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Of course, Regulus planned to see what was hidden in the Lestrange family's vault, so Bella risked being recognized and wanted to check it out.

But Cresway obviously didn't need to know about the plan.

So Regulus concealed it lightly: "I don't even dare to think about something that no one has done for centuries."

"I might believe what others say, but you...hey, hasn't the secret room been discovered by no one for centuries?" Creswell said with a smirk, "Actually, if there is nothing stored in the vault, It wouldn't be hard to break in. They say the empty vaults have minimal security, about the same as Filch's broom shed."

"But no one would be so bored as to break into an empty vault," Regulus said. "Risk the door locked by goblins just to prove that Gringotts is not infallible?"

"That's true." Cresway said with some disappointment, "Sigh... It seems that their record of zero theft will be maintained for a few more years."

As the game progressed, the mood in the box gradually became heated. Tiberus McLaggen made no secret of his identity as an avid Quidditch fan and shouted loudly for every goal scored by the Holy Skull Island Harpies. Cheers, and every time Puddlemere United scored was accompanied by a rude expletive from him.

In contrast, Lucius Malfoy maintained his usual elegant demeanor.

Sitting next to him was a brown-haired wizard who looked frail. The two watched the game quietly, exchanging words from time to time.

Regulus remembered that the wizard's surname was Bobin, and his family ran a large chain pharmacy. The medicines produced by his family could even be purchased on the European continent.

"It seems that Bobin Pharmaceuticals will soon have a new shareholder." Cresway followed Regulus's gaze and saw Lucius and the two of them, and sighed, "In terms of making money, the people in this room like us Taken together, I'm afraid they are not as good as Lucius... What does that say? 'You will never see a Malfoy family at a crime scene, even if the wand that committed the crime is covered with their fingerprints '. I also want to sit at home, sleep until nine o'clock every day, and still have countless gold galleons to spend... Oh, can you understand me?"

After saying that, Cresway shook his head funnyly and took a big sip of mead.

"If he really just sat at home and ate and slept every day, he would have ruined his family fortune long ago." Regulus thought of the Gaunt family he saw in Dumbledore's pensieve. "Since you and The goblins in Gringotts are very close, so you should know how many vaults there are now empty."

"Just kidding..." Cresway laughed dryly, and the two of them tacitly changed the topic to the game.

A wizard like Cresswell, who was born in a Muggle family, did not know much about the history of the Malfoy family.

Although the Malfoy family has always flaunted its noble status as a pure-blood family and adopted a hostile and contemptuous attitude towards Muggles, wizarding families like the Black family, which are also ancient and have a long history, all know where the Malfoy family's original wealth came from. Come.

Because in that era when the "Law of Secrecy" did not exist, the fortune-making process of wizard families was similar.

As early as the Norman Conquest nearly a thousand years ago, wizards occupied an important position in the Muggle government due to the needs of war. The ancestors of the Malfoy family keenly grasped this.Armand Malfoy, the first member of the Malfoy family on the British Isles, had close ties with the Muggle royal family and did a lot for William I, so he was rewarded. The Malfoy Manor, now located in Wiltshire, is It was built on the basis of the fiefdom obtained at that time.

After gaining power and wealth, the Malfoy family quickly relied on these foundations to establish the belief in pure-blood supremacy, and then continued to absorb more wealth and power through a carefully managed network of contacts. This process has continued for more than 600 years. On the one hand, , the Malfoy family uses various means to continuously annex Muggle lands around their fiefdom, and expand their family's already large estate; on the other hand, some of them have studied Muggle economy members, and also successfully got involved in Muggle currency and assets. As a result, the Malfoy family's wealth expanded rapidly.

By the time the International Statute of Secrecy of Wizards was passed in 1692, the Malfoy family had become involved with the entire British Muggle upper class and had secretly accumulated a considerable amount of property.

The emergence of the "Secrecy Act" forced them to cut off ties with those Muggle families they had cooperated with, and they were forced to deny in public that they had ever had close contacts with those families.This process continued for generations, with members of the Malfoy family having to secretly watch those who wrote the history of magic to pay attention to their descriptions in the books.

As time went by, some information about the close contacts between the Malfoy family and the Muggle world was gradually forgotten by people, and their image in the wizarding world gradually changed into what people see now: pure-blood supremacy, hating Muggles.

But there are some things that cannot be erased from history. There is sufficient evidence to show that Lucius Malfoy I was once a suitor of Queen Elizabeth I of England, but in the end the old Lucius failed to get his wish and has held a grudge ever since. mind.

According to the consensus of many wizarding historians, Elizabeth I never married after that because of the curse placed on her by Lucius Malfoy Sr., who was rejected.

It can be seen from this that unlike other radical and determined supporters of pure-blood supremacy, the pure-bloodism of the Malfoy family is more rational.

In most cases, they value the purity of their family bloodline, but unlike the Black family and the Gunter family, they are not willing to choose incest marriage in order to maintain "purity". If necessary, they will choose to accept mixed-race marriages. Wizards would intermarry, and those wizards would also be included in the Malfoy family tree.

Because the Malfoy family has always had strong financial resources and power, they have not lost the respect from other pure-blood wizarding families.

In the book "Born Noble: Wizarding Genealogy", the Malfoy family is described in this way: they have completely independent wealth, they do not need to work to maintain their lives, they usually play the role of real power behind the throne, and they are happy to see Others work like donkeys or take responsibility for failure.They finance the campaigns of their preferred candidates and use money to undermine their opponents.

Just like what the current head of the family, Lucius Malfoy, did.

The game became intense. As the Holy Skull Island Harpies scored consecutively, Puddlemere United had to request a timeout in an attempt to stabilize the situation on the field.

Regulus took the opportunity to get rid of Cresway, who didn't understand football but was surprised, in the name of going to the toilet.

At the door of the bathroom, he met Lucius.

"What a coincidence, you come to the toilet too?"

"I just came to tell you something casually. I saw you were so engrossed in the chat just now, so I didn't speak." Lucius lowered his voice and said, "Listen... Fudge agreed to my proposal and hoped that the Auror Office Come and deal with it, this matter will be officially put on the agenda in two days at the latest."

"This is a wise choice for him." Regulus nodded, "I will be prepared, thank you."

Fudge couldn't openly disobey Lucius Malfoy's will. After all, he needed to rely on the power and status of the Malfoy family, but he knew deep down that this matter was of little significance to him and was only for others. Make a wedding dress.

So he chose to let the Auror Office, headed by his potential political rival Rufus Scrimgeour, deal with the problem.

In Fudge's view, being able to deal with Lucius Malfoy on the surface and dumping trouble on Scrimgeour was killing two birds with one stone.

"You know, I don't have a close relationship with Rufus Scrimgeour. On the contrary, they..." Lucius glanced at Tiberus McLaggen and Betty McLaggen who were talking loudly about the game at the door of the box. Higgs, with a somewhat bored expression, said, "Maybe there's only so much I can do in this matter."

"That's enough..." Regulus said softly, recalling the few times he saw Scrimgeour, "From my limited understanding of Scrimgeour, this person should be considered a hardliner and likes to use A more direct way to solve the problem might make things easier..."

"In that case, I wish you good luck." Lucius showed his "polite" smile, turned around and walked into the box.

As soon as he left, a wizard with a broad forehead, a high nose, and a mustache filled the gap and came closer to Regulus.

The wizard was not tall and wore glasses, and his overall image looked a bit uncoordinated.

"Mr. Black, nice to meet you... I am Elder Walpole, a little-known writer." The wizard said in an attentive tone, and stretched out a hand, "If you have read my book, I I would feel very honored..."

Regulus stretched out his hand and shook Walpole's hand. He had indeed never heard of this person before.

After shaking hands, Worple took out a thick book from somewhere and handed it to Regulus.

The title of the book is "Blood Brothers: My Life as a Vampire," and the cover shows Walpole himself and a tall, thin, pale vampire with thick dark circles under his eyes.

Because of the example of Gilderoy Lockhart, Regulus had a preconceived distrust of such best-selling authors. He said with some hesitation: "This is..."

"My humble work, I hope Mr. Black can accept this gift." Walpole said quite proudly, "In order to study vampires, I lived with them for several years, and finally wrote this book. Maybe this is the reason now The most detailed and realistic book about vampires available on the market."

Regulus took the thick book doubtfully and turned to the first page. There was a signature and a message written by Walpole, and the preface of the book was written by Slughorn himself.

After flipping through a few pages, Regulus believed that judging from the table of contents and preface, the credibility of this book should be much more reliable than Lockhart's "Traveling with Vampires". It seemed that this book Ed Walple was indeed a practical man.

According to Lockhart's description in the book, the vampire in it only ate turnips and lettuce after being inspired by Lockhart's personality.

In order to avoid giving students the illusion that vampires can change their feeding habits, Regulus had to emphasize to the seventh-grade students one by one in last year's class that the complex in those stories was purely an exaggeration after artistic processing, and must not be Do it or your life will be in danger.

"It looks wonderful... vampires... magical species, but we really don't know much about them..." Regulus put the book away and smiled politely, "A great gift, thank you."

"I have a vampire friend named Bloody... but he's not very interested in Quidditch, so I didn't bring him here with me today..." Walpole also looked surprised when he saw Regulus accepting his book. Very happy, "In fact, except for the girl's blood, he is not much interested in anything..."

After a few polite words, Regulus was about to return to his seat to continue watching the game, but was stopped by Walple.

"Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"In fact, I came to this party specifically to discuss something with you, Mr. Black... You are indeed as humble and low-key as the legend says..." Walple pushed up his glasses, "But I took the liberty of saying I think you should probably increase your visibility a little bit, you may not know how much people will want to know more about you after you kill the basilisk!"

Regulus was secretly amused. Walpole's rhetoric was exactly the same excuse he used to convince Lucius two days ago.

"So, you're going to write a biography of me?" Regulus asked.

"Of course! To be honest... I noticed it last year when the report about you and your brother was first published in the Daily Prophet." Walple spoke too hastily and seemed a little incoherent. But...forgive me, you shouldn't speak ill of others behind their backs...but the rubbish written by Rita Skeeter...well, let's put it this way, you need a comprehensive, in-depth biography to correct everyone. The stereotype that has been formed..."

"Sounds good." Regulus declined politely, "But considering my age, it's probably not time to write a biography."

"Many wizards younger than you have written biographies!" Walpole continued to persuade without giving up. "If you are worried about it affecting your life, don't worry. I only need a few interviews of about three or four hours. After obtaining some necessary information, the book can be written in about half a year..."

But the answer was still no.

"Can you tell me your reason?" Walpole could only ask.

"Because the really exciting part hasn't started yet, and I don't want what you spent several months writing to be just a very long prologue." Regulus said with a smile, "But I can guarantee that when you wait for me, When the day does come to write a biography, you’ll be the first to hear.”

"I look forward to the day when I hear from you!" Walpole hid his disappointment well. "Maybe when you change your mind, I'll be there."