Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 92 Family Meeting
Summer vacation in July.

The scorching summer can easily make people feel lazy.

Lucius was very satisfied with the performance of the two brothers last semester. Needless to say, Schelling was Draco—his academic performance has improved a lot, and he has also become a hero of the Slytherin Quidditch team. Severus also said that Draco will be the next Quidditch captain!You know, Quidditch captains are usually chosen from among students in grades 5 to 7, so Draco's achievements are enough to make the whole family proud of him.

So this summer vacation, Lucius was a lot more tolerant to the two brothers.As for Narcissa?She loves her son no matter what he is.

Knowing that he would be captain, Draco spent most of the summer practicing Quidditch and discussing new tactics with Graham Montague and Cassius Warrington.

With Marcus Flint and two half-hitters graduating this coming term, the team needs to absorb three new players.In the original, Montague, as captain, brought Delian Puse back to the team to replace Marcus as Chaser, and then used Gore and Crabbe to replace the two batsmen.

However, the ambitious Draco didn't think so. He believed that a rough style of play that relied too much on size and fouls was not in line with his noble personality as the captain, especially when the entire team was equipped with advanced brooms.

He set his sights on Frank Urquhart and Steven Wassey, who were a year younger than him. Although these two men looked thin and inconspicuous, they had amazing arms and were suitable for training as batsmen.

(Note: Urquhart and Vasai are the characters in the original work, and the author just gave them names. Among them, Urquhart became the captain in 1996, and he hurt Harry's palm when he shook hands with Harry, which shows that he was very strong)
During the rest of the time, he just hid in the room mysteriously, not letting others know what he was up to.

Schelling already knew that he was secretly communicating with Pansy, but he just chose not to reveal it.Xie Lin is happy with the matter between her brother and Pan Xi. Pan Xi has indeed restrained a lot since last semester. This is not only reflected in her character, but also her appearance has gradually revealed a ladylike and elegant temperament.

Montague and Warrington actually wanted to make friends with Schelling. Their backgrounds were not noble, and their families could not help them go further in society. It was obviously a good choice to attach themselves to the powerful Malfoy family.However, Schelling seldom appeared in the common room, and almost no one could grasp his whereabouts, and Draco, who was also a Quidditch player, naturally became the object of their clinging.

Fortunately, Draco's performance was not too bad, and I heard that he has been selected as the next captain by default.In terms of prestige alone, he may not be able to compare with Schelling, but he can be regarded as the number one figure in Hogwarts. If Pansy, Goyle, and Crabbe are counted, Draco already has five followers, which can be said to be sitting on a core team that is not weak. (Author: It's just that the appearance is not good enough)

Schelling has been very busy this summer.

He went to Gringotts on the first day of summer vacation.

He used Sirius' vault code to enter vault No. 711 openly.Although Sirius was banished from the Black family, his coffers still contained what looked like a hill of Galleons, bequeathed to him by his uncle, Alphard Black.

According to the records in the account book, there are close to 2 Galleons in it. No wonder he can be so bold as to give Harry a Firebolt, and even with Sirius’s squandering, when Harry inherits the inheritance after his death, the original book describes that there is still "a large sum of gold" in his treasury.

Gringotts may have very strict defense measures for illegal intrusion, frontal robbery or stealth, but the administrative process for identity verification and illegal extraction is very loose.In the original book, Sirius, who is a wanted criminal, only needs a letter (with a code attached to it) to allow the Firebolt seller to go to his vault to extract Galleons, which is really unbelievable to Schelling.

But, that's fine too.

The Garen in Vault 711 belongs to Schelling!At this time, Sirius was still a wanted criminal, and he had no way to check his own vault.

This also shows from the side that the IQ of Voldemort, Quirrell and others, when facing the defense of Gringotts, they only know how to use magic and tyrannical means to break through, and they don't know how to change things at all...

This is not surprising at all. Schelling has already discovered that most wizards have this common problem—they are not stupid, but rely too much on magic to solve problems, and they don't know anything about logic, analysis, strategy and other problem-solving skills.

[2 Galleons won! 】

Regarding the matter of stealing Black's treasury, Schelling did not have any psychological burden. In his opinion, the money originally belonged to the Black family. Rather than end up in the hands of the stranger Harry, he might as well take it as his own. At least a quarter of Black's blood still flows through him.

Schelling earned a lot of money by selling products in the Forbidden Forest last semester, and the publishing house and the broomstick company also paid him a considerable amount of dividends. Now his net worth is close to 3 Galleons, which is enough to be regarded as a rich man in the wizarding world.It can be said that youth, romance, and wealth are all taken up by him.

Schelling never thought money was too much.

As for the Philosopher's Stone?Schelling did have the Midas touch, but he had no intention of using it.

First of all, the value of gold in the magic world is not too high. After all, it is not difficult for a wizard to get gold from Muggles. Gallon is actually not pure gold, but made of magic metal smelted by the goblin's unique metal forging technology.

There are three known magical metals: black gold, mithril, and red copper.

Among them, Ugin is the most well-known, and its characteristics are hard and difficult to dissolve. The "Indestructible Helmet" given to the giants in Jin Gallon and the original book is made of Ugin; Mithril is highly malleable, and it is used to cast Silver Sickle and "Gryffindor Sword"; the lightest red copper is used to cast Copper Nat and Firebolt.

In his previous life, Schelling often complained about the bugs in the exchange rate between galleons and pounds in the original book. The value of wizard currency is lower than that of pure gold in the 90s. Muggle parents can exchange British pounds for Galleons, and then go to a Muggle gold shop to exchange Galleons for British pounds at the exchange rate of gold, and do this repeatedly... Schelling has even heard of a well-known fan novel using the exchange rate to try to impact the Gringotts financial system.

In this life, he realized that the Galleon was not made of pure gold. The goblin added other magic materials during the forging process. In addition to preventing counterfeiting, it also made the gold coins indestructible or insoluble, just like the "indestructible helmet".Of course, gold, as the main raw material for coinage, still has considerable value.

Another reason why Schelling didn't want to use the Philosopher's Stone was that he didn't want to reveal the secret of his possession of the Philosopher's Stone-a large amount of gold pouring into the market would easily attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic and some interested people, which Schelling tried to avoid.

With such a large sum of money, he certainly would not foolishly put it aside.He intends to invest it.

What he saw was a company called "Artificial Cultured Mushroom Trading Company", which is a herbal medicine trading company specializing in the cultivation of magic mushrooms, and also conducts international trade in herbal medicines.

(Note: The name of this company comes from the fifth part of the original book. It was included in the various recruitment brochures received by the little wizards during the employment consultation. People's News Agency translated it as "fungus planting industry", but this is actually a company, not an industry)
Schelling couldn't do it himself, and one morning, while the family was having breakfast at the table, he told Lucius what he wanted to do.

Lucius frowned. This is not a small handicraft workshop like the Ellerby and Badmore broom companies. Such an international company is worth a lot, and a market value of tens of thousands is possible. What's more, Schelling proposed a full acquisition, not a partnership.

He couldn't help asking: "Xie Lin, Dad knows that you have worked hard for the family these few years, and your performance has not disappointed Dad, but are you a little too hasty? The family is not short of money, and you are still so young. It is a good thing to know how to invest, but not necessarily greedy and aggressive."

Xie Lin also guessed that things were not that easy. After thinking about it, it was time to confess part of the truth to his parents.

"Father, I won't hide it from you until now, the Dark Lord is coming back soon."

Lucius' pupils shrank slightly, and the hands under the stage shook slightly; Narcissa covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes were full of panic; Draco opened his mouth wide, even knocking over the glass full of milk without realizing it.

Lucius tried to be calm, but his expression was not too bad, "How did you know that?"

"In the last semester, there was a Death Eater in the school. He was Peter Pettigrew. What happened back then was that he framed Black. Black went to Hogwarts to find revenge on him, and finally let him escape. Only Dumbledore, Black, Lupine, and Potter knew about this, but I eavesdropped on it in some way. The really serious thing is that Harry also got a prophecy, which said that Pettigrew will go find the Dark Lord and help him make a comeback. Do you understand what it means? ?”

Narcissa interjected: "It's just a prophecy... Maybe the old man with the white beard is wrong? You must know that most of the so-called prophets are liars."

"That's not necessarily the case. What if—" Sherin smiled slightly and replied confidently: "What if this prophet predicted the failure of the Dark Lord and the rise of Potter?"

Having said that, Lucius and Narcissa shut up.The two of them knew that Voldemort was not dead, and the Mark of the Dark Lord on Lucius' arm clearly showed this.

"Wait a minute!" Draco interrupted loudly, "I don't understand, wouldn't the return of the Dark Lord be a good thing? Just to clean up those Mudbloods who insulted the blood of wizards again! Wouldn't our pure-blood family return to the pinnacle of power?"

Xie Lin stared at Draco seriously: "Believe me, brother, whether it's this family or other pure-blood families, most people don't want the Dark Lord to return."

Draco worshiped the Dark Lord since he was a child, and fantasized about the days when pure-blood families ruled over Muggles and half-blood wizards. Sherin's words at this moment undoubtedly pierced his heart severely.

"Impossible! You are talking nonsense! Dad, Mom, tell me, is what my brother said true?" Draco's eyes flashed a panic, he felt his heart beating suddenly, and he had to pant for breath to recover after saying this short sentence.

Lucius' expression was very complicated. In fact, his mind was in chaos like paste.

He knew what Schelling said was right, and he really didn't feel very happy about the Dark Lord's return. The last time under the leadership of the Dark Lord, the pure-blood family's vitality was seriously damaged, and the Lestrange, Black, and Rochell families almost disappeared. If he was not smart enough, it is estimated that the thin Malfoy family would also become history.

He forcibly put aside distracting thoughts and looked at Draco with pity, "Draco, things are not as simple as you think."

"At the beginning, the pure blood family chose to support the Dark Lord only because the Dark Lord could help us establish a wizarding world where pure blood is supreme. However, the Dark Lord himself acted too extreme and killed too much, which aroused more resistance... Think about it. Originally, we only needed a deterrent, so that those mudbloods and half-bloods would not dare to resist.

"In the final analysis, the fundamental purpose of the Dark Lord and most of our pure-blood families is different! The Dark Lord wants to completely cleanse all Muggle blood, so that his prestige can forever shock the wizarding world... Our goal is to establish a system of pure-blood supremacy, so that half-blood and Muggle wizards become our vassals, rather than exterminating them all."

Narcissa walked over, gently hugged Draco into her arms, and said softly: "Child, you are still too young, these things should not be borne by you..."

Schelling said: "Mother, please don't treat us like children anymore. Let's just say that after the Dark Lord's downfall, our Malfoy family, Avery, Nott, Carlo, etc., all chose to betray him. Not only did we leave our relationship with the Death Eaters clean, we lived happily ever after, and we never tried to find the Dark Lord and help him. What do you think the Dark Lord will think of us pure-blood families?"

When Lucius heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he seemed to wake up suddenly. A shrewd look flashed in his eyes, and he thought in his heart that he was deluded by the authorities. His son chose to tell him this at this time, obviously he was prepared. Instead of worrying about distress, why didn't he just ask his son for a solution?

Thinking of this, he looked at Xie Lin with meaningful eyes, "So - Xie Lin, what do you think our Malfoy family should do?"

　When reading the fifth part of the original book, the author always has the feeling that Draco is the leader of the "Senior Inspector Team".Obviously Montague and Warrington in the Inspectorate are both older, 2 grades higher.In this book, it is set that the two chose to attach themselves to Draco because of their weak family.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)