Competing Over Sons

However, what infuriated Lucius was that the Malfoy family, a long-established Pure-blood Family, had already condescended to extend a hand of friendship to the Menethil family, that nouveau riche family. And yet, they dared to refuse!?

Even if he was rejected, Lucius didn't really care that much.

He's just an 11-year-old kid, after all. And supposedly, he's not even liked by William; he's practically an insignificant nobody.

But that damned brat named Bell Menethil dared to ambush his precious son! And shamefully, he severely injured Draco!?

So, are all the professors at Hogwarts incompetent?!

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't afford to offend Dumbledore, Lucius would have loved to pull out his Wand, rush into Hogwarts, and kill that brat!

Unfortunately, Fudge was unaware of Lucius's thoughts; otherwise, he would have held Lucius's hand tightly and poured out his heart for three days and three nights with tears in his eyes.

You should know that after Bell massacred a large number of Dementor, it caused him a lot of trouble!

Well, actually, Fudge's troubles have little to do with Bell. It's mainly because Fudge is upset after learning that all of this was done by the Menethil Family brats.

The wizards were overjoyed at the mass killing of Dementor; they were practically ready to create a special festival to celebrate.

The Dementor were terrified and became incredibly docile, daring not to cause any more trouble.

So from a certain perspective, it's not wrong to say that Bell actually helped Fudge.

After all, if Bell hadn't killed the Dementor and distracted people, then with William's encouragement, the angry parents might have actually stormed into the Ministry of Magic and torn Fudge, the "culprit," apart.

Ahem, let's get back to the main topic and talk about Lucius again.

Actually, after his initial anger, Lucius didn't care much about the Menethil Family brat injuring his son.

After all, nothing serious happened to his own son. And it would be good if Draco learned a lesson from this sneak attack.

This brat is so spoiled by his mother that he's completely out of his mind!

The real reason Lucius chose to stand firmly against the Menethil Family was because the Menethil Family was expanding too fast!

Even though the wizard population is small and resources are abundant, there is still a limit to how much resources there are.

The rapid expansion of the Menethil Family in recent years has seriously threatened the interests of many established Pure-blood Family.

As the saying goes, only children argue about right and wrong, while the adult world is all about interests.

After his family's interests were threatened, Lucius took the lead and joined forces with several other families in an attempt to blockade the Menethil Family.

However, the results were not ideal.

First of all, when the Menethil Family's businesses were being suppressed both openly and covertly, the various families were simply unable to work together.

Every family wants to take advantage of this opportunity to squeeze a piece out of the Menethil Family.

However, with more wolves than meat, while suppressing the Menethil Family, these Pure-blood Family also had to be wary of each other to avoid becoming the snipe and clam that were the fisherman who benefited.

Secondly, the Menethil Family is not made of clay.

After truly standing on the opposite side of the Menethil Family, Lucius was shocked to realize that, unbeknownst to him, the Menethil Family had secretly gathered a powerful force.

Although Lucius didn't know much about the power of the Menethil Family, the fact that all the underhanded tactics used by the various Pure-blood Family were Silencio neutralized suggested that William must have secretly recruited at least dozens of wizards.

"Seriously, William, he's such a sneaky guy!"

Faced with William's impenetrable defense, Lucius felt like a mouse trying to catch a tortoise, with nowhere to start.

It was precisely because of William's caution, which could even be described as "cowardly," that William remained unmoved even by the flaws they deliberately revealed.

Therefore, after nearly two years of open and covert struggles, Lucius still has no clue about the Menethil Family's trump cards.

Lucius glanced behind William, and seeing no one as expected, sneered and said:

"Where's your son? I heard he found a Muggle-born girlfriend?"

"Heh, that's true. If it were me, I wouldn't have the face to bring a son like that out in public."

Unable to gain any real advantage, Lucius could only resort to verbal attacks on William for the time being.

Incidentally, Lucius only dared to criticize William, but dared not provoke Elena, who was standing behind William.

After all, as contemporaries and both from Slytherin House, Elena's reputation for dominating the Four Houses was partly due to his contributions.

It's all tears when I talk about it...

Back then, when they learned that William, that "coward," had actually married Elena, countless people's jaws dropped to the floor.

So, did William have some kind of audacity?

Or is it simply that he took the wrong medicine?

Upon hearing Lucius mention Bell, William couldn't help but snort angrily, and the fake smile on his face crumbled.

William gets angry whenever Bell is mentioned.

Can't this brat satisfy his vanity a little and let him show off in front of others?!

He had always watched the game from this VIP box on the top floor, but yesterday Bell told him that there were too many people in the VIP box for today's game, so he wouldn't be coming here.

How could William, who had been planning how to show off for days, possibly accept this?!

What's even more infuriating is that not only did Bell not come, but Bell also ran off with his sweet and adorable little daughter! How could William tolerate that?!

That's right! He had no choice but to endure it...

However, if he can't do anything to Bell, can't he at least do something to Lucius?

Dare to challenge him? He'll teach Lucius a lesson today!

"Hmph! My son is indeed not as formidable as yours. I heard that when your son gets angry, he even dares to hit himself?"

William had heard from Bell that the Hippogriff that Lucius had insisted on killing hadn't actually harmed Young Malfoy.

Young Malfoy almost killed himself because the Curses was reflected back by the shield on his body.

When William first heard the news, he almost laughed himself to death.

He imprinted this matter firmly in his mind, so that one day when he met Lucius, he could bring it up and ridicule him mercilessly!

Sure enough, after he told William about it, William clearly saw Lucius's face quickly turn from rosy to ashen, and even the corners of his mouth were twitching uncontrollably.

In an instant, as if he had gulped down a glass of ice-cold watermelon juice on a sweltering summer day, William felt refreshed and exhilarated. The word "refreshing" was simply indescribable!