Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 492: Malfoy's Difficulty
Since the other party had already given up the way, Lucius naturally had to be sensible. He took a deep breath and continued to carry the Vanishing Cabinet towards Voldemort who was not far away.

But he walked very slowly and his face was pale, as if the Vanishing Cabinet was very heavy.

But the main reason for this situation was not the Vanishing Cabinet, but the Death Eaters surrounding the 'road'.

The looks they gave Lucius were full of malice, sarcasm and gloating, which made Lucius furious.

After all, he was the one who provided these people with food and drink during this period, but now they looked at him as if he were a monkey.

Lucius suppressed his anger and walked through the crowd. At this moment, he no longer cared about how Voldemort knew the news. He gently placed the Vanishing Cabinet on the ground, knelt on one knee and said to Voldemort, who was sitting at the head of the long table with a big sword:
"Master, I have brought back the Vanishing Cabinet."

Voldemort stood up and laughed, and walked quickly to Lucius. The corners of his robe fluttered with his movements, and his shape was like a ghost.

Lucius closed his eyes instinctively, but Voldemort ignored him and reached out to touch the Vanishing Cabinet, which was still covered in dust.

"Yes, it is indeed the Vanishing Cabinet." Voldemort fumbled with the Vanishing Cabinet and said in a cold voice, "But how can you be sure that it is a pair with the one in Hogwarts?"

As soon as Voldemort finished speaking, Bellatrix came out, pushing two people. Lucius took a closer look and his eyes were bloodshot, because those two people were Draco and Narcissa.

At this moment, Draco and Narcissa no longer had the aristocratic demeanor they had in Diagon Alley. Draco's body was shaking like a sieve, while his mother held him in tears and comforted him softly.

"The master is asking you a question!"

Bellatrix patted Draco's shoulder gently to remind him, but her action made Draco tremble even more.

He stammered:

"I...I swear this must be true."

"I want proof."

Voldemort's cold voice came again, and this time Draco was really panicked. He looked helplessly at Bellatrix beside him. According to his mother, Bellatrix was his aunt, and she should not watch him being punished by his master.

Lucius, who was kneeling on one knee, was so anxious that his eyes turned red. He raised his head suddenly and looked at Voldemort pleadingly:

"Severus! Let Severus go. He is now the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. He must be able to prove it!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Death Eaters' sneering laughter was heard in the dim and spacious conference room. Voldemort, who was standing in front of Lucius, also grinned and let out bursts of laughter like a night owl.

Everyone present thought that Lucius might be crazy.

Snape, the spy, has never been trusted by Voldemort. The fact that he did not appear here today has proved that Voldemort did not want him to know about this matter, but Lucius actually suggested that Snape investigate this matter?
This is so stupid!

Lucius's face flushed red as he listened to the laughter echoing in his ears. He quickly figured out the key and lowered his head, gritted his teeth.

Voldemort glanced at Lucius kneeling on the ground with disdain, turned his head and grinned at Draco and said:
"How about this, Draco? I won't make it difficult for you. I'll send someone to accompany you later. As long as you two use this vanishing cabinet once, I will trust you. How do you think?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Narcissa and Lucius were immediately in despair.

Space teleportation is an extremely dangerous magic. If it is not handled properly, it can cause disability or even death.

The disappearing cabinet in front of them now cannot be proven to be usable. If something unexpected happens along the way, Draco may never come back!

Unfortunately, although Voldemort used a question, he did not mean to give Draco a choice. Without waiting for Draco to answer, he looked at the crowd and said:

"Who of you wants to go with Draco?"

Voldemort's voice echoed in the meeting hall, but the crowd that was noisy just now was now silent. The Death Eaters standing at the front of the crowd were even trying hard to squeeze back, trying to hide themselves so as not to be chosen by Voldemort. Unfortunately, the people behind them were in the same situation. They grabbed their bodies tightly, making them unable to move.

Voldemort's face suddenly darkened. He obviously overestimated these people's loyalty to him.

And at this moment, Bellatrix stood up.

"I go!"

Bellatrix's voice attracted everyone's attention. She glanced at everyone with disdain and said sarcastically:
"They are all a bunch of cowards!"

There was a commotion among the crowd, but they eventually calmed down.

There were even quite a few people looking at Bellatrix with a smile. In their eyes, being a coward was fine as long as she could survive.

Voldemort's expression became slightly better, and he laughed and said:

"Bellatrix, you are indeed my most loyal subordinate!"

Bellatrix laughed happily. She reached out and grabbed Draco's hand and was about to pull him forward but was stopped by Narcissa.

"Bella..."

Naxisha said softly, her eyes full of pleading.

"Don't worry!"

Bellatrix nodded impatiently, then dragged the terrified Draco into the Vanishing Cabinet without hesitation.

As the door of the Vanishing Cabinet was slammed shut, silence returned to the conference room. The Malfoys and even Voldemort stared at the door, waiting for the result.

Most of the Death Eaters below had smiles on their faces.

In their opinion, a woman like Bellatrix is ​​a complete fool! Otherwise, ordinary people would not even have time to hide from such bad luck, so who would get close to her?
Time passed bit by bit, and the longer the two spent in the Vanishing Cabinet, the more gloating the Death Eaters' faces looked.

Lucius' heart was falling into the abyss of despair at this moment. He really wanted to rush up and fight Voldemort, but his remaining sanity made him keep his head down so as not to let Voldemort see the hatred on his face.

Voldemort is not having a good time now. He is full of irritation. If Bellatrix and Draco really can't come back, then he will lose two handy tools, Bellatrix and the Malfoy family. This is obviously not a good deal.

Voldemort couldn't help but begin to regret it.

Just when everyone was thinking about their own things, the door of the vanishing cabinet was opened again, and Bellatrix came out with an excited look on her face, followed by Draco. At this moment, Bellatrix was holding a knight's armor helmet in her hand, and there was even a Santa hat on it!

"The Vanishing Cabinet is fine, we were indeed transported to Hogwarts!"

Bellatrix respectfully handed the helmet to Voldemort, suppressing her excitement and saying, "Not bad, very good!"

Voldemort stroked the helmet with a smile on his face.

He felt a very familiar smell on this helmet, it was the unique smell of Hogwarts Castle!

……

At the same time, in the Foley Manor, Mike was looking at Uncle Mario in front of him with a smile.

Mario Foley looked much older than the last time we met. He even had a lot of white hair on his temples. It seemed that he was very worried recently.

But he was in very good spirits, sitting there like a big bell, with a very serious expression.

Mike, on the other hand, was not like that. He casually crossed his legs and asked in a relaxed manner:

"Uncle Mario, where's Ebut? Why didn't I see him today?"

When talking about Ebut, a smile appeared on Mario's face. He laughed and said:
"I have already sent him to the United States. He has now become an Auror of the Magical Congress of the United States.

Hehehe, those country bumpkins in the United States think that he has noble blood and great abilities, and he is also very wealthy, so they have been licking him all the time!"

Mike smiled and nodded. He was not surprised at all that this happened.

But Uncle Mario obviously hadn't finished talking yet. He took a big gulp of the expensive black tea on the coffee table and continued:

"Now, the Freeh family has basically established a firm foothold in the United States, and I have already transferred most of the industries that can be transferred there. As for the remaining industries, it depends on the situation in Ying Country in the future. But I have also figured it out. If those industries can be kept, they will be kept. If they cannot be kept, I will not feel bad if they are destroyed. Anyway, for the Freeh family, they are just a drizzle."

Uncle Mario was obviously very proud of the progress of the Free family, and he even crossed his legs like Mike.

But Mike acted a little indifferent and just smiled nonchalantly.

In fact, to be honest, the Los Santos Group's progress in entering the United States is much faster than that of the Foley Group.

You have to know that the Magical Congress of the United States is extremely contradictory. On the one hand, they madly worship those pure-bloods with pure bloodlines, but on the other hand, blood equality is politically correct there.

Based on the second point, the Los Santos Group created by Mike, which is composed entirely of Muggle-blooded wizards, naturally received many policy preferences in the United States.

Today, the Los Santos Group has completely opened the door to the U.S. market with its two flagship products, Los Santos Magic Cloth and Los Santos Magic Liquid, and other industries are also gradually entering the market.

Of course, it is not so easy to do this. Although the entry of Los Santos Group has brought more commercial taxes to the Magical Congress of the United States, they still have to protect local enterprises and will not allow Los Santos Group to completely settle in the United States to squeeze the living space of their local enterprises.

But this does not mean that the Los Santos Group is stronger than the Foley Family. You must know that the Los Santos Group and the Foley Family are actually going in two completely different directions.

Among them, the Los Santos Group focuses on middle-class business activities, while the Foley family takes the aristocratic route and makes friends with the top old-fashioned aristocrats in the United States.

This means that there are many things that the Foley family can do that the Los Santos Corporation cannot, which is why Mike and Uncle Mario still maintain a good relationship to this day.

In the social relationships of adults, pure feelings are the least reliable, and only interests are the most important chain that binds both parties!

After chatting for a while, Mike didn't want to waste any more time.

He frowned and said to Mario in a serious tone:

"Uncle Mario, I wonder how the matter I asked you to find out for me is going now?"

"Are you talking about the Kent family?" Mario smiled happily, "I have already inquired for you. A few years ago, there was indeed a family named Kent who moved from Ying Country to the United States.

According to those old guys, the man named Kent wanted to integrate into their circle at that time, but he was too poor, and his bloodline was not as pure as he claimed, not even from the Sacred Twenty-Eight Clans. So he was played around by those old nobles and disappeared. "

Mike immediately became interested after hearing this. At the moment, the Kent family could be said to be Mike's only way to find Chris. The news brought by Uncle Mario was obviously extremely useful.

Mario on the side also noticed Mike's excitement. He leaned towards Mike and asked seriously:
"What? Is there something wrong with that Kent family?"

"There are some questions, but where are they living now? Can you provide a more specific location?"

Uncle Mario rubbed his chin and said:

"The only thing I can be sure of now is that they are still in the United States. But you don't have to be disappointed. The United States is not like Ying Country. They can't hide such a big family. I think I can give you accurate information before Christmas."

A smile immediately appeared on Mike's face. Uncle Mario did bring him good news.

"In that case, I'll have to trouble Uncle Mario."

"Hahaha! You're welcome! You're welcome!"

Mike and Mario smiled at each other, and the latter's laughter was so loud that it hurt Mike's eardrums.

Just as the two were laughing wildly, a series of crisp knocks on the door were heard.

Uncle Mario, who was laughing just now, immediately turned gloomy.

This is his home. Long before he and Mike came in, he had instructed the servants not to see anyone, so the knock on the door at this moment was like a slap in his face.

However, he also knew that if it was not an urgent matter, the other party would not come to disturb them, so he did not get angry, but shouted in a muffled voice:

"Come in!"

The door of the reception room was opened, and the person who came in was not the servant as Mario expected, but a handsome Asian boy, who was Zhou Hong.

After Zhou Hong came in, he was not shy. He nodded to Mario as a greeting and then leaned close to Mike's ear and whispered.

Seeing Mike's eyes getting brighter and brighter, and the upward movement getting bigger and bigger, Mario finally couldn't help but ask:
"Mike, did something good happen?"

"Good news?" Mike looked at Uncle Mario and said excitedly, "Yes, it is a good thing, a great thing. If this goes smoothly, Uncle Mario, your business in Ying Country will not be destroyed!"

(End of this chapter)