Since Lucius was going to talk to Amosta alone, although he was interested in the subject of their conversation, right now, he couldn't stay here.

Perhaps sensing Amosta's cold, somewhat over-the-top attitude, Snape glanced at Lucius, who was standing at his desk waiting, and said in a hesitant low voice,

"When I first went to Hogwarts, Lucius was a Slytherin prefect."

Amosta was slightly surprised, and after thinking for a moment, he bowed slightly,

"Understood, Professor."

Every detail of this office made Lucius feel uncomfortable, and the reason for this was that it was still too 'poor and sour', compared to the celebrities and dignitaries in the wizarding world that he had placed in the past, it was simply incomparable.

At this moment, Lucius noticed the cat crouching on the couch that was glaring at him with gloomy eyes, the look was so strange, as vivid as a human being, and out of some careful thought, he tried to squeeze an awkward smile at Lenny Lenny.

Meow!

Lucius didn't expect that his initiative to show favor somehow annoyed the black hair, and it immediately changed from a prostrate state to an offensive posture, its tail was raised high, and all the hairs on its neck exploded.

"It doesn't like to deal with strangers very much."

After standing at the door and briefly exchanging a few words with Professor Snape, Amosta closed the door and walked into the office, just in time to see the grinning Lenny and the somewhat overwhelmed Lucius Malfoy, and said casually,

"Sit down first--"

In the process of making tea near the fireplace, Amosta shook out the wand in his sleeve and shook it at Lucius, and a swirling black shadow appeared out of thin air, and when it landed on the ground, it turned into a low-backed soft chair, but this scene frightened Lucius Malfoy, who had a shadow in his heart, to the point that cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead and his heart beat wildly.

If it weren't for the fact that he himself is a wizard who has seen many powerful figures and big scenes, maybe he would have pulled out his wand and prepared to fight back just now.

It wasn't until he saw the cup of green tea with white smoke lying in front of him that Lucius's breathing became normal.

"As you can see--"

Amosta said calmly to Lucius, whose face was blue,

"I'm in tough conditions here, unlike the Leaky Cauldron Bars or those high-end drinking parties, where there are not so many drinks to choose from."

Amosta was obviously not welcoming, but it was much better than Lucius had expected, and in his pre-surmising pre-visit speculation, when Brian saw him, he was friendly enough to drive him away, and in extreme cases, pull him into that terrifying space and torture him.

And now Amosta Bryan didn't do that, but invited him to sit down and made him a cup of tea, which made him overjoyed.

Maybe it's because Severus Snape has more influence on this young and formidable wizard than he thought?

"You—your tastes are very unique, Mr. Brian--"

After a moment of silence, Lucius tugged at the corners of his mouth,

"In the UK, most people prefer black tea, and green tea is more in line with Oriental habits."

Amosta lowered his eyes and didn't watch Lucius's performance, he slowly blew up the floating leaves on the green tea soup, carefully took a few sips of hot tea, put down the teacup, leaned back in his chair, and rested his fingers on his knees, his eyes locked on Lucius's gray eyes that tried to hide fear and humiliation, but he still didn't speak.

Looking at this scene, Lenny lowered his tail and squatted on the sofa, full of wonder.

"With all due respect, Mr. Blaine, I have come to apologize for the unpleasant meeting I had last time at the Leaky Cauldron--"

When you see people, you talk about people, and when you see ghosts, you talk nonsense.

This skill can be said to be familiar to a wizard like Lucius Malfoy, and Brian doesn't match his own tone, so Lucius has to continue to find a way to open the topic.

But it's a pity that he met Amosta Blaine, in his past and present lives, Lucius is not so much a wizard as a shrewd businessman, he has seen too much, and he talks nonsense with them, and in the end he will only be brought into the rhythm of the conversation by them, and now he is the one who has the initiative, so it is the best way to continue to deter the other party with silence.

And it was, as Amosta's calm scrutiny made Lucius uneasy, and he moved uneasily, as if there were a few thorns hidden in the cushion under his buttocks.

That's not going to work!

Lucius was aware of his predicament, and if the meeting went on as it was, he would have nothing to gain from the trip but humiliation.

In this case, it is better to gamble.

Lucius took a deep breath and pulled himself out of the chaos of his thoughts, and under the intense pressure of Amosta Blaine, he withdrew his hand back into his sleeve, and after a moment, took out a bag that had been widened by the Traceless Stretching Charm.

As Amosta and Lenny watched, Lucius reached into the bag and pulled out an egg-sized ruby, crystal clear and glowing dizzily in the pale sunlight.

Gently resting the gem on the table, Lucius put his hand in his pocket again and took out another gem of the same color, and so on, and in a minute Amosa had twenty rubies of great value of similar size and color in front of him.

Amosta's eyelashes twitched when the gem was first brought out, and after that, he didn't react again, still maintaining great concentration, watching Lucius Malfoy's performance.

"In fact—"

Amosta's reaction made Lucius Malfoy's heart skip a beat, and at that moment, he thought that today's visit was still a complete failure, but he was unwilling to say another word,

"I'm here to visit you because I want to ask for something—"

Have something to ask?

Amosta's heart moved, and sure enough, in that notebook, Lucius Malfoy still wanted to find out what kind of 'big baby' Voldemort he had broken?

However, then, Lucius's words made Amosta realize that he had probably guessed the wrong direction.

"-- Or you could think, Mr. Blaine, that I want to appoint you to receive my commission, and these gems are the honorarium for the mission."

Lucius Malfoy owes himself to Amosta.

This sudden reversal finally made Amosta react a little, he narrowed his eyes, and said in a fluttering voice,

"You're breaking the rules, Malfoy."

In the first half of last year, Amosta accepted Dumbledore's commission from Marcus to enter the Hogwarts Investigation Chamber as an Inquisitor, and before entering, it was Marcus who used his influence to convince the Hogwarts Board of Trustees.

At that time, Lucius had not yet been removed from the school board, so he knew that Amosta and Kakus must have known each other, so it was not difficult to guess that Amosta was most likely a bounty wizard in the underworld.

There is an unwritten rule in the underworld that the publisher and receiver of a commissioned task will not meet each other under normal circumstances in order to prevent the occurrence of black eating black.

Amosta didn't care about Lucius's guessing of his past, because he had already taught Lucius a lesson about it the last time he was at the Broken Axe Bar, and he just said this rule.

"I don't have a choice, Mr. Blaine."

Lucius Malfoy was obviously not ignorant of it, he had heard of the rule, but his current predicament forced him to venture to Amosta.

"You didn't go to Kakus and the other commission brokers there, it looks like your commission isn't that simple, Malfoy."

Amosta said lightly,

"For Snape's sake, I'll hear what you're up to. I hope you didn't invite me to join in your foolish plan to trip Dumbledore—"

(End of chapter)