Chapter 256: Just a Step Away
When the employee saw Della Riddle on the list, the information about her tent location was finally publicized. Wizards with various emotions and ulterior motives began to pass by the tent one after another, and finally surrounded the tent not too far away.
In order to maintain order, employees from the Ministry of Magic of Country Y and some civil servants from Country F who were on vacation came to maintain order and disperse the crowd, but they did not prevent these people from submitting their invitations.
Soon, Dag Rochir, who had become a wizard from Country F, came over and dealt with those anxious people with ulterior motives with a half-smile.
"Invitation? That's not a good idea. After all, Miss Riddle has been traveling a long way..."
"Make concessions? The Riddle family also has tutors. I can't be their boss..."
"Rally? News? What are you talking about, my old friend? You will be taken to court if you talk nonsense like this..."
He was still very thin, and his face didn't look very expressionless, but money and power really made people grow, so Dag's thin face didn't seem so harsh when he rejected his old friends who had stood idly by in the past. People only envied his calmness now.
Among them, the two families that Dagur treated most with sarcasm were his good brother's family and the Malfoy family. Yes, there was someone in the Malfoy family who was favored by Riddle, but there was another Riddle who looked down on them.
Maggie Riddle had hinted as much to Dag Rochel in a lighthearted way.
So Lucius, who didn't get the result he wanted, angrily returned to their tent with the distraught Draco. They walked away with their heads held high and proud. As soon as they returned to the tent, Lucius, who was wearing a suit, irritably tore off his Muggle tie, while Draco sat on the sofa, propped up his little face and began to stare blankly, his heart becoming more and more panicked.
Della didn't see him...
Della came back, but he was not there...
When will Della be back? Why not see him?
These days, Della has been giving him gifts regularly, which used to be his comfort. But today, after being so close yet unable to meet, Draco realized how one-sided these gifts were. He has never had a good communication with Della until now!
So Della, do you really still want to be with him?
......
Draco had no answers, and he couldn't get them on his own.
So what was Della thinking?
She also didn't know that Della had been avoiding confronting this relationship ever since she actually could have written back to Draco but didn't.
Times have changed, everything is different, and she hasn't figured out how to deal with this relationship.
It’s not that she can’t handle it, she’s just afraid that the last bit of sincerity she once held in her hands will disappear due to her emotionless handling.
If even Draco became the audience of her mask...
Despite Dag's complete defense, an invitation letter was still delivered to the study. It was a letter from the Ministry of Magic of Country Y inviting Della to the first-class box tonight. It also included three tickets and a list of people in the box tonight.
Della saw Draco's name, and Maggie beside her saw it too.
"Why, are you planning to go?" Maggie picked up the letter and looked at it lightly. "That's not our plan tonight."
The Riddle family has booked a first-class box, and all the current core members will come, waiting to see Della.
"..." Della lowered her eyes. She thought about the blond boy and was silent for a while. "I know."
"But since we've already invited them, we can also send some people over as a courtesy," Maggie said, changing the subject. "After all, they were not invited to the gathering last night, and now we just need a messenger."
What? The Dark Lord has a son.
"Dag can't leave the box tonight, and shouldn't the Notts and Abates be exposed?" Della thought about the candidate, "Trev? If he goes, will that person dare to show up?"
"Yes, we have too few people available in Country Y..." Maggie nodded, agreeing with every word Della said.
"How about me?" Leah, who was looking at Quasi's photo album with Nella, raised her head, "At least I am still a Y countryman."
Maggie smiled, Della frowned slightly, and her eyes slowly turned around, "I know you are very generous, Leah, but--"
"I'd love to," Leah interrupted Della, laughing, "and I know how to make people hate me."
Leah Abend is used to giving people a sense of intimidation.
Moreover, in order to repay Della's kindness, she couldn't just repay her by being Della's bodyguard. Leah was competitive by nature and she needed an opportunity to demonstrate her abilities.
"Okay," Della stopped being shy and sat down next to Leah. "You should say this tonight..."
Maggie smiled as Della told Leah all the information. When Della explained that her boyfriend Draco Malfoy was in the box, her smile froze for a second, and then she added, "I don't like the Malfoy family."
"..." Leah looked at Maggie, who was smiling, and then at Della, who was frowning but didn't say much. She thought about the power relationship between the siblings, and slowly began to think, "I understand very well. There is no family now that is worthy of Riddle's love."
She skipped over the individual and only mentioned the family, lightly touching upon the topic.
"By the way," after everything was settled, Della took Quasi and Nella's hands, one on each side, "where are the three tickets? Take them with you."
"They actually want us to use wizard tickets to get in!" Quasi shouted excitedly.
"Della is so nice!" Nella said with tears in her eyes.
"Take good care of Leah." Maggie also squatted down and spoke to them in a friendly manner.
Especially when there is danger, death is more shameful than being teleported away.
Riddle can't be labeled as someone who can't protect others from the beginning.
So that evening, as Draco sat in his chair and watched Lucius and Arthur force a friendly exchange in front of Fudge, he saw a tall, brown-haired woman strut in with two house-elves.
The woman seemed to have done her homework on the people present. As soon as she came in, she walked up to Fudge with a clear goal. Amid the red-haired twins' fuss and booing, she mentioned the name that everyone was paying attention to. "Thank you for your invitation, Mr. Fudge, but Della accepted someone else's invitation earlier, so I can only come here to apologize on her behalf."
"Other people's invitation?" Cornelius didn't react. His fluffy white hair trembled like his trembling voice. "Who can..."
"Her brother," Leah smiled cheerfully, but she dropped another bombshell on everyone present, "It was only when Della arrived in Country D that she found out that she had a blood relative who had been raised in Country D since childhood."
"Blood, blood relatives? Really?" Cornelius was a little reluctant to accept the reality that the Dark Lord had another close relative.
"Look over there." Leah raised her neck and motioned Connelly to look outside. Then almost everyone in the box stretched their necks and picked up their binoculars to look over there.
Directly opposite them, in the first-class box on the top floor, two thin figures were standing there looking around the court. The summer breeze blew one of them's long hair, and Della's peaceful face that had once dominated the pages of major newspapers appeared in front of them, making their hearts stop for a beat.
Most people were distracted by fear and anxiety, and when they looked hurriedly at the new face with a silver snake mask next to Miss Riddle, who looked extremely noble, Draco looked at the face he had been longing for. The panic that had been brewing since early morning was completely suppressed, and only the love in his heart, which had no outlet, was churning in his heart.
Then, the panic of no longer being loved came back in multiples, making it hard for him to breathe.