Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 164 The Arrival of Lucius
"Albus Dumbledore! No matter what, you must give me an explanation for this matter!!!"

Compared with the lively and noisy atmosphere of the little wizards in Hogwarts, at this moment, Dumbledore's headmaster's office has dropped to freezing point...

On the wall, in the old picture frames, the principals were silent, and no one said anything.All of them lowered their eyes at the same moment, looking at the man in extraordinary clothes and long blond hair standing in the center of the principal's office.

Once upon a time, they had never seen anyone dare to question the old man with white beard and hair behind the desk in the principal's office.

Although he didn't want to admit it, in fact, in his heart, the previous principals would give extremely high evaluations of Albus Dumbledore's strength and status.

You must know that the title of the so-called "White Demon King" is not just read by admirers... It is the uncrowned crown that Albus Dumbledore has won in countless battles in the past years !

Even Fudge, as the minister of the Ministry of Magic, can only barely keep himself at the same level as him when facing him, so as not to be overwhelmed by his aura, but pointing at the other party's nose like this makes the other party give Come up with an explanation... Even if you lend Fudge another ten guts, he will definitely not dare to speak.

Looking at this scene, among the rows of portraits of the headmaster, Dexter with the fiery red long beard seemed to have thought of something, and a somewhat cramped smile appeared on the originally silent expression on his face.

"Hey!" He couldn't help snorting, rolled his eyes, looked at his old enemy Phineas Black, lowered his voice as much as possible, and said provocatively
"Look, Phineas! It seems that someone more promising than your offspring has appeared... It just so happens that he also has blond hair!"

Compared to last time, Phineas seems to be much smarter now.He wasn't irritated by Dexter's simple words any more, he just gave him a hard look, and then moved his gaze back to the two people below, ignoring each other.

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But behind the desk, facing Lucius Malfoy's anger, Dumbledore didn't choose to say anything more, let alone defend himself.He just sighed, shook his head, and drooped his eyelids so that his eyes would not meet Lucius' angry eyes, and silently greeted all the reprimands from the other party.

After all, no matter how you look at this matter, it is Hogwarts' negligence... Because of accidents and negligence, three students who were only in the first grade were almost killed by the troll's club.

If it hadn't just happened to meet Dabu, then the consequences would have been predictable...

As Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Dumbledore must bear the main responsibility for this oversight.

And Lucius Malfoy is standing in front of him at this moment, whether he is a member of the Hogwarts school board or a parent of a student who almost died, he is undoubtedly qualified to issue such accusations against him ...

The scene fell into silence again for a while... After a long time, Dumbledore pondered, spoke slowly, and answered what Lucius said at the very beginning.

"First of all... Malfoy, as the headmaster of Hogwarts today, I feel very guilty... because of our negligence, the little wizards studying and living here have fallen into such a dangerous situation. Regarding this, in some respects , I still have an unshirkable responsibility. Facing you, Draco's parent, I want to say sorry."

While speaking, Dumbledore finally raised his head, and looked at Lucius Malfoy who was staring at him like a sharp sword.

In the eyes, those shining blue pupils have changed from the gentleness and kindness of the past at this moment, and are filled with inexplicable sorrow and sadness.

"........."

Lucius didn't speak, but pursed his lips, raised his head, and listened quietly to the other party's continuation.

"Secondly, I will promise you that no matter what, I will investigate the whole story of this matter clearly, and give all the children who were hurt by this matter a due explanation..."

"...Albus Dumbledore"

After Dumbledore finished speaking, Lucius took a deep breath and let it out slowly.Although the attitude did not have the anger of the initial questioning, but there was still an indelible indifference in the tone.

"Draco is my heir... It also means that he is the only heir to the Malfoy family in the future-you know that if he is really injured so seriously because of your negligence, and even dies, it means that what?"

He crossed his hands in front of him, calmly pressed the head of his cane, and then rolled it hard a few times.

Without waiting for Dumbledore to really answer his question, he continued to speak on his own.

"It represents that the Malfoy family, one of the 28 sacred pure bloods, will most likely become extinct!!!"

Lucius' voice became more and more passionate, and at the end, he almost shouted out loud.

There was a sudden silence in the office again. Even the previous principals on the wall, listening to Lucius' words, subconsciously stopped breathing and couldn't help swallowing.

Lucius shook his head lightly, paused, and said in a deep voice

"So...you don't have to say anything nice to me here. Because no matter how good you say it, my attitude will not change in the slightest. I can't afford to threaten Malfoy's lineage. You can't afford it...not even the Minister for Magic!"

After the words fell, he stopped looking at Dumbledore's figure, turned his head resolutely, waved the cloak behind him, leaned on his cane, and walked towards the door of the principal's office.

"Peng..."

"Peng..."

"Peng..."

The cane hit the thick carpet, making muffled bangs and bangs.But it seems to be sticking in everyone's heart, making it fluctuate up and down with its rhythm, and I feel quite uneasy.

With a "squeak", Lucius pushed open the half-closed door of the principal's office.

"I will discuss this matter with other members of the board of directors... I think you are too old to be qualified for this job."

After speaking, he left the principal's office straight away, walked down the stairs, and gradually disappeared from Dumbledore's sight.

"Really... don't listen to his nonsense, Dumbledore. I've always thought you were a pretty good Headmaster."

After Lucius left, in the office, Dexter was the first to speak, with a rare thoughtfulness, and comforted Dumbledore who was sitting on the office chair.

"Yes, yes, yes... although a little incompetent."

"I don't like to deal with official business..."

"It's still not in tune..."

"But at least you've won too much compared to Phineas!"

"Those students like you, they love you. They respect you more than all of us, and that's enough!"

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Following Dexter's opening, the rest of the principals also spoke out words of comfort.Although the effect seems a bit unsatisfactory...

"Well, thank you, Headmasters. If you really want me to feel better, please be quiet!"

Helpless, Dumbledore could only sigh again.While pinching the space between his brows, he closed his eyes and said to the portraits on the wall with a little tiredness.

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Lucius walked down the stairs, towards the exit of Hogwarts in the direction he had come.

From the beginning to the end, he did not go to see how his son was injured.

But after finishing all this with Dumbledore quickly, he left silently.

Just like he had never expressed his "love" with Draco on the surface before, this time, he also never expressed any concern to Draco on the surface...

While looking down at the road under his feet, Lucius began to think about what kind of method he should use to convince other board members when he was on the school board, and to explain Dumbledore's negligence and carelessness in depth. , so as to pull him down as the headmaster of Hogwarts.

Just when he was lost in thought for a moment, suddenly, a figure came towards him in an unbiased manner. It seemed to be intentional, and stopped in front of him, blocking Lucius' original path.

This change could not help but make Lucius pull his attention back from his thoughts.

A gloomy look appeared on his face for a moment, just as he was about to explode.Slowly raising his head, he saw a very familiar face, which immediately caught his eyes.

It was a handsome and profound face, with a signature smile on the corner of his mouth.Coupled with those blue eyes and golden hair on his head, he called out the other person's name almost without thinking about it subconsciously.

"Charlie!?"

He blinked his eyes twice at first, and carefully looked at the other person's face that was not the slightest difference from his impression. After a while, he finally confirmed that it was not his own illusion.

The person standing in front of him at this moment is indeed Charlie Black - his brother-in-law.

In an instant, the voice came out, and Lucius's gloomy expression suddenly changed to joy mixed with surprise.

"Long time no see, Lucius, how is everything?"

Charlie still smiled, nodded, and greeted softly.

Compared to Lucius' astonishment, his reaction was very calm, as if he had expected to meet him here.

"Fortunately."

Lucius responded, and then replaced his cane from his right hand to his left. Then he patted the other person's shoulder kindly and said with a smile
"Everything is still the same as usual, there is nothing different..."

Suddenly, Lucius' words paused, he looked at Charlie, raised his brows slightly, as if thinking of something, he couldn't help asking

"By the way Charlie... why are you here?"

"me……"

Charlie still smiled, and then continued in the same tone as before
"Principal Dumbledore wrote me a letter, hoping that I could come over..."

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Without wasting too much time with Lucius, Charlie skillfully arrived at the door of Dumbledore's office soon.

"Knock knock knock..."

Gently knocked on the door of the office, everything was the same as before, nothing changed.

Originally in the office, the voices that were still noisy and comforting Dumbledore stopped abruptly with the knock on the door.

In an instant, all eyes turned away again, from Dumbledore to the door.

"Please come in."

Dumbledore also opened his eyes again, and said softly

As Dumbledore's voice fell, the next second, the door of the principal's office opened, and Charlie's figure appeared in front of him.

"Good afternoon, Headmaster Dumbledore."

Charlie said, and walked in.Ignoring the many complicated eyes on the wall, he closed the door skillfully and walked to the front of the desk.

"Oh my god... what kind of day is today!?"

Dexter's face was a little moved, he stroked his beard carelessly, and said dryly, but the meaning contained in it, I'm afraid only he himself can know.

"Huh... a good day I guess. Because I'm seeing my wonderful kid again."

Phineas sneered, the expression on his face was a little relieved, with a rare softness and kindness, looking at this outstanding heir from the Black family, he didn't say anything more.

"Ah... there you are, Charlie."

With the appearance of Charlie, Dumbledore's original exhaustion finally disappeared.

A smile appeared on his face again, and he nodded to Charlie.

"I just met Lucius on the road...his face doesn't look very good."

When he came in front of his old principal, Charlie didn't show any politeness. He casually chatted with the other party, then found the chair in the corner and moved it to the front of the desk.

He raised his head and looked at Dumbledore's face at this time.

"It's because of the troll thing..."

Dumbledore didn't hide anything from his most outstanding student. As he spoke, he bent down and skillfully took out two candies from the desk drawer.

One was put into his own mouth, and the other was delivered to Charlie.

"Is that so..."

There was a slight change in Charlie's eyes... But he still didn't say anything, just nodded.

"Then you called me over this time, is it because..."

He reached out and carefully took the candy from Dumbledore's hand, but he didn't eat it right away, but asked the other party's purpose for calling him over this time.

"Do not……"

However, to his surprise, Dumbledore shook his head.

"I called you this time, mainly because of this—"

As he spoke, Dumbledore slowly took out something from the pocket of his robe, placed it gently on the desk, and showed it to Charlie.

It was a hollow ball about the size of a palm, the one that Dumbledore picked up from the rubble under the troll that day...

(End of this chapter)