[Comprehensive] The Wizard and the Fugitive

Hermione didn't want to bother explaining Malfoy's petty thoughts.In any case, Ron would not understand why someone like Harry with a strong sense of justice was not suitable for a high position.

Not only Ron, but the Weasleys, and most wizards in the wizarding world cannot understand that it is not wise to choose Harry Potter.They don't understand that what the magic world needs is a person who knows how to play the so-called rules, a chess player, not a hero.

And those few who can understand the key are all their opponents.

Although she didn't want to admit it, Hermione still had to face this fact: in the entire British wizarding world, the only person she could think of most with was Malfoy, who spared no effort to make Harry the minister.

How wonderful!Harry would never believe that the reason why he was able to win the top votes effortlessly was because of the help of the Slytherins.

Of course, the so-called help is Hermione's own idea.It wouldn't be too much of a stretch for Slytherin to make Harry Minister.The biggest difference between them and Gryffindor is that their alliance includes the Merlin Group, the Malfoy family, the Zabini family, the Flint family and Lita Skeeter, the queen of public opinion.And the Gryffindor alliance... Merlin knew exactly what the Gryffindors were doing all these years.

There are still ten days before the end of the election, and Hermione is busy fighting for the last chance to stand up, but the Slytherins who "do their best to help Potter" are not affected at all.The Zabini couple is still busy making a lot of money and Galleons on the Arctic Circle route.Marcus has found a new interest - forming a Quidditch team of his own.As for Malfoy, Master Draco said, he was already enjoying his vacation early.

Why spend time with a bunch of Gryffindors when enjoying the company of your fiancé in the comfort of your own manor?

The Ministry of Magic election has drawn most of the old Gryffindor rivals into an internal stalemate, and it is a good opportunity for the Slytherins to really reopen their social circles.The first banquet after the return of the Malfoy family kicked off in a low-key manner. Except for a few Slytherins, more pure-blood wizards from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff appeared.

Malfoy was not what he used to be, and everyone knew that Draco had two very good Muggle friends.After experiencing unfair treatment by the Ministry of Magic, he is still willing to donate most of his family property to help families damaged in the war.The former minister, Kingsley, harbored great malice towards him, and he was not as vindictive as old Malfoy. If Kingsley hadn't offended the public, he didn't even intend to pursue murder.

Perhaps it was the experience after the war that changed the arrogant young master. Although the current Patriarch Malfoy still has some inherent arrogance in his blood, he is not difficult to get along with.In today's situation where the Gryffindor family is dominant, and the mixed-races are clamoring for equal rights, but in fact they are subtly suppressing the pure-bloods, everyone is willing to associate with the returned Malfoy.Some even secretly hoped that Draco would be more powerful, like his father, leading the purebloods to the top for granted.

For this reason, although the first banquet after the re-opening of Malfoy Manor was held in a low-key manner, there were not many people who attended it.

William stood on the second floor, overlooking the criss-crossing of the hall.Draco was surrounded by the middle with the wine glass in hand, talking and laughing with the poise of the head of the family.In less than two years, he has grown more and more like Lucius, but because of the existence of William, the part of him that belongs to a boy has been retained.He can be the center of attention in the crowd, a schemer who cannibalize the Ministry of Magic bit by bit behind the scenes, or a boy who acts like a spoiled child in the arms of his fiancé.He was much luckier than the Malfoys of his predecessors.

"What are you looking at?"

A delicate female voice sounded beside him, William turned sideways, the smile on the corner of his mouth was still there, and the tenderness in his eyes fell on the witch, making her heart skip a beat.It's a pity that this tenderness came suddenly and left quickly. William didn't give her a chance to be affectionate, and quickly returned to her polite but distant appearance.

The witch looked in the direction William was looking at just now, and Draco Malfoy was surrounded by several little girls talking and laughing.She curled her lips, staring at William's expression and said, "Mr. Malfoy looks very happy."

William glanced at her, and raised the corners of his mouth: "This is the first banquet after the reopening of Malfoy Manor."

"Oh yes! Today's scene reminds me of the time when Malfoy Manor had such a banquet almost every month. At that time, Mr. Malfoy was also like this, especially popular with girls."

Downstairs, Draco raised his head, just in time to meet William's gaze, the two smiled at each other and toasted each other.Draco quickly turned his attention back to his social life. William followed him for a while, and finally turned sideways to give his attention to the witch beside him: "Sorry, who are you?"

"Lisa Dupin." The witch smiled sweetly and held out her hand to William: "Nice to meet you. I have heard your story and have always admired you. It is such an honor to meet you!"

William glanced at the other's outstretched hand and smiled: "Du Ping?"

"Yes...it's just a small family, it's normal if you don't know." The witch said with a blushing face.This time she wasn't excited or shy, but embarrassed.The wizards around had already noticed the delicate atmosphere between her and William. Her white and graceful hand, which was frozen in mid-air, looked like some kind of deformed monster, which abruptly attracted the attention of the people around and became a beautiful laughing stock.

Seeing the increasingly embarrassed face of the witch in front of him, William finally nodded slightly to her, turned and left the position.He walked down the stairs slowly, walked leisurely through the crowd, with a smile on his face, and the air-conditioning around him made everyone who tried to get close to him to look familiar shy away.

The suddenly quiet atmosphere made Draco raise his eyebrows in surprise, then he seemed to remember something, turned around with a smile, and sure enough saw William standing behind him.

"I thought you were not interested in today's scene." He teased with a smile.It had been evident at the Schiller estate that William had no interest in socializing at all.

William nodded and looked at Draco: "I'm really not interested in this kind of occasion, but there are people I'm interested in here today."

"Oh?" Draco raised an eyebrow pretending not to know.

William took his hand, put it on his lips and kissed it lightly: "I want to dance with him."