Truth be told, Lucius Malfoy wasn't particularly reluctant to come to Hogwarts. Hogwarts had the old man he hated most in the wizarding world, and Lucius felt physically and psychologically uncomfortable every time he saw the smile on his old face.

In the past, he would come once a year anyway, after all, he was a member of the Hogwarts Board of Governors and needed to come here to exercise his powers.

But since he was kicked out of the school board by Dumbledore in the first half of last year, he hasn't had the idea of going to this unpleasant school once, except for the one time he asked Amosta Bryan for help.

Still, today he came, and brought his wife with him. It's not because of a particular interest in the Triwizard Tournament, or because of the idea of coming here to see his son, but because of Amosta Blaine's invitation.

If there was one person he would like to meet with all the staff at Hogwarts, it would be Brian.

The moment he received the invitation from Amosta Blaine, Lucius himself was honestly surprised, he certainly wouldn't have thought that Bryan would be like everyone else in the Malfoy family, if there was one between the two who needed to be in trouble, it would be him.

Mutual exploitation—this is something Lucius Malfoy has long been aware of.

The intersection of the two people's purposes is the Dark Lord. By now, Lucius had seen very clearly that the Dark Lord's real purpose was not to lead them back to the glory of the pure-blood family, that was a tyrant through and through, all he wanted was to rule, and he wanted everyone to be his slaves.

He wanted to escape, but he didn't have the courage. Lucius knew better than anyone how the Dark Lord dealt with the betrayal, and many times, he was the one who carried it out personally.

And Brian's purpose in wanting to fight the Dark Lord was not deliberately hidden, he obviously recognized the difficulty of this matter, so he expected. No, he may have seen some value in the Malfoy family, so he gave himself a chance to be used.

Lucius couldn't refuse on either side, so he had to bet on both sides.

It's dangerous, but luckily, it's exactly what the Malfoy family is good at.

"Honey?"

Narcissa opened the sliding door of the box and entered, and she saw her husband staring pretentiously at the scenery flowing through the window, completely oblivious to her arrival.

"Uh-" Lucius replied in a nasal voice, and then, turning his head to look at his wife sitting across from him, "Who have you met?" ”

"Mrs. Fudge—" said Narcissa, "didn't come, but he asked for a spot for his wife, and we made an appointment to go shopping together in Paris the following week." ”

Lucius grunted, Narcissa didn't hear clearly, hesitated for a moment, and then she said to her husband,

"There are a lot of people to see on this train, my dear, don't you see us?"

As a business tycoon, Lucius would not be unaware of the importance of human relationships in doing business, and in the past, he would certainly not miss such an opportunity, but today, in the face of his wife's proposal, Lucius shook his head. He wasn't in a good mood, of course, he could have returned to Hogwarts as his master, but now he could only come to the school if he received an invitation.

Lucius's bad mood continued until he got off the Hogwarts train, and he immediately noticed that this small station in the middle of nowhere was very different from what it used to be. He wasn't the only one who was amazed, everyone who had been here was amazed at the new look of Hogsmeade Station, and of course, they didn't ignore the banners and flower baskets that greeted them when they left the station.

However, Lucius didn't pay attention to this, after leaving the station, he soon found out that Hogwarts had sent people to greet him, and this group of people to greet him were all young wizards, which made Lucius's mood a little worse, in his opinion, this meant that he didn't pay attention, and when he found out that there was his son Draco among the little wizards, his eyebrows suddenly raised.

Narcissa also spotted her straight son standing in the flower basket, his eyes did not squint, and there was a sense of competence in his body, which was very different from the feeling he had given her before.

"Draco!"

Lucius and Narcissa strode over and came to Draco, looking at her heroic son, Narcissa couldn't help but smile,

"Why are you here-"

"I'm on a mission, Mom--"

Draco still didn't squint, just squeezed a word out between his teeth. Lucius withdrew his gloomy gaze from the scar-headed boy, and in the face of his son's statement, Lucius moved his eyelids,

"All of this was arranged by Brian?"

Before Draco could reply, Mrs. Fudge and Ms. Bones walked past the Malfoys, and Mrs. Fudge looked around with interest and said in a voice full of emotion,

"Oh my God, it's been a long time since I've been here, and Professor Dumbledore actually arranged a carriage, which is amazing, I remember walking there before, and if we're lucky, the villagers of Hogsmeade will give us a ride in a carriage--"

"Dumbledore has always been thoughtful--" Miss Bones said with a slight smile, "but I am sure that these arrangements will not come from Dumbledore. ”

St. Mungo's medical team hurriedly stepped into a carriage, and then three young wizards immediately followed, escorting the carriage to Hogwarts.

After the carriage drove away, the old goblin Barna, who was watching this scene, looked away and thought about the antenna set up on the mountain in the distance, and there was a hint of a smile in his cloudy eyes.

"Dad, how did we get the invitation?"

A beautiful lady in her twenties flickered her eyes and asked a middle-aged male witch beside her curiously. The adoring look of his daughter made Kakus Foley's face glow, and he coughed twice in a pretended reserve, straightened his back, and pretended to be majestic,

"Don't forget, Beatrice, we're still the family of Forlì, one of the Twenty-Eight Holy Clans, ahem, and besides, I personally have a pretty good personal relationship with Mr. Brian--"

Subsequently, the father and daughter also quickly stepped into the carriage arranged by the school. Harry frowned as he looked at the father of the father who had disappeared from sight. He always felt that this person was a little familiar.

"Shall I see Mr. Bryan later, Grandpa!" Alger tugged at his grandfather's sleeve and shouted excitedly, "Do you think he remembers that he once saved me?" ”

"Oh, I think so, Alger—"

Vep Dregon smiled softly at his grandson, but when he looked up at the black castle in the distance, his face became complicated.

Carriages slowly drove away from Hogsmeade Station under the escort of the little wizard, Narcissa lifted the curtains and looked at her son who was following the side of the car, her eyes full of pity, "Come on, Draco, let Greengrass and the two little girls of the Parkinson family get on the bus with you, you don't have to go to school, is it, it's stupid—"

"I'm on an escort mission, Mom, you can't make me a laughing stock-"

Draco didn't look at his mother, his eyes were full of alarm, he looked around in the brighter woods, suddenly, a cluster of bushes not far away shook abnormally, Draco's eyes immediately sharpened, his wand shook rapidly, a black poisonous python swooped over, and in the blink of an eye, a trembling fox swam out.

"Oh-" Draco sighed in disappointment, but still shouted to Astoria on the other side of the carriage ready to support, "the danger is over!" ”

The Malfoys in the carriage saw this scene in their eyes, and they looked at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

Draco's hand just now was not complicated, but the decisiveness and fierceness revealed in the shot, even elites like them, who had experienced many life and death crises on the battlefield, felt a little amazing!

Instead of trying to convince Draco to get into the car, Narcissa looked at the castle that was gradually becoming clear among the trees, her tone mixed with mixed emotions,

"Hogwarts is finally getting a little presentable, isn't it, dear?"

What do you want to do, Amosta Blaine?

Lucius Malfoy was not as happy as he had imagined, and he looked at his solemn son through the curtain, full of apprehension.

Could it be that one day, we're going to face off on the battlefield, Draco? (End of chapter)