[Congratulations to the host for completing a new achievement: Exploring the Ministry of Magic; rewards: 200 achievement points, prophecy ball (one)]
Under Fudge's leadership, Lucas took a tour of the Ministry of Magic.
Although the all-important Department of Mysteries and the Underground Courtroom is only a cursory glance.
But this does not prevent Lucas from getting the achievement.
Speaking of the Department of Mysteries, Lucas was very interested.
Except for the Prophecy Hall, which stores countless prophecy balls.
Lucas is also full of curiosity about the time chamber and the mysterious stone door.
Such a pity that these places are highly classified so he can only visit them at another time.
Soon, the 6 shops belonging to the Ministry of Magic were passed to Lucas.
After getting the business permits for 15 stores he led the crowd out of the Ministry of Magic.
"Mr. Grindelwald, Mr. Malfoy, I'll go back and have the nine shops sorted out."
"Madam Zabini, thank you."
Mrs. Zabini nodded, and then apparated away with a crack sound.
At this moment, Lucas looked at Patriarch Malfoy beside him.
"How is it? Am I qualified to work with the Malfoy family now?"
Lucius Malfoy raised his eyebrows, and stretched out his right hand gracefully.
"It is an honor for the Malfoy family to be friends with you!"
The two hands are tightly held together and smiled tacitly at the same time.
Before parting, Lucas handed over the layout of Knockturn Alley to the Malfoys.
After all, the other party is the local snake rooted in the British magic world.
"Then the black market, the underground auction and the casino will be handed over to you, Mr. Malfoy."
"Don't worry, I just know that there are a few pieces of land in Knockturn Alley that are vacant, and I should be able to finish it before the next holiday."
Lucius Malfoy left his son behind and went back to Malfoy Manor first.
Seeing his friend with a frown on his face Lucas joked: "What's wrong with our Young Master Malfoy? Are you worried about something?"
"Alas!" Draco sighed.
"I just found that I was very naive before, I had never thought about these things. I thought that as long as my father was at home, I would not be afraid of any problem coming my way."
Lucas restrained his smile, looked at the people coming and going on the street and said.
"Draco, if possible, I also hope that someone will stand in front of me and protect me from the wind and rain."
"Cherish your beautiful childhood, I'm afraid your life won't be so carefree in a few years!"
Lucas patted him on the shoulder and walked away.
...
Back at Grindelwald estate Lucas sipped his freshly brewed black tea.
In his hand, he was flipping through an encyclopedia of magical creatures.
Reading the introduction to the Basilisk above, he pondered the way to deal with the basilisk at Hogwarts in his mind.
"Lucas, are you really going to hand over the Knockturn Alley business to the Malfoys? Know that the underground business will always make more money than the surface business."
"Of course I know Aunt Vinda, when the time comes, you arrange some trustworthy people to help."
"I run underground auctions and trading venues just to collect some rare things. As for the casino."
Lucas stopped there, closed the book, went to the window and looked out at the dark night sky.
"Aunt Vinda, have you seen the real face of a gambler?"
"Gambler?"
Lucas nodded: "Gambling is addictive, and sometimes a little bit of greed can make people fall into a situation beyond redemption."
"Arrange some people to enter the casino. If those gamblers are short of money, lend them. If you encounter something that needs people to do some dirty work in the future, leave it to those gamblers."
The light in Vinda's eyes flickered.
"I understand! Also, what you asked before has been done!"
After saying that she took out a wooden box, inside there was a wand broken into three pieces.
Lucas just glanced at it, then asked, "Where's the man?"
"Broken limbs, broken spine, even at St. Mungo's he will take months to recover."
"Oh! Poor Pius!"
"I had someone pretend to be an alcoholic then get into a conflict with Pius on the way home. Then he pretended to have injured him by mistake. No one should suspect it."
Hearing Vinda's words Lucas laughed and said, "He just got into trouble with me during the day, and met a drunkard at night? This is too coincidental."
"Well, it's okay, even if they suspect foul play, there is no evidence, let those who did the work go back to Nurmengard to take care of father."
Vinda nodded, turned and walked out of the room to make arrangements.
Lucas took a deep breath and looked out the window at the night sky again.
"Pius Thicknesse, you are really troublesome. If I wasn't worried about Fudge's backing out of the deal because of fear, you would not have such a good life today."
...
(The next day, King's Cross Station.)
Lucas is still traveling light.
Watching Hermione rushing up Lucas greeted her immediately.
"Miss Cho Chang, long time no see!"
After accepting Hermione's greetings, Lucas greeted Cho Chang who came next to him.
"Long time no see? It's only been three days!"
After she finished speaking, she handed her school trunk to Lucas and followed Hermione into the train.
Lucas shrugged, and followed the two onto the Hogwarts Express.
After hours of traveling, the students who returned home for vacation finally returned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
After sending the two girls back to the Ravenclaw Tower, Lucas also returned to the Slytherin common room in the dungeons.
Just when he was about to continue looking through the Encyclopedia of magical creatures, the door of the common room suddenly opened and Draco ran in anxiously, pulled Lucas up and walked out without saying anything.
Judging from his appearance, it seemed that something serious had happened.