HP's Platinum Temptation

Chapter 132 Portrait

Sirius shook his head desperately: "I didn't tell Deputy Director Lambert!"

"So, you don't deny that you know about my marriage proposal to Lucius?" Clarence's words pressed on step by step: "Accordingly, only Yvette should know about this matter."

"Uh... It's not her fault! I took the initiative to help share some of her work, so I know." Sirius hurriedly clarified for his partner: "But I didn't tell Deputy Director Lambert!"

"Very well, you offered to help. Then when I came back, I received a letter from you to become the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts and my father at the same time. Obviously," Clarence showed a contemptuous expression: "You were set by Dumbledore Bar?"

"I..." Sirius still wanted to argue, but the facts speak louder than words. I saw his face flushed red from anxiety, like a punctured ball, quickly deflated.

"What's the matter with the proposal?" Snape seldom mixed in a topic: "You and Lucius?"

"You all know that I like Lucius, but it is undeniable that there will be many obstacles in my relationship with him. Lucius has always felt that I am much younger than him, and he refuses to admit that we can always be together. Go on. But two people will definitely have difficulties when they are together. If you don't have confidence and are not firm, how many times can you survive the impact of the outside world?" Clarence sighed: "I know very well that I have no confidence in Lu Xiu. How firm his heart is, but I also need him to be as firm as me. So I proposed to him in Italy. Although it was only a verbal promise, I believe that a typical Slytherin, if he sincerely agrees to a promise , even if it is verbal, he will take it seriously."

"So he said yes? And what about Dumbledore?" Snape pressed.

"The die-hard Death Eaters have been almost wiped out by us. Now Dumbledore probably thinks that the Violet Society has become a more serious problem than the Dark Lord. He believes that wizards should protect Muggles and stay away from Muggles. But if I succeed After gathering the dominant group of people in the wizarding world, the next step is naturally to implement the plan to integrate wizards and Muggles. Therefore, Dumbledore unwittingly tricked out the matter between me and Lucius from Professor Black, so' Kindly' told my father to find me something to do." After Clarence finished speaking, he gave Sirius another look: "It makes me unable to return home now."

"I didn't know it was going to be like this... I think you and... Malfoy are fine too..." Sirius stammered.

"I went to all the countries in Europe this time, but I didn't find the Dark Lord. It is possible that my itinerary was accidentally leaked through several hands, causing the Dark Lord to avoid my search. Although this is just one of my Guess, but if it comes true, this year's Hogwarts will be lively. The two professors probably won't be able to stay out of it." Clarence sighed: "Just to be on the safe side, Professor Black, you probably don't know my specific itinerary Bar?"

"..." Sirius stopped talking this time, and kept his eyes on the ground.

"Very well, then at least you didn't reveal it all to Dumbledore, did you?"

"..."

"Haha, very good!" Clarence clenched his fists and laughed: "I found the culprit by accident, very good!"

"Don't talk like that, I really didn't mean to..." Clarence laughed, making Sirius even more guilty.

"I will inform Yvette that you will be relieved of all the work and affairs in the Violet Society starting today, and you will not be close to anyone in the Violet Society in the future. Professor Black, you should go back to the Order of the Phoenix!" Claren Si coldly stated his decision.

"I don't want to leave the Violet Club!" Sirius became anxious immediately.

"If the Dark Lord doesn't come out again, the Order of the Violet and the Order of the Phoenix may be on opposite sides. I don't want you to leak my key secrets anymore. Anyway, it's only a matter of time, and you will still choose the Order of the Phoenix. You can go , I won't stop you." After Clarence finished speaking, without looking at Sirius' reaction, he turned directly to Snape and said, "I'm going to go to Lucius now, and Harry should have arrived. Are you going there together? "

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Adopting Harry means that there is another child in Malfoy Manor.The excitement of the two children together is definitely not the effect of one plus one equals two.

Although rarely expressed directly, both Lucius and Narcissa are people who love children.Regulus aside, although Snape doesn't like children, but one is his godson, and the other is the only child he cares about now, although he is a bit black-faced, it is still acceptable.Clarence has been the best with both children.As Harry's godfather, Sirius finally came to Malfoy Manor with Clarence and the others.Just sullen about Clarence kicking him out of the Violet Society.

In the history of the Malfoy family, there was rarely such a lively time.

Lucius had thought that Clarence would be staying at Malfoy Manor tonight.However, after the children went to bed, Clarence answered a phone call with the water mirror outside the room, and then left in a hurry with a helpless face.

After that, the three of Snape also bid farewell and left.

The originally noisy manor suddenly returned to the emptiness and quietness of Lucius and Narcissa.

Narcissa accompanied Lucius in the study for a while, but couldn't hold back the sleepiness, and went back to the room to rest.

Facing his exquisitely decorated and luxurious study room, Lucius suddenly felt unprecedentedly lonely.

After the house elf delivered the exquisite supper pastries and left, Lucius stared blankly at the pile of documents on the desk.The right hand unconsciously touched the ring on his left hand, and was in a daze.

"Are you really with that Winter?" The sudden voice made Lucius's sloppy eyes tremble, and the unconscious movement of rubbing the ring stopped quickly.

There has never been a portrait in Malfoy Manor, no matter which room it appears in, it is a landscape painting without exception.

In Lucius' study, just behind his place, is also a huge lake landscape.Even Narcissa didn't know that this painting was actually a human portrait, but since the moment it was hung in the study, the people in it avoided.

"It's been a long time since I saw you appear..." Lucius knew where this familiar voice came from without looking back.The guard that appeared at the first moment was slowly untied, and he leaned back on the back of his large and comfortable chair, opened his mouth, and called out softly: "Father."

It is not without reason that 14-year-old Lucius Malfoy can support the continuation of this family alone, and step by step become the most important right-hand man of the Dark Lord.

Abraxas died, but he kept his portrait behind without telling everyone.

Without all the intel and information provided by Abraxas, who was the closest person to the Dark Lord, even the 14-year-old Lucius, a genius, would not have survived among the wolves.

As the Malfoy family grows step by step, Lucius no longer needs to rely on this support to protect the Malfoy family as before.So Abraxas appeared less and less often.

"You haven't answered my question yet." In the painting, Abraxas, who was sitting by the lake, repeated his question lightly, emphasizing that it was not just a casually mentioned topic during greetings.

"We can't say we're together, what's the matter?" Lucius' response was also unhurried, but he silently concealed his ring.

"Isn't it?" The voice paused for a long time, then raised again: "Then why did you hide the ring?"

"If you don't want to read it, then of course you don't. There's no reason." Lucius gathered his sleeves and covered his hands.

"Oh?" Abraxas's voice turned slightly: "Actually, you don't have to hide it from me. For the first time, when that Winter came to the study, I saw his eyes."

"I didn't know that my father also had a portrait in the Lambert family." Lucius curled his lips secretly: "What do you want to say?"

"That look, 'he' used to look at me like that. Do you understand?" Abraxas' tone became a little more serious.

"He won't be 'him'." Lucius, who had responded lazily, couldn't help sitting up straight, and retorted.

"How do you know that I didn't think that way at the time?" Abraxas snorted coldly.

"It's different."

"People change. He just succeeds earlier, faster, and easier. The result is still the same." The personalities of Abraxas and Lucius are actually quite different.Abraxas lived in a much more relaxed environment than Lucius, who grew up under threat, and the early Dark Lord was less moody.Therefore, Abraxas appeared colder and more arrogant than Lucius.This point can also be felt from the fact that he did not directly explain to Lucius what happened between himself and the Dark Lord until his deathbed.

"The background is different, he's not alone. His family will be his weakness," Lucius responded.

"He is not suitable for you." Abraxas continued.

As soon as Abraxas spoke, Lucius expected that what he would say in the end would not be something that would make him happy, but this time it came a little too directly.Lucius opened his mouth subconsciously, wanting to refute, but froze there.After a long time, Lucius sighed softly: "I know, father."

In fact, this is something we knew from the beginning.It's just that love is an addictive drug with no cure.

Hearing Lucius' response, the voice in the landscape painting returned to calm.

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By the time Clarence and Lucius returned to England, the summer holidays had come to an end.

Clarence, who didn't know that on the night he left Malfoy Manor, encountered his father-in-law's attack, was also struggling to deal with the bombing of the Duke of Rezlan.

The Duke of Razlan was a sensible man, and a good father who loved Clarence dearly.Facing such an object of struggle, Clarence was indeed extremely helpless.

Originally, he thought that Clarence was only childish with Lucius, so although the Duke of Rezlan was very opposed to it, he did not strictly stop it.However, if the content of marriage proposal and engagement is mixed in this banknote, it is impossible for the Duke of Rezlan to sit idly by.Unfortunately, the Duke of Rezlan deeply understands that his most valued son is not a person who makes promises casually.

About Theodore and Wendell being together, Duke Rezlan was also kept from the beginning.Theodore was more afraid of his father than Clarence, so naturally he dared not do such a thing.

As a result, the matter of the two was stabbed by Dumbledore to the Duke of Rezlan, and the shock caused by the Lambert family can be imagined.

Clarence had too much work, and it was impossible for the Duke of Razland to prevent him from leaving Lambert Manor. Instead, he could only ask him to return to Lambert Manor every day for the night.As for Theodore, he was grounded directly before school started.

At first, Theodore was quite happy and justifiably avoided Wendell's entanglement.

When the incident broke out, only Theodore was at home, and Clarence was still far away in Europe.In addition, Theodore has a very good attitude of admitting mistakes, and even took the initiative to hand in the water mirror and other communication tools. Even the owls that are indispensable for work contacts, Theodore minimized them as much as possible.So apart from the grounding, the Duke of Rezlan didn't make things difficult.

Originally, the Duke of Rezland wanted to call Clarence back in Europe immediately, but considering that what Clarence was doing was not a joke, he hesitated for a while.Terrence, who didn't dare to touch Duke Rezlan's wrath, was afraid that his father's impulsiveness would force Clarence not to come back.Even coaxing and persuasion prevented the Duke of Rezlan from launching an attack directly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Although strictly speaking, the position of the head of the family has been ceded to Clarence by the Duke of Rezlan, after all, the relationship between father and son is placed there.The limelight was too tight, and neither Terrence nor Alvira dared to speak for the two brothers at this time.

Clarence keeps news of the family upheaval from Lucius.Lucius also hides Clarence's pressure from his own father.

The unanimous choice of the two made the chances of them meeting during the summer vacation even less.

In less than half a month, Clarence and Lucius in the deep center of the storm hadn't noticed the problem yet, but those who knew about it more or less smelled something strange.

In fact, from the point of view of interests.Many people in the Violet Society are happy with the pairing of Clarence and Lucius.As for the friends around them, they all basically understand the twists and turns experienced by the two of them.People's hearts are fleshy, the more you see, the deeper you will naturally feel.

Sirius hesitated for a few days because he was expelled from the "society" by Clarence in a fit of anger, but his inner balance finally fell to the Violet Club.So he has been frequently going to Clarence's side, and if he goes too much, he will naturally bring out a lot of information about Clarence.

So, by a certain coincidence, Wendell, who went to Terrence because he couldn't see Theodore, met Sirius and talked about this issue. The three finally came to Black's old house, not only It brought Snape into the conversation, and also attracted Narcissa who came to Regulus to talk about the recent situation at home.

When the six sat down together in the drawing room in Grimmauld Place, the atmosphere became rather eerie.

"What are you talking about?" It was Narcissa who arrived last, completely ignorant of the topic that happened before her arrival.

"Uh, Sissy." Because of frequent visits to Harry, the relationship between Sirius and Narcissa has also improved greatly recently.After a big detour, the three siblings, Sirius, Regulus and Narcissa, finally resumed their good relationship.

"Mrs. Malfoy, please sit down." Terrence was obviously the leader of the conversation at this time, and immediately invited Narcissa to join: "We are discussing Clarence, Theodore, Mr. Malfoy and Wendell. .Of course, we hope you will keep it a secret from Mr. Malfoy for the time being."

"What happened?" Narcissa didn't understand the situation yet: "Why didn't you see Clarence and Theodore?" Of the four parties involved, only one Wendell was there, and almost all the irrelevant peripheral tasks had arrived.Obviously weird.

"Hogwarts starts tomorrow. Haven't you noticed that Clarence and Lucius haven't seen each other recently?" Sirius was the one who spoke.

"Uh, yes, but isn't it because Clarence is busy?" Narcissa realized that Lucius was avoiding Clarence on purpose, so she subconsciously protected Lucius before she figured out the situation. steered the cause in Clarence's direction.

"My father received a general greeting letter from Headmaster Dumbledore in early August. After reading it, my father was furious at home. Dumbledore revealed in the letter that Clarence was in Europe to Lu Hughes proposed marriage, and also mentioned that his teacher Theodore had been in frequent contact with Wendell recently. So his father was directly angry and locked Theodore at home. After Clarence came back, he was also required to work every day I have to go back to Lambert Manor, so..."

"Marriage proposal? Theodore and Mr. Dalton?" Narcissa, who was ignorant of everything Terrence mentioned, couldn't help exclaiming: "But neither Lucius nor I mentioned it at all. How could Dumbledore Know this?"

Narcissa's question was absolutely unintentional, but all the people present cast their eyes on Sirius in unison, and the culprit himself blushed completely: "I accidentally said it... I thought, Deng Bullido said that, I thought he knew..."

Don't be afraid of god-like team players, but be afraid of pig-like teammates.With both now in place, it's no wonder things get complicated.

Narcissa, who understood the whole process of what happened from Wendell's concise explanation, rolled her eyes in an unladylike manner, and said nothing to Sirius.

"That's why I suggested that everyone discuss it together to see if there is any solution!" Sirius emphasized embarrassingly after receiving the attention ceremony of all the participants.

"Forgive me for not having any hope of a solution that clearly smacks of Gryffindor stupidity." It was Snape who was most impatient.He and Regulus were forcibly dragged into the discussion group by someone who came to the door.

"Is there anything unusual about Mr. Malfoy recently? Has he found out what's going on with the Lambert family?" Wendell asked Narcissa directly, changing the topic of innocence.

"He probably didn't find out, but he seems to be deliberately avoiding looking for Clarence recently." Narcissa hesitated for a while, but still expressed her doubts: "I can't say, but Lucius' attitude now is the same as he just said. It seemed a little bit different coming back from Europe."

The content of Narcissa's speech undoubtedly cooled the atmosphere of the discussion group a lot. Snape, who had been impatient all along, rolled his eyelids at this time, but he didn't say anything.

"What should I do? Now Clay will definitely not agree to my return to the Violet Club." Sirius was already in a state of madness.

"That's what you asked for." Snape, who had witnessed the whole process of his expulsion, made a concluding statement.

"What is the purpose of our discussion now?" Narcissa asked, "You all support Clarence and Lucius being together?" The latter question surprised Narcissa.After all, the two of them didn't disclose their relationship to the public, which is obviously not allowed by the general environment.

"Love is a matter of freedom. If two people really love each other, isn't it the same as who they are with?" Terrence deliberately emphasized the word "sincerity", which is also his greatest love for Lucius. scruples.

"I just want Clay to forgive me..." Sirius' appeal was the simplest and most direct.

"It makes you leave the Order of the Phoenix voluntarily. I really admire Mr. Lambert's leadership charm." Snape said something that made Sirius even more embarrassing. Obviously, there was something in the words. As for the real meaning, Except for the two people talking and Regulus, no one else heard it.

"Actually, it is not completely impossible to let father let go. The key point is actually the issue of heirs. Emilia and my children can only continue the Muggle status of the Lambert family, but on the wizard side, suddenly West The possibility of Odo and Clarence is cleared, and it is normal for the father to be angry. Although Alvira's child is also okay, but one is that the problem is too long-term, and the second is that Theodore has revealed that Al seems to like Girl..." Speaking of the last sentence, even Terrence couldn't help rolling his eyes.The Duke of Rezlan had four children, but he failed to make the issue of the heir easy to settle.He has a normal sexual orientation, but his wife's lineage is noble enough, but there are also problems.

"And now it seems that the relationship between Clarence and Mr. Malfoy has also encountered problems and is not stable enough. The matter of the heir is even more impossible to talk about." Wendell sighed.He was the one who took the initiative to ask Clarence to ask Theodore back then, and it is even more impossible to let him go now.

"Anyway, gender is secondary, and the father must value the child most. If Al also likes the same sex, the problem of the child can only return to Theodore and Clarence. If it is not Theodore who gave birth, it is probably... "Terrence said this, glanced at Narcissa, and did not continue.

"The problem is that the birth of a wizard is just a hypothesis on paper, Your Excellency." Snape said coldly in his final speech.

The author has something to say: Abu's portrait appeared, is there any accident?

This chapter is basically a big outbreak of problems, and all the external problems that should have appeared have appeared one after another, because they have not been resolved before, so they are all accumulated together.

Also, Yuanyuan is not personally against Old Deng. He just thinks that, from the perspective of the overall situation (zhengzhi), Lao Deng and Clay have very different main concepts, so conceptual confrontation is bound to happen.It's similar to the big picture battle, but it's not the life-and-death kind.

Also, although the discussion among the last six people didn’t lead to any results, it’s not just for cuteness, it’s important content, foreshadowing, you guys understand~~

Although Yuanyuan herself thinks it's cute, haha~

But I am afraid that my parents will feel bored, so I will explain it specially.

The next chapter is about to start school, and then almost all the problems between Clay and Father L will be stimulated, and then there will be problems of paving the way bit by bit!

What Yuanyuan wants to show is a very real problem that basically happens to most homosexuals, so...

I hope it can give Clay and Father L the kind of real and complete happiness that Yuanyuan expects~