Chapter 5: Father and Son (Thanks to Alliance Leader Gu Dao Loulan for the reward)
In Wiltshire, in the north of England, a modest lord's mansion is located here, surrounded by elaborate gardens.
The fountain in the center of the garden sprays water jets day and day.
The white peacock roamed freely around the manor, and the whole mansion was protected by an elaborate wrought iron gate.
This is one of the richest in the wizarding world, the Malfoy family estate.
Draco Malfoy thought that life during the summer vacation was simply terrible, and he didn't expect that his father couldn't wait to teach him a lesson in the carriage.
When he returned home, he brought out the deeds that Malfoy felt 'proud' one by one.
Give things like "stupid", "stupid", "are you still from the Malfoy family?" "That's how I taught you?" and so on.
Narcissa looked at Malfoy, who was pale, and her son, who had lowered his head and said nothing, in the living room, a little at a loss.
She had never seen this scene in front of her, and although the Malfoys did not have a good reputation, Lucius did love her, and they had a sensible and obedient child.
This made Narcissa very satisfied, but now her peaceful life seemed to have some waves.
Pursing her thin lips, Narcissa walked over, put her arm around Malfoy's shoulder, and whispered:
"Draco, apologize to your dad, he's all for your good!"
Apologize? Why apologize? Malfoy remembered the events of the year, and he had always listened to his father's teachings and never had a heart-to-heart relationship.
Nor do you make real friends, all people are divided only into useful and useless.
Cautiously coiled among everyone.
It made him feel lonely like never before.
Until the figure that seemed to be like the sun stepped forward, and he unscrupulously swayed his own light and heat, bringing unprecedented light to the deep slumber of Slytherin.
Malfoy was drawn to the light, he longed for the warmth he had never felt before, and he longed to throw himself into it.
"Come on, Draco! Be a good Slytherin and change the house together! ”
The man said to him that Malfoy felt his blood boiling, and that was when he put aside his father's teachings and bravely went the other way.
A road that has never been seen before.
He tried to make some real friends, give them care, and even share the little fruit he loved.
He tried to make some changes, to learn to be a leader, a Slytherin with calm courage.
He tried to realize what Zhang Xiao said, the arrogant pure-blooded will never be subservient, and he wants to try to take responsibility.
To be honest, Malfoy was also apprehensive, he didn't know if the blueprint Zhang had sketched for him would come true, or if it was a wonderful, empty dream, but he was willing to try.
Everything was looking up, and for the first time, Malfoy felt the gaze of the young wizards from the other houses look at him no longer with disgust, but with curiosity.
Even after the end of the Philosopher's Stone, he felt adored and sought after historically!
This made Malfoy ecstatic, what Zhang said was not fake, but real and possible!
The most important thing is that he seems to have other friends, real friends, besides Zhang......
Thinking of this, Malfoy slowly raised his head, swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and looked directly at his father, who had always been a god.
In Narcissa's incredulous gaze, she resisted for the first time:
"Daddy, if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight! We are born noble, and we must be responsible! ”
Lucius's face turned white and then red again, and he pulled out his snake-headed staff, conjured a whip, and struck Malfoy hard.
"Ahh Narcissa let out a scream, threw herself on Malfoy, who was trembling in pain, covered his face in distress, and shouted at Lucius with tears in her eyes:
"Look what you're doing!"
Lucius blushed and said sharply:
"Draco Malfoy, don't you think you're noble?
If it weren't for the generations of the Malfoy family, with their shrewdness, with their wisdom and vision, they stood on the side of the victors again and again.
Do you think you are qualified to shout that you are born noble? You'll be like the Weasleys, living in a shabby hut with second-hand stuff.
Having a headache every day for a few nat stuff!
I let you get close to that Oriental nobleman, so that you can obtain greater benefits for the family, not to fill your mind with unrealistic things.
You're so stupid I can't believe you're from the Malfoy family!
Get lost! ”
Malfoy looked at his father in a daze, as if he had never thought of thinking about it from this angle, his heart was at a loss, and he bit his mouth and left silently.
Narcissa watched her son's back disappear into the foyer with tears in her eyes, and she immediately rushed forward, grabbed Lucius by the collar with both hands, gritted her teeth, and said in a low, angry voice:
"Lucius! I don't care if your family's bullshit glory or tradition, Draco is only 11 years old! He's my son!
No matter how many reasons you have, there's no denying what Draco has achieved this year! Dumbledore even vaguely expressed optimism about the future of the Malfoy family.
Lucius, I warn you! Don't do that to him! ”
Narcissa let go of her hand and shouted:
"Dobby!"
A little elf in a tattered pillowcase with large, bright green eyes cowered in front of her:
"Honorable.. Honorable hostess, what do you command? ”
Narcissa turned, and the wide purple skirt bloomed like a flower, chasing in the direction of Malfoy, leaving cold words:
"Prepare some food and send it to the young master's room!"
Dobby bent down and bowed:
"Yes!"
Lucius looked at his wife's back, his face pale, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a while, he pulled out a piece of paper from his bosom, a friend he had made with 'Galleon'.
Lucius rubbed the letter, along with the warning:
“... Lucius, the ministry will soon conduct an inventory of the hidden dark magic items......"
He suddenly slammed the ground twice with his snake staff.
With a low 'boom' sound, the ground undulated like a wave.
Then it slowly cracked, revealing a downward staircase, and Lucius walked down with a gloomy face.
By the time he came up, he had an extra wooden box in his hand, and the floor was slowly closing behind Lucius.
Carefully holding the wooden box, he went straight to the study and placed it on the large mahogany desk.
With the silver snake head on the cane, he gently tapped the wooden box, and with the sound of a complex mechanical opening, the wooden box cracked open to both sides, revealing the contents inside.
It was a black leather book.
Lucius hesitated for a moment, stretched out his hand to pick up the notebook, but halfway through it, it seemed to meet a red-hot soldering iron, and quickly retracted it.
Slumped in the armchair, Lucius pinched the bridge of his nose, fear and ferocity alternating back and forth on his face.
"No, I can't do it....." he muttered in a low voice, "I have to protect them, Draco.... Narcissa ......"
After a long time, Lucius seemed to have finally made a decision, he closed the wooden box again, and left the study with a gloomy face in his arms.
In the shadows, a small figure trembled.
..........
Malfoy lay on the large soft bed, his eyes staring at the beautiful ceiling.
The father's words kept echoing in his mind:
"If it weren't for the shrewdness and judgment of your ancestors, do you think you are qualified to stand here now?"
The 12-year-old Malfoy fell into a deep confusion, he felt that Zhang Xiao was right, but his father was right, so who was wrong?
The question was a bit profound, and Malfoy instinctively felt that if he didn't figure it out, he would only get more and more uncomfortable, and after thinking about it, he stood up and walked to the desk.
Just like in school, he would go to Zhang if he had any problems, and he decided to tell his friends about his doubts.
A quill dipped in ink, the gilded tip slid over the sheepskin, leaving beautiful lines of text:
"Dear ......... Zhang"
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Thanks to the alliance leader of Gudao Loulan, the big guy is mighty, because of the reason that he is about to put it on the shelf, move the alliance leader's addition~