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Chapter 212: Safe
Lord Pollux stared at Jas, who had already returned his robes to normal so as to avoid further questions.
"I wasn't sure how long it would take you to get here. Honestly, I didn't expect you to co this quickly," the old man said.
"You got lucky that I pieced it together at all," said Jas.
After all, Bella had no clue about the imminent attack, and she was just concerned about the disappearance of her sister. Jas had to make an educated guess about the true intentions behind Narcissa's disappearance.
He wasn't sure if Lord Pollux already understood how those people managed to break into the house, and what it ant for his missing granddaughter.
"Grandfather!" Just then, Bella, Androda, and his father walked up the stairs and spotted them.
The two girls went to greet their family while Fleamont Potter exclaid about the bodies of the Death Eaters.
"More dead?…" He recognized the one without the mask.
"rlin! Is that Edwin Lestrange?!" Fleamont exclaid. "Jas! That was an important Lord. How could you kill him like that?"
"Actually, that one was on ," Pollux responded as he hugged his two granddaughters.
The other mbers of the House of Black ca out of the room once they realized that it was safe to do so.
"Father… are all of the intruders… ehm…" Cygnus looked around at the corpses with disgust on his face.
"I don't know…" Pollux gave Jas a glance.
"At least two of the six Death Eaters should be alive," Jas responded.
"Death Eaters?… is that what these n call themselves?" Cygnus looked confused, and he was not the only one.
The term Death Eater was yet to beco a common na for them, as they were just getting started.
Jas had to improvise. "I just call them that… because of the masks, but that's not important right now." He pointed at the stairs. "One is at the library and the other one… is just downstairs. It's Lucius Malfoy, by the way. You will definitely want to hear what that boy has to say."
"What?! Malfoy attacked us?" Androda looked shocked. She had not paid any attention to the identity of the blonde man before rushing up the stairs.
"Narcissa!" Bella reacted to Jas' words and turned to speak with the house Patriarch. Informing him of her suspicions and the letter she left behind, which would directly implicate Lucius.
"Jas?" Sirius found him quickly and ca running. "Jas! What are yo—ugggh… is that guy dead?" He stared at Lord Lestrange.
"Lord Pollux, we shouldn't delay calling the Aurors," Fleamont Potter said. "The more we wait, t—"
"The Aurors?!" Pollux spat. "What have those useless bureaucrats done for ? This is my house, and I will deal with this issue how I see fit. The Aurors can be called after I am done with the remaining intruders."
"That's not how our laws work…" Fleamont clearly disagreed with the antiquated ntality of Lord Black.
"First things first. I will speak with the ones who are still alive. One of my granddaughters is still missing," Pollux said.
"Hold on… where is our father?" Regulus was the first one to question the whereabouts of Orion Black when even his wife Walburga didn't seem too preoccupied.
Fleamont and Bella glanced at Jas. Neither of them had seen Orion Black in person, but Jas had ntioned that the man had been killed after examining the mories of the attackers.
"I believe he is in the kitchen," Jas responded.
"Alive?" Sirius asked.
When Jas didn't answer the question imdiately, the expression on Sirius and Regulus changed to one of realization.
"Oh no… father." Tears ford in Regulus's eyes.
"No, they wouldn't have done that." Walburga got furious. "They assured that they would not…" She shut her mouth imdiately after saying that.
All eyes in the room turned to her. "What did you say?" the Patriarch demanded.
"You knew about the attack?" Bella questioned her aunt.
"O-Of course not!" Walburga turned paler. "I was just speaking without thinking."
It was obvious by the faces of the other mbers of the house that no one really believed in her innocence.
"I can't believe this." Cygnus stared at the woman with disdain. "We all knew you weren't happy with father's actions as of late, but for you to betray your own family…"
Bella looked the most furious. "If sothing happened to my sister because of you…" Official source is novel⁂fire
"That's enough." Pollux decided to intervene and put things in order. "One issue at a ti. We will deal with this later." He pointed at his son.
"Cygnus, take her wand away and keep an eye on her."
"Yes, father."
Walburga wanted to complain about unfair treatnt, but quickly realized that everyone present was against her.
"Potters." Lord Pollux approached the father and son duo. "I cannot express how much debt we have with your family already."
Fleamont shook his head and sighed. "It's not really who you should thank… my son did all the work himself."
"Yes." Pollux did not find it hard to believe after what he had seen. "I knew I had a good eye for people. Since the first ti I saw young Jas… I could tell there was sothing special there."
"Lord Pollux," Jas addressed the man. "This house is no longer safe. In fact, until you have the chance to reinforce the wards and disable the Floo network, I would not put a lot of trust in any of the properties registered under your na."
"Oh… that is true." Fleamont realized that if these Death Eaters were all mbers of important wizard families, they could gain access to restricted files in the Ministry, and use the sa thod to break into those houses as well.
Pollux seed to consider it for a mont. "I would first have a word with these n. You said one of them was Abraxas Malfoy's son?"
"Indeed." Jas nodded. "I believe he is also the reason for your youngest granddaughter's disappearance."
Pollux's eyes beca cold. "I will make sure to be thorough during my questioning."
"That being said…" the Patriarch continued. "I think it would be best if you and your father left the house now. You have already gotten too involved."
Fleamont and Jas exchanged a look. They both understood what Lord Pollux ant by this.
He was planning on taking full responsibility for the four dead n.
It was likely that all of them were part of pure-blood houses and, as such, had strong connections with the Minister of Magic, who would no doubt try to make things difficult for them.
This is also why Lord Pollux was not in a hurry to call the Aurors. He first wanted Fleamont and Jas to be far away from here.
"Pollux," Fleamont spoke in a serious tone. "Once you are done with all of this ss, rember that you and your family are welco to stay at our manor. Until you can secure a place for them."
"Thank you, Fleamont. I will repay you for this," Pollux said.
"There is no need for that…" He glanced at his son. "The Potters and the Blacks may one day beco officially a family." He said it this way because, despite his mother being a mber of the House of Black, she was removed from the family when she married his father, thus making their union unofficial in the eyes of this house.
Jas and Bella would be the first official marriage between those two houses.
The two Potters decided to leave after giving a quick goodbye to the others present.
It wouldn't be until the next day, when Jas found out about the fate of Narcissa Black, that he received a letter from Pollux himself.
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