Chapter 92 Family Meeting

Summer vacation in July.

The hot summer days can easily make people feel lazy.

Lucius was very satisfied with the performance of the two brothers last semester. Shaylin, of course, but also Draco - his academic performance has improved a lot, and he has become a hero of the Slytherin Quidditch team. Severus also said that Draco will be the next Quidditch captain! You know, the Quidditch captain is usually selected from students in grades 5 to 7, so Draco's achievements are enough to make the whole family proud of him.

So this summer, Lucius was much more tolerant of the two brothers. As for Narcissa? She still doted on her son no matter what he was like.

Knowing that he would shoulder the responsibility of captain, Draco spent most of his time this summer practicing Quidditch with Graham Montague and Cassius Warrington and discussing new tactics.

In the new semester that is about to begin, Marcus Flint and two extra hitters will graduate, and the team needs to absorb three new players. In the original book, Montague, the captain, asked Derian Puse to return to the team to replace Marcus as the chaser, and then used Goyle and Crabbe to replace the two beaters.

However, the ambitious Draco didn't think so. He thought that the rough style of play that relied too much on his body and fouls was not in line with his noble character as the captain, especially when the whole team was equipped with advanced brooms.

He was attracted by Frank Urquhart and Steven Vasey, who were one year younger than him. Although these two people looked thin and inconspicuous, their arm strength was amazing and suitable for training to be beaters.

(Note: Urquhart and Vasey are characters in the original book, and the author only gave them names. Among them, Urquhart became the captain in 1996. When he shook hands with Harry, he pinched Harry's palm and hurt it, which shows that he was very strong)

In addition to this time, he hid in the room mysteriously, not letting others know what he was doing.

In fact, Schelling had known that he was secretly communicating with Pansy for a long time, but he chose not to expose it. Shaylin was happy to see his brother and Pansy's relationship. Pansy had indeed restrained herself a lot since last semester. This was not only reflected in her personality, but also in her appearance, which gradually revealed a ladylike and elegant temperament.

Montague and Warrington actually wanted to befriend Shaylin. Their origins were not noble, and their families could not help them go further in society. It was obviously a good choice to rely on the powerful Malfoy family. However, Shaylin rarely appeared in the common room, and almost no one could grasp his whereabouts. Draco, who was also a Quidditch player, naturally became the object of their attachment.

Fortunately, Draco's performance was not much worse, and it was said that he had been designated as the next captain. In terms of reputation, he might not be comparable to Shaylin, but he was also a number one figure in Hogwarts. If Pansy, Goyle, and Crabbe were counted, Draco already had five followers around him, which could be said to have a strong core team. (Author: It's just that his appearance is not good enough)

Shaylin was very busy this summer vacation.

On the first day of summer vacation, he went to Gringotts.

He used Sirius's vault code to enter vault 711 openly. Although Sirius was expelled from the Black family, his vault still contained piles of gold Galleons that looked like a small mountain. That was the legacy left to him by his uncle Alphard Black.

According to the records in the account book, there were nearly 20,000 Galleons in it. No wonder he could give Harry a Firebolt so generously. Even with Sirius's extravagance, when Harry inherited the legacy after his death, the original book described his vault as "a large amount of gold".

Gringotts may have very strict defense measures for illegal intrusion, direct robbery or sneak theft, but the administrative procedures for identity authentication and illegal withdrawal are very loose. In the original book, Sirius, as a wanted criminal, only needed a letter (with a code attached) to let the Firebolt seller go to his vault to withdraw Galleons by himself, which was incredible to Schelling.

But, it's okay this way.

All the Galleons in vault 711 belong to Schelling! Sirius was still a wanted criminal at this time, so he couldn't check his own vault.

This also indirectly shows the IQ of Voldemort, Quirrell and others. When facing the defense of Gringotts, they only knew how to use magic and brute force to break in, and didn't know how to adapt at all...

This is not surprising. Schelling has long discovered that most wizards have this common problem - they are not stupid, but they rely too much on magic to solve problems, and they know nothing about logic, analysis, strategy and other problem-solving skills.

[20,000 gold Galleons obtained! ]

Schelling did not have any psychological burden about stealing the Black vault. In his opinion, the money originally belonged to the Black family. Instead of falling into the hands of an outsider Harry, it would be better to take it for himself. At least he still has a quarter of Black blood in his body.

Last semester, Xie Ling made a lot of money by selling the products in the Forbidden Forest. The publisher and the Flying Broom Company also paid him a considerable dividend. Now his total assets are close to 30,000 Galleons, which is enough to be considered a rich man in the wizarding world. It can be said that he is young, romantic, and rich.

Xie Ling never complains about having too much money.

As for the Philosopher's Stone? Xie Ling did master the magic of turning stone into gold, but he didn't plan to use it.

First of all, the value of gold in the magic world is not too high. After all, it is not difficult for a wizard to get gold from Muggles. Galleons are not pure gold, but magic metals smelted by the unique metal forging technology of goblins.

There are three known magic metals: black gold, mithril, and red copper.

Among them, black gold is the most well-known. Its characteristics are hard and difficult to dissolve. Gold Galleons and the "Indestructible Helmet" given to the giants in the original book are made of black gold; Mithril has strong plasticity and is used to cast Silver Sickles and the "Gryffindor Sword"; the lightest red copper is used to cast Copper Knuts and Firebolts.

In his previous life, Schelling complained a lot about the bug in the exchange rate between gold Galleons and pounds in the original book. The value of wizard currency is lower than the value of pure gold in the 1990s. Muggle parents can just exchange pounds for Galleons, and then take the Galleons to the Muggle gold shop to exchange them back for pounds at the gold exchange rate, and repeat this process... Schelling even heard of a well-known fan fiction using the exchange rate to try to impact the Gringotts financial system.

In this life, he realized that the gold Galleon was not made of pure gold. The goblins added other magical materials during the forging process. In addition to preventing counterfeiting, it also made the gold coins impossible to be destroyed or dissolved, just like the "Indestructible Helmet". Of course, gold, as the main raw material for coinage, still has considerable value.

Another reason why Schelling didn't want to use the Philosopher's Stone was that he didn't want to reveal the secret that he had the Philosopher's Stone - a large amount of gold pouring into the market would easily attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic and some interested people, which was what Schelling tried his best to avoid.

With such a large sum of money, he certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to leave it unused. He planned to invest it.

He was interested in a company called "Artificial Mushroom Trading Company", which is a herbal trading company specializing in cultivating magic mushrooms and also conducts international trade in herbs.

(Note: The name of this company comes from the fifth part of the original book. It is included in various recruitment manuals received by young wizards during employment consultation. People's Publishing House translated it as "mushroom cultivation industry", but it is actually a company, not an industry)

Schelling couldn't do this by himself. One morning, when the whole family was enjoying breakfast at the table, he told Lucius his idea.

Lucius frowned. This is not a small handicraft workshop like Ellerby and Badmore Broom Company. Such an international company is worth a lot of money, and it is possible to have a market value of tens of thousands. What's more, Schelling proposed a full acquisition, not a partnership.

He couldn't help but ask: "Xie Lin, Dad knows that you have worked hard for the family in the past few years, and your performance has not disappointed Dad, but aren't you a little too hasty? The family is not short of money, and you are still so young. It is a good thing to know how to invest, but it is not necessarily greedy and reckless."

Xie Lin also guessed that things would not be so easy. He thought about it and it was time to confess part of the truth to his parents.

"Father, now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you. The Dark Lord is about to return."

Lucius' pupils shrank slightly, and his hands under the stage trembled slightly; Narcissa covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes full of panic; Draco opened his mouth wide, and even knocked over the cup full of milk without realizing it.

Lucius tried to stay calm, but his face was not too bad. "How did you know?"

"Last semester, a Death Eater appeared in the school. He was Peter Pettigrew. He actually framed Black. Black went to Hogwarts to seek revenge on him, but he finally let him escape. Only Dumbledore, Black, Lupin, and Potter knew about this, but I eavesdropped on it in some way. What's really serious is that Harry also got a prophecy. The prophecy said that Pettigrew would go find the Dark Lord and help him make a comeback. Do you understand what this means?"

Narcissa interrupted: "It's just a prophecy... Maybe the old man with white beard was wrong? You know, most of the so-called prophets are liars."

"That's not necessarily true. What if--" Sherin smiled and answered confidently: "What if this prophet predicted the failure of the Dark Lord and the rise of Potter?"

At this point, Lucius and Narcissa shut up. The couple knew that Voldemort was not dead, and the Dark Mark on Lucius' arm clearly pointed out this.

"Wait a minute!" Draco interrupted loudly, "I don't understand, isn't the return of the Dark Lord a good thing? It's just right to cleanse those mudbloods who insulted the wizard bloodline again! In this way, won't our pure-blood family return to the pinnacle of power?"

Xie Lin stared at Draco seriously: "Believe me, brother, whether in this family or other pure-blood families, most people don't want the Dark Lord to return."

Draco has worshipped the Dark Lord since he was a child, and fantasized about the days when the pure-blood family ruled over Muggles and half-blood wizards. Xie Lin's words at this moment undoubtedly pierced his heart.

"Impossible! You are talking nonsense! Dad, Mom, tell me, is what my brother said true?" Draco's eyes flashed with panic, he felt his heart beating wildly, and after saying this short sentence, he had to breathe to recover.

Lucius's expression was very complicated. In fact, his mind was now in a mess like paste.

He knew that what Schelling said was right. He really didn't feel very happy about the return of the Dark Lord. The last time under the leadership of the Dark Lord, the pure-blood family's vitality was severely damaged. Lestrange, Black, and Rochiel The family was almost extinct. If he hadn't been smart enough, the Malfoy family, which had only a small population, would have become history.

He forced aside his distracting thoughts and looked at Draco with pity, "Draco, things are not as simple as you think."

"The pure-blood family chose to support the Dark Lord at the beginning, just because the Dark Lord could help us establish a wizarding world where pure blood is supreme. However, the Dark Lord himself acted too extreme and killed too much, which resulted in more resistance... Do you think? I think, originally we only needed a deterrent to prevent those mudbloods and mixed-blood bastards from resisting, but the Dark Lord did not leave them a way to survive, so naturally they had no choice but to fight to the end..."

"In the final analysis, the fundamental purpose of the Dark Lord is different from that of most of our pure-blood families! What the Dark Lord wants is to completely cleanse all Muggle blood, so that his reputation can forever shock the wizarding world... And our purpose It is to establish a system of pure-blood supremacy and make half-blood and Muggle wizards our vassals, rather than to exterminate them all.”

Narcissa walked over, gently hugged Draco into her arms, and whispered: "My child, you are too young, you should not be responsible for these things..."

Sherlin said: "Mother, please stop treating us as children. Let's not talk about it far away, let's just say that after the fall of the Dark Lord, our Malfoy family, Avery, Nott, Carlo, etc., a They all chose to betray him. Not only did they put aside their relationship with the Death Eaters and live a smooth life, but they also never tried to find the Dark Lord and help him. What do you think the Dark Lord would think of us? A pure-blood family?”

When Lucius heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he seemed to suddenly wake up. A shrewd look flashed in his eyes, and he secretly thought that he was confused by the authorities. His son chose to tell him this at this time, and he was obviously prepared. Come on, instead of worrying and distressing yourself, why not just ask your son what the solution is?

Thinking of this, he looked at Xie Lin with a meaningful look, "So - Xie Lin, what do you think our Malfoy family should do?"

When reading the fifth part of the original work, the author always had the feeling that Draco was the leader of the "High Inspectorate". Obviously, Montaigne and Warrington on the inspection team are older, two grades higher. The setting in this book is that these two people chose to attach themselves to Draco because their families were weak.