HP's Platinum Temptation

"Clay, I think you gave them too much stimulation." At the dinner on Christmas Eve, Terrence heard Duke Rezlan's description, and his first reaction was not to question, but to joke: "And the goblin This cooperation, even my father and I have never heard you mention it. No wonder it shocked them all. I saw that even Mr. Lister still had an expression of disbelief when he left!"

"It's not that I deliberately concealed it. It's just that I only received an affirmative answer from the other party yesterday morning. Before that, the plan was still full of uncertainties. If I told you in advance, I'm afraid it would make you happy in vain. Clarence replied very calmly, without even raising his eyes, and kept cutting the steak himself.

"I originally thought that your new plan needed my strong support this time, which would make me proud. In the end, you still won. It's really shocking." Terrence continued to complain insincerely.

"There's no winning or losing here?" Clarence raised his head speechlessly, and looked at his elder brother: "If you really want to count, the way you are responding to everyone in the Muggle world now is the real victory. I haven't heard it for a long time. You told us some details. Are you planning to do something big again without telling us?"

"No, absolutely not. If you don't believe me, ask your father. Your Excellency the Duke has always been well aware of my work situation." Terrence replied with a smile.

"Sounds like a great achievement."

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, Your Excellency the Duke is quite satisfied, although there is still a lot of room for growth, but it shouldn't be a problem to support your plan."

"It's okay, I've never been worried. If you behave badly, Emilia will definitely not let you go."

"Hey! It's okay, don't make fun of your sister-in-law!" Terrence said angrily, "I'm not a strict wife!"

"Oh, really? What does sister-in-law think?" Clarence looked at Emilia who was already grinning from ear to ear beside Terrence.

"No, he's doing very well." Emilia nodded with a smile on her face: "Ah, yes, the gift you asked me to help pick out, my mother and I have already sent it out last night. I guess it will definitely arrive today Malfoy Manor."

"What did you send?" This topic instantly attracted Clarence's full attention.

"For Mr. Malfoy, it is a limited-edition children's broom ordered from Light Wheel Company according to your instructions. Al helped try it out, and it should be very good for little wizards." Following Emilia's answer, Clarence looked at Alvira who was sitting beside him silently.

"Oh, I thought I'd have to say thank you one more time. How did I remember you weren't interested in broomsticks, Al?"

"I think you should reconfirm the things you take seriously." The seven-year-old Miss Lambert was recognized by the whole family as a member of the Slytherin House than Clarence.Theodore has always believed that this must be because Alvira's prenatal reading and enlightenment education are all arranged by Clarence.But that thought doesn't explain why Alvira seems cooler than Clarence.

"In addition, the three of us all think that the most suitable gift for the Malfoys should be clothes. In order to meet your requirement of 'special and novel, and the source cannot be found', the styles of the two sets of clothes are made by me from my mother. The borrowed royal costume consultant, and our own wizard costume designer, made it together to ensure that they would not guess the place of origin." In order to perfectly fulfill Clarence's request, Emilia did not hesitate to use her natal family's For this reason, Her Majesty's meaningful eyes made her face turn red several times.

"Hey, Clay, you really care about the Malfoy family! You even asked Amy, I don't know about it, is there some reason?" Terrence's expression on the crowd instantly changed. Tearing: "I've never seen you care so much about anyone before. If it's just because of the birthday present he gave you last time, it's a bit abnormal! It seems that there is something special about Mr. Malfoy that we don't know about." place?"

Clarence looked at the extremely sensitive Terrence with a speechless expression, not knowing how to respond.

Sure enough, married men have become gossips?

"Don't talk nonsense, Taylor, don't forget that your brother is only 12 years old." The Duke of Rezlan, who has always been sensitive to Clarence's orientation, couldn't help frowning, and he didn't know that the warning was only for Terrence. Still the same allusion to Clarence.

Clarence, who was at the center of the conversation, opened his mouth and finally decided not to say anything.Otherwise, the most likely situation is that the drawing becomes darker and darker.

"Haha, did I say anything? Don't be nervous, Dad. I just recalled Mr. Malfoy's outstanding charm when he was a student from a personal point of view. And before Clay entered school, I gave him a piece of Mr. Malfoy's The photo is just to express my good wishes that he is equally good. After all, Mr. Malfoy is indeed an outstanding heir to the family, isn’t he? What I said is the truth, right Clay?” Terrence probably felt that he recalled What important clue? After answering the Duke of Rezlan solemnly, he still turned his head and showed an ambiguous smile to Clay.

"There seems to be such a thing, but I don't remember it clearly." Clarence rolled his eyes and tried to end the topic.

"Well, forget it." Terrence felt that the joke was almost over, and seeing the expression on Duke Rezlan's face, he decided to accept it: "However, let's be serious. I listened to Father I am very confused after the report. For other families, they do not have enough understanding of what our family has now, so your two parallel plans are shocking enough. But from a bystander who knows the situation Say, your plan seems a little too tactful?"

"Tactically? Will it?" Clarence wondered, "Then what do you think is more appropriate?"

"Let's not talk about anything else, why wait for the other party to take measures to restrict our purchase channels from the wizarding world before starting to use alternative resources from the Muggle side? If we choose this side from the beginning, we can also maximize the Let's cut costs."

"Inappropriate." Duke Rezlan frowned.

"why?"

"Although we have now opened up a channel for resource exchange between the Muggle world and the wizarding world, the information we have learned recently shows that compared to Muggles, the number of wizards is too small. Even if all the wizards in Europe are added up, there is no way. Compared with the number of Muggles in London. The fewer people there are, the more unstable the social structure will be. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the mysterious man to have such a big impact on the entire wizarding world with the power of one person. If we use it on a large scale now Although the resources of the Muggle world may succeed quickly, what is more likely to happen is that it will directly destroy the economy of the wizarding world. Then the loss outweighs the gain. Besides, we are not in a hurry." Duke Rezlan shook his head and said .

"Did you and Clay make this plan together?" Terrence wondered: "But from the tone of your report, it seems that Clay didn't know much about the specific plan before it was announced yesterday."

"No, I designed the plan. Dad only knew a rough idea before. The complete plan, except for me, is only known to Mr. Norman. I asked him to look it over for me, and also modified a few details." Carat Lance immediately answered on his behalf.

"Oh, but don't you all know now?" Terrence curled his lips: "I also want to say, you have made the plan so clear, what if some of the participants belong to the opposing camp? Curse, but it is still possible to take advantage of the loophole of the spell.”

"If you think that's the complete plan, you're underestimating me, my dear brother." Clarence replied calmly, "Have you ever heard of the saying 'boil a frog in warm water'?"

"Of course, I'm twenty-seven anyway. Does that have anything to do with your plan?"

"Actually, our real purpose is unknown even to the other four core families. I don't think you will forget the agreement our family reached with Her Majesty the Queen and Mrs. Thatcher. For them, revitalizing the family is the last But we are not, our real goal is to complete the integration and control of the wizarding world. Making the business alliance an unshakable position is only the first step. For our opponents, it seems that we want to defeat them, but in fact , we want to incorporate, not destroy. The current business alliance is very weak, but it can still fight against traditional forces without relying on our additional support. The most important reason is that the traditional forces are not monolithic internally. To be precise, Unless they face a huge common crisis, they will not be able to fully unite. This is our opportunity, and it is also something we must pay attention to and take advantage of.” Clarence paused, giving his family a time to digest before continuing: “If we Let all wizards realize the huge influence that Muggles can have at once, which will have a devastating effect on the cognition of all wizards. At that time, wizards who are facing survival crisis will inevitably become extremely united and confronted because of fear The resistance at that time is by no means something we can fight against only by relying on our advantages in the Muggle world. The best way is to let the other party feel that our strength fluctuates within a similar range, one ebbs and another, and they Don't be too vigilant."

"So, you don't care if the Red Gallbladder Center Curse can completely protect all the information, do you? Because there are some contents that you want the other party to know."

"Bingo! You're quick to react."

"So dad doesn't know what plan you have in the future? Is it necessary?"

"You will know later. The less people know about this, the better. Dad is the most important part of the plan. If you know it in advance, it will be bad if you behave unnaturally? As for me, apart from you and Old Rist, everyone doesn't know my identity, so I'm basically out of danger."

"Age is really your best protective color! Ha, they don't know your true face." Seeing Clarence's smug expression, Terrence couldn't help but strike.

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