Obscure at Hogwarts

Chapter 151 Knockturn Alley Alliance

A pure-blood wizarding family with strong financial resources like the Malfoy family, in addition to the legitimate business that can be put on the surface, will naturally have some gray income and buy a few shops in Knockturn Alley.

no way.

Who makes the gray income from Knockturn Alley amazingly profitable?

As the saying goes, if there is no buying and selling, there will be no killing.

Many of the items wizards need to study magic cannot be purchased in Diagon Alley.

For example, a well-known British wizard wanted to develop an antidote to basilisk venom. He needed a certain dose of basilisk venom for research. However, because he couldn't buy basilisk venom in Diagon Alley, he had to give up on developing the antidote. Any ideas for agents?

Inevitably impossible.

then.

In order to develop the idea of ​​​​an antidote, he could only go to Knockturn Alley to find the source of goods, and purchase the basilisk venom from there at a high price, which was defined as a prohibited item by the Ministry of Magic.

It's like the human trafficking business in Knockturn Alley.

It is true that some wizards have special hobbies and cannot find daily communication partners through conventional methods. They can only buy them in Knockturn Alley at high prices.

However, the vast majority of human trafficking businesses in Knockturn Alley tend to target wizards who need experimental materials.

after all.

It can be seen from Louis' advanced transformation spell and the speed at which the lizardmen are consumed in the soul splitting experiment that the loss of experimental materials in many magic experiments is extremely alarming.

And those shops purchased by pure-blood wizarding families in Knockturn Alley must not be managed personally by the head of a pure-blood wizarding family. They are afraid of dirtying their hands and being targeted by Aurors from the Ministry of Magic, so they will Select some suitable spokespersons to manage the Knockturn Alley property.

andre.

A wizard from a Muggle family.

Since graduating from Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he has been working for the Malfoy family. Like the house elf Dobby, he is a slave of Lucius Malfoy.

Daily communication between the two is minimal.

Basically we can only meet once every six months.

Moreover, every time the two met in secret, Lucius Malfoy rarely spoke and remained silent. After listening to Andre report half a year's accounting income, he took the Galleons belonging to the Malfoy family and left for the ancient times. Lingge ran.

Therefore, Lucius Malfoy was very surprised by Andre's sudden letter.

Not to mention

What Andre sent was actually an invitation letter from Knockturn Alley.

The number of words on the invitation is very small.

Lucius Malfoy or Andre's name wasn't even mentioned, and compared to a relatively formal invitation, it was more like proof of attendance at a secret party.

After just a few seconds.

After reading the contents of the invitation, Lucius Malfoy frowned slightly and was a little undecided for a moment whether he should go to Knockturn Alley to attend this secret party tonight.

Just at this time, Narcissa came to the living room and saw him with a frown on her face. Her face was filled with a smile full of love. She walked up and asked softly:

"My dear, you seem to be worried about something. I think you are not interested in having afternoon tea with me."

"Is not likely to?"

Lucius Malfoy smiled, shook his head, and said, "Narcissa, it's impossible for me to miss every good moment of having afternoon tea with you."

"Did you ask Draco to come with you?"

"No."

Narcissa sighed helplessly and said, "You know, he needs to finish the homework assigned by the Muggles before he can rest. Maybe he will have dinner in the study."

'That's a real shame'

Lucius Malfoy raised his lips and smiled, then hesitated, handed the invitation letter to Narcissa, and asked, "Narcissa, what do you think of this matter?"

"An invitation from Knockturn Alley?"

"Yes, it was sent by Andre. I'm not sure whether to go or not, and I want to hear your advice."

"My suggestion?"

After hurriedly reading the contents of the invitation, Narcissa pondered for a moment and said, "Dear, do you remember the losses we suffered in Knockturn Alley some time ago?"

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Lucius Malfoy said, "Are you talking about the mysterious wizard who inexplicably cleans Knockturn Alley on behalf of the Ministry of Magic?"

"Yes."

Narcissa nodded and said, "He spent at least tens of thousands of galleons in Borgin-Bock Magic Shop. Unfortunately, Mr. Borgin has never been a reliable businessman."

"According to the clues provided by Mr. Borkin, since we all know that the mysterious wizard is codenamed "Mr. It’s time for Mr. J to go to Knockturn Alley again to receive the goods.”

"So you mean to say"

Lucius Malfoy frowned and said, "It's possible that those idiots in Knockturn Alley want to form an alliance to discuss how to deal with Mr. J?"

"Hmm, otherwise how could Andre possibly forward the invitation to you?"

Sitting on the sofa opposite, Narcissa smiled and said: "I think Andre wants to ask what you mean. After all, he is only the nominal owner of those shops."

"I don't want to add to the problem."

Taking a deep breath, Lucius Malfoy said: "I heard that Mr. J went to Knockturn Alley for the first time and killed nearly a hundred wizards. He was not something that the idiots in Knockturn Alley could handle. "

"You're right, dear."

"but"

As she spoke, Narcissa paused, and after a few seconds, she said meaningfully: "I remember that the descendant of Grindelwald once promised that you would be the man who will become the Wizard King in the future."

"But if we let Mr. J continue"

"My dear, you know far more than I do. How many wizards are there in Britain?"

As soon as Narcissa finished speaking, a sinister look suddenly flashed across Lucius Malfoy's eyes.

obviously.

Lucius Malfoy thought she was right.

How many wizards are there in the entire wizarding world?

You know, when Voldemort, the second generation of the Dark Lord, started the Wizarding War, the total number of wizards participating in the war was not as large as a village in the foodie country.

Where is the mysterious wizard codenamed Mr. J?

He went to Knockturn Alley and killed nearly a hundred wizards in one visit, which was definitely not a small number in the entire wizarding world.

Therefore, thanks to Narcissa's reminder at this time, Lucius Malfoy deeply understood the key to the problem, that is

There really aren't many people left for him to rule as the Wizard King.

Also.

Mr. J, who is difficult to deal with among the useless wizards in Knockturn Alley, cannot possibly be the opponent of the legendary three giants of the winery.

Now think about it, I have dozens of werewolf soldiers under my command.

Afraid of a hammer?

Therefore.

at dusk.

Lucius Malfoy, who was in general disguise, wore a black robe and covered his appearance with a hood. He was apparently led by the Malfoy servant Andre to attend the Knockturn Alley Alliance party with an invitation in hand.

this party.

What the Knockturn Alley Alliance wants to discuss is simple.

To sum it up in one sentence, it is

"Mr. J must die!"