"... Gentlemen of the Milfalli family over there, do you have anything to say about Martin, the steward?"
Under Maka's sudden change of words, many people seemed a little confused.
They didn't know that Maka had been speaking eloquently towards Steward Fanny of the Blois family, but suddenly she was pointing her looming edge at the seemingly unrelated Milefali family.
But as soon as he said these words, all the wizards present looked over there, and a few people actually noticed the nervousness on the face of the representative of the Milevale family. Although the expression only passed for a fleeting moment, if it was not dazzling, it probably meant that there was still some unknown connection hidden in it.
"Gentlemen, you... don't you have anything to say?"
Seeing that their expressions changed slightly and they remained silent, Maka looked quite embarrassed, so she urged them again.
The Milevalli family, like the Blois family, is also a wizarding family in France. Of course, compared to the latter, although the Milefali family has a rather peculiar history, its background is much shallower.
According to Fanny, this family was originally an ordinary mixed-blood wizard family. For generations, they made a living by making and selling pastries and desserts. It can be said that there is nothing surprising about them.
However, under the inspiration of a certain generation of ancestors, this family actually took advantage of a certain war to wash away the mixed blood of their ancestors, and became a pure-blood family in the post-war magic world. . And in the period since then, because they had some money and acquired a false status, they really gained both fame and fortune.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, as their so-called "pure blood" was eventually discovered by the Ministry of Magic's pre-war archive recovery work. Although by that time, whether pure blood or not was no longer the top issue in the magic world, the reputation of the Mille Farley family was trampled on thousands of times by the public opinion and was completely ruined.
Nowadays, the Milefali family only relies on the continuous hard work of generations of family members to barely gain a foothold in the middle and upper classes of the French magic world in terms of wealth. If not for the bright minds of their family members, I am afraid that the surname Milevale would have disappeared without a trace in the French magic world.
But it was precisely because the family's status was so awkward that they had room to be won over by the greedy manager Martin. If there were other more powerful forces, it would be impossible for Old Martin to easily borrow power based on his status as a manager of the Blois family with a foreign surname.
That is to say, both of them have an urgent need to cooperate, which is why Manager Martin plunged into the inheritance distribution incident of Nico Flamel.
Just outside the side door of the auditorium, Maka had a small discussion with Fanny and made some comments about this trivial matter. As for how to deal with the steward Martin who was scared away by Maka's few words afterwards... As long as the guy keeps his peace from now on, there is no need to clear him out of Blois Castle.
If today's thing can be accomplished, then the greedy old guy can be regarded as a hero.
"Well, Mr. Martin did have some dealings with us this time." The representative of the Milefali family seemed a little hesitant at first, but soon his expression became serious, "However, our family can I never promised to cooperate with him..."
Saying "I have never met Martin" now will naturally be of no help to the final result. He will not tell such a lie that can be easily exposed. Since you can't deny it, why not simply admit it, and then you can avoid certain minefields in a more calm manner.
"Oh?" Maka nodded calmly, waiting for the other party to continue.
"Yes, that's it..." Representative Milefali said smartly, "Steward Martin is indeed trying to participate in this meeting in his personal capacity, but no matter how 'personal' he is, he is still Blois A steward of the family. Our Miller Farley family is small and weak, and we dare not refuse his request easily. "
"So you brought that steward Martin in, right?" Maka nodded clearly and said, "I can understand your difficulty, and now sir, you can answer our doubts, so to speak. Thank you very much.”
"We at Chateau Blois should also thank you, Mr. Milevale," Maka had just said. Fanny immediately seized the opportunity and thanked you together, "Your testimony has provided us with a clear picture." The Lowa family has been cleared of an injustice.”
Of course, Maca expected that the Milefali family would be so cooperative.
A family with such an embarrassing status would not want to get themselves into a situation that would lead to trouble, let alone offend either the Blois family or Hogwarts. So he spoke very simply. Apart from the mistakes he had made, he said everything he needed to say about Martin.
Now that the truth about Martin's secret sabotage of the family's plans has been revealed on the spot, Blois Castle's statement of "one thing on the surface but another behind the scenes" is logically and self-defeating.
"I'm sorry, Miss Blois... It seems that I misunderstood your Blois family." The old housekeeper had been watching all this happening. It was only now that things gradually became clear that he said, "I hope you will The Blois family can severely punish the steward named Martin, so that I and everyone present can feel at ease as soon as possible."
"Of course," Fanny said intently, "Blois Castle will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."
After the surprising appearances of Maka and Edward Sr., the mystery of the Taylor family head and the two wizards, one tall and one short, has obviously not changed significantly. But as for the original disappearance of the old housekeeper, it was completely explained. When the final answer is already in front of everyone, who else will be too interested in the questions that arise during the process of solving the problem
Maybe others don't, but Maka is definitely not one of those people. After realizing that the restlessness of the two parties might have an unknown impact on his future actions, he made up his mind to find out.
However, that is definitely not now.
"Mr. Edouard Flamel, Mademoiselle Fanny Blois... It's great that this misunderstanding between the two of them can be solved so quickly!"
While the wizards from all forces were still secretly analyzing the conversations just now, Mrs. Maxim, who had always been a bystander not far away, finally found the opportunity to speak. To be honest, it was really inconvenient for her as a local owner to interfere in such a messy matter, and she felt very aggrieved.
"Yes!" Old Edward once again showed his kind expression and said in an easy-going manner, "Well, this time I have to thank Mr. Maclean of Hogwarts. Without him, I would have been arrested long ago. Locked up in a small dark room, right? With my old bones, I’m really scared when I think about it... "
His words immediately reminded all the wizards who coveted the alchemy inheritance. It can be seen that many faces turned around at almost the same time, and countless eyes were directed towards Maka.
Probably because it seemed that a critical moment had been reached, those glances were obviously more explicit than before, and seemed to contain a variety of emotions and psychological activities.
However, Maka didn't notice those eyes that became sharper. He just smiled and nodded slightly at the old housekeeper.
"You're welcome, Mr. Flamel," he shrugged, with a bright smile on his face. "When I entered Hogwarts, the first principle Professor Dumbledore taught me was that I should learn Help everyone in need. Although I am not old now, I am still a teacher imparting knowledge... How can I miss this opportunity to set an example for students?"
"Oh, Mr. Dumbledore..."
When old Edward heard the name, he immediately showed a sentimental expression, which made the people around him feel bad.
"My head of the family also stayed in the British wizarding world for a period of time in the past. At that time, I was also fortunate to have several brief conversations with Mr. Dumbledore... He was a great wizard who deserves respect from anyone. Now that I think about it, he was It’s as if the words I said are still ringing in my ears!”
As soon as these words of reminiscing came out, Maka noticed that there was a lot of whispering among the crowd. He knew that the time to take that final step had come.
"When you have the opportunity, Sir, you might as well go to Hogwarts to see Professor Dumbledore. He was willing to sacrifice for the sake of the school, thus giving us an opportunity to defeat the powerful. Now he is buried in Hogwarts. The lakeside, like a bunch of immortal Gubulai fairy fire, guards our campus forever... "
As Maka spoke, she winked at Old Edward very covertly. In fact, there was no need for him to remind him. How could the shrewd old housekeeper not know that it was time to get to the point
"That's for sure," Old Edward said with a smile, "Well... why not take this opportunity to hand over the distribution of my master's inheritance to Hogwarts! I believe that Mr. Dumbledore's school will definitely Someone who can selflessly accomplish this great thing that benefits the entire world.”
That’s it! Yes, it was this sentence that made the whole auditorium boil. The representatives of those forces couldn't bear it any longer, because what the old butler actually said was "to leave all power to Hogwarts"!
If they really want to make this happen, then these forces are just playing ball! But at this moment—
"No, I'm afraid that won't work."
Maka's answer was beyond most people's expectations.