Mentor and Friends

Four years later:

Abraxas changed into his gown, and walked out of the room amidst the compliments of the mirror.

Malfoy Manor is very lively today, the wedding of the youngest deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic, not to mention his political status, just his status in the wizarding family is enough for them to be excited about getting this invitation .

"I hope we haven't disturbed you, Mr. Malfoy." Dumbledore looked at Abraxas with a smile.

"Of course not, Headmaster." Four years of political career has made him fully mature, he replied with an elegant smile.

"We have received your invitation, and your letter," said Dumbledore, "I can see that you are distressed, Mr. Malfoy."

"Oh yes, although this is rude, I still want to ask Mr. Grindelwald." He looked at Grindelwald who was following Dumbledore, "About what you promised some time ago."

"Cooperate with him?" Grindelwald smiled helplessly, "Mr. Malfoy, haven't you noticed that no one can stop his decision. Rather than letting him do self-destructive things, it's better to start at the beginning." , we just watch him, just in case."

"I think, these years, he is getting more and more wrong."

"No one can restrain him," Grindelwald said, "He used to hide his strength and character at Hogwarts because he was fledgling at that time, but now, no one can restrain him. "

"Maybe there is one..." Abraxas murmured for a moment, then shook his head in disappointment, "It's no different from none, isn't it?"

"Don't let Miss Longbottom see your disappointed expression," Dumbledore said with a smile, "You are the groom today, so you should be more festive."

"You're right, principal." Abraxas took a deep breath, and decided to put aside his worries about his friend for the time being. Even though he and Lilith belonged to a marriage, at least they met each other and treated each other well. I feel good about it, today's wedding, as an elegant gentleman, he is not suitable to cause trouble to the other party.

The wedding was held in the courtyard of Malfoy Manor. This beautifully manicured courtyard has been carefully decorated today. Many families who received invitations have arrived, but the wedding has not yet started.

Until a figure appeared in the yard.

The whole yard fell silent in an instant.

Everyone involuntarily followed the young man's footsteps, watching him walk gracefully and slowly with indifference.

Many people present, especially the new generation of nobles, all bent down to him and saluted slightly.

He is the leader of the Death Eaters forces that have risen rapidly in recent years. He does not belong to any family, but he has his own forces that even the Ministry of Magic can't do anything about.

He has a noble status beyond any family present, the only descendant of Slytherin, this status is enough to make any pure blood family bow their heads.

He advocated the rise of black magic, and his actions over the years have made Britain the largest gathering of dark wizards after Germany. After the Ministry of Magic noticed that his power was gradually expanding, it was too late to stop it.

He has perfect reasons.

As a descendant of Slytherin, Slytherin was such a great dark wizard back then, how could he not advocate black magic? The Ministry of Magic can't do anything to him because of his reasons. After all, he is a "Slytherin" The identity of the descendant, continuing the work of the ancestors.

He doesn't seem to have formed any forces, and the number of Death Eaters under him is not enough for the Ministry of Magic to arrest him for forming his own forces without permission. However, when he goes out to the Death Eaters, there are people from other families who are willing to work for him .

Those were not Death Eaters, but his power alone.

The Duke of Darkness—yes, very few people call his name now, and people only use "Duke of Darkness" as his pronoun, or... call him "Mysterious Man"—he has become the most popular of all these years. Many people who pay attention to him fear him, respect him, and want to be loyal to him.

He was the first one to fight with the Ministry of Magic in so many years since the black magic was suppressed by the British Ministry of Magic.

But it made the Ministry of Magic unable to catch any handle.

"Abu, congratulations." He walked up to Abraxas, showing a shallow and elegant smile.

In fact, those who know him well must still remember that when this person just graduated, he still maintained a gentle smile and elegant demeanor. No matter who he was in private, at least in front of others, he was impeccably perfect. , very few people saw his smile, he seemed to be receding behind the scenes, even if he appeared in front of people, he was so indifferent that people dare not approach him.

Everyone noticed his changes, and the one who felt it most directly was Abraxas.

"I thought you wouldn't come today, Tom." Abraxas raised his eyebrows slightly and said softly.

At this time when almost everyone was forgetting Tom Riddle's real name, beside him, only Abraxas still called him the name he had always disliked before and planned to change it after graduation.

This also shows the friendship between Abraxas and Tom.

Nowadays, there are not many people who can have such a good relationship with him.

"Of course I'll come to your wedding," said Tom. "I hope our conversation doesn't take up the time when the wedding begins, or it's my fault."

"Of course not." Abraxas said.

The wedding was grand, but Abraxas clearly felt that after the appearance of the "Duke of Darkness", the number of people gathered in the courtyard increased significantly.

He watched Tom indifferently deal with the various temptations of the nobles.

He still remembered that when he just graduated, Tom could at least maintain the superficial appearance, that indifferent appearance was always covered up with a gentle smile, but he didn't know when he didn't even bother to maintain the false appearance.

When did it start?

Abraxas sighed softly.

It was four years ago, when Hogwarts started school again, right?

Because Tom went to Germany, in fact, Abraxas never knew about his situation, but he knew that Tom had developed his own power and formed Death Eaters. Malfoy's family, Abraxas provided funds for the development of the Death Eaters in the early stage, and it is precisely because of this that he has the status of "Friend of the Dark Duke", even if he has never joined the Death Eaters, he is also in it has a certain status.

He naturally has channels to know Tom's situation.

Four years ago, after Tom went to Germany, he was okay at first, but later, Tom became more and more wrong.

In fact, there was nothing wrong. To put it bluntly, it was just that his true colors gradually emerged, and Tom was no longer willing to maintain the illusion of gentleness.

Abraxas didn't believe that Tom was so stupid. He actually tore away all the masks when his power just started. There must be something that caused Tom to lose control.

At that time, when Hogwarts started school in September, Abraxas received another piece of information—the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts had changed, and the former professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was Harry Iwan S and his assistant coach Ron Evans resigned.

Of course, this is what was announced to the public. The real news that Abraxas got was that these two people had disappeared.

No one knew where they went, as if after a summer vacation, these two people disappeared. It is said that they said they were going to travel at the beginning of the summer vacation, but after that, no one saw them again.

And after school started, news came from the Death Eaters that Tom had completely changed.

If the development of the previous Death Eaters was still going alone, Tom was cautious and cautious, but after September, Tom seemed to have no more scruples. The Death Eaters were encroaching on a large number of scattered dark wizard forces in Germany. Tom... Not even afraid to alarm the saints.

But Abraxas knew that this was Tom's true character—after anticipating what he needed, he shot absolutely quickly and ruthlessly.

It is said that when the saints were alarmed and Grindelwald returned to the country, Tom had already returned to England. The Death Eaters who were brought there at first became high-level personnel after experience. Until now, no one can shake their status.

All the changes seemed to be after the start of school in September.

Abraxas didn't know what happened, but he could already contact what happened.

Tom had a high-profile dance with Professor Harry at the graduation party, which almost symbolized that the two of them were together, but when the next semester started, the other party disappeared, and now it seems that Tom I don't know where the other party went.

In such a situation, Abraxas could only think of two aspects.

The first is that Tom finally had enough of playing and broke up with the other party, so the other party left.

But if it is the first point, then Tom will not let his true colors be exposed after breaking up, which is not conducive to his development. Tom is not a fool.

And the second point...

Tom didn't have enough fun, but the other party asked to break up, and then disappeared from Tom's sight, so Tom, who was originally rational... was stimulated into a fool.

After much calculation, he still felt that the second point was easier to establish.

At night, the guests gradually dispersed. Tom, who had been patiently staying at Malfoy Manor for a day, agreed to live in Malfoy Manor tonight at the invitation of Abraxas.

"Your room has never been moved." Tom had been to Malfoy Manor a few times before, and he lived in the guest room at that time. The guest's guest room became Tom's exclusive room, "You can have a good sleep."

"Thank you." Tom nodded.

"I'll tell the house elf to get you some batteries later. Have you changed to a new flavor recently?"

The other party paused: "It's still the same as before."

Abraxas looked at his back and sighed softly.

Professor Harry disappeared for four years, Tom gradually became cold, however, he still maintained the habit of getting along with each other.

Whether it's room layout or eating habits.

For some reason, at the graduation party, the image of the two embracing each other and dancing is still deeply in his mind. Looking at Tom's back at this time, he somehow saw the loneliness that Tom had never shown...

The author has something to say: By the way, in the first few chapters about Harry and the others apparating to France, I have always had a bug in the original book that I wanted to talk about, and I just remembered it today.

I remember that in the original book, when Harry was learning apparation in sixth grade, the professor who taught them once said that they should think about the place they are going in their minds, so I understand that they can only describe it in their minds after they have got that place, but the seventh book When they were looking for Lorna's father when they were in danger, Hermione took them to Apparate, but even Hermione didn't know where they were when they arrived at the destination. In fact, I think this should be regarded as a bug?Is it because I misunderstood the party's textual research qaq?

By the way, I finally wrote the "Tom Blackening" you waited for. I'm so excited. Is there o(*≧▽≦)ツ