Summer vacation in July.
Hot summer days can easily make people feel lazy.
Lucius was very satisfied with the performance of the two brothers last semester. Needless to say, Schelling and Draco - his academic performance improved a lot, and he also became the hero of the Slytherin Quidditch team. , Severus also said that Draco will be the next Quidditch captain! You know, Quidditch captains are usually selected from students in grades 5 to 7, so Draco's achievements are enough to make the whole family proud of him.
So this summer vacation, Lucius was a lot more tolerant of the two brothers. As for Narcissa? No matter who her son was, she would still dote on him.
Knowing that he would shoulder the responsibility of captain, Draco spent much of the summer practicing Quidditch with Graham Mountai and Cassius Warrington, discussing new tactics.
In the upcoming new term, Marcus Flint and two walk-on batsmen will graduate, and the team will need to absorb three new players. In the original book, Montaigne, who served as captain, returned Delian Pusey to the team to take over Marcus' chaser position, and then activated Gall and Crabbe to take over the two batsmen's positions.
However, the ambitious Draco didn't think so. He believed that a rough style of play that relied too much on size and fouls was really not in line with his noble personality as a captain, especially when the entire team was equipped with advanced broomsticks.
He was interested in Frank Urquhart and Steven Vassey, who were one year younger than him. Although these two men looked thin and inconspicuous, they had amazing arm strength and were suitable for training as batsmen.
(Note: Urquhart and Vasai are original characters, and the author only gave them names. Urquhart became captain in 1996, and when he shook hands with Harry, he squeezed Harry's palm so much that it hurt, which shows that he is very strong. big)
Other than that, he would hide in his room and be secretive, not letting others know what he was up to.
Xie Lin actually knew that he was secretly communicating with Pansy, but he just chose not to expose it. Xie Lin is happy to see the outcome of the matter between his brother and Pansy. Pansy has indeed restrained herself a lot since last semester. This is not only reflected in her character, but also her appearance is slowly starting to reveal a ladylike look. and elegant temperament.
Montaigne and Warrington actually want to be friends with Sherrin. Their backgrounds are not noble, and their families cannot help them move further in society. It is obviously a good choice to rely on the powerful Malfoy family. However, Schelling rarely appeared in the common room, and almost no one could keep track of his whereabouts. Draco, who was also a Quidditch player, naturally became the target of their pursuit.
Fortunately, Draco's performance was not far behind, and it was said that he had been appointed as the next captain. In terms of prestige alone, it may not be as good as Schelling, but it can be considered the number one figure in Hogwarts. If you count Pansy, Goyle, and Crabbe, Draco already has five followers, which can be said to be Now we have a strong core team. (Author: Just not good-looking)
Schelling has been very busy this summer.
On the first day of summer vacation, he went to Gringotts.
He used Sirius's vault code to enter vault 711 in an honest manner. Although Sirius was expelled from the Black family, his vault still contained piles of gold galleons that looked like a mountain, which were the inheritance left to him by his uncle Alphard Black.
According to the records in the account book, there are nearly 20,000 Galleons in it. No wonder he can be so generous as to give Harry a Firebolt, and even with Sirius's extravagance, Harry will inherit the inheritance after his death. , the original work described him as having "a large sum of gold" in his vault.
Gringotts may have very strict defense measures against illegal intrusion, frontal robbery, or sneak theft, but the administrative procedures for identity authentication and illegal extraction are very loose. In the original book, Sirius, as a wanted criminal, only needed a letter (with a code attached) to ask the Firebolt seller to withdraw Galleons from his vault. This was incredible to Schelling.
But that's fine too.
All the galleons in vault No. 711 belong to Schelling! At this time, Sirius was still a wanted criminal, and he had no way of checking his treasury.
This also illustrates the intelligence of Voldemort, Quirrell and the like. When facing the defense of Gringotts, they only know how to use magic and brutal means to break through, and they don't know how to adapt...
This is not surprising at all. Schelling has long discovered that most wizards have this common problem - they are not stupid, but they rely too much on magic to solve problems, and they know nothing about logic, analysis, strategy and other problem-solving skills.
[20,000 gold galleons obtained! 】
Schelling did not have any psychological burden about stealing the Black treasury. In his opinion, the money originally belonged to the Black family. Instead of falling into the hands of Harry, a foreigner named Harry, it would be better for him to keep it as his own. At least he still has a quarter of Black blood flowing through him.
Xie Lin made a lot of money last semester by selling products in the Forbidden Forest. The publishing house and the Broomstick Company also paid him a considerable dividend. Now his total net worth is close to 30,000 Galleons. He is considered a rich man in the wizarding world. It can be said that his youth, romance, and wealth were all taken advantage of by him.
Schelling never had too much money.
As for the Philosopher's Stone? Schelling had indeed mastered the magic of turning stone into gold, but he had no intention of using it.
First of all, the value of gold in the magical world is not too high. After all, it is not difficult for a wizard to get gold from Muggles. Galleons are not actually pure gold, but magic smelted with the unique metal forging technology of goblins. Made of metal.
There are three known magic metals: black gold, mithril, and red copper.
Among them, Ugold is the most well-known, and its properties are hard and difficult to dissolve. Gold galleons and the "indestructible helmet" given to the giants in the original work are made of Ugold. Mithril is highly malleable and is used to cast Silver Sickle and "Gate". "The Sword of Lanffindor"; the lightest red copper is used to cast copper nat and firebolts.
Schelling in his previous life often complained about the bug in the exchange rate between gold Galleons and British pounds in the original novel. The value of wizard currency is lower than the value of pure gold in the 1990s. Muggle parents can exchange pounds for Galleons and then take Galleons. Go to a Muggle gold shop and exchange gold for pounds at the exchange rate, and repeat this process... Schelling has even heard of examples of well-known fans using the exchange rate to try to attack Gringotts' financial system.
In this life, he realized that the gold galleons were not made of pure gold. The goblin added other magical raw materials during the forging process. In addition to preventing forgery, it also made the gold coins unable to be destroyed or dissolved, just like the "indestructible helmet" . Of course, gold as a raw material still has considerable value.
Another reason why Schelling didn't want to use the Philosopher's Stone was that he didn't want to reveal the secret of his possession of the Philosopher's Stone - a large amount of gold flooding into the market could easily attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic and some interested people. This is what Schelling tried his best to Avoided.
With such a large amount of money, of course he would not just leave it alone. He plans to invest it.
What he was interested in was a company called "Artificially Cultured Mushroom Trading Company", which was an herbal medicine trading company that specialized in cultivating magic mushrooms and also engaged in international trade of herbal medicines.
(Note: The name of this company comes from the fifth part of the original work. It is included in the various recruitment manuals received by the little wizards during employment consultation. The People's News Agency translated it as "fungus cultivation industry", but this is actually a company. not an industry)
Schelling couldn't do this by himself. One morning, when the whole family was enjoying breakfast at the table, he told Lucius his idea.
Lucius frowned. This was not a small handicraft workshop like the Ellerby and Badmore Broom Companies. Such an international company was worth a lot of money, with a market value of tens of thousands. What's more, what Schelling proposed was a comprehensive Acquisition, not partnership.
He couldn't help but ask: "Xie Lin, dad knows that you have worked hard for the family in the past few years, and your performance has not disappointed dad, but are you a bit too hasty? The family is not short of money, and you are still so... Being young and knowing how to invest is a good thing, but being greedy and rash is not necessarily the case.”
Xie Lin also guessed that things would not be that easy. He thought about it and decided that it was time to confess part of the truth to his parents.
"Father, I won't hide it from you now. The Dark Lord is about to return."
Lucius's pupils shrank slightly, and the hands under the stage shook slightly; Narcissa covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes full of panic; Draco opened his mouth wide, and even knocked over a bottle filled with milk. The cup is also unconscious.
Lucius tried to calm down, but his expression was not too ugly, "How did you know about it?"
"Last semester, a Death Eater appeared in the school. He was Peter Pettigrew. What happened back then was actually that he framed Black. Black went to Hogwarts to seek revenge on him, but he didn't expect to let him escape in the end. This Only Dumbledore, Black, Lupin, and Potter knew about this matter, but I overheard it in some way. What was really serious was that Harry also received a prophecy, which said that Pettigrew will To find the Dark Lord and help him make a comeback, do you understand what this means?"
Narcissa interrupted: "It's just a prophecy... Maybe the old man with the white beard has made a mistake? You must know that most so-called prophets are liars."
"This is not necessarily true. What if -" Xie Lin smiled slightly and replied confidently: "What if this prophet predicted the failure of the Dark Lord and the rise of Potter?"
At this point, Lucius and Narcissa shut up. The couple knew that Voldemort was not dead, and the Mark of the Dark on Lucius's arm clearly pointed this out.
"Wait a minute!" Draco interrupted loudly, "I don't understand. Isn't the return of the Dark Lord a good thing? It just happens to be able to cleanse those Mudbloods who insulted the wizard's blood again! In this way, our pure-blood family can return to The peak of power?"
Xie Lin stared at Draco very seriously: "Believe me, brother, whether it is this family or other pure-blood families, most people do not want the Dark Lord to return."
Draco had worshiped the Dark Lord since he was a child, and fantasized about the days when pure-blood families would rule over Muggles and half-blood wizards. Schelling's words at this moment undoubtedly stabbed his heart hard.
"Impossible! You are talking nonsense! Dad, Mom, tell me, is what my brother said true?" Draco's eyes flashed with panic, and he felt his heart beating rapidly. After saying this short paragraph The words made him have to gasp for air to recover.
Lucius's expression was very complicated. In fact, his mind was in chaos right now.
He knew that what Schelling said was right. He really didn't feel that happy about the return of the Dark Lord. The last time under the leadership of the Dark Lord, the pure-blood family's vitality was severely damaged. Lestrange, Black, and Rochiel The family was almost extinct. If he hadn't been smart enough, the Malfoy family, which had only a small population, would have become history.
He forced aside his distracting thoughts and looked at Draco with pity, "Draco, things are not as simple as you think."
"The pure-blood family chose to support the Dark Lord at the beginning, just because the Dark Lord could help us establish a wizarding world where pure blood is supreme. However, the Dark Lord himself acted too extreme and killed too much, which resulted in more resistance... Do you think? I think, originally we only needed a deterrent to prevent those mudbloods and mixed-blood bastards from resisting, but the Dark Lord did not leave them a way to survive, so naturally they had no choice but to fight to the end..."
"In the final analysis, the fundamental purpose of the Dark Lord is different from that of most of our pure-blood families! What the Dark Lord wants is to completely cleanse all Muggle blood, so that his reputation can forever shock the wizarding world... And our purpose It is to establish a system of pure-blood supremacy and make half-blood and Muggle wizards our vassals, rather than to exterminate them all."
Narcissa walked over, gently hugged Draco into her arms, and whispered: "My child, you are too young, you should not be responsible for these things..."
Sherlin said: "Mother, please stop treating us as children. Let's not talk about it far away, let's just say that after the fall of the Dark Lord, our Malfoy family, Avery, Nott, Carlo, etc., a All of them chose to betray him. Not only did they put aside their relationship with the Death Eaters and live a smooth life, they also never tried to find the Dark Lord and help him. What do you think the Dark Lord will think of us? A pure-blood family?”
When Lucius heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he seemed to suddenly wake up. A shrewd look flashed in his eyes, and he secretly thought that he was confused by the authorities. His son chose to tell him this at this time, and he was obviously prepared. Come on, instead of worrying and distressing yourself, why not just ask your son what the solution is?
Thinking of this, he looked at Xie Lin with a meaningful look, "So - Xie Lin, what do you think our Malfoy family should do?" onclick="hui"
