Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 230: Potter Family Shampoo, Harry's Disappearance, and the Question-Answering Artifact
Harry was startled by the sudden sound.

He looked around and finally realized that the sound was coming from the portrait.

Harry responded puzzledly, "Are you talking to me?"

The man with platinum blond hair in the portrait spoke: "Otherwise, young man, stop looking around, it makes me feel like I'm talking to an idiot.

If you were a member of the Malfoy family, I would be sad. After so many years, the Malfoys have finally lost their smart and wise heads, and this family will soon be destroyed. "

Harry: "I'm not a Malfoy. My name is Harry Potter."

"Potter?"

The portrait was very surprised, "You are from the Potter family. I remember that the Potter family and the Malfoy family don't have a good relationship, right?

You were able to enter Malfoy Manor. It seems that many stories happened to the descendants that we, the ancestors, don't know about."

The man in the portrait seemed to be thinking of something and smiled.

Harry thought this smile was very similar to the smile of Draco's mother, Narcissa.

There is a condescending and sarcastic tone to all of them, and the smiles seem like alms.

“I wonder if your Potter family still sells shampoo?

What I want to say is that although your family's shampoo was popular throughout the wizarding world, the Malfoy family only uses shampoo produced by the Malfoy family factory!"

Harry looked confused.

He didn't know what kind of assets the Potter family had, he only knew that there were many gold Galleons in Gringotts' account. So the Potter family was also in business before?

The man in the portrait waited for Harry's response.

But seeing that Harry didn't say anything, he couldn't help feeling bored.

He asked back: "I told a bad joke, don't you think it's funny?"

Harry asked, "This is actually a joke, what's so funny?"

The man in the portrait said, "I don't know what's so funny, but it was a popular joke in my time."

After a while, the portrait got bored and disappeared from the frame.

Harry subconsciously looked for the frame.

He walked around the room and suddenly saw the man in the picture frame outside, so he hurriedly said, "Wait for me!"

Harry walked out unconsciously.

Hermione and Ron stayed in the room to observe the layout.

Although they had a general impression of Narcissa, they had to admit that Malfoy's manor was very large and the rooms were luxurious and exquisite.

Putting aside the ridiculously expensive prices behind each item, from a purely visual perspective, these strange objects are all made very gorgeously.

As long as you look at them with an appreciative eye, you will soon discover the beauty of these things.

Take Ron, for example.

He initially scoffed at those expensive items, but later he couldn't help but join the army of people who were trying them out.

He took off his shoes and laid his whole body on the blanket.

After a while, he felt the soft touch of the fur massaging his entire body.

Ron made a sound of comfort.

He thought to himself: If nobles enjoy life so well, no wonder everyone wants to be a noble.

Hermione walked around the room and soon came out with a youth facial cleansing soap.

She felt that this facial soap had a special scent, and she wanted to ask Lin Xia what it smelled like. She really liked this smell!
At the same time, she also wanted to ask Draco if she could buy the youth facial cleansing soap, and she was willing to spend money to buy it.

Hermione glanced around the room and suddenly felt confused: "Ron, have you seen Harry?"

Ron was lying comfortably on the blanket, closing his eyes and enjoying the massage. Hearing this, he couldn't help but ask, "Hasn't Harry been here all the time?"

Hermione crouched down and patted his sleeping face, "Where's Harry? I don't see him at all!"

Ron opened his eyes, rolled to his feet, and headed towards where Harry had been.

He was stunned and asked, "Where's Harry? I clearly saw him here before!"

Hermione looked a little serious and she looked towards the open door of the room.

"I think he must have run away, and we have to find him.

Lin Xia asked us to stay in this house. It was very likely that Malfoy Manor was somewhat dangerous, so we were not allowed to move around.

We'd better find Harry before the two of them get here."

Ron and Hermione went out, calling under their breath, "Harry, Harry!"

Their voices did not attract Harry, but instead attracted the house-elf Gaseppe.

Gaseppe suddenly appeared in front of them, and Ron was frightened and stepped back.

If he had taken one more step forward, the tip of his nose would have touched Gaseppe's.

Gaseppe raised his voice and asked in a strange and rhythmic accent: "Guest, who are you looking for?"

Ron and Hermione looked at each other.

Hermione said hesitantly: "One of our companions is lost. I want to find him. Can you help me find him? His name is Harry Potter."

Gaseppe: "Let me think, I remember this little wizard, he had a pair of emerald green eyes, curly hair, and wore a pair of glasses, right?"

Ron nodded: "Yes, that's him!"

Gaseppe: "I will help you find him, but before that, the news of the guest's loss must be passed back to the host."

The elf snapped his fingers and disappeared in front of the two.

Ron looked at Hermione and said uncertainly, "So it's going to go complain first, and then help us find someone?"

Hermione held her forehead with her hand, her voice a little weak: "Yes..."

She felt she had done something stupid.

She shouldn't assume that the house-elves at Hogwarts are good and trust other house-elves easily.

Hermione quickly cheered up and decided to go look for it first.

"Ron, we'd better find him before Gaseppe finds Harry, so as to avoid some trouble later."

But as they continued to move forward, Gaseppe suddenly appeared in front of them again.

This time it almost hit Hermione's face, but fortunately Hermione reacted quickly and immediately took a few steps back.

Gaseppe said again in that strange cadence: "Excuse me, my friends.

I neglected you. It is not possible for me to report alone. As important people, you must accompany me to report."

Hermione immediately shook her head: "No, we have to find Harry first, so we won't go with you."

Ron also said, "Yes, go and report it yourself. We need to find someone first."

Then the next second, Gaseppe snapped his fingers.

This time, it Apparated Hermione and Ron along with them, and everyone disappeared together.

in the living room.

Narcissa first pulled Lin Xia and Draco to sit down and asked about their studies.

In the past, she only asked the two about their grades in each subject.

But now, she had one more topic to talk about, which was to ask about their research projects and progress.

Although Narcissa was not cut out for research, she was very keen on investing in young wizards with research talents and abilities.

To be honest, this seems to be a common problem among some nobles in the wizarding world. Not only the Malfoy family, but other pure-blood wizards are also keen on investing in talents.

Lin Xia briefly talked about the Guardian Button.

Narcissa felt very sorry that she could not attend the launch of the Guardian Button.

"Kid, this is a genius idea. I think the treatment Hogwarts gives you is too low. They should invest more in you!

For example, we can upgrade your laboratory again, completely replace the laboratory's security system, and open higher-level databases and resource libraries to you.

By the way, your daily research quota needs to be increased as well.

I heard from Lucius that you were troubled by the number of banned books before, and you even deliberately cooperated with a hypocritical professor?
If you have this kind of trouble, I have some channels that can help you get more places to read banned books..."

Narcissa babbled on.

The two little wizards calmed down and listened patiently.

They were all experienced enough not to interrupt Narcissa when she was expressing herself pleasantly.

Otherwise, the talking time will be further extended.

Suddenly, Gaseppe appeared in front of them with Ron and Hermione.

Narcissa raised her eyelids in dissatisfaction and looked at Gaseppe sternly.

"I think you need to give me a reason."

Gaseppe trembled slightly, bowed his head and said respectfully: "One of their friends, Harry Potter, is missing."

"Harry is missing?" Lin Xia was very surprised.

She looked at Hermione: "Where did he go?"

Hermione also shook her head in confusion. "Ron and I were about to go out to look for it when we met a house-elf, and it brought us here."

Lin Xia stood up and said, "Aunt Narcissa, Harry is the friend I brought with me. I have an obligation to ensure his safety. Please excuse me while I leave to find him. Let Draco continue talking to you."

Narcissa raised her head slightly, "Go find it."

Lin Xia led Hermione and Ron out of the living room.

This time, no one stopped them.

But the three of them could feel the gazes of the two people and the house-elf in the living room, staring at their backs.

Close the living room door.

Ron breathed a sigh of relief and was about to say something.

Lin Xia swung her magic wand in preparation and cast a spell silently—

Silencing spell.

Ron moved his mouth several times, but found that no sound came out, and his face was surprised.

Lin Xia said calmly: "When we get to a certain place, I will lift it."

Lin Xia led them around and around and finally came to a somewhat remote corner.

But in the manor, even the most remote corners are beautiful.

There was a window in this corner that allowed you to see the scenery outside. Hermione saw the overlapping mountains in the distance and the trees rising and falling nearby.

The scenery outside is trimmed in an orderly manner.

Only then did Lin Xia remove the silencing spell from Ron's mouth.

Before Ron could speak, she explained, "Even if you leave the living room and close the door, Aunt Narcissa can still hear you with her magical skills.

What's more, you have always had a loud voice, and I was afraid that you would say something bad, so I sealed your mouth in advance."

Lin Xia said decisively: "The most important thing now is to find Harry, don't chat."

She looked around and finally found a picture frame.

Lin Xia greeted the frame with a big smile on her face: "Grandpa Malfoy, long time no see, I'm here to play again."

The picture frame shows an old grandfather with platinum hair.

He had a pipe in his mouth, sunglasses on his eyes, and a long beard, and he looked very cool.

When the old man saw her, he took off his sunglasses and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Xiao Lin Xia, I haven't seen you for a long time. Where is Draco? Is he not with you?"

Lin Xia: "Draco is chatting with Aunt Narcissa."

Grandpa said, "Hey, Narcissa keeps a close eye on him."

It changed the subject and said to itself: "But there is no other way, because he is the only legitimate heir of the Malfoy family.

We must keep a close eye on it, otherwise we may be replaced by the shadows lurking in the dark at any time."

Lin Xia seemed to hear a vague mumbling in her ears, very soft and as annoying as a mosquito.

The Secret Record of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Yang started to run spontaneously, and Lin Xia's body felt slightly hot, which shook off the vague mumbling.

Who would have thought.

This portrait kept in the Malfoy family is actually a strange object, and a rather strange one at that.

Even Lucius didn't know when this portrait became a strange object.

In his impression, and in his father's impression, from childhood to adulthood, portraits have always had this function -

If you ask it questions, it will tell you the answers.

But at the same time, you will also be at risk of invasion by the evil god's whispers.

Although the person in the portrait is a member of the Malfoy family.

After knowing the function of this portrait, some members of the Malfoy family began to ask questions about the portrait, and several of them were driven crazy.

So this is an extremely strange and bizarre object.

Even if the knife is aimed at one's own family, there is no mercy.

As for the accuracy of the answers given by the people in the portrait, it depends on how well the person asking the questions can withstand the evil god's whispers.

The more you can bear, the more accurate your answers will be.

Of course, this also depends on how complex the problem is.

The more complex the problem, the greater the price to pay.

And some minor problems may not require any price to be paid.

Lin Xia asked: "Grandpa, I want to know where my friend Harry Potter is now?"

Once again, the evil god's whispers invaded her body.

Lin Xia felt the intensity of the whispering, which was not very strong. It just touched her body for a moment and then retreated immediately.

The old man in the portrait said a place name, but his voice was a little unclear.

At least from the perspective of Hermione and Ron, they couldn't hear anything at all.

However, Lin Xia heard it clearly and turned to them and said, "I found Harry, follow me quickly."

As Ron walked quickly, he asked, "Lin Xia, what's going on with that portrait?"

Lin Xia smiled slightly: "A portrait that you need to pay a price for, but you can get the correct answer.

Ron, I suggest you stop being so curious, because you often can’t afford the price.”

(End of this chapter)