v4 Chapter 9： Greenery Manor

Diagon Alley, carriage inn.

Daphne took out her wand and pointed it at the sky. The tip of the wand was shining brightly at a certain frequency. It didn't take long for Xie Lin to see a luxurious carriage decorated with golden streams in the sky descending from the sky and steadily landing in the alley under the leadership of the two night qis. The carriage was inlaid with the family emblem of the Greengrass family, and a six-pointed star surrounded the mark of Pegasus.

The curtain was lifted, and a well-dressed middle-aged man walked down. He kept a goatee, walked to the two of them, bowed slightly and said, "Mrs and gentlemen, please."

Daphne glanced at Xie Lin, and got on the carriage first, and the remaining three followed her.

"This driver is our housekeeper, Morgadon, who has been serving in our house for nearly 20 years. My father trusts him very much." Daphne introduced briefly.

Astoria also helped introduce: "My mother passed away when I was very young. There are only three of us, my father and our sisters in the whole family. Uncle Mogaton helped Dad a lot and loved us very much when we were young. Yes." Then they began to talk about the situation at Greengrass Manor.

Green Grass Manor, also known as Green Manor, is located in the Cotswolds in the west of England. The Cotswolds is roughly located in an idyllic area west of Oxford and north of Bath, about 160 kilometers from south to north. Hundreds of ancient and elegant classic villages are perfectly preserved here. They are known for their light colors, tranquil atmosphere, elegance and chic, traditional classics. Together with Provence in France and Toscala in Italy, they are known as "the three most beautiful villages in the world". ".

In the wizarding world, because of the beautiful scenery here, many wealthy wizards also choose to settle here. There are also many magical creatures living here, attracting many wizards to sketch and paint here. The most famous of these is the eighteenth-century Gendoline Olifant. She is a troll expert. Ironically, in 1799, she was knocked by a troll stick when she was sketching from life. died.

(Note: Greengrass Greengrass means greenery)

About half an hour later, the carriage landed on the ground.

What appeared in front of Schelling was a vast manor. In the middle of the manor is an ancient and solemn mansion. The size of the mansion is about the same as that of Malfoy Manor, but compared to the splendid style of Malfoy Manor, Green Manor is undoubtedly more low-key and simple, with a relaxed and elegant country style.

After a few people entered the mansion, an extraordinary middle-aged man saw a few people. He walked up and greeted them kindly: "Hello, this must be Mr. Malfoy, right?"

Schelling knows that these ancient families value etiquette the most, and they dare not neglect to introduce themselves: "Schelling Malfoy greets you, Mr. Greengrass."

The middle-aged man was very satisfied with Schelling’s etiquette and attitude, and replied: "Welcome, Mr. Malfoy. I am Daphne and Tori’s father, and Mei Xin’s godfather, Gareth Greengrass. Call me Uncle Gareth will do it."

A few people walked to the living room, where there were a few white and flawless unicorn leather sofas, and then they were seated in turn. After the two dignified young maids served the tea, Mr. Greengrass took the lead in chatting. Of course, the topic mainly revolved around the famous hall that Schelling had made in Hogwarts in the past three years.

As Schelling's achievements were so amazing, Gareth had doubts about Schelling's strength, but after seeing him in person, all the doubts disappeared.

Although the face of the young man in front of him is not deviated from immature, his words and deeds are decent, mature and stable, and he has unique and sharp insights into the current situation and magic, and his words reveal indestructible confidence. This kind of confidence is not the pure-blooded family. What can be easily seen in Ban Wan dudes can only be cultivated if they have seen the real strong and have experienced real training.

The reason why Gareth received Schelling personally was not only because of Schelling’s own family background, but also because he often heard about this young man's deeds from his three daughters. He knew that all three daughters had a good impression of this boy. Now it seems that the daughters' eyes are really good, and he himself is quite satisfied with Schelling's current performance.

The so-called sacred 28 pure-blood families, in fact, many have withered in the past half century, such as the Gunter family, the Black family, the Shafik family, and the Crouch family. The next single seedling.

The remaining pure-blood families are mainly divided into three factions: the pure-blood supremacy is mainly composed of Malfoy, Black, Carlo, and Lestrange. Most of them are involved in Death Eaters or are more or less related; The pure-blooded traitors of Muggles are mainly Wesley, Prewett, Longbottom, and Shaker, and most of them have the Order of the Phoenix who participated in the fight against the Death Eaters.

Greengrass belongs to the pure-blooded neutral faction, and its families include Macmillan, Eber, Crouch, Olivander, Slughorn and so on.

They remained neutral in the First Wizarding War. When the war broke out, most of the direct descendants of the family took refuge in foreign countries. They kept their lives clear and preserved their strength in the war. Although the neutral family will also have a sense of pure-blood superiority, they will not oppress or discriminate against wizards of Muggle origin. They value personal talents, character, and etiquette more objectively than descent. Horez Slahhorn, the potion professor in the original book, is the best example.

In the past few years, Lucius has visited the Greengrass family frequently, with the intention of wooing them to form a new interest group, but Mr. Greengrass knows the character of the Malfoys very well and is unwilling to be dragged into this muddy water or be People use it as a gunman, so the goodwill of Malfoy's family has always been to keep a distance from him politely.

The affairs of the daughters and the young master of the Malfoy family, after being known to him, did cause him a lot of trouble. He was worried that he would be involved in the Malfoy family and be dragged into the dispute between the pure-blood supremacist and the pure-blood traitor.

Therefore, he wanted to take this opportunity to find out who Schelling is and the attitude of the family behind him. When he listened to Schelling’s disapproving voice when he talked about the idea of ​​pure blood supremacy, and the great achievements he made when he set off the Slytherin reform at Hogwarts, he was shocked by the determination and courage of the young man in front of him. Up. He also understood from this that Schelling and the Malfoy family might not be in the same camp.

Lucius, the old fox, is this a bet from both sides? Gareth was suspicious.

When several people were chatting speculatively, Schelling deliberately brought the topic to the blood curse of the Greengrass family.

Although it is not a very glorious thing, Gareth still candidly told this old story.

It turns out that this happened a century ago. When Daphne's grandmother was traveling in Borneo, Southeast Asia, she was spotted by a group of dark wizards. Among them, there were many extremely dangerous figures who wanted to kidnap her for some reason.

Although the grandmother and the bodyguards next to her tried their best to fight back, she didn't know when she was cursed by the other party. What's more unexpected is that this curse is actually a notorious curse of blood, which has been passed down from generation to generation in the family.

Schelling began to pay attention to this place in Borneo. It was mentioned in the book "Where are the Fantastic Beasts" that the eight-eyed spider is the magic product of the black wizard and comes from Borneo; the same, the magical beast movie Nagini also came from the tropical rainforest of Borneo, following the Akanus Circus to Europe.

If even the blood curse of the Greengrass family came from there, it means that the place is not simple, there should be a group of dark wizard underground organizations proficient in species modification and blood curses.

Hearing this, Schelling humbly stated to Gareth that since knowing the curse on Astoria, he has been investing a lot of research on the curse of blood. In the recent summer vacation, he finally made a breakthrough, and may be able to solve the problems that have plagued Astoria for many years.

As soon as he said this, the audience was shocked, and everyone fell silent.

Gareth stood up with a serious expression on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Malfoy, this matter has extraordinary significance to me and to Greengrass, so I hope you were not taking this matter just now. Just kidding." It can be seen that if Xie Lin really made a joke about this incident, he would definitely be blasted out of the manor on the spot.

Schelling was mentally prepared for his reaction, and said calmly: "Uncle Gareth, Tory is my important friend. They all know that I am someone who will not make fun of this kind of thing, since I dare to say, Naturally, I am more than 90% sure. Besides, don’t you know if I try this kind of thing? Even if I fail, I can guarantee that Tori won’t be harmed in any way.”

Gareth's expression was full of excitement and disbelief.

For so many years, they gathered the power of the whole family and tried countless methods, but they couldn't get rid of the shadow of the blood curse. So when Schelling said that he had a solution, his first reaction was not to believe it, but the three daughters vowed to protect Schelling's personality, and he couldn't help but believe it a little bit.

"Mr. Malfoy, do you really have a way to deal with our family's curse?" Gareth Greengrass stared at Schelling fiercely.

"Hmm." Schelling nodded and said, "But I can only seal it, not eradicate it. The only way to eradicate this curse is to find the caster or his heir in Borneo."

"The seal is good, the seal is good..." Gareth was obviously relieved, then turned to Morgardun and said: "Notify everyone in the family, treat this distinguished guest carefully, and don't let the house elves slack. Go and prepare. Tonight’s family dinner will be in accordance with the specifications of the top feast, and then the most advanced suite will be prepared for this distinguished guest."

There are two house elves in Gareth’s house, one is passed down by the Greengrass family, named Tiva; the other is brought by Meredith from Shafik’s old house, named Dino. Since Meredith lives here, let it help take care of the green manor.

After ordering everything, Gareth smiled kindly, "Uncle has something to do in Ogden Winery. Not long ago, I received a bottle of 82-year limited edition Fire Whiskey from them. Uncle will taste it with you tonight. taste."

dinner.

Schelling was born in the noble Malfoy family and has enjoyed expensive dishes since he was a child. His knowledge is not comparable to that of Wesley's. Not to mention, the few high-end restaurants in the British wizarding world, he is a regular customer, and he also holds a VIP black gold VIP card. But he was still amazed by the luxury of this meal. Many dishes on the table were unheard of.

"Xie Lin, taste it. This is a dragon steak made with Australian egg white-eyed fire dragon cubs." Gareth pointed to a sizzling iron steak. "You know, dragon meat is tough, not It's so refreshing, so this dish must be cooked at high temperature in the pure Ujin stew of the Wizard Stew Company. I have a business relationship with the Wizard Stew Company. UU Reading they know that I have always loved food, so I specially I gave me this saucepan, which is not available outside."

"The seasoning is also specially made. The recipe I bought from the famous Italian wizard chef Gulatillo Marchesi. This old guy's cooking skills are really not covered. The purple mushrooms in this sauce have a strong taste. But it won’t conceal the umami taste of meat—it’s a pity that he has decided to retire and live in the Muggle world. I heard that he is also known as the “father of contemporary Italian cuisine”. Fortunately, he took him before retiring. All the recipes are sold to me exclusively, hahaha."

"Come on, Xie Lin, try this again-maybe we should drink a glass of fire whiskey first-this dish is phoenix chicken, guinea fowl mixed with phoenix blood, it has healing and health effects... this dish is even more powerful. , I guarantee that the stingy guy Lucius must have never tried it. It is a Fiji fire crab, but this is a newly cultivated alien species called the crystal fire crab. Its meat is very plump, juicy and sweet..."

Schelling laughed, Lucius wasn’t really stingy, but he didn’t have much interest in food and entertainment. In Schelling's view, his greatest hobby is collecting dark magic items, and he also tried every means to fight Dumbledore and the Wesley family.

In contrast, this Uncle Gareth obviously knows how to enjoy life better. Schelling appreciates this very much. If it weren't because he was born in the Malfoy family, why would he wade into the muddy water between Voldemort and Dumbledore now?

After having dinner beautifully, Xie Lin went to Diagon Alley with the girls for a day today, and then he was exhausted and chatted with his elders. It was indeed a little tired, but he took a good rest in the VIP suite with disrespect.