Chapter 231: Strange diary cover, punishment from the master, dark new manor
Harry felt like he had entered a strange room.
He walked into a door. Not long after he walked in, the door suddenly creaked and closed automatically.
He immediately turned around and took a look, but didn't find anything strange.
Harry then continued to explore inside.
In this room, he found many strange objects.
There were books, dressing tables, quill pens, wall lamps... He even saw a pair of shoes from an unknown age!
The items all looked shabby.
But this kind of dilapidation does not mean that it is incomplete, but that the surface is covered with a thick layer of dust.
It's strange to say.
Harry kept passing by many items without any intention of touching them.
But for some reason, he walked somewhere and suddenly stopped.
The thing placed on the table in front is a cover.
The diary inside the cover was gone, but Harry felt strangely familiar with this cover.
He couldn't help but stretched out his hand, wanting to touch it.
Just as his hand was about to touch the cover, the door suddenly opened.
Voices came one after another——
"Harry!"
"Where are you, Harry!"
"Harry, are you here!"
As if he had hit bottom, Harry's thoughts immediately returned to clarity.
The next second, he took back his outstretched hand and turned around to respond: "I'm here!"
Lin Xia and others walked over.
Harry asked: "Why are you here?"
Lin Xia asked back: "You disappeared suddenly. We were all worried about you, but it was you. Why did you walk into this place?"
A look of confusion flashed across Harry's eyes.
He murmured to himself: "I don't know why I entered this place, it seems like something is attracting me."
He felt the scar on his forehead aching.
The pain was very slight, it didn't feel like it was irritating him, it was more like it was trying to remind him.
Lin Xia glanced at the covers placed on the table, her eyes flashing slightly.
She said calmly: "Harry, this is the Malfoy family's storage room, which stores many strange items.
Some of the items are quite rare and will not be open to outsiders. If you break in here, you have violated their private domain. Let's get out quickly. "
Ron, Harry and Hermione walked out immediately, all a little worried that Narcissa would get angry.
Lin Xia stayed at the end.
When no one was paying attention, he put away the cover on the table.
She recognized at a glance that the cover was the same as the diary.
Obviously, that diary comes from the Malfoy family.
Lin Xia thought of the origin of Harry's diary. The Malfoy family had disposed of some dangerous items in advance.
When Lin Xia led Harry and others back to the living room, dinner had been arranged.
The food at dinner was exquisite, but Harry and others ate very reservedly.
Harry thought to himself: It's troublesome for nobles to eat. They have to follow the rules when using knives and forks.
At the dinner table.
Not only him, but also Ron and Hermione threw their knives and forks countless times.
Every time the knife and fork landed on the plate, it made a crisp "click" sound, which attracted Narcissa's attention.
This look made them shudder.
It was as if he was being looked at as some kind of food.
After dinner, Lin Xia took Harry and others to the room.
She was not going to interfere in the conversation between Draco and his mother. Draco was already studying the heir course and there were some things he should know.
In the living room.
Narcissa and Draco sat back on the sofa.
Narcissa casually cast an anti-eavesdropping spell and asked Draco how life was at school.
Draco said: "It's all good."
Narcissa frowned: "If it's very good, then why do you want to ask about the house elves?
Children, those are just slaves, it is their job to serve us well, there is no need for you to go so hard to find a sold house elf. "
Draco subconsciously acted cautiously.
He knew that he must not tell the news that Dobby was working at Hogwarts, otherwise his mother would definitely let him kill Dobby.
A house elf who betrays his master is not allowed to live!
Draco thought for a while and said, "Mother, I have been really busy with research recently, and I feel that I need a personal butler to take care of my life.
It occurred to me that we used to have a lot of house elves in our house, and I just wanted to see if I could recall one of them. "
Narcissa nodded slightly and said, "That's just right. There are other house elves in the manor. I'll give one to you directly."
Draco shook his head quickly: "No, mother, I want to personally find a house elf that suits my taste."
Narcissa asked with a suspicious look on her face: "You searched all over and found that Dobby. What's so special about it?"
Draco suddenly came to his senses: "There's nothing special about it. Lin Xia did a fortune telling for me and said that the name Dobby is very consistent with my horoscope.
As you also know, Lin Xia is an Eastern warlock, and his bloodline brings all kinds of weird abilities.
Since she said so, I want the house elf named Dobby.
Through investigation, I found that there used to be a bird with this name in the manor, so I tried my best to find information about it and planned to get it back through collateral lines. "
Narcissa had read all his correspondence and had some idea of Dobby's situation.
She said with great dissatisfaction: "When we gave the house elves to the collateral line, it was just out of kindness, but they were so ignorant that they resold the elves!"
Draco: "I don't know who bought it. I have to go through collateral lines to get the family that bought it."
Taking advantage of this, he raised Lin Xia's concerns.
In reasonable language arts processing, become your own worries.
After hearing what he said, Narcissa was very happy and said with a look of relief: "Draco, you have grown up and become more thoughtful in doing things."
She thought for a while and said slowly: "Well, the family still has a few life-saving items that are suitable for you to use.
You can just take one piece, no, just take three pieces and it will be enough to shock the surrounding area so that they don’t dare to do anything to you.
At the same time, you take my seal and punish the collateral families on behalf of the main family.
They secretly sold the house elves given to them by the master's family without the consent of the master's family. This was considered disrespectful and required some punishment! "
Narcissa casually boasted about her newly made manicure, "Just fine them 10,000 gold galleons. I won't force them. Just prepare it within a month."
Draco's eyelids twitched and he asked hesitantly: "Mother, isn't this a bit much?"
Narcissa sneered, "I haven't held them accountable for selling house elves privately!
A house elf is available on the black market for at least 200,000 gold galleons, and it can help us do many things. "
In comparison with 200,000 gold galleons.
Draco suddenly felt that 10,000 gold galleons was nothing.
However, he still remembered Lin Xia's reminder and asked Narcissa if she had any bodyguards she could provide.
"Bodyguard?" Narcissa raised her eyebrows, "That's an interesting term."
She thought about it and said, "There is no need to find someone else. Just let Gaseppe follow you. His ability is not bad."
In Draco's mind.
House elves have always been humble, doing unskilled things every day, equivalent to cleaning workers.
So he doesn't think Gaseppe is very good.
But my mother’s character is also a stickler, and what she decides will basically never change.
Draco thought: He might as well go to the warehouse later and pick out a few more life-saving items.
If his mother only asked him to take 3 pieces, he would take 5 pieces.
No, he takes 6 pieces!
No, no, it’s better to get 10 pieces!
When Draco was communicating with Narcissa.
In the bedroom, Ron was bored and continued to experience various strange objects.
Instead, Lin Xia asked Harry: "Have you noticed anything strange in the manor?"
Harry asked hesitantly: "What does it mean to be strange?"
Lin Xia said: "For example, does the scar on your forehead hurt? Or do you hear other sounds here?"
Harry subconsciously touched his forehead and said honestly:
"It didn't hurt when I first entered the manor. It seemed to hurt for a while in the middle, but it quickly recovered. As for the sound, I didn't hear anything."
Lin Xia thought for a while and determined again that Harry's headache was probably caused by the cover.
Fortunately, she was more vigilant about the diary and had always sealed it in the forbidden magic text.
Otherwise, if you let the diary go out, you don't know what disaster will happen.
Lin Xia came to her senses and clapped her hands: "While we have some time now, let's practice some defensive spells urgently.
I have a hunch that when I go to the Malfoy family tomorrow, things may not go so smoothly. "
Hermione was 100% in favor of this proposal, "In fact, when I entered Malfoy Manor, I felt like practicing defensive spells."
With Lin Xia and Hermione taking the lead, Ron and Harry could only follow and practice.
Until he fell asleep at night, Harry's mind was still full of the armor's protective spell.
Sometimes I feel like I mispronounced a word, sometimes my gestures are incorrect, and the whole page is full of my own mistakes.
night.
There was a sudden knock on the door of the room, and Lin Xia went to open the door.
Draco was in his pajamas and looked back.
When he was sure that no one was around, he quietly talked to Lin Xia. He subconsciously cast an anti-eavesdropping spell.
After communicating for more than ten minutes, Draco handed Lin Xia several things before leaving.
It was early the next morning.
Lin Xia had gotten up early and still had time to run around Malfoy Manor a few times.
As for Hermione, she was woken up by the magic alarm clock.
As soon as she came up, she immediately called Ron and Harry to get up.
Everything went smoothly, Narcissa did not prevent them from leaving the manor, except——
Harry couldn't help but look at Gaseppe, who had been following them, and asked Draco in a low voice.
"Why is your house elf still coming with you?"
Draco replied in the same low voice: "This is the bodyguard my mother arranged for me."
Ron heard this, shrugged his shoulders somewhat exaggeratedly, and said in a suppressed voice:
"It looks so thin, is it capable of protecting you?
No, he only protects you, right? Don't let us protect it when the time comes! "
Gaseppe spoke at this time, still in the same ups and downs tone, imitating the tone of a nobleman's speech.
"Guest with red hair, if you question my ability, why don't we have a duel on the spot?"
After leaving Malfoy Manor, Gaseppe only had to answer to Draco.
Faced with its little master, it is somewhat patient.
But when it comes to other little wizards, it is not as respectful as it is in the manor.
"Although I lost my wand, it doesn't mean I can't use offensive and defensive magic. On the contrary--"
It paused and snapped its fingers.
The flower bed not far away suddenly transformed into a giant beast made entirely of grass, roaring at Ron.
"There's no point in talking more. Why don't you fight this transformed creature of mine first?"
Lin Xia said lightly at this time: "Gaseppe, don't waste your magic power so much. Your magic power is limited. Once you can't mobilize the magic power around you, you may not be the one to protect us."
Gaseppe snapped his fingers again, and the giant beast made of grass disappeared instantly.
It bent down slightly and said respectfully: "Dear Witch Lin Xia, I am only responsible for you and Master Draco."
Lin Xia said indifferently: "No, recognize your identity. You are only responsible for Draco's instructions."
Hermione looked at this scene and felt a little strange.
She nudged Draco with her elbow and asked softly, "Do you feel that your house-elf is very respectful to Lin Xia? Aren't you his master?"
Draco shrugged and said as a matter of course, "The wizarding world believes in the law of the jungle, and house-elves are no exception.
Lin Xia's family has a good relationship with my family. She has been playing in the manor since she was a child, and I don't know how many times she has practiced with Gaseppe.
Gaseppe's respect for her should be due to fighting."
He had a vague memory of the practice.
I only remember that when he was five or six years old, there was a period of time when Lin Xia went to the manor and didn't look for him to play, but only for Gaseppe.
Later, he learned that Lin Xia had been looking for Gaseppe to fight.
I don't know how long it has been, it seems that only three months have passed, and Lin Xia has not looked for Gaseppe again.
After leaving the huge Malfoy Manor, they took the magic car and flew directly into the air to the collateral family.
Harry once again experienced the feeling of air travel and still felt it was great.
After an hour, the destination was reached.
Get off the car.
Lin Xia looked up at the secluded manor hidden in the mountains, her expression was a little solemn, and a strange feeling flashed through her heart.
This manor, something is wrong.
They came to the gate, and Draco was about to shout, but the manor suddenly opened the door automatically.
Everyone looked at each other and walked in.
As soon as she entered, Lin Xia immediately felt a vague whisper invading!
She turned her head to look at Draco and the others.
The others looked around curiously, and there seemed to be nothing unusual.
Lin Xia probably understood.
She has a special physique, so those vague whispers will find her.
But even when she was patrolling at night in Hogwarts, she would not often hear these whispers.
However, she could hear them as soon as she entered the manor, which meant that the manor might be more dangerous than Hogwarts.
Lin Xia looked around carefully.
This manor is not gorgeous, on the contrary, it feels very gloomy.
Many green vines cover the surface of the manor. During the day, it feels green, as if it is connected to the mountains behind.
But once it was night, there were only two words: dark.
Although the gate of the manor was opened automatically, no one came out to greet them.
This made Draco feel that he was not valued.
But soon afterwards, he no longer thought so.
