Ariana looked at this childish guy speechlessly. He had just been plotting against Snape, and now he was trying to find someone to use the back door.
"You can go to him, and he'll use this as a threat to make you break up with me," she reminded Draco calmly.
"No way?" Draco was stunned when he heard that.
Although she had no experience of getting along with her parents in her two lifetimes, Ariana's knowledge of psychology was not in vain. She glanced at the naive Draco with a mocking look.
"Now your godfather and your father are waiting to catch your weakness. Think about what your weaknesses are?" she reminded.
Although Draco was somewhat influenced by Ariana, it didn't last long. He was still the arrogant and domineering young master who thought he had no weaknesses.
"What could I possibly have against you? It's perfect." He said proudly.
Ariana couldn't help but laugh, and under Draco's glare, she replied seriously, "Quidditch is your weakness. They might even be willing to buy you the latest broomstick just to get you to break up with me."
"No way?" Draco looked longingly.
Ariana didn't mind Draco breaking up with her for the broomstick. She wasn't in urgent need of her parents anyway. The worst that could happen was that she could give the Ministry of Magic some money to keep her lightning-struck wooden wand. She had money now.
"If you want someone to give in, it's nothing more than coercion and inducement. Didn't your father use pocket money to coerce you? The next step is to lure you with a flying broom." She reminded Draco.
Although Draco wanted a flying broom, the company that made flying brooms was still open. As long as he won this confrontation, he could buy the broom anytime, but he only had one friend.
"I will never betray you for a broomstick. You are my best friend." He said with determination.
Ariana asked amusedly, "What if it's two?"
Having made up his mind, Draco certainly wouldn't waver. "I wouldn't abandon you even if you gave me ten thousand. And I think you're right. Spending your own money shows independence. I've decided to learn from you how to make money."
Although he found economic knowledge boring at first, perhaps because the Malfoy family had business genes, he didn't find it that difficult after getting started.
Ariana was obsessed with making money, and she was immediately happy to see that her good friend shared the same interests as her.
"That's right. There are only a few people in the wizarding world. If you only inherit the family business, you will definitely not be more powerful than your father in the future. People have to do something and leave something behind in their lifetime. In the future, we will expand our business to other worlds, even other countries." She patted Draco's shoulder with great pride.
Draco was inspired by Ariana's words and immediately said with great enthusiasm: "Okay, from now on, the two of us will make all the money in the world."
"That's right. If you have money, you will have power. From now on, it won't be your father who tells you to do something, but you who tells your father to do something." She also painted a huge pie for Draco.
"That's right, make him listen to me." Draco took a bite of the pie.
Ariana guessed correctly. After receiving the letter, Narcissa threatened her husband to apologize to Draco. She felt that her son was right. It was just a love affair, not a marriage. Lucius was really making a fuss out of nothing.
The wizarding world's values were still stuck in the Middle Ages. How could Lucius possibly apologize to his son? Was he even going to save face? However, facing his wife's aggressiveness, he had his difficulties.
So he asked Snape to embarrass Draco at school so that Draco would have nowhere else to go. Then he would swoop in and save his son. Then he could have a legitimate reason to let his son break up with Ariana.
Chapter 56 Take the Top Phoenix
Snape had just been criticized by Ariana for his teaching methods. If he went to make things difficult for Draco, Ariana would probably go to Dumbledore to complain about him again. There was no way he would agree to Lucius's unreasonable request.
When Snape heard that Professor McGonagall was going to make a special exception for Harry and let him join the Gryffindor Quidditch team, he realized that Lucius's opportunity had come.
But the two friends waited and waited, but Draco never came through the back door. They asked people to find Draco but couldn't find him. They only saw him in the auditorium the next day.
Ever since Ariana started learning magic, she didn't know what nerve was triggered, but her reaction was unusually sensitive. She noticed the abnormality in her vision just after she ate a piece of bread. After finding the source and thinking about it for a while, she knew the reason.
So he reminded Draco, "I noticed that Professor Snape has been watching you several times. He must be waiting for you to fall into his trap."
Draco ate his breakfast slowly and said with a smile, "Maybe my dad came to school yesterday. Fortunately he didn't go, otherwise I would have been caught by them."
Ariana guessed, "I guess your mom is exerting her strength. Now you and your dad will have to compete to see who has better concentration."
Before Draco could be pleased with his decision, he heard Ron loudly boasting about how fast Harry could fly and how he could definitely lead Gryffindor to win the Quidditch championship this year.
Quidditch had been the domain of Slytherin for the past seven years, and his remarks were extremely provocative. It was only because Ariana had no interest in these school activities, otherwise she would have definitely cast a curse.
Ariana didn't care about Quidditch, but Draco did. He said angrily, "Are we just going to let the Potter thing go like that? Professor McGonagall framed what happened yesterday as his fault, and in the end, she let him join the Quidditch house team. It's really infuriating."
"Gryffindors never do things according to common sense, and it's endlessly infuriating." Ariana didn't even want to complain anymore.
"But I'm still angry." Draco looked at Gryffindor with resentment.
Ariana didn't want Draco to cause trouble and be caught by Snape, so she could only persuade him: "You yourself think Potter is meddling in other people's affairs. If you are still upset about this matter, then you are also meddling in other people's affairs. After all, this is an internal decision of Gryffindor."
Draco snorted and said, "I'm just very unhappy."
"Or you can do as I did and go find Dumbledore with your wand. If you win the duel, you will have the final say." Ariana suggested to him with a malicious look.
Of course Draco knew Ariana was joking. He said speechlessly, "Grindelwald and You-Know-Who couldn't beat him, so how could I possibly beat him? You still have some hope."
Ariana was able to fight Snape right after entering school. If she is given more time to grow, she might really be able to defeat the most powerful white wizard in the magical world.
The more Ariana came into contact with magic, the more she understood its complexity. She also knew that if she wanted to become strong, it required not only understanding of spells but also accumulating magic power. Moreover, she still had not figured out where magic power was stored in the human body.
"Although I'm quite arrogant, I also know my own limitations. I may be better than him in research on spells, but I definitely can't compare to him in terms of magic power. After all, my age is only a fraction of his." If her magic power increases, won't others' increase too?
Draco felt as if the sky had fallen after hearing this. "It's over. Judging from his condition, he probably has another hundred or two hundred years to live. We Slytherins have no chance of getting the position of Headmaster of Hogwarts."
Slytherin has few people and it is rare for a genius to emerge. He also thinks that Ariana can defeat Dumbledore and compete for the position of headmaster in the future. Then Slytherin will have two headmasters, surpassing Gryffindor.
Although there was little hope of defeating Dumbledore, Ariana was not someone who gave up easily, and she vaguely felt that finding the place where magic power was stored might be able to solve the magic gap.
"Once I research where the magic is stored, maybe I can close the distance between us and him," Ariana said.
She actually didn't care much about this. After all, her goal was always clear, which was to study for only seven years and immigrate to the United States after graduation.
Draco thought Ariana had made another mistake with common sense, so he explained to her, "Magic power must be stored in the blood. Otherwise, why are all children from magical families wizards? Why are magical beasts different from ordinary animals? What are you still doubting?"
"If that's the case, then why do duds exist?" Ariana didn't accept this piece of science.
Draco retorted without hesitation, "Even a Squib has magic in his body, it's just too low to cast spells. Besides, the probability of a Squib is very small. Just look at how many Muggles there are to produce one wizard."
Ariana nodded thoughtfully, thinking that Draco's direction made sense.
"It seems that I have to find a laboratory for Christmas to study the difference between the blood of wizards and that of ordinary people, or Dumbledore will be willing to give me a drop of phoenix blood." Since I want to study magical animals, I have to get the top-level phoenix.
Draco wasn't Pansy, and he wasn't going to try to trick Ariana. He reminded her, "There are only two tamed phoenixes in the wizarding world. They're extremely rare magical animals. Do you think Dumbledore would be willing to give them to you?"
"How do you know they won't give it to you if you don't ask?" Ariana said as a matter of course.
The two had already walked out of the auditorium. The next class was History of Magic. Since they didn't know how to take roll call and didn't care about being late, they walked very slowly. Unexpectedly, a voice suddenly came from behind them.
"Mr. Colin wants to study the blood of magical beasts, right?" The speaker was Quirrell.
Ariana looked at him in confusion and asked, "Why did the professor suddenly appear behind us?"
"You were so focused on what you were saying that you didn't notice your surroundings, Colin. Actually, you don't have to ask Dumbledore for phoenix blood. Hagrid has a three-headed dog, which is also a rare magical beast. It's tall, so it should be okay to draw some blood from it. Unlike the phoenix, it's too small, and the headmaster probably wouldn't agree." He showed a kind smile in his weak expression, and the hint of temptation was very obvious.
"Thank you, Professor. I'll go ask Hagrid tomorrow." The other party gave her a bad feeling, and Ariana didn't want to talk anymore.
Quirrell stopped the two from leaving and said, "The three-headed dog is very fierce, and only Hagrid knows its weakness. You have to ask clearly. Hagrid is a very careless man. Even if he agrees, he will probably forget to tell you this."
He left after saying that, but his back looked like he was fleeing in a panic, which made Ariana feel even more strange.
Chapter 57 I won’t follow the mysterious man
Seeing Ariana in a daze, Draco nudged her and asked, "Are you going to go find that giant and draw the blood of the three-headed dog?"
Ariana didn't answer, but asked instead, "Professor Quirrell just used a spell. I could sense traces of magic running on him, and it suddenly appeared. It was obviously an invisibility spell. He was eavesdropping on us."
"We didn't say anything, did we?" Draco thought for a moment, but couldn't remember saying anything important.
Ariana nodded, "I think Professor Quirrell is very strange. Let's be careful."
He stuttered at the beginning of the school year, and all he needed was a conversation with Dumbledore. He seemed to have strong magical powers but looked weak all the time, which was suspicious no matter how you looked at him, and yet he eavesdropped on their conversation for no apparent reason.
"Are we going to see Hagrid tomorrow?" Draco looked at her.
Although Quirrell was surprised, what he said made sense. The phoenix was small in size, and Dumbledore was like an old fox. In comparison, Hagrid was easier to talk to.
"Go ahead, I'm quite curious about the three-headed dog," she said.
Although Ariana is a master of time management, she rests when she needs to, so she rests more on the weekends.
It was already 10 o'clock when she got from the dormitory to the common room, and the breakfast on the coffee table in front of Draco had already gone cold.
Ariana walked over, not minding the cold food, picked it up and started eating, saying, "Young Master actually helped me get breakfast, it's really strange."
Draco had actually just gotten up, just a little earlier than Ariana, and had just finished breakfast. Upon hearing this, he replied directly: "I asked Goyle and the others to get it. There are people to order around, why should I do it myself?"
"I was touched for nothing." Ariana shrugged.
Then she remembered something and added, "Enjoy it as much as you can. Your father might tell others about your falling out with your family, and then you won't have the status you have now in Slytherin."
"Will it?" Draco asked worriedly.
"It depends on how important the reason he has for insisting you break up with me is. If it's more important than you, his son, then he probably will." Ariana guessed the possible reason.
"My dad is really weird. Your analysis makes sense. Our Malfoy family has everything except a strong fighting force."
Draco then looked around to make sure no one was around before adding, "If it weren't for this, our family wouldn't have followed the You-Know-Who back then. Even though he claims to be a descendant of Slytherin, that family has long been extinct."
"Yeah, compared to the mysterious man, I'm just the opposite of not growing up yet. I can't figure out why your dad is worried." Ariana shook her head in confusion.
"You are not inferior to the You-Know-Who. Although you haven't become a powerful wizard yet, it only takes time. I heard that the You-Know-Who is only a descendant of Slytherin and he has no money, but you are very rich." These things were told to him by his grandfather.
The mysterious man had been dead for ten years, and these things were just idle chat. Draco didn't want to talk about them too much. After all, his family had been on the wrong side back then, and it was quite embarrassing to talk about these things now.
"Eat quickly. It's a rare opportunity that I don't have to be forced by you to learn magic today. In the past, I never imagined that I would study magic all day long." He urged Ariana.
Ariana smiled and said, "We have grown up and can't always think about playing."
Draco thought of the economic theory he learned last night and said with a headache, "I still have to learn to make money on my own. Growing up is really hard."
Thompson wrote to Ariana, saying that the gold bars needed to be exchanged and would not be delivered until tomorrow. However, several books on basic economic theory that Ariana needed were delivered and are now in Draco's dormitory.
"You've only just started. I've been making money for so many years. Think about me and then think about yourself, and you won't feel it's so hard." Ariana compared herself to him, hoping that he would feel better.
The two chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at Hagrid's hut. Ariana knocked on the door politely, but she didn't expect to see Potter and his henchman Ron here.
It was Ron who opened the door. Although he was a little scared when he saw Ariana, he immediately thought of the tall Hagrid and his courage suddenly grew a little stronger.
"This is Hagrid's house, what are you doing here?" His tone was very bad, as if his territory was being invaded.
Like Ariana, Draco was a soft-hearted person. After Ron's apology in the flying lesson, if Ron's attitude had been better, he wouldn't have gotten so angry.
"You know it's Hagrid's house. With the tone of your voice, someone who doesn't know would think it's the Weasley family's house." Since the other person had a bad attitude, he naturally had to speak in a sarcastic tone.
Thinking of the Weasleys' house, Draco said, "The Weasleys' house was built by themselves using magic from scraps they picked up. It's so crooked that even mice wouldn't want to live in it. Does Hagrid's house look like a palace to you?"
Although magic can make things bigger or smaller, and can also transform, it all requires magical power to control. Once the magic power dissipates, the spell is automatically lifted. What was it originally like, will it remain the same?
The only difference between the magical world and the ordinary world is magic. Because magic is time-limited, buildings like this that need to be used for a long time are generally built with the assistance of magic, and the materials are still ordinary building materials.
"Malfoy, what are you talking about?" Ron had a strong sense of self-esteem, and his eyes turned red with anger when he heard such ridicule.
"Am I wrong? The materials of your house were not picked up from the garbage dump?" Draco still looked like he deserved a beating.
The building materials of the Weasley family were indeed picked up from the garbage dump, but it was not a garbage dump from somewhere else, but the Weasley family’s own garbage dump.
Since Arthur's previous generations, the Weasley family's castle has been unable to be maintained and has long been dilapidated. The current Burrow was rebuilt with the materials of the original castle. Because they used whatever materials were available, the colors are not uniform and it looks a bit awkward.
At this time, Hagrid came out of the house. Seeing that Ron was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Draco, he didn't ask anything and just stood on Ron's side, looking at Draco fiercely and scolding him.
"Ron, don't talk to him. The whole Malfoy family are Death Eaters. They are all bad." He looked as if he thought Draco had killed his whole family. His eyes were almost popping out.
Hagrid wasn't that angry. Giants are always emotional and exaggerated. It's just that outsiders don't know the details and are easily misunderstood.
As an outsider, Ariana naturally misunderstood. She drew her wand and pointed it at Hagrid, asking fiercely, "After You-Know-Who fell, all the Death Eaters were sent to Azkaban. Do you have any evidence to prove your accusation against the Malfoys?"
After their last contact, Hagrid had a good impression of Ariana. He also learned from Harry and the others that she lived in the Muggle world and was different from the pure-bloods in Slytherin. He was not as scared as others when he saw her draw her wand.
Chapter 58 So I bully people everywhere
"Colin, you used to live in the Muggle world, so you don't know that Lucius Malfoy deceived everyone. He was not under the control of the Imperius Curse at all." Hagrid naively wanted to correct Ariana's understanding.
In Ariana's opinion, Slytherin and Gryffindor are opposing camps. Gryffindor won, so Slytherin was restricted in every way, and when accusing others of being bad people, they should have evidence.
"What evidence do you have?" she asked, looking at Hagrid questioningly.
But Hagrid was not a methodical man, and he just kept saying, "I have no evidence, but I just know it."
Ariana sneered and asked, "So you're slandering someone? I wonder if there's a prison sentence for slandering someone in the wizarding world. In the Muggle world, at least there's a fine, and in serious cases, you might even be expelled."
Ron, relying on Hagrid's presence, was not afraid of Ariana at all. He loudly retorted to her, "That wouldn't happen in the wizarding world. Only Muggles would have such abominable clauses."
It can be said that Ron's resentment towards Ariana has accumulated to the extreme. Now that he has a supporter, he vents it without any care. After saying it, he felt a little scared because Ariana knows a lot of black magic and may even curse.
Ariana didn't curse him, but a disarming spell, which was a modified version of the spell she had created. The disarming wand became an additional function, and its main function was to knock down Ron. Ron was thrown against the wall and fainted after falling down.
Ignoring Ron's situation, Ariana fixed her gaze on the three-meter-tall Hagrid and demanded sharply, "You're accusing others without any evidence. Just because you're the headmaster's confidant, you're so fearless?"
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