Chapter 19: Hogwarts Shares A Stake

Time passed, and in the middle of Privet Drive at the Dursleys' house, the unknown little Harry gradually grew up.

Desili sat by the fireplace, reading the newspaper quietly.

"Oh, how can we live like this? Business is getting harder and harder," Vernon complained.

Petunia listened to Vernon's complaints without paying any attention, just staring at the two children in the crib.

One was fat and the other was thin; the fat one was Dali and the thin one was Harry.

Dally held his own bottle and even reached out to grab Harry's. Little Harry held onto his bottle and refused to let go.

"It's really annoying, just like my sister," Petunia said, though she did not take Harry's bottle away.

Vernon didn't care after hearing this. He didn't care about the child. It was a mercy on his part not to send Harry to an orphanage.

And so, the Desili family spent a quiet weekend.

In a wilderness in Surrey County, several black shadows flew across the misty sky from time to time, and carriages appeared one after another on the ground.

The Lucius family arrived in a carriage, with Narcissa holding little Draco in her arms, gazing at the scenery of Surrey.

"No wonder Cole built the castle here. The scenery is really nice," Narcissa remarked, looking at Lucius. "Have you been to his family's new castle? The Black family obviously has an old mansion, why did Cole move out?"

Lucius smiled gently. "The Black family's old house was where you grew up when you were a child. It's really a bit too small, isn't it? What's more, with the current size of the Black family, how difficult is it to build a new castle?"

Lucius pondered the recent development of the Black family, which was unimaginable to him. Knockturn Alley had become the golden egg of the Black family. The Auror team of the Ministry of Magic had also made countless achievements, and John Black's reputation had spread throughout the Ministry of Magic.

"I heard that Cole also opened a hair growth shampoo shop in Diagon Alley. Is he going to compete with the Potter family?" Lucius asked, considering the possibility of the Malfoy family taking a share.

Although the Malfoy family was wealthy, they couldn't afford to rest on their laurels.

"Narcissa, is there any precedent for multiple births in the Black family?" Lucius asked his wife, taken aback by Cole's revelation that he had five children.

Narcissa was speechless. "Lucius, the entire Black family has never had twins in the past thousand years, let alone quintuplets."

Lucius lowered his head angrily. He had hoped Narcissa would also have the ability to give Draco some younger siblings.

In this way, the Malfoy family would flourish, and there would no longer be a shortage of children.

As for whether they could afford to raise them, that was no concern; the Malfoy family could raise dozens without trouble.

"Master, here we are," the house elf announced, as the carriage stopped.

The red castle suddenly appeared in front of Lucius. This was the first time he had seen the new castle of the Black family.

The castle, dozens of meters high, stood intact. The red boulders seemed to be naturally formed without any gaps, with a huge tower in the middle, towering 100 meters high.

"Lucius, welcome. How are you? My new home is nice, isn't it?" Cole greeted them with a smile.

Cole's magnificent building had finally been completed after months of effort and countless gold galleons.

The tall tower in the middle exhausted the Black family's heritage. Yes, this was the mage tower. Cole could feel the power emerging from his body when it was built. Although only a junior mage tower, Cole already felt invincible under the sky of the Black family.

With the bonus of the mage tower, even Dumbledore would have to stay and plant flowers when he visited.

There were many more magical features of the Mage Tower that Cole had yet to study.

"Cole, congratulations. Your castle is indeed magnificent," Lucius praised.

Cole was pleased to hear Lucius' praise and led them into the castle.

Draco, hiding in Narcissa's arms, looked curiously at the outside world, unaware of how Uncle Black viewed him.

The auditorium was already full of people, wizards everywhere, with Minister Fudge at the center of attention.

Cole hadn't invited Fudge at all, but the Minister insisted on attending, likely wanting a piece of the pie from the Black family's booming business in Knockturn Alley.

Cole didn't mind; as long as Fudge didn't provoke him, with him as Minister of Magic, the English Ministry of Magic would never fully manage wizards.

Cole's move relieved pressure on the Ministry of Magic, as the annual tuition subsidy for Hogwarts was a large amount of gold galleons.

Dumbledore didn't attend, probably because he disliked lively scenes. However, he didn't reject Cole's proposal; it was beneficial for the students, and Dumbledore had no reason to disagree.

Nowadays, whether it was Knockturn Alley, Diagon Alley, or the Ministry of Magic, the Black family was present.

Although the Black family had no members at Hogwarts, this move had made an impact.

As for Dumbledore, the old headmaster wouldn't tolerate too much impurity in the school. He believed that a young wizard's only task as a student was to study hard.

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