Malfoy couldn't believe his eyes.
Because Taylor often gets together with Luke, Malfoy and many people also have impressions of this girl. It can even be said to be familiar. Of course, Taylor's talent in potions also made many people look at her in a different light. After all, not just anyone can impress Professor Snape.
But the girl in front of her, who was as radiant as a shining star, turned out to be the messy blonde hair that she remembered. Bangs cover eyes. A girl who wears old wizard robes one size larger all day long?
Tyler and Luke are often together, whether eating or studying. But none of the girls at Hogwarts felt that this girl was a threat to them.
After all, they think they are much better than Taylor.
But now it seems that those girls have all seen it wrong! Taylor's disguise was too successful. And the only one who knows what Taylor looks like is probably Luke.
Malfoy was amazed at this, never expecting that Luke was much better than them in this aspect.
"If you dress like this in school, then Luke will probably have many enemies."
Malfoy joked with a smile, but there was no malice in it. After all, he was telling the truth. Pretty girls can even passively cause disputes between boys.
It’s not like people who are unhappy with Luke don’t exist. If you give them a more sufficient reason, they might really be unable to restrain themselves.
In fact, Malfoy is a little envious now. After all, a girl who can surpass many of her peers at this age and compete with girls who are older than her in terms of charm without being at any disadvantage is really rare to find. Although it is said that every age group has its own unique beauty. But there are always exceptions to everything, and Malfoy now feels that Taylor is the first exception he knows.
Taylor's face was a little red. She always knew that she was pretty, but she didn't know what kind of person she would be after dressing up. But judging from the current situation, she already has some understanding.
It just doesn't look like it would embarrass Luke to attend this dinner by himself.
"Stop boasting." She said a little embarrassed, "Let's go in first."
Luke also nodded.
Malfoy had no choice but to restrain his desire to chat a few more words and said to the two people, "Yes, there are a lot of people waiting for you inside."
Malfoy knew that even if Luke said he would not steal the limelight from him today, he would not steal the limelight from his peers. The people waiting for Luke today are not only his peers, but also the patriarchs of various families.
Malfoy himself also knew that what Luke had done basically freed him from the shackles of being a peer. Today, when he appears here, he does not appear as a junior of the Gunter family. He attends today's dinner as the most standard patriarch of the Gunter family. This in itself is different from that of their group of children. The family has created a gap that will not be bridged for a long time to come.
After all, you can't really kill your father and then put yourself in power. ….
That's really a great act of filial piety.
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On the way to the interior of the manor, Taylor looked at the manor in front of him and asked with some confusion: "It doesn't look very grand here."
"It was built too early. It seems that the Malfoy family has been using this place to host formal banquets since our Gaunt family was not yet separated." Luke said with emotion, "This is also after repairs and expansions over the years. The result. It’s just that it looks a bit old now, and it seems like Lucius doesn’t have much energy to take care of it.”
This was within Luke's expectation. The weakness of the traditional British aristocrats has been shown on their faces. They can't even do some face-saving projects anymore.
After all, these face-saving projects require a lot of money and manpower. And these, even the current Malfoy family, have to use them on the edge.
"For us, that's a good thing."
Luke looked in front of him
The still luxurious manor said to Taylor: "The weaker they are, the easier they are to control."
Taylor glanced at the expression on Luke's face, and then said with some understanding: "So you won't even take the initiative to stop Voldemort's actions, right?"
"You will bring some people to his side. Make them your enemies, and then..."
"Shh." Luke pressed Taylor's lips with one finger and made a silencing gesture with his other hand.
"Don't let them hear it~"
Luke had a slight smile on his face, but Taylor felt a little helpless.
"you really are……"
Taylor shook his head and continued walking with Luke.
Luke didn't care either. He looked at the buildings in the distance with a slightly weird smile on his lips.
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"So, you are planning to set a trap for Luke Gaunt?"
Lucius Malfoy looked at the group of people in front of him, his face full of confusion and his heart full of helplessness.
Old Nott immediately shook his head and said: "This is not a trap, this is business. After all, Luke Gunter is also thinking about finding someone to do business with? Then let's give him a chance now and let him join us. When doing business, we are all friends, so we will definitely not cheat him!"
Lucius took a sip of the wine at hand, and then said after a moment of silence, "I will not participate."
His words made Old Nott and a few people behind him change their expressions slightly.
"But I won't tell him this either." Lucius added immediately. And these words once again let Old Nott and the others breathe a sigh of relief.
As long as Malfoy is not clearly on the opposite side, there is always a chance for their actions. After all, Luke Gunter opposite him is still just a child no matter how smart he is.
In name, this banquet is just for everyone to get together. There is no such thing as everyone joining together to discuss important matters. But in fact, it is not easy for everyone to come together. Such an opportunity itself is also very rare. More importantly, in these years, the nobles or emerging business families under them have also been an important part of their income, so such gatherings are still very necessary.
"But if he sees it himself, I think you should also be aware of the consequences, right?"...
Lucius asked with a strange look in his eyes as he looked at them who were relieved.
"Of course we are aware of it." Old Nott smiled confidently, "But after all, we didn't do anything extraordinary, and there's nothing he can do."
Lucius nodded. He understood the group of guys in front of him and never thought about the possibility that Luke could see through their scheme. To be honest, this game is not very clever. But he also had to react for a while. It seemed like he was just doing business, but he wanted to make Luke feel empty.
Watching the group of people in front of him leave, Lucius nodded, and then waved to Narcissa on the side.
"What's wrong? Lucius?"
Narcissa walked up to Lucius and asked with some confusion, "Did Nott and the others come to see you for something?"
Lucius shook his head and said: "A group of people are just causing trouble for themselves. I don't want to get involved. You go find Draco and ask him to see Nott and the others talking to Luke and Luke is thinking. , take the initiative to take Luke away. Don’t let anyone see anything wrong.”
After hearing this, Narcissa frowned and turned to look at the group of people over there, obviously looking dissatisfied.
"What are they doing? What did that kid do wrong? He is already so miserable. At the same age as Draco, he has to support the dignity of a family by himself. What on earth do Nott and the others want to do!"
Her words were filled with dissatisfaction with Nott and a maternal concern for Luke.
Under the light, Lucius's expression was indifferent, half in the light and half in the shadow. He took a sip of wine and said: "Then you try to care about him, but don't go too far, don't scare that child. .”
Narcissa looked at Lucius's face and nodded. She is a stupid woman, and it is difficult for her to understand her husband's various arrangements. But as long as Lucius said what to do, she would do it.
Although she experienced the purge after Voldemort's defeat, she still had full confidence in her husband.
Lucius no longer had enough confidence in himself.
That failure is not the point. He knew very well that such an operation was basically impossible to succeed. If it can succeed, then the only reason should be that Voldemort's personal strength is strong enough.
Voldemort is indeed very powerful, there is nothing to say about this. But on the other hand, Dumbledore is not unable to fight.
After becoming a Death Eater, Lucius began to pave the way for his withdrawal from the Death Eaters. That's why he was able to escape even when Voldemort was dead and most of the Death Eaters were killed or captured in Azkaban.
But he still made a mistake. He thought of Voldemort too firmly.
He didn't expect that Voldemort would die so suddenly in a seemingly easy operation. Why did Lord Voldemort, who was so powerful that even Dumbledore wanted to avoid his sharp edges, die in the hands of a baby? This sounds like a joke.
But this actually happened. So Lucius didn't even have time to modify the plan, and the world completed the offensive and defensive changes overnight. This made Lucius feel deep despair and also doubt...
Am I such a bad judge of people?
If the incident hadn't happened suddenly, his arrangements would not have been completed in time. Then as long as he betrays Voldemort in the last wave, the Malfoy family will make a lot of money.
But because the incident happened suddenly, he could only choose to accept some of the original arrangements and spend a lot of money to exonerate himself. This is a way to stay clean and avoid going to jail.
And those who are stunned can only stay in Azkaban.
After suffering the loss last time, this time I wanted Lucius to place a bet, but it was not that simple.
He took another sip of wine, then placed the wine glass on the small table, crossed his hands and placed them on his chest.
"If you can see through their tricks, or if you feel something is wrong, then as a young man, your abilities are pretty good. But if you accept the other party's proposal without any hesitation..."
Lucius's eyes flashed with thought.
"Then you are either too stupid to see that this is a trap. Or you are sure that you can counter them if they get in first."
If it's the latter...
Lucius shook his head, that would be overconfident. Although Old Nott and the others are not particularly smart people, they have been in the wizarding world for so many years anyway. In that incident, those who were on Voldemort's side but were still able to escape later, even if they did not fare as well as Lucius later, it only meant that they had fewer arrangements than Lucius. Instead of nothing.
They are all smart people, and they can all see that Voldemort's ship is completely unstable.
"If you really underestimate them, you will really fall into their trap."
Lucius knew very well that the most dangerous part of the opponent's trap was not the hidden intention. Rather, it was a temptation directed at Luke himself.
If such a child is smart, he will definitely want to show off to these old men who want to trick him. It is almost inevitable to be coerced into some simple excitement.
so……
"What would you choose?"
Lucius is looking forward to Luke's performance.
At the same time, Luke and Taylor finally appeared in the hall.
Luke looked at the splendid banquet hall in front of him, which seemed more lifelike. Compared with the banquet hall, it was closer to the internal layout of a club.
There are many people in the lobby on the first floor. It was obvious that we were socializing. Although everyone was dressed formally, their movements were relatively casual. The men were talking casually in groups
, the same goes for the women, except that some of them stood beside the children, chatting and looking after the children.
Seeing this scene, Luke was subconsciously disappointed.
"What's wrong?"
Taylor easily noticed Luke's emotions and asked with concern.
"Nothing, the banquet hall here obviously has a different feel." Luke explained to Taylor, "The Tripcard family will hire servants to look after the children at this kind of banquet."
What's more important is that not all of those servants were arranged by the Tripcard family. Some people will arrange for a few servants to accompany them when they come.
Taylor didn't pay attention to Luke's little mood. She glanced around like a white swan. Then Taylor's voice came to Luke's ear.
"Be careful. As soon as we came in, many people were staring at us. It seems that you are quite attractive to them."
"Young children holding money to get through the bustling city are just like big fat sheep. How can it be less attractive?"
With a smile on his face, Luke used magic to force his voice into lines and spoke in Taylor's ear.
And just as the two people were communicating secretly, a call full of joy rang out,
"Luke! Here!".
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