Chapter 587: An Unexpected Rejection

β€œβ€¦β€¦ A couple of gentlemen from the Millofary family over there, I wonder if you have anything to say about Martin's stewardship? ”

Under the sharp change in Maca's words, many people seemed a little confused.

Unbeknownst to them, Maca had been speaking to the Vannie steward of House Nablois, but suddenly pointed her looming edge at the seemingly unrelated Millofaris.

But as soon as he said this, all the wizards present looked over there, and a few people really noticed the nervousness on the faces of the representatives of the Millefarite family. Although the expression was only fleeting, if it wasn't dazzling, it probably meant that there was some unknown connection hidden in it.

"Gentlemen, you ...... Nothing to say? ”

Seeing that their faces had changed slightly, they seemed to be quite embarrassed, and that they seemed to be quite embarrassed, so she urged again.

This Millefarly, like the Blois family, is also a wizarding family in mainland France. Of course, compared with the latter, although the Millefarli family has a rather peculiar history, it is much shallow in terms of background.

According to Fanny, the family was an ordinary half-blood wizard family who had made and sold pastries and desserts for generations, and there was nothing surprising about it.

However, under the inspiration of a certain generation of ancestors, this family actually took advantage of a certain war to transform, and used their hands and feet to wash away the half-blood blood of their ancestors, and became a pure-blood family in the post-war magic world. And for a period of time since then, because they have some money and a false status, they have really made them fame and fortune because of their complementarity.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and their so-called "pureblood" was finally checked by the Ministry of Magic's pre-war archives recovery work. Although by that time, whether they are pure-blooded or not is no longer the number one in the wizarding world, but the reputation of their Millefarri family has been trampled on by the majority of public opinion thousands of times, and it has completely stinked.

Now, the Millefarli family is only relying on the continuous hard work of generations of clansmen to barely gain a foothold in the middle and upper echelons of the French magical world in terms of wealth. If it weren't for the fact that the people of their family were still bright, I am afraid that the surname Millefary would have disappeared from the French wizarding world long ago.

But it is precisely because the status of this family is not up to or below is very embarrassing, that there is room for being co-opted by the greedy Martin steward before. If it were to be replaced by other more powerful forces, it would be difficult for Old Martin to borrow his power easily by virtue of his status as a foreign surname of the Blois family.

That is, there is an urgent need for both of them to cooperate, so that there will be such a thing as Steward Martin diving headlong into the distribution of Nicol Lemay's estate.

Outside the side door of the auditorium, Maca had a small discussion with Fanny, and made some articles about this trivial matter. As for what to do afterwards, what to do with the Martin steward who was scared away by Maca's words...... As long as the guy is on his toes from here, there's no need to get him out of Fort Blois.

If today's things can be done, the greedy old guy can be regarded as a hero.

"Well, Mr. Martin did have some dealings with us this time," the representative of the Millefarli family was hesitant at first, but soon his face became serious, "but our family has never promised to cooperate with him in any ......"

Saying "I haven't seen Martin" at the moment will naturally not help the final result, and he will not tell such a lie that can be easily exposed. Since it can't be denied, it's better to simply admit it, and then you can avoid some lightning points with a more calm attitude.

"Oh?" Maca nodded calmly, waiting for the other to continue.

"Yes, that's it......" said the representative of Millefari, "that Steward Martin did try to participate in this Chamber of Commerce in his personal capacity, but no matter how 'personal' he was, he was also a steward of the House of Blois. We, the Millefarian family, are small and weak, and we dare not easily refuse his request. ”

"So you brought in that Martin steward, didn't you?" Maca nodded knowingly and said, "I can understand your difficulties, and now you can answer our questions, sir, I can say that I am very grateful." ”

"We at Fort Blois owe you a thank you, Monsieur Millefary," Marka had just finished speaking, and Fanny seized the gap and thanked her with it, "Your testimony has cleared the door of our Blois family. ”

This Millofary's family is so cooperative, of course, it is expected by Maca.

With an awkward position like them, it is impossible for them to want to find themselves in a situation where they are on fire, let alone offend either the Blois family or Hogwarts. So he said it very simply, except for the mistakes made by his side, he said everything he had to say about Martin.

Now that the truth about Martin's private sabotage of the family's plan has been revealed on the spot, then Bloisburg's remarks of "one thing on the surface and one thing behind the other" are logically self-defeating.

"I'm sorry, Miss Blois...... Looks like I misunderstood you Blois. The old butler had been watching all this happen just now, and it was only now that things became clearer, and he said, "I hope that you, the Blois family, will severely punish the steward named Martin, so that I and everyone present can settle down as soon as possible." ”

"Of course," Fanny said without squinting, "Fort Blois will give you a satisfactory answer." ”

After the amazing appearance of Maca and Edward Sr., the mystery between the head of the Taforler family and the two wizards, one tall and one short, has not changed in particular. But for the initial disappearance of the old housekeeper, it is completely clear. When the final answer is already in front of everyone, who else will be too interested in the questions that arise during the process of solving the problem?

Maybe no one else has, but Maca is by no means one of those people. After sensing that the restlessness of the two parties might have an unknown impact on his future actions, he made up his mind to find out.

It's just that that's certainly not now.

"Monsieur Edouard Lemay, Mademoiselle Fanny Blois...... It's great that this misunderstanding between the two of them was solved so quickly! ”

While the wizards of various forces were still secretly analyzing the conversations just now, Madame Maxim, who had been a bystander not far away, finally found a chance to speak. To be honest, it's really inconvenient for she, the local owner, to interfere with such a messy thing, and she is very aggrieved.

"yes!" Old Edward showed his kind expression again, and said casually, "Well, I should thank Mr. McLean of Hogwarts this time." If it weren't for him, I'm afraid I would have been arrested and locked up in a small dark room by now, right? With my old bones, it's really scary to think about it......"

His words immediately reminded all the wizards who coveted the alchemical legacy. As you can see, many faces turned around almost at the same time, and countless eyes are coming straight to Maca.

Presumably because it seemed to have reached a critical moment, the eyes were noticeably more explicit than before, and they seemed to contain a variety of emotions and mental activities.

However, Maca did not see the sharper gaze, and he only smiled and bowed slightly to the old butler.

"Mr. Lemay is polite," he shrugged, the smile on his face brighter, "the first thing Professor Dumbledore taught me when I was at Hogwarts was that I should learn to help everyone in need. Although I am not very old now, I am also a teacher who imparts knowledge...... How could I miss out on an opportunity like this to lead by example for my students? ”

"Oh, Mr. Dumbledore......"

As soon as Old Edward heard this name, he immediately showed a sentimental expression, which couldn't help but make the surrounding crowd cry out in their hearts.

"My head of house has also spent some time in the British wizarding world in the past, and I had the pleasure of having a few brief conversations with Mr. Dumbledore at that time...... It was a great wizard worthy of anyone's respect, and now that I think about it, what he said at the time still rings in my ears! ”

As soon as these old words came out, Maca noticed that there was a lot of exchange in the crowd. He knew that the time had come to take that last step.

"When you have the chance, you might as well go to Hogwarts and see Professor Dumbledore. He was willing to sacrifice for the sake of the school, so he also gave us an opportunity to defeat the powerful, and now he is buried by the lake of Hogwarts, guarding our campus like an undying Gublai fire......"

Maca said as she glanced at old Edward very covertly. In fact, he didn't need to be reminded at all, how could the shrewd old butler not know that it was time to get to the point.

"That's for sure," said old Edward with a laugh, "yes...... Why don't you take this opportunity to hand over the distribution of my master's estate to Hogwarts! I am confident that Mr. Dumbledore's school will be able to selflessly accomplish this great thing for the benefit of the whole world. ”

That's it! That's right, it was this sentence that made the entire auditorium boil. The representatives of those forces couldn't bear it anymore, because the old butler actually said "leave it to Hogwarts to deal with"!

If you really want to make this happen, then these forces are still playing ball! But at this momentβ€”

"No, I'm afraid it won't work."

Maca's answer surprised most people.