HP's Platinum Temptation

"Daddy is also Xiaolong's idol!" When the atmosphere was a little frozen, Draco suddenly pulled Laclarence's sleeve, pushed forward his little chest, and said very proudly: "You have great vision!"

"Haha, yes, you are also very discerning, Mr. Malfoy!" The young man laughed and made trouble with Draco unscrupulously, which made Lucius shake again.

For a moment just now, Lucius almost thought that this invitation was a deliberate act by Clarence at the request of his elders, and subconsciously became nervous.But the boy's eyes filled with love and doting for Draco at this time made him puzzled again.

"Yeah, you can call me Xiaolong! I like you too!" Draco had the attitude of being bought by Clarence.

"Okay, Xiaolong, then you can call me Clay, my brother and sister call me that." The boy stood up, and this time he took the initiative to hold Draco's hand: "Mr. Go up there and see!"

"To be honest, you confuse me, Mr. Lambert." Lucius folded his arms and looked at the boy who was holding his son, but did not follow their steps towards the stairs: "I thought it was An ordinary invitation. But in fact, I have been observing just now, except for you, it seems that I have not seen other members of the Lambert family and other invited guests."

"Please call me Clarence, sir. Really, I insist that you call me that." The boy stopped and looked up at the serious adult wizard.

"If you can let me understand the current situation." Lucius stared intently at the young man who was still able to keep his smile intact, and suddenly felt that he seemed to have overlooked something.

As the first Slytherin member of the Hufflepuff family that has been passed down for many generations, and a Slytherin who easily stole all the limelight from the Medici soon after entering school, how could the boy be only simple and innocent?

"Please believe in my sincerity, sir. I'm telling the truth." The boy's bright smile narrowed a bit, and he said seriously: "Actually, it's because the other invitations are all marked in the afternoon, and only those sent to you The invitation letter was written this morning."

"The reason? Is it related to your brother Terrence who has been advancing intentionally or unintentionally?" Lucius asked directly: "In fact, this is the reason that puzzles me the most."

"I think the lobby on the first floor here is not a suitable place for conversation. How about we go upstairs?" Clarence's smile has not changed, but at this moment, in Lucius' view, it is indeed full of excitement. Sly breath.

"Dad, why don't we go up?" While Lucius was looking at Clarence, Draco, who had never understood the meaning of their conversation, suddenly said, "I think there are too many people, I don't like it. "

"Mr. Malfoy?" The boy politely cast a questioning look.

"Let's go." Lucius was not used to letting the other party take the lead in the conversation, and stepped forward to hold Draco who couldn't wait again.

"Okay, this way please." Clarence let go of Draco's little hand at the right time, and walked ahead to lead the way.

The boy's back is slender, but it doesn't make people feel thin.The shallow smile that has been hanging on his face is actually hard to make people feel disgusted with him.

"The distinguished guests in the afternoon will all be guests at the Lambert Manor to attend the dinner in the evening. But we all feel that Mr. Malfoy probably won't be willing to attend the business alliance's dinner, so we changed the invitation to you in the morning."

"I am very grateful for your thoughtfulness. That banquet is indeed not suitable for me to participate in. Then, why did you send out an invitation letter?"

"Because I have always hoped to have the opportunity to meet you." The young man walking in front did not look back, and responded very quickly with a direct sentence that surprised Lucius very much.

The area of ​​the second floor and the first floor of the clothing store is the same, but it is much empty.Several young witches were accompanying different customers carefully observing the various clothing materials hanging on the surrounding walls, and from time to time lowered their heads to write down the specific requirements of the customers in the notebook.

Seeing the young man bring two guests, one big and one small, upstairs, an older witch took the initiative to come forward: "Little Mr. Lambert, is there anything I can do for you?"

"I want to give my friend a nice hat." The boy moved a step aside so that the witch could see Draco behind him.The latter met the witch's curious eyes and showed a slightly shy smile.

After accompanying Draco to choose all the patterns he wanted, the boy led Lucius to a nearby room that was probably the reception room and waited for the hat to be completed.Lucius took a quick look around, and found that the furnishings in the room were quite simple and clear at a glance.There is only a small coffee table and a few simple but comfortable sofas.

Draco, who was tired from shopping a long time ago, sat down on the sofa as soon as he entered the room, happily enjoying the few pieces of candy that the boy handed him.

"I asked Terrence to send out today's invitation letter. It's just that the modification of the time was his suggestion. He mentioned you several times, so I've been very curious. You know, he seldom praises a person full of praise. "The boy's voice was full of curiosity just like the content of the words.

"Maybe I let you down today?" Lucius raised his eyebrows.

"Of course not. In fact, you are better than I imagined. It is not polite to say that you are my idol. Terrence has been following you, so I can often hear your words News. He thinks you are the best family heir he has ever seen. That's why he hopes that I can follow your example." The boy leaned on the seat and moved forward a little, looking seriously at the somewhat casual Adult wizard: "I can often hear senior students talking about you after I entered Slytherin."

"It seems that your family has very high expectations of you."

"It used to be like this. Because the Lambert family was also a pure Slytherin family hundreds of years ago, my parents were very happy with the result of my sorting, and they also had high hopes for me." The smile on the corner of the boy's mouth brought There was a sense of pride, but then quickly collapsed, turning into a complete wry smile: "But I also know that Terrence is obviously a better heir than me."

"Is this the trouble of happiness? I think there should be many people who want to have the same prosperous population as the Lambert family. Especially the pure-blood families. Your troubles are also a kind of luck to us, at least Mr. Lambert doesn't need to worry too much about not having a suitable heir." Lucius gave a dry laugh and comforted the boy not too seriously.

"Maybe, but there was an accident that made my parents think they were going to lose me." The boy sighed: "Fortunately, I only suffered some minor injuries in the end."

"Really? What kind of thing can cause such serious consequences?" Lucius asked casually.The teenager's troubles made him want to laugh a little.As time went on, the teenager's control over his own perfect performance seemed to diminish more and more.

"When I was six years old and Theodore went to Diagon Alley for the first time, I encountered a sudden battle. Terrence later told us that it was an attack planned by Death Eaters." In the teenager's words The key words made Lucius tighten his jaw subconsciously, and his pale gray eyes dimmed slightly.In recent years, few people have mentioned this directly to him.But the body's reaction would still emerge involuntarily. In order to cover up his momentary gaffe, Lucius approached backwards on the sofa as if unintentionally, and changed the snake stick tightly held in his right hand to his left.

"Oh? I didn't expect you to have encountered such a thing. Most of the Death Eaters are vicious people. It is very lucky to see you sitting here safe and sound." Lucius looked away, Said a word neither salty nor light.

"Terrence once said that you had been controlled by the Imperius Curse of the Death Eaters before, and you didn't recover until the end of the war. It seems that we are all victims. It's just that I was still young at that time, and I don't have much memory. Mr. Malfoy must have had a hard time during that time!" The boy seemed to want to resonate with Lucius in this way, but he chose the wrong topic.

"Sorry, this doesn't seem like a pleasant topic. I don't want to talk about it again." The temperature of Lucius' voice cooled down instantly, and the polite smile on his face disappeared without a trace.

"I'm sorry, I took the liberty."

"So?" Lucius snorted softly, and his tone became colder: "You want to see me because of who I used to be? If I had appeared among the Death Eaters who attacked you, I probably wouldn't have It was such a surprise."

"No, please don't misunderstand. I was the one who dragged the topic away just now, and I'm really sorry for making you unhappy." The boy lowered his eyes, and his voice was a little low: "The really strong idea of ​​wanting to see you was born because of receiving It’s your birthday present. As a stranger who has been silently paying attention to information about you, I can’t describe to you how flattered I felt at that time. I really want to know, how did you know about my birthday?”

"I believe you should still remember the sensation you caused in the auditorium on your birthday. For us, what happened in Hogwarts is no secret. There are also many channels for obtaining information. So It's nothing surprising." Lucius felt that today's conversation is enough.The juvenile's method of inquiring information is not particularly clever.In contrast, the young man inadvertently revealed a lot of information, enough to cause him annoyance: "We've been out for a long time today, I think you're tired too, so we won't bother you any more."

"Well, indeed. You can't delay your time for lunch. When the dragon's hat is ready, I will owl it to Malfoy Manor."

"Then, goodbye, Clarence." Lucius got up and pulled Draco who was still reluctant to part with Clarence: "Thank you for your hospitality today."

"Mr. Malfoy!" Lucius, who was about to step out of the room door, paused, and heard the boy's questioning question: "This year's birthday, can I expect to receive your gift again?"

The author has something to say: If you think the dialogue feels a bit messy, don’t doubt it, it’s the feeling that Yuanyuan wants to express.

Probably Clarence seems to want to get in touch with Lucius (relying on the topic of heirs and Death Eaters) to inquire about the intermediary who Lucius learned of his birthday.But before the topic got to that point, I accidentally messed up the atmosphere.

As for what the real facts are, well, everyone understands~ Yuanyuan won’t explain anymore~

Because my dear friends have always said that Yuanyuan has too much foreshadowing, but Yuanyuan feels that it is all necessary information.

Distressed, Yuanyuan ran to seek advice from an expert.

Experts said that what Yuanyuan wants to express is not necessarily what readers want to see.The intention of Yuanyuan's writing may not be completely understood by you.

So so~~

(*^__^*) Hee hee...

I hope you will not feel very sorry for the unhappily parted spirit~

(^o^)/~Does anyone think Clay's last sentence is very coquettish?

Tomorrow is a very important exam for Yuanyuan, please bless~~