HP's Platinum Temptation

The first cooperation negotiation with the Order of the Phoenix broke up unhappy.During the whole process, Dumbledore was almost silent, not knowing what he was thinking.The main reason is that Moody showed a strong sense of hostility, especially when targeting Lucius.Even if Clarence intends to let the Violet Order cooperate with the Phoenix Order to win Dumbledore to stand up and call on everyone to fight against the Dark Lord.The Order of the Phoenix seemed completely ungrateful.Although Dumbledore didn't refuse, judging from his performance, he obviously didn't agree with Clarence's proposal that the whole people should fight against the Dark Lord.

This somewhat disappointed Clarence.

From the headmaster's office, Clarence and Lucius walked to Snape's office.

"Actually, I am not surprised by this result." Lucius comforted softly: "Not everyone has enough political sense. It seems that it is just the dark rule brought by the Dark Lord, but in fact, there are many factors in this result It was the last thing to happen. Although Dumbledore knew this, he also had his own point of view."

"I think they value personal power too much. The Dark Lord's ability to create such horror must have been influenced by it. Just from the perspective of combat, I don't really believe that prophecies cannot be changed. If it is true that the entire wizarding world If everyone dares to face the Dark Lord together, can the combined attack spells of so many people be inferior to the Disarming Curse of a savior?" Clarence frowned, thinking of Dumbledore's reaction, there was a feeling of hatred The feeling that iron is not steel: "Fuck his fatalism, I never believe it."

"The Disarming Curse of the Savior?" Lucius keenly caught the abnormality in Clarence's words, and looked up in shock: "What are you talking about? Do you know anything?"

"It's nothing." Clarence frowned deeply, and his face was not very good.Lucius calmed down with a few words: "Don't worry, the Dark Lord will definitely die. No matter what, I will definitely find a way."

"You..." Lucius looked at Clarence suspiciously, but considering the current environment, he swallowed his doubts back into his stomach.Until Lucius left from the fireplace in Snape's office, the two of them deliberately avoided the topic just now, talking about some irrelevant life trivia.Lucius deliberately talked about some things in Europe before, which made Clarence feel a little better before parting.

"Mr. Lambert..."

"Dean..."

After Lucius left, Snape's office was quiet for a while, and then the two people in the office spoke at the same time.

"Dean, please speak first." Clarence said immediately.

Snape looked up from his desk, stared at Clarence for a long time before saying: "I just want to remind Mr. Lambert who is busy with business, even if you don't take this Potions class, your homework is still It's due."

"The dean is so ruthless." Clarence's originally depressed mood turned out to be better because of Snape's words.

"I think, for Mr. Lambert, who recovered from the Death Curse safely and without any trace, it shouldn't be difficult to make up for the homework of the past half month." Snape raised his eyebrows and continued to make matters worse.

"Dean, I can understand what you said. Do you actually want the materials from my Armanigus form?" Clarence opened his mouth and laughed, remembering some rumors about Snape among the students.

"Potions is a precise and profound knowledge. Not everything can be used as a potion material." Snape glanced at Clarence, his tone was quite calm, and he buried himself in the student homework on his desk. : "What did Mr. Lambert want to say just now?"

"About Squib's magical awakening potion, I wonder if the dean has made any progress recently? Do you need to recruit Squib volunteers to test the potion?" Clarence asked.

"I thought that Mr. Lambert should pay more attention to the storage of potions needed for war recently, rather than magic awakening potions?" Snape asked without looking up, as if he didn't care.

"Oh, I haven't thought about the potions needed for war, but thank you for reminding me, the headmaster, I do need some. But magic awakening potions are also very important." Clarence nodded thoughtfully: " It’s almost enough for the people at the potion workshop to make potions necessary for war recently. I wonder if the headmaster can recommend a list of specific potions? After all, I don’t have any experience in wars in the wizarding world.”

"Is there anything else?" Snape asked indifferently.

"There is indeed one more thing. Just now Lucius and I went to the principal's office and discussed with the members of the Order of the Phoenix about the fight against the Dark Lord. Unfortunately, it seems that the Order of the Phoenix does not seem to have any cooperation with the Violet Order. I remembered that the Dark Mark on the Dean's hand has not been removed." Clarence nodded and walked to Snape's desk: "I wonder what the Dean's plan is after the war begins? "

Snape frowned deeply, raised his head with a grim expression, and stared at Clarence.

Snape was originally sent by the Dark Lord to spy on Dumbledore, but because of Lily, he turned his back and helped the Order of the Phoenix.After that, he came into contact with Clarence because of Lucius, and was deeply involved in the entanglement of the Violet Society.Today, most of the people Snape cares about have become full members of the Violet Society, and even Harry has escaped Dumbledore's control.

But all this doesn't change that Dumbledore, at least once, was the person Snape respected the most.

If the Order of the Violet and the Order of the Phoenix could not come to an agreement, Snape would be thrown into a chaotic zone where the Death Eaters, the Order of the Phoenix, and the Order of the Violet met.

In fact, this question hadn't fully erupted yet. Snape probably didn't think that Clarence would ask himself this question when he failed to negotiate with the Order of the Phoenix.

"I'm just an ordinary Hogwarts professor." Snape frowned, showing obvious dissatisfaction with Clarence's questioning.

"But your ability prevents you from being limited to the status of a professor at Hogwarts. In fact, this is a problem you will face sooner or later. I don't need you to answer right away. I just think that someone needs to bring up this topic as soon as possible. I guess, soon, Principal Dumbledore will also talk to the Dean about this issue." Clarence shrugged.

Snape was silent again.

"By the way, Dean, I personally suggest that you let me remove the Dark Mark for you. It is impossible for the Dark Lord not to know about the capture of Nagini. It is too dangerous for you to keep this. A few days ago I have helped all members of the Violet Society remove the Dark Mark." Clarence said again.

"But..." Snape immediately showed disapproval.

"If you are worried that no one will receive the message from the Dark Lord," Clarence said, unbuttoning his cuff and exposing his left arm, "don't worry. I have a Dark Mark printed on myself. If the Dark Lord If there is any information, I will feel it directly."

Snape suddenly stood up from his seat, staring at Clarence's arm tightly, his face full of disbelief: "Why do you..."

"I can remove the Dark Mark and replace it with a violet badge. Naturally, it is not difficult to add a Dark Mark to myself. But the headmaster can rest assured that this Dark Mark is improved by me, and the Dark Lord will not sense it. Existence. Although this will cause me to miss some information, I just need to be alert in advance when the Dark Lord has a large-scale operation." After Clarence showed his arm, he rearranged his Clothing: "So the dean's decision is?"

"I think Mr. Lambert should go back to the lounge now instead of staying in my office." Snape snorted coldly and changed the subject again.

"Oh, of course, I'm leaving now. Good night, Headmaster." Seeing that Snape didn't respond at all, Clarence gave up on getting an answer today, turned around and left.

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Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade Village, and Mahiona, as the three most important wizarding shopping centers in the UK, were all affected by the announcement of the Dark Lord's resurrection to varying degrees.However, in comparison, the Mahiona District, which has the unified protection of the Violet Society, is the least affected.

Lucius was sitting in the private room on the second floor of the coffee shop belonging to the Malfoy family, looking at the road outside the coffee shop in a daze.The spoon in his hand stirred the liquid in the cup round and round, showing the hesitation in his heart.

There was no worried expression on the faces of the pedestrians on the street, as if the panic brought about by the resurrection of the Dark Lord did not exist.

For today's affairs, the coffee shop is not open to the public.

As the appointed time approached, Lucius couldn't restrain his irritability more and more.A good cup of coffee has become unrecognizable due to high-frequency stirring.Lucius frowned and asked the waiter to replace the undrinked coffee.

On the street within the window, a witch wearing a light blue cloak walked slowly towards the coffee shop.Her footsteps and walking posture were kept within a stable range, and the cloak covered all the clothing, revealing only a pair of exquisite leather boots, with exquisite patterns drawn on them, which contained magical patterns with sound-absorbing effects.Such shoes allow the sound of the owner to walk completely hidden.However, judging from the lightness of the owner of the shoes, even without the help of the Silencer Charm, the shoes probably wouldn't make much noise.

When he noticed this witch, Lucius' spirit was lifted, but then he became a little more nervous.

The long-awaited waiter at the entrance of the coffee shop quickly confirmed the identity of the witch and led her into the shop.After a while, there was a knock on the door of Lucius' private room.

"Please come in."

The witch nodded politely to the waiter who guided her, and then walked into the room, took off her cloak, which was extremely exquisite in workmanship and texture, and revealed a mature face with a gentle smile.The long dark brown wavy hair was scrupulously coiled up and decorated with a simple headband.The years did not leave too obvious traces on this witch's face.The long skirt intersecting blue and silver looks very elegant, and it also brings out the temperament of the owner himself.

In addition to the basic color of white, wizards generally prefer clothes in color.In addition to the most common black, dark blue, and dark green, there are bright red and yellow.The Lamberts, though, seem to favor lighter shades of color than dark blue.

"Long time no see, Duchess." Lucius calmed down and greeted first.

"It hasn't been long. The last time I saw you was about ten days ago. But you probably didn't pay attention to this at the time." The Duchess covered her mouth lightly and smiled: "Lucius, I think I can do this call you."

Lucius was stunned by the name of Duchess, unable to react.

After leaving Hogwarts, Lucius has been busy completing the tasks that Clarence entrusted to the Pure Blood Alliance.However, one morning, he received a letter from the Duchess, asking him to make an appointment in the afternoon to meet.

Narcissa once said that although the Duchess has a family with a prominent status in the British wizarding world, she rarely actively participates in socializing with noble ladies in the wizarding world.She spends more time taking care of her family.Especially after the birth of Terrence and Emilia's children, the Duchess became even more reclusive.

Lucius suddenly accepted the Duchess's initiative. He couldn't guess the reason, but it was basically something related to Clarence.In addition, Snape had told Lucius before that there were conflicts within the Lambert family about opposing him and Clarence.The combination of the two caused Lucius to be restless from the moment he received the letter.

During the silence between the two, the waiter brought the Duchess's black tea and the new coffee for Lucius.

In fact, Lucius is not very good at dealing with witches of the Duchess' age.Old Mrs. Malfoy left the Malfoy family very early, and Lucius didn't have many pictures of his mother in his memory.After marriage, whether it is Narcissa's mother, Sirius and Regulus' mother, it is Narcissa who is communicating and getting along, and there is no need for Lucius to bother.

The wives of the main leaders of the Violet Society, Mrs. Lister and Mrs. Hall, are basically about the same age as Narcissa, so it is not difficult to communicate.But Clarence's mother was about the same age as Lucius's mother.No matter in terms of age or his current relationship with Clarence, the Duchess is an absolute female elder.Although from the outside, the age difference between the two is not that big.

"Of course, that's my honor." Lucius saw the Duchess took a sip of tea calmly before realizing it, and quickly replied.

"You're a little nervous, not like the one I saw at the Christmas banquet before." The Duchess didn't care about Lucius' brief gaffe, and her tone was still gentle: "Today's meeting is indeed a bit rushed, but my recent schedule It’s relatively unstable, so I’m probably bothering you.”

"Uh, it doesn't matter."

"Although Burtram looks serious, he actually loves his children very much. Since handing over the responsibility of the family patriarch to Clay, he, like me, has devoted more time and energy to the four children. On the child. In fact, if Clay hadn’t asked for it, Burtram probably wouldn’t have taken the initiative to serve in the Ministry of Magic.” The Duchess smiled slightly, talking about the Duke of Rezlan in a calm tone. : "Clay spends a lot less time going home in recent years. Although Burtram didn't say it, I know that he is actually not happy. He even regretted that he should not have given the family tasks to him too early. Clay."

Lucius didn't know what the Duchess wanted to express by suddenly raising the topic, so he could only mechanically nod his head to show that he had heard it.

"Did you know that when Clay intended to hand over the position of patriarch to him in Bertram, he told the whole family that he would never form a family with any woman in his life. And based on this reason, The patriarch who refused to inherit Lambert. Burtram only thought that Clay was still young. Although he minded, he didn't face up to this issue. I know my own children. Although Clay is young, I know what he said at the time. It’s very serious, although it sounds unbelievable.” The Duchess waved her hand, motioning for Lucius to listen to herself: “But he probably has a high vision, before you, he never did it again except this time. Never acted or said anything related to this area. So when Bertram received Dumbledore's letter, you can probably imagine how outraged it was to him."

Lucius smiled wryly and nodded again.

"Actually, I, like Burtram, did not approve of you being together. If you want to list the reasons, there are naturally many. This is not the purpose of my visit this time, so I won't talk about it. However, Clay His attitude was tougher than all of our family members expected. As a father, naturally the more Clay insisted, the more unacceptable Bertram would be. Since the summer vacation, I began to think, if Clay is really as he said, even if If it wasn't you, his choice would definitely not be a woman, so what will happen." The Duchess said this, the faint smile disappeared, and a trace of helplessness gradually appeared in her calm tone: "On the day of the finals, I Went too. And then I realized that what I was thinking was completely pointless. Women always understand emotional details better than men. For Clay, if not you, it probably wouldn't be anyone else .If Burtram's objections persist, Clay will probably choose himself in the end."

"I know I'm not suitable for him." Lucius shook his head this time: "It's just..."

"Listen to me, Lucius." The Duchess raised her hand, "For me, the inheritance of the family is not as important as the happiness of the children. If Clay insists that you must do it, then even if I completely disagree, I would also rather have you by his side than leave him alone. I'm not here to ask for an answer from you, I want to know, I've seen it clearly the last two times in St. Mungo's So I am here this time, just to tell you what I have to say as Clay's mother. As for what you think after listening to it and what you plan to do, it has nothing to do with me."

"Please speak." The duchess didn't object to Lucius' being together with Clarence, which was beyond Lucius' expectations, but it didn't mean that Lucius had optimistic expectations for what the duchess would say next.

"Since Clay has assumed the responsibility of the patriarch, no matter what we or Clay himself think, some things are duty-bound. Things in life cannot be satisfactory, just like the outcome of the upcoming war, we cannot Totally expected. No matter what you think about your relationship with Clay, what expectations you have, I hope you understand that what you get, must be because of what you do. The recognition of the Lambert family, if you want, You have to find a way to get it yourself." The Duchess sighed, and then took a deep look at Lucius: "That's all I want to say, and I won't say anything more about anything that happens later .It's all up to you to decide."

"I understand. Thank you for your frankness." Lucius nodded slowly to the Duchess again, with no obvious traces of emotion on his face.

"Well, then, thank you for your hospitality, I'm going to leave now." The Duchess smiled faintly again, then said goodbye politely, and left without haste.

The closed coffee shop returned to tranquility. Lucius sat alone in the private room, looking out the window, watching the Duchess's back gradually disappear from sight.

Raising his hands and rubbing his temples, Lucius took a long breath, but his heavy heart could not be relieved in any way.

Looking at the time on the water mirror, Clarence's afternoon class should not be over yet.Lucius hesitated, wondering if he should tell Clarence about the Duchess looking for him.

The water mirror lying quietly in the palm of his hand suddenly vibrated strongly, and a strong hot feeling came from the left arm supporting him. It was the first time the attack warning signal of the violet badge appeared.

"Death Eaters attacked a group of Aurors patrolling the outskirts of London. The battle is not over yet, everyone hurry to help!" A message with a detailed address flashed on the screen of the water mirror, and Lucius grabbed the wand in hand , Apparating without hesitation.

The author has something to say: a love story of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law~

Although the Duchess does not object, she does not support either~

In fact, she hinted something, Father L has not realized it yet, did you understand?

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