rumors, and they were very curious about what kind of person he would be.

Lucius didn't come alone. There are officials from the Ministry of Magic beside him. As the current honorary minister of the Ministry of Magic, although he is only a position obtained through investment and donation, he seems to have no real power, but who is he? Malfoy, will he only pay money without asking for any rights?Impossible, his right to speak in the Ministry of Magic at the moment is no worse than the real minister.

He spotted Vanessa the first time she appeared. This was the way to the principal's office. Lucius gave her a sarcastic smile, as if he had seen through her thoughts.Vanessa was stared at by him, and immediately turned and left. She didn't know how far she had gone. By the time she realized it, she had already left the castle and was approaching the Forbidden Forest.

She finally made up her mind and wanted to make another choice, but happened to meet him on that road. Is this Merlin's will?Does this mean that everything she did was in vain?

Leaning in the corner in a daze, the trees blocked her figure, she seemed to see that familiar yet strange man appearing in front of her again in a trance, she rubbed her eyes, and slowly realized that it was not a hallucination.

Lucius was standing less than two meters in front of her, still approaching step by step.

Vanessa retreated subconsciously, keeping a relatively safe distance from him, but the girl's steps were obviously not as big as the man's. After Lucius quickened her steps, it was difficult for her to escape.

"How are you thinking about it?"

He went straight to the point and pushed the topic directly to the place she least wanted to discuss. Vanessa pretended to be stupid: "What are you thinking about?"

Lucius' gray-blue eyes looked straight at her sharply: "What do you think?"

Vanessa lowered her eyes and refused to meet his gaze. Her hands under the school robe were clenched into fists. She was silent for a long time before whispering: "If I don't promise you, you will put my and my mother's names back on the card. Is it on the list?"

Lucius was not surprised that she would ask such a question. He stared at her without changing his expression, holding his cane and said, "I don't know, I'm not sure. But I don't think you will take the risk, right?"

Vanessa finally raised her head.

She looked directly into Lucius' eyes, took a breath and said, "I can tell Principal Dumbledore everything about you and that man, as well as his plan to hurt others, and he will help me..."

She could feel the indecision in her own words, let alone Lucius.

He smiled mockingly, standing in the daylight, with his back to the Hogwarts castle, like a cold, arrogant, lofty white peacock.

"Dumbledore is just a person, not a god. Even if he is the greatest white wizard of this century, there will still be things he can't take care of." Lucius said slowly, "You can try it, Vanessa, Haven't you already decided? You were going to see him just now, I guessed right. You can go, I am in favor. I am eager for you to try if Dumbledore can...or if he has enough Focus on ensuring your safety." He sarcastically said with a cold face, "Once that lord knows that you revealed the plan to Dumbledore and is still seeking the protection of the Order of the Phoenix, what do you think he will do? I need to remind you , His disciples are already everywhere."

Even a self-important person like Lucius followed him, let alone others, maybe the Ministry of Magic had already fallen.

The Minister of Honor was standing right in front of her. The purpose of his appearance at Hogwarts today was to cause trouble for Dumbledore and to complete the instructions of the lord. She didn't have to doubt how those people who were lower than him would choose.

Seeing that Vanessa stopped talking, Lucius calmed down a little and continued: "Then, let's change another hypothesis—have you tried to tell others what I told you? If you tried , you will find that you can't say it, you don't even have the ability to write it. You can't extract the memory of that event in your mind, and Legilimency can't find anything. How are you going to tell Dumbledore? Lido?" He stared at her with a cruel look on his face, "An improved version of the secrecy spell, I found it in the Malfoy family's book and modified it, it can work through a double-sided mirror, and the magic world will use this The spell, probably only me."

Vanessa looked at Lucius in disbelief. He had prepared for what might happen today. She should not be so foolish as to think that he is real for this meticulous and cautious man who is used to planning ahead and controlling everything. He told her such important news without any preparation, how could she be so important in his heart, so important that he would lose his mind and act recklessly?

There was deep disappointment and despair in Vanessa's eyes, she stared at Lucius blankly, and after a while, Lucius turned his head away, maybe because he was guilty of being looked at by her eyes, or because of other emotions , his tone became a little blunt, almost explaining his behavior to her: "I just want to protect you, there is no other meaning. Your impulsiveness may make an irreparable mistake, which will ruin our everything."

Vanessa laughed and said, "Us?"

"Yes. We." Lucius said firmly.

Vanessa stared at him, bit her lip and said, "Are you kidding me? There's no 'us', it's just 'you' from the beginning to the end." In this relationship, she is the one who can't even keep her name People, where does "we" come from?

Lucius looked at her again, and there was no evasion in his cold eyes: "There has never been anyone else, Vanessa, we have always been the only ones. No matter what the appearance is, in this place, we have always been the only ones."

After finishing speaking, he grabbed hers with his gloved hand, and that cold feeling swept Vanessa's body. She watched him put her hand on his heart, and heard him repeat: "In this place, has always been only us."

Vanessa stared blankly at the hand he held her, and the heart he hid beneath his luxurious robes, seemingly unmoved.

Lucius pursed his lips tightly, and increased the strength in his hands: "Stop thinking about asking for Dumbledore's help, Vanessa, if you really angered that lord, seek protection as an enemy Slytherin, he's going to shoot you for Dumbledore, you're a real target, do you really believe that Dumbledore will protect you at all costs then? You're nothing more than an instant to him Graduated students, you can't even seek a place in his organization - you still have a mother to protect."

Lucius dissected the reality to Vanessa, and Vanessa turned pale, and said immediately after he finished speaking: "What about you? Will you protect me at all costs?" She stared stubbornly at He, originally he was just holding her hand over her heart, but when she said this, she held him with her backhand, and he stood there unexpectedly, looking back at her in a daze.

She asked him this question.

Just when Vanessa's eyes gradually became mocking, Lucius spoke abruptly and said to her, "I will."

Vanessa was stunned, and said in disbelief, "What did you say?"

Lucius repeated word for word: "Iwill."

Vanessa's lips turned pale, and she asked in a very soft tone: "Even at the expense of destroying the Malfoy family?"

This is a very serious assumption, and Lucius is not willing to conceive it at all: "I will not let things develop to that point, don't make such an assumption."

Vanessa looked at him stubbornly: "What if I have to do it?"

The hands they had just held snapped apart, and both took a step back, horrified by the assumptions their conversation had raised.

Lucius clenched his cane tightly and stood there with a pale face. He didn't look at Vanessa, but just looked into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

After a long time, he seemed to have finally recovered his voice, and said softly: "Then, as you wish." His voice was hoarse, revealing struggles and contradictions, "Even if I destroy my family and myself... Think, I will protect you too."

Vanessa looked at him in shock. At this moment, even if what he said was a lie, she couldn't remain completely unmoved.

In fact, even Lucius himself didn't know if he was speaking the truth, he just wanted to achieve his goal, and if the verbal regression had an effect, then he was willing to do so.

But, staring into Vanessa's red, emerald green eyes full of complicated emotions, there was a voice in his head saying - even if you don't want to admit it, you are speaking the truth, Lucius.

Lucius later left Hogwarts.

The purpose of his coming was to cause trouble for Dumbledore, and the purpose was achieved, and there was no reason to stay too much in the school.

Vanessa stood by the Forbidden Forest for a long, long time before she went to class with her schoolbag in her mind.

She didn't eat lunch or dinner, and went straight back to the dormitory after class, put down the curtains on the bed, and pretended to be sleeping.

But in fact, she was lying on the bed, covered with a quilt, and buried her face in the pillow, not feeling sleepy at all.

She couldn't sleep at all.

Things were beyond her expectation, and they were developing in a direction she couldn't imagine. She had lost the ability to control everything.

She recalled that crucial list again. During her years at Hogwarts, this was the first time someone used the term "the daughter of a pure-blood traitor" to describe her. Was it because they only now discovered her family situation, or was it because Now that the world has changed, that lord has set off a wave of enthusiasm, and his ideas have made them start to become extreme, or... They think she has lost a certain umbrella, so they dare to do that?

Is it because Lucius graduated last year?

Tossing and turning and unable to fall asleep, Vanessa spent the whole night with her eyes open. She gradually calmed down and pushed everything until after graduation to make a decision. She began to return to normal work and rest, attending classes, eating, reviewing, and resting. It was just her I seldom interact with others.She can no longer trust anyone, including Angie, who is in the same dormitory.

She borrowed the book in a hurry, then left the library and went back to the cellar, but she didn't find someone staring at her not far behind.It's not a bad person, but Sirius Black who has been trying to contact her all this time, but can't even touch the corner of her clothes.

"Hey, what are your plans for the summer vacation?" Potter didn't notice Sirius' abnormality, and eagerly asked, "I got the address of Evans' house, let's go and play with her?!"

Peter shook his head and said in a weird tone: "No, I have other things arranged at home during the summer vacation, so I can't go out."

Lupine's face was pale. He had just experienced the night of a full moon. He smiled weakly and said, "Although I really want to be with you, James, I also have things to do."

Potter finally pinned his hopes on Sirius. Sirius frowned and turned to look at him: "Are you sure you won't see her doing homework with that snot-nosed man at Evans' house?"

Potter's face turned green.

The summer vacation is less than two months away.

That means the NEWTs for Year [-] students are coming up.

Maybe that's why Vanessa has been in a hurry recently, with a serious expression on her face?

Sirius was thinking deeply, not in the mood to comfort Potter who was devastated.

Vanessa was indeed concentrating on her revision.

Learning can make her have no distractions and live a more comfortable life.

As graduation approached, more and more boys would block the library and wait for her. The intention was obvious—she would not have the chance to say some things after she graduated.

In order to avoid these "troubles", Vanessa didn't go to the library recently, and even if she did, she borrowed books and left immediately.

She spends most of her time reviewing in the dormitory, and today is no exception.

On the day Lucius left, the last thing he said was that he hoped that she would pay attention to the double-sided mirror this time and keep it with her at all times, after all, it was related to her safety.

Vanessa couldn't refuse, his reason was so legitimate, she even had to find a way to thank him, even if he had bad intentions.

The double-sided mirror was placed on the table, and in front of her were her textbooks and homework. She was concentrating on reading, and it took a while to realize that the double-sided mirror was hot.

She reached out to take it, and soon, Lucius' figure appeared in the mirror, and she said directly: "I was reading just now, sorry, I didn't reply in time."

Her attitude eased Lucius' recent stressful mood a lot. He should be in the study, with a thick bookshelf behind him. There are dense books on the bookshelf, which looks old.

Vanessa seemed to have seen books such as "Malfoy Family History" and "Supreme Purity-Glory of the Pure-Blooded Family", which is not unusual. What is strange is that there are books about Muggles on the bookshelf , which made her a bit novel and unexpected.

"Are you preparing for the NEWTs exam?" Lucius asked simply. He was not in a good mood, and his handsome face was lingering with the paleness and weakness caused by the overdraft of magic power.

Vanessa is a little worried. Although she doesn't agree with his behavior style and is tired of his attitude that is almost intimidating her, he has indeed helped her a lot. She can still study in such a stable way now, Also benefited from his protection.

Inexplicably, he remembered his words at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, which Vanessa never expected to hear from him.

She shook her head and whispered, "Obviously, I'm preparing for the exam."

After she finished speaking, she put the mirror on the table and continued to read.

Surprisingly, Lucius didn't have a problem with this at all, and didn't seem to mind that she used the review to avoid face-to-face or even in-depth conversations with him.He just watched her study in the mirror so quietly. After a while, when Vanessa was troubled by a certain problem, he said calmly: "I got 12 in the NEWTs exam." O."

Very outstanding grades, in the history of Hogwarts school, besides him, the only person who got this grade is that adult.

Vanessa raised her head, of course she knew about him... She knew most of it, sometimes it was from what people said, sometimes it was too publicized, the Daily Prophet reported it continuously for a long time, more Time, is to pay attention to and consult unconsciously.

Pursing her lips a little bit aggrieved, Vanessa sighed in her heart and didn't speak.

But Lucius said to her suddenly: "Put the mirror on the other side and show me your notes."

Vanessa was stunned, and subconsciously picked up the mirror. After he saw her notes, he began to criticize her IQ with a contemptuous attitude, as if her good grades in previous years were all due to good luck.

Under the guidance of Lucius, Vanessa solved the problem in her heart in an instant. She was speechless. After realizing that she was indeed not as good as the senior in study, she humbly asked for advice, and asked questions that she hadn't had time to ask recently. The professor's question was thrown to him. Lucius, who has already experienced the exam, solved all of Vanessa's current troubles like a set of real test questions, and even let her have a good grasp of the exam situation. Now she You are very sure of getting satisfactory results in the exam.

Before she had time to feel that the god of learning is the god of learning, Vanessa heard Lucius say with some tiredness: "Have you filled out the application for St. Mungo's therapist?"

She was startled, shook her head and said to him, "I don't need your help with this matter, I can handle it myself."

Indeed, with her grades, she can pass the application with a little effort, but if he says hello, she can relax a bit, but if she doesn't need... then forget it.

No one wants others to meddle too much in their own affairs, even with good intentions.

Lucius narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded his head, Vanessa looked at his pale face in the mirror, and finally couldn't help but said: "Are you okay? Your face is very ugly, are you... are you going to participate What activity, injured?"

Since he proposed that deal, Vanessa has been resisting him in every possible way, and Lucius has almost lost such concern for a long time.

He didn't come back to his senses a little bit, and it took a long time before he pursed his lips and said, "I'm not hurt, just a little tired."

Vanessa was full of contradictions, and finally said what was in her heart: "I know that I may not be qualified to say this, but...that lord's plan is not completely correct, you should understand what I mean. He is too extreme, I Knowing that such a concept may bring benefits to a family like Malfoy, but what about other benefits? You should think more comprehensively, Mr. Malfoy. I know you are not that kind of extreme person, at least you don’t want to hurt innocent people People, even if their blood...is not pure." She still couldn't use the word "dirty" and reminded him contradictoryly, "If you can't do this, then try to participate in group activities as little as possible, and you must at least leave a note for yourself. back road."

That's all she could say, and she turned off the double-sided mirror after she finished speaking, annoyed at her meddling, Lucius might not bother with what she said, and even feel offended, but anyway Having said all that, what he thinks is his business.

On the side of the mirror, Lucius actually didn't think that much.

He didn't disdain what Vanessa said, and he was even doing what she said.

The current actions of the Death Eaters were completely illegal before that lord really took control of the wizarding world. Although the Death Eaters were covered by masks and cloaks during the actions, if anyone recognized him, or recognized him Where's his wand?

He couldn't reveal his identity until it was all reasonable and legal, and even if some people were sure that he joined the Death Eaters, they didn't have real proof, and he wouldn't let them have it.

Like Vanessa said, he wants to be as less involved in these operations as possible, and more inclined to be a mentor behind the curtain.

But he couldn't stay away all the time, that would arouse suspicion.

Today was a fierce battle. During their operations, they encountered Aurors and members of the Order of the Phoenix. Lucius was a little bit overwhelmed with magic power. He barely managed to communicate with Vanessa in the double-sided mirror for a long time. After everything was over, He leaned precariously against the back of the sofa.

Yeda appeared next to him and brought the brewed magic power stabilizer. Lucius took it expressionlessly and drank it, but his body still felt empty.

This feels really bad.

Lucius put his hand on his forehead, and the man's almost fanatical expression appeared in his mind. He frowned, slightly shaken by the judgment he had made.

Vanessa's words echoed in his ears, Lucius let out a long breath, stretched his arms, and closed his eyes.

He wants to rest for a while.

Just for a moment.

Time passed like water, and Vanessa finally ended her seven-year study career at Hogwarts, and achieved relatively excellent results in the NEWTs exam.

She submitted an application for the position of therapist to St. Mungo's, and Professor Flitwick and Professor Slughorn kindly helped her write letters of recommendation. She arranged everything, packed all her luggage, and set foot on Hogwarts. Express.

This will be the last time she takes this train. From then on, she will bid farewell to school life, live in this world as an adult wizard, and start to face all the choices she is avoiding.

Looking at the rapidly reversing scene outside the car window, it seems that even the scenery that I have watched for seven years and can almost recite backwards has become very sad.

It was already late when Vanessa got on the Hogwarts Express, and most people had found their compartments. She picked an empty box in a very remote location, and no one should disturb her, so when Sirius Black pushed the box away She was surprised when the door came in.

If I knew it earlier, I would have cast an ignore curse.

She slowly sat upright and looked at the boy who walked in. He will be in the fourth grade after school starts. His handsome facial features have faded from the youthfulness of the past and become more mature and charming.

He sat lazily on the seat opposite her, holding a bag of Bibi multi-flavored beans in his hand, squeezed one and threw it into his mouth, frowning instantly.

"What's the smell?" Vanessa asked curiously.

Sirius was silent for a while with an ugly face, and said, "Detergent, probably."

Vanessa burst out laughing immediately, and the subtle and dignified atmosphere just now instantly relaxed. Sirius heaved a sigh of relief, and then jokingly said, "Are you avoiding me?"

Vanessa was stunned and said, "No, why do you say that?"

"I seldom see you after Valentine's Day, and the owls returned all the letters you wrote to you." He spoke quickly, without taking a breath, and stared at her angrily after finishing speaking, " Isn't this hiding from me?"

Vanessa choked, and said after a while: "Not only did I reject your letter, but I also rejected anyone's letter."

"Why?" He sat opposite her with his hands in his pockets. The boy didn't wear school robes, but only a black jacket with a white shirt, tie, and knitted sweater inside. His black hair was hanging by his ears, and his gray eyes were focused. He stared at her intently, his pupils were so clear that she could see every emotion clearly.

That's probably why she always felt so relaxed when she got along with Sirius Black.

"I'm going to prepare for the exam." Vanessa said seriously. "As graduation approached, many strangers wrote to me. I couldn't find time to reply to them, so I simply rejected them all."

...It's an impeccable reason. Of course Sirius knew what those people wanted to do when they wrote to her. He originally wanted to ask questions, but he couldn't continue after she said that, ok, let's change the topic.

"What do you plan to do after graduation." He leaned there bored, with the intention of leaving.

Vanessa looked out the car window. The journey was still long, and it was not impossible to chat. She didn't hate Sirius Black. On the contrary, although the process of their acquaintance was not so beautiful, they always got along very happily.

"I applied for a position as a therapist at St. Mungo's," she said truthfully. "It will probably take a while."

After listening, Sirius nodded and said, "Not bad. After I graduate, I plan to become an Auror, or join the Order of the Phoenix, then..." He slightly raised his eyebrows, and said lazily, "If I get injured in the future, can I Go find you through the back door?"

Vanessa was amused by him again, with a relaxed smile hanging on her beautiful and gentle face, she said softly: "Believe me, you don't need to find me to go through the back door, there will be many beautiful Girls are waiting in line to treat you."

This is absolutely true. Sirius's appearance and status in Hogwarts can be said to be invincible all over the world. Even if he is the famous rebellious son of the Black family, he can't stop the girls from treating him so well. Fascinated by Zhang's handsome face and his style of acting that is different from ordinary people.

Vanessa has seen it before, and even the pure-blood noble ladies in Slytherin, even if they disdain Sirius for entering Gryffindor, they still hang out with bitch and half-blood wizards, but Valentine's Day I secretly sent him chocolates every now and then.

"I don't want them to treat me." Sirius muttered something, but Vanessa didn't hear it clearly, and was about to ask, he changed the subject, coughed lightly, "Then——Albert, We're friends now."

Although it was an ambiguous tone, but at the end, the wording was aggravated, putting on a vicious look that could not be rejected.

Vanessa smiled politely, and said, "If you don't mind my background and college, then, of course, we are friends." Loughton, before Sirius could speak, Vanessa added, "But You should change your mouth, Blake, I have changed my mother's surname after my parents divorced, you can call me Wilson."

She stretched out her hand towards him, and he looked down at her slender, white, seemingly soft hands, and said in a low voice, "Can't I call you Vanessa?"

Vanessa was startled, and immediately said, "Of course, if that's what you want."

Sirius slowly raised his hand, and took hers. Sure enough, her hand was as soft as he imagined. Holding her like this, he felt that because she was about to graduate, the next four grades could no longer be in Huo Gewarz saw that her bad mood eased a lot,

He slowly raised his eyes to look at her face. Across the table, he watched her smiling face, which won her seven consecutive Hogwarts most beautiful girl votes during her schooling. , of course, is not in vain.

When she looks at you intently with a gentle smile on her face, it's hard not to be moved by the smile in her eyes and extraordinary temperament.

Vanessa felt a sudden tightness in her hands, and Sirius pulled her whole body towards the opposite side, across a table, into the arms of a boy nearly four years younger than her.

Although he was younger than her, his embrace was not thin at all, it was hard but with a hint of softness, full of a unique, youthful aura.

Vanessa was stunned, looked up into his eyes, Sirius' eyelashes trembled, stared at her and said, "You can also call me Sirius."

Vanessa didn't know how things had gotten to this point. Before she could say anything, she felt her eyes darken. The boy who was holding her lowered his head and kissed her lips.

Different from the unexpected and mischievous kiss on Halloween last year, he kissed very seriously this time. He bit her lips lightly and kissed her jerky. own position.

During the movement, because of her anxiety, her stomach brushed against the table, causing her a little pain.

Pain is a good thing, pain can make people awake.

Vanessa sat on the seat, fixed her eyes on the boy who kissed her just now, stroked her lips with her fingers, and said in a low voice: "Siris, you..."

She naturally said that she wanted to break up the relationship or refuse, and Sirius didn't intend to let her accept himself so quickly. He didn't give her a chance to speak, and interrupted her: "I will write to you during the summer vacation." After a little pause, he asked her, "Where do you live? Write me the address. If I have time, maybe I will visit you."

His benign tone made him seem like the pompous Blake again, and it made Vanessa a little more comfortable.

"...I'm afraid I can't give you the address for the time being." Vanessa said after a moment of silence, "I should be moving, and I will move soon. I will give you the address when I move to a permanent residence."

What she said was not an excuse, but a real plan to move, so there was no guilt.

Seeing that she was speaking sincerely, Sirius didn't mind. He nodded and stood up and said, "Then I'll go back to James and the others."

He walked to the door and tilted his head, as if waiting for her goodbye.

Vanessa met his eyes for a moment before she understood what he meant, and immediately said: "Oh, of course, go back quickly, don't make them wait too long."

Sirius frowned, dissatisfied with her slow reaction, snorted in disgust, and left angrily.

It doesn't matter, he will have plenty of time to trouble her in the future, even if she graduates, she won't be able to run away, the big deal... Just find a way to get into St. Mungo's, isn't it difficult to get into the hospital?Just get hurt.

Vanessa didn't know what Sirius was thinking at all, she stared at the carriage door for a long time in silence, and then slowly withdrew her gaze, pulling her thoughts back from the scene just now.

As a matter of urgency, she had to think about moving.

She had thought that Lucius would stop her from speaking out, but when she returned to her temporary residence in Wiltshire and told him her thoughts, he unexpectedly nodded.

"In this situation, the current place you live in is indeed a bit eye-catching. I have arranged a new residence for you and Mrs. Wilson. I think..."

Before he finished speaking, Vanessa interrupted him.

"Mr. Malfoy, I have already found a good place to live." He will promise her, she will feel very happy, and if she does not live in his house, she will feel less indebted to him, and the whole person will feel much more relaxed, "If you agree , I should move out in the afternoon."

Through the two-way mirror, Lucius also saw her packing, and he found that she only packed her own luggage, not her mother's.

Sure enough, Vanessa quickly said: "There is something that may bother you. My mother... probably doesn't want to move out with me, I think... if I move out, she can continue to live in the house temporarily." Are you here? I will try to persuade her to agree to leave here as soon as possible."

Of course Lucius wouldn't mind these trivial matters. He had so much land that he couldn't count it, so how could he mind a small house.

But he thought for a while, and still frowned and said: "Whether she wants to or not, that house is not suitable for living any longer. I will arrange another place for her to live in, which is safer."

He is now the most powerful follower of that lord, and there are many eyes staring at him. It is definitely not possible to live in the current house with a sensitive identity like a mother. Vanessa did not object to Lucius' arrangement, she nodded slightly and said: "If you can convince her, all the better."

Lucius didn't know what he thought of, smiled sarcastically, and said after a while: "It's easy to go from poor to rich, but hard to go from rich to poor. If you move from a good place to a better place, there is no People will say no."

Vanessa immediately understood the meaning of his words, but could not refute.

What kind of person is Roxy? She was young and didn't think about it carefully. As for now... she doesn't want to think about it anymore.

While she was thinking, Lucius' reserved and noble voice sounded again in the double-sided mirror, and he said to her, "I'll be there soon."

Vanessa looked over puzzled: "You want to come? Why?" She had to pack up her things and might leave in a while. What is he doing here now?

Lucius didn't answer, and cut off the contact directly. Within a few seconds, Roxy's excited voice sounded from downstairs.

"Ah... Mr. Malfoy, it's you. Here you are."

Vanessa opened the door and went out, stood on the second floor and looked down, listening to her mother's flattering words: "Why did you come here without saying hello, I didn't even prepare anything to entertain you."

Lucius held his cane and pulled Roxy away from too close to him, frowned slightly, and said in a long tone that sounded false at first glance, but could not be faulted: "Don't bother. , ma’am. I’m here to find Vanessa and help her move.”

Roxy was stunned, paused for a while and immediately said: "Moving? No, no! We didn't intend to move, Mr. Malfoy, you must have some misunderstanding."

Vanessa stood on the second floor, seeing her mother's panic and despair, smiled with the corners of her mouth raised, and turned back to her room.

"You misunderstood, ma'am." Lucius really deserves to be a nobleman. He can maintain his gentlemanly and elegant appearance in the face of a woman like Roxie. He smirked, "Vanessa will move to her alone A good house to live in, as for you - I have arranged a better place for you, as Vanessa's mother, I will not treat you badly."

Roxy calmed down slowly, feeling embarrassed by her gaffe just now, she kept nodding in agreement, and when she looked at Lucius again, he had already apparated into Vanessa's room on the second floor.

"All packed?" He glanced at the large and small boxes on the ground and asked casually.

Vanessa nodded, cast a shrinking spell on all the boxes, and put them away one by one.

Lucius opened the door of the closet with his cane, and she didn't take any of the clothes he specially prepared for her.

does not matter.

There will be opportunities for her in the future, so there is no need to make trouble at this time.

"I'll accompany you there."

He finished speaking lightly, and shook Vanessa's hand: "Shallwe?" He looked at her politely and gracefully.

The biggest advantage of graduating is that you can use magic outside of school.

Vanessa and Lucius clasped hands as they Apparated near the house she had found for Christmas.After standing still, she immediately let go of her hand, as if she would never have shaken his hand if it wasn't for the apparation.

Lucius is in a good mood today. She has graduated and will have more time to adjust/teach slowly. He is not in a hurry, so he doesn't care about her.

He frowned, and looked around with some disgust. They stood in a relatively remote place to avoid the attention of Muggles. Vanessa led the way in front. After walking for a long time, they stopped in front of a two-story house. .

This house... is really too small.

Together they were not even a fraction of the size of the drawing room at Malfoy Manor.

When Lucius walked in, he even felt a little bit unable to turn around.

Vanessa put her luggage away, and when she turned her head, she saw Lucius wearing his expensive wizard robe, holding the master's walking stick, frowning, and turning slowly in the small space on the first floor in contradiction. The aggrieved look pleased her, and she couldn't help laughing, attracting Lucius' blaming gaze.

"Damn, this place is too small, if you told me in advance, I would never..."

He expressed his opinion dissatisfiedly, and Vanessa interrupted him in time and said: "I knew you would not agree, so I didn't tell you in advance. In fact, this place is not too small, and there are many rooms. It is enough for me to live alone."

Lucius glanced at her with his gray-blue eyes. After standing for a long time, he calmed down a little and said with a sigh of relief, "Why are you alone?"

Vanessa froze for a moment: "But my mother wouldn't want to live here."

Lucius frowned, staring at her with cold eyes and said, "I will live here."

Vanessa thought she had heard it wrong, so she pulled out her ears vigorously and asked him, "What did you say?"

Lucius simply took out his wand and said loudly to her, "I will live here. Can you hear me clearly now?"

Vanessa looked at him in disbelief: "Are you crazy? You don't live in Malfoy Manor, you want to live here?" She gestured exaggeratedly, "This place is not as big as one tenth of the living room in Malfoy Manor !"

"I'm glad you're aware of this." Lucius' pale face was condensed with subtle displeasure, and he said to her, "From birth to now, I've never lived like this...such..." He suppressed and restrained He said, using the most elegant description, "Such a humble house." He exhaled slowly, and said calmly, "But I will try, at least this is the place you want to live in, so I will try to get used to it." Such a place."

……

Vanessa was going to turn him down.

After they met today, each other