"First of all, I would like to express my apologies to you, Malfoy, and I hope you will accept it. "This is a well-dressed middle-aged man in a black suit, his back is very straight, his movements are a little stiff, and his beard is very neatly shaved, as if it has been trimmed like a slide ruler.www.biquge.info

The man was standing at a thin-legged table full of silverware, bowing slightly, and speaking politely to Malfoy, who was also standing nearby.

This is Dumbledore's office, a lot of silverware is placed haphazardly, suffocating smoke, the portraits on the walls are as if they are asleep, snoring evenly, without interjecting, on the gilded perch behind the door, Dumbledore's pet, Phoenix Fawkes, is standing on it, staring intently at everything that is happening in the house, it is not yet time to be reborn, in this life cycle, Fawkes is still in the prime of life, full of energy, the feathers are very bright and smooth, the colors are surprising red and gold. Dumbledore himself, sitting at his desk, his long silver beard resting on it, looked at a Muggle-drawn comic book with relish, and smiled knowingly from time to time.

"The Ministry of Magic has been in a lot of confusion these days for some reason, so there is no time to reward you until now. The man continued. "We have applied for the Order of Merlin for you, the Order of Merlin, 3rd class, for your outstanding contribution to the Ministry of Magic and the wizarding community, to save the Ministry from further disgrace, and to maintain the stability of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. ”

At this time, the man stretched out his wide palm, ready to shake hands in a gesture of friendship, and he said kindly: "I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Barty Crouch, and I am currently the Minister of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation. Barty Crouch then turned his hand to a middle-aged woman beside him, ready to begin the introduction, a short, pink coat that looked like a large pale toad, with a broad, loose-skinned face, a large mouth drooping downward, and her eyes were large, round, and slightly bulging outward.

"Hello Mr. Malfoy, I am Dolores Umbridge, the current Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic, and I am a colleague of your father, and I am now temporarily acting with Mr. Barty Crouch as Mr. Connelly Fudge's Minister. Umbridge didn't wait for Barty Crouch to finish, but answered in a deliberate, shrill voice, and smiled at Malfoy with what he thought was kind.

Although this smile makes people feel eerie no matter how you look at it.

Her arrogance and arrogance were aimed at some of the people she could ravage at will, and the boy in front of her was obviously not among them, his father Lucius was now a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic, and Malfoy himself was a good teenager who was currently heavily publicized in the newspapers.

What's more, she can go one step further and become the acting minister, which is also somewhat related to the support of the boy's family, so no matter what, she will not offend the boy now.

"Actually, I think you're perfectly capable of getting a second-class medal, I heard that you just managed to expose a werewolf hiding in Hogwarts?I don't believe this school is the safest place in the whole of Britain, fugitives, traitors, werewolves, everything..."

"Ahem. Dumbledore put down the comic strip in his hand, coughed lightly at random, and his sharp gaze fell on Umbridge intentionally or unintentionally, after Umbridge and Dumbledore glanced at each other, the woman felt a chill behind her, and immediately fell silent, not daring to spit out another word.

"Dealing with a fugitive, this is just a normal student's behavior, but I may have been a little luckier, and I succeeded, as for the werewolf problem just mentioned, you can ask Professor Dumbledore later, at least Lupin in my eyes is still a teacher. Malfoy ignored Umbridge's slightly flattering flattery, and went straight back, and said modestly to Crouch, his gaze constantly sweeping over Barty Crouch's face.

"Lucius has a good son. Barty Crouch suddenly appreciated this sentence, and his expression suddenly became a little lonely, but it was only for a moment, and he quickly adjusted back to that businesslike expression.

"It's a poor man, too. Malfoy looked at Barty Crouch and caught the fleeting loneliness on his face, and sighed in his heart.

A workaholic father, coupled with a psychologically twisted son, a mother who is crazy about her spoiling son, constitutes an extremely deformed family relationship.

Everyone should pay for their mistakes, Barty Crouch may have maintained his justice for the first half of his life, but in the end he was ruined at the hands of his son, and he sacrificed his wife for his son, which is really unacceptable.

Even if at that time his wife was already extremely weak and could die at any time, even if his wife was voluntary.

But none of this can be a reason for his favoritism.

He also got his own retribution, and the son he tried so hard to protect finally did the evil act of killing his father with his own hands, how sad is this ending?

"Malfoy-san?" Barty Crouch said tentatively, as he noticed that Malfoy was a little distracted.

"Oh, sorry, I'm a little excited, all a little distracted. Malfoy came to his senses and shook his head slightly, getting himself into the groove as quickly as possible, and it was still necessary to make a good impression in front of this man.

"Headmaster Dumbledore?" Barty Crouch called out to Dumbledore tentatively, and Dumbledore immediately responded.

"Is there anything going on, Mr. Crouch. Dumbledore said, propping himself on his half-moon lenses.

"I think that a young man of Malfoy's calibre deserves not only to be rewarded by our Ministry, but also that Hogwarts should not ignore his contributions, even if I am not at Hogwarts. Crouch said.

"Of course, I will give him a special contribution award at the end of the semester. Dumbledore nodded slightly, then said with a smile, "A good student deserves the reward he deserves." ”

Dumbledore said as he looked at Malfoy with a smile, the fingertips of his hands together.

"Very well, then I think we can talk about the award process now......" Barty Crouch has always been in that way, with a vigorous approach.