HP's Platinum Temptation

Clarence did not hesitate long before agreeing to the invitation to spend the night at Malfoy Manor.Instead of running back the next day, it would be an efficient choice to settle the matter overnight.

Because of the death of Mrs. Black and the news about Regulus, Narcissa was physically and mentally exhausted, so she went back to her room to rest after dinner.Draco seemed to want to stay, but under Lucius' eyes, he obediently retreated back to his room.

Clarence didn't seem to have seen this. After eating dinner slowly, he left the restaurant casually and went for a walk in the garden of the manor.

In the garden at night, in addition to the bright moonlight, there are specially planted nocturnal grasses on both sides of the path to show the path in the garden.Following this garden path can circle the entire Malfoy Manor, passing through several main corridors in the middle.After Clarence's walk had completed three-quarters of the way, Lucius, who had appeared out of nowhere, followed him.

"I think, when I go back, I can suggest to the hostess of Lambert Manor to imitate such a path. Walking around at night can make people feel at ease." Clarence said softly: "When I came last time , it seems that there is no such trail.”

"Sissy only made it in the last month." Lucius said calmly, "I haven't visited Lambert's Manor yet. I don't know when I will have the honor to visit Mrs. Lambert's work."

"There must be a chance." Clarence responded evasively, "Why don't you stay with Mrs. Malfoy?"

"She went back to her room to rest, so it's not convenient for me to go there. Just now the house elf reported that she was asleep." Lucius said meaningfully.

"Are you trying to tell me that you have always slept in separate rooms?" Clarence smiled, and he couldn't tell if he was really happy in his voice: "You surprised me, Lucius. You never I wasn't hinted at like that."

"Am I implying something?" Lucius decisively denied Clarence's statement with a rhetorical question.

"Well, no, you only made it clear once at most." Clarence nodded with a smile, and did not go further into the hinted question.The walk of the two became silent again.There had never been such a quiet long time between Clarence and Lucius.Clarence, who was taking a walk by himself, didn't intend to speak, and Lucius, who followed up actively, didn't seem to be in a hurry to find a topic.

"What do you want to say? If you don't speak, you will be in my guest room." The silence continued for another quarter of an hour before Clarence asked.

"In the past three months, I wrote you a total of four letters. Yvette said that you just returned to China recently, and you didn't see it before, so you didn't reply. But I don't believe that you really only saw the letter recently. "Lucius lowered his head slightly, and his low voice made it impossible to discern the emotion: "Are you so ruthless to those who 'give up'?"

"I remember, you were very happy with my 'give up', weren't you? And now you blame me for being ruthless?" Clarence chuckled lightly, "Hehe, has Mr. Malfoy always been this sentimental?"

"A lover outside of marriage is very normal for a wizard from a pure-blood family. And I don't have any lover now, is this affectionate?"

"So?" Clarence stopped on the steps of the colonnade, looked down at Lucius who was standing on a step lower than himself, with an obvious smile on his face, but not as casual as before Instead, Lucius vaguely felt a sense of danger: "You rejected my love, but now you want a lover's relationship?"

"I don't remember that I refused." Lucius stepped up the steps calmly and walked into the shadow of the pillars under the moonlight.

"At least you never accepted it." Clarence's smile subsided a bit, and he stood side by side with Lucius by the colonnade.

"You are too serious, Henry." Lucius said pretendingly casually.

"Lucius." Clarence suddenly called out a slightly hoarse voice, grabbed Lucius who was about to move forward, and brought him into the space between himself and the colonnade.Supporting the colonnade with his right hand, his left hand reached out to Lucius who looked up to meet his gaze.Picking up a strand of loose long hair, Clarence leaned forward and approached the face of the owner of the hair. His eyes met, and he felt the breath of the other party's breath on his chin.This action lasted for about five breaths. When Lucius' gaze slipped from Clarence's eyes to his lips over time, Lucius saw the red lips touch slightly. , Spit out a sentence: "Is there anything you want me to help with?"

Lucius' cheeks were flushed with anger, and he held his breath in his chest.

"If it is, you don't need to be like this. Just say it. If I can help, I will try my best. We are allies, aren't we?" Clarence immediately raised his head and opened the gap between the two distance between.

Lucius held back for a while, but finally did not attack, took a deep breath and said, "Sissy wants to save Regulus. If you know where that place is, I hope I can ask you to help. Even if it's just to save his Bring back the body. If you can do that, you'll win Narcissa's friendship, and that of the Black family."

"Hehe, friendship." Clarence smiled, turned around and continued on his way back to the guest room: "Is that useful to me now?"

"Are you asking for a reward?" Lucius adjusted his clothes and followed him without changing his expression: "This doesn't quite resemble your style."

"Why, for the sake of Mrs. Malfoy, do you still care about this?" Clarence smiled jokingly, and turned his head to look at Lucius who was pretending to be relaxed, but in fact he couldn't hide his anger.

"Of course not." Lucius replied without hesitation.

"I'm jealous, Lucius." Clarence said, "Since you don't love Mrs. Malfoy, but you can give up your interests for her, why are you so mean to me?"

"I don't think what I meant just now was to let you go home empty-handed." Lucius frowned, further accumulating anger.

"I'm not talking about benefits. Sigh..." Clarence glanced at Lucius, sighed, retracted his eyes, and rubbed his temples with both hands as if he had a headache: "I'm talking about Your heart. You can pay any price for the interests you value without changing your face, but your feelings are tightly locked, and you refuse to give any sincerity. Is this really difficult for you? "

"Oh, feelings. Isn't it you who rejected me just now?" Lucius glanced at his mouth, and most of the anger revealed in the corner of his mouth dissipated.

"Material benefits, a sexy lover." Clarence said with a heavy tone: "Actually, I don't lack these, if I want them. I really don't value these, although from the corners of your mouth I can see I can see that you don't believe what I say about this at all."

Lucius frowned subconsciously, and pursed his lips, as if to retract the curvature of the mouth that Clarence said.

"I really don't know what to do with you, Lucius." Clarence smiled self-deprecatingly, and continued: "The matter with Regulus is not that simple, only Kreacher knows the exact address , if you want to go there, you must get Kreacher's help. But even if you go there, it seems that it is not an easy task to accurately find out Regulus among the countless ghost corpses in the water and bring him back. Not to mention the difficulty of finding him, the Regulus we can see now will not be in the state of knowing Mrs. Malfoy and coming back with you like a good baby. If you really plan to help her achieve this wish If so, we need to find a way to summon Regulus and how to bring him back quietly."

"Are you willing to help?" Lucius' unexpected expression appeared on his face: "Even if there is nothing in return?"

"Didn't I just say that as long as you open your mouth, and you said it yourself, I can gain the friendship of Mrs. Malfoy and the Black family. I will also find a way to solve these two problems when I go back. As long as these two points can be achieved, You can go there anytime." Clarence stopped in front of his room door and said, "Then, good night, Lucius." Before Lucius could react, he leaned forward and lightly tapped the corner of Lucius' mouth. Kiss lightly: "Kiss good night." Then she returned to the room decisively.

Outside the door, Lucius touched the corner of his mouth with his hand, and left silently.

******

Because the matter of going to the cave by the sea cannot be done until the preparation is complete, Lucius did not mention this topic again in the second day's conversation, mainly focusing on the matter of the wizard duel competition.

"Regarding the bet you mentioned, everyone hopes to know more details, what is the format of the game, what are the restrictions, and how will the winner be judged?" Lucius asked methodically.

"Sure enough, you will be interested." Clarence raised his eyebrows, and handed Lucius the file he had prepared in advance: "The real-world strategy system, we developed it last year, through the Hogwarts Violet Society's The members of the club have conducted a use test. It is made by combining wizard and Muggle techniques. During the process of use, different actual scenarios can be created for wizards to duel. After all, in actual battles, everyone does not It will be standing in an unobstructed environment and shooting magic spells, and it will appear in the form of a team. Therefore, I suggest that you select a certain number of people and fight in the scene. You cannot use spells and black magic that will cause irreversible damage. Finally, put Whoever defeats the opposing team is considered a winner.”

"Sounds very novel." Lucius opened the file and found that there were many photos of Hogwarts: "This is it?"

"A small-scale real-world system has been installed in Hogwarts for students to use for a long time, and usage data is collected by the way. You can ask the students at school about the specific situation. Our largest real-life strategy system is expected to be completed around April next year. At the same time, the venue for the Quidditch World Cup will be completed next year. The game time will be set there, how about 4 people in each team?"

The author has something to say: Because the details of the game are a matter of wrangling, so I made it a secondary focus, and the focus is on the molestation of Clay and L father~

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