Chapter 252 250 Horcrux Diary

Lucius was still deep in thought. He couldn't understand not only Fini's purpose, but also the future trend.

He had too many things to think about now, whether the mysterious man would return, and whether Malfoy's ending after his return would really be the same as Finny said.

The future direction of Malfoy, and what the road will be like,

After all, he was still a little unwilling. Not only did he want Malfoy to become a member of the Oath family again, but he also wanted to take Malfoy one step further, and Black's current position was his goal.

Moreover, Lucius also understood another truth, that is, the choice Feeney gave him was not completely reliable.

The Malfoy family joining the Black family, apart from what Feeney said would make the mysterious people fearful and not take action against the Malfoy family, there is actually another possibility.

That is, after the mysterious man returns, he does not care about the Presbyterian Church as much as before, or he does not care about the power of the Black family.

In that case, the situation of the Malfoy family would be very tragic. After all, no leader would like such a change of family.

Moreover, there is actually one thing that Feeney did not tell Lucius, that is, if the Malfoy family really chooses Black, then it is not possible for the mysterious man to take action against Malfoy, but inevitable.

After all, if Malfoy can escape from the mysterious man's control in this way, then the other pure-blood families under the mysterious man who want to leave him will also imitate Malfoy's behavior and find someone to hug him. Then The mysterious man will not take action against them, after all, the Malfoy family is fine.

If something like this happened, there wouldn't be anyone under his command except for a few die-hard fans of the mysterious man.

Therefore, it is inevitable for the mysterious man to take action against Malfoy.

In other words, no matter what choice Lucius makes, it is inevitable that the mysterious man will take action against Malfoy.

"Finney, if I really choose Black, then it will be inevitable that the mysterious man will take action against Malfoy,"

After thinking for a long time, Lucius finally thought of this key point, looked at Feeney, and said,

Feeney nodded. He did not choose to deceive or conceal, but directly told the truth.

"Yes, in fact, no matter what choice you make, after you claimed that you were under the Imperius Curse and killed many of your colleagues, you have no choice, not to mention that Malfoy still has such a manor. , The mysterious man will definitely take action against your family."

Lucius also crossed his legs and looked at Feeney, and asked playfully,

"Since the outcome is the same whether I choose Malfoy or not, why should I choose?"

How could Feeney not hear that Lucius was actually asking for benefits and promises?

As mentioned before, Lucius actually has no choice, because whether he chooses Malfoy or not, he will face the attack of the mysterious man. However, if he chooses Black, Malfoy still has a glimmer of hope, but this glimmer of hope is Black needs to be willing to fight against the mysterious man if there is a possibility.

Therefore, Lucius needs a promise from Feeney, a promise that he can help Malfoy regardless of the consequences and save Malfoy when he is attacked by a mysterious man.

But the value of this promise actually far exceeds the benefits that Malfoy will bring to Black if he joins Black. This makes Finny very entangled.

Things were turning, and this time it was Feeney's turn to be lost in thought.

Whether Malfoy is worthy of this promise is actually worth it, but there is nothing wrong in saying that it is not worth it.

It's worth it because the addition of Malfoy can bring financial strength to Black, and can also provide some verbal support to the Presbyterian Council in the future.

It's not worth it because Malfoy wants to help Black in the Presbyterian Church only if Black helps get Malfoy back to the Presbyterian Church. The resources required are actually about the same as the benefits Malfoy gets from joining the Presbyterian Church. ,

However, if you still have to fight against the mysterious man and fight to the death, then the benefits brought by Malfoy will be a little less.

Now it depends on whether Feeney intends to pursue immediate profits and choose a sure profit without loss, or whether he chooses future profits and an investment that may result in losses.

If you don’t invest, you will never lose money, but it also means that there will never be any possibility of going further.

If you invest, you will lose money, but you may also make a comeback and gain greater gains.

So, Finny took a deep breath, looked at Lucius and said,

"Lucius, I can promise you here that if Malfoy is attached to Black, we will find a way to return you to the sworn family status of the Presbyterian Church. Similarly, when the mysterious man takes action against Malfoy, we will I will do my best to keep Malfoy alive."

What Feeney said is actually very interesting.

If Malfoy turns to Black, he will find a way to get Malfoy to return to the Presbyterian Church, but he will not say for sure, but will find a way, which means that this matter is inconclusive.

And keeping a trace of Malfoy's incense will actually protect Draco.

As long as Finny takes Draco back to the old house at No. 12 Grimmauld Place and hides him after the mysterious man returns, then he will not be in any danger, and he will naturally retain Malfoy's incense. .

Therefore, his promise seemed to provide a lot, but in fact, it provided nothing.

Lucius is not stupid. As the leader of the Malfoy family, he has communicated with the Ministry of Magic, pure-blood families, and even Muggles for many years, making him very sensitive to the traps and hidden meanings in conversations. After Ni made this promise, he thought about what Feeney meant.

In fact, it can be said that Finny wants to have an empty hand for the Aries. However, what Lucius needs is such an empty hand to let his sheep take the initiative to get in.

The commitment he needed was never to keep the Malfoy family. He had been living with fear for the past eleven years, especially after he saw the diary that the mysterious man gave him and guessed what it was.

At that time, he realized that the mysterious man would inevitably return, but it was uncertain when he would return.

He didn't care about losing everything in the Malfoy family in this matter, as long as their family could live well.

At worst, it would be better to save the life of their only child, Draco.

Therefore, the promise Lucius actually needed was just one sentence, just to keep Draco's life safe when the mysterious man attacked Malfoy.

Although Feeney is not sure about this, after all, he really has not thought of this, but the negotiation itself is a process of you making an offer and me counter-offering. This is just his first tentative offer.

"Can."

Lucius nodded,

"I hope you can keep your word,"

After accepting this first trial, the deal was concluded, which surprised Feeney. However, he was just dazed for a moment before he immediately stood up and shook hands with Lucius, and then signed a magic contract together.

The Malfoy Family Association publicly expressed their surrender to Black. From now on, everything Malfoy will do is serve Black.

Black needs to let Malfoy enter the Presbyterian Church. This is not only to find a helper for himself, but also to use the power of the Presbyterian Church to scare the mysterious man and protect Draco's life in times of danger.

The contract is established, and those who break their promises shall be punished by eating rocks.

"Very good, then the contract is established,"

Feeney smiled and said to Lucius,

"Then, you can leave the Malfoy stuff to me,"

Lucius was stunned. Of course he knew that the diary that Feeney was talking about was, but was it a certificate of surrender?

"Of course it doesn't count as a certificate of surrender, but it is his thing after all, and Lucius, you also know what it is, so its destruction is inevitable,"

Lucius nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that Feeney had something else he didn't know about. Was it a deal or cooperation with Dumbledore?

Finally, he sighed,

"Well, he once gave me a diary, and I later guessed that it might be a Horcrux. Now, I can breathe a sigh of relief by handing it to you."

As he said that, he took Feeney to his study.

This is a room with bookshelves on three sides and a floor-to-ceiling window on one side. In front of the wall next to the floor-to-ceiling window is a desk with a book stick, a paper cutter, ink, a quill, and a thick stack of parchment.

Feeney took a general look and saw that almost all of the books on the bookshelves were common books, with a few rare books with collectible value or orphaned copies. Of course, these books were all permitted by the Ministry of Magic. It's a book that doesn't contain any records of black magic.

This is completely different from the inheritance of pure-blood families, so the Malfoy family’s inheritance books are not in this room.

"It turns out that there are some books on dark magic here. As you know, the Ministry of Magic issued some decrees to thoroughly investigate pure-blood families, so I sold those books. On the one hand, it can subsidize the financial situation of the Malfoy family, and on the other hand, Those books are indeed of little use to the Malfoy family now,"

This is the loneliness of pure-blood families,

Feeney sighed secretly in his heart. Of course he knew the meaning of Lucius's last words.

Because of the policies of the Presbyterian Church over the past hundred years, as well as some reasons from the Ministry of Magic, the level of magic in the wizarding world has retreated significantly, and it cannot even compare to what it was a few decades ago.

You know, when Grindelwald was the Dark Lord, a fire shield war magic almost destroyed the entire Paris. But now, even a powerful magic like the Fire Curse can hardly achieve this. ,

Many of the magics passed down from ancient times have been lost, and many have become history under the cover of the Presbyterian Council and the Ministry of Magic.

Not to mention that even for a pure-blood family like Selwyn, there are only four direct heirs from the Solim branch; the British branch of Lestrange can be said to be extinct, and now there is only one left. The couple lives in Azkaban and has no offspring yet. In France, where their family is based, there are only one brother and sister in the direct line. The Rich family is considered the best among the four consul families, with three direct lines, each of which There are three or four descendants of each branch. As for Black, now only Finny and Sirius, as well as a few scattered in other European countries, can barely be regarded as direct descendants.

Not to mention the Malfoy, Greengrass, Flint, Ollivander, Nott families, and even the British Dumbledore and Gaunt, the French Nicholas and Lovegood, these families can already Said to be on the verge of extinction or already extinct,

Lucius and Finny both looked a little downcast. From another perspective, the decline of the pure-blood family is actually the decline of the magic world. If this continues, even if the Muggles do not discover the existence of the magic world, the magic world itself It will also perish.

Lucius walked to the bookshelf and gently opened a history book of the magical world on it. A hidden compartment was opened in the bookshelf.

"To be honest, if you hadn't come to ask for this diary this time, I would have looked for an opportunity to sell it later. The Ministry of Magic sent me news that Arthur Weasley of the Weasley family proposed it. Recommendations for another thorough search of pureblood families have been approved and may be implemented in just a few months."

As he spoke, he handed the diary, the only item in the secret compartment, to Feeney.

Feeney finally went and checked briefly, and it turned out to be completely blank, with nothing in it.

The corner of his mouth raised slightly. Sure enough, it was this. He had already felt the unique dark and sinister aura of the Horcrux in this diary, as well as the faint fluctuation of the soul.

He closed the diary with satisfaction and said to Lucius with a smile,

"Just leave it to me, and you don't need to worry about it from now on."

As he spoke, he placed the diary on the desk in front of him, and then, under Lucius' stunned expression, he took out a dagger from the pocket of his robe.

It was a bone dagger made of Basque teeth.

He had never thought before that Basque could take the initiative to remove his teeth and retain the toxins on them, so he specially asked for a tooth to make this dagger.

The basilisk's poison is fatal to Horcruxes.

Therefore, after Feeney took out the dagger, he stabbed it directly into the diary.

Then a very terrifying, long-lasting, eardrum-piercing scream came from the diary.

Streams of ink spurted out from the diary, flowed along the fang dagger to the desk, and then slowly flowed to the ground.

The venom of the fangs burned a hole in the diary, and black smoke was still hissing,

Even after the ink dried and the sound disappeared, the black smoke still did not disappear completely. It slowly began to turn white, as if it was about to be ignited.

Of course, it was impossible to ignite it on fire, but the diary also became solid and could no longer be opened.