Chapter 1001 Extra: Malfoy
Before Hogwarts opened, Snape stood in front of a very imposing manor in Wiltshire, looking at the manor with a complicated expression.
Malfoy Manor was once one of the most lively places, and many famous wizards in the magic world were frequent visitors here.
But that was the previous home. Since Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy were imprisoned in Azkaban, no one was willing to come here. Every day was deserted, and even the originally clean walls grew ugly vines.
Snape was one of the few wizards who were willing to come here.
Today he came to attend the wedding of Draco Malfoy and Astoria Greengrass.
Speaking of which, this is also a very surprising thing. Snape never thought that old Greengrass would agree to his daughter marrying this shame of Slytherin.
Yes, the shame of Slytherin.
Just like Weasley was called the shame of pure blood, Lucius stood firmly on the side of Hogwarts in the Ministry of Magic, which made other Death Eaters hate him.
Coupled with their previous behavior, this title naturally fell on Malfoy.
But the Malfoy family didn't seem to care. Lucius and Narcissa had no choice, and Draco didn't make any explanation either.
In fact, he basically didn't show up in other places for a long time recently. The last time I saw him seemed to be several months ago.
Snape thought to himself, looked down at the parchment in his hand, and walked straight into the manor, which was still clean.
The reason why it was said to be clean was that the weeds here were obviously just cleaned, but the people who did this job were not skilled and did not clean it thoroughly, so it looked a bit weird.
The manor was better than the outside, and some guests could be seen in twos and threes.
Snape subconsciously thought of Kyle and Connor's wedding. Although that day made him feel itchy when he thought about it, it was undeniable that there were really many guests on that day, all of whom came from all directions.
Not only were there people from Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic, but there were also many foreign wizards. Even the wedding invitation came from the famous alchemist Nicolas Flamel.
Nicolas Flamel had not appeared in the magic world for nearly two hundred years. Even when Dumbledore became the headmaster of Hogwarts, he had not received such treatment.
So, even if Kyle and Connor ran away halfway and stood up everyone, the front page of the Daily Prophet the following week was still this grand wedding.
And when Harry got married, the status and fame of the guests were much worse than Kyle, but the luxurious golden invitation also attracted enough attention.
In comparison, the wedding of Malfoy, who was famous for his wealth, seemed a bit shabby.
Not only was the venue directly chosen in his own manor, but there were also very few guests.
The few people who came were basically from the Greengrass family.
Snape saw Daphne Greengrass inside.
She was Astoria's sister and also a student at Hogwarts.
"Long time no see, Professor Snape." Daphne came over, raised her head, and showed the expensive opal necklace on her neck.
"I didn't expect you to come to this wedding."
"Why can't I come." Snape glanced at her.
"Excuse me..." Daphne smiled, "With Connor's current status, I thought you would stay away from Malfoy as much as possible. After all, the man she married has never liked Death Eaters."
"As we all know, Draco Malfoy is a Death Eater, and one of the few Death Eaters who survived from him..."
"In that case, why did you agree to let Miss Greengrass marry him." Snape asked lightly.
"There's no way, who made my sister like him, and even turned against her family in order to marry him." Daphne's tone was a little helpless.
Astoria is weak in character, but she is very opinionated. She will never compromise on what she has decided.
Or most of the people in the Greengrass family are like this, including herself and their mother.
So Daphne understood her sister very well, and then she came with her blessings.
The reasons of others are similar.
As for Kyle... the two sides don't have much intersection, and Daphne doesn't think Kyle will cause trouble for Greengrass because of this matter.
"I'm Draco's godfather." Snape said, answering her question.
"Really? I really don't know."
Snape didn't explain anything else.
He is indeed Malfoy's godfather, there is no doubt about that, but since Voldemort was killed, this identity seems to have become dispensable.
The two didn't chat for long, and Daphne left soon.
Snape looked at her back and said nothing, and then he looked at the other people in the room.
It seems that pure-blood families are not all short-sighted fools... he thought to himself.
Indeed, Lucius and Narcissa were imprisoned in Azkaban, but unlike other Death Eaters, they went there on their own initiative, for the reason of atonement.
Moreover, Lucius took out half of the Galleons in the Malfoy vault to pay the compensation of the Aurors and strikers, as well as the post-war reconstruction work.
In other words, Lucius and Narcissa can get out.
As a reward for their final awakening, perhaps in ten or twenty years, they will be able to leave Azkaban.
As long as Lucius and Narcissa can come back, Malfoy will not be considered to be in decline.
Snape walked to a place where there were not many people and sat down, quietly watching the process of the wedding.
The person in charge of the wedding was a small wizard, whom Snape had seen on many occasions.
Although there were few people, the necessary procedures were not omitted, and even the dance after the ceremony was arranged.
It was just that there were few people dancing, which made this so-called dance look a bit ridiculous and humorous.
But this is normal, there were not many people attending the wedding, and even fewer people were in the mood to dance.
However, Draco and Astoria danced very seriously. They were in the middle of the dance floor and did not look at anyone around them.
During this process, Malfoy put a ring engraved with the letter "M" on Astoria's hand.
Snape knew that it was the family emblem of the Malfoy family, which was in Lucius's hand before and was given to Draco before going to Azkaban.
Now Draco gave it to Astoria again.
Seeing this, Snape did not sit down any longer, and quietly stood up and left Malfoy Manor.
Snape still remembered how Narcissa had cried and begged him to help take care of Draco.
He agreed.
Out of sympathy and his godfather status, every few months when Hogwarts was on vacation, Snape would come and take a look from afar.
But now, Snape felt that he didn't need to come anymore.
