Chapter 143 Large Blind Date Scene
At this time, inside the Forley Manor.
Large tracts of flowers and lawns covered the entire perimeter of the manor. Children were playing freely on the lawns. Sometimes a glowing firefly flying by would cause them to exclaim.
The refreshing fragrance of flowers filled his face, and the scene in front of him almost made Mike think that he had traveled to spring again. The scenery here formed a sharp contrast with the snow-covered Hogwarts Castle.
"Our family's manor is not bad." Abbott pointed to a sculpture in the distance and said to Mike, "There are more than 200 magic sculptures in the entire Forley Manor. The heat-insulating magic patterns on these sculptures keep the temperature here at a pleasant 22 degrees all year round."
Mike expanded his magic perception and looked at the sculpture. Sure enough, he found a large number of magic patterns shining with magic on the sculpture, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
"With such a large area, how much magic power is consumed every day?" Mike exclaimed, "Is the deputy director of the Auror Office so profitable?"
To Mike's surprise, Abbott showed an embarrassed look on his face after hearing Mike's words.
"Ahem, we are friends, so I won't hide it from you." Abbott coughed twice and said, "In fact, these magic devices are too expensive, so they will only be activated when a large banquet is held in the manor. The lawns and flowers you see now were actually just arranged yesterday."
Seeing the surprise on Mike's face, Abbott hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. I'll take you to see my father. He has been talking about you all this time."
After that, he took Mike and walked straight into the villa in the manor. Along the way, many guests in gorgeous clothes cast curious looks at Mike. They didn't understand who had such a big face to let today's host, the eldest son of the Fly family, personally lead him into the villa.
The interior of the villa was more luxurious than the outside. The huge magic chandelier emitted a soft light, providing light for the young men and women in the hall.
Although Uncle Mario's invitation said it was a dinner party, in fact, this dinner party was more like a self-service tea party.
A large number of delicacies were placed on a huge long table for guests to take. And every time someone took a plate of food, another plate of the same food would reappear.
Boys and girls in luxurious dresses gathered in groups of three or two to talk. When they were excited, they would take the wine handed by the waiter and toast each other.
Mike also found acquaintances in the crowd. Draco and Chris, who had fought with Mike in the first grade, were also at the banquet. There was also a girl with short hair next to them who was looking at Draco with a crazy look. This should be Pansy.
Unlike other boys, because Draco and Chris were too young, they did not take the initiative to find the girls at the banquet to chat, but the three of them gathered together to talk and laugh.
Maybe Draco was born with a strong sixth sense, but he actually noticed Mike's gaze.
When their eyes met, Draco's face darkened instantly. He instinctively glanced in one direction and returned to his arrogant attitude, smiling at Mike with a provocative smile. Following
Draco's line of sight, Mike found that Draco's father Lucius and mother Narcissa were talking to Uncle Mario.
"Father, Mike is here." Abbott greeted Uncle Mario from a distance.
Uncle Mario was stunned for a moment when he heard his son's voice, but then he quickly reacted and ignored Lucius and his wife and walked over to hug Mike.
"Oh! Our handsome boy is finally here!" Uncle Mario patted Mike on the back and said, "Is your teacher still unwilling to come this time? What a stubborn old man. I was thinking of introducing him to a wife."
Mike was a little out of breath after being patted by Uncle Mario, and he coughed violently when he heard the second half of his sentence.
He finally understood why Professor Flitwick was unwilling to attend the dinner. It turned out that Uncle Mario, the old naughty boy, wanted to introduce him to a wife.
"What's wrong with you? Do you have a cold?" Uncle Mario asked nervously when he saw Mike coughing. He patted Mike's back even harder.
Mike, whose back was hurt by the patting, was about to stop it when a pleasant female voice came over.
"Mr. Foley, is this the Charms genius you were talking about?" Narcissa said with a smile while holding Lucius' arm. "What a talented person. I heard that you are a sophomore this year like our Draco. You have to teach him well. He is doing very badly in Charms."
"Yes, Draco only knows Quidditch all day long and has neglected his studies." Lucius said with a fake smile, "Draco, your classmates are coming. Come over and say hello." Draco, who was
not far away, had been watching Mike silently. He was extremely displeased to see his parents, who knew that he and Mike had a grudge, still treated Mike kindly. At this moment, he could not bear it when he saw his father calling him. He walked forward angrily and prepared to ask his father why he did not help him. No one knows his son better than his father.
When Lucius saw Draco's angry look, he knew that his son's temper might flare up again. He quickly sent a vicious look to Draco, which made Draco look like a quail.
Seeing that Draco was so afraid of his father, Mike wanted to laugh, but it was obviously not appropriate to provoke Draco at this occasion, so he smiled and said, "Uncle Lucius, you are joking. Although Draco's grades in school are not the best, he has always maintained a first-class level. I am afraid I can't teach him anything. Of course, if he quits Quidditch, I believe Draco will definitely be able to make further progress in his studies."
"Yes, Uncle Lucius, Draco's grades are good enough. At least better than mine, right?" Chris followed Mike's words and shook hands with Mike.
Hearing Mike and Chris praising their baby son, Narcissa covered her mouth and laughed happily. Under the influence of this laughter, the expressions on Draco and Lucius' faces became much more natural.
Lucius was about to continue to praise Mike and Chris in response to their previous business flattery, but there was a commotion not far away.
"You dirty bastard! You are worse than a mudblood, yet you dare to come to a place like this and embarrass yourself!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw many people gathered in the middle of the hall. In the center of the crowd were two girls.
One of them was of average appearance, with a few freckles on her face. At this moment, she was pointing at the other girl with her eyes wide open and cursing.
The other one had a pair of deep blue eyes, and her long, waterfall-like silver hair sparkled with starlight under the light.
The Pansy in this book adopts the image of Pansy in the movie version of "Prisoner of Azkaban", that is, the black-haired little girl played by Genevieve Gaunt, instead of the ugly appearance in the original book and subsequent movies.