HP's Platinum Temptation

London in early December can often be cloudy and rainy.It wasn't a lot of rain, but it was enough to deter two lively kids from wanting to play in the garden.

So the three brothers Terrence, Theodore and Clarence finally chose the library in the manor for their morning activities.

The estate of the Duke of Rezland is located in the suburbs of the northwest corner of London, covering a considerable area.The layout of the buildings of the whole manor is like two squares contained inside and outside, and there is a corridor suspended on the second floor between the two closed buildings.The open area between the two buildings is Theodore's favorite garden.

The buildings on the outskirts of the estate, known as outhouses, housed the servants and attendants who served the master of the estate.The smaller building inside is the inner house. Except for the designated cleaning time, Muggle servants will enter, and only members of the Lambert family are active at other times.

Despite the care of the house-elves, a wizarding family does not need to hire additional servants.But in order to integrate into the entire Muggle aristocratic circle, the existence of servants is necessary.

The library in the duke's manor is where the Duke of Rezland and Terrence usually work and read books for leisure, while Theodore and Clarence study in a separate study.

Although the Duke of Rezlan often told his son that the collection of books in the library was far inferior to the closed old house of the Lambert family.But the amount of books inside is still amazing.The spacious library is filled with books on all four walls.

Ever since Clarence had the ability to walk alone and explore every part of his home, he had coveted the library.Unfortunately, the Duke of Rezland did not allow him to enter the library of the manor until he had completed Mr. Norman's elementary language course.

November 1973, 11, Clarence's third birthday.

After a simple family dinner, the Duke of Rezland announced that Clarence had passed the assessment of Mr. Norman's elementary language course and obtained the right to enter the library as a gift.

After that day, all of Clarence's free time was dedicated to the library.This is also the first time that he has unveiled the mystery of the wizarding world.Since then, Clarence's passion for reading has been stimulated, and then out of control.

When he learned that today's event was in the library, Theodore was not in high spirits after breakfast.On the other hand, Clarence, before the end of breakfast, was obviously in high spirits, and even seemed to be eating faster than usual.

Perhaps because of the large age span, there are still obvious differences in the personalities of the three brothers.

The grown-up Terrence's character is most similar to the Duke of Rezlan's, gentle and calm, and compared to his father, Terrence seems to have a better temper, just like a wise and calm mother.

Nine-year-old Theodore has not had many opportunities to be accompanied by his older brothers since he was born, because Terrence studied in a Muggle primary school before entering Hogwarts.Originally, the birth of Clarence gave Theodore the opportunity to get a playmate of a similar age.Helplessly, Clarence was born with weak health and did not recover until the last six months.Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Theodore has a very lively personality, and he can play games by himself happily, and his ability to entertain himself is undoubtedly the number one in the whole family.It seems that there is inexhaustible energy every day, doing everything possible to be mischievous.

As for Clarence, who has just turned three years old, it has to be said that he is the one with the most special personality in the whole family, at least Terrence thinks so.I don't know if it's because of poor health since he was a child, but Clarence seems to have always been very quiet, in stark contrast to Theodore.Ignoring the age factor, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is calm.But a trait like this in a three-year-old is odd.He is almost never seen crying, and in his waking hours, Clarence is very interested in everything written.Before being able to enter the library, Clarence spent most of his time reading newspapers.

If it weren't for the fact that the three brothers all had very similar golden hair and green eyes, it would make people doubt the blood relationship of the three.

"Theodore, Clarence, come, sit here, I have something to tell you." Terrence, who entered the study, stopped the two younger brothers before they started their own activities, and pointed in front of him sofa.

Terrence encountered a very distressing situation, which made him so entangled that he wanted to scratch the wall.

Compared with the Duke of Rezland who grew up in Lambert's old house, and Theodore and Clarence who received family education at home, the education he received from an early age has a stronger Muggle color.

He went to elementary school in the Muggle world.So in his conceptual world, there is no clear dividing line between Muggles and wizards.

Although the Duke of Rezlan has fully adapted to the life of the Muggle nobles.But obviously, his thinking has not been able to jump out of the misunderstanding of conventional wizards.

This led to the biggest disagreement with his father since Terrence came home from school.

Two-thirds of the Duke of Rezland's current property comes from the estate accumulated by the old Lambert during his operations, while the other third comes from the inheritance of the title.The main feature of both is the vastness of land.

In British society 50 years ago, perhaps such a large amount of estate was enough to maintain the inheritance of the Duke of Rezland.In the 70s, in Terrence's view, this was not enough.Modern industry is the new mainstream trend.

Compared with Theodore and Clarence, when he was growing up, he heard too many topics from his father about the revival and glory of the Lambert family.Unknowingly, he has regarded this as his dream.He is very willing to give all his efforts for his dream.

Facing the prospects of the British economy, which has not been revived after World War II, the father and son obviously have diametrically opposite perceptions.

"Mom and Dad are coming back this evening, so I have a very important matter that I need you to help me decide."

Looking at the expressions on the faces of the two younger brothers who seemed to be listening intently, Terrence took a deep breath, organized his language and began his statement as briefly as possible: "Dad has always hoped that the Lambert family can return to wizards. But now the wizarding world is very insecure, so Dad gave up the plan to re-enter the wizarding world. We all feel that we should make our family stronger in the Muggle world, especially economic strength, that is, earning money. More money. However, my father always felt that this goal can be achieved by properly managing the land property we own. But I feel that only by investing most of the money in industrial factories can our family be more powerful. So you understand?"

The two little heads nodded obediently following Terrence's question.That cute look made Terrence couldn't help rubbing the heads of his two younger brothers.

"I told my dad about my proposal when I first came home, but my dad disagreed and thought it was very risky. So, I did a comprehensive investigation and then wrote these two plans." Terrence said from himself He took out two documents with the same exquisite cover but completely different colors from his folder, and placed them on the table in front of the three brothers, and made sure that the two brothers could clearly see the appearance of the two documents: "The white document is For a more conservative plan, my father and I asked two or three existing factories of the family to switch to the new methods and plans I mentioned, and verify whether to continue investing in the factory from the effect of operations. And persuaded my father to expand the industry Invest." After speaking, he picked up the white document and shook it.

"And this blue one." After changing a folder, Terrence paused, felt the eyes of the two younger brothers fall on him again, and continued: "It's a more risky plan. I was in a folder at school. Students from Germany, I know that there is a family over there who is selling several of their auto factories, including all workers and technicians, because of their own debt problems. This is a very rare opportunity. Germany’s current industry is far ahead of other countries. If I am going to Germany now, and my classmates can guarantee more than half of the opportunities for me to get this opportunity. If I come back with a contract, my father will definitely keep his promise and complete this investment. However, he will definitely be very angry."

"Very angry!" Theodore and Clarence nodded decisively in agreement with Terrence's last words. The two coincident reactions made Terrence blushed and felt a little depressed.

"I haven't been able to make up my mind, so please help me choose! Although you may not understand what I mean, I still want to know, white or blue?" Terrence pushed the document in front of the two younger brothers.

'Snapped--'

Theodore opened his palm and patted the white folder directly in front of him, while Clarence pointed to the blue folder relatively quietly.

Sure enough, is it naive to want to rely on two children who may not understand the difference at all to make a decision?Terrence touched his nose in embarrassment.Although he expected that the reactions of his brothers should be the result of random selection, the fact that both of them pointed to the folder directly in front of him still made him very disappointed.

"You think about it again?" Terrence asked again with the last glimmer of hope.

It was Theodore who heard the words, and almost as soon as Terrence finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Clarence beside him.As if the latter didn't hear Terrence, the action of pointing at the blue folder did not change at all, but he also raised his head and glanced at Theodore.

The open palm weakly turned to the blue folder.

Seeing this scene, Terrence couldn't help but widen his eyes. The interaction between Theodore and Clarence surprised Terrence.He never expected that the communication between the two younger brothers would be dominated by the three-year-old Clarence!

"Are you sure?" Terrence asked again hastily.

'Crack! '

As if in a simple eye contact, Theodore reached a consensus with Clarence, and confirmed his final choice, and took two blue folders vigorously.And the smallest finger never moved from the beginning to the end.

"Haha! Good! I announce that the Lambert Brothers Alliance is officially established!" The largest palm held the open palm and firm fingers at the same time.Unprecedented easy laughter came from the library.