Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 251, 249. Mr. Lucius, can you feel it there?

Draco ushered Dudley and the others into Malfoy Manor and instructed Dobby to continue guarding the gate, as they still needed to wait for Ron and Neville.

They certainly didn't arrive by apparition.

When Mr. Weasley first learned that Ron was going to his arch-nemesis Lucius's Malfoy Manor, he disagreed. This was the first time in Ron's life that he had argued with his father about this. During the second year summer vacation, the whole family went on a trip to Egypt, which caused Ron to fall far behind and become the worst of the six. This time, however, he insisted on going no matter what.

And what does it have to do with Ron and Draco if you, Arthur, have a conflict with Lucius?

You do your thing, we'll do ours; the two don't conflict.

Perhaps it was after a long talk with his wife Molly, or perhaps it was because he heard that Longbottom, Potter, and others were also going, but Mr. Weasley finally agreed.

At almost the same time, Neville and Ron arrived at the gates of Malfoy Manor.

When Lucius saw Mr. Weasley, although he already knew about this, his expression changed slightly, but he ultimately said nothing. Similarly, Mr. Weasley also remained silent.

What is the relationship between the grudges of the previous generation and the next generation?

They were all wizards, wizards from England, and wizards were far too few compared to ordinary people.

Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire, England, is larger in size than the castle Dudley built in Godric's Hollow. Its overall style is characterized by its "extreme opulence," and passing through the exquisite wrought-iron gates creates a feeling of emerging from smoke.

It is surrounded by an elaborately designed garden with fountains and free-roaming white peacocks.

Add to that the extremely luxurious mansion and opulent decorations, and the whole thing can only be described in one word.

That is—expensive!

For Malfoy, expensive is an attitude; expensive means good, expensive means great.

The title of the richest man in the world, Malfoy, was not just a figure of speech.

It has declined a lot now, but even a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

Many people say that the Weasleys were ruined by having too many children, but this is a biased view and should only be taken as a joke. If the Malfoys had twenty or thirty children, they could still maintain their aristocratic lifestyle.

The only drawback is that Malfoy Manor is truly beautiful on the surface, but it is completely defenseless in the event of an invasion.

As Ron followed Draco into the Malfoy mansion, he was somewhat stunned by its luxurious interior. Everywhere was gilded, the walls were covered with portraits of the Malfoy family, and the stone floors were entirely covered with opulent carpets.

These are things that Ron wouldn't even dare to dream of having at home.

A vase and a chair can cost Ron's family a month's worth of expenses, or even more.

Living in such an environment, it's no wonder Lucius said those things when he saw Hagrid's cabin.

"You call this a house?"

Although the actual value of the things in Hagrid's house was higher than the valuable furniture in Malfoy's mansion, no one would be so extravagant as to weave a doghouse out of unicorn hair.

Compared to the Malfoy mansion, 99.9% of the wizarding world's homes are hardly houses.

As Ron toured the mansion, a strange sense of inferiority arose in his heart.

On the surface, Ron may seem carefree and indifferent, but he is actually a very sensitive child.

Malfoy had noticed his odd behavior long ago and deliberately said, "Hey, Robbie. Are you envious of me? These are all family heirlooms passed down through the Malfoy family, pretty good, right?"

Then, changing the subject, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Following Brother D, we can also earn everything we want through our own efforts."

He seemed to be bragging, but he was actually comforting Ron.

Sure enough, Ron immediately thought of the small account he had opened separately in Gringotts, and the number of Galleons in that account.

Suddenly, I felt a surge of motivation to fight.

"Who envies you? I'll have a big house someday, and my name is Ron."

"Yes, Romeo."

Draco smiled as he read Ron's reply.

"Let's duel! This time I'll show you the power of my newly built deck."

Hearing someone's lack of self-awareness, Malfoy retorted without backing down, "It seems someone is ready to lose to me for the 301st time."

While they were playing around, Draco led Ron and Neville to the room that had been prepared for them.

Dudley was seated in the first guest room, followed by Hermione, then Harry, Neville, and Ron, in that order.

After putting their luggage in the room, the group followed Dobby, the house pet Pokémon, to the living room.

They met with Narcissa and Lucius, who were the hosts.

Although Lucius was not very keen to see Dali, he still came. After a few brief greetings, the two had a fairly pleasant conversation, though they didn't mention the matter of the school board members back then.

Compared to Lucius's wariness of Dudley, Narcissa was more curious about him. She wondered what kind of person had such charm that her son couldn't stop talking about Dudley, just like her fellow Slytherin juniors.

However, after meeting him, apart from noticing that he was very strong, I lost interest in him.

That evening, at the Malfoy mansion, there was a knock on the door of Lucius's study.

Lucius stared in astonishment at Dudley outside the door, wondering why he had come to see him so late at night.

"Mr. Lucius, I have some information that I believe you will be very interested in."

Dudley's gaze lingered on Lucius's left arm, scanning it back and forth, before he said pointedly, "You've been feeling something lately, haven't you?"

Whether it was a misperception or not, the moment Dudley's gaze fell upon him, Lucius inexplicably felt the mark on his left arm burning slightly.

Voldemort's followers were known as Death Eaters, and each of them bore his mark on their left arm: a black snake with its tongue flicking.

The mark will become hot when summoned by Voldemort.

Lucius hadn't felt this way for twelve years. He'd assumed the guy was dead and those things had faded with time. Coupled with the Ministry of Magic's constant raids on Dark Arts artifacts, he was so bothered that, almost two years ago, he'd given the Weasley's youngest daughter the diary Voldemort had deliberately left behind.

It was used to frame the other party. We all know what happened afterward.

Lucius failed and lost his position on the school board.

Lucius initially thought the matter was over, but recently he has been subtly sensing that the mark is reacting differently.

How did he know?

Lucius shivered for no reason, disregarding any aristocratic demeanor, and after looking around for a moment, he hurriedly said to Dudley, "Come in."

(End of this chapter)