HP's Platinum Temptation

After agreeing to keep the secret, Clarence sent away Draco who seemed to have countless reasons.Then I realized that I was covered in cold sweat from embarrassment.A child's perception is surprisingly sharp.

And the information about Mrs. Malfoy that Draco inadvertently revealed was a bit too surprising, completely beyond Clarence's expectations.While it cannot be said that Draco has fully understood the emotional situation between his parents, it can be expected that when he does understand, it will not be difficult to accept.Should it be said that it is due to the different ways of thinking of children?

However, this can be regarded as double good news for Clarence. First of all, it has been confirmed that Lucius and Narcissa are indeed separated by family affection and love.Secondly, it can be predicted that if one day he really succeeds in taking down Lucius, Draco will not be disgusted and disgusted.

Clarence felt that he should really find a chance in the future to thank Mrs. Malfoy for her superb education.

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Clarence fell asleep with a mixed mood because of the shock he had received from Draco and what he had gained.But when he woke up comfortably, he basically put these troubles behind him.He'll be staying at Malfoy Manor for two nights.Excluding the morning of the arrival of the first day and the departure of the third day, only the afternoon and evening of the first and second days can really be discussed.But the first day was completely over. Because of the shock of Clarence taking out the wedding ring, the progress of the cooperation talks between the two basically remained at a level higher than zero.

If Lucius wasn't going to invite Clarence to stay at Malfoy Manor for another two days, then he certainly wouldn't be hiding from Clarence the next day.The point is, according to Clarence's understanding, even if his not-so-formal proposal would frighten Lucius, the other party will not be affected by such a thing for two days.

Sure enough, Lucius, who didn't show up at the breakfast table, came back before lunch, accompanied by the potion master who kept his expression basically indifferent.

Narcissa didn't show any surprise to Snape's appearance, she entertained him just like she entertained Clarence, although the tone was more familiar.And Draco obviously had conflicting emotions towards his godfather, wanting to get close but also very afraid.Especially after Snape snorted when he saw Draco trying to get close to him with his plush in his arms.

At the beginning of the afternoon's talk, Lucius opened the topic straightforwardly: "I need an unbreakable spell, and Snape will be the witness, is that okay?" Although it was a question, it was in an unquestionable tone.

Clarence shrugged, saying that he didn't care: "What kind of oath are you going to take?"

"A mutual non-betrayal and mutual assistance cooperation, in the name of Chief Lambert and Chief Malfoy." Lucius replied concisely: "Severus will only appear when witnessing the spell, according to the His 'deed, covenant, word'." Lucius read the last part of the speech emphatically, apparently dissatisfied with the ambiguous meaning of the 'oath' that Clarence said.

"Is there no time limit?" Clarence asked with some surprise.

"Of course, there is! Until the moment of the Dark Lord's complete death, or when both parties agree, the contract will be terminated." Lucius snorted coldly: "I'm not interested in contributing to your hegemony career."

"I thought Malfoy would most like to follow in the footsteps of the strong, otherwise why did he choose to follow the Dark Lord?" Clarence asked back: "Could it be that the Malfoy family's following was forced from the beginning?"

Lucius glanced at Clarence, but still answered his question: "My father was a friend of the Dark Lord when he was a student. There is a big difference in the style of the Dark Lord before and after. Once, he was the most important thing in my father's mind. An excellent king, following in his footsteps made my father see the hope of realizing the family's goals."

"What kind of goal? Have you given up now?" Clarence asked curiously.

"Restore the glory of the wizard." Lucius replied smoothly.

"It sounds a bit too high-sounding. The Malfoy family doesn't seem to care about the rise and fall of the wizarding world. What exactly is the glory of wizards you are referring to?" Clarence shook his head slightly and curled his lips. angle, expressing their disapproval.

"Great power, wizards rule the world. Concentrated power means greater power and interests." Lucius spoke as skillfully as a jingle, and then showed a disdainful expression: "Stop asking such hypocritical questions, Isn't the Lambert family at the right pace now? The Malfoy family has no interest in being a stepping stone for Lambert to become king in the wizarding world."

"Heh." Clarence laughed dryly and didn't respond to anything. He just turned his gaze away and looked at the mural in Lucius' study room with only an empty background.

"Why don't you retort, I thought you'd be happy to do that." Lucius frowned at Clarence's seemingly fuzzy reaction.

"If I say it, will you believe me? I think action is more credible to you." Clarence retracted his gaze and spread his hands: "If you want me to say it, I personally do agree These are not of interest. All I do is out of my sense of belonging to the identity of a wizard. Aren’t the purebloods of Slytherin very fond of faith? I think faith is necessary, but now the belief needs to be revised "In my personal opinion, the Dark Lord's actions have set the development level of the British wizarding world back for many years, and it is now at a precarious point."

"Ha, I didn't know that the savior's surname had changed to Lambert." Lucius sarcastically said, "Excuse me, I can't see where you said 'precarious'. The prosperity of the wizarding society has already A lot has recovered. If the Dark Lord's resurrection can be prevented, I think we will usher in a new period of development without any surprise."

"How long has the Malfoy family lost their understanding of the Muggle world? Has the Act of Secrecy affected you so much? I should really take you to the Muggle world when I have time. The peaceful scene you mentioned is in my opinion It has basically become dangerous to the level where wizards are about to become extinct. Do you have any idea about the population ratio of wizards and Muggles? Muggle expulsion spells will not always be as effective as they were thousands of years ago." Clarence frowned, The tone became a little unpleasant.

Lucius obviously didn't have any interest in continuing the topic: "If you have no problem with the terms of the contract, I'll let the house-elf inform Severus."

"Whatever." Clarence waved his hand, apparently Lucius's non-threatening performance made him a little annoyed.

Lucius raised his eyebrows, stopped talking, and confessed to the air beside him without looking back.

After a while, the potion master's black robe appeared in the study.Still expressionless, according to the contract written by Lucius, they witnessed the unbreakable spell of the two.But because someone seemed to be inexplicably emotionally disturbed, even the unbreakable spell that was supposed to be the highlight of the meeting seemed a little unreal, pledging their lives as collateral.Lucius expressed complete incomprehension.

"Oh, it's really strange that you care about it." Looking at the serious thinking expression that Clarence has rarely seen since the few times we met, Lucius clasped his hands above his knees and nodded at each other: "It seems that you are It's the one who's holding on to it for a high-sounding reason."

"To worry about it? That's right, from your point of view, it's really boring. But what I care about is not the reason itself, but a question that reminds me of it." Clarence rarely asked seriously: "Your The cooperation only limited the part against the Dark Lord, because you don't agree with what I said about the Death Eaters. So, in your opinion, the problem after the Dark Lord should be the Malfoy family regaining power Has it developed?"

Lucius showed a faint smile, raised his eyebrows, and did not deny it.

"Ha, sure enough." Clarence showed a smile with the opposite meaning and superficial information: "I suddenly realized that I might have made a very important mistake in my thinking. Of course, I don't mean cooperation, but my personal .”

"Oh? It actually has such an effect. It sounds like something important to you "personally"?" Lucius expressed his polite cooperation not sincerely, implying that he was not interested at all. mean.But Clarence has no intention of shutting up.

"A large part of what I do is to protect what I cherish. If it is not because the existence of the Dark Lord will inevitably bring harm to the people I care about, I am actually not willing to take the initiative to get involved in this matter, even if I know a lot of information about him." Clarence stared at Lucius and said word by word: "When all the dust settles, what I want more is a peaceful life with my family, doing something that interests me. I originally had you in my plan. It’s just that I realize now that even if I succeed in pursuing you, the result may not be as I wish. I’m assuming that even if one day you will have love for me, And you won’t give up the power and interests you care more about because of this.”

"Hehe." Lucius mocked Clarence's seriousness very bluntly: "Maybe I should cheer for your awakening and your intention to give up? But if this can make our future conversations more efficient Some, for whatever reason, I'd be more than happy to."

"I've always liked a line of lyrics I've heard, and knowing you made me feel that way for the first time. Although I'm not sure now."

"I'm very curious about the lyrics that can confuse a manipulator." Lucius raised his eyelids, showing his slightly contemptuous curiosity.

Clarence looked at Lucius' expression with a complicated expression, and hesitated for a while before saying, "From now on, you will be the reason for all happiness."

The author has something to say: PS: The meaning of this chapter is that Clay suddenly realized that his liking was a bit too wishful thinking.He felt that the pursuit of power and interests was the first thing Lucius valued.Although Clay's own hope is to solve the Dark Lord and change wizards' contempt for Muggles, he can find a place to do what he likes and live a life like retirement.But even if Lucius really fell in love with Clay, he might give up love and choose his own family and interests in the end.In the end, Clay's ideal happy life could not be realized.

In other words, Clay suddenly realized that there may be fundamental differences in the values ​​​​of the two, and there will be no results based on feelings and liking alone.

In fact, Yuanyuan didn't write the Lucius line anymore, so she omitted the part that directly presented the process of father L's mood changes to everyone.In fact, in Yuanyuan's text, there are some clues of Lucius' inner changes from Clay's perspective.Because Yuanyuan felt that relatives might prefer to experience it by themselves, so she didn't plan to say it clearly.Because Clay's ability to detect lies is very strong, father L consciously pretended that it was useless, so he deliberately faked the show and exaggerated a lot of his emotions and behaviors in order to achieve the purpose of hiding his true self.

In general, Father L felt that Clay's liking was inexplicable, but he had to admit that Clay was serious.Although Clay's tone of voice always made him feel like he was joking, in fact, every time this topic was mentioned, Clay was always action-oriented, and when he got to the bottom of it, he was never joking.Especially the matter of the wedding ring made Father L feel a strong shock in his heart, so he actually ran away on the first afternoon.

Deep down in his heart, because of the entanglement between Abu and the Dark Lord, Father L felt that he would not believe in love, and felt that love would eventually lose out to real interests.So the shock is the shock. When Clay said so seriously that he might not pursue Father L, Father L was really laughing at Clay, because he felt that Clay was like a fool, and he acted by himself from beginning to end. solo show.When he finally woke up, he still looked very solemn.

Of course, it was actually out of defensiveness, because I didn't believe in love, so I subconsciously denied it.Because while denying himself, Clay has been repeating it tirelessly to the point where Father L can't ignore it.Subconsciously, he was moved by what Clay said about liking, protecting, and proposing marriage, but he didn't want to admit it, so he intensified the denial and turned it into a naked ridicule.

In fact, Clay had always felt that his feelings and expectations for L's father were in line with the lyrics, and the lyrics were also a stalk he thought about using in the future to express his love.But he didn't expect that he would tell Father L this during a time of self-doubt and denial, so his expression was complicated.

But in the end he still spoke, because he really felt that he was wrong and was considering giving up, so he thought that he probably wouldn't need to say this sentence in the future.So he told Lucius the lyrics that used to express his mood very well.

Well, the above is an explanation about the inner changes of Father L in the last ten chapters or so, and the final plot of this chapter.