Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 232: The controlled house elf, Lin Xia initially builds a magic system, Draco asks for a sky-high price
They came to the door of the manor's living room.

This door would also open immediately as they approached.

Before they walked into the door, they saw a fat and short man inside.

It had two thin whiskers and was rushing out in a hurry with the help of a house-elf.

As he ran outside, the house-elf helped him put on his outer clothes, moving in sync with him.

When the man saw Draco, his eyes lit up and he breathed a sigh of relief.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Master Draco, you and your friends are welcome to visit us."

The house elf next to him reminded him quietly:
"Master, Master, your tie hasn't been sent yet!"

The short, fat man said quickly, "Send it to me quickly. I can't make a fool of myself in front of Master Draco!"

This very distinctive man is named Vincent Zero Malfoy, and he is also the owner of this manor.

The collateral branches of the Malfoy family were unable to obtain the complete surname "Malfoy" and had to add a "zero" in front of their names to distinguish them.

At least judging from Vincent's attitude, the other young wizards, including Draco, did not think that the owner of the manor did not value them.

On the contrary, Vicente should take it very seriously.

But Draco thought that he was coming out to represent the reputation of the Malfoy family.

So he raised his chin proudly and asked in a haughty tone:

"Vicente, since you knew I was coming, why didn't you come out to greet me first, but let me come over in person?"

Vicente bowed his head, lowered his head, and said respectfully:

“It’s not that I don’t want to come out early, but… Hey, Master, I’m telling you the truth, I accidentally overslept.

I am old and need to sleep more in the morning. You came too early. "

Lin Xia looked down at the magic watch on her wrist. They had set out early and arrived at the manor at nine o'clock.

This time is also the time when people in the Muggle world go to work.

At this time normally, Lin Xia and the others would also be studying in Hogwarts, so everyone was used to it.

But for other wizards, it might be a little early.

Draco accepted the explanation with a hint of reluctance.

Just as Vincent led them to sit on the sofa in the living room, Lin Xia seemed to notice something, raised her eyebrows slightly, and suddenly said:

"I think your dining table is very beautiful. How about we talk in the dining room? I see you have prepared a sumptuous breakfast, right?"

The other little wizards followed Lin Xia's gaze and saw that the gorgeous rectangular dining table was empty.

Everyone was confused.

Even Vincent was a little stunned for a moment.

Ron wanted to speak again, but Hermione suddenly reacted and stepped on his toe hard.

"Ouch!"

Ron couldn't help but jump up, uttered a scream, and said to Hermione, "What are you doing?"

Hermione said calmly, "I'm sorry, I was trying to walk over and accidentally stepped on your foot."

Vincent still didn't respond, so Lin Xia spoke again:
"Why, you don't want us to go to the dining table, or you don't want to prepare a hearty breakfast?"

Vincent came back to his senses and nodded repeatedly: "Of course I would, my house-elf is right next to us, he can prepare a very sumptuous breakfast for us."

The house elf nodded blankly: "Yes, that's right."

After sitting down at the table, Lin Xia suddenly stood up and looked at Hermione:
"My stomach feels a little uncomfortable and I need to go to the bathroom. Hermione, please come with me."

As soon as these words came out, the little wizard's expression changed a little.

But they quickly reacted, lowered their heads and adjusted their expressions.

Hermione stood up: "Okay, I'll go with you."

This was the secret code they agreed upon when they were riding on the magic car.

Lin Xia felt that they might encounter some danger on their trip to the manor of a collateral family.

Although the famous compass did not give her a warning, the problem should be within her ability to solve.

But when she set out, she always felt a subtle strangeness in her heart, which made her have to be alert.

So she agreed on a secret code with everyone -

"Listen, if I go to the bathroom after entering the manor, and ask Hermione to go with me.

That means I feel something is wrong with this manor, so you should not let your guard down.

If you encounter anything wrong, take out the life-saving item Draco gave you.

Then he immediately cast a defensive spell and quickly fled.

Remember, don't even think about attacking, our methods are still too weak for adult wizards!"

Lin Xia gave repeated instructions, and the other little wizards nodded seriously, indicating that they had listened.

But they didn't expect that Lin Xia warned them not long after they entered the manor.

Harry and Ron were silent, sensing a strange and eerie atmosphere.

Draco's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked up at the living room not far away.

Lin Xia took the initiative to ask to go to the restaurant. Did she find something strange in the living room?
But Draco took a few glances and found nothing.

On the other side, Lin Xia and Hermione were led to the bathroom by the house-elf.

Closed the door.

Lin Xia gently waved her magic wand and silently cast a spell -

Anti-eavesdropping spell.

The magic wand can accurately assist the little wizard to exert and guide the magic power in the body.

If it is not a very important matter, Lin Xia will choose to cast the spell silently and without a wand.

But when you encounter something important that needs to be kept secret and you want to ensure power, you can use a staff to cast the spell silently.

Relying on these four methods: with a rod or without a rod, with sound or without sound.

She has built up her own magic-casting system and uses it flexibly every day.

After casting the anti-eavesdropping spell, Lin Xia said carefully:

"There is something wrong with this manor. As soon as I entered, I could sense the vague whispers from the evil god. This proves that many strange phenomena have occurred in this manor."

As soon as Hermione entered the bathroom, she observed the layout around her.

She smelled something, wrinkled her nose and sneezed violently.

She didn't know much about the mumbling.

In this regard, Lin Xia knew more details than her.

But she did have a few things to say about the bathroom.

"This smell is very much like the smell of having just been cleaned with a cleaning spell. I can smell it. I often use cleaning spells to do housework.

This is the smell when you use a cleaning spell, and the bathroom probably hasn't been cleaned for a long time.

Even with the cleaning spell, a lot of dust still remained."

Hermione said as she bent down to find the trash can.

The next second, she raised her eyebrows and pushed out the trash can hidden in a hidden place.

When I opened it, it was full of powder.

Hermione and Lin Xia couldn't help but look at each other.

Hermione said: "No wonder I still sneeze when I come in, I am a little sensitive to dust.

The bathroom appears clean on the surface, but the biggest allergy source is hidden under the wash basin.”

Lin Xia said calmly: “So, this manor may have been uninhabited for a long time.

But because of Draco's unexpected visit, I cleaned it up in a hurry."

Hermione was even more suspicious: "The owner of the manor, Vincent, rushed out in such a hurry. He didn't look like he was still asleep. Instead, he looked like he came from somewhere else." Lin Xia made a decisive decision: "We will only stay in the manor for an hour, and we must leave after an hour!"

The vague mumblings from the evil god had no effect on Lin Xia, but that might not be the case for other little wizards.

Although according to the existing theory in the wizarding world - if you cannot sense the evil god's whispers, then you will not be affected by them either.

But just because you can’t sense it doesn’t mean the whispering doesn’t exist; it’s there.

It's just that there's no way to sense it and no connection has been established, so the impact is very slight, but it's still an impact.

The reason why Lin Xia didn’t go to the living room.

It was because in the living room, I heard whispers that were even stronger and louder than those in the manor.

Hermione agreed with Lin Xia's idea.

"We are still too weak. We must protect ourselves first."

After the two finished their discussion, they left the bathroom.

Lin Xia noticed that the house-elf seemed to have been staying at the door of the bathroom with its back to them.

Like a silent statue.

After hearing her and Hermione's footsteps, he seemed to be activated and his body moved slightly.

The house-elf turned around and respectfully led the way for them again.

Lin Xia then asked curiously: "What's your name?"

The elf replied, "Chett."

Hermione also began to ask: "When naming your house-elves, do you like to use two-character names?"

The house elf froze for a moment, as if it wasn't reacting.

Hermione then asked the question again.

The house-elf then said a little stiffly, "Yes, yes."

Lin Xia commented in her heart: Not relaxed and natural enough.

She didn't know what she was thinking about, and suddenly she reached out and touched the small bag on her back, and took out a strange object from it.

Wonderful Object: Puppet

Function: A manipulable puppet that can live a repetitive life according to set rules, without the need for a controller to constantly monitor it.

Effect: Group enhancement.

When Qi Te turned his back to her, Lin Xia took out the puppet and subconsciously waved it towards its back.

However, the next second, the puppet felt slightly hot.

The force exerted by the puppet was actually bounced back.

Lin Xia acted quickly and immediately threw the puppet back into the bag.

At the same time, Qi Te also turned his head from the front, stopped, and stared at Lin Xia and Hermione.

The silent atmosphere and Qi Te's eyes, which were as big as copper bells, added a sense of weirdness to the scene.

Lin Xia said, "Qite, aren't you leading the way?"

Qi Te seemed to come to his senses, turned around, shook his head and talked to himself.

"Yes, Qi Te is leading the way. Qi Te is leading the way."

Lin Xia and Hermione looked at this scene, feeling slightly depressed.

Even Hermione noticed something strange was wrong.

But she wasn't sure what had gone wrong.

Lin Xia already had a vague answer in her heart.

She simply put a little magic into the puppet, and then tentatively let the puppet unleash its power on Chette.

But this force was actually bounced back and was noticed by Qi Te.

It is very likely that Qi Te himself also has some kind of power to control the rules, so he cannot accept the power of the puppet.

Qi Te, maybe he was manipulated!

Hermione and Lin Xia returned to the restaurant.

At this time, Draco had already asked Vincent which family purchased the house-elf named "Dobby"?
Vicente wiped the sweat from his forehead nervously and stammered without answering.

When he saw Qi Te, he seemed to have found a life-saving straw. He took advantage of the power of others and ordered Qi Te to quickly prepare the food.

Vicente said angrily: "Qite, you are too slow. How can you let the distinguished guest wait for so long? Go and prepare it quickly! "

As he spoke, he stood up and walked to the living room.

A few seconds later, he returned to the restaurant with a whip in his hand.

Vincent whipped at Zitt angrily!
When he heard the house-elf kneeling and crying for mercy, the anger in his heart seemed to disappear.

Ron and the others became even more silent.

The repeated "slap" sounds seemed to be slapping the house-elves, but in fact they were hitting them in the face.

Draco understood that Vincent was trying to intimidate them!

He looked at Gasseppe.

The next second, Gaseppe snapped his fingers and conjured up a long whip, which was even thicker and longer.

Draco said calmly, "Vicente, if you want to teach a house-elf a lesson, how can you use only that kind of whip?"

He said in a tone of great arrogance: "I will teach you how to punish a house-elf, Gaseppe, show me your skills."

The next second, Gaseppe appeared in front of Zit and slapped him hard.

This time, the strange screams were more realistic, and listening to them made people feel extremely painful, without any trace of show.

It was just a twitch, and Vincent's eyelids jumped, and he quickly stopped it.

He grasped Gaseppe's whip and said with a smile, "Master Draco, let Chette go down and prepare the food first. I'm afraid I'll spoil your precious stomach!"

Ron and Harry couldn't help but look at Draco. They were a little curious about what Draco would choose to do.

Draco just raised his eyelids lightly and said nothing.

Gaseppe seemed to understand what he meant and slapped him hard again.

A sharp pain came from his hand, forcing Vincent to let go of the whip.

If he didn't let go of the whip, he would have to bear the huge force of the whip.

"Ah!!" Qi Te screamed again.

This pain seemed to penetrate deep into the soul.

Vicente quickly moved the extremely weak Qi Te away and waved his hand in disdain: "Hurry up and prepare the food, don't keep the distinguished guest waiting for too long!"

Chette stumbled away.

Lin Xia noticed a detail. Although Chette was a house-elf, he rarely used magic in front of Vincent.

Vicente returned to his chair.

Only at this time did he reveal some information.

"Master Draco, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but this is a business transaction, and the premise of a business transaction is that the customer's information cannot be disclosed."

Vicente said with a frown, "You asked me to tell you the buyer's information. Doesn't this make it difficult for me to do business?"

Draco said calmly: "I also have ways to make it easier for you."

Vicente quickly asked: "What method?"

Draco was about to say Narcissa's ten thousand, but suddenly an idea struck him and he changed his words:
"The price of a house elf on the black market is 20 gold galleons, and you sold the house elf given to you by your master without permission.

Then you just need to fill the hole of 20 gold galleons, and we will pretend that nothing happened."

After he finished speaking, he added: "Including the interest you have been cheated of over the years, you will need to pay an additional 1 gold galleons."

(End of this chapter)