Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 491 The Vanishing Cabinet

Afterwards, Draco, regardless of the fact that they were in someone else's shop, excitedly told everything about the Vanishing Cabinet as if spilling beans.

Lucius and Narcissa were both stunned by what he said and looked at Draco in disbelief.

They never expected that their son could actually do something.

Narcissa came to her senses and hugged her son and started crying again. She didn't really care how much Draco could achieve. She just wanted Draco to live in peace. And Narcissa felt very distressed when she heard Draco's story of how he was beaten and abused by Mike and others.

While the mother and son were hugging each other and crying, Lucius fell into deep thought, considering whether he should tell Voldemort the news.

This is obviously a question worth thinking deeply about.

Because this will affect whether Voldemort can defeat Dumbledore and unify the wizarding world of Britain.

And Voldemort's unification of the wizarding world was not good news for the Malfoy family, because by then the Malfoy family would be of no use to Voldemort. Given Voldemort's cruelty, his family would not have a good ending.

But on the other hand, Draco's discovery of the Vanishing Cabinet obviously made a great contribution. So will Voldemort spare his family for this?

Lucius fell into deep entanglement.

At this moment, the door of the studio was opened and Torres walked in with his head held high.

Seeing this, Narcissa immediately let go of Draco and wiped her tears silently, while Lucius also reacted and looked in the direction of Torres.

"Mr. Malfoy, I have recorded all the data. You will receive the dress the day after tomorrow."

Torres spoke slowly as if he saw nothing.

"Thank you, Torres." Lucius took out a check and handed it to Torres. "Then we'll take our leave."

So, Lucius left the second floor with Narcissa and Draco, whose eyes were red with tears, while Torres bowed to their backs with an expressionless face.

The amount written on the check Lucius gave him was 100 gold galleons, which was obviously more than the cost of custom-making a suit.

But Torres did not point out the other party's mistake, so the extra money was naturally his hush money.

Outside the Tuofan clothing store, the sun was still shining brightly, and there was still a long line in front of the Genos boutique black magic armor store next to it. From time to time, someone would run out of the store with shopping bags and an excited look on their face.

Narcissa was in a bad mood. She held Draco's arm tightly, as if she was afraid that Draco would suddenly fly away.

Draco, on the other hand, was somewhat excited. He looked around for a while before whispering to Lucius:

"Father, should we go to Borgin and Burke's and buy the Vanishing Cabinet right now? I'm afraid someone will get there first if we wait too long."

Looking at his son and wife, Lucius sighed deeply.

He finally figured it out. Voldemort was a master of Legilimency! It was simply a daydream for a fledgling like Draco to hide something from him!
I have no choice from the beginning!

Thinking of this, Lucius' eyes gradually became firm.

He forced a smile, reached out and stroked Draco's hair and said:

"Take your mother home first, and leave this matter to me."

Draco instinctively wanted to refute, but Lucius's serious look frightened him so much that he was speechless.

After hesitating for a moment, he could only nod and said to Lucius while leading Narcissa towards the Leaky Cauldron:
"You have to be careful, father."

Lucius looked at the backs of the mother and son supporting each other as they slowly walked away, and a smile of emotion appeared on his face.

But when Draco and Narcissa's backs completely disappeared in the crowd, Lucius' expression immediately turned cold. He took a deep breath and walked in the opposite direction.

After walking around the street for a while with a sullen face, Lucius came to a remote alley.

He took out his magic wand which was inserted in his walking stick and tapped it rhythmically on a dirty wall. After a while, the bricks on the wall flew to both sides as if they had life, revealing the equally dirty street behind the wall.

Lucius put on his hood and walked in with his wand in hand.

Unlike the sunny Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley always seems to be cloudy.

As we all know, the sun is the origin of all life on Earth, and places like Knockturn Alley, without the sun's care, will naturally breed many problems.

For example, the stone floor that is always damp, the black walls covered with mold, the lingering strange smell in the air, the black rats the size of cats running through the streets, and the wizards who are very similar to those rats, covering their heads and faces and walking in a hurry.

These are all signs of Knockturn Alley, the largest gathering place for dark wizards in the entire Yingguo wizarding world!

As soon as Lucius appeared here, he attracted the attention of many people. Their greedy eyes hidden under the dirty hoods looked at Lucius unscrupulously, as if they were considering how to dismantle and sell this stranger Lucius.

This has become the recent norm in Knockturn Alley. Due to the bounty issued by Mike, the entire Knockturn Alley has gone crazy. Countless bounty hunters have gathered here to hunt down those Death Eaters, but since the levels of these hunters are uneven, they often kill the wrong people.

However, no one cared about this kind of thing. After all, this was Knockturn Alley, and it was normal for a few people to die. Besides, those who died were not good people.

These undisguised malice made Lucius frown. He had no intention of concealing his identity. Instead, he deliberately revealed his long platinum hair and the wand with a snake head carved on the end.

Lucius is currently one of Voldemort's most important subordinates. He doesn't believe that those hunters dare to really hunt him. That would be seeking death!

Lucius's guess was absolutely correct. After he revealed those features that represented his identity, the number of black-robed men who were eyeing him covetously around him indeed decreased a lot.

However, Lucius did not relax at all. Instead, he quickened his pace and walked towards Borgin and Burke's.

Because those hunters have not given up. They are just hiding in the dark, secretly watching Lucius, waiting for the opportunity to pick up a bargain that may never come.

And this is exactly why Lucius did not allow Narcissa and Draco to come here. He, the financial director under Voldemort, had suffered such treatment himself, let alone Narcissa and Draco. They would probably be hunted down the moment they stepped into Knockturn Alley!
Borgin and Burke's was not far from the entrance to Knockturn Alley. Lucius walked quickly for a while and then arrived at the store and pushed the door open.

As soon as he entered the store, Lucius felt that all the malicious eyes that had been around him disappeared. Lucius was not surprised by this. Those black rats did not dare to attack the customers who were doing business in this store, because those who dared to do so in the past were all dead without exception. But he did not relax at all. Instead, all the muscles in his body were tensed, and he looked at the hunched figure behind the counter in the store with vigilance.

Borgin and Burke, the man who has spent most of his life hiding in this small shop, is completely different from those black rats outside.

If there was anyone in Knockturn Alley who dared to ignore Voldemort's existence and kill him directly to claim the bounty, he would probably be the only one. After all, Voldemort had worked in his shop for a while when he was young, and judging from the fact that he was not killed afterwards, the relationship between the two of them should be quite good. "Mr. Malfoy! What brings you here?"

At this moment, the man who was highly valued by Lucius was smiling and walked out from behind the counter attentively and walked towards Lucius.

The latter was startled by his action, and quickly raised his wand and took a step back, saying:

"Stop there and don't come over here!"

Borgin and Burke were also startled. He stood there at a loss, looking at Lucius with an innocent face.

"Raise your hands so I can see them!"

Borgin and Burke raised their hands without hesitation.

Lucius breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he indeed had no weapon in his hand, and lowered his wand slightly.

However, what Lucius didn't know was that at this moment, in the sleeve of Borgin and Burke's robe, there was an old but well-maintained wand slowly moving inside.

Borgin and Burke had been holding the wand in his hand the whole time, and had only hastily stuffed it into his sleeve when he raised his hands.

There was a hint of regret in Borgin and Burke's eyes as he looked at Lucius. If Lucius had let down his guard a little more just now, he would probably have been skinning himself and preparing to collect the bounty by now.

As for now, it is a little difficult to start with terror.

It’s not that Borgin and Burke can’t beat Lucius, but because this is his own shop. If something expensive is broken during the battle, it would be a huge loss.

For a moment, Bogin and Burke were actually conflicted.

At this moment, Lucius's slightly nervous feeling came back again.

"Old Boker, I want to buy something!"

"Oh!" Borgin and Burke perked up. "What do you need?"

The situation was urgent, so Lucius didn't beat around the bush. He pointed gloomily at the dusty vanishing cabinet next to the counter and said:
"That's the one!"

"That's not cheap..."

"Just tell me how much it is!"

Borgin and Burke narrowed their eyes slightly when they heard this, and held up two fingers.
"Two thousand gold galleons."

"What! Are you kidding me?"

Lucius's face suddenly turned darker than the sky over Knockturn Alley. He stared at Borgin and Burke with his eyes wide open, and suddenly he had an urge to smash this black shop.

But soon, this impulse in his heart was suppressed.

Because at this moment Borgin and Burke had lowered his raised hands, and in his right hand, a pitch-black wand was ready to go.

At the same time, Lucius also realized one thing.

That was the price that Bogin and Burke wanted, which was exactly the same as the amount on his bounty.

The other party wants me to pay for my life!
Lucius took a deep breath, and finally gritted his teeth to take out the checkbook from his arms. He wrote a string of numbers on it, tore off a page and threw it away.

"can!"

The sanitary conditions at Borgin and Burke's were not good, or rather, it was impossible to keep the floor clean at all times in a place like Knockturn Alley.

In addition, Boginbock himself was rather lazy, so over time the floor of the Boginbock store was covered with a thick layer of black stains, which made people feel sticky when they stepped on it.

But Borgin and Burke didn't care about the dirt on the floor at all. He plopped down on the ground and caught the check before it fell to the ground.

Borgin and Burke looked at the numbers on the check greedily. After confirming that they were correct, he put the check to his nose, took a deep breath, and slowly got up from the ground.

At this time, the wand in his hand had disappeared. He grinned, and diligently wiped the dust off the Vanishing Cabinet for Lucius, as if nothing had happened just now. As for what Lucius wanted to do with the only Vanishing Cabinet left, he did not ask at all. This was the rule of Knockturn Alley.

Five minutes later, Lucius's trunk passed through the fireplace in Borgin and Burke's.

Borgin and Burke looked at the green flame in the fireplace which had not yet completely gone out, then took out the check, put it under his nose and took a deep breath.

The special aroma of the never-fading ink penetrated into his lungs through his trachea. Bogin and Boggin closed their eyes in intoxication, and held their breath for more than ten seconds before they exhaled deeply.

"The Malfoy family's idiots are so easy to fool. They got so much profit just by scaring them. Hehehe."

Inside Borgin and Burke's, old Burke's sinister laughter continued to echo.

At this time, Lucius had already returned to Malfoy Manor. He carried the Vanishing Cabinet on his shoulder, coughing violently and brushing the dust off himself in disgust.

Originally, there wasn't so much dust in his fireplace. The house-elves and his family members paid great attention to the hygiene of the home. However, the Death Eaters who came later obviously didn't pay so much attention to it.

After cursing the Death Eaters in his heart, Lucius walked out of the fireplace.

As soon as he walked out, he saw a group of Death Eaters gathered outside the fireplace, staring at him hungrily. Bellatrix, the leader, smiled at him, revealing her disgusting black and yellow teeth.

Lucius stood there in a daze. The situation before him made him a little confused about the current situation.

At this moment, a hoarse, chilling voice suddenly came from behind the crowd.

"Lucius, did you bring me back the Vanishing Cabinet?"

The moment he heard the voice, Lucius shuddered and woke up.

The crowd surrounding him also moved to the sides, revealing Voldemort sitting at a long table behind him.

(End of this chapter)