Chapter 1253 A Trifle

"Mrs. Parkinson... Sorry, because the situation in the Department of Mysteries was chaotic at that time, I can't remember exactly who went there..."

Nott looked at Vanessa on the opposite side of the coffee table, showing a face of hard thinking. But then, he saw a slight change in his expression, and a deliberate and greedy smile soon appeared in the original hard thinking.

"Oh! Madame, I think... I might need a little 'stimulus' or something to get me thinking about it as soon as possible."

As a person who has been in the pure-blood social circle since she was young, Vanessa is extremely familiar with this kind of rhetoric about beating around the bush and asking for benefits.

Yes, some people may be more tactful, while others will be more blunt, even close to blackmail. But it must be said that interests are always what people pursue.

"Certainly, the right stimulus facilitates thinking."

Vanessa concealed contempt in her heart, but on the surface she remained calm, and even smiled lightly. Then, she took out several stacks of shiny gold Galleons from the bag she was carrying, and placed them firmly on the coffee table between the two of them.

To be honest, this gold coin is usually nothing to a pure-blood family that has been passed down for a long time. But in front of a family on the verge of extinction like the Nott family, it can already be regarded as a lot of windfall income.

What's more, what Vanessa wants to get from Nott is just a clue of a time converter.

However, when Nott saw it, he shook his head decisively after a moment of hesitation.

"Doubling it."

As soon as the words fell, Vanessa couldn't help but frowned—this guy, Nott, really dared to mention it! Where did he get this confidence?

But before Vanessa opened her mouth to say anything, Knott suddenly added:

"...Mrs. Parkinson, don't worry, I'm not raising the price indiscriminately. In fact, I really can't remember the situation at the time, but I can ask for you... So, if you agree to the price, I will I will go and find out for you if anyone has taken the Time-Turner; and if someone has taken it, who exactly is that person."

As he was speaking, he immediately spread his hands and said calmly:

"However, if you feel that my news is not worth the price...then this deal will come to an end!"

Are you still too impatient?

Vanessa is usually a person who cares about spending money,

The reason why she was able to take out these Galleons so happily this time was entirely because she wanted to get the Time-Turner earlier.

After all, although she miscalculated the speed of Maca's trip to London, she still knew that she couldn't leave home for too long.

And when she was in such a hurry, Nott seemed to notice it?

Seeing that the other party clearly grasped her eagerness, Vanessa could only frowned and nodded——No way, she couldn't think of anyone else who would own such a rare item as "Time Converter".

"Okay! Just do as you said, and double it!"

"Oh, generous Mrs. Parkinson," Nott said happily immediately upon seeing this, "trust me, you won't regret making this decision..."

Having said that, he suddenly stood up, nodded at Vanessa and said:

"Then, please drink some tea and some snacks here...I'll help you find someone."

At this moment, Mr. Nott's daughter, that shy little girl Joy, just happened to come to the coffee table with a pot of black tea and some cheap biscuits, and put the entire tray by Vanessa's hand.

"Joy, stay here with Mrs. Parkinson, Dad will be back soon."

After the little girl looked at her father hesitantly for a few times, she finally stood silently by the side, which was regarded as companionship.

After Nott left, Vanessa looked at the girl who was looking down at the girl who was at a loss, and then waved her hands impatiently and said:

"If you want to stay here, then sit down; if you don't want to, don't stay here, find a place to play by yourself!"

...

In fact, Nott remembered the Death Eaters who went to the Department of Mysteries with him very clearly.

Not only that, he even knew who the "former Death Eater" who most likely stole the Time Converter in the Hall of Time was.

However, in front of Vanessa just now, he just pretended not to remember clearly.

Obviously, he wasn't doing it for the "doubled" intelligence fee—his greedy look at that time was simply used to mislead Vanessa.

It must be said that Nott's luck was really bad. He followed Voldemort twice in more than ten years, but he didn't get the slightest benefit.

However, that doesn't mean he's a fool.

In Nott's view, what made Vanessa so eager to get the Time Converter before must have been a very valuable deal. And since he was the one who knew the clues to the Time Turner, why did he give it to Vanessa?

Moments later, Nott hurriedly appeared at the door of an "old friend" of his.

"Tuk tuk."

With a knock on the door, the door in front of him opened, and an old house elf emerged from behind the door.

"This guest, may I ask... oh, is it Master Nott?"

"Well," Nott nodded, and asked in a neutral manner, "Is Walton at home? I have something to do with him."

Here is the mansion of the McNeil family.

About ten years ago, Nott would often come here as a guest, and the "Walton" he called was his former classmate and friend.

Speaking of which, it was he and Walton who decided to follow Voldemort together.

But after that, Walton, who had a better academic performance than Nott, was sent by Voldemort to work in the Ministry of Magic; Nott, who was more skilled in dueling, stayed under Voldemort to work.

However, neither of them thought at that time that Voldemort's fall would be so sudden - before Walton, who was lurking in the Ministry of Magic, could play a role, the Dark Lord's power collapsed instantly.

In the end, Nott, who was on the run, was caught by the Aurors and sent to Azkaban with most of the other Death Eaters.

However, Walton escaped the catastrophe very smoothly because his mission of hiding the Ministry of Magic was quite secretive, and his name was not even on Karkaroff's informant list back then.

But in Nott's heart, Walton owed him once.

After all, if he had confessed his good friend in the trial at that time, given the seriousness of the other party's undercover Ministry of Magic, he would definitely have received a very considerable sentence reduction.

But because of his deep friendship with Walton, Nott used an Oblivion Curse on himself when he was arrested, and forcibly survived the interrogation of the Ministry of Magic using Veritaserum. So much so that after escaping from Azkaban, he couldn't immediately think of his best friend. It wasn't until the neighbor mentioned Walton that he realized that he still had a former friend.

Just as Nott was secretly remembering, the house elf inside the door quickly stepped aside and said respectfully:

"Master Walton just came back yesterday, and he should be in the study now... You should remember that it is the room on the third floor that the young master used before."

"knew."

Nott nodded slightly, then spread his legs and walked across the front hall to the side stairs.

In fact, he didn't remember "the young master's study". The effect of the Forgetting Curse back then was very strong, and he only learned something about Walton from the neighbors, and speculated the truth from the situation after Voldemort's re-emergence.

Fortunately, although the McNeil family's mansion had many rooms, there was only one room with a closed door on the third floor.

"Who is it?"

As soon as Nott knocked on the door, he heard a voice that was only slightly familiar to him from inside.

"It's me," he said loudly, "Auston."

"what?"

The next moment, there was only the sound of hurried footsteps in the study, and then the door was opened by the other party from the inside.

"Oh! How did you come to see me?"

"Because you haven't come to see me..." Nott looked at the strange friend in front of him, and deliberately said indifferently, "So I have to come to you, isn't it?"

"Ah," Walton saw that he seemed to be resentful, and hurriedly took his arm and walked in, explaining as he walked, "You can't blame me...I said brother, you know, after that time we can You've been lucky to get away! To be honest, I'd really like to see you, but I'm afraid that might attract the attention of the Aurors instead."

"Okay," Nott patted Walton's arm and said after hearing this, "I was just joking-I know, you have been watched by Aurors since then, certainly not Easy to run around."

"Ugh--"

Walton nodded at that time, sighed and said:

"It's not easy! Who would have known that after Voldemort's resurgence, he would lose even faster than ten years ago?"

While talking, he warmly greeted Nott to sit down on the sofa on the side of the study, and then sat beside him very casually.

"Well, let's not talk about those boring things... Anyway, it's over now, and I am determined not to get involved in those messy struggles anymore. No, once something happened in London, I would sneak back home !"

After a short pause, Walton then turned around and said:

"By the way, Oston, what do you want me to do when you come back? I remember, you seem to have been at home all this time, why did you come to me suddenly today?"

"The main thing is to catch up with you," Nott said with a smile, "You know, I'm just so boring at home all day long..."

But then, he shook his head slightly, and Nott also sighed:

"But if you have to say it, there is such a small matter."