After chatting with Ryan for a few more words, Professor Dumbledore left. This was because on the one hand he was very busy under the current circumstances and did not have much free time. On the other hand, with the age of Principal Dumbledore sitting here
Most of you here are his students. If he were to sit here, many of you would be embarrassed to relax.
"What did Professor Dumbledore want with you?" Hermione asked as she sat next to Ryan with two glasses of ice-cold butterbeer in her hands after watching the principal leave.
"He told me that I would go to Azkaban with him tomorrow morning to pick up Malfoy's father." Ryan said after taking the butterbeer from Hermione's hand. "Lucius Malfoy's bail was successful. We need to
Send him to a safe place."
"Bail successfully?" Hermione asked in disbelief. "Can Lucius Malfoy, as a core Death Eater, be released on bail?"
"Indeed." Ryan nodded. "Before writing to Principal Dumbledore, I obtained the internal files of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement through Percy. What shocked me was that Lucius Malfoy only had very few cases.
He only participated in attacks involving ordinary people and did not commit any killings during the attacks. This is why he was allowed to be released on bail."
Ryan was surprised when he saw these files for the first time, but he soon became relieved. In the original book, after the end of the Second War, no one in the Malfoy family was imprisoned for being a Death Eater. It was not just because they provided
It makes sense to help. Especially since both Harry and Hermione are the kind of people who believe in justice from the bottom of their hearts. If the Malfoy family members are really the kind of people who kill innocent people indiscriminately, I don't think Harry and the others will.
Agreeing to let the Malfoys go completely unpunished...
"Incredible." Hermione said in surprise after hearing what Ryan said. "I find it hard to believe that an extreme blood theorist like Malfoy has never touched human life on his hands."
"But that's the truth." Ryan explained to Hermione after taking a sip of butterbeer. "Their family is not so much pursuing pure blood as it is pursuing power and wealth. Before the Wizarding Secrecy Regulations were implemented in 1692,
The Malfoy family has even been active in the aristocratic circles of Muggles. According to the notes I found in Sirius's house, they had to withdraw from Muggle social circles to comply with the secrecy law. The Malfoy family was still a firm opponent of the regulations at that time.
"
"This is really an interesting history." Hermione was quickly intrigued by this secret. She put the glass of ice-cold butterbeer on the table and asked, "Besides this, what else do you know?
"
"According to gossip, the first Lucius Malfoy unsuccessfully pursued Elizabeth I. Some magic historians even said that the Queen later opposed marriage because of Malfoy's curse." Ryan first broke the news.
After further arousing Hermione's interest, he continued.
"For centuries, Malfoy has pursued a principle of self-preservation. Since the Code of Secrecy came into effect, Malfoy has severed ties with the Muggle aristocracy. Malfoy believes that further opposition and protests will only distance them from the new center of power -
—The newly established Ministry of Magic. Their attitude took a 180-degree turn, and they began to support the regulations like those who had supported the bill from beginning to end, and denied that they had any dealings with Muggles."
"It seems that every generation of Malfoy is so cunning." Hermione commented after thinking of something.
"Yes." Ryan nodded, "They prefer to use their wealth or money to operate everything behind the scenes instead of coming to the front. This is why I believe they have not killed innocent people indiscriminately."
"That's right." Hermione nodded. "According to what you said, the Malfoy family should be the kind of people who prioritize interests and like to hide behind the scenes. This kind of person cannot be like those street gangsters just to vent or talk.
It’s a certain idea that goes directly and openly to kill people. Because doing so is not beneficial to him.”
"Indeed," Ryan said. "According to the files I found, in the last war, the Malfoy family mainly used their rights and money to buy secrets and personnel for the Mysterious People and Death Eaters, while also providing money for the Death Eaters.
Support, other than that, there is no record of participating in battle. Or to be precise, before the last battle of the Ministry of Magic, members of the Malfoy family had never appeared publicly on the battlefield."
"So what was the last battle in the Ministry of Magic?" Hermione asked curiously.
"After the mysterious man was resurrected, he developed a deep distrust of the Death Eaters who did not enter Azkaban for him but escaped trial. So he asked Lucius Malfoy, who had been standing behind the scenes before, to make it public.
Fight with Harry to ensure that the Malfoy family can be 100% on his side."
"Is it similar to what people in China call a certificate of submission?" Hermione said in Mandarin.
"That's it." Ryan confirmed, "The mysterious man must make sure that the Malfoy family will no longer bet on both sides this time and must be loyal to him wholeheartedly. This method of openly attacking the Ministry of Magic is to achieve this goal."
"So after messing up everything, Malfoy must turn to Dumbledore and us. Because only in this way can he save his life and his family." Hermione immediately answered, "But you think like Malfoy?
Can a pure-blooded person really fit in with us?"
"You're wrong, we don't need him to get together with us." Ryan corrected, "Just like You-Know-Who has been trying to divide us, we should also adopt the same method to divide the Death Eaters. And accept Mal
Fu just wanted to tell them that they had other choices besides the mysterious man. Even if this could not divide the Death Eaters, it could create more rifts and suspicions between the mysterious man and his men. As for Malfoy, who are they?
Thoughts don’t matter.”
"Not to mention that the people of the Malfoy family are purely profit-seeking animals. I believe they will take the initiative to get close to us after seeing the current situation clearly. At least in public." Ryan deduced based on the Malfoy family's previous habits.
"Of course, it is basically impossible for this to come from their hearts. But doing this on the surface is enough for us. More complicated things do not need to be considered by us until the end of the war."
"Then I wish you and Dumbledore all the best tomorrow." After listening to Ryan's words, Hermione raised the wine glass in her hand. Ryan immediately touched her with the glass in his hand, and then raised the glass at the same time to fill the wine glass.
Drink the rest of the butterbeer in one gulp.
Ryan has attended many weddings before, whether it was a wedding he attended in his previous life or a wedding he attended with his parents in this life. However, he had never seen a wizard's wedding.
After a period of time, he and Hermione walked around the entire wedding venue. They saw bottles of champagne floating in the crowd, and in the middle of the tent was a huge cake with two phoenix models on top.
Once the cake is opened, they spread their wings and take off.
At the same time, it may be because weddings are a rare time for everyone to get together, so the wedding lasted for a long time. As night fell, golden lanterns floating in the air lit up the ceiling, and moths began to fly in groups under the ceiling, carnival
The atmosphere was getting thicker and more unrestrained. Fred and George had long since disappeared into the darkness with Fleur's cousins. Charlie, Hagrid and a short, fat wizard wearing a purple pie-style hat were there.
In the corner, "Odo the Hero" was sung.
After playing around for a few hours, Ryan and the others were tired. So he and Hermione ran hand in hand to the tables and chairs beside the bushes outside to hide. As a result, they turned around a hedge and saw several people with them.
The disguised werewolf represented Lupine and Tonks, who were about to walk out together. Lupine seemed to have drunk a little too much and was staggering a little. Tonks was talking to Lupine with a funny look on his face.
"Are you leaving now? I think Weasley and the others should have prepared enough accommodation for all the guests." Ryan said, looking at them.
"We won't bother them." A strong-looking werewolf replied. Ryan remembered that his name was William, and he was a former Auror. "The British Ministry of Magic is not friendly to people like us at all. It's already very difficult to attend the wedding."
Be happy, we shouldn't cause trouble to the kind-hearted Weasley family."
"Where are you going next?" Hermione asked Tonks, of course she should be called Mrs. Lupin now.
"We plan to travel to Northern Europe for a month." Tonks said, "Lupine is too tired during this period. He needs a good rest."
"Then I wish you all the best." Ryan and the others watched the werewolves walk far away before returning to the happy wedding scene.