The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

John ultimately failed to defeat Michael and Alice.

After all, what Alice said still makes sense.

He got into the Lopez family's carriage and began his journey.

Alice was in a good mood all the way.

Halfway through, she even happily hummed a tune that John had never heard before.

However, the carriage did not drive to the distant manor that John and Michael had seen before. Instead, it stopped in a wilderness amid the bumps.

After getting off the car, John and Alice looked around for a long time, but still could not find any signs of human activity.

The [Red Loyalty Spell] is so powerful that if there is no address proactively disclosed by the secret keeper, even if the intruder puts his nose against the glass of the living room of the house, he will not find any clues.

"Come on, let's see the 'password' that woman gave me."

As Alice spoke, she took out an invitation letter printed with the Lopez family medal, "Theoretically, this invitation letter can only allow me to enter the Lopez Manor alone, but I have special skills."

A metal box with a grooved opening was taken out by Alice.

There was a chewing sound in the box as the invitation was stuffed into the opening.

Immediately afterwards, a string of writing emerged from the smooth surface of the box.

[...the wilderness three kilometers north of Rhodes Town...]

The writing was fleeting, and the moment John and Alice saw the words clearly, a crack opened in the wilderness.

Immediately afterwards, a huge manor emerged from the crack and was truly revealed in front of the two of them.

It was different from what John had observed previously.

The manor now looked magnificent.

Even though it's late at night, it's as bright as day here.

The huge palace-like building reflects a dazzling light under the illumination of these magic lights.

After John looked carefully for a long time, he discovered that the real source of the glare was the huge gems inlaid on the surface of the building.

In addition, there are a large number of human-shaped bronze statues in the manor, as well as a magic fountain made of pure gold. Clear water spurts out from its spout, forming one after another fancy patterns in the air, and finally falls into the same place below. Inside a pool made of pure gold.

John had to admit it.

This architectural style demonstrates the wealth of the manor owner in the most direct and simple way.

But being wealthy does not mean being noble.

John lived in Malfoy Manor for a while.

Compared to Malfoy Manor, this Lopez Manor is trash.

"The Lopez family is indeed very rich," John looked at the manor in front of him and shook his head slowly. "It's a pity that your stepmother doesn't have any taste."

"That's what it's like for the nouveau riche. But this place is already pretty good. Only when you actually get inside will you understand what it means to be really bad."

Alice said calmly.

She was no longer as cheerful as she had been in the car.

His whole person was cold and cold, and he seemed to be in a very anxious mood, and even his voice softened when he spoke.

And as she said, the situation in the hall of the palace where the countess was located was even worse.

The party was over when John and Alice arrived.

Hours of carnival had already turned this magnificent 'palace' into a mess.

There were food scraps, broken glass, wine bottles, flying musical instruments and other rubbish everywhere.

A dozen alchemy dolls in tuxedos were being packed up in the venue.

And on a luxurious high chair in the deepest part of the 'garbage dump', a luxuriously dressed woman sat slumped.

To be fair, the countess was very pretty.

According to Alice's introduction, the countess should be at least in her 30s.

But now she still maintains the face of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, and her face is pure. In terms of appearance alone, she is comparable to Alice.

However, at this moment, the heavy makeup on her face that was somewhat worn away, the tiredness after a drunken carnival, and the uninhibited sitting posture ruined this beauty.

"It's coming! It's coming! The little monster is back!"

A white parrot suddenly screamed and landed on the countess' shoulder.

John could notice that Alice's expression became extremely ugly at this moment.

And this movement also woke up the countess who was half asleep.

She straightened up slightly, her eyes full of disgust swept over Alice, and finally fell on John.

"Stranger, who are you?"

the countess spoke softly.

Her voice was also very nice, but it was mixed with a strong unkindness.

John glanced at Alice and saw that she had her head lowered and her fists clenched tightly, so he said to himself:

"Dear Countess, I am Alice's classmate in Slytherin, John Shafik."

"Shafiq? Slytherin?"

As if she had remembered something, the countess finally sat up straight and her voice became softer. "So, you are a member of the Shafiq family? The Shafiq family, one of the 28 sacred families?"

"Unfortunately, it's not the case." John said neither humble nor arrogant, "I just happen to have the last name Shafiq."

"Oh - it turns out it's a fake."

The countess slumped back, and her eyes instantly turned contemptuous, "Little monster, is this the boyfriend you're looking for? I remember you went to Hogwarts for just one semester, right?"

Alice didn't speak, and the countess obviously didn't care, so she continued:

"Your taste in choosing men is as bad as your mother's, and you found such a piece of trash. Hmm - he's still a Mudblood, right?"

John squinted his eyes slightly.

The Countess before her made little concealment of their malice.

This made the magic power in John's body already a little bit ready to move.

But at this moment, Alice grabbed his arm and signaled him not to do anything.

Such an action could not escape the countess's eyes.

She smiled contemptuously and waved her hands:

"Since you are a guest, let's stay here first. After all, he is not the only one who eats in this manor. Take them down. I don't want to see these two disgusting faces again today!"

As soon as the Countess finished speaking, the white parrot on her shoulder flew to John and Alice, leading John into a corridor lined with various humanoid armor decorations on both sides, and walked towards the guest room.

Alice also walked beside him.

"Little monster's classmate! Come here! Little monster's classmate!"

The white parrot's voice was shrill.

Every time it screamed, John could feel Alice's mood getting worse beside him.

The situation didn't get better until we arrived in the guest room and the white parrot flew away.

Alice took a deep breath, looked at John with her already red eyes and said:

"Trouble, that woman is so ignorant that she doesn't even read the Daily Prophet! She didn't even recognize you! If this continues, we won't be able to get an invitation to the goblin dinner!"

Alice's emotions were obviously extremely excited.

She was trembling all over now, not only because of anger, but also fear.

John really didn't expect that Alice, who was usually elegant and crazy at Hogwarts, would look like a doormat when she returned home.

"Actually, you don't have to worry at all," John smiled and shook his head. "She doesn't know, her guests always know. No matter what happens, Michael will cooperate with us. Sooner or later, she will regret what happened today. So, hurry up Go back and rest.”

"You're right."

Alice said softly, but the expression on her face did not improve at all.

At the same time, in the palace auditorium.

The Countess, who had been awakened by John and Alice, opened a bottle of champagne instead of going back to sleep.

She drank sip after sip, her eyes falling on a piece of parchment.

This is the guest list for the next ordinary banquet.

Although there will be no goblins present, there are many surnames on this list.

It includes almost all the pure-blood wizard families in the entire country.

The Countess' long-nailed fingers slid across the paper and finally stopped on [Malfoy].

"The top pure-blood family in the country—"

The countess murmured as if dreaming, "Do you think they will be willing to come to the banquet?"

"Unfaithful countrymen! Unfaithful countrymen!"

screamed the white parrot.

The Countess laughed when she heard this.

"You are right. The Malfoy family was also a fellow countryman in France thousands of years ago. As for being disloyal...haha! As long as you give them enough money, this is not a big problem."

As she spoke, the countess snapped her fingers and said, "Go and send out invitations! Also, add some big gifts to the invitation to the Malfoy family this time!"

As her voice echoed in the hall, the white parrot grabbed a package himself and flew out of the hall.