Chapter 18: Loki's Ambitions
The day before Christmas, Augustus and Malfoy took the scarlet train home together, and at the nine and quarter stations, it was Aurora and Clovis who had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Augustus coming out of the station, Clovis hurriedly went up and gave Augustus a hug.
"This is the only son of the Malfoy family." Looking at Draco, who was standing next to Augustus with platinum-blond hair and gray-blue eyes, Aurora asked with interest.
"Yes, auntie, uncle, it's an honor to know you, I'm Draco Malfoy, Augustus's most loyal friend." Draco replied politely as he changed the long aristocratic emphasis that he always dragged on.
From the other side, a man with the same platinum blonde hair, with cold pale gray eyes and a pointed pale face, walked up to Malfoy, "What a coincidence, Clovis. Long time no see. The man smiled and greeted Clovis.
"Yes, Lucius, we haven't seen each other in years," Clovis smiled with aristocratic standards.
"Well, I believe this is the heir of your Julius family, it is really a talent, I have heard Malfoy say in the letter about his amazing performance in the selection of this class of hidden prefects, your Julius family can have such a genius heir, it is really lucky." Looking at Augustus, who was indifferent, Lucius said with some envy.
"Of course, Augustus has always been the pride of our family." Clovis smiled immodestly.
"Alright, it's getting late, Draco and I have to go back, see you at the annual meeting, Clovis." After continuing to talk to Clovis for a while, Lucius left and left with Draco.
Sitting in a huge carriage parked outside the station, the Augustus family flew to the estate in the dazzling afternoon sun.
Back in the room in the manor, Augustus was surprised to find that the gifts given to him by his Hogwarts classmates had appeared on the bed, divided the gifts into piles, and checked them one by one, Harry gave him a pair of wizarding chess, once the pieces were placed, many chess pieces would start to shout for a duel with Augustus, Malfoy gave him a spear that could shoot huge flames from the muzzle, and Augustus, who didn't pay attention to using it, almost burned a hole in the roof when he used it for the first time. Hermione gave him a book about goblins, called Goblin Rights and Protection. Ron gave him a packet of weird candy, and while eating it, Sugar would scream for Augustus to put him in the bowl first. Lillian gave him a heart-shaped golden pendant that could be opened, and when opened, it would play beautiful music, like the song of a mermaid. Of course, there were all kinds of gifts, and before Augustus could finish sorting them all out, Aurora came to Augustus's room.
"With so many gifts, it seems that you are very popular at Hogwarts. But boy, you have to prepare, tonight is Fudge's annual party, and almost all the nobles are going to attend, and we will have to leave a little later. ”
Augustus nodded, and Aurora turned around and left the room, in fact, for this kind of aristocratic gathering, Augustus had already appeared frequently on various similar occasions in the other world, but at that time he was a legendary mage and the spiritual pillar of the empire, even if he participated in such a party, not many people dared to disturb him, so in his impression, this kind of gathering was still very clean.
As it darkened, Augustus, dressed in a white robe, followed Clovis and Aurora, dressed in lavish formal suits, to the manor where Fudge was hosting a dinner party. At the gate of the manor, there was a stout little man with curly gray hair, a pinstriped suit, a bright red tie, a long black cloak, and purple pointy boots.
"My old friend, you're finally here." The man saw the late Augustus, took a few big strides, and came up to give Clovis a hug. Clovis looked at Fudge with such enthusiasm and smiled slightly, "We're late, so I'm sorry for you to wait here for a long time." ”
"Why do we have to say that between us, come, come in, the feast is about to begin." Fudge waved his hand and pulled Clovis into the manor.
The manor is centered on the huge palace-like complex Braham Palace, surrounded by gardens, pastures, and lakes, and the geese sometimes leisurely stroll on the grassy slope by the lake, the white monument of the Victory Monument shines brightly, and the grassy slope in front of the monument is full of sheep, looking from afar, like cotton falling on the grassy slope.
Walking into the manor's reception hall, there are brightly colored and finely painted murals on the ceiling, depicting scenes of wizarding wars, huge crystal chandeliers, resplendent decorations, dark brown and dark red furniture, and some Chinese porcelain and antiques are placed on the huge fireplace in the room.
The room was now overcrowded, and groups of wizards were staggering back and forth in the room, and as soon as Clovis and Fudge entered the room, they were surrounded by a group of people, looking at Clovis and Aurora, who had already begun to socialize with the nobles with their characteristic smiles, Augustus left them and went to the other side of the room.
Admiring the dynamic wizard war mural, "I didn't expect you to come to the banquet too." Behind Augustus, a soft voice appeared in his ears, and when he turned to look, Lilian, with long light blue hair, was walking towards Augustus, Lillian had the typical appearance of a Western beauty, dark red eyes shining like red wine, a beautiful nose, and a slightly tall figure.
"I didn't think you would enjoy a banquet like this." Seeing that Augustus was silent, Lillian added.
"It's just to get a glimpse of the gathering characteristics of this world." Augustus had a hint of interest in his faint voice.
"This world? Refers to the world of wizards? Have you ever been to a Muggle dinner party before? Lilian, who couldn't figure it out for a while, asked with some confusion.
"I heard that the heirs of the House of Julius were also at this banquet. The Julius family is indeed the leader of our British pure-blood wizarding world, but I don't know how strong this heir is that he can survive a few seconds in my hands. An arrogant voice suddenly sounded not far from Augustus, and following the voice, a young man with flaxen hair and a hooked nose was leading a group of children of about the same age towards Augustus.
"You are Augustus Julius. It doesn't look like much, I bet if you fight me, ten seconds, just ten seconds, and I'll show you the magic of magic! The young man's amber eyes showed a dangerous look, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and the children who came with him let out malicious mockery. Augustus noticed that the boy seemed to be lame on one foot, and his body swayed a little as he walked.
"This is the only son of the Addams family, Loki Adams, who will only enter school next year, is a genius, it is said that at the age of 3 there was a large-scale magic rampage, at the age of seven the magic capacity has reached a quarter of the adult capacity, at the age of ten he went to the Drow Forest in England alone, and defeated an adult centaur alone. However, the only drawback is that he was born with necrotizing bone fission in his right leg, so it has always been a little inconvenient to walk. Lillian looked at Augustus with some concern, and told Augustus everything about Loki.
"Lillian, you're here too? It just so happens that as a witness, it has always been one of my passions to see how I defeated this genius heir who is said to be the heir to the Julius family, which is said to be the first in a hundred years, and stifling genius. Loki narrowed his eyes slightly, and said slowly, word by word.
The dinner continued, and many of the nobles who had come to the interest had begun to dance, and the lively atmosphere seemed to arouse the desire in everyone's hearts, and no one noticed that in the inconspicuous corner of the room, a storm of no small was brewing.