Hogwarts starts with stealing power

They came to the door of the living room in the manor.

This door also opened as soon as they approached.

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

He had two thin beards and was rushing out with the help of a house elf.

As he ran out, the house elf helped him put on his outer clothes and moved 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."

The house elf next to him also reminded him in a low voice:

"Master, Master, your tie has not been sent yet!"

The short and fat man hurriedly said, "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 family of the Malfoy family cannot obtain the complete surname "Malfoy" and must add a name "zero" in front to distinguish them.

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

On the contrary, Vincent should be very concerned.

But Draco thought that he came out on this trip to represent the face of the Malfoy family.

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

"Vicent, since you know I'm coming, why don't you come out to greet me as soon as possible, but let me come over in person?"

Vicent bent down, his posture was very low, and he said respectfully:

"It's not that I don't want to come out early, but... Alas, Master, I tell you the truth, I accidentally overslept.

I'm old, I need to sleep more in the morning, you came too early."

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

And this time is exactly the time when people in the Muggle world go to work.

At this time, 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 pretended to accept his explanation reluctantly.

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 about things in the dining room? I saw that you seemed to 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, but Hermione, who suddenly reacted, stepped hard on his toes.

"Ouch!"

Ron couldn't help but jump up, screaming, and said to Hermione: "What are you doing?"

Hermione said calmly: "Sorry, I just wanted to walk over and accidentally stepped on your foot."

Vincent still didn't respond, and Lin Xia spoke again:

"Why, don't you want us to go to the dining table, or don't you want to prepare a hearty breakfast?"

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

The house elf also nodded blankly: "Yes, yes."

After sitting down at the dining table, Lin Xia suddenly stood up and looked at Hermione:

"I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach and want to go to the bathroom. Hermione, you go with me."

As soon as these words came out, the little wizard's face 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 code they agreed on when they were riding the magic car.

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

Although the famous compass did not warn her, the problem should be within her solution.

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

So she agreed on a secret code with everyone -

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

That means I feel that this manor is very wrong, and you should not let your guard down.

As soon as you encounter something wrong, take out the life-saving magic Draco gave you.

Then immediately cast a defensive spell and quickly escape.

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

Lin Xia repeatedly warned, and the other little wizards nodded carefully, indicating that they listened.

But they didn't expect that Lin Xia would warn them not long after entering the manor.

Harry and Ron were silent, feeling a strange and weird 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 dining room. 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 by the house elf to the bathroom.

Close the door.

Lin Xia waved the wand gently and activated the silent spell——

Anti-eavesdropping spell.

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

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

But when it comes to important things that need to be hidden, and if you want to ensure the power, you can use a staff to cast spells silently.

Rely on these four methods, with or without a stick, with or without sound.

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

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

"There is something very wrong with this manor. As soon as I entered, I felt 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.

Not knowing what she smelled, she wrinkled her nose and sneezed hard.

She didn't know much about vague babble.

In this regard, Lin Xia knows more details than she does.

But she had a few things to say about the bathroom.

"This smell is very similar to the smell of something that has just been cleaned with a cleaning spell. I can smell it. I often use cleaning spells to do housework.

This is the smell when I use the cleaning spell, and the bathroom has probably not been cleaned for a long time.

Even after using the cleaning spell, there was still a lot of dust left behind. "

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 the hiding 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 slightly sensitive to dust.

The surface of this bathroom is very clean, but the biggest source of allergies is hidden under the wash basin. "

Lin Xia said calmly: "So, it is very likely that no one has lived in this manor for a long time.

But because of Draco's impromptu visit, they had to clean up in a hurry. "

Hermione was even more suspicious: "The owner of the manor, Vicente, rushed out in such a hurry. It didn't look like he hadn't woken up, but rather 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 murmurs from the evil god's side had no effect on Lin Xia, but not necessarily on other little wizards.

Although according to the existing theory in the wizarding world - if you can't sense the evil god's murmurs, then you will also not be affected by the murmurs.

But just because it can't be sensed doesn't mean the babble doesn't exist, it's just there.

It's just that I can't sense it, and I haven't established a connection, 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 louder and stronger murmurs than in the manor.

Hermione agreed with Lin Xia's idea.

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

After the discussion, the two left the bathroom.

Lin Xia noticed that the house elf seemed to have been parked at the door of the bathroom, with his back to them.

Like a silent statue.

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

The house elf turned around and respectfully guided them again.

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

The elf replied: "Zit."

Hermione also started asking: "Do you all like to name two-letter house elves?"

The house elf was a little stuck for a moment and seemed unable to react.

Hermione then asked the question again.

The house elf then said slightly cautiously: "Yes, yes."

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

She didn't know what she thought of, and suddenly reached out and touched the small satchel she was carrying, and found a strange object inside.

Strange object: puppet

Function: A controlled puppet that can live a repetitive life according to set rules without the need for constant supervision from the controller.

Effect: Group synergy.

When Qite's back was turned to her, Lin Xia took out the puppet and subconsciously waved at its back.

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

The power activated by the puppet was actually bounced back.

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

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

The soundless silence and Chit's eyes as big as copper bells added a bit of weirdness to the scene.

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

Qiqi seemed to have come back to his senses, turned around, shook his head and muttered to himself.

"Yes, strangeness leads the way, strangeness leads the way."

Lin Xia and Hermione looked at this scene with their hearts sinking.

Even Hermione noticed something strange.

But she wasn't sure what was going on.

Lin Xia already had a vague answer in her heart.

She just put a little magic in the puppet, and then tentatively let the puppet activate its power on Chit.

But this force was actually bounced back, and was even noticed by Chit.

This is most likely because Chit himself has the power to control certain rules, so he cannot accept the power of the puppet.

Chite, maybe he is being manipulated!

Hermione and Lin Xia returned to the restaurant.

At this time, Draco had already asked Vincent which family bought the house-elf named "Dobby"?

Vincent nervously wiped the sweat from his forehead and hesitated to answer.

When he saw Chite, he seemed to have seen a life-saving straw, and he told Chite to quickly prepare the food.

Vincent said angrily: "Chite, you are too slow. How can you let the distinguished guests wait for so long? Why don't you prepare it quickly?!"

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

A few seconds later, he came back to the dining room with a whip in his hand.

Vincent whipped Chite angrily!

Hearing the sound of the house-elf kneeling and crying for mercy, the anger in his heart seemed to disappear.

Ron and others became more and more silent.

The "slap" sounded again and again, seemingly whipping the house-elf, but in fact it was really slapping their faces.

Draco understood that Vincent was trying to show off his power to them!

He looked at Gaseppe.

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

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

He said in an extremely arrogant tone: "I will teach you how to punish house-elves, Gaseppe, show your skills."

The next second, Gaseppe appeared in front of Chette and whipped him hard.

This time, the strange scream was more real, and it made people feel extremely painful, without any trace of showmanship.

After just one whip, Vincent's eyelids jumped and he hurriedly stopped it.

He grabbed Gaseppe's long whip with his hand and said with a smile: "Master Draco, let Chette go down to prepare the food first, I'm afraid it will delay 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 lifted his eyelids lightly and said nothing.

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

A sharp pain came from his hand, causing Vincent to loosen the whip.

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

"Ah!!" Zit screamed again.

This pain seemed to penetrate into his soul.

Vincent quickly moved the extremely weak Zit away and waved his hand in disdain: "Hurry up and prepare the food, don't keep the distinguished guests waiting!"

Zit staggered away.

Lin Xia noticed a detail. Although Zit was a house elf, he didn't use magic in front of Vincent.

Vincent returned to his chair.

At this time, he revealed some information.

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

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

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

Vicente asked hurriedly: "What method?"

Draco originally wanted to say Narcissa's 10,000, but suddenly he had an idea and changed his words:

"The price of a house elf on the black market is 200,000 gold galleons. You sold the house elf given to you by the master without authorization.

Then you only need to fill the hole of 200,000 gold galleons, and we will pretend that nothing happened."

After he finished speaking, he added: "Counting the interest that has been deceived over the years, you need to pay an additional 10,000 gold galleons."