novelraw Chapter 224 Gringotts Explosion
Chapter 224 Gringotts Explosion
"I need a computer, an advanced one - not the kind you can buy from any Muggle shop - and a microscope," said Harry, counting what she needed to Professor Snape and old Malfoy, counting on her fingers. Condition, "So I need to leave school, at least for an afternoon."
Snape would hesitate to ask Harry to take any action, even if the action was just to investigate a key, "Tracking and location magic won't work?"
"They are all the mansions of pure-blood wizards," Lucius said. "Whenever pure-bloods buy a house, if they intend to pass it on to future generations, they will put positioning magic on it as soon as possible." He admitted , maybe he is indeed too desperate, desperate, and even has unrealistic fantasies about Potter...
Perhaps Potter's Muggle scientific resources could help him?It doesn't need a detailed location, he just needs Potter to tell him which country he is in, and he can save a lot of time - Narcissa can also save a few days of suffering.
Lucius believed that Bella could handle the so-called limited food and drinking water supply.
"But before you can provide me with any valuable information," Lucius of course had to bargain with Potter and Severus, he looked at the two of them, one big and one small, "Dumbledore can't know."
"Fair enough." Harry nodded.
So, after Snape banned Longbottom, Crabbe, and Goyle from continuing to operate potions in this class, and Ragrange took the podium as the temporary head of class safety, he took Harry...truant.
After the group left the campus and disapparated to London, facing the colorful world of Muggles, Harley immediately felt like she was at home.
"Give me the key, you wait here, or any landmark building," she decided to start the action, "We will meet in two hours."
"Where are you going?" Old Malfoy grabbed her arm. "Why are you leaving alone? Is it a scam?"
Harry shook it off, "It's simple, because I don't trust you to this extent."
Just kidding, Uncle Bruce's safe house can be entered by outsiders at will?Not even close!
Snape stopped Malfoy, who was still unyielding, "We'll give you two hours, go." He silently used his wand to remove the tracking spell that Malfoy had quietly placed on Harry, and at the same time, quietly pointed at Malfoy. Fu shook his head.
After Potter's back disappeared into the bustling crowd of Muggles, Lucius snorted coldly, "You are enough to trust a teenage girl."
"She's worth it." Snape dropped a sentence, and walked towards a Muggle coffee shop without thinking.
Draco looked at his father, then at Professor Snape, sighed, trotted a few steps, and chose to follow the head of Slytherin.This made Lucius even more angry.
Harry was on time to return two hours later, throwing the key back to old Malfoy.
"I found several kinds of bacteria that exist in a high-salt environment. This house is most likely located on the coast." She was a little ashamed. If Uncle Bruce was here, he would definitely find more directional details. She still doesn't know enough .
"That's all I can do. If you knew..."
Harry's unfinished words were interrupted by Malfoy who jumped excitedly——
"I know where it is, Narcissa's parents, there is a manor on the coast of Northern Ireland!"
The blond wizard was about to set off with his son, and Harry drew out his wand.
"I've done my part, it's your turn, Malfoy," Harry said seriously, "What the hell happened?"
"Nothing to say, Potter," Malfoy smiled slyly. "You should at least make an agreement with me, and you have one? I don't recall any."
Harry really... wanted to punch him in the face!
But before Snape could intervene, and before Malfoy could forcefully Disapparate, Draco had run out of patience.
"Tell her, Father, she has helped us so much..."
Draco walked slowly to Harry's side, facing his father, this incident made Harry's eyes widen.
"You always tell me how the reputation of the Malfoy family needs to be carefully managed. If you don't do what you say in this matter, I won't leave with you." He said firmly.
"Now that you know where Narcissa is," Snape interjected, "taking half an hour to meet Dumbledore alone is the least contribution you can make. A mention of your service on Zengamot, even, an Order of Merlin is not out of the question."
Even his son was on the same side as Potter... Lucius was itching with anger.The Order of Merlin?Snape also underestimated him too much, this kind of thing can't buy him... But, if he can really calculate some merits, it can pave the way for his son.
Sitting in the reception chair in the headmaster's office at Hogwarts, Lucius was surprised that he could still be distracted from thinking about future post-war plans at such a critical moment.
He quickly told about the process of the Dark Lord's resurrection and Bella's death, while paying attention to Dumbledore's expression.But Lucius found that he couldn't see what the old Gryffindor fox in front of him was thinking.Are you confident?Winner?Or frown in thought?This standard movement of ten fingers forming a spire is indeed very suitable for mystification, and the long white beard can even cover the corners of the mouth that reveal emotions.
Potter, on the other hand, had already stood up, with disgust and panic on his face—still too young—but at least this girl didn't show obvious fear, and she still had a future.
"My duty is done," Lucius glanced coldly at Potter and Snape, and gave his son a sharper look.He stood up and stretched out his hand to Draco, "If you have no other important business for the time being, please forgive my father and son for leaving first, and my wife is still waiting for me in Northern Ireland. Goodbye, no," he snorted softly, "It's best Goodbye."
"Thank you very much for Mr. Malfoy's generosity today." Dumbledore finally said the first sentence of the day besides entertaining them. "If we take down Voldemort, can you be notified with an owl?"
"Don't talk big, Dumbledore," Lucius straightened his hair, "We all know the treasury can't stop him." Considering this, he made up his mind that the three of them must get on the plane to the United States today ——It is impossible for the Dark Lord to hijack an entire plane at the risk of alerting the Muggles.
"Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Malfoy," Dumbledore's leisurely voice came from behind Lucius, "As a basic return, we will find a way to update you on the latest progress. Good luck."
Malfoy didn't reply, he pulled his son and walked out of the principal's office without looking back.
Draco took the time to turn his head and waved Harry slightly to say goodbye.
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Harley said whatever he wanted, neither Headmaster Dumbledore nor Professor Snape wanted to take her on a trip to Gringotts.
Professor Snape firmly refused, "Don't even think about it!"
However, the old principal dispelled all Harry's thoughts with a smiling expression and light words, "You need to go to the last class in the afternoon, Harry." The effect is comparable to Professor Snape's ten curses.Harry had always wondered if the old headmaster had used some kind of mind-affecting magic...
Harry was morose until dinner, and, more worryingly, Professor Dumbledore's chair was empty in the middle of the table of honor.
Professor Snape came back instead, and was cutting the steak into pieces, like the standard unit of potion ingredients, but he didn't use a fork to put one into his mouth.
Was it because he was so absorbed in thinking that he forgot that what was on the plate in front of him was food?
After dinner, Harry went against the flow of people and squeezed to Professor Snape who was about to return to his office.
"I think..." Harry summoned up his courage, "I think I have a right to know the situation. I'm no longer that moron who needs everyone's protection."
Snape looked left and right, scaring off a few passing students with his eyes.
He sighed, looking very tired, "You've never been an imbecile, and I won't allow you to think of yourself that way."
"There was an explosion under Gringotts, and you'll see it in the papers tomorrow," he whispered. "All the goblins who were in Gringotts at the time were dead. With this level of magical ability, maybe... the Dark Lord It did reappear."
"Apart from the missing Dark Lord, another serious problem is that we may detonate the goblin rebellion again," he said to Harry, who was obviously shocked by the news. Hold a meeting overnight to appease the leader of the goblins."
"The good news is - Draco has successfully rescued his mother, and they are already on the plane to the United States. At least we have successfully cut off the Dark Lord's biggest source of money."