Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 231: The strange diary cover, the punishment from the master, the dark new manor

Harry felt like he had entered a strange room.

He walked into a door, and not long after he entered, the door suddenly creaked and closed automatically.

He immediately turned his head to take a look, but didn't find anything unusual.

Harry then continued to explore further 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 era!

These items all look worn out.

But this kind of shabbyness does not mean that it is broken, but that the surface is covered with a thick layer of dust.

It's strange to say.

Harry kept glancing over many of the objects, making no attempt to touch them.

But for some reason, he walked to a certain place and suddenly stopped.

There was something on the table in front, it was a cover.

The diary inside the cover was gone, but Harry felt oddly familiar with the cover.

He couldn't help but stretch out his hand, wanting to touch it.

Just as my 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 hitting rock bottom and bouncing back, Harry's mind immediately regained clarity.

The next second, he retracted his outstretched hand and turned around to respond: "I'm here!"

Lin Xia and others walked over.

"Why are you here?" Harry asked.

Lin Xia asked back: "You suddenly disappeared, we were all very worried about you, but why did you walk into this place?"

Harry's eyes were filled with confusion.

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 ache slightly.

The pain was very slight, and it didn't seem to irritate him, but more like a reminder.

Lin Xia glanced at the cover on the table, her eyes flickering slightly.

She said calmly: “Harry, this is the Malfoy family’s storage room, which contains many strange items.

Some of the items are rare and are not open to outsiders. Your intrusion here is an invasion of their private territory. Let's get out quickly."

Ron, Harry and Hermione walked out immediately, they were all a little worried that Narcissa would get angry.

Lin Xia stayed last.

While no one was paying attention, he took the cover off the table.

She recognized at a glance that the cover was a set with the diary.

Obviously, the diary came from the Malfoy family.

Lin Xia thought about the origin of Harry's diary, and the Malfoy family disposed of some dangerous items in advance.

When Lin Xia led Harry and others back to the living room, dinner had already been set.

The food at dinner was exquisite, but Harry and the others ate very reservedly.

Harry thought to himself: Eating for nobles is troublesome. Even using a knife and fork requires etiquette.

At the dinner table.

Not only him, Ron and Hermione also threw their knives and forks several times.

Every time the knife and fork landed on the plate, making a crisp "click" sound, it would attract Narcissa's attention.

This look made them shudder.

It was as if it was being looked at as some kind of food.

After dinner, Lin Xia took Harry and others to the room.

She didn't intend 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 down on the sofa.

Narcissa cast an anti-eavesdropping spell and asked Draco how his life was at school.

Draco said: "Everything is fine."

Narcissa frowned, "If it's good, then why are you asking about house elves?
Child, those are just slaves. It is their job to serve us well. You don't need to go to so much trouble to find a house-elf that has been sold."

Draco subconsciously spoke and acted carefully.

He knew that he must not tell his mother about Dobby's employment at Hogwarts, otherwise his mother would definitely ask him to kill Dobby.

A house-elf who betrays his master will not be allowed to survive!
Draco thought for a moment and said, "Mother, I have been very busy with my research recently, and I think I need a personal butler to take care of my life.

I remembered that we had a lot of house-elves in the past, and I just wanted to see if I could call one back from among them."

Narcissa nodded slightly and said, "That's perfect. There are other house-elves in the manor. I'll just give one to you."

Draco shook his head quickly, "No, Mother, I want to personally find a house-elf that suits my taste."

Narcissa asked suspiciously, "You searched for a long time and finally found that Dobby. What's so special about it?"

Draco thought quickly and said, "There's nothing special about it. Lin Xia did a fortune telling for me and said that the name Dobby is very suitable for my horoscope.

As you know, Lin Xia is an oriental sorcerer, and his bloodline has all kinds of strange abilities.

Since she said so, then I want the house-elf named Dobby.

Through investigation, I found that there was a cat with this name in the manor before, so I took great pains to find out about it and planned to get it back through a collateral line. "

Narcissa had read all his correspondence and knew something about Dobby's situation.

She said with great dissatisfaction: "We gave the elves to the side branches out of kindness, but they were so ungrateful that they even sold the elves!"

Draco: "I don't know who bought it, and I have to go through a side branch to get the family that bought it."

Taking this opportunity, he raised Lin Xia's concerns.

In the reasonable language art processing, it becomes your own worry.

Narcissa was delighted after hearing what he said. She 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 suitable for you.

Just pick up one at random, no, pick up three, and that will be enough to shock the other relatives so that they won’t dare to take any action against you.

At the same time, you take my seal and punish the collateral family on behalf of the main family.

They sold the house-elf given to them by the master without the master's consent, which is considered disrespectful and they need to be punished!"

Narcissa blew on her newly-finished manicure nonchalantly. "Just fine them 1 gold galleons. I won't force them. Just prepare it within a month."

Draco's eyelids twitched involuntarily, and he asked hesitantly: "Mother, isn't this a bit too much?"

Narcissa sneered, "I haven't yet held them accountable for illegally selling domesticated elves!

A house elf costs at least 20 Galleons on the black market, and it can help us do a lot of things."

In comparison with 20 gold galleons.

Draco suddenly felt that 1 gold Galleons were nothing.

However, he still remembered Lin Xia's reminder and asked Narcissa if she had any bodyguards available.

"Bodyguard?" Narcissa raised an eyebrow. "That's an interesting way of putting it."

She thought about it and said, "Let Gaseppe go with you, there's no need to find anyone else. It's capable enough." In Draco's impression.

House-elves have always been menial, doing unskilled tasks every day, equivalent to cleaners.

So he doesn't think Gaseppe is that great.

But my mother is a person who has the final say, and she will not change what she has decided.

Draco thought to himself: He should go to the storeroom later and pick out a few more life-saving items.

His mother only allowed him to take 3 pieces, but he took 5.

No, he took 6!
No, no, it’s better to take 10 pieces!

When Draco was communicating with Narcissa.

In the bedroom, Ron was bored and continued to experience various strange things.

Instead, it was Lin Xia who asked Harry, "Did you notice anything unusual in the manor?"

Harry asked hesitantly, "What do you mean by strange?"

Lin Xia said: "For example, does the scar on your forehead hurt? Or do you hear any other sounds here?"

Harry touched his forehead subconsciously 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 recovered quickly. As for the sound, I didn't hear anything."

Lin Xia thought for a while and confirmed again that Harry's headache was probably caused by the cover.

Fortunately, she was quite cautious with the diary and always kept it sealed in forbidden magic words.

Otherwise, if the diary is allowed to get out, there is no telling what kind of disaster may happen.

Lin Xia came back to her senses and clapped her hands: "Let's take advantage of the little time we have now to practice some defensive spells urgently.

I have a feeling that tomorrow when I go to the Malfoy branch family, things may not go so smoothly."

Hermione agreed with the suggestion 100%, "In fact, when I entered Malfoy Manor, I felt that I should practice defensive spells."

With Lin Xia and Hermione leading the way, Ron and Harry had no choice but to follow suit and practice.

When Harry fell asleep that night, his mind was still full of the armor spell.

Sometimes I felt like I had pronounced the word wrong, sometimes my gestures were incorrect, and the entire article was full of mistakes I had made.

night.

There was a sudden knock on the door and Lin Xia went to open it.

Draco, in his pajamas, looked back.

When he was sure that there was no one around, he spoke to Lin Xia quietly. 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 got up early and had time to run around Malfoy Manor a few times.

As for Hermione, she was woken by the magical alarm clock.

As soon as she got up, she called out to Ron and Harry to get up.

Everything went smoothly afterwards. 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 along?"

Draco replied in the same low voice: "This is the bodyguard my mother arranged for me."

Ron heard it, shrugged his shoulders somewhat exaggeratedly, and said in a suppressed voice:
“It looks so frail, how can it protect you?
No, he only protects you, right? Don’t let us be the ones protecting him!”

Gaseppe spoke at this time, still with that rhythmic tone, imitating the accent of the nobles.

"Dear guest with red hair, if you doubt my ability, why don't we duel on the spot?"

After leaving Malfoy Manor, Gasseppe only had to be responsible for Draco.

It is quite patient towards its little master.

But when facing other little wizards, it was not as respectful as it was 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 any more. Why don't you just fight this transformed creature of mine first?"

Lin Xia said calmly at this time: "Gaseppe, don't waste your magic power like this. 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 woven out 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 orders."

Hermione felt a little strange watching this scene.

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 matter-of-factly: "The wizarding world believes in the survival of the fittest, 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 has practiced with Gaseppe countless times.

Gaseppe should show her respect for her in a match."

His memory of the sparring session was already very vague.

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 found out that Lin Xia was looking for Gaseppe to fight against.

I don’t know how long it was, it seemed like only three months, and Lin Xia never looked for Gaseppe again.

After leaving the huge Malfoy Manor, they took a magic car and flew directly into the air to the collateral family.

Harry experienced air travel again and it was still amazing.

An hour later, we arrived at our destination.

Got off the flying car.

Lin Xia looked up at this secluded manor hidden in the mountains, his expression a little solemn, and a strange feeling flashed through his heart.

There's something wrong with this manor.

They arrived at the gate, and just as Draco was about to shout, the manor suddenly opened its door automatically.

Everyone looked at each other and walked in.

As soon as she entered, Lin Xia immediately felt a vague whisper invading her!
She turned to look at Draco and the others.

The others looked around curiously, and nothing seemed to be unusual.

Lin Xia probably understood.

She has a special physique, so those vague whispers will come to her.

But even when she was on night patrol at Hogwarts, she didn't often hear these mumblings.

However, it can be heard as soon as you enter the manor, which means that the manor may be more dangerous than Hogwarts.

Lin Xia looked around carefully.

This manor is not gorgeous, on the contrary it gives people a gloomy feeling.

Many green vines cover the surface of the manor. During the day, it looks like a sea of ​​green, as if it is connected to the mountains behind.

But once night falls, there are 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 taken seriously.

But soon after, he stopped thinking so.

(End of this chapter)