Chapter 68 Turmoil
The day after Christmas, Raven had to go to France because old Nico was going to die.
The reason why it is expressed in such a strange way is because this is the day that Old Nico chose himself.
The funeral should be held at an appropriate time so as not to disturb his friends from having a good year.
In fact, there are still a lot of elixirs in reserve, but the old man is worried about his wife. Mrs. Perenelle said goodbye to him and Raven as early as the beginning of the year and went to the afterlife.
Now he is taking care of his properties for Raven.
The last thing that Old Nico did in his life was to take off the wedding photos of himself and his wife from the wall of the living room and put them into the Etri iron box filled with his precious memories (Chapter 2) , the box and the magical cabinet Raven gave him, these were the only things he took with him.
The twenty-sided die was naturally left to Raven. This die was equivalent to Raven's "Practical Guide" and was the control center of all Old Nico's bases.
Now they are all Raven's.
The overall atmosphere of the old man's funeral was quite relaxed, and all the people invited were his friends.
Beauxbatons' principal Madame Maxime, Mr. and Mrs. Scamander, and Mr. and Mrs. Kowalski all attended his funeral.
Of course Dumbledore was also there, he was the one who assisted Raven in handling these matters.
He also brought an old man who made other guests a little uncomfortable.
With snow-white hair and strange-colored pupils, forty-six years of self-imprisonment has not made this old man weak, and his breath is still firm and unusual.
Fortunately, he only came to lay flowers for Old Nico and did not communicate with anyone. After laying the flowers, he and Dumbledore returned to his castle.
Old friends are gradually dying, and except for old Nico, who has long been accustomed to living forever, no one else can avoid this emotion.
"Is this ink the blood of Thestrals? Is the material of this pen the tail feathers of Thestrals? And this kind of paper...Egyptian papyrus?"
The speaker was an old man who seemed to have evasive eyes but a very gentle temperament.
He had just finished laying flowers. According to Raven's procedure, each guest after laying flowers could write a message to Old Nico using the paper, ink and pen prepared by Raven.
Newt Scamander, the Master of Fantastic Beasts who is about to turn 95,
As he grew older, the freckles on his face were almost mixed with age spots, but when it came to the professional field, his eyes were still as full of enthusiasm and expectation as before. He asked Raven.
Raven affirmed.
“Yes, the teacher once told me that it was a shame not to be able to attend my own funeral, so I wanted to involve him in this way.
In this way, the teacher in the afterlife can also feel everyone's mood. "
In fact, he planned to give these notes to Old Nico later.
The cabinet he gave to the teacher needs to be used in conjunction with the other one. The cabinet on his side can be used to send things there.
It's just that only things with strong imagery of death can be preserved in that world.
Old Nico likes to keep letters exchanged with friends, but he knows it very well.
The funeral ended very simply. Only old Nico's friends were invited, not even Arthur and his wife. How many living friends does he have?
But the aftermath still needs to be dealt with by Raven.
For example, Lucius invited him to Malfoy Manor as a guest.
Draco is Draco, Lucius is Lucius,
Raven has always made the distinction very clear.
He knew very well that Lucius's purpose was nothing more than a temptation.
Nowadays, Fang is a giant in the European transportation manufacturing industry.
Firebolts are a dimensionality-reducing blow to flying broomsticks. Old broom manufacturers such as "Nimbus" and "Sweepsweep" controlled by Fang Company can also crush other flying broomsticks after technological upgrading.
As for the flying carpet, Lucius led other pure-blood families and used their monopoly advantage in the UK to continuously transfuse blood to other branches and carve up a lot of the market.
The only ones that can rival today's fangs are the Will Smith family who have mastered the Floo powder formula.
In the past, Fang was held by Old Nico, but now it has been transferred to Raven. When news of the share changes came out, some people naturally had mixed feelings.
Malfoy relied on his fangs to vaguely become the leader of the pure-blood family's interest group, but the price was that he was also driven by the collective will of these pure-blood families.
I hope Lucius isn't that stupid, Raven thought to herself.
12 month 27 day.
Lucius and Narcissa were standing at the door, fully dressed. Draco was not there. He had gone to school. Their appointment with Raven was at nine in the morning, and there were still fifteen minutes left before the agreed time.
Although today was a normal school day, Malfoy, as a member of the school board, still had an exclusive channel to communicate with Hogwarts, and it was easy for Raven to get an extra day off.
The hands on the watch reached nine o'clock, and the Malfoys still didn't see Raven in their field of vision.
With a snap, a house elf wearing a worn pillowcase came to the host and his wife.
"Master...Master, a guest suddenly appeared in the living room just now. He...he asked Dobby where the masters were."
Lucius and Narcissa were stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other. The old-school gentleman wizard didn't even wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and trotted back to the living room of the manor.
Malfoy Manor is the base of a pure-blood family! It is blocked and protected by heavy magic! As a result, Raven just apparated in (Chapter 35) without even triggering an alarm.
"Haha, isn't this the most distinguished partner of our Malfoy family, Mr. Weasley? It's a pity that my wife and I didn't welcome you."
Lucius stretched out his hands towards Raven, who was sitting carelessly on the sofa.
It didn't matter if Draco wasn't here, the two of them could just chat in the most business-like way.
"Mr. Malfoy, you know, I'm still a student and I'm in a hurry, so I apparated and came in directly. I hope you don't mind my rude behavior. Come to me on the first day after Christmas. Your matter will be resolved." It’s also urgent, right?”
Raven stretched out his hand to shake Lucius's hand and got straight to the point.
Lucius sighed pretentiously and said,
"It was Ali Bashir (Chapter 32). He told me that due to recent..."
Lucius pretended to be hesitant.
"Recently, the supply of flying carpets in the UK has been too large, and it will be difficult for him to supply them, unless..."
Seeing Lucius's behavior, Raven calmed down a little.
It seems that this guy Ali Bashir is responsible for this. The pure-blood families are just waiting and watching, so let's not attack them this time.
"Unless what?" Raven said calmly, with a relaxed and calm tone, which made Lucius have a bad premonition.
"Unless you share the technology in your hands with him, he can expand his productivity faster."
"Well, I understand. Leave this matter to me. You go contact Sirius and we will continue to talk here tomorrow."
He still had an extremely calm and indifferent attitude.
Lucius was now sure that this was not murderous intent, but a gesture of sweeping away the weeds. Ali Bashir was in danger.
