themonasnovels Chapter 218 Malfoy Manor
Chapter 218 Malfoy Manor
Chapter 218 Malfoy Manor
South West England,
Wiltshire.
A huge estate.
Malfoy Manor has existed on this land for 1000 years, but few people know that Malfoy's ancestors were not from England.
The first of the family to come to England was Armand Malfoy, who came here with the Norman Conquest.
Thus, William I the Conqueror granted him a piece of land in Wiltshire, England.
Since then, for nearly a thousand years, the Malfoy family has continuously annexed the surrounding Muggle lands and expanded their already large manor.
They also successfully dabbled in Muggle currency and assets, becoming one of the wealthiest wizarding families in Britain.
This kind of abundance has continued to this day, reaching its peak with the rise of the Dark Lord, but then turning from prosperity to decline as the opponent lost power.
In the past ten years of ups and downs, the situation of the family has become worse and worse. This is the fate of standing on the wrong team.
In the gorgeous study room, there were only two silent people sitting beside a long and well-decorated table.
A great fire burned brightly in the marble fireplace, and above it was a gilt mirror, which illuminated the room.
After flipping through the information he had just received, Lucius Malfoy finally raised his head and looked at his wife, Narcissa Malfoy, who was drinking coffee.
Lucius leaned back on the chair and asked softly, "Sissy (Narcisha's nickname), is the journey going well?"
"It's not smooth, the waves over there are too big." Narcissa stirred the silver spoon and sighed.
Azkaban Castle is located on a lonely island in the middle of the North Sea. It did not belong to the Ministry of Magic at first, but was built by a dark wizard named Extis.
His purpose was to lure Muggle ships to the island, conduct various researches, and finally torture them to death.
Therefore, he directly selected the site in a storm-prone area.
July and August are the season when the storm is strongest.
"How is Bella?" Lucius asked concerned.
"My sister's condition is very bad..." Narcissa said sadly, "I almost can't recognize her."
Lucius picked up a cup of black tea and sneered, "Of course it's bad, living in that environment for 11 years... Do you know why Azkaban didn't set up Auror guards?
Because the dementors can absorb all the hope and all the happy feelings of the prisoners, the prisoners there are tortured so badly by the dementors that no one can escape. "
"Can you save Bella?" Narcissa looked at her husband pleadingly.
Lucius glared at Narcissa, and said sternly: "Sissy, don't mention such things, we have nothing to do with Death Eaters on the surface!
save her?
How many Galleons did I spend to bribe the Ministry of Magic and escape trial?
And what about the Bellatrix woman? !
Knowing that the Dark Lord had lost power, she was so bold as to torture the Longbottoms with the Cruciatus Curse;
During the trial, she even blatantly clamored that the Dark Lord would return and everyone would die!
Not giving Bella a dementor's kiss would be considered cheap for her. "
Narcissa's right hand with the emerald ring trembled slightly.
How could she not know this.
but……
"Bella is my real sister after all!"
Lucius shook his head and sighed.
"We are not the same as before, and the days are getting more and more difficult. Although Fudge is in power, everyone knows that he listens to Dumbledore and is just Dumbledore's dog!
You look at this. "
Lucius threw the information he had just obtained to Narcissa.
After Narcissa opened it, she frowned and asked in doubt: "The new "Muggle Protection Act"...what does it have to do with us, and we didn't bully Muggles?"
"Of course it is, look at this one." Lucius pointed to one of the passages, and he read: "'Designed to protect Muggles from dark magic creations', how many dark magic items do we have in our house? !"
"They still dare to search Malfoy Manor?" Narcissa said sharply.
"Why don't you dare!" Lucius said angrily: "Arthur Weasley participated in the drafting of this law, and he is also the director of the Office of Prohibiting the Misuse of Muggle Substances.
Although this position is useless, but with this law, he can raid our house openly! "
Narcissa frowned and said, "Can you settle it with money?"
"Not optimistic." Lucius shook his head, "Dumbledore hates our family, and many people fear him and begin to alienate our family.
Money is not working! "
Lucius sighed, "Also, let you go to see your sister Bella this time, do you know how many Galleons I spent and how many relationships I used?
Fuji is a beast that can't get enough!
Don't look at the smile on his face every day, he seems to have a good relationship with me, and when it's time to make money, he doesn't hesitate at all.
It's hard to save your sister! "
In this regard, Lucius Malfoy admired his primary school brother Snape very much.
Snape had secretly climbed to Dumbledore's high branch long ago.
Even though they are both Death Eaters, after the Dark Lord lost his power, he was directly sponsored by Dumbledore, and he became a Potions professor by the way, not to mention how nourishing his life was.
You have a good eye!
If Lucius had known that the Dark Lord would be defeated by a baby, he would have surrendered a long time ago. How could he have fallen into this dilemma?
"So, there's really no way to save Bella?"
Narcissa covered her mouth and began to cry, her chest heaved violently and her cheeks were flushed.
"Of course, it's not hopeless." Lucius looked at his wife with pity and breathed a sigh of relief.
"How can I save her?" Narcissa raised her head.
"Even if the Galleon isn't working, it's still Galleon. It can't be saved now, it's just that the price isn't high enough."
Lucius stared at his wife and asked, "So your sister agrees? Is she willing to transfer all the property in Gringotts to your name?
We'll use her fortune to get her out..."
Narcissa shook her head.
Lucius frowned and said, "Didn't you tell her that the Ministry of Magic is proposing to introduce a bill to cooperate with Gringotts to clean up the property of those criminals imprisoned for life?"
Of course, this is just a proposal and cannot be passed. After all, private property is sacred and inviolable.
But with this excuse, Lucius wanted his wife to take over Bella's treasury.
As a child of the Black family, Bella was loved by her mother and received a considerable fortune.
The thought of such a huge fortune being placed in Gringotts made Lucius' heart ache.
He has a kind heart, and he doesn't want to see other people's gold fall into ashes in Gringotts.
Of course, if the family's gold falls to ashes, it will also fall. It's not a big deal. She Xiaojia takes care of everyone's spirit.
Lucius is more willing to take care of others.
That's why he sent Narcissa to Azkaban.
Lucius wanted to use the excuses of 'the Ministry of Magic confiscated the Gringotts gold' and 'bribing the officials to release Bella' to trick the Black family's treasury into... ah bah...reasonably move it to the Malfoy's house!
Narcissa shook her head. "Honey, Bella is already crazy, you didn't see her like that... When she saw me, she grabbed my hand and asked if the Dark Lord had returned?
She was crazy, and she kept repeating the happy days with the Dark Lord..."
"Stupid!" Lucius asked again. "And what about Sirius Black?"
It stands to reason that Sirius has no inheritance rights, and he has been removed.
Except for Bella and Narcissa, most of the Black family's inheritance will go to Regulus Black.
But Regulus died long ago, and Sirius, the only male in the Black family, survived. His mother's will became invalid and became a legal succession.
Legal inheritance does not follow the will of the decedent, but by blood.
Therefore, most of the property is in the hands of Sirius.
"Sirius... he just smiled when he saw me... as if he was watching a joke."
Narcissa shrank her head in fear, as if recalling the scene that day.
"Let's go again sometime, I'll be with you." Lucius said unwillingly.
"It's beyond my expectation that they can survive for so long. If they all die in Azkaban, the inheritance will really be completely gone."
As the top pure-blood family, the Black family has more gold in their treasury than the Malfoy family. Lucius is really reluctant to let it go!
"Honey," Narcissa asked cautiously after a moment of silence, "The Dark Lord... Will he make a comeback?"
Lucius raised his head and stared blankly at the ceiling, his voice echoed in the empty study.
"I don't know, but I'd rather he... never... never come back."
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