Chapter 239: Arriving at Diagon Alley - Darcie’s Mentor!
November turned out to be the busiest month of the year for the Malfoys.
With the new post of Hogwarts' governor over his shoulder, and Darcie's unavailability in the Manor for at least 5 days a week, the pair of father and daughter had spent a significant amount of their time down in the potions room of the suitcase's library.
Lucius had wanted Darcie to familiarize herself with all the basic potions before leaving.
As some potions' brewing lasted an entire day, they just had the time to go by the books this time, and not play with potions' recipes.
Darcie's rest of the day and a major part of the evening had gone to practice verbal spells with her mother. Not to mention, her parents had strictly forbidden her to let others show she could do non-verbal magic.
Darcie's mornings had gone into playing with broomsticks along with her brother. Draco hadn't talked to her for three days after they had told him Darcie's eventual departure, but by the fourth day, things had gone old and stale, and the children's routine of flying since the last few months had been enough to bring them together again.
Lucius had even allowed Darcie to take her suitcase with her, given that she wouldn't share its secrets with anybody.
Then one day, the Malfoys invited Mr. Pigplanter Hillam, the manager of Flourish and Blotts, for dinner.
After dinner, Lucius had taken his guest to the meeting room on the ground floor for a private audience. When the old man, with white side whiskers on his face, had departed, he had been sweating from head to toe.
It hadn't ended there.
Malfoys' next guest had been none other than the owner of Brews and Stews, Ms. Clutterbuck Crispe, where the ministry had arranged Darcie's indefinite stay.