A day at Hogwarts.

Chapter 404 How much is it?
At number 3, Privet Drive, Jack went to the City of London to attend a charity gala, and there were only a group of wizards at home.

Dumbledore, Black and Lupin all looked solemn after listening to Harry's story about what he saw in Knockturn Alley today.

Black slapped the armrest of the sofa and said angrily: "The Malfoy family is a nest of Death Eaters. The big ones are Death Eaters, and the small ones must be Death Eaters too!"

"I think we should arrest little Malfoy and interrogate him!"

Lupin remained silent. Although he felt that this was wrong, it was the only way to solve the problem at the moment, unless he could find another useful Death Eater.

Dumbledore thought for a long time.

Now that the Death Eaters in Azkaban have escaped and are nowhere to be found, and the Quidditch World Cup is being held, Dumbledore is afraid that they will do something big.

That was why he first sent Grindelwald to Hogwarts to start a training class to reduce an uncertain factor.

Although he had no evidence, he vaguely felt that Grindelwald was planning something big, and it would be no smaller than before.

More likely, Grindelwald and Voldemort are in cahoots.

Dumbledore finally shook his head and said, "I don't think Malfoy is working for Voldemort."

Based on his understanding of Voldemort, if Voldemort wanted to hide, he must have hidden himself very well. The Death Eaters who contacted the outside world must be capable and loyal. It was impossible to find a fourteen-year-old child like Draco Malfoy.

Even those Death Eaters who were not sent to Azkaban that year could not be activated at this time. Who knows whether they are still loyal.

It now seems that the Malfoy family is indeed Voldemort's diehard fans. After all, Voldemort gave the Horcrux to Lucius Malfoy for safekeeping. The disappearance of the Malfoys and the house is definitely related to Voldemort.

But this does not mean that Draco Malfoy is connected to Voldemort. He is more likely to be a chess piece thrown out to distract the view.

Dumbledore expressed his thoughts, but Black still didn't believe it and continued to think that Malfoy was helping Voldemort.

The next night, Dumbledore had to go out to do something, and Black called Harry upstairs and said he wanted to go out and play.

Now Black lived in Harry's room, and Harry went back to number 4 Privet Drive to sleep at night.

Black held out two cloaks and asked Harry to put one on.

Harry felt no different when he put it on, but when he looked down, he saw that the figure revealed by the cloak was the same as Dudley's.

He turned his head and found that Blake looked very tall and thin in the cloak, and his head almost touched the ceiling.

"Where are we going?" Harry asked.

He found his voice rising to a high pitch, like Aunt Petunia seeing a cockroach in the kitchen.

Blake replied in a dull voice, "It's not a place a good boy should go, but I think I should go and do some research."

"You just need to sit there, don't touch anything, and don't talk."

Harry nodded, very curious about where this "place good children shouldn't go" was. Could it be the place mentioned in the books under Charles' bed?

He was a little nervous and expectant.

As a result, Blake "biu" took him to Knockturn Alley.

Knockturn Alley was eerie at night, with only the moonlight in the sky. A few dark figures stood on the roadside, and when they walked by, they would ask, "Want anything?"

Black didn't answer and took Harry to the door of Borgin and Burke's antique shop.

The store was dark and seemed to be closed.

Blake kicked the door rhythmically a few times, and soon the back door opened.

There were several candlesticks lit in the store, but the dim flames did not bring much light. The surroundings were wide and dark, and strange noises could be heard from time to time.

Behind the counter stood a wizard, short and thin as a skeleton.

Two chairs appeared in front of the counter. Black took Harry to sit down and said, "Good morning, Mr. Burke." "Good morning," Burke said. "What would you like to order?"

Blake asked, "Anything interesting lately?"

As he spoke he pulled a purse full of Galleons from his sleeve and threw it on the counter, causing the levitation spell to break with a thump.

Burke picked up a slightly bent wand and tapped it a few times on the tray next to the counter.

The tray flew around the dim store by itself and came back with three things on it.

A gold ring, a wine cup inlaid with many gems, and a silver dagger.

Bock introduced the three items: "Cursed rings, which can only be removed by the person who wears them, and can be used to torture people unless their fingers are cut off."

"The wine in the enemy's wine glass can be made poisonous when necessary."

"A silver dagger that bleeds profusely and can make wounds unable to heal when needed."

Harry understood that the items sold here were all dark magic items and were extremely dangerous.

Blake looked at the silver dagger intently, bending down so that his face was almost close to it.

Five minutes later, he said, "I want this one."

Bock said, "Fifty Galleons."

Black said calmly, "This is the property of the Lestrange family. Mr. and Mrs. Lestrange are in Azkaban."

His meaning was very clear. This silver dagger was not a normal pawn, but a stolen item, so he had to pay less.

Bock said, "Twenty Galleons."

"Deal," Blake said.

"I think you have more than one Lestrange item here."

Burke nodded. Things coming from prominent families have always been popular, and wealthy wizards like to collect them.

The tray kept bringing back things from the Lestrange family. At first, there were a few fake items mixed in, but they were all discovered by Black.

Bock realized that the other party was an expert and stopped doing these tricks.

Blake accepted almost all of it, and spent a thousand Galleons.

He asked again: "Anything from the Malfoy family?"

The Malfoy family's old house has been a hot topic since the debt disappeared. Outsiders knew that Draco Malfoy later paid off the debt, but they didn't know that he used Dobby to pay off the debt. They thought he sold a lot of things.

Some families hide extra valuables in order to deal with possible changes, so they think the Malfoy family will do the same.

In recent years, many wizards have been looking for the things sold by the Malfoy family in the market, but they have not found them.

"Unfortunately, we were also looking for the Malfoy family collection, but we couldn't find it," said Burke.

Then he showed a weird smile on his face: "Master Malfoy, do you want to buy it?"

Bock thought he had told a joke.

Even though Knockturn Alley is a gathering place for dark wizards and often has dangerous goods for sale, it is always under the watchful eyes of the Ministry of Magic, and they would never do things like kidnapping people and sending them to Azkaban.

The other regulars knew it was a joke, but Blake didn't laugh. Instead, he asked thoughtfully, "How much?"

(End of this chapter)