Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse

Chapter 40 Lucius’ confusion

"The Malfoy family once stood on Voldemort's side, so even though we are both pure-blooded Slytherin families, the relationship between our two families is not very good and we have little contact. And even without this relationship, we are probably They don't get along either - although it's rude to talk behind the scenes, I have to say that this family has done very few decent things in history..."

"Their family's manor mainly cultivates various herbs and magic wood. Although the quality is generally not as good as the Hogwarts greenhouse and the Ollivander family, it can be considered a unique advantage..."

Two days later, in the Shafik Manor, Baron, wearing a decent formal suit, was whispering to Avada Coop about the general situation of the Malfoy family. The Shafiq couple were also sitting upright in the living room, with old Charlie standing next to them. There is another house elf that Avada doesn't know - although the two families have never had any contact, the relationship is not "bad". Moreover, this time he came with a business opportunity, so you should respect those who should be respected.

Finally, the doorbell rang. Old Charlie waved his hand, and the two doors opened, revealing three figures behind them:

The leading middle-aged man was thin and pale, with long pale blond hair. He also held a cane decorated with a snake head in his hand and had a smile on his face. He was Lucius Malfoy. To his right stood the tall Narcissa Malfoy, and the blond child with slicked back hair that Narcissa was holding was naturally Draco Malfoy.

Avada sighed secretly in her heart: At this time, the Malfoy couple were dressed solemnly, behaved appropriately, and had comfortable and gentle smiles on their faces, completely without the annoying look in the original work. Even Draco Malfoy stood still and didn't move. He just looked at everything around him curiously.

This made him feel a little ridiculous: Lucius in the original book even looked coldly on Dumbledore, and sometimes even made trouble - Voldemort had not yet been resurrected at that time.

With emotion in his heart, he stood up together with Shafiq's family, but he did not greet them like them, he just took two steps forward.

"Long time no see, Mr. Malfoy, it's been such a long time - when was the last time we met?" Mr. Shafiq walked up with a smile and shook hands with Lucius.

"The last time we met...it was in the trial court. At that time, I was still facing the accusation of being a Death Eater. You were a member of the jury and witnessed my innocence in the end."

Lucius responded gently while showing a look of reminiscence: "Until now, I don't want to think back to that time: being controlled by the Imperius Curse, being in a state of confusion all day long, and making people mad every moment. Whispering in my ears. But when I finally woke up, I was surrounded by Aurors, pointing wands at me, saying I was a Death Eater..."

"Oh, sorry, I was a little distracted. Let me introduce you. This is my wife, Narcissa Malfoy; this is my son..."

He patted Draco on the back and motioned for him to come forward: "Draco Malfoy, who is about to enter Hogwarts this year...Draco, say hello to Mr. Shafik."

"Hello, Mr. Shafik!" Draco bowed stiffly, but his tone was very respectful.

"Good boy."

Mr. Shafiq patted his shoulder and turned to look at his wife and son: "This is my wife Joan Shafiq, and this is my son Baron..."

"This Baron is number one in the grade. You have to ask him for advice."

Lucius said something to Draco, which bought him a lot of "praise and reward" time.

"This is Ken, Baron's friend at Hogwarts. He has been a guest at my house these days and will also go to Diagon Alley with us." Mr. Shafik turned around and waved to Avada. He also came up to greet the Malfoy family.

"Ken?"

After Avada said hello, Lucius had a puzzled look in his eyes: "Only one name?"

"It's best not to ask for his real name, Mr. Malfoy."

Mr. Shafik's face suddenly became serious, while Mrs. Shafiq and Baron behind him lowered their heads - for fear of being seen to be suppressing laughter.

"Why is this?" Lucius asked.

"His name is a taboo, a taboo that even Dumbledore would avoid."

Mr. Shafik frowned and spoke very softly, as if he was afraid of disturbing something: "This name once caused a bloody storm in the wizarding world. At that time, Dumbledore was personally responsible for Ken's admission process, and strictly followed him after he enrolled. Withholding his real name...trust me, Mr. Malfoy, you don't want to hear that name."

"No one wants to hear that name."

Avada:…

He thought about these words for a long time, and then he was surprised to find that none of them were false. Mr. Shafiq perfectly followed the noble virtue of honesty.

Lucius took a deep look at Avada, said nothing, and continued to talk and laugh freely with Mr. Shafiq.

Little did he know, his palms were already covered in cold sweat.

He knew that both Dumbledore and the Shafik family in front of him were famously tough, and there was almost nothing that would make them taboo - they could even hang the name of the Dark Lord without hesitation. On the lips!

A name that once caused a bloody storm in the wizarding world, a name that would make Dumbledore feel taboo, and no one wants to hear it...

'No wonder...'

Lucius sighed in his heart: 'I didn't expect that besides Harry Potter, there would be such a person in Hogwarts...'

‘I just don’t know, when did that person have descendants? ’

"So...Ken, which college are you from?" Lucius leaned down and asked kindly, his voice was very soft.

"...Hufflepuff."

"Hufflepuff?" Lucius was very surprised - this was a little different from what he had imagined, but after thinking about it, he felt it made sense.

'Well, yes, Dumbledore must have arranged his life from childhood to adulthood and changed his character in order to erase as much of that person's traces as possible...'

"It turns out it's Hufflepuff. Well, it's a good college..." Lucius, after desperately recalling Gryffindor in his mind, finally praised Hufflepuff: "That person thinks it's so..." Is Gwartz’s study stressful? Will he encounter any difficulties?”

"Uh... not bad, it's all pretty simple."

Avada looked at the changes in Lucius's mental power that showed the curve of "shock - understanding - shock - understanding - testing", and combined with Mr. Shafik's honest words, she could probably guess What is he thinking now.

Mr. Shafiq vented his anger on him in advance, and Awada also believed that such a mysterious and pointed statement could save him a lot of trouble - at least Lucius would definitely warn his son not to provoke him, so that The bad-tempered Draco Malfoy wouldn't have been a problem for him at school.

As for who Lucius would think of, Grindelwald or someone else... let him guess.

"Ken almost won the first place in his class."

Mr. Shafiq said with a smile: "He only unfortunately answered one question wrong in the astronomy exam, and one point was deducted. Otherwise, he would have been tied for first place with Baron."

'As expected, it seems that he has inherited that talent. No wonder Dumbledore attaches so much importance to it...'

Lucius became more and more sure of his guess, and then he smiled kindly and said: "It's amazing, and I'm also very happy that Draco can have two such outstanding seniors after enrolling - Draco, you can You should learn from Baron and Ken."

"I got it, Dad."

Draco nodded confused. Although he also knew that being first in grade and almost first in grade was a big deal, he always felt that his father's behavior just now was a bit strange.

For example, he had always looked down on Hufflepuff, but just now he praised Hufflepuff for the first time; for example, when he asked "Ken" a question before, he seemed a little nervous...

What is his background? Could it be more noble than the noble Malfoy family?

"Well, Mr. Malfoy, it's almost time. How about we go to Diagon Alley together now? I can show you the new broomstick display just in time."

Mr. Shafiq asked with a smile, and Lucius nodded in agreement: "I can't wait."

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