Lucius said in an imploring tone, "At least, as long as you live, the Malfoy family will be there, and the Dark Lord will be more likely to leave my life."
Draco lowered his head and nodded silently.
"Okay, go to rest early." Lucius waved his hand, propped up his tired body, and the sound of footsteps slowly faded away.
.....
The last day before school starts.
After breakfast, George came to Diagon Alley.
Today is the last day before school starts. Hogwarts students will go to Diagon Alley to buy the school supplies they need.
George intends to check the state of the students in advance, to see the current situation in the magic world.
Although the newspapers brought by the messenger, there are some daily, introducing various trivial reports in the magic world. But the understanding through the newspaper is not as clear as seeing it in person.
In addition, he is ready to start school, and this time he plans to stroll around Diagon Alley to see if there are any products worth paying attention to.
With the help of Anna, the room made by Black Crystal has been turned into a tent.
George has done some experiments these days.
He found that the state of the last time can only be entered temporarily with the increase of the black crystal room.
Under normal conditions, even using ordinary magic spells, he will be abnormal, and this special magic is even more difficult to master.
In a short time, if he wants to truly become a ubiquitous person who cannot pronounce his name, he still needs to walk a long distance.
From the fireplace at home, George teleported to the room in the backyard of Diagon Alley Bookstore.
Without disturbing the others, he came to the street of Diagon Alley from a side door in the backyard.
Diagon Alley looks unusually lively today, or, since the fall of Azkaban Prison, Diagon Alley has been very lively recently.
A group of Aurors were stationed in Diagon Alley, and the fireplaces of wizards from all over the magic world were also connected to Diagon Alley.
With the security that Aurors patrol day and night, Diagon Alley is no longer just a place for shopping and entertainment.
In the newspaper, George had already seen many reports about the growing prosperity of Diagon Alley. But when he came to Diagon Alley today, he still couldn't help being surprised.
It's almost like he's at a Muggle commodity market. He walked all the way from the side door of the backyard.
Along the road, he had already seen several small vendors on the ground.
Some middle-aged wizards spread a large piece of tablecloth like a bed sheet on the ground. On the tablecloth were all kinds of weird things they peddled.
There are some Georges who can recognize them. They are some wild herbs in the mountains and some herbs. Other weird rhizomes, like vegetables, are like other things.
There are even some kinds of stones, strange-looking potatoes.
As for all kinds of weird gadgets, there are even more, slashed dolls, small toys that can fight. Small boxes that can make various sounds, and some little fairies and animals in cages.
"This is really lively."
George carefully walked away from the pedestrians walking back and forth from the alley to the main road. On both sides of the streets in Dijiao Lane, the road occupation operation has not yet been improved.
From time to time, hawkers push carts and sell them along the way, "Come and buy fresh baked potatoes, last year's marinated dragon meat. It's delicious and cheap, at half the price of the bar."
"Sell at a loss, buy as much as you want, because the merchants have too much stock, and they are eager to go abroad. All products are sold at a discount for half the price of the store.
In addition to shouting, there are direct performances.
In front of a small booth, there was a group of wizards who probed their heads.
A middle-aged wizard with a beard put on an iron stick with two sticks like tree branches, and set up a barbecue.
He waved his wand and summoned an orange-red flame, which was spinning around a whole leg of lamb on the barbecue grill.
The wizard grabbed some powder from a glass bottle pinned to his waist and sprinkled it lightly on the leg of lamb.
The enticing fragrance spreads under the flame barbecue. When the huge leg of lamb has been roasted to brown, and the sesame oil is dripping, the scent exuding makes people appetite.
The wizards around the barbecue began to point their fingers at the leg of lamb, explaining the parts they needed.
The wizard with the beard immediately took out a sharp meat cleaver from the shelf next to him.
He used a butcher knife to follow the texture of the leg of lamb, cut a large piece of lamb from the leg of lamb, wrapped the hot and hot lamb in kraft paper and handed it to the guests in front of him.
One wizard after another, eagerly bought roast leg of lamb, the wizard with a beard cut the mutton happily.
The wizards who were holding roast leg of lamb, just like this, ate with open mouths.
Suddenly, at this moment, a voice came from afar.
"The Auror is here."
Immediately those small vendors seemed to have heard the order of assembly.
The stalls on the ground, they instantly lifted the four corners of the tablecloth and wrapped the package.
The one who pushed the trolley quickly pushed it to the corner of the wall and covered the trolley with a thick cloth.
The people in front of the barbecue also spread out, and the wizard with the beard gathered the barbecue and put a white cloth on it.
All the vendors quickly put away their tools.
They stood in front of their booth, shaking their heads casually, pretending to be chatting.
Seeing this magical scene in front of him, George seemed to have come to the night market on the street, and the Aurors instantly turned into mighty city managers.
The Aurors were dressed in neat gray robes, with silver badges specially made by the Ministry of Magic on their chests.
On the silver badge is the cross pattern of the magic wand and the long sword, which represents the Aurors who use the magic wand as their weapon and are transformed into the long sword in the hands of the Ministry of Magic.
The Aurors didn't care. The street vendors wanted to cover it up. With sharp eyes, they inspected any suspicious places in Diagon Alley.
It can be seen that the vendors on the street have become familiar faces. They waved their hands and greeted the Aurors friendly.
The Aurors did not respond to the hawkers' greetings. They quickly checked the situation here, and immediately rushed to the next place to continue patrolling.
After the Aurors left, the vendors left and became active again. They took out the packages from the corner and continued to spread them on the ground.
They collected the thick cloth covering the trolley and continued to sell them along the street.
The bearded wizard re-supported the barbecue and greeted the guests again.
"Oh, you guys."
George heard a familiar voice, and he looked over there.
Seeing Mr. Weasley's annoyed face, he walked over here.