Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

In the staff cafeteria in the factory, under the leadership of Charlie, Lucius and his party have already sat down at the rectangular solid wood dining table in the center, waiting for the dinner to start.

In the huge cafeteria, the lights seemed a little dim, only a big lamp above the central head exuded a soft and warm yellow light, illuminating their seats, while the rest of the place, although still vaguely visible, was still there. dark...

"At the beginning, everyone thought you were dead..."

After spending some time, Lucius, who finally calmed down, let out a breath of foul breath, and while pinching his eyebrows, he said to Lai En, who was sitting opposite him, in a complicated tone.

"yes……"

However, upon hearing these words, compared to Lucius' reaction, Lai En was extraordinarily indifferent, as if the other party was not talking about him at this moment, but another unrelated outsider.

Without looking into Lucius' eyes, he lowered his head slowly, his eyes finally fell on the empty dinner plate in front of him, and continued:
"Regulus Black, who was a Death Eater, is indeed dead. The person sitting in front of you now is Ryan White, the head salesman of the Muggle section of Charlie's Candy Factory."

Lai En's words fell into the ears of everyone present, and the reactions they caused were also different.

Charlie didn't speak, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked around with interest, like an outsider who didn't know anything, quietly observing everyone.

Narcissa's expression was somewhat inexplicably uneasy and sad, her lips parted slightly, as if she wanted to call out the other party's name again, but because of the other party's words, she hesitated to say it out of her mouth.

Sitting between Ryan and Charlie, Draco looked at his mother with a bit of bewilderment and bewilderment on his face.

And Lucius' frown, which was already frowned, deepened a bit.It seems that he is particularly dissatisfied with Lai En's answer at this moment.

Just when he was about to open his mouth to continue asking questions, Charlie finally interrupted the dull and complicated atmosphere at the right time.

"Ding Ding Ding-"

He picked up the silver table knife and tapped lightly on the edge of the porcelain plate, making crisp and rhythmic sounds.

When everyone's eyes followed the voice and focused on Charlie, he slowly opened his mouth and made a final definition for this matter
"All right--"

"As Ryan said, Regulus Black is dead, and died on an unknown night more than ten years ago."

"Either he was killed by an Auror, or died in an accident, or..."

Charlie paused for a moment, cast a glance at Lai En who was still bowing his head in silence, and then went on to say

"...died on the path to the deepest pursuit."

"But no matter what, he is already dead. We can remember him, but we can't beg him to be resurrected. Just like my Muggle salesman said, the person sitting here is called Ryan White!"

In the end, Charlie's voice obviously no longer had the gentleness it had at the beginning, and the warning in his tone was almost no longer concealed.

And this finally made Lucius extinguish the idea of ​​wanting to know what happened at that time.

...

"Um…"

After a moment of silence, he nodded, which was also a response to what Charlie said just now.

"now it's right!"

Seeing this, the smile on Charlie's face became friendly again, and his tone returned to the usual gentle and harmless, as if the words just now did not come from his mouth.

"I called everyone here today not for these boring things, but to enjoy this wonderful festival with my family."

After finishing speaking, Charlie turned his head to the side and asked softly to Narcissa

"Right, sister?"

"Of course."

Hearing Charlie's words, the sadness in Narcissa's heart due to Regulus' matter finally dissipated, and a bright smile appeared on her face again.

She nodded and replied without hesitation.

At this time, Narcissa seemed to have noticed something suddenly, she turned her head to look at the other two vacant seats at the dining table, and asked suspiciously
"It's just that, Charlie, why are there two vacancies here? Are they specially prepared?"

The group of people also looked over, and saw that there was a vacant seat next to Lucius and Ryan.

"Oh this one... this one is for my two remaining family members who haven't been there yet"

Charlie raised his eyebrows and explained.

Lucius' eyes were inexplicable, and after eliminating people who were impossible to be present, such as Sirius Black and Bellatrix Lettrange, in his mind, he glanced at the people seated again, and then calmed down. asked slowly

"Anyone else?"

Just when Charlie was about to answer, a rough and loud voice sounded from outside the cafeteria

"Sorry I'm late!
"

Immediately afterwards, the gate several meters high was pushed inward with a bang.

Aberforth walked in with strides swaggeringly, and under the eyes of everyone, he just approached Lai En's side in such a grandiose manner.

The clothes he was wearing at the moment were the same as before, still the familiar heavy-washed jacket with jeans, which seemed out of place among the well-dressed Malfoy families...

"Surprise", "Doubt", "Strange", "Scrutiny"... For a moment, many expressions appeared in the eyes of the Malfoy family.

But Charlie didn't care, and stood up with a smile, walked to Aberforth's seat, patted his shoulder affectionately, and introduced him softly.
"Let me introduce to you, this is Aberforth Dumbledore, a family member who gave me selfless help when I was in school, and a teacher I will always remember."

"The Dumbledore family?"

Lucius' gaze began to change a little involuntarily, and even his expression was unconsciously awed.

At the same time, he also secretly thought about whether this Dumbledore can appear here, and whether there is any subtle relationship with that Dumbledore... You know, he has never forgotten this meeting from the beginning to the end. The essence - that is the side of the Malfoy family.

If this is the case, then does it mean that Charlie Black has invited this Dumbledore to the seat, does it mean that he has been recognized and supported by Albus Dumbledore! ?
If that's the case... Maybe this move of mine is not considered a dangerous move, but it is very likely to be a master move!
While Lucius was still thinking wildly, Narcissa stood up kindly and expressed her greetings to Aberforth.

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Aberforth Dumbledore, thank you for taking care of him at that time."