HP's return to innocence

No. 20 years after the war, that is, 2017

It was an October day, and the current head of the Malfoy family, Draco Malfoy, was looking at documents in his study.

The British wizarding world after the war, is it peaceful?Maybe yes.

Is it easy?Not all.

Prosper?That pretty much only appears in everyone's dreams.

On paper the record of that war was that the good side won, but in reality...

No matter on the side of the Dark Lord or the side of the White Wizard, more than half of the elites died in the war.After the war, more nobles were either thrown into Azkaban, or went away to avoid disaster.

This is a victory, a victory for justice.But people did not indulge in this simple joy brought by this victory for long.

The economy of the British wizarding world almost collapsed within a few days.

Prices in Diagon Alley are skyrocketing, especially for food, and what's worse, you can't buy food even if your pockets are full of Galleons.If instead of standing in line the night before, you come to the door of the food store during the day, you won't even get a tablespoon of flour.

The reason is simple, Gryffindor likes to take risks, Ravenclaw likes to hide from the world, Hufflepuff likes to work honestly, and only Slytherin likes to run a business-of course, for this, some people prefer to call them Use cunning means to earn Galleons from the blood and sweat of wizards.

You know, there is no such profession as a farmer among wizards, so where does the food that wizards eat come from?Ninety-nine percent of wizards don't know, and this even includes those politicians-just like when you eat eggs, you don't need to think about where the chicken that lays the eggs is, people eat bread, and they never think about where the wheat is grown. Where - only those nobles who trade in grain know.

But where were the nobles who were doing business at that time?

As said before, they either died on the battlefield, or have been or are waiting to be thrown into Azkaban, or have taken their wives and children into exile.For example, Germany, France, I heard that the United States is also good, and there is no exclusion of dark wizards.

Those wizards of the hemp breed are okay, at least they know to go to the Muggle world to buy food, but the wizards who are more pure-blooded than aristocratic, can't think of this, or they think of it but are afraid of those who are not from the wizarding world. Food, even when they are hungry, they still dislike Muggle food.

Fortunately, the food store was filled with flour again overnight. After a panic of scrambling, people found that the food was still sufficient this time, and finally calmed down their panic.

But should wizards be happy?Even after this panic, only a very small number of people will spend their time researching why food is in short supply, prices are soaring, and why food is reappearing on people's tables-unfortunately, the rising prices have not go back.

And it was Draco Malfoy, the young 17-year-old Malfoy head, who did all this at the time.

The problems faced by the Malfoy family at that time were more serious than the problems faced by the Malfoy family when the Dark Lord first disappeared.And at that time, his father had been in control of the family for a long time after all, and had already established his own connections and prestige.And Draco Malfoy was just a young master who always said "how about my dad" a few years ago!

But at that time, Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy had already been thrown into Azkaban for the crime of Death Eaters-even though they didn't make a move in the final battle, and Draco was there The last battle is on the side of the saviors, but it is undeniable that the Malfoys are indeed Death Eaters.

What Drake faced were the wolf-like officials of the Ministry of Magic. They stood on the commanding heights of justice and looked at him with the eyes of "why didn't you, little Death Eater, enter Azkaban".

Therefore, the food crisis that broke out in the magic world actually saved Drake and the Malfoy family.He used food—of course bought in Galleons—and a large donation to the Ministry of Magic, and finally got the officials to let him go...

However, that was only temporary.

Since then, officials have often come to "visit" Malfoy Manor from time to time.Some of them are out of hatred in war, some are out of bloody justice, and some are purely out of personal greed.And I have to say that in recent years, there have been more and more "guests" visiting because of greed—even though they still shout hatred and justice on their lips, it doesn't change that they take Galleons, and more and more The fact that Garen is gone.

Compared with the Malfoy family, the situation in the British wizarding world is also not optimistic.

After the economic controllers of the country withdrew and left a large vacant market, foreign investors entered and prepared to occupy the market. It is not a good thing that the economic lifeline is controlled by foreigners.But judging from the present more than ten years later, perhaps it was a good thing to be controlled at that time.

And not long after, the withdrawal of these foreign investors was not the result of the Ministry of Magic's protection of the country's economy.After all, the Minister for Magic at the time, Kingsley Shacklebolt, was a nice guy, but, as a former Auror, he was more used to fighting than running a country.

What made foreign investors retreat was the poor investment environment in Britain at that time.

The officials of the Ministry of Magic are either hot-blooded youths who don't know the so-called so-called, or greedy hyena-like corrupt bureaucrats.Even if there are so few qualified officials, in absolute terms, there are too few.

Worse still was the poor purchasing power of ordinary wizards in the British wizarding world, and the main reason for this was the poor economic situation in the British wizarding world at the time.A large number of aristocratic industries either closed their doors or went bankrupt directly. It can be said that except for officials at all levels of the Ministry of Magic, it is difficult for ordinary people to find jobs.

As for foreign investors, it is impossible for all the shops to open normally in a short period of time, and it is even more impossible for all the unemployed to have jobs again.

The result is that the investment turnover is less than one-fifth of the political donations, or even less, plus the energy and manpower spent on getting through all the joints, this is really a loss...

Most of the foreign capital withdrew, and only a few stayed to see the situation, but the financial crisis broke out in the Muggle world!The connection between wizards in other countries and Muggles in their own countries is obviously much closer than that between wizards and Muggles in Britain. In other words, they are affected by the financial crisis faster.

And so the last few foreign capitals withdrew.As a result, the British wizarding economy, which was already a vicious circle, deteriorated further.

So now, who else is the capital supporting the British wizarding world?

The Malfoys were sort of a family, and the biggest one at that.The Zabini family was still there eight years ago, but now Mrs. Zabini has married a German nobleman, by the way, she is not called Mrs. Zabini now.Three years ago, there was the Parkinson family, but with Pansy's marriage to France, they gradually withdrew.The Boris family, but they are also selling their assets recently.Drake's wife's natal family is the Greengrass family, but yesterday's father-in-law just came to talk to Drake about the transfer of assets.

The economy and people's livelihood in the British magic world are getting worse and worse. Kingsley Shacklebolt had no choice but to resign after two years in power, but even when he resigned, he didn't understand that everything should be in the right direction. Why is it getting worse and worse in the end?And the reason is actually very simple-he has "temporarily escaped the law", and the Slytherins who are surviving are too closely watched...

It is not to say that wrongdoing should not be punished, however, punishment does not mean persecution.

The guy who replaced Kingsley lasted longer than him, but his advantage over Shaker was that when he stepped down, he had already saved enough money to allow him to live happily in any country Garen for half his life.

The guys after that are more or less similar characters.Shouting slogans came to the stage, and Caron stepped down.

They wanted to make money, and of course they set their sights on the remaining Slytherins.Those who were stared at by them either took out Gallon patiently, or left with their children.

As more and more nobles left, the situation in the magic world became worse and worse.However, I don't know when, the voice of "those nobles scraped off our money, and then ran out of the country with the money" came out.

It is true that the nobles of Slytherin have never said that they are innocent, but since when did they become the ones to bear all the crimes?

In fact, Drake had already thought about leaving a long time ago, as early as ten years ago... His father died in Azkaban...

Rubbing between his brows, Draco decided to take a break, so he turned his attention to the small photo frame on the desk. On it were photos taken before he entered school at the age of 11, with his father and mother.

Even though it has been ten years since his father passed away, Draco still feels hot in his eyes every time he sees this photo.

However, it wasn't the magic world of any country that he planned to move his family to, but... the Muggle world!After all, there have been several conflicts between the British nobles and the local nobles. After all, it is impossible for them to relocate to the past, and no matter what they invest in, they will inevitably occupy part of the local market. This is definitely not what the local wizards want. have witnessed.

As for the Malfoy family, even after several turmoil and having been sucked blood by officials like leeches for 20 years—in fact, if counting from his father’s generation, the Malfoy family has been sucked blood for more than 30 years—they are still the family. Great cause.

Once it is transferred to other countries... even without actual transfer, as long as the wind is released, it will cause a "wolf is coming" exclamation.

In contrast, the Muggle world is much easier to manage, or in other words, it is much easier to make money.However, the departure is only temporary, even if this temporary may last more than ten years, or even decades, but one day they will come back!

Over the years, he has transferred part of his assets, and even several investments have been rewarded with huge profits.He's just waiting now... for Scorpius, his little scorpion, to graduate from Hogwarts as a Slytherin, a Slytherin Malfoy...

"Knock! Knock!" Something was knocking on the window. It was an owl, a very ordinary owl.

Drake opened the window and let him in.Unwrapping the letter from its lap, he saw the Hogwarts crest on the envelope.After opening the letter, the school badge was also found on the letter paper.The kraft paper material also made him so familiar, as well as the green ink used for writing.

But the words written in these inks surprised him so much that he read them three times before finally confirming that he did not misunderstand the words above...

Draco took two steps back with a look of shock, the letter fell from his hand and folded on the ground, revealing only the first two lines——

Mr. Malfoy:

I regret to inform you that we found the body of Mr. Scorpius Malfoy on the edge of the Forbidden Forest yesterday morning.Apparently, he strayed into the Forbidden Forest by mistake and got hurt by some kind of animal in the Forbidden Forest, we...

His son, who was just 12 years old, left him forever...