Chapter 229: Strange Statue (6k!) Ask for a subscription!! )
As the boys from Malfoy and Wesley were about to fight, Lucius's eyebrows tightened together.
Draco was fine with everything, the only problem was that he was still a little too confused about the form. Is it time for him to play tricks? There are obviously four people on the opposite side, how can he fight alone.
"Draco...... Be kind to people......
Lucius looked at the group of children in front of him with a haughty expression, but his main focus was on Harry.
"Mr. Potter," Lucius smiled leisurely and held out his hand toward Harry, "Lucius Malfoy. We're finally meeting."
Harry took Lucius' hand with a wary look on his face. And Lucius suddenly pulled him in front of him with a force. Brushing his hair away, he saw the iconic lightning-shaped scar.
"Your scar is a legend, because the wizard who left you with a scar is a legend."
When Harry heard this, he shook Lucius' hand away.
"Voldemort killed my parents, he's just a murderer."
Harry looked at Lucius coldly, the disgust in his eyes undisguised. This made Malfoy a little numb. One was his friend and the other was his father. He himself has become confused about the mystery man because of Luke's influence. So now I don't know who to support.
"You're brave enough to call him by his name."
Lucius looked into Harry's eyes, not knowing whether to mock or praise in his tone.
"It's not my real name."
Taylor interrupted Lucius with a sudden opening. Everyone present turned their attention to Taylor.
Taylor ignored the other people's gazes, but looked at Lucius and said, "Luke just called him by his real name."
She knew Luke's attitude towards Voldemort, and she knew that he didn't mind letting everyone know about his attitude, and if Lucius was really a diehard Voldemort loyalist, then he was Luke's enemy.
Ron and Ginny don't know why Taylor suddenly mentioned the name Luke. Because Luke doesn't seem to have anything to do with it.
Harry had a vague feeling that he understood something. Hermione, on the other hand, frowned, apparently thinking something through. She reacted similarly to the twins. They have a close relationship with Luke. Luke did help them a lot, and they knew that Taylor was Luke's advocate right now.
What she said, was what Luke said. That's what the head of the Gaunt family said. It's the words of the family who secretly don't know how much power is hidden.
In this case, even Lucius has to weigh it carefully.
Of course, the two people who were clear-minded naturally understood that Taylor did not speak before Lucius spoke, which meant that she did not care about the dispute between the two families over old grudges. At the very least, Taylor has no intention of alleviating their conflict for the time being.
This kind of thing can only be said to be neither good nor bad.
"Oh? Mr. Potter calls the mysterious man 'murderer, so what does Mr. Gaunt call the mysterious man?'
The sarcasm and arrogance on Lucius's face did not subside. Looks like he doesn't care about Taylor at all. ….
But Taylor was very confused.
"He usually calls the mysterious man no nose."
It was originally a joke, but no one laughed out. The little ones didn't know what Voldemort looked like. The older kids still had a fear of Voldemort, even the Wesley kids. A butcher is always able to make people afraid.
Lucius and Arthur Weiss, who were not far behind the children, were both stunned.
Both of them had seen Voldemort, and to be honest, they thought Voldemort was ugly, but neither in the past nor in the present, there were always few people who would hold on to Voldemort's flaws in his appearance. And mock it with this.
That's disrespect for power. And disrespect for power is disrespect for the world. Such people generally don't live very long.
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Seeing that no one laughed at this joke, Taylor could only reluctantly add, "His usual evaluation of Voldemort is a shitty and talented."
In this way, everyone finally got a reaction. There are many names, but there is a sense of shock.
"Mr. Gaunt is really ...... Dare to say it."
Even though Lucius had known some of Luke's comments about Voldemort for a long time, he still felt like he had seen a bold guy when he heard such words today.
In their eyes, even if Voldemort is dead now, his strength and the harm he caused back then are not fake. Even now they don't dare to mention the magical name.
Because more than ten years ago, once that name was pronounced, Voldemort would know it.
Anyone who speaks must be known for this almost divine ability, which made Voldemort truly a god in the British wizarding world.
This is, Arthur Weisley also came to the children: "It's too chaotic here, we should go children."
As he said this, his eyes were fixed on Lucius the whole time.
"Long time no see, Arthur, I heard you've been busy lately, but has your salary come down? Do you want me to help you? After all, so many children have to prepare new books and school supplies. It must be a big burden on your salary."
Lucius's tone was more sincere than anyone else's, and his expression was lighter than anyone else's. It's obvious that it's here to mock.
Taylor took another half step back, and pulled Hermione back half a step. They don't have a part in it. The Malfoys and Wesleys didn't look at each other very well, but it didn't start with the previous generation.
Lucius glanced at the Granger couple behind Arthur.
And his glance made Hermione take a step forward.
Taylor looked at Lucius quietly and said, "If you want to talk, Mr. Malfoy, you can go to Griffin and find Luke. I think he'll be willing to talk to you."
Lucius looked at Taylor with a non-smiling smile after being interrupted by Taylor again.
"I don't think we're going to be enemies. Miss Barbara."
Taylor looked at Lucius generously and said seriously, "It's up to you. Mr. Malfoy. I'm just talking to you as Luke wants, that's all."
During this visit, Arthur Weisley couldn't help but glance at the overly pretty little witch. Watching her not give an inch in front of Lucius Malfoy made him feel at the bravery of the little girl, but also more curious about the little guy named Luke. ….
He could see that Lucius's concessions were all given to Luke Gaunt. What Malfoy was up to, even a little girl next to Luke didn't want to offend.
Lucius gave Taylor a deep look, then said, "I'll have a good talk with Luke, it looks like we really need an open and honest conversation."
He glanced at the Granger couple and said, "If that's Luke's attitude."
"He'll be willing to talk to you. In fact, he was looking forward to a conversation with you at that party. I just didn't expect you to be so calm."
Taylor smiled and waved at Lucius. The anger and unhappiness on Lucius's face gradually disappeared. He nodded, and then said to Mr. Wesley, "See you at work, Arthur."
Mr. Wesley ignored the guy. Just watched him leave.
Then he looked at Taylor.
"If you're willing to talk, you can go to Luke. Mr. Wesley."
Taylor seemed to anticipate what he wanted to say, and said in advance, "I just want my friend not to be bullied."
With that, she nodded, and pulled Hermione towards the door. And the Grangers hurriedly followed after saying goodbye to the Wesleys.
"Don't worry, Dad, it's going to be fine with Luke."
Fred looked at his father, who had a somewhat complicated expression, thinking that he was worried about whether Taylor would be taught a lesson by Malfoy.
"That's right, despite Draco Malfoy's arrogance, he listens to Luke in many things."
George added.
After hearing the words of the two people, Arthur glanced at the two people with hippie smiling faces: "I think you two are also looking at Luke as the head."
And the twins get through with a hearty smile.
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"Tyler, wouldn't it cause trouble for Luke if he clashed with Malfoy like this?"
Hermione actually said that when she was at the Blotts.
"That's Luke's trouble, just let him fix it himself."
Taylor said to Hermione nonchalantly, "Don't worry, these are just trivial things."
Hermione wanted to say something, but looking at Taylor's confident expression, she didn't say it after all.
"So what are we going to do now?"
Hermione asked, a little confused. After all, they had a plan before, but now, it didn't look like they could act with Wesley's house.
Taylor thought for a moment, then smiled at the Granger couple behind him, "Let's buy some souvenirs."
She patted her purse, "Absolutely enough money!"
The Granger couple still have a good impression of this little girl who has lived in their house for half a month during the summer vacation, of course, they did not expect that Taylor just changed his hairstyle and changed his body like a cocoon and a butterfly.
Now Taylor is so glamorous that they all feel dazzling. The personality is also much more gloomy and cheerful than before.,Finally, there's a kind of lively look that a girl of this age should have.。
And such a change also made them feel a little inexplicable. But the two of them also have some guesses about Taylor's current carefree appearance. ….
Letting go of something or seeing through something can break through the original kind of submissiveness.
Of course, a sweet love can also change a person to a certain extent.
As for the two answers, which one is the reason for Taylor's change...... That's up to you.
Taylor looked Hermione up and down, and said seriously, "I think it's better for you to tidy up with yourself, too. ...... like me."
Luke didn't know that a small change in himself was enough to give birth to Hermione, who was exceptionally beautiful in the original book at the party.
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On the other hand, Hagrid was walking and talking to Luke about some points.
"I'll have to tell you in advance, Luke." Griffin is an antique shop specializing in magical beast material items. Of course, he will also make some things himself and take them out and buy them. I usually take the creatures in the Forbidden Forest here for some money, or some of his homemade magical animal food."
Hagrid earnestly admonished, "The boss's craftsmanship is not bad, but the boss has a little bit of a bad problem. None of that matters, though. If you're going to buy something inside, be cautious. After all, this kind of antique shop ...... You get the idea."
He winked at Luke, who naturally understood what he meant. It is nothing more than a mixture of goods, and it is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake. In particular, Hagrid also said that the shopkeeper would sell some of the things he made. If you sell it and indicate that you made it yourself, it is still a conscience. If you deliberately sell fake things, it is normal for people to be cheated.
Diagon Alley is indeed a serious consumption area in British wizarding circles. But that doesn't mean that some shopkeepers will have a much higher bottom line in selling things than shopkeepers in Tumbledown Alley.
It's just that some things can't see the light of day, so they can only be sold in Tumbledown Alley.
Luke made this clear. But he also knows that the boss who can play with Hagrid, even if he is a pit man, will not be too ruthless. After all, Hagrid though rough nerves. But his beastly instincts were reliable for the most part.
"I'll be careful, but if I like something, it doesn't matter if I spend a few more dollars."
This is Luke's basic attitude, just like when he bought a book. He doesn't mind
If you want to buy a hardcover collector's edition, if it is your favorite book and your favorite author, then it doesn't matter if you add several times the money and buy a signed edition. The business he mentioned earlier with the Skye family is not fake, and Gemma should have been docking this matter recently.
In other words, he is not short of money now, and he will only earn more money in the future.
Hagrid nodded, he also understood the fact that Luke was not short of money. But the serious expression on his face still didn't dissipate.
"No, that's not what I meant." He stared into Luke's eyes and said, "You know, there are a lot of magical items that don't know what to do, but they're dangerous to wizards. Especially a little wizard like you."
With that, Luke understood. So he nodded again and again, saying that he would not buy those dangerous things that he could not understand. There are also some feelings that in some worlds, ten-year-old children can break into the world. And in this world, twelve-year-old self has to be told a word of danger when buying things. This is still in the case of the maturity that I have always performed. ….
The two men didn't have to go long before they came to 'Griffin,'.
The shopkeeper and Hagrid are old acquaintances, but they look more like bad friends. However, judging by the skillful process, they have bought and sold many times.
But...... These two people actually bargained for more than ten minutes. Hagrid was helpless throughout the process, and the shopkeeper was smug even if he only ended up selling for a normal price.
Soon, he noticed Luke and enthusiastically came up to introduce him to the goods.
"That's a good thing!" Griffin, the boss is enthusiastically recommending a scale to Luke.
"This is a treasure from my grandfather's generation, a special dragon scale, and unlike all known fire dragons, this is most likely the scale of an undiscovered fire dragon. Maybe this scale is the clue to the discovery of a new breed of fire dragon!"
The boss was short and stocky, looked about the same height as Professor Flitwick, and was clearly a goblin hybrid. It's just that compared to Professor Flitwick, this bald and fat boss has no bookish air, and has a kind of greed and shrewdness similar to the goblins in Gringotts.
Luke looked at the light brown scales in his hand, faintly with a few dark red lines.
The scales are large, much larger than normal dragon scales, either because the dragon is much larger than a normal fire dragon, or even if the dragon's scale arrangement pattern is different from that of a normal dragon.
What the boss said can't be wrong, it can only be said to be an exaggeration.
"So, the purpose of this scale is unknown, it is difficult to decompose, and its origin is unknown?"
Luke looked at the scales in his hand over and over again, and said with a calm expression.
The half-goblin boss was momentarily speechless. He had the heart to raise a bar with Luke. But as long as the other party could ruin his business, he still chose to hold on.
It's over.
Hagrid, who was sitting on one side, laughed unscrupulously. Watching the half-elf boss eat deflated, he was really happy. After all, although the price given by this guy is quite fair, he will fight with you on the price for a long time every time, even if he knows that you will not reduce the price.
In his own words, it's about enjoying the process of bargaining with guests.
But he never thinks about the feelings of his guests.
So watching him eat deflated now, it is indeed a very comfortable thing.
The boss glared at Hagrid viciously as he laughed, and his mind began to spin around to think of a way to convince Luke to sell the.
But he didn't have a clue before he heard Luke speak, "But it still feels a little interesting, how much?"
Hagrid's laughter stopped abruptly, and the boss was instantly overjoyed and quickly said, "Ten Galleons! It only costs 10 Galleons to take this thing home!"
Hagrid was stunned when he heard this price, and said in his heart, "You kid really dare to ask for it!" It's just dragon scales, not dragon hearts or dragon nerves. Although the price of dragon scales is high, they generally do not exceed 1 Galleon.
A pound in weight
Dragon's liver is also 20 Galleons. This asking price is really not ordinarily expensive.
However, Hagrid soon reflected that the price was offered to bargain for Luke. ….
Although this dragon scale is indeed very rare, it does not mean that this dragon scale with unknown purpose, and even the effect of normal dragon scale grinding and medicine, can really be sold at such a high price.
Hagrid felt that the price was cut in half, and it was too expensive to cut it to five Galleons, and he could continue to cut it down.
The half-goblin shopkeeper thought the same way, and the bottom line in his heart was 3 Galleons. This dragon scale was collected from a strange merchant when he didn't know which tendon was wrong.
After so many years, he knew that this dragon scale was definitely not simple. But he had given up on cracking the secret of the dragon scales. Or maybe he didn't care about it originally, but this dragon scale couldn't even fool people with the previous story.
People who don't have any research on magical beasts won't be interested in discovering a new breed of dragon, and even if they do, they know they don't have the ability.
And magical beast researchers who have this ability and are interested in it know that the clues that can be obtained from such a small scale are really limited, and it can even be said that no clues can be obtained at all. So why do they still paint this unjust money?
So it's normal that this thing can't be sold. After all, the purchasing power of 3 Galleons cannot be underestimated.
"Okay, then buy it."
"Oh, and that's the price...... Wait, bought it?"
The half-elf shopkeeper's eyes widened as he watched as Luke pulled out 10 gold galleons from his belt and slapped them on the table, then he took the dragon scales into his belt.
Luke nodded, "yes, I bought it." It's a bit expensive, but it's still within my acceptable range."
With that, he continued to wander around the shop.
"But we can still talk about the price!"
The half-goblin shopkeeper looked at the ten golden Galleons on the counter and said to Luke with a hint of pain.
"This price is indeed a bit inflated, can you pay back the price, as long as it is suitable, we will sell it?"
Hearing this, Luke looked at him with some suspicion, and then asked, "If I pay back, will you bargain with me with a bunch of nonsense?"
"Of course! After all, you've made a counteroffer, so there's room for discussion about this thing, isn't it?"
The half-goblin shopkeeper said confidently.
Luke didn't quite understand the half-goblin's brain circuitry for a moment. He took a step back, why did this guy still have this kind of thought.
So Luke waved his hand, "Then let's not talk about it, 10 Galleons, you said it yourself. Shut up now, I need to be quiet. I don't need you to sell it."
Hagrid was actually interested in watching the half-goblin shopkeeper eat deflated. But he couldn't be happy as he watched the half-goblin shopkeeper tearfully sweep 10 gold gallons into the counter.
This kind of thing really happens......
Luke, on the other hand, continued to wander around the small shop in the name of the griffin.
And after a few steps, he saw another thing that interested him.
He pointed to the statue on the top shelf and asked, "Boss, is there any origin for this thing?"
The half-goblin boss glanced at the statue, frowned, and said, "I don't know, Young Master Gaunt. No kidding, I don't know."
"I don't even know when it appeared in my store. I don't have the impression that I received such a thing myself. But it feels like it's made from the teeth of some special magical animal. If I can sell it for a few bucks, I'll put it out."
Hagrid also shifted his gaze to the statue, listened to the half-elf boss's words, and asked angrily, "Aren't you afraid that if this thing is sold, it will cause serious consequences?"
"What does that have to do with me?" The half-goblin shopkeeper glanced at Hagrid calmly, "I don't know how many magical items in Diagon Alley and Tumbledown Alley have unknown effects and dangers. No antique shop would be negative for something like this
responsible.".
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