The Beauties of Ella Cottage

After the ceremony, Skylar escorted Natalia to Ella Cottage.

Ella Cottage now has quite a few permanent residents, and they are all stunning beauties, which gives Skylar a strange feeling that he is keeping a mistress in a golden cage.

Sarf was Skylar's first maid. During the day, she would disguise herself as a student and appear as the Dragon Head leader of the Sleeping Dragon Society, participating in the Sleeping Dragon Society's operations.

However, in the shadows, her true identity goes far beyond that. Sarf is the executor of all of Skylar's shady dealings, responsible for handling all of Skylar's dark side. She oversees the Coiling Dragon Dungeon, where enemies are imprisoned and tortured; the Dark Laboratory, where dangerous and cruel experiments are conducted; the Forbidden Treasury, which stores all kinds of dangerous Dark Arts items; and the Dark Arts Dark Arts Library, used only to store dark magic books, ensuring that these forbidden places remain under Skylar's control.

Latifa, the "Maid of Light," is the librarian of Skylar's Private Library. Her job is to manage Skylar's Private Library, which contains ordinary books. Although these are precious books collected from various Pure-blood families, they are not dangerous and are therefore open to the core members of the Sleeping Dragon Society or members who have made contributions.

Savannah, the "Maid of Secrets," is Skylar's international diplomatic secretary, specializing in managing Skylar's network of international allies, including communications across different countries and languages, as well as intelligence exchanges and cooperation.

If Savannah's job is to deal with external affairs, then the next resident of Ella Cottage will be to deal with internal affairs.

Katarina "Maid of Swords" (she's called Katarin by Skylar), is Skylar's steward, responsible for handling the family's internal affairs, including managing vassal families of different classes, strengths, and statuses. Skylar's duties are not easy. Katarin already has nine vassal families under her command, and she must establish a hierarchical structure, responsibilities Skylar, authority, and reward and punishment system for these families, and determine the allocation of resources according to their contributions and strength.

Just as Skylar had two private libraries, he also had two treasure troves.

Sarf's treasure vault is used to store all kinds of dangerous Dark Arts items. Its location is hidden in Suitcase Space, next to the Coiling Dragon Dungeon and the Dark Laboratory. Only Sarf and Skylar can enter it.

The other treasure vault contains various alchemical items, rare materials, and precious treasures. It is located in Chamber of Secrets in Ella Cottage. Compared to the Dark Vault, the items here are valuable, but they are very safe.

Skylar entrusted Natalia to Sarf, asking her to help her quickly familiarize herself with her environment and adapt to her new life. Under Sarf's guidance, Natalia would integrate into the system as soon as possible and eventually become the official administrator of this treasure vault.

As the administrator, Natalia's responsibility is to maintain and manage all the treasures within the vault. She needs to accurately record the inventory and stock of alchemical materials, magical items, and various consumables, ensuring that the use, issuance, and receipt of each item are meticulously documented. In addition, she is responsible for the cleanliness and organization of the vault, keeping all items categorized and orderly so that they can be quickly found and retrieved when needed.

Simply put, it's similar to the duties of a librarian in Latifa, except that Natalia manages items, while Latifa manages books.

Since it was a rare opportunity to visit Ella Cottage, Skylar chatted with the women Ella Cottage for a few minutes, taking the opportunity to learn about their situations.

Sarf was still busy crafting Werewolf and Giant Inferius, but unfortunately, she made no progress.

While training her army of Inferius, Savannah also continuously improved the equipment worn by the Inferius. Of course, she had not given up on her plan to use Dark Arts to improve the Inferius constitution.

Katarin, as the legitimate daughter of the powerful France Moreau Family, has truly embraced her role and established her authority among the many vassal families through a strict system of rewards and punishments. When the heads of the families met her, they almost thought they were meeting Skylar himself.

Skylar had promised that as long as she served Skylar wholeheartedly, Skylar would grant her even greater power. Katarin herself possessed the talent of dual bloodlines, and as long as she continued to cultivate over time, her strength would naturally increase.

But Skylar was able to accelerate this process. The method was still the spell seal technique, and this time he chose "Vengeful Blood Will". This spell seal could continuously stimulate the growth of soul power through the hatred in a person's heart. The stronger the hatred in one's heart and the greater the obsession with revenge, the faster the soul power would grow.

Guided by her own words, Katarin has become a vengeful spirit born for revenge. Under the effect of "Vengeful Blood Will," it is only a matter of time before her magic reaches the level of a quasi-magician, and this process will not take long.

Seeing that there was nothing more for Skylar to do, he Apparition back to the Miraculous Alchymia and then returned to Hogwarts Castle through the Secret Passage.

The camera pans to the other side.

In a dimly lit secret classroom at Hogwarts, the flickering candlelight cast the silhouettes of two figures. Hufflepuff Prefect Rolf Scamander, a sixth-year student, and Ravenclaw Prefect Anthony Goldstein, a fifth-year student, carefully closed the door, cast several anti-eavesdropping charms, and then sat down at the table.

"That McLaggen guy..." Scamander frowned, his tone filled with undisguised disdain, "I don't know where he gets his confidence from. Does he really think that by clinging to Umbridge's coattails, he can become a 'powerful figure' at Hogwarts? His followers are nothing but opportunists—today they can fawn over Umbridge, tomorrow they'll bow down to someone else."

Goldstein chuckled and adjusted his glasses. "His influence has grown quite rapidly, especially among those who harbored illusions about the Ministry of Magic; he's won them over. But ultimately, he's just the Clown. It's uncertain how long Umbridge can hold out."

"Let them jump around," Scamander shrugged. "As long as they don't go too far, we don't need to confront them head-on."

Goldstein nodded, then changed his tone and said seriously, "Have you heard? Harry Potter from Gryffindor has also formed his own faction called Dumbledore's Army, and I've been invited to join."

Scamander raised an eyebrow. "Oh? How strong are they?"

"Including me, there are 26 people in total, including Ernie from the Macmillan Family and Neville from the Longbottom family."

"26 people, that's quite a force, but the name Dumbledore's Army..." Scamander frowned slightly, seemingly unable to find a suitable adjective.

"Haha, I feel the same way. They seem to think that doing this will please Dumbledore, but in reality, it will only give the Ministry of Magic another reason to deal with Dumbledore," Goldstein said.

Scamander sighed before saying, "To be honest, Dumbledore my family and was a mentor and friend to my grandfather. If possible, I hope we can avoid being enemies with him." (Note: His grandfather was Newt Scamander)

Goldstein spread his hands, shrugged, and said, "What else can we do? As direct descendants of the family, everything must prioritize the family's interests, right?"

Scamander was silent for a moment before slowly speaking, "Perhaps, but let's not talk about that. What exactly is Dumbledore's Army doing?"

"Mainly, it's about the members meeting regularly, where Potter teaches us combat magic—to be honest, Harry's skills are really impressive. He not only mastered the Patronus Charm, but also has a very keen sense of touch in actual combat; he's practically a born warrior," Goldstein said.

"That doesn't surprise me," Scamander mused. "His performance in the Triwizard Tournament speaks volumes."

"More importantly, Hermione was there for him," Goldstein said meaningfully. "She was meticulous in everything she did, arranging everything perfectly, which allowed Dumbledore's Army to operate so smoothly right under Umbridge's nose. Without Hermione, no matter how capable Harry was, he couldn't have organized a group of students."

Scamander nodded, about to continue, when the conversation suddenly paused for a few seconds. He and Goldstein exchanged a glance, their expressions becoming somewhat serious.

After a long pause, Scamander finally spoke in a low voice, "But what concerns me most is the Sleeping Dragon Society."

Goldstein frowned. "Yes, Skylar Malfoy... he's too mysterious."

"We know Dumbledore's Army is training in dueling, we know McLaggen is affiliated with the Ministry of Magic, but what about the Sleeping Dragon Society?" Scamander lowered his voice. "They have almost no leaked information, their organization is incredibly tight. We can only guess at how many of them there are or what they're doing."

Goldstein nodded slowly. "Many of the younger Slytherin and Ravenclaw follow him... but no one can get them to talk. Even we Prefect feel like we're groping in the dark when we try to get any information."

Scamander's tone also took on a wary tone. "That's the most dangerous place—you never know what a low-profile organization is plotting."

A silence fell over the classroom, broken only by the flickering candlelight. They looked at each other, seeing the same thought in each other's eyes: if they wanted to complete the mission entrusted to them by their families, the Sleeping Dragon Society was the greatest threat they needed to be wary of.