In the dark but spacious room, Aglaia sat on the bed and said with a smile, "I have a plan."
Hoffa was even more alarmed. "Huh?"
Aglaia's voice was so soft that it tickled Hoffa's ears.
"I stole one of my mother's orders. There's a group of wizards in Heltzburg, Wales. They need a batch of medicine. I had nothing to do during the summer break, so I made the medicine."
Hearing her words, Hoffa wanted to get up and leave, but Aglaia quickly hugged him and almost pressed on top of him. "Hehehe … Let's do it."
"Do what?" Hoffa was sweating.
"Sell medicine to Wales."
"Wales?"
"Yes. It's all medicine to treat injuries. A wizard there offered a thousand galleons to buy 500 pounds of medicine from our family. If you're willing, we can do it together. "
"How much?"
Hoffa was stunned.
"Shh …"
Seeing Hoffa's voice a little louder, Aglaia immediately covered his mouth. She was so excited that she could not control herself.
"Keep your voice down. Don't let my mother hear you. If she hears me, I'm dead."
"Who's going to do it?"
Hoffa stared and lowered his voice.
"Us, of course, us."
"Us? Smuggling drugs … F * ck … "Huo Fa was stunned." Young mistress, are you kidding me?! 500 pounds of medicine. Are you going to carry it or should I? "
"I have the Traceless Stretch Backpack. What are you afraid of?"
Aglaea waved her arms around Huo Fa. "Listen. After this job, we'll make the first bucket of gold in our lives. Then, we'll be able to live a good life …"
"If you go downstairs now, you can have a good meal." Huo Fa rationally exposed her lie.
"It's different! How can it be the same? "
Aglaia kicked Hoffa with her bare foot.
"Listen, Hoffa, you have to help me. If I continue to stay in this place, I'm going to go crazy. The butler is like a robot, the maids are like a robot, and there's no joy in socializing. I'm already at my limit after spending all day with those boring people …"
Hoffa's eyes widened. "What are you looking for me for?!"
Aglaia: "Please, you don't think I'm here to eat cake with you, do you?"
Hoffa's eyes widened. "Bastard, I'm here to attend my classmate's birthday. If I'm not here to eat cake, what am I here for?"
"If you want to eat cake, I'll get someone to bring it to you now."
Hoffa looked at her in disbelief. "What business? What bullshit first bucket of gold? You just want to play, don't you?"
"Yes, take me to play." Aglaia said matter-of-factly. "Anywhere is fine. Wales, Ireland, New Zealand. It doesn't matter where it is, as long as it's not here."
"No." Hoffa flatly refused. "With your identity, if there's a problem, you won't be able to pay for it even if you sell me."
"Hey!" Aglaia was anxious. "You're the youngest Animagus in history, and you're the one who released the Legendary Shield Spell. You can't even handle such a small matter."
"Heh, where did your blind trust come from?"
Hoffa spread his hands. "I'm just a pitiful wizard without a magic wand."
"Buy another one. As long as you take me out, I'll buy another one for you."
"Give up." Hoffa said lazily. "I've already been to Ollivander's house. There's no magic wand that suits me. I can't even fart with those magic wands. "
Aglaia was unhappy. She sat cross-legged on the bed and pouted unhappily. "Hoffa ~ Did you bring a birthday present? I remember that someone said at Christmas that the present was for the birthday."
Hoffa turned his head away awkwardly, unwilling to look into those blue eyes.
Aglaia knelt on the bed and moved her knees to the other side. "Look at you. We've been here for half a day and you haven't even said happy birthday. I asked you to take me out to play, and you're still making excuses. Do you treat me as a friend?"
"Stop it!"
Hoffa pushed her away and sneered. "I guessed that you didn't have good intentions when you asked me to come to your house. It seems that you also didn't have good intentions when you asked me to work in Saint-Mango."
Aglaia: "Hoffa, you're the best."
"It's useless to flatter me. Just give up. There's a war outside. If you want to go out with me, you have to get your mother's permission first."
With that, Hoffa walked out of the door without looking back. At that moment, he felt that he had been possessed by Ossivia's soul. That woman had changed him.
But the moment he grabbed the door handle, he heard a cold snort behind him. "Then you'll have to pay for the medical fees yourself."
Hoffa's heart skipped a beat. He turned around and asked, "What medical fees?"
Aglaia gave a devilish smile. "You'll have to pay for the injuries you inflicted on Kerrigan Burton, his treatment fees, and the subsequent criminal and judicial proceedings."
Hoffa: "What?"
"Get out. I won't recognize you after you walk out of this door. You can either take me out of this house, or wait for those black-hearted capitalists to squeeze you dry."
Hoffa stopped in his tracks.
Aglaia propped her head with her hands and lay on her side on the bed. She scratched her right thigh with her left toe and sighed. "You have to be responsible for hitting someone. At the very least, you'll have to go to the Ministry of Magic a dozen times. Sigh, I've been there once and I don't want to go there again."
Hoffa groaned. "… You old witch …"
"Hehe, you see ~"
Aglaia sat up and spread out her hands happily. She smiled and said, "I'm still useful as a friend, aren't I?"
Hoffa did not say anything. While he was silent, a faint shout came from downstairs.
"… My dear, are you ready?"
Aglaia walked to the door and patted Hoffa. She whispered, "Then, it's a deal. We'll smuggle drugs together and earn a few million Garen. Hehehe …"
Hoffa frowned and looked at her infatuated face. He did not answer.
Another shout came from downstairs. "Dear …"
Aglaia showed an impatient expression. She opened the door and shouted sweetly downstairs. "Okay, coming!"
After shouting, she ran to the bed and put on her high heels. Then, she took out a pearl bag from under her pillow and adjusted the silver jewelry on her head. She said to Hoffa, "Now go downstairs and eat the cake. Remember to wait for my signal."
"What signal?"
Hoffa asked coldly.
What answered him was the sound of the door slamming.
Aglaia lifted her skirt and closed the door.
.....
.....
Hoffa was left alone in the room. After three seconds, he grabbed his hair angrily. "Damn it!"
Aglaia's sudden and willful request made Hoffa irritated. He did want to go out and look for the Sorcerer's Secret Realm, but he did not want to bring a burden with him.
If she was Miranda, Hoffa might have asked for it. Miranda was strong enough and calm enough to be a good helper.
But Aglaia was not a good choice for a teammate. Although she was strong, she got carried away too easily. Once she got carried away, it was like drinking fake alcohol. God knows if she had gotten better.
He was worried. He did not want to rush down to the party, so he just walked around Aglaia's room for a while.
At this time, the faint sound of an air raid alarm came from afar. He walked to the window and looked out. In the dark blue sky, there were dark clouds. And in those clouds, there were some faint flashes of fire.
It was an airplane.
In 1940, the German Muggles were already planning an air war against the United Kingdom. His memory of history was not clear, but he knew that the United Kingdom would be bombed on a large scale in two years.
He did not know when it would be. He also did not know if the Sorcerer's gathering place would be bombed in this world. Would the Sorcerers participate in the Muggles' war?
But the only thing he was sure of was that it would not be safe anywhere. Aglaia really knew how to pick the right time.
After watching for a while, the air raid alarm in the distance gradually disappeared.
(Should I tell on her to her mother …)
The moment the alarm disappeared, an idea suddenly came to Hoffa's mind. He thought that since Aglaia had told on him so many times when they were in the first grade, he might as well be a snitch.
A smirk appeared at the corner of his mouth. He turned around, opened the door, and walked downstairs.
Just as he reached the corner of the stairs, he heard a decisive voice coming from downstairs.
(… Especially at times like this, the more important it is for the family to be united. The family's business transformation plan will not be done in a short period of time. The benefits of this transformation for the future are immeasurable, but the price and pain of the reform can only be borne by working together …)
Downstairs, the birthday party was going on. Standing on the third floor, Aglaia's mother was still giving a speech, but the content of the speech had little to do with Aglaia's birthday. It was mostly about the strategy of the family in this era.
In order not to cause any awkwardness, Hoffa used Ghost Walk to the corner of the hall and sat down.
He saw that when Aglaia's mother was giving the speech, Aglaia was talking to a few men and women of the same age. They were probably her childhood friends or relatives.
After the speech, everyone applauded. Then, the well-dressed people who came to the party began to walk around and chat with each other. But almost all of them talked about business.
Medicine, arms, real estate, immigration …
Gradually, Hoffa began to feel that something was wrong.
He had never seen a birthday party like this.
Just as Aglaia said, her mother was just looking for an excuse to gather all the family members together. The huge birthday cake was placed in the center of the hall, but not many people cared about it. It was just a decoration.
The original purpose of this birthday party was not remembered or cared by many people.
Hoffa was a little surprised as he picked up a glass of water, took a sip, and silently observed his surroundings.
The more he looked, the deeper his frown became. There was only endless information exchange around him. It was an extremely complicated adult conversation. These voices were like flies, buzzing and buzzing around his ears.
Aglaia was laughing and chatting with a group of men and women of the same age. She looked happy, but there was annoyance and impatience hidden in the depths of her eyes. She would occasionally look around with her eyes.
Until she saw Hoffa quietly drinking water in the corner, she finally calmed down.
Just as Hoffa was drinking water, a woman sat in front of him.
Hoffa was stunned as he put down the glass.
The person was wearing a black dress and black gloves. It was Aglaia's mother. After the speech, she didn't discuss business with others. Instead, she sat in front of Hoffa. She stared at him without blinking.
She had the same blue, ghost-like eyes as Aglaia's. She was very beautiful.
But Hoffa could see the fine crow's feet at the corner of her eyes. She was a woman in her thirties. She took good care of herself, but she still couldn't resist the traces of time.
"Hello, Madam."
Although he didn't know why she was here, out of courtesy, Hoffa wanted to stand up and greet her. But she waved her hand to stop him.
"No need to be so formal. You're Hoffa Bach, right?" The woman asked directly.
"Yes."
"This outfit suits you quite well." She said, "It should be my husband's clothes when he was young."
"Thank you." Hoffa politely put his hands together, looking very well-behaved.
But Aglaia's mother didn't relax because of his behavior. Her eyes turned to Hoffa's ears.
"Did you hit yourself?"
Hoffa touched his silver earring and smiled awkwardly. Speaking of which, his image was indeed a bit of a bad boy, although it wasn't his intention.
"A friend gave it to me." He answered.
"Did you dye your hair too?"
Hoffa was stunned and shook his head.
Elise raised her eyebrows noncommittally. Obviously, she didn't believe him. She said, "In the past two years, I often heard Aglaia talk about you. She always talked to me about a rival in school. I'm very curious, who could be her rival?"
Huo Fa's lips twitched when he heard that.
"Why don't you play with them?" The woman pointed at Aglaia who was chatting with the crowd and asked.
Hoffa looked at the crowd and shook his head, "I don't understand what they're talking about."
"You don't understand, or you don't want to understand."
The woman's eyes were slightly sharp.
Hoffa was stunned.
The woman smiled and waved her hand, "I also graduated from Ravenclaw. I was very proud when I was young."
"I see." Hoffa scratched his head, thinking that the school seemed to be hereditary.
"I heard about the hospital from Jacob."
The woman suddenly changed the topic and didn't hesitate at all. Huo Fa immediately sat up straight.
"I …"
"That's not a big deal. It's normal to have friction between employees. It's just that it's not good to talk about this kind of thing. "
(Hoffa frowned slightly. This woman's forcefulness was even worse than Aglaia's. She didn't give him any chance to interrupt.)
"I understand." Hoffa restrained himself and said. He didn't want to continue this topic.
The woman nodded, and her expression softened a little. She looked at her daughter in the crowd, and her eyes were overflowing with love.
"Aglaia is a very well-behaved girl. I think she probably didn't want to see this kind of thing happen."
Hoffa was drinking water at that time. When he heard this, he almost spat it out.
It was said that no one knew a daughter better than a mother. But this woman, did she really know her daughter? Or did they have different understandings of the word "well-behaved"?
"How long has it been since you talked to her face to face?" Hoffa asked.
Elise turned her head and frowned, "What?"
"Nothing." Hoffa shook his head. Some things were better to keep in mind. It was too hurtful to say it out loud.
"What about your parents?" She changed the topic, as if she wanted to talk to Hoffa.
"Uh … They're not here."
"You grew up in an orphanage?"
"More or less." Hoffa said dryly. He felt that there was some interrogation in her words.
"Which one?"
"Wu's Orphanage."
"The one who took care of you is Mrs. Cole?"
Mrs. Cole? Hoffa thought for a long time before he found this person's name in his memory.
He finally realized that Aglaea's mother had probably already investigated the things that she asked him, but she still had to ask him again. What was that about? Was she testing whether he was honest?
Hoffa's attitude became cold, "What do you want to say? I'm all ears."
She said politely, "Sorry, I'm a straightforward person. But as a mother, I always hope that my child can live in a stable environment. I hope that you won't fight casually in the future. Can you promise that? "
He was stunned for about three seconds.
Huo Fa finally understood the purpose of her visit. She saw him as an unstable factor, which was why she came over and told him so much.
The glass was pushed away. Hoffa looked at her without blinking and asked, "Why is Aglaia still studying in Hogwarts?"
Elise: "What?"
Hoffa: "What I mean is, with your family background, it shouldn't be difficult to arrange for a transfer. Since you think it's very unstable here, why don't you just send her to America? Isn't there a magic school there too? "
Elise probably didn't expect this young man to be so calm. He was completely different from the violent young man she had expected.
"What does this have to do with what we're talking about?"
"I can understand that you care about your daughter's safety. But you don't want her to go to a safe place. Why is that? "
There was a moment of silence.
The woman's body tensed. She said in a low voice, "She's too young to live outside for the time being. She should stay with her family. If she has to go, she should go with them. "
"You don't want to give up her company."
Hoffa said sharply, "With all due respect, she might not like you like this."
Elise suddenly stood up. Her expression was very cold, but she was suppressing her anger. The surrounding men who were chatting were all stunned. They stopped talking about business and looked at the young woman in black who was standing in the same place with bewilderment and fear.
Hoffa felt that if it wasn't for her face, she might have kicked him out immediately.
Elise: "A 13-year-old boy wants to teach me how to take care of a child?"
The idea of a good chat gradually disappeared. Hoffa sighed. Every family had its own difficulties.
He gave up the idea of telling Aglaia's thoughts to her. This mother in front of him was a bit too much.
She glared at Hoffa for a few seconds. She seemed to be suppressing her anger and wanted to say something.
However, at this moment, there was a light crackling sound from the ceiling. All the lights in the hall suddenly went out.
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