Chapter 2 Magic Eye

As a time traveler who is familiar with the plot, Schelling clearly knows that Voldemort has only disappeared briefly, but his remaining soul is still hiding in a jungle in Albania, waiting for the opportunity to come back.

Lucius's self-preservation at this moment is nothing short of a betrayal to Voldemort, and Schelling also knows that in the near future, Lucius will do another stupid thing, and because of this, Voldemort will lose a Horcrux. After Voldemort's resurrection, Lucius will not only lose his position among the Death Eaters, but also cause his whole family to be severely punished by Voldemort - Malfoy Manor was requisitioned, Lucius's wand was requisitioned, and Draco was assigned a task that was tantamount to sending himself to death...

Even in the original plot, after Voldemort fell again, Lucius was sent to Azkaban prison. Although he was cunning enough to escape jail by betraying his former accomplices and becoming a tainted witness, the Malfoy family's reputation and status were ruined and irreversibly weakened, and they never recovered.

Well, let's make the best of it. After all, he is a time traveler who is familiar with the plot, and maybe he can change the fate of the family, Xie Ling thought optimistically.

It's rare to be able to live again, and Xie Ling doesn't intend to follow the direction of the original plot and let his future be bound by an invisible fate. What Xie Ling brought from his previous life is not only the mature soul of an adult, but also the spirit of adventurer burning in his blood!

Being able to live again, even if he can't be the king like many arrogant time travel novel protagonists, at least a stable and worry-free life, freedom from work, enough wealth to enjoy leisurely, and dignity without having to look at other people's faces are the minimum, and it would be even better if he could make two or three more girlfriends.

Now that fate has made him reborn in the Malfoy family, perhaps he should add one more thing - he also wants to try to change the fate of the family, protect the family's glory, and even make the family a step up.

Let's talk about life in Malfoy Manor.

The exterior of Malfoy Manor is luxurious and covers an extremely large area, but it is empty and only a few people live inside.

In addition to himself and his father Lucius, there are his mother Narcissa, his brother Draco, the butler Cakaro, and a lowly house elf Dobby.

Of course, the Malfoy family also has some collateral descendants, but these people are generally responsible for managing the family's industry on farms or mines, and only appear in the manor during festivals or when the family elders' meeting is held. Therefore, although Xie Lin has met these people several times, he is not very familiar with them, so I won't mention them here for the time being.

As Xie Lin grew up slowly, Xie Lin felt that he was completely integrated into this world, because he felt a strong love and family affection.

When he read the original book in his previous life, he didn't like the Malfoy family because they were all portrayed as hateful villains by the author. However, when he was in this family, he found that regardless of how Lucius and Narcissa were, they were very kind to their family.

As for Draco, he really loved to show off and was very proud. This was because he admired Lucius, who always maintained a cold expression, and always tried his best to show the nobility of pure blood. Coupled with Narcissa's endless and unlimited doting, Draco had some characteristics of a naughty child.

But even he loved this younger brother very much, always liked to act like an older brother, as if Sherin needed more care, so that Sherin, who was an only child in his previous life, could enjoy the warmth of being taken care of by his brother.

Butler Kakaro was a capable middle-aged man and a capable man of his father, but Sherin didn't like him. He was very paranoid about the cumbersome and boring family rules and etiquette, and he would scold Sherin for all kinds of trivial matters.

(Note: Due to the existence of elves in the wizarding world, the servant system is definitely much simpler than that of Muggles. Here, Kakaro is set to play three roles at the same time: Housekeeper + Butler + Tutor, collectively referred to as a butler. If you think that a butler cannot scold a young master, please refer to "Medieval Children" published by Yale University to see how strict the family tutors assigned by the church in the Middle Ages were to the young nobles. The author welcomes rational discussion, but if you want to talk nonsense about things you don't understand, it would be a loss of the duty of a scholar.)

Draco is just the opposite. He is quite favored and valued by Kakaro, because Draco has completely inherited the arrogant and hypocritical spirit of the Malfoy family. His hair is always combed meticulously, and even his nose is upturned and every sentence is slow.

Dobby and Sherin, the house elves, have the best relationship. Whenever Sherin made a mistake, such as accidentally damaging some precious items in the manor, Dobby would always try his best to cover up for Sherin and escape the punishment of the hateful Kakaro. Whenever Sherin was hungry in the dead of night, Dobby would secretly send food to Sherin.

Of course, Sherin was also very good to Dobby. Whenever Sherin got some novel and delicious things from Narcissa, Sherin would secretly keep a portion, and when Dobby came to his room at night, one person and one elf could sit together to share and feel the pleasure of stealing snacks together.

As one of the 28 sacred pure-blood families, the Malfoy family has an extreme obsession with the concept of "pure-blood supremacy", and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is arrogant and domineering.

As a modern person who traveled through time, Shaylin deeply carries the idea of ​​equality for all, which is in direct and irreconcilable conflict with the core concept of "pure blood supremacy" of the family. When Shaylin was a child, he was scolded by Lucius for showing some friendly behavior towards Muggles.

But Shaylin did not take it to heart and continued to do his own thing. He just had to reduce contact with Muggles in order to avoid irritating Lucius's nerves, at least on the surface. When Lucius could not see, Shaylin still liked to go to the Muggle world to try and use Muggle things. He even played with the house elf Dobby.

As for Narcissa, although she was also a stubborn supporter of pure blood supremacy, she did not care about it because she doted on her son. Instead, she thought that her youngest son had his own ideas, but he was young and ignorant of the world.

Because of her protection and her attitude of not giving in, Lucius did not say much to Sherin. Originally, according to his personality, he would definitely scold Sherin frequently, brainwash Sherin, and try to deeply implant the concept of pure-blood supremacy in Sherin's mind.

Of course, there is another reason why Sherin can still live a comfortable and leisurely life in such a pure-blood family. Sherin is a genius. He has shown an amazing language talent since he was one year old, and his speed of learning language is much faster than his brother Draco.

And Sherin's genius is not limited to language ability. He showed an extraordinary learning talent when he was four years old. Lucius bought all kinds of writing enlightenment books and digital calculation enlightenment books for his son. Sherin can learn them all at once, and even learn them without a teacher - of course, this is actually because Sherin still inherited the memory of his previous life.

Sherin privately felt very embarrassed for his title of genius. These learning contents were simply boring to him.

Let alone these simple early childhood enlightenment contents, he was an absolute academic master in his previous life. He ranked first in the UK's A-level national unified examination, and then received a scholarship to study at Cambridge University. Finally, he obtained a double doctorate in archaeology and ancient human linguistics with excellent results. He is proficient in English, French, Spanish and other Latin languages.

After rebirth and crossing, it seems that because of the re-experience of brain development, he found that his memory and comprehension are even stronger than in his previous life. No matter what he has read, he can remember it at a glance, and no matter what he learns, he can quickly understand it. Xie Lin couldn't help but sigh: "Is it a kind of golden finger to remember everything at a glance and understand everything after hearing it? Is this the benefit of crossing?"

When he was 4 years old, Xie Lin successfully triggered a magic riot, and used his powerful thoughts to knock out the old butler Kakaro who was nagging and teaching him. He was confirmed to have the potential to become a wizard. When he was 11 years old, he could have his own wand and be qualified to enter a magic school to systematically learn how to become a wizard.

It must be said that Xie Ling was really relieved for this. After all, he never appeared in the original book. He was not sure whether he had the potential to learn magic. Moreover, he knew how serious the discrimination against people who could not learn magic, commonly known as "Squibs", was in the wizarding world. He could not imagine his fate as a Squib.

On the day when Xie Ling's magic riot occurred, Narcissa was very excited. She hugged and kissed Xie Ling. Lucius still had a cold expression as if it should be so, but his slightly raised mouth could not hide the joy in his heart. Draco watched all this from the side and could only envy it. As for the butler who was stunned, no one paid attention to him after he was sent into the room by the elf.

Lucius and Narcissa prepared a simple celebration for Sherin, but compared to the cakes and desserts at the celebration, Sherin was more concerned about his eyes.

Sherin found that when he looked at his family, they were all covered with a faint hazy white light.

Sherin thought there was something wrong with his eyes, but after several attempts, Sherin found out the reason - he found that his eyes only showed white light when he looked at wizards or magical creatures or magical objects. If you look closely, the white light is like a stream, flowing slowly on wizards or magical objects with a strange pattern.

Sherin suspected that the so-called white light was actually the legendary magic.

This guess was confirmed by Sherin in a family record not long after.

In the Middle Ages, the concept of "pure blood supremacy" was deeply rooted in the wizarding world, which was indeed reasonable. At that time, the wizard population was sparse and was often persecuted by ignorant Muggles. The pure-blood wizards headed by Salazar Slytherin used the protection of pure-blood wizards as a slogan to unify the power of the wizarding world and protect the inheritance of wizards from the persecution of Muggles.

Later, the great Slytherin and his three partners founded Hogwarts, one of the greatest magic schools in the world, and taught various magical knowledge to the vast wizard community from generation to generation. This is a story for later.

At that time, the pure-blood family had very pure blood, and the blood also carried the mysterious power as the origin of magic. In order to ensure the inheritance of blood power, it was necessary to rely on inbreeding to ensure the purity of the blood.

Unfortunately, in those turbulent times, every witch-hunting operation by Muggles would lead to a rapid reduction in the wizard population, and even the demise of some well-known wizard families. Relying on the means of intermarriage became increasingly impractical, and wizard families had no choice but to start cross-family marriages.

Although they still have the title of "pure-blood family", in fact, as the bloodline has been diluted from generation to generation, the power of bloodline has long disappeared without a trace, and has become an ancient legend passed down by word of mouth in the family. The so-called pure-blood family in modern times and the pure-blood family in the Middle Ages are actually going in opposite directions.

In the original book, only a few people have awakened the power of bloodline. In Schelling's memory, there are only Voldemort who speaks snake language, Tonks who is born with the disguise of Magus, and Professor Trelawney who has a thin prophet bloodline but has fallen into ghosts. Harry Potter's talent for snake language is passively acquired because of the attachment to Voldemort's soul fragments, and it does not belong to the innate bloodline power.

As one of the oldest families inherited from the Middle Ages, the blood of the Malfoy family also contains mysterious power.

However, according to the family's historical documents, since the third generation of the Malfoy family, Armand II Malfoy, there has been no precedent of awakening blood power in the family, so Sherin's unusual magic riot did not attract the attention of Lucius and Narcissa.

For unknown reasons, Sherin was very lucky to awaken the blood power of the Malfoy family. This blood power is called "magic eye" in the family records, and can see the flow of magic in oneself and others with the naked eye.

It is recorded in the family history that Armand II Malfoy once used this special ability to communicate with magic, created exclusive magic secrets, and wrote a glorious page in the history of the Malfoy family. Unfortunately, for unknown reasons, there are only a few words about this legendary Malfoy wizard, which is very vague.

The fact that Sherin awakened the "magic eye" is a little secret that belongs only to Sherin. It's not that Xielin doesn't trust his relatives, but Xielin, as an adult soul, knows the importance of keeping a low profile and using a killer. This special ability may come in handy in some unexpected situations.

Through the magic eye, Xielin can observe the magic value of everyone in his sight.

As we all know, the strength of a wizard depends largely on the magic he possesses. The most obvious example is that in the original book, when the fake Mad Eye Moody taught the Killing Curse in class, he said that the Killing Curse is a very consuming spell. If the students' pitiful magic is used to cast it, at most it can only make him bleed from the nose.

Xielin quietly observed everyone in the family. Lucius's magic was mixed with strange gray and black. The total amount of magic was considered strong in the family, but because Xielin lacked comparison with wizards outside, the exact strength was temporarily difficult to estimate. As for his mother Narcissa and the butler Kakaro, the magic in their souls was very lackluster.

For those readers who insist that the Malfoy family should have more than one house-elf, read the original text for yourself:

(Chapter 21 of Book 4 of the original book) "Then Dobby suddenly had an idea, Harry Potter, sir! 'Why can't Dobby and Winky find a job together?' Dobby said. 'Where can there be enough work for two house-elves?' Winky asked. Dobby thought and thought, and then he remembered, sir! Hogwarts! Dobby and Winky came to Professor Dumbledore, sir! Professor Dumbledore accepted us all!"

No family needs more than one house-elf, which can also be proved by the fact that the Black family and the Crouch family only have one house-elf.