HP: White Lord of Slytherin

Chapter 260 Who Succeeded

Sirius quickly stopped discussing the gossip about Bill and Fleur's upcoming marriage, fearing that Gloria would say that she also wanted to marry Draco.

Gloria really doesn't have time to think about engagement and marriage; she's too busy.

Conrad walked out of the fireplace and saw her standing in the hall, "Miss Slytherin, this is the letter that has been sent to the Ministry of Magic. I hope you will sign for it."

These days, he found out that the delivery address was the Ministry of Magic, but the recipient was Gloria's name.

"For several days in a row, one letter a day. Looking at the envelope and the handwriting, I destroyed the other letters and kept one to send to you."

Gloria took the letter and said, "I see. Thank you."

"The envelope has been checked and there is no offensive magic, but it cannot be opened by anyone other than the recipient. As for what's inside..." Conrad sincerely suggested, "It's best not to open it yourself."

"It doesn't matter." Gloria was quite calm. "In terms of dark magic, no one can match the Slytherin family's attainments in this area."

Besides, even if it is a curse, there is no curse in this world that Jörmungandr cannot bear.

Conrad certainly understood this. "Well, everything is going smoothly at the Ministry of Magic now. Although a few positions have not been successfully occupied, the impact is not significant. Also, Scrimgeour and Dumbledore do not have a harmonious relationship."

"It depends on how Dumbledore solves it. Just pay attention to it." Gloria asked, "How is the situation in Austria?"

"Everything is normal." Conrad hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke, "Miss Slytherin, why would you want to win over a man like that? So many years have passed, and the person who defeated him is still alive."

Seeing that she was staring at the envelope without answering, Conrad continued, "His party has long been disbanded. Muggles in this era no longer fight world-class wars. Except for the British wizarding community, the wizarding community in other European countries has a stable life. No one is willing to start a war with Muggles again."

"I'm not attracted by the power he once built, or his ambition to instigate a war between wizards and Muggles." Gloria put away the envelope. "I'm attracted by his talent, his political talent."

She put her hands behind her back and paced back and forth. "To be honest, I have not seen anyone who can match his political talent. Maybe Dumbledore's tactics are very clever, but he stays away from power and it is impossible for him to help me."

Conrad was a little frightened for a moment, not sure what she was trying to do.

"Of course, this talent must not be worn away by time," Gloria said. "To verify this, I have to go to Austria myself."

"Miss Slytherin..." Conrad initially thought that she wanted to establish her own sphere of influence, but now it seems that what she is going to do must be very shocking.

Today, the British wizarding world has been plunged into an invisible war because of Voldemort's Death Eaters.

Could it be that Gloria wants to add something to it?

"Are you going to do something like that?" Conrad thought for a moment before saying, "Disputes with Muggles."

"It has nothing to do with Muggles. My actions are only closely related to the wizarding world." Gloria walked to the door of the hall and looked at the scenery outside the door. "Of course I will not provoke any war, whether it is the Muggle or wizarding world."

Conrad was confused. Influential dark wizards throughout the ages had all tried to invade the Muggle world.

Gloria suddenly asked him, "How many times have you been to Slytherin Manor? Have you ever thought about its exact location?"

Conrad was secretly shocked, "I have never investigated the address here."

"Don't be nervous." Gloria said, "Even if you try every possible means, you won't be able to find the location of this place."

Conrad could only remain silent.

“Even if everyone searches every inch of the land, they won’t find this place.”

Gloria slowly turned her head and saw Conrad's surprised look. "Because the manor is not in the outside world at all."

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Conrad left with full of questions. The fire flashed in the fireplace and Gloria opened the envelope.

The letter was signed by Van der Vries.

What a strange man.

Dear Miss Slytherin,

I have always felt sorry that I was not able to greet you formally in a normal setting during the two times we met.

To answer your last question, my real name is Van der Vries.

My family has been searching for the Slytherin bloodline for hundreds of years and finally found the real Slytherin. Perhaps you will be curious about why I am by Voldemort's side. My father's generation found this Slytherin half-blood, but unfortunately after investigation, it was discovered that he was a descendant of the Gaunt lineage.

I joined the Death Eaters to better express my loyalty to you. I am willing to provide you with the information here and hope you can meet me in person.

- Yours faithfully, Family De Vries

After reading the letter, Gloria was confused. Voldemort was not the Slytherin bloodline he was looking for, so she was the only one left, but her identity was only revealed in recent years.

The family that Slytherin openly united with was the Gaunt family.

Her ancestors had observed this family and, in order to avoid combining with outside wizards and diluting Slytherin's Parseltongue bloodline, they chose close relatives or even closer relatives.

Gloria admired Ives more than once for choosing the other way for the Slytherin family.

The question now is who bypassed the secrecy magic hundreds of years ago and made his true identity known.

When Gloria arrived at the portrait studio, she was constantly asked about her work. She became busier and busier. During holidays, she often came once every two or three days, mainly for practice.

"Can you be quiet for a moment? I have something important to know."

Hearing this serious tone, the portraits quickly quieted down.

"What's wrong Gloria?"

She held up the letter and cast a magnifying spell to allow each portrait to clearly see the words on it. She asked, "Who is so powerful that he let people know his true identity and even tracked down our family for hundreds of years?"

The portraits immediately began to whisper to each other. Out of pride in their family identities, countless people tried to reveal their identities, but they were all tightly restricted by magic and even punished.

Speaking of these portraits, many of them died in their thirties or forties. In addition to the damage done to themselves by studying black magic, they also committed various daily violations.

"That's too much. You didn't even tell us that you succeeded!"

"Who? Admit it now!"

The portraits were shocked, and then they started to boil with excitement, and sparks began to fly from the frames.

"De Vries..." A voice came from the wall where only a few portraits were hung, and the other portraits immediately fell silent.

Gloria was also surprised, "Enzo?"

Enzo's silence is second only to Elvis'.

She had never seen Elvis open his eyes, and if the portrait had not occasionally moved, she would have suspected it was a static portrait.

Enzo spoke several times, all when she was young, curious about the outside world and had limited knowledge of Muggles. It was he who said things that deeply affected her.

"Is that why you died so early?!" Bernice, wearing a feather crown, asked shrilly.