The Malfoy family experienced two ups and downs during the Lucius Malfoy era.The first fall was when Lucius took over the entire family at the age of 17. At that time, everyone thought that the Malfoy family was over. Let the Malfoy family spare the pleadings of the descendants.As a result, the Dark Lord who returned home suddenly did something that still baffles the nobles. He sheltered the Malfoy family and gave Lucius the first glory in his life.

However, Lucius has the unique cautiousness of the nobles. Before all the enemies of Voldemort disappeared, he never publicly stated his identity as a Death Eater.And his prudence did save him. After Voldemort's downfall, although his career fell into a second trough, at least it was not irretrievable.

But even if he didn't enter Azkaban, life would be difficult for Lucius, or for that matter, all the nobles.It is not just the greedy moths headed by Fudge from the Ministry of Magic who bully the door, but also the Order of the Phoenix who thinks they are righteous, and the minor nobles who are not qualified to join the Death Eaters at all, and although the great nobles are not really helpless , but in order to survive, he could only endure it. Although the situation at that time was not considered a mermaid, it was almost the same.

Until the last few years, to be correct, since the savior entered Hogwarts, all kinds of "bad news" began to appear in the newspapers, and the whole world seemed to be in chaos.And the aristocrats who used to be human beings with their tails between their legs, headed by Lucius Malfoy, stepped onto the stage again...

Among the three Ministry of Magic officials who arrived today, Amos Diggory was just a low-level employee, and he was only called in because he was one of the few people in the Department of Magical Creatures who had a clear pro-Order of the Phoenix political leaning.In fact, as a small employee, Digory didn't know who was asking whom today, let alone what was going on at the top.It’s just that he likes to show off and thinks himself, according to the past standards, he wants to make trouble for Lucius in order to satisfy his vanity and increase his bragging rights, but I believe it won’t take long for him to do what he did today. And regret it.

Although Amelia Bones is a practical official with strong independence, it does not mean that she has no political sensitivity at all—sitting in the position of director and only looking at the work in front of her is absolutely court death.But because she is not Dumbledore's real ally after all, and she is unwilling to get closer to that greedy fat man Fudge. Although the Burns family is also a pure-blooded family, due to family reasons, it is impossible for her to get closer to the aristocratic circle of the Ministry of Magic, so Bones, who was not in touch with anything, only relied on his own network, and vaguely knew that another powerful person had replaced Voldemort's position, and was supporting the nobles in the dark, especially the Malfoy family.She hated this, but unlike her stubborn brother, she knew how to be flexible, so when Dumbledore asked for her help, Burns, who knew that his strength was a little bit reluctant, immediately took the opportunity to come to Malfoy Manor.It was negotiating with Lucius about Hagrid's affairs, and it was also for testing.

As for Piers Thicknesse... the guy who knows more than the other two colleagues is now terrified...

"I'm not a member of the Wizengamot, so I wonder why you came to me?"

It was obvious that the platinum aristocrat was talking in an official tone. Burns glanced at Lucius, opened his bag, and handed Lucius a piece of parchment in silence.

Lucius took it in doubt, and after a second glance, his posture changed from lazily leaning on the back of the chair to sitting upright!It's a list, and at the top it says the Greyhound Necklace—which sounds ridiculous, but it's also known as the Black Amulet.There are two greyhounds on the family crest of the Black family. This amulet is made of a special silver-gray metal. The eyes of the dog are two rubies. Its history is even older than the tapestry on the wall of the Black family. Legend has it that the person who can control this talisman will become the god of death in the world!

The second one is the Sleeping Fairy Music Box, which is a family heirloom of the Longbottom family. The outside of the music box is made of gold crystal and gold pearls, and the lid is inlaid with a black pearl the size of a pigeon egg. When opened, the inside is silver. Crystal and white pearl embellishments.And there will be beautiful banshees dancing inside the box.Those are not phantoms, or moving magic dolls. Although they are only the size of a thumb, they are real fairies sealed into a music box by a powerful magician.However, these goblins will absorb the magic power of the users and tempt them. If you are not careful, you will be sucked into the music box and become food for the goblins.However, I heard that the Longbottom family has a way to resist the temptation of goblins, so this music box has been settled in the Longbottom family since 300 years ago, and was donated by the old lady to the Ministry of Magic until more than ten years ago.

Although the subsequent items are not comparable to the Greyhound necklace in terms of history and mystery, they are also heirlooms of well-known noble families, among which there are many Lestrange, Black and Longbottom families.Even a small amount of items that were extorted from Malfoy's house before were listed.

Therefore, it is obvious how these things come from.

"If these are not enough..." Burns took out another piece of parchment.

This time when Lucius took it, his expression was not as relaxed as it was at the beginning, but even with enough mental preparation, Lucius still exclaimed when he saw the second list.If the items in the previous one are treasures, this one is a priceless treasure for any nobleman - books! "Ania Document", "Tao Ze Ancient Scroll", "Secret Technique", "Blood, Flesh, and Bone", Lucius has heard of it, has not heard of it, and those that have no book cover, only the pages are left Even fragmented fragments!

Even Lucius Malfoy, who is as rich as Lucius Malfoy, clearly felt his own poverty when he saw these two lists.

"As long as you can help, you can choose ten items from these two lists. If you succeed, you can choose another ten items. Even if you fail, you don't have to return the original ten items."

Lucius put down the book list, and looked at Burns with a strange expression. Who said that the female director was a serious and old maid, and she could seduce anyone when needed, provided of course that she didn't use herself.

"Such a huge price, just to allow a giant to stay in the wizarding world?"

"Helping a friend is worth the price. Don't Slytherins always say that they can give everything for a true friend?"

"I can't decide this matter, Ms. Burns." After all, Lucius is not a small person who has never seen the market. It is impossible for him to sell himself when he sees the benefits. On the contrary, the more benefits in front of him The bigger it is, the more it will make him think over and over again, "I will give you an answer as soon as possible."

Burns was not in a hurry either, she signaled Lucius to keep the two lists, and left with Sinex, who was of no help at all, and Diggory, who not only didn't help but caused trouble.

"Weird." Quirrell said after seeing the two lists, Mikael was being taken care of by his brother at this time, and Draco was happy to accept the job of the baby daddy.

"Yes." Lucius agrees with this point. Mrs. Longbottom's case against the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix is ​​about to be finalized, and Dumbledore is willing to pay such a high price for a giant, but he never thought about it It's really weird to fight for something by yourself.

"Lucius, are these things in the Ministry of Magic's warehouse at this stage? Does Dumbledore have the ability to use items from the Ministry of Magic as bargaining chips for his own transactions? Not to mention that there are many items from the Longbottom family here. Because of that case, all the items belonging to the Longbottom family still kept by the Ministry of Magic were sealed up, and the shops were also closed. Although the officials of the Ministry of Magic have become more and more useless in recent years, in this case, if To get these things from the warehouse, even the Death Eaters would have to go through a lot of trouble, let alone take them out in large quantities.

"Forget it, reject them." Quirrell decided to keep things simple, anyway, he didn't want to agree to this matter at all—letting giants live in the wizarding world is like putting lions in the Muggle community.And this lion is not domesticated, but wild!

"...Yes." Lucius agreed slightly weakly.

"Is there anything you like?" Quirrell flicked the two lists.

"There are so many pieces." The platinum nobleman fully showed his reserve, in fact, it is not just a few pieces, but many~ "Let me guess~ music box?"

"That fits the aesthetics of the Malfoy family." Lucius shrugged.

Quirrell smiled and pulled Lucius into his arms: "I will make you a more beautiful one."

Lucius raised his eyebrows and looked at Quirrell temptingly: "I'm looking forward to it, mylord~"

"Lucius?"

"Ok?"

"I remember one thing we were only half done at noon."

"Hehe~" Lucius laughed frivolously, and covered Quirrell's neck with both hands, "We can close the door of the study and finish the rest."

"I agree……"

The much-anticipated donation case of the Longbottom family was closed three days later. Alice Longbottom got back 60.00% of her property while getting back the custody of her son.Listening to the hysterical cursing from Mrs. Longbottom, Alice signed her name on the verdict unmoved.Meanwhile, Augusta Longbottom announces that she will be moving out of the Longbottom house because she cannot be with the "possessed woman".

But what about the actual situation?

Augusta was carrying a small box, looking at the Longbottom mansion full of attachment.

"Augusta..." Alice stood at the door, looking at the old lady reluctantly.

"Alice!" Augusta looked at his daughter-in-law with a smile, put down the box at the same time, and opened her arms to her. Alice hugged her, tears rolled down instantly, "You did a good job, My child. Don't be sad, you can still let the owl send me a message, or we can meet again when things calm down."

"I fear for your safety, Augusta."

"I will take care of myself, Alice. You must know that noble ladies do not only learn embroidery and dancing. We also need to learn magic dueling and even fencing. I will take good care of myself. In fact, in comparison, you It's more dangerous than me, so protect yourself, Alice."

"Yes, I will, Augusta."

"Good girl." The old lady's eye circles were also a little red. She kissed Alice's cheek and rubbed her eyes.When she walked out of the Longbottom mansion, she was the strict, arrogant and paranoid Mrs. Longbottom again!

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