Chapter 357 Anxious Parents

In short, Jian Yu, who recovered from the fright, quickly fell asleep again.

But what she didn't know while sleeping soundly in the old Black house was -

In the distant Malfoy Manor, the hostess there was tossing and turning all night, unable to sleep.

Narcissa was sitting on the bed in a daze, her pale face covered with dried tear marks.

She has been worried about the lives of her family members for a long time.

As early as after the Dark Lord's resurrection, her heart was filled with thick dark clouds.

As expected, the magic wand that had accompanied her husband for many years was the first to be confiscated. It no longer belonged to him.

But that was just the first step, and even the lightest price they paid.

Soon, the Malfoy family's gold Galleons began to flow like water.

Whether it's the magic props and potion materials needed by the Dark Lord, or the activity funds needed by the Death Eaters...

All of them were spent from their coffers, causing the huge amount of wealth accumulated by their ancestors over the years to shrink rapidly, leaving them with insufficient income to cover their expenses.

The couple felt that the future as far as the naked eye could see was dark.

But the price of gold galleons was not that high; the defilement of their manor was a real thorn in their side.

The once magnificent Malfoy Manor has now become a garbage dump.

No matter whether it smells good or bad, any homeless Death Eater can be stuffed into the manor.

So far, the manor has been visited by the Dark Lord himself, almost all the weird Death Eaters and various captives.

At least these visitors were wizards. What was worse was that all kinds of dirty humanoid creatures in their eyes also appeared in the manor.

Such as werewolves, Dementors, Inferi...all kinds of creatures that the couple can't think of, and there is nothing that the Dark Lord can't find.

This made it impossible for the whole family to sleep peacefully, for fear that as soon as they opened their eyes they would come face to face with Dementors or be haunted by the Inferi.

Narcissa understood that everyone ate their food, used their things, and lived in their own place. This was the Dark Lord's way of gradually occupying the manor and becoming the real owner of the manor...

She knew that her home was no longer a home, but the vault of the Dark Lord and the revelation of the Death Eaters.

And the balance of victory did not tilt towards them. Dumbledore was still strong and Jian Yu was even better than him!

The couple finally realized, after spending almost all of their fortune, that their gamble had probably failed.

—and will likely continue to gamble with his own life.

But they can no longer get off this pirate ship. There is only one price for betraying the Dark Lord, and that is death.

Therefore, when carrying out the mission, Lucius chose to slack off... trying to be as inconspicuous as possible.

Since breaking up doesn't work, then working and slacking off should be fine!

So when the failed Nott took over the plan to capture Umbridge at St. Mungo's -

This "capable general" fully demonstrated his water injection skills:

He disguised himself as a patient bitten by a poisonous snake and entered Umbridge's ward. He cooperated with his teammates from inside and outside. When his teammates went upstairs under the pretext of visiting a friend and cast various spells at the attending physician and Umbridge, he pretended that the doctor had poured down a glass of water of life and death for treatment, and he lay flat on the bed without moving, and finally fell into a deep sleep.

His acting skills were indeed successful, and the angle of lying down was very subtle. Anyone who saw it would only say it was a coincidence.

His plan was indeed brilliant. If the mission was successful, he would have some credit for it. If the mission failed, he could put the blame on his teammates.

Unfortunately, despite all his calculations, he didn't anticipate his teammates' plans.

His good British teammate, old Gower, is an ambitious man who has been unable to hold back and is ready to bring him down...

I have been waiting for this failure for a long time!

Not only did the other party exaggerate the failure in front of the Dark Lord, but he also put the blame on him.

The complaint consists of twelve volumes, and every volume aids the enemy.

Old Goyle and Old Crabbe listed more than ten crimes: doing business with Jian Yu to help the enemy, allowing his son to be corrupted by Muggle thoughts...

Even the Dark Lord's difficulty in casting spells was blamed on Lucius's disloyalty, which caused him to use his wand poorly!

This kind of instigation immediately made the Dark Lord furious!

Soon, Draco received the plan to assassinate Dumbledore.

Almost as soon as she received this plan, Narcissa felt as if she was struck by lightning!

She knew best what kind of a scoundrel her eldest son was. At most, he would have a few verbal fights, punches, kicks, and curses with his classmates, and then he would stand tall and act arrogantly like a tiger, and then stand with his hands on his waist for a while...

He was just a sixteen-year-old kid who didn't even dare to kill a hippogriff!

You, the Dark Lord, can't even defeat Dumbledore, and you expect my son to do it?

If my son is capable, why do I need you, the Dark Lord?

The Death Eaters should just change their name to the Malfoy Empire!

Narcissa was shaking with anger and anxiety.

The situation that the couple was most worried about finally happened -

The Dark Lord was very angry. He was punishing and avenging Lucius for his failure. He deeply doubted the couple's loyalty.

This mission is full of malice:

Either he carried out the mission and was beaten half to death by Dumbledore and sent to Azkaban, or he refused to carry out the mission and was punished by the Dark Lord.

This almost doomed Draco's fate - in one word: death!

Perhaps the only thing to be thankful for is that their son, their only son, Draco Malfoy, is no longer the reckless and ignorant little boy who only knows how to act coquettishly with them.

Perhaps because of the close proximity to the wise, he began to take on family responsibilities, and the couple finally no longer had to discuss the family's future behind his back.

He recognized the Dark Lord's true purpose and the true faces of Goyle and Crabbe. He cleverly disguised himself and tried his best to avoid surveillance by pretending to be crazy and stupid, so that he could be placed in a position where he was not taken seriously.

Playing dumb did allow him to avoid the Dark Lord's Dark Mark, but he still couldn't avoid the dangerous mission.

The couple thought about asking Severus for help -

Visiting a good friend who was also a Death Eater would not make anyone suspicious, and Bellatrix would not stop him from asking for help.

But unfortunately, when Narcissa and her husband arrived there, the Head of Slytherin and an old friend of the couple was not at home.

To be precise, the house had turned into half ruins. Although it had undergone simple repairs, it was obvious that no one had left the house.

When Narcissa saw the Dark Mark that had not completely disappeared by the side of the house, she knew -

This old friend was probably completing some secret mission for the Dark Lord and had no time to pay attention to her.

But fortunately, she still has a chance——

A connection established with Jian Yu through past investments turned out to be a life-saving straw for the couple!

But their manor has been under surveillance and the owl can no longer deliver messages.

Smart Narcissa immediately figured out a reason for them to go to Knockturn Alley to buy the dark magic items needed for the mission and to go to the nearby Diagon Alley for shopping.

She knew that there was Dumbledore's man in Diagon Alley, Percy Weasley!

Therefore, Narcissa brought her son here every day, and each time she deliberately walked back and forth in a conspicuous place, just to let Weasley know their whereabouts so as to report to Dumbledore!

But this was repeated several times, and neither Jian Yu nor Dumbledore showed up...

Desperate Narcissa felt like a traveler who had fallen into the water but could never wait for the dead tree to save her life.

Before she aroused Bella's suspicion, she decided to go to Diagon Alley one last time under the pretext of buying wizard robes.

Maybe this time I'll get what I want?

She said to herself.

Her efforts paid off.