Hogwarts Homecoming

Now that Lucius was going to talk to Amosta alone, although he was very interested in the topic of their conversation, he couldn't stay here now.

Perhaps because he noticed Amosta's indifferent attitude, Snape glanced at Lucius who was waiting at the desk, hesitantly said in a low voice,

"Lucius was a Slytherin prefect when I first entered Hogwarts."

Amosta was slightly surprised, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded slightly,

"Understood, Professor."

Every detail of this office makes Lucius feel uncomfortable. The reason is that it is too "poor". If there is something to ask for during this trip, according to his style, he will make a sharp comment if he gets it right.

At this time, Lucius noticed the cat squatting on the sofa staring at him with gloomy eyes. The eyes were so strange, as vivid as a human being. Nileni forced an awkward smile.

Meow!

Lucius didn't expect that his initiative to show his kindness somehow annoyed the black fur. It immediately changed from a prostrate state to an aggressive posture, its tail was raised high, and the hair around its neck was blown up. .

"It doesn't like dealing with strangers very much."

After standing at the door and briefly communicating with Professor Snape, Amosta closed the door and walked into the office. He happened to see Lenny grinning and Lucius Malfoy who was a little at a loss, and said casually,

"Sit down first--"

While making tea near the fireplace, Amosta shook out the magic wand in his sleeve and pointed it at Lucius and swung it lightly. A swirling black shadow appeared out of thin air, and when it fell on the ground, it turned into a A low-backed soft chair, but this scene frightened Lucius Malfoy, who had a shadow in his heart, so that cold sweat broke out on his forehead immediately, and his heart beat wildly.

If he hadn't been a wizard himself who had seen many powerful figures and big scenes, maybe he just took out his wand and prepared to fight back.

It wasn't until he saw the cup of green tea with curling white smoke in front of him that Lucius' breathing became normal.

"As you can see--"

Amosta said calmly to the blue-faced Lucius,

"The conditions here are difficult. Unlike the Leaky Cauldron or those high-end receptions, there are not so many drinks to choose from."

Amosta is obviously not a welcoming attitude, but it is much better than Lucius expected. According to the speculation before his visit, when Brian saw him, the friendly situation was to drive him away. Leave, in an extreme situation, drag him into that terrifying space and torture him.

And now Amosta Bryan didn't do that, instead asked him to sit down and made him a cup of tea, which had already made him overjoyed.

Maybe it was because - Severus Snape had more influence on this young and powerful and fearsome wizard than he thought?

"You, your taste is very unique, Mr. Blaine--"

After a moment of silence, Lucius twitched the corners of his mouth,

"In the UK, most people prefer black tea, while green tea is more in line with oriental habits."

Amosta lowered his eyes and didn't watch Lucius' performance. He slowly blew the floating leaves on the green tea soup, took a few sips of hot tea carefully, put down the teacup, leaned back on the back of the chair, crossed his fingers and clenched his fists. On his knees, his eyes locked on Lucius's gray eyes, which were trying to hide the fear and humiliation, but he still didn't speak.

Watching this scene, Lenny lowered his tail and squatted on the sofa, full of wonder.

"Forgive my visit, Mr. Blaine, I am here to apologize for the unpleasant meeting at the Leaky Cauldron last time—"

Talk to people when you see people, talk to ghosts when you see ghosts.

This kind of skill can be said to be familiar to wizards like Lucius Malfoy, but Brian didn't talk to him, so Lucius had no choice but to continue to find a way to open the topic.

But unfortunately, what he met was Amosta Bryan. In his past and present lives, Lucius was not so much a wizard as he was a shrewd businessman. Being brought into the rhythm of the conversation by them, the one who holds the initiative now is myself, so it is the best way to continue to deter the other party with silence.

And it was true, Amostar's calm scrutiny made Lucius uneasy, he moved uneasily, as if there were some thorns hidden in the cushion under his buttocks.

This is not acceptable!

Lucius realized his predicament. If the meeting went ahead as it was, he would gain nothing from this trip except humiliation.

If so, it's better to take a gamble.

Lucius took a deep breath, freed himself from his chaotic thoughts, and withstood the strong pressure brought to him by Amosta Bryan, he retracted his hands into his sleeves, and after a while, he took out a Stretch stretch spells to widen the space of the bag.

Under the watchful eyes of Amosta and Lenny, Lucius reached into the bag and took out a ruby ​​the size of an egg. The gem was crystal clear, emitting a dazzling light in the pale sunlight.

After gently placing the gemstone on the table, Lucius reached into his pocket again, and took out another gemstone of the same color, and so on. After a minute, there were twenty gemstones in front of Amosta. A valuable ruby ​​of similar size and color.

Amosta's eyelashes trembled when the first gem was taken out, and after that, he didn't react at all, and still maintained great concentration, admiring Lucius Malfoy's performance.

"In fact—"

Amostar's reaction made Lucius Malfoy's heart skip a beat. At that moment, he thought that today's visit was still a complete failure, but he was unwilling to say another word,

"I'm here to visit you because I have something to ask—"

Need advice?

Amosta's heart moved, sure enough, that notebook, Lucius Malfoy still wanted to figure out what "darling baby" of Voldemort he had broken?

However, next, Lucius' words let Amosta understand that he probably guessed the wrong direction.

"--Or you can also think that, Mr. Blaine, I want to designate you to accept my entrusted task, and these gems are the reward for the task."

Lucius Malfoy bowed to Amostar.

This sudden reversal finally caused Amosta to react a bit, he squinted his eyes, and said in a light voice,

"You broke the rules, Malfoy."

In the first half of last year, Amosta accepted Dumbledore's entrustment from Kakus to enter the Hogwarts investigation chamber as an investigator. Before entering, Kakus used his influence to persuade Member of the Hogwarts Board of Trustees.

At that time, Lucius had not been kicked out of the school board, so he knew that Amosta and Kakus must have known each other. From this, it is not difficult to guess that Amosta is most likely from the underground world. Bounty wizard.

There is an unwritten rule in the underground world. In order to prevent the occurrence of gangsters, the sender and receiver of a commissioned task will not meet each other under normal circumstances.

Amosta didn't care about Lucius guessing a little bit of his past, because he had already taught Lucius a lesson for this when he was at the Broken Ax last time, and he just mentioned this rule to start a discussion.

"I have no choice, Mr. Blaine."

Lucius Malfoy was obviously not ignorant of the place, he had heard of the rule, but his current predicament forced him to take the risk of finding Amostar.

"You didn't go to Kacus and the other commission brokers there. It seems that your commission is not that simple, Malfoy."

Amosta said lightly,

"For Snape's sake, let me hear what you're up to. I hope I'm not invited to join you in any of your stupid schemes to trip Dumbledore—"