HP's Platinum Temptation

Chapter 125

Lucius' eyes became more serious than ever: "So you, either Terrence or Clarence."

The jump of the topic caused Clarence to appear momentarily dazed and obviously surprised.

Guessing that Sirius dragged Theodore to catch Peter Pettigrew, although Clarence felt that he should follow up to inquire about the situation.After thinking about it later, I felt that there should be no big problem.If Sirius had alarmed Peter but missed him, Theodore would have called himself more than once.There has been no movement since the dinner, and with Snape's hasty appearance and departure, it can be speculated that there should be no problems in the end.However, Clarence didn't realize that Lucius was so concerned about guessing his identity that he could catch even such a small time difference.

Clarence couldn't help thinking that it was bad.This inadvertent flaw sold a little too much.Although Theodore was originally among the three, the least similar to Henry Winter.However, there is still a big difference in people's psychological feelings between choosing one of the three and choosing one of the two.

But seeing Lucius' extraordinarily serious expression, Clarence was suddenly amused again.

"What are you laughing at?" The dignified atmosphere was broken by Clarence's sudden laughter, and Lucius asked angrily as if awakened from his emotions.

"I'm laughing at your expression, it's almost written 'I don't want to know the real answer'." Clarence said with a smile, "Who do you want me to be? Terrence? Clarence?" Clarence I almost forgot that there are actually people who are more concerned about this result than him.Originally, when Clarence integrated the Violet Alliance, in order to conceal the age problem, he just used the name of Terrence directly. Considering the extremely similar appearance of the two after modification, this is not difficult.A large part of the reason for the birth of Henry Winter's identity was because Clarence met Lucius and fell in love with him.

"It's not a good choice." Lucius sighed.

"Reason?" Actually, from the perspective of a bystander, even including the Duke of Rezlan, the four male members of the Lambert family would all have factors that entangled Lucius.Your Excellency the Duke is the most suitable for Winter in terms of social status and external status, but Terrence is only one year younger than Lucius, which means that the age gap between the Duke of Rezlan and Lucius is More than twenty; Terrence is actually a suspect that Clarence deliberately approached, because Terrence and Lucius didn’t have much contact, and Lucius didn’t know the difference in personality between Terrence and Clarence. How old is it, but Terrence was married before Clarence met Lucius; Theodore is the least like Winter, because there is too much difference in personality between the two. If he is Winter's real body, Lucius is likely to feel scared, because it will appear too unreal; as for Clarence, in other respects, the biggest advantage is the academy, and the biggest disadvantage is that it is too small.The difference is just which point Lucius himself cares more about.

"People in the Pure Blood Alliance don't want you to be Terrence. They would rather you be Clarence than to submit to a Hufflepuff." Lucius didn't answer Clarence's question from his own perspective. question.

"I'm asking about your hope." Clarence calmly asked this question that he cared more about in his heart than on the surface: "I want to know."

"I..." Lucius, who was questioned like this, couldn't say his answer for a while, showing a hesitant expression: "From the perspective of age and appearance, you are more like Terrence. From the perspective of the academy's character , you are more like Clarence. However, Clarence is the one I am most familiar with among the three of you. His feeling in front of me is too different from your attitude towards me. "

"Then who do you want me to be? My dear, this is a rational analysis, not a hope with personal emotions." Through the water mirror, Clarence was able to maintain his superficial calm for the time being, but But he couldn't help but get nervous about Lucius' possible answer.If, just if, Clarence couldn't help but wonder if Lucius was more accepting of him being him...

"Who are you?" Lucius asked, looking up at Clarence.

Clarence sighed, reckoning that this mutual probing confrontation would still end in vain: "I will be whoever you want me to be."

"Henry." Lucius called out softly in response.

"Ok?"

"I hope you're Henry, just Henry." Lucius lowered the corners of his eyes, explained this lightly, and hung up the call.

"Humans really like to deceive themselves and others." Clarence looked at his disguised appearance reflected in the water mirror that restored the normal mirror function, but the smile that was still hanging on his face just now couldn't hold back.With a long sigh, Clarence closed the mirror and added: "Everyone."

The emergence of emotions makes people's behavior unpredictable, and love is one of the leaders.The feeling of heartbeat not only makes people worry about gains and losses, but also interferes with the implementation of rational decision-making to a certain extent.

Clarence knew that Lucius would struggle precisely because he had feelings for him.At this time, rather than letting Lucius find out slowly later, it would be more sincere to confess directly.Perhaps just from the age gap, Lucius may be more accepting of being pushed by someone 20 years older than himself.But from the gamble with the Malfoy family as chips, Clarence has much more potential. The actual biological age gap of 15 years is an unchangeable gap between the two.As for the fact that Clarence believed that his mental age was no younger than Lucius', he planned to hide it forever unless he had to.After all, from the scientific point of view of atheism, maybe the memory of my previous life is simply an illusory product under the influence of some kind of magnetic field.Although the degree of coincidence is a little too big.

So out of an ostrich mentality, Clarence let himself naively think that when he became a physical adult, the situation would be relatively better.And now it seems that victory is in sight.Clarence's 17th birthday was just before Christmas in the sixth grade, in other words, just one more year.

Although if both of them acquiesced that his identity as Henry Winter was the most suitable existence, Clarence did not intend to maintain that sense of mystery.He absolutely does not hope that one day, he and Lucius will be together until the last moment before he dies, and Lucius still doesn't know who he is.

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The previously agreed meeting time was stuck at around noon on Sunday, and Lucius always had a few complaints.But this time, he cooperated quite proactively, making Clarence almost believe that Lucius had given up on finding his identity.

But only almost.The characteristic of Slytherin is that when reason and emotion conflict, emotion often cannot win in one go.Lucius is obviously not a matter of disregarding all practical factors for the sake of feelings.Clarence decided to carefully sort out the loopholes in all aspects before all subsequent meetings, especially the irreversible evidence of death such as the time difference.After confirming that there is no problem, you can continue to the next step.After all, Terrence is the only shield left for him now. If necessary, Clarence will seriously consider locking Terrence up for a period of time.

"Peter was directly bitten to death by Sirius, and the Dark Mark was exposed. With the foreshadowing of Barty Crouch Jr., the people in the Ministry of Magic did not get too entangled in the question of how Sirius came back from the dead, so they gave He went through the registration procedures. But he doesn't want to inherit the Black family, so Regulus should almost restore his identity." Lucius brought a lot of information this time: "The influence of the Black family is huge, so I'm going to give him one of the six seats in the Pure Blood League."

"How Regulus is doing, I have no problem with him taking a seat. But will the rest of your alliance agree?" Clarence asked.

"Severus can't say clearly about Regulus' situation, but from the inspection, Regulus is very healthy now. Judging from his current eyes and usual behavior, it is estimated that there is no problem with his intelligence. That is He was extremely quiet and it was very difficult to get him to talk. But strangely enough, he enjoyed following Severus. As for approval, as long as Regulus didn't look like an idiot, he remained silent. If you express your opinion, everyone will be willing for his existence. His situation can be called a silent person, and no one will think that there are too few people who have the right to speak." Lucius explained in detail.

"It makes sense. I haven't seen him for a long time. I'll see you next time." Clarence nodded.

"No hurry, there are plenty of opportunities. If he wants to restore his identity, he also needs you to help him remove the Dark Mark." Lucius pulled out another piece of information: "The six seats of the Violet Alliance, except for the current five leaders , and who are you planning to give a seat to?"

"The Dalton family." Clarence said a name that surprised Lucius.

"The Dalton family has always been neutral. Even when the Dark Lord was around, they didn't express their opinion. Are you sure they will participate in this matter?" Lucius held the quill, but it took a long time to land on the parchment.

"Ahem, I'm sure." Clarence covered his mouth and coughed twice to hide his uncontrollable chuckle: "Otherwise, who did you think provided the in-depth information about the Malfoy family that I knew before?"

"..." Lucius glanced at Clarence: "Whose name is written?"

"Wendell Dalton."

"Where's old Dalton?" When Lucius heard the name, the quill fell and hesitated again: "Does he have anything to do with your family?"

"Old Dalton let it go and went abroad." Clarence touched his nose, automatically ignoring the question behind Lucius.

But obviously that will be the key, and Lucius will naturally not let it go easily.Holding the quill steadily, he stared at Clarence without speaking.

"Ahem, that." Clarence touched his nose again, but this time it was not because of embarrassment, but because of a smirk: "Wendell likes Theodore."

"..." Lucius scanned Clarence, who was sitting on the sofa with a bright smile, from head to toe several times seriously: "It's because you know that you will tell me about the seat when you discuss it, so Only then did you feel relieved to reveal that flaw that night, and remove Mr. Theodore from my list of suspects first, lest I doubt your loyalty?"

Clarence touched his nose again, but said nothing.

In fact, Clarence really wanted to say, 'That's not the case at all, your imagination is too rich, in fact, I was simply seduced by you, so I showed my flaws.What happened to Theodore was purely a coincidence. ’, but for the sake of his own safety, Clarence thought it was better to let Lucius trust his own judgment.Anyway, in Lucius's aesthetic view, it is probably an advantage to be able to think and calculate.

Seeing Clarence revealing that signature move as a cover, Lucius obviously followed Clarence's intention and believed his guess, and wrote Wendell's name on it a little annoyed.

"Apart from Regulus and you, who are the other four?" Clarence then changed the subject.

"Avery, Greengrass, Parkinson, and Shafek." Lucius mechanically reported the four surnames without even the first name.

"I know Greengrass and Parkinson, and I have a little impression of Avery, but I can't remember clearly. But I've never heard of this Xia Feike." Clarence asked: "A pure-blood family too?"

"Obviously." Lucius nodded: "The historical status is similar to that of the Dalton family, but the current heir is more adventurous and straightforward, with stronger fighting power and easier to persuade. So when the Medici formed the pure-blood alliance , he chose to participate."

"It sounds similar to Gore and Crabbe. At first I thought you would choose these two families. Don't they support you the most?" Clarence asked.

"It's not a pure blood, it's not convincing enough. Xia Feike has a lot more brains than them, but he doesn't show it very much at ordinary times." Lucius finished his explanation concisely, and then moved on to the next topic: "The list is finalized. We need it next Sunday When you show up, remove the Dark Mark from Avery, Greengrass, Parkinson, and Regulus first. The location is approximately in the Mahiona district. After you leave, the other twelve people will be responsible for discussing the details of the merger .Finally, I will just show it to you for confirmation. Now there is only one issue left to discuss, the issue of the violet badge."

"Personally, I still think it's fine to be voluntary." Clarence said with a frown, "Coercive control is a bit...not in line with my aesthetics."

"Then you get me this?" Lucius grumbled.

"That's different, I'm bound to win you." Clarence smiled and wanted to pull Lucius over to hug him, but Lucius avoided him.

"It's not just compulsory control, it's a psychological implication. For most pure-blood families, unrestricted trust is more terrifying than the rebirth of the Dark Lord. They have given up the Dark Mark, which already means that they cannot go back The Dark Lord is by your side. If you don’t show up with a new ruling posture, they will get lost, shaken, and mess around.” Lucius shook his head and explained: “And in my previous design, this mark also has the function of communication. There's a reason why the Death Eaters are able to stabilize the Aurors and have the Dark Mark on their head. So you don't just have to put it on whoever removes the Dark Mark, you have to put it on every member of all the new alliances."

"It's a lot of work, my dear. And the violet badge you envisioned hasn't taken shape yet. If you add as many functions as you want, the imprint will require much more effort than the one I made for you. Psychological hint What, I still find it a bit strange. Why is there such a subordinate contract relationship that distinguishes subordinates from subordinates, but it is more popular. I don’t like to be limited by anyone. If one day I have to obey, it must be because I am not strong enough , and that was unacceptable to me.”

"That's why you're different." Lucius suddenly said a word of praise seriously, and instantly drew back Clarence's distracted attention.

"I'm flattered by your compliments. I don't think I'm so different from other people." Clarence added with a smile: "But if this is what makes you fall in love with me, I will definitely have a thick skin Accepted."

"No, you are." Lucius glanced at Clarence, and said lightly: "Most people are used to choosing a side, standing in a team, and then being protected by a certain king. Otherwise, you think European Muggles How did the monarchy, nobility, and class relations come about?"

"I don't want to be a king. I want to maintain my influence. Isn't it good to be detached from the world? I think I can make it my goal to become a professor of ancient runes at Hogwarts in the future." Clarence's second attempt Finally managed to pull Lucius into his arms.Sitting on the sofa with Lucius sitting on the sofa from behind, Clarence leaned against Lucius with a satisfied face, wrapped one hand around Lucius' waist, and played with Lucius' hair with the other: "However, If you want to be queen, I can consider it."

"You're too lacking in pursuit." Lucius said helplessly, "I really doubt whether pushing you to the front is better than a marionette."

"Then you can use me to realize your pursuit. Anyway, the thread is in your hands, so I can do whatever you want me to do." Clarence let go of Lucius' hair in his hand and pushed it aside. , opened his mouth and gently bit the back of Lucius' neck.

Within sight, Clarence suddenly noticed that Lucius' ears were dyed a faint pink.

"Dirty!"

"..."

Clarence felt as innocent as he could be.

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Clarence finally experimented on Lucius' arm and came up with the violet emblem designed by Lucius.In addition to the communication function, it also contains punishment spells and dispel spells.The condition for cancellation is that after the Dark Lord is completely dead, the person who wants to cancel the badge presses the badge and says "I want to quit the Violet Club", and the badge will disappear completely.

Because of Henry Winter's leadership, the new alliance was accepted by the Violet Society without any objection.Many pure-blood alliances hold the view that since this is an alliance formed to fight the Dark Lord anyway, it would be better if the name of the Violet Alliance stands out a bit. If they fail, they will also have excuses.

Clarence has no problem with this name, he is incapable of naming, as you can see from the previous names of Xiaohong and Sirius Xiaohei.The only Violet Alliance that is currently in common use actually originated from the Violet Club that Daphne started.Before that, the Violet Alliance had always been called the Business Alliance, without any creativity.The same is true of the sports park, which was originally called the Quidditch World Cup Sports Park.The worst thing is the live-action duel system, which has no official name so far.All the people and things that Clarence participated in naming above are basically horrible.

The only exception is the name of the Mahiona district, but that is actually a product of Emilia's processing.According to Clarence's habits, he planned to save trouble and called it the Violet Commercial Center.In the end, Emilia couldn't stand it anymore. As a princess of the royal family, she expressed strong disdain for the behavior of using one name for all places.The final product, then, was the Mahiona area.In fact, Mahiona still means violet, because Mahiona is a transliteration of the Latin word for violet.

In the meeting hall of the Mahiona district, the new Violet Society began an intense negotiation process.Since Henry Winter was like a mascot and the treasure of the town house from the beginning, everyone tacitly didn't need him to appear in this meeting.The ex-Violet faction headed by the Duke of Rezlan and the former Pure-Blood faction headed by Lucius engaged in a protracted war of words on almost every item of the merger rules.Anyway, in the end, the meeting lasted for four full days before the scheduled meeting goal was completed.

In the end, the merger and founding ceremony of the Violet Club was arranged for Christmas.On Christmas Eve, a gala dinner will be held in the largest auditorium in the Mahiona district.The participants are all members of the family of the main members of the Violet Society, and all wizards who are willing to accept the Violet badge to become full members.Therefore, the number of participants of this inauguration ceremony celebration dinner is very considerable, and its function is also equivalent to a large social banquet.

After the above itinerary was finalized, Lucius sent an invitation letter to Duke Rezlan alone.

The content of the invitation letter is that since the official establishment of the Violet Society, it is inconvenient for the two families to conduct an intimate visit with the entire family because they each serve as the leaders of the two factions.So before that, invite the Duke of Rezlan and all the family members to live in the Malfoy Manor for a short stay as a reward for the Malfoy family's visit last time.

This reason is very sufficient, and the timing of the selection is considered appropriate. It is even suggested that the time to take care of the three members of the Lambert family at school should be arranged after the start of the Christmas reception holiday and before the merger ceremony.

In the end, Lucius specially told Clarence with the water mirror that Mr. Henry Winter must not appear during this period.

The type of visit Lucius offers to the Lamberts is fireplace access.

And while the Lambert family was queuing up to Malfoy Manor through the fireplace, in another place, someone's face changed drastically after seeing a certain letter.And all this, the Lambert family is completely unaware.

Clarence stepped into the fireplace last in line. After Theodore's figure disappeared, Clarence grabbed a handful of floo powder, and then, green fireworks enveloped Clarence's whole body.

The author has something to say: Keke, the next chapter is the much-anticipated school management trap, you guys understand~~

Hey~

Yuanyuan would say, after finishing writing, I will move as you want me to. ' Afterwards, did Yuanyuan giggle when she ate alone~