Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

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But Draco didn't know that as soon as he walked out of the castle, Lucius's face darkened.

Narcissa walked up to him silently and asked, "How is it?"

"He didn't say."

Lucius said grimly, "Draco is unwilling...or unable to tell me who taught him the spell. They may have signed some kind of magical contract."

When Draco lied that he learned the magic by himself at home, Lucius knew he was lying, but he did not expose his son's lie in front of everyone.

But in fact, there are so many dangerous dark magic books in the Malfoy family, some of which are dangerous even if you just approach them. How could Lucius let Draco touch them casually?

The truly dangerous books were hidden where Draco couldn't reach them.

Although many of the books placed in the study also record black magic, they are not too dangerous, and there are corresponding warning cases.

The most Draco could see was a spell called "The Gut-Rippling Curse".

Malfoy originally thought that Draco had sneaked into the restricted area of the Hogwarts library. This ancient castle had so many secrets that it would not be surprising to find a magic notebook that was not allowed.

But when Draco denied it, Malfoy realized that the matter was more complicated than he thought.

"Then..." Narcissa frowned and said, "How did he..."

"Leave it to Dumbledore for now! Even if someone has done some sneaky tricks in the past, there are not many things in this school that can be hidden from his eyes... Even the Dark Lord..."

Lucius suddenly realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said and immediately shut his mouth.

Chapter 264 Teacher and Student, Master and Servant

Narcissa acted as if she hadn't heard anything and didn't respond.

At this moment, a happy call suddenly came from not far away:

"Lucius! Long time no see. When did you come?"

The two paused slightly as they left the school. They turned around and saw a group of Ministry of Magic officials walking out of the castle accompanied by Professor McGonagall.

Lucius Malfoy adjusted his expression and walked over.

"I just had a word with Dumbledore about some school matters," he said.

The man laughed and said, "No wonder the principal left suddenly just now... You should have come earlier, Lucius! Look at that magical mirror!"

Lucius Malfoy: ...

——Thanks for the invitation, I have already watched it, the picture is too clear and the experience is very bad.

But of course others cannot understand how he feels now.

Someone even raised his voice and said, "Marchioni! You greedy fox! When will you start selling the flow mirror?"

Marchionne smiled and said, "Please wait a moment. Our mirrors still need to go through a few rounds of testing... But I can guarantee that once the new products meet the standards, I will personally deliver them to you as soon as possible."

"Mark your words!" said another, "I must be the first to buy it!"

"Of course, of course."

Marchionne made repeated assurances, and Lucius did not try to make friends with the officials as usual, but just left with everyone in silence.

Narcissa seemed to be invisible as she walked at the edge of the crowd, looking at Marchionne, who was surrounded by everyone and whose face seemed to be glowing.

——This is the businessman who has been working with Weed Grey.

The Book of Friends produced by his magic workshop has been sold all over the world...

Magic pets and soft light necklaces were also very popular, bringing him countless wealth.

But it certainly can't compare with inventions like the Book of Friends that directly changed people's living habits.

And all of this was brought to him by Vide Grey...

Now there are also stream mirrors.

Suddenly, Narcissa felt a gaze on her. She turned her head and met Professor McGonagall's eyes.

She was also a student at Hogwarts and studied Transfiguration in Professor McGonagall's class for seven years.

Even when the mysterious man's power was becoming more and more rampant, the school seemed like a paradise.

But after graduation, they naturally took an opposing stance.

After a moment, the two calmly looked away, as if this brief eye contact was just a coincidence.

Once they were outside the range of the castle's protective spell, everyone Disapparated away.

Lucius was about to do the same, but suddenly he remembered something. His face twisted, and he finally said to his wife, "You go home first. I need to go to Gringotts."

"Gringotts?" Narcissa nodded. "The compensation to the Crabbe family should indeed be sent over earlier."

"And more," Lucius said, "and 6000 galleons for Weed Grey—I bought the set of mirrors he had."

Narcissa was stunned for a moment, then she reacted and agreed, "You are very thoughtful... That scene cannot be circulated."

"That's what I think," Lucius said. "For Draco's future reputation, even 6000 Galleons is worth it."

The two of them Apparated.

Lucius Malfoy arrived at Gringotts, found the goblin in charge, and signed to transfer two sums of money.

After coming out, he felt depressed, so he went to the pub to have two drinks, which relieved some of the negative emotions in his heart, and then returned to Malfoy Manor.

At this time, the sky had begun to turn dark blue.

Exquisite gardens surround the castle. A white peacock walking by the fountain sees its owner, shakes its tail, and slowly spreads its feathers.

Lucius walked over and once he entered the room, he was greeted by two house elves who put away Lucius's hat, cane, coat and all.

There was also a scarred house-elf by the wall. He was wrapped in heavy bandages and was huddled against the corner, standing on tiptoe to wipe the gilded mirror.

Seeing Lucius, the elf seemed a little scared, but after hesitating for a moment, it ran over and poured tea for its master.

Lucius saw that his ears looked like they had just been burned, and knew that he had punished himself again. He frowned and asked coldly, "Dobby, what did you do again?"

The other two house-elves immediately lowered their heads and quickly disappeared with their coats and other items.

Dobby shuddered, lowered his head and whispered, "Dobby... Dobby accidentally dropped wax on the carpet... but Dobby has cleaned it up."

But Lucius didn't have the patience to listen to his explanation - he was just so angry that he had no place to vent.

As soon as he raised his hand, the whip on the wall flew over flexibly and landed on his hand.

Lucius swung it once, then swung it out with all his might—

"Snapped!"

Along with the sound of whipping, the screams of the house-elf also came upstairs. Narcissa put down the newspaper, shook her head helplessly and sighed.

As a house-elf, Dobby was undoubtedly capable, even more capable than the other elves in the house.

But he always had some weird ideas in his mind, so he was not very obedient. He even told other elves the story of the savior Harry Potter and his yearning for freedom.

Narcissa had never seen another house-elf as strange as this one.

Even in her previous home, Kreacher hated Sirius very much, but she did not yearn for the so-called "freedom".

Fortunately, the other elves were not contaminated by Dobby's weirdness. They reported Dobby's rebellious remarks to their master in time, saying -

"This elf is bad. He is a disgrace to the house elves! Master, please drive him away!"

Of course, such a capable servant would not be driven away easily.

But since then, Dobby has been beaten more often. He occasionally makes mistakes after being injured, and then he punishes himself cruelly.

In the eyes of the Malfoy family, Dobby was simply asking for trouble.

Seeing the house elf who was packing things in her room also trembling, Narcissa comforted her, "Don't worry, you haven't made any mistakes. Lucius won't hit you."

The house-elf immediately said happily: "You are too kind, master! Dobby is a bad elf, he should be awakened!"

He gave his hostess a grateful and joyful smile.

Downstairs, after an unknown amount of time, Lucius finally got tired of fighting and felt that his pockets were a little heavy today.

He took it out and found that it was the flow mirror box he bought from Wade - he actually forgot about this thing.

Lucius naturally had no interest in watching again the video in which his son took the initiative to do something stupid and caused him to lose 26000 Galleons.

He threw it to Dobby as if it were trash and ordered:

"Put it away! Put it where I can't see it again!"

Dobby caught the box, held it, and was about to go to the basement, then showed an expression of disbelief.

Some invisible shackles seemed to be suddenly released.

Lucius, who was standing next to him, did not notice his servant's abnormality. He ordered dinner expressionlessly and then went back to the study to take a rest.

Only then did Dobby tremble and slowly open the box.

Inside were two palm-sized mirrors stacked together.

Dobby felt something was wrong, so he stretched out his long, thin fingers and scratched under the mirror.

The originally dark black velvet cloth was dragged away, revealing what was hidden inside.

A pale yellow sock worn by a baby.

Chapter 265 We are friends, right?

Dobby felt as if there was a burning flame in his chest, so hot and powerful that his thin body could not help but tremble.

He wanted to tell everyone loudly that he was free! He was no longer a slave of the Malfoy family!

"More than?"

A small voice came from behind.

Dobby turned his head and saw it was another house-elf, Lucy.

She also had injuries on her body, but compared to Dobby's miserable appearance, she looked much better.