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Chapter 263: Father and Son
Chapter 263: Father and Son
"Bang!"
The sound of the door closing wasn't loud, but Draco couldn't help but flinch.
He dared not look up at his father's eyes.
His mother was left outside, along with the professor.
A slightly cold palm rested on his shoulder, sensing the tension in the boy's body, and Lucius softened momentarily.
"You know what I'm going to say, Draco."
He spoke in a low voice.
"Yes."
Draco lowered his head, "I'm sorry, I know I was wrong."
"Where did you go wrong?" Lucius asked.
Draco's eyes fixed on the floor, rigidly repeating the words that the professor and the school nurse had said several times before—
"The Gutting Jinx is a dangerous spell. I shouldn't have used it on my classmates... Even though Vincent is annoying, I didn't want him to end up like this..."
"You're wrong, Draco."
Lucius patted his shoulder lightly, saying,
"Your biggest mistake was learning a type of magic you don't fully understand on your own— "
Draco's expression showed resistance.
He knew that his father had also learned quite a few Dark Magic spells before entering school, taught by his own grandfather.
Even when Draco himself entered school, Lucius had taught him some "self-defense tricks."
Then he heard his father say:
"—You only saw the harm it caused Vincent, but have you ever thought about what would happen if this spell was used on yourself?"
The boy looked up in terror and blurted out subconsciously, "Can it even affect a wizard?"
"Of course."
Lucius said indifferently, "There was a wizard from the Avery family who had a bowel obstruction. He wanted to take a shortcut and use the Gutting Jinx to solve the problem directly, but he ended up emptying half of his stomach."
Thinking of Vincent's miserable state, Draco shuddered violently.
"So, do you understand? When Severus sent us the message, your mother and I were so worried... worried that it was you who was in trouble." Lucius said.
Snape, for some unknown reason, had sent a vague message, intentionally misleading them into thinking that Draco was the one in trouble.
At that moment, Lucius had the urge to kill, and he had already planned in his mind how to use the power of the twelve school governors to remove the incompetent Headmaster Dumbledore.
However, when he arrived at the school and encountered Crabbe, who almost hit him, he finally understood the cause and effect of the situation.
Lucius Malfoy's aura deflated like a punctured balloon, and he began to calmly consider how to mitigate the impact of this incident.
Facing his son, who was obviously trembling, Lucius ultimately did not scold him harshly as he had intended. Instead, he gently admonished Draco about the worst consequences and repeatedly emphasized—
Don't recklessly learn dangerous magic, even the most ordinary ones. Throughout history, there have been numerous wizards who have died from their own magic.
This time, your father can handle it (26,000 Galleons), but you must be more careful in the future and not be so impulsive. Spend more time on your studies or Quidditch.
You are a Slytherin student; you should be like a snake... A snake is a carnivorous creature that moves in the shadows, and it is at its most dangerous when exposed to the sunlight.
Don't worry about Vincent seeking revenge when he returns to school. Your father will always have your back.
And when facing conflicts with classmates, don't retaliate directly. You can handle it like this...
Lucius shared many of his own experiences.
And throughout this process, the name Severus Snape was repeatedly brought up as an example, allowing Draco to learn that his formidable Headmaster had once been a vulnerable student bullied by his peers, causing Draco to laugh out loud from time to time.
Forty minutes later, Lucius emerged from the empty classroom, supporting his son's shoulder.
Snape was somewhat surprised to see that Draco's lips still held a relaxed smile, and his cheeks were slightly flushed, not at all resembling someone who had just been scolded.
He raised an eyebrow and glanced at Lucius Malfoy.
Is this still the Lucius Malfoy he knows? Seeing Snape's expressionless face, the trace of mockery and disdain that had just arisen in Draco's heart vanished instantly.
He realized that the tall man before him was not the pitiful character from the story (Lucius only told the part about Snape being bullied), but a mature and powerful Head of House with a terrible temper.
Draco's smile instantly faded.
He watched as his parents exchanged a few words with the Headmaster, their tone intimate yet their demeanor distant.
As they were about to leave, Lucius added, "Then I'll leave Draco's detention to you, Severus."
Draco stared at his father, who had just been gently coaxing him, in astonishment.
"No problem," Professor Snape said with a malicious smile, "I still have a lot of potion ingredients to deal with."
Such as bat wings, beetle eyes, cockroach antennae, and so on...
Draco's face turned pale again.
He wished his father would take him away too!
But Draco didn't know that as soon as they left the castle, Lucius's expression darkened.
Narcissa silently walked up to him and asked, "How is it?"
"He didn't say."
Lucius replied with a grim expression, "Draco is unwilling... or unable to tell me who taught him that spell. They might have signed some sort of magical contract."
When Draco claimed he had learned the magic from home, Lucius knew he was lying, but he didn't expose his son's lie in front of everyone.
In reality, there were many dangerous Dark Magic books in the Malfoy Manor, some of which could be hazardous even if one merely approached them. How could Lucius allow Draco to access them freely?
The truly dangerous books were hidden where Draco couldn't reach them.
The books in the study, though many of them documented Dark Magic, were not too dangerous and always came with corresponding warning cases.
The most Draco could have seen was a spell named 'Gutting Jinx'.
Malfoy had thought that Draco had sneaked into the restricted section of the Hogwarts Library. This ancient castle had many secrets, and finding a forbidden magic notebook wouldn't be surprising.
But when Draco denied it, Malfoy realized that the matter was more complex than he had thought.
"Then..." Narcissa frowned, "How did he..."
"Let's leave it to Dumbledore for now! Even if someone has been secretly playing tricks in the past, there are few things in this school that can escape his eyes... even the Dark Lord..."
Lucius suddenly realized he had said something he shouldn't have and immediately closed his mouth.
(End of Chapter)
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