Ten thousand.
On the television in the Hogwarts Auditorium after Halloween, Hogwarts Auditorium.
"Our special correspondent, Rita Skeeter, reports that as the patriarch of the Malfoy Family, one of the twenty-eight pure-blooded noble families in the United Kingdom, Lucius Malfoy has been working hard to maintain the family's reputation and status … A wizard who lives such a good life is willing to lurk beside the Unknowns for ten years, following their orders, just to provide the most accurate information about the Unknowns and the Death Eaters to the United Kingdom's Ministry of Magic … A few days ago, in order to save the wizards who were taken away by the Death Eaters, he had no choice but to postpone his original lurking mission and quickly inform Headmaster Allen Harris of the Hogwarts, successfully rescuing the hostages … However, his personal identity was exposed because of this … Lucius Malfoy has paid a huge price for the peace of the United Kingdom's magic world. He endured humiliation in order to eliminate the Unknowns and the Death Eaters … Currently, the Ministry of Magic is applying for a Level 1 Merlin Medal for Mr. Lucius Malfoy, in recognition of his heroic act of saving so many lives."
"You all know, right?" Draco Malfoy sat down in his seat. Before he went to get his breakfast, he put his hand into the pocket of his robe and pulled out a folded newspaper. He proudly showed it off. "The 'Daily Prophet' reported on my father's deeds. The first page is his photo and personal profile. Apart from that, the entire article … to be continued to the third, sixth, and seventh pages are all about my father."
Many of the little wizards, regardless of whether they believed it or not, expressed their admiration for Lucius Malfoy. Some even left their seats and came over to clink glasses with Draco. Regardless of their previous relationship, the excited and proud Draco clinked glasses with them.
"Draco, I heard yesterday that your father was so frightened by the Granger Family's costume trial that he was hospitalized. How is he now?" Bryce Zabini approached Draco and asked in a low voice.
"Zabini, how many times do I have to tell you? That's not the case! " Seeing the smiles on the faces of the wizards around him, Malfoy felt like they were laughing at him. A pure-blooded adult wizard fainted after being scared by Wizard Muggle's Halloween costume … This was not something to be proud of. He said sternly, "He didn't faint because he was scared by the Granger family. He just got rid of the Mystery and was mentally exhausted … and he's fine now. He successfully escaped from the Mystery."
"Zabini! It was reported in the newspaper that he could save so many lives from the mysterious man! How much effort would that require?! "Many Slytherin who had gathered around agreed with Draco and refuted Zabini.
Zabini was a little surprised. He was just joking with his best friend and showing his concern. He did not expect to be refuted by these Magi who were not familiar with him. As a pureblood?
Had they already sensed something from Lucius's successful return as a traitor?
He rolled his eyes in disdain. These people were probably just worried that Lucius Malfoy would casually say something to Harris and say that their family would be supplied to the Ministry of Magic.
Draco was surrounded by the Slytherin who wanted to curry favor with him.
Emily leaned over to Pency and asked in a low voice, "Pency?
Still no news from father? "
"No?
I don't know where he went. "Pency was dejected and sighed in a low voice.
"Mr. Malfoy doesn't know either. He told me to contact my father when I get in touch with him … He said that he would plead for mercy for my father …"
"Is there a need for him to plead for mercy?" Emily wrinkled her little nose.
She turned her face away and snorted in disdain.
"Pency, if your father contacts you, bring him to me."
Pency did not agree, but nodded gratefully. Emily's words in front of Allen were much more useful than her future father-in-law's.
The Slytherin gathering had also attracted the attention of the Magi from other academies.
They saw Draco Malfoy raising his chin proudly again.
Ron took out something that looked like a newspaper clipping and elbowed Harry beside him.
Harry opened it. It was clipped from the Daily Magus, which was controlled by the pureblood family. This newspaper often reported on the Ministry of Magic and Harris from a seemingly impartial but actually derogatory point of view. They even dug up old scores and began to question the authenticity of Lucius's actions this time.
It could almost be said that Lucius used the Soul Seizing Curse as an excuse when the Mystery Man first fell from power.
Starting from avoiding punishment for the established fact that he was a Death Eater, it summarized all the so-called deeds of the Malfoy family over the years.
With this, it attacked the implausibility of suggesting that he was lurking around the Mystery Man and was a spy for the Ministry of Magic, trying to imply that he was a cunning and venomous snake who only cared about profits.
"At least he switched to Alan and the others this time, didn't he?" Harry returned the newspaper clipping in his hand to Ron Paul.
He looked at Slytherin's long table.
"But the Malfoy will look at people with his nostrils for a long time."
"Their surname reveals the character of this family." Ron put away the newspaper clipping.
Ron kept the newspaper clipping and glanced at Draco who was as proud as a peacock in disdain, then turned to whisper to Harry, "Their ancestors came from France with Commander Muggle. The surname Malfoy in French seems to be filled with dishonesty and unfaithfulness, so Lucius Malfoy betrayed the Mystery Man in order to avoid danger. It's their family tradition to waver like a fence-sitter …"
"Let's hope they can hold on longer this time …" Harry mumbled as he swallowed the sandwich.
"I say, it's Penello's class later. This time we have to go with you seniors. Are you sure you don't want to eat faster?" Jenny handed a cup of breakfast tea to Harry who choked a little. Seeing Ron turn his head and tease Lavender who was chatting with her friends in the distance, she stretched out her leg and kicked Ron. "Ron, otherwise, I'm afraid you'll not only be famous for having diarrhea in public, but also for being late."
"You know it's pumpkin juice! The therapist apologized to me later! Jenny! " Ron growled angrily and then looked around to see if anyone heard him. The freckles on his face didn't seem so prominent under the cover of his flushed cheeks. "You promised me you wouldn't say it in school!"
"But you have to admit that it does look like one … Ron … I thought you ate too much pumpkin and got a stomachache." Harry couldn't help but make fun of his good friend at this time. "I don't know what you mistook for a spider …"
"It's not what I mistook for a spider, it's a spider's leg …" Ron refuted in a low voice, unwilling to give up. "It's probably a therapist who was too serious like Hermione … Maybe the therapist who wronged me. You know, he was afraid that others would find out that he was too serious in his disguise and scared me until I fainted and had to bear the responsibility, so he framed me for having diarrhea."
"What? Ron? You said you were scared by Hermione to the point that you had diarrhea? "
"Ron, you've diarrhea again? Hmm? Why did I say 'again'? He seems to have diarrhea before? "
"I heard that 13 people were scared to death at Hermione's house this Halloween!"
Ron's low refutation was heard clearly by many of the Gryffindor. At this time, his face was flushed red and he tried in vain to argue that it was just pumpkin juice or something like that. What made him even more annoyed was that his girlfriend, Lavender, who knew that he was sitting on the pumpkin juice that day, clearly didn't hear what they were talking about this time. She clearly misunderstood that Ron had diarrhea in the Gryffindor's courtyard without her knowledge. She didn't dislike Ron, but she began to argue that other people were scared to death at the Gryffindor's house, and her boyfriend was already very brave for having diarrhea …
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
