Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

The way the Eight-eyed Orb and the Bowtruckle worked together gave Draco inspiration, and he vaguely understood something.

The two continued walking forward, and suddenly a small black shadow appeared in the distance. After a while, the shadow became bigger and bigger.

When Draco saw the black shadow clearly, he was shocked - it was a giant dragon!
He turned to look at his father, "Is this true?"

Lucius smiled faintly, "There are very few creatures that can disguise themselves as dragons. Do you think this is true or false?"

Draco watched carefully as the dragon landed in the woods not far in front of them, crouched slightly, and defecated a pile of dragon shit.

Although dragon dung is just the dragon's excrement, it has a powerful promoting effect on many plants.

Dragon dung not only makes certain plants grow more luxuriantly, but is also an indispensable core material in the refining of certain potions.

If wizards don't mind, they can also benefit from dragon dung and become stronger.

Draco observed it for a while and said with certainty: "This is definitely a real dragon."

He finally understood now. No wonder the family agreed so readily and provided sufficient supply when he asked for dragon blood to prepare the anti-magic potion.

He originally thought that the family had reached an agreement with a dragon breeding farm and could get him some internal materials.

After all, Lin Xia was a little surprised when she learned about his training progress and asked him how he could practice so fast.

When he said that he bathed in dragon blood every day, he rarely saw a look of speechlessness on Lin Xia's face.

He thought he had done something wrong at the time and asked if it was a bad thing to do.

Lin Xia added: "No, this is a very good way to do it. As long as you have enough materials, you can practice every day using the method provided in the recipe. This will help your body."

Now it turns out that they have tamed dragons themselves, no wonder the supply is so abundant.

Lucius' voice came: "The dragon is one of the family's most valuable assets. Relying on the dragon, we have built a lot of dragon-related industrial chains."

"The fur of a dragon can be used to make various anti-magic materials. The dragon's nerves are supplied to Ollivander to make wands. Dragon meat can enhance the physical fitness of wizards after being taken by wizards. Dragon blood, dragon bones, etc., all have their own uses."

“When our ancestors realized how important dragons were, they began studying their reproduction.

After several generations of efforts by the patriarchs, the Malfoy family now has more than 20 dragons. "

When Draco heard this number, he felt a huge wave of shock in his heart.

The number of dragons in the family is already more than many dragon farms.

But the dragon breeding farm uses the power of an entire country to domesticate the dragons and supplies the entire country.

It can be seen that the family's foundation in dragons has surpassed that of many ordinary countries and is comparable to the British wizarding world.

But the family's taming of a dragon is not as simple as just raising it.

Malfoy transplanted a series of things derived from dragons here to form a tiny ecological balance circle.

Like the place where the dragon just defecated, the grass growing there is not simple. It is called "dragon-shaped grass" in the wizarding world.

After special processing, "Dragon-Shaped Grass" becomes an important material for some rare magic potions.

The trees that the dragon uses to scratch its itch produce a special colloid in the epidermis.

This colloid can not only remove tiny insects and debris from the dragon's body, but it is also a special alchemical material and is very sought after in the magic world.

In addition to dragons, there are many precious magical creatures that coexist with other creatures or plants.

Draco gradually understood what this secret realm was used for. It built a more complete ecological cycle.

There are not only magical plants but also magical creatures. Compared with the previous two which are only single creatures or plants, this secret realm is larger and more complete.

Lucius turned to Draco and told him a family secret.

"Because we need to build the ecological cycle of this secret realm, and the secret realm is very precious, every head of the Malfoy family is an excellent farmer, but the outside world does not know this."

Draco didn't know what he was thinking, and asked, "Father, so you weren't surprised that I chose Hufflepuff, and it's also because as the heir to the family, I must have relevant agricultural skills, right?"

Lucius nodded slightly and said, "If you can enter Hufflepuff, you will be more adept at preparing secret realms.

I don't have much talent in agriculture and I'm a Slytherin who only cares about profit, so I'm not as careful as the previous heads of the family when managing the secret realm.

Every time we want to transfer some plants and creatures into this largest secret realm, it takes a lot of time."

Lucius said slowly, word by word: "Many creatures in the secret realm are born and die in the secret realm, and are branded with the Malfoy family, but I don't have a close relationship with them.

If you were to become the master, you should be able to establish a good relationship with them. Only by making them happy can the output of the secret realm increase. Simply exerting pressure is useless."

Draco felt slightly relieved.

After he joined Hufflepuff, he actually felt pressured, fearing that his father would not approve of him and that he would see his mother's disappointed look.

But because this choice had been made before he went to Hogwarts, even though he was a little uneasy, he still firmly went to Hufflepuff.

Because he thought that he could gain greater benefits by following Lin Xia to Hufflepuff than going to Slytherin.

He has been with Lin Xia since he was a child, and knows better than anyone how powerful Lin Xia is.

Even when he was young, he already felt that he was far behind. Now that he is growing up, Lin Xia's progress is beyond his expectations.

Every time when he thought he had caught up a little, he found that what he had seen was only the tip of Lin Xia's iceberg.

But Draco didn't relax for long, his face suddenly turned ugly, and he thought of something more terrible:
"Father, since every head of the Malfoy family is an excellent farmer, but they have never chosen to join Hufflepuff, do they want to conceal their abilities from the outside world?"

Lucius was silent for a while, then said, "Our family created these three secret realms and continuously provided materials to the outside world. Even if we are very careful in our traces, they will be noticed by outsiders.

In fact, the outside world has some suspicions that the core inheritance of the Malfoy family is an extremely vast magical forest, which is why it can provide many rare magical materials, including some creatures that have become extinct in the outside world.

But by the time they became suspicious, the Malfoy family had become a behemoth, and no matter how tempted they were, they did not dare to use force or rob the family.

So you don't have to worry about the safety of the family, the Malfoy family has enough force to protect themselves."

Lucius said this firmly, revealing a strong sense of confidence.

It seems that all obstacles standing in the way of the family will be crushed by the family's iron hoof.

He changed the subject and said, "In addition, in order to get rid of the dependence on the output of the family secret realm, the family has reached cooperation with several dragon breeding farms and several magic forests since the last century.

The Malfoy family purchased some raw materials from them and then sold them to those in need.

No longer relying on the output of the secret realm, relying solely on the supply chain, a positive cycle can be achieved, which has diverted most of the attention of the outside world, but. "Draco's heart was slightly lifted.

Lucius spoke slowly and calmly, his grey eyes showing a chill.

"There is a small group of people who are still secretly spying on the Malfoy family. These people are nobles like us.

There may be similar secret realms in their family, so they are speculating in this direction."

"Then if I study Hufflepuff, wouldn't that confirm their speculation and make them more suspicious of the existence of the family's secret realm?" Draco asked.

Lucius shook his head. "No need to doubt or confirm. They are already certain that we have a similar secret place. Whether you go to study Slytherin or Hufflepuff, it will not change their impression of the family."

"Draco, what you need to do is to make yourself stronger. Only when you stand on top of the world and become someone that everyone looks up to, will all your enemies become your friends, and your life will be filled with flowers and praise."

Draco took a deep breath. At this moment, he felt his father's high expectations for him.

He originally thought that his father only thought that he was qualified as the heir to the family and did not expect him to lead the family to any certain extent.

He never expected that his father had such high expectations for him.

Draco saw the expectation in his father's gray eyes, and said firmly, "I will try my best, father!"

……

Harry and Ron returned to the dormitory after a busy day of study and were surprised to see Mikel suddenly appear in the dormitory.

Mikel was also surprised and asked, "I returned to the dormitory during the day and saw your things. I wanted to look for you, but I didn't see you in the lounge or the library. Where did you go?"

Harry replied, "We are participating in the knowledge level-breaking game experiment developed by the professor as test volunteers. We are trying to learn and have fun at the same time to see how we absorb the knowledge. How about you?"

Ron also said at this time: "Hogwarts has been under martial law recently, and the travel of wizards is strictly controlled. How did you get into the school?"

Mickle said: "I was brought into the school by Professor McGonagall."

He hesitated for a moment and decided to talk about his terrifying experience in the excellent student assessment.

If it were in the past, he would never tell these things to Ron and Harry. He would only keep this experience as his own secret and reveal it at the critical moment.
In the past, Mikel had always been on guard against Ron and Harry. After all, they were the protagonists and were favored by fate.

What he had to do was not to contribute experience packs to them, but to follow them closely to see if he could gain some experience to strengthen himself.

But now Mikel has come to terms with it.

He felt that there were many outstanding young wizards in the wizarding world. Even if they were not the protagonists, there were still extremely outstanding young wizards like Lin Xia.

So there is nothing to hide or conceal.

Given the characters of the main characters, if you are sincere to them, you may be able to get some help from them.

Of course, Mikel also knew that he had to strike a balance so as not to get too involved in their events, which would only result in him being sacrificed in vain.

After listening to Mikel's experience, both of them couldn't help but feel sympathy for him.

Ron couldn't help but say, "You are so unlucky, it was clearly said to be a low-level pollutant, but it turned into a high-level pollutant when it got there.

You were the first to discover it, and the Aurors didn't react. If you hadn't been smart enough to hide underground, you probably wouldn't be able to come back now. Did the Ministry of Magic say anything to you, and did it make any compensation?"

Mikel shook his head. “They just passed me on the honor roll, apologized profusely, and that was it.

As for the follow-up investigation, the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Magic are still making reports. Perhaps I will not be able to get compensation until they come up with a result."

Ron said loudly: "You must ask them for compensation. You just went to take an exam, not to die. You almost died!

Simply letting you pass the test is just a way of getting rid of you. Even if this incident had not happened, you would still have passed the test."

Harry nodded in agreement: "You can ask Professor McGonagall, she should be able to help you make the decision."

Mikel thanked them very seriously.

According to his previous personality, seeing that the two were so easy to talk to, he would probably take the initiative and ask Ron or Harry if they could also join their game test and be an experiencer.

But now Mikel really wants to build a good relationship with the two of them, rather than just treating them as experience packs.

He felt that as a friend, it would be presumptuous for him to ask first without Ron and Harry's invitation, so he calmed down and did not ask.

On the other hand, Ron and Harry were already prepared for Mikel to ask them in detail.

They waited for a while and found Mikel sitting in his seat, flipping through a magic book and reading without saying anything else.

The two looked at each other, both stunned.

Ron winked at Harry, who shrugged, not knowing what was going on.

It was not until the next morning, when Ron and Harry got up, that Mikkel was awakened by their noise and got up as well.

Ron had expected Mikel to complain that they were making too much noise.

In the past, Harry had to get up early and go to Gryffindor Quidditch training, and was often criticized by Mikel.

But today, Mikel, contrary to his usual behavior, did not get angry. Instead, he took the initiative to greet the two of them.

"Good morning!"

The two of them were stunned for a while before they reacted: "Good morning!"

After Ron finished cleaning up, he found that Mikel had also finished washing up and was packing his school bag. He couldn't help but ask:
"Mikel, where are you going later?"

Mikel: "If nothing else, I'll probably go to the library and read a book."

"Professor McGonagall recommended some magic books to me, saying that they would be very helpful for young wizards of my age."

Ron: "So do you spend the whole day in the library reading?"

Mikel nodded. "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be."

Mikel went out first and said goodbye to them before leaving.

The two stared at him as he walked out of the dormitory.

Ron couldn't help but pat his face gently: "Harry, I'm not dreaming, right? Why do I feel that after waking up, Mikel's attitude towards us has changed a lot, he seems to have become more sincere."

Harry: "I also think it's a little abnormal. Maybe he has experienced life and death and his personality has changed. We will know after spending a few days with him." (End of this chapter)