Chapter 510: Sixpence

After Draco got up, he leaned against the stair railing very naturally. At this time, the Room of Requirement was empty, but he didn't intend to go in. So, Harry also leaned against the railing. After all, there was no need to keep the content of their conversation secret.

"Thank you, Potter, I feel much better—" Draco said sincerely, "Actually, speaking of it, what really troubles me is just some insignificant problems. We can of course raise it to a very high level, but in the final analysis, it is actually just Pan Xi and Astoria's matter."

Harry politely echoed, letting him continue. But in fact, in Harry's view, if Draco was willing to choose Pan Xi, this shouldn't be a problem. When he put these two people together, he was actually biased toward Astoria in his heart.

"Perhaps, this problem can also be raised. I think Astoria's appearance made me start to re-examine the meaning of life. I originally had a life that was perfect in the eyes of others, but is it really what I want to live a flat life according to the success defined by the world? What are the things that can really make my heart feel satisfied and valuable?"

Harry felt that such a topic was a bit pretentious, and he couldn't help but interrupt: "These are indeed things worth thinking about, but this is two different things from Pan Xi's problem. I think you should take responsibility."

"Responsibility..." Draco frowned, "I don't think there is any responsibility between Pan Xi and me, or, even if you think the power I obtained has her help, I think this kind of return doesn't necessarily have to fall in the form of marriage."

Before Harry could express his opinion, he hit his own boomerang again, "Of course, from another level, even if Astoria... true love doesn't necessarily have to fall in the form of marriage."

"What is your father's opinion?" Harry asked.

"He is busy contacting Muggle members of parliament and doesn't have much energy to pay attention to my emotional life. Of course, I know he is slightly biased toward Pan Xi, but Astoria is not unacceptable." Draco said, "What I worry about is that if I accept this kind of life of weighing pros and cons, I am afraid it will make me live in pain. I want to live for my heart, not for interests..."

Draco started to chatter about freedom, dreams, and so on. Harry didn't take it to heart. What he cared about was Lu Xiusi's movements—according to various news before, he inferred that Lu Xiusi was plotting another magic university and wanted to participate in the political affairs of the Muggle world through parliament. At this moment, some evidence could be obtained from Draco's mouth. It seems that this old ambitious man really didn't stop his activities.

Although the news Harry obtained from various channels was just fragments, if he thought from Lu Xiusi's perspective, it was easy for him to infer Lu Xiusi's actions and plans, because for Lu Xiusi at this moment, the options in front of him were really pitifully few.

The Prime Minister's focus was clearly on the Muggle world, and under the premise of being closer to the Order of the Phoenix faction, if Lu Xiusi wanted to continue to pursue power, he could only look at the opposition. And coincidentally, it was easy for him and the financial capital behind the Conservative Party to find common topics. On the opposite side of the Prime Minister stood various forces. Lu Xiusi, as one of them, would easily mix into their alliance.

It is not difficult to imagine that these people would form a demand for "strengthening the Statute of Secrecy." Muggle members of parliament hoped to curb the trend of the Wizarding World participating in politics, and Lu Xiusi also hoped to use this to suppress the pro-Muggle faction to strengthen his influence in the Wizarding World. However, the natural two-sided betting of capital determined that their opposition in the Muggle world was very limited. Wanting to play financial games in the Wizarding World would be restricted by Gringotts. I am afraid that another magic university was already the greatest achievement these opposition factions could achieve.

And this was actually more in line with Lu Xiusi's own habits. He was more inclined to stay in the opposition group of the Prime Minister, because the magic school matter might help him obtain decisive speaking power similar to a leader; and the main reason Lu Xiusi was unwilling to stay in the Prime Minister's team was that his speaking power in this team was too weak. To use Zhang Qiu's words, this was a person who would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

Harry believed that Snape could also think of these situations, and he chose to let Lu Xiusi's little actions go. Perhaps it was because if the Wizarding World was considered as a whole, this behavior was actually beneficial. As for what impact it would have on the Muggle political arena, it could only be said that at least it would not become worse, because it was visible to the naked eye that from 1980 to now, this political arena had become worse day by day.

"... So this reminds me of what was said in that book, wait, are you listening?"

"Of course, I am listening." Harry's divergent thinking was interrupted by Draco. He immediately nodded seriously, "Yes, we just talked about a book. What book is that?"

"It's a novel Cui Ge found, which explores topics related to chasing dreams and the meaning of life. I think a line in it is very well put: 'The world is full of sixpences, but he looked up and saw the moon.'" Ma Erfu said with a touch of melancholy, "I think this is what truly makes a person feel alive. We need a noble pursuit, rather than just following a set routine..."

"Cough cough." Harry interrupted him, "I think you and Cui Ge are still different. After all, his childhood was difficult, and his mother didn't have any profound ideas. But for you, your father provided you with such a good life. Logically speaking, you have an obligation to help him..."

Speaking of this, Harry suddenly understood another reason why Draco felt confused, because in Lu Xiusi's blueprint and plan, he didn't need his son to do anything for him. This also explained why Draco took triangular love as the top priority, because in his life, he could no longer find anything bigger than love.

"Well, sorry, I think I understand you a little bit." Harry patted his shoulder seriously, "I have heard of that book. It tells the story of a painter, right? However, do you have similar hobbies?"

"Not a hobby, it's that I want to follow my heart to pursue what I really want, but I can't distinguish whether this is true love, or a deliberate act for the sake of opposition."

"Oh, if it's for Astoria, I think this doesn't make sense." Harry shook his head, "Pan Xi, and Astoria, this is the same thing. No matter which one you choose, this has nothing to do with freedom. And personally, I still support Pan Xi more. After all, she is willing to accompany you at any time. I think this is precious."

"So you still haven't been able to understand me, Harry." Draco looked into the distance, his eyes scattered, "Pan Xi is bound to the identity of Malfoy. She will only become an accomplice to that kind of life. She is the kind of noble lady who will try her best to maintain the noble life, even if her husband cheats after marriage, she will cover up the family scandal. Do you know?"

"But what I want is a kind of spirituality, a kind of when I am ready to rebel, she will laugh and run away with me, to that kind of valley wilderness, build a small wooden house under the moonlight, this is a spiritual world for two, I want this."

"That sounds good."

"I hope that when I wake her up at dawn, I can smell the natural scent with straw or linen, not those carefully carved floral scents—I think I am tired of all this, silverware, carpets, gold-embroidered robes... I think my ideal life should be in a humid valley with streams and moonlight, picking ferns and catching fish to stew soup... No, perhaps I have never thought about it before, one day I would actually yearn for the life of the Wei Wei Silai family. I must be crazy."

"This is normal." Harry didn't know how to answer, he also felt Draco's idea was a bit crazy.

Finally, Harry, who was already speechless, let this little young master express a burst of rebellious remarks, and Draco walked toward his bed with a slightly calmer mood and those crazy fantasies.

"Let me analyze it for you." The next afternoon, after hearing all the retelling, Zhang Qiu began to use her rich imagination to explain everything that happened to Draco for Harry, "He is not really tired of noble life, but he has lost too many times, so he found the reason on his original family."

"The so-called 'valley with streams and moonlight' is, I think, a complex intention he mixed with Astoria, Luna, and the life of the Wei Wei Silai family he imagined, based on the total negation of noble life and the entrustment of love. One thing I think you guessed right is that Draco cannot find that kind of lofty self-realization in his family and society, so he will entrust the meaning of life to love."

"But the bad news is that Astoria is obviously not the kind of girl who can live in a stream valley, and her body itself does not allow it. And to be honest, her performance so far should be a lot of set-up. She knows that in front of such a rebellious young master like Draco, the sick white lotus has a stronger attraction than the eldest lady. This is true. If you are also prepared to support Pan Xi, I am prepared to persuade her to stop doing extra actions for the time being. This sensitive stage, the more she does, the more wrong she is, and it is easy to be used by Astoria in reverse."

"Why do you think Astoria is so bad?"

"If she is really simple," Zhang Qiu sneered, "the Sorting Hat would have sent her to the badger house."

"Well, it seems that Draco's fantasy will break sooner or later. So whether it is Pan Xi or Astoria, for him, it is that 'sixpence'."

"He actually reads that kind of book?" Zhang Qiu was a little surprised. Immediately after, she handed over a newspaper, "By the way, this is what I originally wanted to tell you today. Someone is really looking at the moon... even planning to occupy the moon."

Harry quickly scanned the newspaper. It said that Yanayev had started his moon landing plan. Perhaps this had little to do with the Wizarding World. However, if the Prime Minister wanted to forcibly follow suit, there would be a lot of chicken-flying-dog-jumping next. ===== CHAPTER 511 =====