Chapter 103 The Master's Secret Room

During the time that Schelling was staying at Green Manor, many things happened in other corners of Great Britain.

Let’s talk about the situation at Malfoy Manor first.

On the day Schelling went to Diagon Alley (August 11), Lucius stopped Draco at the door of the hall who wanted to go out to practice Quidditch, "Draco, come here with me. Dad has something important to tell you."

The two father and son left the hall silently, walked through a long corridor, and walked into the study room where Lucius usually worked.

Lucius took out a sterling silver Malfoy family crest from the secret compartment of the drawer and said, "Put a drop of your blood on it."

Seeing the serious look on his father's face, Draco didn't dare to ask any questions and could only do as he was told. He used his wand to poke a small hole in his left index finger, squeezed out a drop of blood, and dropped the blood on the family crest. Faint magic waves emitted from the family crest, as if it had been activated.

"This family crest is a special door key. It can only be activated when it is dripped with the blood of a direct descendant of the Malfoy family. Now I count one, two, three. Let's touch this family crest together, one, two, three!" Two The hands of father and son touched the family emblem at the same time, and were sucked in by a strong suction force.

They came to a small, dim room with a round bead embedded in the top of the room, emitting a faint green light.

Lucius stood upright on the ground, but his hair was blown and messy. Draco, on the other hand, lost his balance and collapsed on the ground.

Draco couldn't help but ask: "Father, why don't we use the anti-sickness bracelet invented by Schelling?"

Lucius: "..."

Draco didn't know that what Lucius was thinking at this moment was - Damn it, could I still tell you if I forgot?

Looking around, there are gray stone walls on all sides. The walls are covered with portraits. The characters in the paintings are looking at the two of them and whispering.

A man wearing medieval clothes with very majestic features spoke: "Are you two the heads and heirs of this generation?"

Lucius, who had always been proud, did not dare to be rude to a portrait. He bowed and gave an ancient noble salute, "Yes, I am Lucius II, son of Abraxas, the thirteenth head of the Malfoy family. I would like to pay my respects to Lord Nicholas."

"Draco, this is the fourth generation ancestor of our Malfoy family. He is the oldest among the portraits here. He used the Black Death as a cover to massacre Muggles in large numbers and plundered a large amount of land and wealth for the family. "Lucius introduced to Draco.

After hearing this, Draco couldn't wait to bow to the portrait as well. "I am Draco, son of Lucius II, greeting Lord Nicholas."

Then Lucius pointed to the next portrait, "This is the fifth-generation ancestor, Lord Artemis. He once participated in the war between the vampire royal families, and finally made an unequal treaty with the remaining vampire royal families, allowing them to fight for Used by our family.”

"This is the sixth generation ancestor, Lord Lucius I. One of our three great ancestral precepts - never put eggs in the same basket is from him. This ancestor has great magic power. It is said that A curse was used to prevent the Muggle Queen from ever marrying."

"This is the seventh-generation ancestor, Lord Artemis II. He participated in the Italian wizarding civil war and cooperated with the Italian wizarding family Vongola family to annihilate the enemy family in one fell swoop, giving our family industry its first It extended into Europe beyond the UK and gained the friendship of the Vongola family.”

"This is the eighth-generation ancestor, Lord Brutus. He founded the anti-Muggle publication "Wizards at War" and attracted a large number of followers for the Malfoy family. Many of the descendants of the family are now The descendants of his followers.”

"Who is this……"

Every time Lucius introduced a person in the portrait, Draco had to bow and salute and pay tribute to his ancestors. At the same time, he secretly wondered what the purpose of his father was in asking him to visit these ancestors.

Following this introduction all the way, we finally came to the last one - the twelfth generation head of the family, Abraxas Malfoy, the father of Lucius and the grandfather of Draco and Sherrin.

After Lucius introduced all the portraits, he saluted again, "Dear ancestors, the wizarding world is about to usher in a big reshuffle again. My eldest son Draco is still young and has low magic power. I hope you will The ancestor can help me to quickly increase his strength to cope with the coming chaos. "

Abraxas couldn't help but interrupt: "Wait a minute, Lucius, don't you have two sons? Why haven't you seen my other grandson, Sherrin?"

Lucius replied: "I was about to discuss this matter with the ancestors. Schelling's ideas are different from ours. He believes that pure blood theory is outdated. He wants..." Then Lucius told what happened last week. The contents of the Malfoy family's family meeting were explained clearly one by one.

Abraxas said angrily: "This bastard has caused me pain in vain! He actually wants to stand in the camp of Muggle wizards!" Abraxas has met the two Malfoy brothers and loves them very much. He has always loved them. They died of dragon pox when they were almost four years old.

The characters in several other portraits, such as Brutus and Thetymus, the tenth head of the family, were also talking in low voices. It can be seen from their expressions that they agreed with Abraxas's view.

Lucius I did not agree with his opinion: "This boy sounds very independent and smart. I think his opinion is reasonable! Moreover, everything he does is not everything in the final analysis." For the sake of the family. Are you old guys too rigid in your thinking?"

Abraxas retorted: "This kid was just dazzled by his temporary achievements. Although the pure-blood family has been weak in recent years, how can it be so unbearable? Don't forget - Knight Walpurgis The existence of the group..."

Lucius I seemed determined to talk back to Abraxas, and sneered: "The Walpurgis Knights? So what? The Walpurgis Knights were indeed very powerful back then, and our Malfoy family They had to surrender to them and become one of them, but after experiencing two failures - Grindelwald and Voldemort, these two investment failures were enough to break their bones, right? "

Artemis II spoke, and he supported Lucius I's view, "We, the Malfoy family, no longer need to be subordinate to them. Don't forget, we also have allies - the vampire royal cultivator has been recuperating for four hundred years. Do you think they have been doing nothing for so long? There is also the Vongola family in Italy. After the civil war, they were seriously injured on the surface, but the underlying foundation is still there. Even if they have not been able to survive for so many years, I’m afraid it won’t be much different when it returns to its peak.”

Abraxas was a person who was very averse to Muggle wizards. In 1968, when the Ministry of Magic finally welcomed Nobby Leach, the first Minister of Magic of Muggle descent in history, it was because of his methods that he had to Step down.

At that time, the reason given by the Ministry of Magic was that Leach had to resign because he suffered from a mysterious illness. In fact, he was suffering from severe internal exclusion. His subordinates were violating the rules and even deliberately causing trouble within the rules.

It can be said that the reason why Lucius and Draco are so discriminatory and disgusted with Muggle blood comes from him.

He said in a low voice: "Have you forgotten... the person in Knockturn Alley? If we lead out that person, can we get something good to eat?"

Lucius I seemed to be a little afraid of "that one". His tone was no longer so confident, "That one...has not been born for so many years. He has not done anything during the two turmoils between Grindelwald and Voldemort." ... Could it be that he is already dead? Or is he restricted for some reason and cannot be born at will?"

"That person" seemed to be a taboo topic. After talking about him, every portrait began to become quiet.

Finally, Nicholas, the most senior person, spoke. As soon as he spoke, the others immediately fell silent and listened attentively, "Lucius II, it sounds like you have already come to a conclusion - you want the two heirs to be separated in one place. The two camps are placing bets. We are both dead and can't do anything practical other than giving some advice. What is the purpose of asking us to tell you this? "

(Note: Except for Abraxas, who calls his son by his first name, other portraits will call Lucius Lucius II to distinguish him from Lucius I)

(Note: Nicholas lived in a very early era, around the early thirteenth century, so the author asked him to speak in Old English)

"Here's the thing. It would have been a good idea to hedge your bets, but back then...how should I say, I was anxious and performed the inheritance ceremony of the family head for my two sons. Now Draco has been appointed as the next one. The head of the family..." Lucius hesitated.

"What?" Draco shouted, "I am the next head of the family? Why have you never mentioned it to us, father?"

There are six Malfoy ancestors in the official setting: Armand in the 11th century, Nicholas in the 14th century, Lucius I in the 16th century, Brutus in the late 17th century, and Thettimus in the 18th century. , and Abraxas (the protagonist and Draco's grandfather). Among them, the author made up Artemis and Artemis II, and also omitted the description of the tenth generation head of the family, Sethimus. Because he did not want to add too much text, he skipped directly from the eighth generation onwards. .