From Azkaban

"Where are you going? You are also a member of the council, you cannot be absent from the meeting."

Locke pointed to the empty seat next to Lucius, the one he had prepared for Narcissa.

Following Locke's finger, Narcissa saw the empty chair next to her husband, and an expression of disbelief suddenly appeared on her face.

"grown ups!"

Seeing this, Lucius also stood up excitedly. He didn't expect that the seat next to him was actually his wife Narcissa's. He originally thought it belonged to other members.

It was only at this time that everyone present realized that there was one more chair.

All of a sudden, all the members present cast envious eyes towards Lucius, and they sighed in their hearts that this guy Lucius was indeed very capable of serving. He had only joined for a few days, but he had already obtained two seats for his family.

"Sir...I...I..."

Narcissa was so excited that she could hardly speak clearly. She looked at Locke who was sitting on the main seat and wanted to ask with a trembling voice whether she had passed the test. But after thinking about it, she felt that this question was stupid, after all, she had already obtained a seat.

As for the seats at the round table, Narcissa had already learned from Lucius. She knew that these were positions that only the core members of the Round Table could obtain. They were extremely valuable and represented great significance.

Originally, Narcissa thought it would be difficult for her to get a seat, but unexpectedly, she would receive such a blessing now.

"Narcissa!"

Seeing Narcissa like this, Lucius, who had just stood up excitedly, became extremely anxious. In the end, he had no choice but to walk out of his seat and come to Narcissa's side, pulling her to salute Locke together.

"My lord, my wife is just overexcited."

"It's okay, take a seat."

Locke raised his hand and motioned for the two to take a seat. He didn't know the reason for Narcissa's excitement, and he had no interest in understanding it. They were all insignificant matters.

"It's an adult"

Lucius took Narcissa and bowed to Locke again, then took Narcissa back to their seat.

Sitting on the chair, Narcissa gently stroked the armrests on both sides of the chair with her hands, still a little bit unable to believe that she was sitting in this position.

"By the way, I almost forgot."

Seeing Narcissa take her seat, Locke was about to announce the start of the meeting. When he was about to announce it, he suddenly remembered that Narcissa and Lupin did not yet have the rings to enter the consciousness space.

"Here, you two also caught the last train."

Locke used a gravity spell to bring the two rings to Narcissa and Lupin, motioning for them to take them.

The reason why Locke said it was the last train was because his research on the weather spell had become more and more advanced in the past few days. It was estimated that the first iteration of the consciousness space would be completed in more than a month.

As research progresses, Locke's original vague idea is becoming clearer and clearer.

Apart from anything else, judging from Locke's current achievements, he can conclude that the future consciousness space will no longer need the ring as a link carrier.

If everything goes well, Locke will then make the necessary carrier required to connect with the infinite magic power of the outside world into a core device.

Because of the connection to the infinite magic power of the outside world, the core must always be operating, because it needs to constantly supply magic power to the consciousness space.

But precisely because it needed to be running all the time, Locke suddenly had an idea and thought that perhaps it could be used as a receiver to replace the function of the original ring.

In that case, because it is connected to the external magic power, its efficacy will be very strong, which means that its acceptance range will not be as small as that of the ring, but very wide.

In this way, as long as it is within the range it can cover, as long as someone casts the spell according to the method set by Locke, they can directly connect to the consciousness space without relying on the ring.

At the same time, Locke also plans to create some intelligent functions for the core to standardize the management of the consciousness space, record and retain all information generated in the consciousness space, and facilitate the setting of restriction red lines and the development of some sub-functions.

In addition to these, Locke also wanted to find a solution from the core, hoping to use it to solve the problem that the information generated by accelerated thinking in the consciousness space would explode the brain.

Locke is now implementing this series of ideas step by step, and so far everything is going smoothly, in sync with the progress in weather spells.

So when Locke succeeds, the ring, a product of the old era, will be eliminated. That is why Locke said that the two of them caught the last train.

However, this was Locke's own idea. Little did he know that to Narcissa, Lupin and others, his words meant that the two of them had obtained the final seats.

After these two people, the number of core seats in the Round Table Council will no longer increase, and those who join in the future will no longer be able to become core members.

Some people have even started to speculate that since the number of seats will no longer be increased, members who join in the future will have to fight for existing seats if they want to get seats, and the significance of the seats will be increased again.

Thinking of this, everyone's eyes towards Lucius suddenly changed. After all, among the current members of the parliament, except for the two Rodolphus brothers, only his Malfoy family had obtained two seats.

Holding two seats not only shows that they are favored, but also represents the weight and voice of the Malfoy family in the Round Table. The Malfoy family is likely to become even more glorious in the future.

Narcissa and Lucius naturally thought of the same questions as everyone else. Looking at the ring in front of her, Narcissa raised her hands tremblingly and took it carefully.

"Thank you for your gift, Lord Kazir."

"Thank you for your gift, sir."

Next to Sirius, Lupin also stretched out his hands to take the ring, and he was even more excited than Narcissa.

After all, he didn't expect that a werewolf like himself would not only get Locke's help and see hope, but now he could even get the last seat.

Looking back on his past life, Lupin had never been treated like this. Looking at the ring in his palm, tears rolled down his cheeks again.

Volume 1: Chapter 66: The First Round Table Meeting

Locke didn't care about Narcissa and Lupin's reactions. After all, these wizards were all easily excited for some reason, and Locke had long been accustomed to it.

Locke didn't care what they imagined, as long as things could proceed normally.

"let's start"

After briefly introducing how to use the ring to the two people who had just received it, Locke gave an order and everyone's consciousness began to withdraw.

Except for Narcissa and Lupin, who were experiencing this feeling for the first time, everyone else closed their eyes very calmly.

In a blink of an eye, Locke and everyone else were standing in the space of consciousness.

Seeing Locke appear, Rodolphus and others who had been waiting for a long time bowed and saluted.

"grown ups"

Uniform greetings echoed in the space, and Narcissa and Lupin, who entered the consciousness space for the first time, looked up with shock on their faces. They had never expected that there was such amazing magic in the world.

"It's been a while since we last met. Please take a seat, everyone."

Nodding slightly in response, Locke raised his hand to signal everyone to stand up, and as he spoke, he took the lead and walked forward to sit down.

Everyone took their seats skillfully one after another. Except for the newcomers Lupin, Narcissa and Lucius, everyone else maintained the seating order they had arranged in Azkaban.

"There are not many issues that need to be discussed in today's meeting. There are two main ones. The first is the Knockturn Alley black market, and the second is the pure-blood families in the wizarding world."

Because of the current problem of consciousness space, Locke can only try to simplify the issues in each meeting, use the main time to discuss important issues, and take time to convey the remaining minor issues during normal times.

"First, there's the black market in Knockturn Alley..."

Locke kept talking, and all the members listened attentively. When they heard that Locke planned to take control of the black market in Knockturn Alley and use it as a tool, many people showed excited smiles on their faces.

How to say it, although they have now turned over a new leaf by following Locke, they are still dark wizards after all, and the four-dimensional violence that has been engraved in their bones cannot be completely eliminated.

Before, because of Locke's order, they all restrained their fangs and acted low-key.

Naturally, no one would complain about this, but they still felt depressed. But okay, after listening to Locke's arrangements, everyone knew that they would be able to perform well soon.

"The black market in Knockturn Alley is complicated and there are all kinds of people in it, but I believe that with your abilities, it won't be a problem to take it down. But as I said just now, taking it down is not a difficult problem. The main problem is how to better control the rats in it and make them obey our rules and order."

"For this aspect..."

Locke turned his head and cast his gaze towards Lucius, who could no longer conceal the excitement on his face, and signaled with his eyes that he should speak next.

As a leader, Locke naturally would not do everything himself. It was enough for him to leave many things to his subordinates. He had his own things to do and did not have that much energy.

Receiving Locke's gaze, Lucius quickly straightened his clothes, stood up holding his cane, bowed slightly to Locke, and then looked around.

"Everyone, thank you for your kindness. From now on, the black market will be managed by my Malfoy family."

Lucius said this with a humbly look on his face and bowed slightly to everyone. When they heard his words, everyone present was shocked.

"Ahem! Since the Master has entrusted me with such an important matter, I will naturally do my best to ensure that I live up to the Master's recognition."

Having said that, Lucius turned around again and saluted slightly to Locke, who could only nod slightly in response. Then he signaled with his eyes that this guy should stop talking nonsense and get down to business.

"As for the management of the black market, I have compiled a series of regulations in the past two days. I have also collected a lot of information about the black market. These are just my personal and superficial opinions. If you have any questions or opinions, you can interrupt me at any time."

Having said this, Lucius looked around, and seeing that everyone was looking at him without saying anything, he no longer hesitated and spoke out the various arrangements and information he had already sorted out.

"Then let's start by taking over the black market..."

After that, Lucius explained his plans one by one in an orderly manner. From time to time, someone interrupted him, mostly to raise concerns and ask questions.

Locke was also listening carefully. How should I put it? From Locke's point of view, Lucius's preparations were not very sophisticated, but they were safe and very suitable for the situation of wizards and Knockturn Alley.

In particular, the information he obtained about the black shops and long-term visitors in Knockturn Alley made Locke recognize his abilities.

After all, he is the patriarch of a pure-blood family, and his ability in the field he is good at is unquestionable.

However, Locke also put forward several suggestions, and based on his experience in his previous life, he made some hardware arrangements for the black market.

The most important of these is the expansion of the black market and the Skynet system, for which Locke plans to use the Traceless Stretching Spell.

It is impossible for Locke to do something small. If he wants to do it, he has to make it big. Since it is a black market, it must be the largest in the world.

At the same time, Knockturn Alley will also be transformed. No need to be as cautious as before. As long as it is in Knockturn Alley, all transactions will be fine as long as they comply with the order set by Locke.

Locke doesn't care what happens outside the black market. As long as it is within the black market and does not violate the order of the black market, all transactions are protected by the Knockturn Alley black market.

However, faced with such an arrangement, some members immediately raised the question of whether someone would find loopholes in the established rules. In response, Locke laughed and said something.

"What are we doing? It's the black market. In the black market, my words are the only order and the only rule. You want to exploit my loopholes? I really hope someone can do it."

Next is the Skynet system. There is nothing much to say about this. It is just a magical version of surveillance. Locke already has a direction in his mind, so it is not difficult to develop it.

The reason for developing the Skynet system is also very simple, "Others may know nothing, but we must know everything."

These were Locke's original words, and they were unanimously agreed upon by all members. Indeed, this was the black market that they controlled, so they had to control everything.

The discussion about the Knockturn Alley black market did not last too long. With the unanimous agreement of all members, it was quickly decided to start the action in two days (excluding today).

As for why it was two days later, it was mainly because some members had traveled far away, to the United States, and some still had some things to deal with, so we gave them two days to gather.

Volume 1: Chapter 67: True Pure-Blood Supremacy

The matter regarding the black market in Knockturn Alley has been settled, and next is the issue of the pure-blood families.

This question was something Locke had been thinking about for a long time. He had thought about it when he chose Rodolphus and others in prison.

"As for other pure-blood families, you should understand what I mean. As a group that controls a large amount of resources in the wizarding world, they can be both a help and a hindrance to us."

After Lucius sat down satisfied, Locke's voice rang out again. He looked at everyone present, all of whom were pure-blood members except Lupin.

"And I once said that we need more companions on our way forward, so compared to obstacles, I think we should pull them into our team. After all, we all have the same interests, don't we?"

Having said that, Locke turned and looked at Lucius. Among all the people present, he was undoubtedly the most suitable person to do this.

"Lucius, I remember that your family has good relations with the Crabbe family, the Goyle family, and the Parkinson family. You have also maintained good contacts with other members of the board of directors, right?"

Lucius was delighted to hear Locke's words. He stood up quickly and saluted Locke.

"Yes, sir. Most of the pure-blood families in the wizarding world today have good relations with my Malfoy family, except for those families that are close to Dumbledore."

Speaking of families close to Dumbledore, Lucius immediately thought of the Weasley family that Locke had taken a fancy to a few days ago.

In addition to the Weasley family, there are actually quite a few pure-blood families close to Dumbledore, such as the Longbottom family to which Neville belongs.

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you. But don't worry. You can do it after you deal with the matter of the Knockturn Alley black market."

Hearing Locke's words, Lucius bowed slightly and said, "I understand, sir."

"Well, sit down."

With a slight nod to signal Lucius to sit down, the discussion of this meeting ended. Locke estimated and found that it was much faster than he expected, and it seemed that there was still something else to say.

Thinking of this, Locke thought for a moment and felt that the remaining time was enough to understand everyone's current situation.

"Now that the business is over, let me briefly report on my situation over the past few days."

Having said that, Locke looked around and finally decided to use the old method.

"This time we'll do it the old way, from left to right. Let's start."

Hearing these familiar words, smiles appeared on everyone's faces, and Rodolphus, who was sitting on the far left, was the first to stand up.

"Sir, I am now in France. The situation in the wizarding world here is not much different from that in the UK. However, there is one difference. There are many small and medium-sized wizard settlements here. Some of them even retain the rules and habits from many years ago."

Rodolphus stood up and talked about what he had encountered in the past few days. Hearing his words, Locke also became interested. He crossed his hands and leaned forward slightly as if listening.

"There are many black markets here, but none of them can compare to Knockturn Alley. They are all held in secret forests in the wild. People only come when the time comes. There is no one there at other times."

"I am now sorting out and collecting information of this kind, preparing to use those small and medium-sized settlements as a breakthrough point, those......"

Rodolphus had obviously made preparations, and his purpose of going to France was very clear, which was to develop new members there.