The Secret History of Platinum

On the way back, sitting in the Pegasus carriage driven by the house elf, Lucius remained silent, and his two beautiful platinum-blond eyebrows were also knitted together.

"Luke, why have you been silent all this time? Are you angry with your father because he took you to the Muggle world? Or do you think our carriage is not as good as Mr. White's car?" Abu deliberately teased Lucius to lure him Speak up.

"Father,...Father, are Muggles really weak?" Lucius finally uttered his question today.Today's impact on him was too great, and even some of his thoughts in the past four or fifty years were shaken. "They don't have magical powers, but they can make those comfortable cars and tall buildings; they don't have house-elves, but they can rely on those washing machines and vacuum cleaners to do housework; and those planes, cannons, which are even bigger than Avadaso. The curse is still powerful. We wizards can only fly in the sky with brooms and flying carpets, but Muggles are already hitting the moon with planes. Father, are Muggles really weak?" Lucius used a series of parallels This sentence expresses his shock, the last sentence he is not only asking his father but also himself.

The main purpose of Abramovich bringing Lucius to the Muggle world is to let Abramovich have some correct understanding of Muggles.Unexpectedly, it accidentally caught up with the Soviet Union, which hit the moon with a spacecraft for the first time in human history.Lucius had already vaguely felt the strength of Muggles before, but later this blow hit Lucius hard in the heart rather than hitting the moon.It seems that the plan went smoothly this time.

"Father doesn't know either. We can find time to go to Muggle bookstores and libraries to read Muggle books. Maybe we can find the answer." Abu slowly lured Lucius into his trap.

Book?Lucius' eyes lit up, and he could indeed get some answers from the book.Maybe... maybe Muggles are just better than wizards in a few places.Wizards should still be unattainable to Muggles.

Just doing what they said, Malfoy and his son took advantage of the rare free time when the invitation letters for various social activities of each family had not yet arrived, and came to the Muggle world again the next day.

They came to a large community library, and Abu used the ignore spell to smuggle both father and son into the library.

In fact, as early as shortly after Abramovich first took over the Malfoy family, he had been to the library of the Muggle world.There he read a lot of books on economics and management.After all, there are no relevant books in the wizarding society. Everyone learns relevant knowledge by relying on the experience of the elders and the successor training. Abu, whose career in his previous life has nothing to do with business and management, feels that he needs to learn.

The main purpose of this visit is to let Lucius know more about Muggles. The reborn Lucius is naturally more mature than children of the same age, just like a little wizard at his age may only see some baby wizards. To popularize reading materials, he will read books such as "A History of Hogwarts" or newspapers such as "Daily Prophet" (in order not to read those children's books, Lucius naturally has to be very smart, early read books and newspapers).Therefore, Abramovich believed that Lucius could understand those plain Muggle books.

Abu pretended to choose a few books on history, politics, and society for himself, and then selected a few popular science and history books for Lucius that are suitable for preschool children.The two father and son found a secluded corner, cast the Ignoring Charm and the Silencing Charm, and then quietly began to read a book.

Lucius looked at the Muggle paper books with some disgust. If he didn't want to understand the real situation of Muggles, he wouldn't touch these Muggle things.Lucius opened a book on Muggle history and forced himself to read.

The Industrial Revolution...the Russo-Japanese War...World War I, what, World War I killed more than 5500 million soldiers and civilians, Lucius was stunned by this number. 5500 million, there are not so many wizards in the whole world.Wait, World War I, then there must have been World War II.Lucius hurriedly rummaged through the information about the Second World War.When the number of more than 9000 million entered Lucius' eyes, Lucius no longer knew what to think.Muggle wars have spread to several countries, and tens of millions of people have died, but what about wizards?Thinking of the battle between the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters, at most a few hundred people, Lucius smiled wryly. I'm afraid the battle was exaggerated, and it was nothing more than a fight with weapons.

Putting down the book on history, Lucius picked up another book on popular science.He wanted to know about those weapons, and what wonders Muggle technology was capable of.

Abu secretly took a look at Lucius' concentration on the book, then smiled and read the book he had chosen.

The two fathers and sons were immersed in their own books, and the whole morning passed quickly.

Abu put down the book, and left the library with Lucius, who became a little dazed after reading the book.

They came to a high-end restaurant, and after drinking a few sips of milk, Lucius finally came to his senses.

"Father, can we go to that... that Muggle movie theater. It is the place where there is a big TV for many people to watch together." Lucius carefully made his request. In his opinion, this request is very important for his father. Difficult to accept.However, the knowledge gained from reading the book in the morning overturned many of Lucius' previous ideas. He learned from the book that Muggles have a kind of entertainment called movies, and now there are many movies that reflect the scenes of World War I and World War II. He wants to see them intuitively. See so-called real war scenes.

Lucius confessed the reason why he wanted to go to the movies. Abu was naturally very happy with Lucius' acceptance. At the same time, he had to say that there were too few entertainment activities for wizards, and he hadn't touched movies, TV, or computers for a long time. .So he asked the waiter in the restaurant where the nearest movie theater was.

After eating, the father and son found the movie theater in the direction pointed by the waiter.Abu and Lucius set out to find movies about war.It just so happens that a movie called "The Guns of Navarone" is being released recently, which is a movie that reflects World War II.Abrahim bought a ticket following the example of others, and took Lucius into the screening room.

The noisy artillery fire and the spectacular and tragic battle scenes made Lucius grasp Abu's sleeve tightly.

After the movie ended, Abu took Lucius out of the screening room. He happened to see a pregnant woman with a big belly. It was Irene Prince whom he hadn't seen for five years. A tall man walks into another screening room.Abu saw that Irene looked very happy, so he didn't bother him.Although he vaguely remembered that Irene was the mother of Severus Snape in the original book, and Snape's childhood was not happy.But now he saw that Irene looked very good, and thought that the plot might have changed.Furthermore, Slytherin takes care of himself, he can only respect Irene's choice.

After leaving the cinema, Abu saw that Lucius was very pale, so he took him to a park in the middle of the street to find a bench and sit down.

Lucius didn't speak for a long time, he didn't know what to say.He has only been to Muggle society twice, yesterday and today, but these two times have shocked him a lot.Muggle life is very convenient without magic. They have a car when they go out and various electrical appliances when they go home.Wizards' double-sided mirrors can only contact fixed people, and they are expensive.But Muggle phones are cheap and can reach a lot of people.There are many entertainments for Muggles, such as TV sets, movie theaters, and playgrounds.There are many schools for Muggles, and many libraries.As for wizards, there is only one Hogwarts in the UK, and all kinds of books are only collected in various families and Hogwarts. Ordinary wizards can only go to the bookstores in Diagon Alley to buy books.There is also the Avada Kedavra, which is considered unforgivable, can only kill one person at a time, but the wizard's guns and cannons and the atomic bomb can kill many people.

"Father, are wizards weaker than Muggles?" Lucius asked his father with difficulty.If there are people who are familiar with Lucius' previous life, they will not believe that these words came from the mouth of Lucius Malfoy, who believes in the supremacy of pure blood.But in just two days, Lucius' pride as a wizard has been shattered, and now Lucius has lost confidence in his status as a wizard.

"Luke, you probably don't remember when you first learned to walk." Abramovich didn't answer the question.He told about the first time Lucius was learning to walk. "You learn to walk earlier than other babies. At that time, you stood up tremblingly, and then fell down. Then stood up again. I don't know how many falls, and you will finally stand up. And then I don't know How many times did you fall before you learned to walk. Now you see, you can run very fast."

Lucius vaguely understood what his father meant. "Father, you mean..."

"Muggles have the current situation. I don't know how much hardship they have gone through. You should have read in the book that many inventions of Muggles have gone through many experiments and took a lot of time to research successfully." Looking at Lucius nodded, and Abu continued: "I read a book called "The Origin of Species", and there is a very reasonable sentence in it, which is called the survival of the fittest by natural selection. I think it makes sense. Ma The melons have the current technology because they have no magic power and want to be able to live. If we wizards only rely on having more magic power than Muggles, we will be supercilious and not enterprising, then sooner or later, wizards will probably disappear in the world. out of this world."

Seeing the way Lucius was thinking, Abu encouraged him: "Father's generation's thinking has become a set pattern, and the future depends on you."

On the way back, Abu bought a lot of Muggle books at the request of Lucius, almost emptied a bookstore, and Malfoy Manor added a secret library that was not open to the public.

Unbeknownst to Abu, after Lucius' two trips to the Muggle world, the goal of Lucius' rebirth has become: Let Dumbledore and Voldemort, these two idiots pinch each other, and hide when they pinch. Then he would collect the fruits of victory after they both lost, and Lucius Malfoy, the Minister of Magic after the war, accepted it with a smile.

Poor Voldemort, before you become the king of the wizarding world, your son is already considering kicking out the possibility of you usurping the throne yourself.