Chapter 408: Carlo Family Head

Chapter 408: Carlo Family Head
July 7th, a cold morning.

The Carrow family estate in Wiltshire.

In the chilly manor hall, the fire in the fireplace crackled, adding a touch of warmth to the spacious space. Alvin Carlo sat in an armchair with intricately carved patterns, looking calm and deep. His fingers gently stroked the armrests of the chair, as if waiting for an important visitor.

The door slowly opened, and the butler respectfully announced in a low voice: "Master Alvin, Master Malfoy has arrived."

Alvin looked up and saw a blond boy walking in from the door, his black cloak blowing a breeze. His steps were steady and confident, and his eyes and eyebrows revealed a calm but unignorable aura. Sherin took off his gloves, casually put them into his cloak, and nodded slightly.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Carlo," Sherin said in a deep and powerful voice, with just the right amount of politeness and restraint. "Thank you for your hospitality."

Alvin smiled and gestured for Xielin to sit down. "No need to be so formal. Your father, Lucius, and I have some friendship. If you don't mind, just call me uncle. Xielin, you are so famous at such a young age. I have wanted to meet you for a long time. I heard that my two daughters are so loyal to you that even a father like me has to stand aside. It's really surprising."

Xie Lin sat down opposite Alvin, looking calm and composed, with a faint smile on his face. "Hestia and Flora are the indispensable core strength of the Sleeping Dragon Society. It is my honor to have their service. Their excellence must be inseparable from your teaching."

A meaningful light flashed in Alvin's eyes. He took a sip from his wine glass and said in a calm and tentative voice, "Xie Lin, you are too kind. I have indeed heard that the Sleeping Dragon Society is growing rapidly, but after all, it is just a student organization, and you - Xie Lin, don't blame your uncle for saying something unpleasant. I have heard from my two daughters about the ambitions and ideals you have promoted in the Sleeping Dragon Society. It is not an easy task to break the status quo that pure-blood families have maintained in Great Britain for centuries."

Xie Lin remained calm, gently raised the wine glass in his hand, looked at Alvin, and said in a leisurely tone: "Uncle, don't blame me for speaking directly. Your information is a bit outdated. Just a few days ago, the Avery family was annihilated by my plan, and I also successfully obtained the loyalty of the Selwyn and Yaxley families."

"What?" This time it was Alvin's turn to change his expression. He had heard about the Avery family, and he had also heard about the unusual movements within the Selwyn and Yaxley families, but he had never imagined that these two things were actually the work of Sherin.

There is a saying about the 28 holy pure-blood families in Great Britain, but Alvin knows very well that after the First Wizarding War, the Black family, the Rochiel family, the Shafik family, and the Gaunt family had already existed in name only, and then the Lestrange family and the Rowle family also suffered a great change last year, and were severely damaged and almost wiped out.

And now Avery had been exterminated, and the Selwyn family and the Yaxley family had been conquered... He also did not forget that the Burke family and the Nott family were traditional allies of the Malfoy family and had a close relationship with them. So, the only extremists who openly supported the idea of ​​pure-blood supremacy were himself and the Travers family.

With only two families, even if they gather support from more small and medium-sized families, it is impossible for them to form any effective resistance force.

This is before Schelling mentioned the influence he had built among the neutral faction of the pure-blood families, and the increased influence of letting Andromeda's family return to the Black family yesterday.

In other words, from now on, the extreme faction of the pure-blood family will be controlled by Xie Ling alone!
Alvin put down his wine glass, and his tone was already a little respectful. "Xie Lin, you are worthy of being the brightest rising star of our pure-blood family. I think it would be our honor if the Carrow family could also form an alliance with you and become your most loyal and steadfast ally."

Xie Lin leaned forward slightly, his eyes shining sharply, and said, "Mr. Carlo, the magic world is changing rapidly now. Only families that make the right choices can stand out in the new order and achieve new glory... What I want to say is that you will not regret your choice today."

"I like your confidence. If I hadn't heard that you already have quite a few female confidants, I would have wanted to marry my two daughters to you." Alvin said with a smile.

"Well," Sherin subconsciously recalled the lovely faces of the Carrow sisters. He blushed and said, "That's not necessary. As long as the Carrow family is willing to sign an alliance with me, support all actions of the Sleeping Dragon Society with momentum and resources, and sign an alliance with the Malfoy family for generations, I am not a person who gets something for nothing—"

Xie Lin smiled slightly, stood up, took out a scroll from his arms, and gently placed it on the table. Alvin reached out, picked up the scroll, and unfolded it solemnly, with a flash of surprise on his face.

"It seems that you have spent a lot of time and effort at the Ministry of Magic. I am really finding it increasingly difficult to see through you, young man - to be honest, you are much better than the old guys of our generation." After reading the contents of the scroll, Alvin could not help but marvel at Xie Ling's extremely precise planning. He was extremely grateful for his earlier wise decisions - choosing to give gifts to Xie Ling to show his goodwill, and letting his two daughters join the Sleeping Dragon Society. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little scared. Fortunately, he did not become Xie Ling's enemy. Such an opponent is too scary.

"Wait for my good news. In two months at the latest, I will let you become the Director of the Department for Control of Magical Creatures of the Ministry of Magic. In this way, when there are changes in the Ministry of Magic in the future, the Carrow family will also be able to have a seat." Xie Ling said.

The two people's eyes met, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding silently.

Alvin raised his glass, his voice somewhat playful: "Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation, Sherin."

["Ally" Carlo family obtained! 】

……

In the afternoon of the same day.

Shaylin also met with Albert Runcorn (Audrey Runcorn's father) in a café near the Ministry of Magic.

The Runcorn family was a mid-level pure-blood family, but Mr. Runcorn himself held a high position of power in the Ministry of Magic and had considerable influence in the Department of Law Enforcement, making him a candidate worthy of Schelling's wooing.

In the original novel, after Scrimgeour's death, during the period when Sinnix, who was controlled by the Imperius Curse, was in power, Mr. Runcorn became the chief investigator of the Muggle-Born Registration Committee, specifically responsible for investigating the legitimacy of wizards' bloodlines. It was he who exposed Dirk Cresswell's attempt to forge a wizard family tree to get away with it.

This person is fierce and even a little overbearing, but he is quite good at investigation and interrogation. If this kind of person is used properly, he can still become a very useful sharp weapon.

The meeting between the two was far less formal than the one with Alvin Carroll. After all, whether in terms of strength or influence, there was a big gap between Runcorn and the pure-blood families with deep roots.

Schelling quickly won Albert's support and promised to arrange for him the position of prosecutor of the Wizarding Law Council, which was a frontline position with real power. He was responsible for frontline investigations, collecting evidence, drafting charges, and using tools to interrogate criminals.

At the same time, Schelling will ask Amelia Bones to cooperate with the personnel reform of the Law Enforcement Department and introduce a new force to be led by Runcorn, called the "Magical Criminal Interrogation Force", and allocate new office space as a detention room to Runcorn.

It is worth mentioning that the wand registrar who is responsible for registering wands and recording all wand information data at the entrance of the Ministry of Magic is also under his command. After all, wand information is also an important part of the evidence library.

[The "allies" Luncorn family obtained it! ]