HP's Platinum Temptation

Lucius had a premonition that even if the Medici managed to pull most of the pure-blood families into a loose 'Pure-Blood Alliance' and take measures to cut off the supply of ingredients to most of Collins' food stores, the Business Alliance would not Disintegrated as easily as the Medici had predicted.

Facts proved his conjecture.

The business alliance is not panicked about Medici's methods at all, and it can even be regarded as having been prepared for a long time.

On the third day after losing the supply of ingredients, the shops belonging to the business alliance closed down one after another, and posted notices on the shops that said that due to the malicious exclusion of competitors, they lost the supply of ingredients and could not continue to operate normally.The business alliance is actively preparing its own supply farms to respond to this crisis.In order to apologize, the remaining time of the event will continue to carry out preferential activities by the clothing stores owned by the business alliance'.

Although people in the wizarding world are also interested in clothing discounts, clothing is not as important as food.

That announcement sparked the first outcry from ordinary people on the third day that the Collins store was temporarily closed.Many tabloids other than mainstream newspapers saw a surge in sales because of their extensive coverage of the actions of the Pure-Blood Alliance.A public opinion quickly became the topic of wizards after dinner: "The big family controls the daily resources of wizards, crowds out all competitors, and monopolizes the prices of daily necessities to make huge profits."

A large number of people even sent letters to the Ministry of Magic, requesting to join the mediation at this time and help the business alliance restore the supply of activities.

Naturally, it is impossible for the Ministry of Magic to intervene because of such a matter, which is tantamount to spending money in the pockets of the major pure-blood families.In view of the fact that a large part of the operating funds of the public administration of the wizarding world comes from donations from these great families, the Ministry of Magic finally chose to remain silent.

For this reason, Medici was extremely proud and insisted on his own opinion. The business alliance was dying, so it took the method of stirring up public opinion. It was "a practice that did not understand the survival rules of the wizarding world."

On Easter, all the stores belonging to the business alliance suddenly reopened at the same time, and fresh and rich products filled all the shelves in the stores.The long-awaited people poured in one after another. Although the price of the goods this time was only a line lower than that of the Medici store, people were more willing to choose the store of the Commercial Alliance.Once again, Medici's store sales fell significantly.

At the same time, a large number of invitation letters from the Lambert family were sent to many pure-blood families.

The Violet fashion self-selected wizard clothing store, known as the largest and most advanced in Diagon Alley, will hold an opening ceremony in Diagon Alley two days after Easter. It is also a discount method commonly used by business alliances, and all pure-blood families are invited to join in the show.

In addition to the members of the business alliance itself, the neutral families headed by the Dalton and Hall families also received invitations.

But Lucius did not expect that the Malfoy family would also receive an exquisite invitation letter with a blue violet pattern, and it came from a unique inviter.

Lambert's Clothing Store is at the corner of Diagon Alley near Gringotts, an excellent location.Outside the window on the second floor is the most attractive design of the shop, a super-large doll interactive magic trick, which attracts people who are either invited or passing by, causing a turbulent flow of people at the door at this time.

Lucius took the two-year-old Draco out of the fireplace and noticed his destination through the lively crowd.

At the door of the shop, two steps higher than the road in front of the door, a bright golden head attracted Lucius' attention.

Although he had never met Mr. Clarence Lambert who invited him, Lucius recognized him immediately.

According to the data, the youngest son of the Lambert family just celebrated his 12th birthday not long ago, but he is far taller than a Hogwarts first-year student.

It is said that the four men of the Lambert family all have very obvious marks in appearance.Rich and dazzling blond hair, well-defined features, and a pair of typical dark green eyes that retain the Germanic national symbols.

Among the bustling crowd, Lucius could easily spot the young man with a bright smile on his face.

The boy standing at the door greeted the passing people very friendly, but it could be seen that his attention was not on those who entered the shop.Lucius noticed that from time to time he would look behind the crowd.Then, separated by the crowd who were not close, the other party's eyes met his own.A full smile came from those bright eyes.The young man then took steps towards his own direction.

"It's a great honor to receive your invitation, Mr. Lambert." Lucius looked at the underage wizard who was only a head shorter than himself, and couldn't help but sigh the superior gene of the Lambert family in his heart.

"Welcome, Mr. Malfoy, you can just call me Clarence." The young man who finally came to Lucius' side through the crowd greeted enthusiastically.The unique clear voice of this age group makes people can't help but raise the corners of their mouths and smile.

Lucius noticed that the violet brooch he had given was pinned to the skirt of the boy's robe.

"Okay, Clarence. This is my son Draco. He likes your Christmas present very much, so he asked to come with me this time and say thank you." Lucius responded with a smile , gently pulled the little hand he was holding, and brought Draco back to his senses, who had been looking around since he walked to the door of the shop just now.

"Thank you, Mr. Lambert, I like your gift very much!" Draco, who returned from the soul, approached Clarence, and said the words Narcissa taught before going out in a childish voice.

"Good day, little Mr. Malfoy." The boy bowed slightly, politely responding to the younger child's words.

"Narcissa and I also like the clothes you sent, they are very exquisite." Lucius continued: "Actually, we were quite surprised by the gift we received, which made you bother."

The green eyes widened slightly as he looked at Lucius, showing an obvious look of surprise: "What do you mean by Christmas gift? I don't know about it."

"But we did receive a gift from the Lambert family. The reply stated that it was a gift in return for your birthday gift. I thought it was from you." Lucius frowned slightly.Thinking back, the original gift did not have a specific signature.

"Really?" The boy bowed his head and thought for a while: "I have never known how to respond to the birthday gift you gave me, so I took the initiative to ask my parents to invite me to the opening ceremony in my name. You come. But since you got your gift back at Christmas, that's great. I've been worrying about being rude for not responding in time!"

"Then, Mr. Lambert should have sent the return gift on your behalf, but he forgot to tell you!" Lucius continued patiently.

"It shouldn't be my father. I think it's most likely a return gift prepared by my elder brother Terrence. Before I entered school, he sent me a photo of you when you were a student, and told me to give you Study and become the best student at Hogwarts! He said that he is a grade lower than you, so he always remembers you. It's a pity that he went to Germany again today, otherwise you can confirm with him."

"Oh, so that's the case. That's really a pity. Please help convey my thanks." Lucius stretched his brows and nodded gently.

"I'm sorry, I invited you to come, but I kept you standing at the door talking. Please come in quickly, and I will show you around." The boy turned sideways and gave way to the way into the shop.

Draco, who had been holding Lucius' hand all the time and walking by himself, was aroused by the children's Quidditch costumes in front of him as soon as he entered the door, and his eyes lit up instantly.Forget about the rules that Narcissa instructed before going out, and let Lucius go to the showcase over there.

"Draco!" Lucius hurriedly called out to his son, casting a reproachful look.

The two-year-old Mr. Malfoy stopped in response, pouted slightly, and put his little hand back into Lucius's with some reluctance. He lowered his head slightly, but his eyes were still glued to the clothes in the showcase.

"I made you laugh." Lucius had a flat expression on his face, and didn't say anything more about Draco's behavior, but explained to Clarence gently: "Draco likes Quidditch very much, come on." The first time I received a children's broom from Mr. Lambert, I have always liked it very much and played with it for a while every day."

"Really? That's the same as my second brother." Mr. Lambert squatted in front of the aggrieved Draco, and said with a smile on his face: "Is your name Dragon? Then do you like it?" dragon?"

Draco carefully raised his eyes to look at Lucius, making sure that he didn't notice his father's forbidden eyes again, then nodded slightly, and replied happily: "I like it!"

"Then I know there are some things you will like. We have a lot of children's clothing with various patterns of dragons. Hats, gloves and scarves. If you like it, I can give you one!" The young boy's soft voice and warmth His smile can arouse the child's goodwill, and he won Draco's favor almost immediately: "Shall we go and see together?"

"Yeah!" Draco was immediately interested, nodded vigorously, raised his head, and looked expectantly at Lucius.

"Go." Lucius was more likely to soften his heart to his son's request, but the expression on his face did not change much.

Draco, who agreed, showed a big smile, and stretched out his other empty hand to Mr. Lambert's hand: "Let's go!"

The two people who were held by Draco at the same time froze slightly, and they did not expect such a reaction from the child at all.

There was a touch of pink on the boy's cheeks, as if he was a little happy because of Draco's actions.However, he immediately came back to his senses, adjusted his expression, took the initiative to hold the little hand holding his little finger, and told him patiently: "Okay, don't worry. We can walk slowly, there are more people, don't squeeze you .”

"Yeah." The child nodded happily, completely unaware of the weird atmosphere just now, and obediently pulled the two people holding him closer: "Don't squeeze!"

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