Harry Potter: Glory Bows to Me

After Barty Jr.'s wand slipped from his hand, the Aurors surrounding him quickly fired a petrification spell at him.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

Instantly, two or three spells were cast at Little Batty.

Little Barty was still petrified with a shocked expression on his face.

Draco did not hesitate and immediately broke free from the petrified Barty's arms and rushed towards Lucius.

Lucius opened his arms in relief.

"Xiaolong! Come here quickly."

As he shouted at Draco, he kept a vigilant eye on Little Barty behind Draco to prevent him from making any sudden attacks again.

Unfortunately, the petrified little Batty had no way to save himself.

At this time, the Aurors also rushed up together.

They first tied up little Barty with ropes cast with a strengthening spell, and then used potion to free him from the petrification spell.

After the Ministry of Magic fed him the antidote to Polyjuice Potion, Barty Jr. gradually revealed his true appearance.

When he turned back into a man, he was still wearing Narcissa's dress, which was so tight that he looked particularly funny.

After seeing his appearance, almost everyone gasped.

Many people recognized his appearance, but still couldn't believe it.

It's not because he is ugly.

In any case, even though he looked gloomy and cold, it was undeniable that he was a handsome man.

But... almost everyone believed that he had died in Azkaban ten years ago.

"Really...really Little Barty?!"

"Little Barty is really still alive? How is that possible... Then what happened to the body that the Ministry of Magic handed over?"

"How on earth did he get out of Azkaban?"

There were screams, gasps, and incredible discussions all around.

Even the Aurors who had already known the identity of the wanted person were somewhat incredulous.

Except for one thing that surprised all the guests: after all, this young man who had long been confirmed dead in Azkaban and was sent to be buried by the Ministry of Magic himself - was now standing here alive.

Moreover, he was well-known for his intelligence and excellence when he was in school.

When he was a Death Eater, he was also one of Voldemort's right-hand men.

Today, when so many Aurors had been busy for most of the day and had yet to come to a conclusion, his identity was so easily exposed by a first-year girl at Hogwarts.

Amanta felt that the looks that were now being cast upon her had subtly changed somewhat from the previous tentative and doubtful expressions.

Several people looked at her with obvious admiration and emotion.

However, even though the Aurors were extremely shocked by this incident, they remained as dedicated as ever.

They used as many spells as possible to restrain Barty Jr.'s body and force him to reveal where Narcissa was hiding.

Right now, the most important thing is Lady Narcissa's safety.

After all… For example, how did little Barty escape from prison? How did he hide all these years? ——These things that are still unknown must be a long story, and they will have other ways to make him talk later.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Barty Jr. was still unwilling to reveal where Narcissa was hidden.

He looked at Lucius and his son viciously, his eyes flushed bloodshot.

"Traitorous Malfoys! You will be punished! I will come back - and so will Lord Voldemort!"

Lucius just frowned in disgust.

What happened today unknowingly caused some subtle changes in his mentality.

Although he still respects the principle of pure-blood supremacy, he can't help but doubt his youthful arrogance and naivety. Was it really right for him to blindly follow Voldemort?

Although everything about Voldemort was in perfect agreement with everything he admired.

For example, pure-blood supremacy, for example, direct descendants of Slytherin.

But following him... doesn't seem to bring much benefit.

When he followed Voldemort, although he often did evil things and made wizards tremble in fear wherever he went, he would sometimes hold some activities, such as wantonly torturing Muggles and Muggle-born wizards, which made him feel the joy of being powerful and doing whatever he wanted.

But as time passed, he would occasionally recall the painful and pleading looks in the eyes of those Muggle-born classmates when they were tortured by the Cruciatus Curse.

Lucius was never willing to admit it.

Because he has always hated them the most.

But their gazes followed him everywhere, sometimes filling his entire dreams, forcing him to wander back to the painful and tangled past.

So, although he still hated Muggles and Muggle-born wizards.

But if he had to do it again, he wouldn't want to be involved in these things again.

Maybe it is just like in the eyes of Muggles, killing a pig or a chicken, or even beating a dog to death, which are all common things. But many people get together, torture and kill a pig or a chicken, scald their skin with boiling water, pull out their internal organs, and laugh crazily...

In the eyes of ordinary people, he is somewhat mentally abnormal.

Lucius occasionally had similar thoughts.

Even if no one would believe it.

In the eyes of many people, Lucius is an extremely loyal Death Eater.

But no one knew that the loyalty he showed back then was only half true and half false.

As a Malfoy, he realized one thing at a young age: the fate of his family depended on his own fate.

So he must do his best to seek the well-being of the Malfoy family.

At that time, Voldemort was famous and intimidated the entire wizarding world. As one of the representatives of a pure-blood family, he had to join Voldemort's group under the tide of the times.

He had no choice, he couldn't stand against the other pure-blood families.

But... he had left many backup plans back then, which was why as soon as Voldemort fell, he was able to quickly get rid of all suspicion and sever all ties with Voldemort.

This is not something that can be solved just by money.

Now that Voldemort has long since fallen, his own strength is questionable, and he is even always being teased by a few little kids - yes, in Lucius's eyes, Amanta and Harry are of course just a few little kids, and even little kids who grew up in the Muggle world.

In addition, one of his most loyal Death Eaters, Barty Jr., broke into his own party and ruined it, causing him to offend countless people in one night - he also hurt his beloved Sissi and used his son to threaten him.

This actually pushed him further towards the opposite side of the Death Eaters.

The reason why Little Batty hated him the most was simply because he had used money to settle everything and did not have to go to jail with these stupid guys.

This poor little Batty actually considered going to jail as a form of loyalty.

Ridiculous and sad.

"Before that, you should worry about yourself. Who knows... what's waiting for you in Azkaban is the Dementor's kiss."

Lucius said coldly. His mood was extremely bad at this moment.

Little Barty cursed him bitterly.

"I swear, Malfoys, you will all die miserably! I will definitely come back, with my master!"

"Shut up and tell me where did you hide Narcissa?"

Little Barty just raised his head stubbornly and stared at Lucius with angry eyes.

After both soft and hard tactics failed, an Auror had no choice but to go and ask Scrimgeour for his answer.

Scrimgeour simply uttered one word calmly: "Veritaserum."

The Auror felt relieved after receiving the answer. He quickly took out a small bottle of truth serum from his backpack and poured it into little Barty's mouth.

Under the influence of the truth serum, little Batty had to confess all his actions.

He told Lucius everything he had done and explained where Narcissa was hidden. Now he no longer looked at Lucius with resentment as before.

Instead, he looked at old Batty in the crowd with hatred and despair.

Old Batty, however, looked indifferent, as if the person who was arrested was not his son but just a stranger.

"I swear I don't know anything."

When another group of Aurors questioned Old Barty just now, Old Barty had been trying to distance himself from Young Barty.

"I severed ties with him more than ten years ago. I have long said that I never had such a son. As for how he came out? What does that have to do with me?"

Little Barty spat on the ground angrily.

“You old immortal! I will tell you everything you’ve done in detail, hahahahahaha… just wait, you’re about to be finished… hahahaha…”

Even though Barty Sr. has always denied knowing about Barty Jr.'s escape from Azkaban, there is no doubt that as Barty Jr.'s only close relative, he is the biggest suspect.

Finally, Barty Jr. and Barty Sr., father and son, were taken away together by the Ministry of Magic, and several Aurors escorted them onto the Thestral carriage they came in.

Fortunately, Narcissa was fine. She was just knocked unconscious by Barty Jr. with a spell and hid in a closet. As for why the Aurors did not find her when they searched for her -

Firstly, it was because Little Barty had cast several confusing spells around, and secondly, the search area was too wide, and most of the guests were relatively easy to find, so all the guests were quickly recalled.

So the Aurors did not notice that the unconscious Narcissa was hiding just a few walls away from the restaurant.

But this incident still made Lucius so angry that he almost fainted. After settling Narcissa down and directing several doctors to examine her carefully to make sure that there was nothing wrong with Narcissa's body.

Lucius angrily followed the Ministry of Magic back to its headquarters in London.

It looked like he was planning to appear in person at the trial regarding Batty Jr.

After all this, Amanta just wanted to go back to bed and get a good night's sleep.

God knows how tired she has been during this period.

Apart from receiving guests all day today and being busy all night.

Before this, she was either busy attending Mr. Feeny's etiquette and dance classes every day, or making beauty potions to make money and reading the dark magic books collected in the Malfoy family library after returning home.

So she almost forgot one thing——

When she woke up from the soft big bed and stretched herself refreshed, the first thing she saw was a small pile of packages at the foot of the bed.

They had prepared the Christmas presents long ago and had handed them over to the house-elves for safekeeping a few days in advance. The house-elves were responsible for sorting them out and placing them at the foot of their beds on Christmas morning.

She had given the gifts for Draco and Harry to the house-elf at Malfoy Manor a few days ago.

Amanta immediately jumped out of bed, put on a nightgown, and sat cross-legged on the wool blanket at the foot of the bed to check.

She saw the top paper package at a glance - it was wrapped in a thick layer of kraft paper, with "Hagrid to Amanta" written on it in a flamboyant style. Amanta opened it and saw a crudely made music box inside, which was obviously made by him.

Amanta began to wind the spring.

It was a cheerful song, but the melody was unfamiliar, a tune she had never heard before, and it sounded a bit like the chirping of birds.

Below that was a large package wrapped in cute patterned colored paper. Inside was a thick hand-woven scarf knitted by Karina, which was soft and warm, and a large bag of homemade handmade fudge with a slightly sour cheese flavor.

Attached to the package was a letter from Karina.

-Dear Amanta:

- This is your first time to spend Christmas outside of the orphanage. I heard you say before that you and Harry went to your classmate's house, the boy named Malfoy, to spend Christmas together. How was your time? Did anything happen? If they treat you badly, be sure to tell me and I will go there to pick you up.

This scarf is knitted by myself. It is a very popular style among little girls recently. It also has some new cheese fudge I made. I hope you like it.

- I love you forever, Karina.

Inside the envelope, there were some British pound notes.

She held the pounds with mixed feelings.

Amanta knew that Karina, as an ordinary primary school teacher, did not earn a high salary, but she often came to the church and orphanage to volunteer or tutor children, and she often used her salary to buy them snacks or toys.

Karina treated her like her own sister.

She couldn't help feeling a little sore in her eyes.

She put the banknotes back into another envelope, and told Carina about the situation at Malfoy Manor and that she had found a part-time job as a beauty potion dealer, so that she wouldn't have to worry about her living expenses, and... She thought about it,

After she handed the letter to Bertha, Bertha shook her round little head, flapped her wings, and flew out of the window.

Amanta calmed down slightly, looked at the pile of presents in front of her, and continued to open them one by one.

She had never thought that she would receive so many gifts, and it was the first time she received gifts at Christmas. It would be a lie to say that she was not surprised.