Chapter 5.

  A year passed, and Soren was now 10 years old. During this year, due to a nutritious diet and ample physical exercise, Soren's figure was tall and upright, a whole head taller than his brother Draco. Coupled with his handsome appearand gentle demeanor, he looked every bit the rid handsome type.

  As the older brother, Draco ofte both envy and jealousy; just by height alone, Draco had the illusion that Soren was the older brother. It wasn't just about appearance; although the two brothers were identical twins, their personalities were pletely different.

  Draco, due to his blind admiration for his father, developed a proud and arrogant demeanor simir to Lucius, although his behavior still retained some childishness; Soren, oher hand, ied none of his parents' traits, alresenting a secretive, quiet, humble, and polite demeanor, fide unassuming, resembling a Hufflepuff.

  Lucius and Narcissa were quite satisfied with Soren's mature and steady demeanor, which exceeded that of his peers, but they were even more fond of the fmboyant and domineering Draco. After all, Draco's personality aligned more with the Malfoy family's traditional style, and his childlike traits further stirred their parental instincts.

  Throughout the year, with Soren's tireless efforts, he finally finished reading the colle of books he had brought from his grandmother's house. Soren the his sights on Number 12 Grimmauld Pce. Over the past year, he had frequently inquired through letters to his doting grandmother and had long since discovered the exact location of the Bck family home.

  On this day, he arrived at Number 12 Grimmauld Pce with Dobby's guidand met the house-elf, Kreacher, who lived there alone.

  At this point, Kreacher was over few hundred years old, which, even by elf standards, meant he was quite elderly. As described in the inal novel, he had bee a bit deranged due to his solitary existen the empty Be.

  Bound by the magic of his tract, the house-elf could not leave the house without his master's permission. He could only verse with the portrait of his old master, Mrs. Bck, leading to his somewhat insane demeanor.

  However, when he learhat Soren was Narcissa's son and bore the Bck bloodline, he instinctively regarded Soren as his half-master, his tone and attitude filled with resped obedience.

  Soren uood that house-elves, as intelligent beings, were capable of gratitude and loyalty. Only by treating house-elves kindly could one earrue loyalty. In the inal work, Sirius had made the mistake of ing this, whidirectly led to his death.

  Soren did not adopt a desding attitude towards Kreacher because of his apparent subservience. Instead, he treated Kreacher with warmth and kindness, allowing him to ge into clothes and him some dies he had brought from home, which deeply moved Kreacher and signifitly boosted his loyalty.

  Kreacher eagerly led Soren on a tour of the Bck family home. As a grand residence of the Bck family, Number 12 Grimmauld Pce ical pure-blood wizard house, filled with decorations that were turies old, many of which were silverware crafted by a elves. These items would be worth a fortune as antiques if pced on the market.

  After Voldemort's return, this house would be used as the headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix, but for now, it remained uninhabited and had not been magically protected. The thick yer of dust around indicated that no one had visited in a long time.

  They arrived at the painting room on the sed floor, where a rge tapestry covered almost aire wall, depig the family tree of the Bck family, trag its ins back to the twelfth tury.

  Uhe Malfoy family, which had few desdants, the Bck family was known for its extensive branches, making it one of the most widespread pure-blood families. Almost every notable pure-blood family in Britain had a marital e to the Bck family.

  Soren was surprised to find his name on the Bck family tree. Upon asking Kreacher, he learhat Mrs. Bck had passed away in 1985, when he was just five years old, and his name had been embroidered oapestry sihe day he was born.

  Soren remembered that this room also housed one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, the Slytherin locket, but as a student who had not yet started school, he dared ertain any fantasies about it. He was well aware of the dangers associated with toug a Horcrux. It tained a fragment of Voldemort's soul, which had its own sciousness and could manipute minds, corroding the souls and lives of those who came into tact with it.

  Soren's goal for this visit was the Bck family's library.

  As one of the oldest of the Sacred 28 pure-blood families, the Bck family's colle of books surpassed that of the Malfoy family in both quality and quantity, taining many out-of-print magical texts and even unique editions dating back to the Middle Ages. This excited Soren, who was eager for knowledge.

  sidering that the Bck family had no heirs, it would be better for him to be from these valuable books than to let them fall into the hands of Harry Potter, that ung brute. After all, he could be sidered a distant branch of the Bcks, which surely made him more qualified than that outsider, Harry Potter!

  After obtaining Kreacher's sent in the name of the Bck family, Soren unceremoniously packed up all the books from the Bck family's colle using his personal book bag.

  The colle here sists of over a hundred books, enpassing a wide range of topics reted to magic, much like the Malfoy family's library, c almost every area of magic. Many of the records about a magical symbols corroborate what Soren has seen in the Malfoy colle, which both surprised and delighted him.

  However, the most precious item is the secret spell hat are exclusively ied by the direct desdants of the Bck family. Soren had already seen part of these his grandmother's house, but the Bcestral home is, after all, a lihat is the paternal surname, while Druel has only daughters, which ts as a maternal surname iaherefore, the notes found in the Bcestral home are retively more plete and prehensive.

  [Acquisition of the Bck Family's Magical Spell Supplement!]

  Unfortunately, the Bck family's colle still cks any dark magic books. Soreed that, like the Malfoy family, the Bck family probably has a secret chamber specifically for st forbidden items.

  Soren specifically asked Kreacher about this, and Kreacher cimed to know nothing about it.

  Due to the nature of house-elves as sves, Kreacher ot lie to Soren, and it also has no motive to do so. Soren could only deduce that the secret of this chamber is likely trolled solely by the embers of the family, and house-elves have nht to access it.

  Life theuro the simple routine of two points: studying books during the day and training with Dobby at night, with only weekends allowing for a bit of rexation, readiers from his pen pals and carefully writing replies.

  Before his 11th birthday, Soren, with the help of a time manipution tool, successfully finished reading the Bck family's colle and dots.

  Through the cross-refereng and iion of the two families' colles, Soren not only gained a clear uanding of the history of the magical world, the formation of magical power, and the development of spells, but his greatest achievement ieg together numerous historical secrets about the Middle Ages from the vast array of books, as well as successfully mastering the interpretation and deciphering of A Runic.

  The A Runes of the wizarding world share the same parent writing system as the a human nguages of Muggles, sisting of 22 Phoeni letters. However, as wizards discovered the magical power hidden within the script, the A Runes gradually developed its own writing system over the course of time.

  A wizards developed various unique runic symbols, which gathered and transmitted magical power, particurly on in alchemy. However, with the advent of a peaceful era, the use of magic has increasingly leaowards everyday life, leading to the gradual dee of the use of a scripts.

  In his previous life, Soren was an expert in a human nguages. Drawing from that experiend the rich colles of the two families, he quickly grasped the rules as of deciphering A Runes, which would be an astonishing achievement if known by others.

  It is well-known that A Runes are notoriously difficult to uand. Acc to Hogwarts' normal curriculum, the A Magic course only be taken ihird year, and that course only teaches how tnize on basiic symbols and words.

  In trast, Soren, who already read and savor historical dots written in A Runes, far exceeds the highest level that Hogwarts teach.

  With just a few days until his 11th birthday, Soren began to assess his progress and had to admit he was quite satisfied with his achievements so far. Although he was born into a family on the wrong side of things and might be caught up in family tragedies in a few years, his starting point was signifitly strohan that of the inal protagonist, Harry.

  pared to the novice Harry, Soren's uanding of the wizarding world is quite thh. The bloodline power a spell iance of his family ensure his future potential. More importantly, having the time manipution tool guarahat his life at Hogwarts is destio folloer academic route.

  Just as Soren was filled with fantasies and expectations for his life at Hogwarts, his 11th birthday quickly arrived, and both he and Draco received their acceptaters from Hogwarts. The two brothers naturally uood what this meant a downstairs to inform their parents.

  On the sed page of the invitatioer, it also listed the textbooks, wizarding robes, cloaks, wands, cauldrons, and other items needed for the first year at Hogwarts.

  "Baby," Narcissa's eyes were filled with emotion aance, "I didn't expect you to reach the age of enrollment so soon... You've grown up and will be leaving home to learn magic... Mommy really doesn't want you to go..."

  "Mother, there's o be sad. Once I learn magic, I will protect you and father, guarding the glory of our pure blood," Draco patted his chest and promised.

  "Yes, mother," Soren took over the versation, "the school isn't far from home. We'll e back every Christmas and summer vacation."

  Lucius cleared his throat and said coldly, "I have something to say. The educational standards at Hogwarts have deed over the years. I heard from your Uncle Shat Gryffindor has bee the most popur house, while Slytherin is being marginalized and ostracized..."

  "That's not even the worst part," Lucius snorted coldly, "Hogwarts inally prohibited the study of Dark Arts. The only bat course is that so-called Defense Against the Dark Arts css, and for decades, the professor for that css has ged every year, with quality and standards getting worse. Didn't st year's news say that the esteemed Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was attacked and killed by an unknow in the Forbidden Forest?"

  "I think," Lucius said lightly, "you should go to Durmstrang, where you receive a better education. There, the study of Dark Arts is less restricted, and you won't have to live with non-pureblood students. What do you think?"

  Durmstrang is one of the three prestigious wizarding schools in Europe, open to young wizards across Europe, but only admits students from pureblood families. The school's atmosphere is strict, emphasizing discipline, and it is said that there is a tradition among students to respect the strong, making petition very fierce.

  "Are you really willing to send our precious son so far away? It's an isnd, how invehat must be!" Narcissa was worried about the two children; after all, Hogwarts is withi Britain, while Durmstrang is located on the Sdinavian Peninsu, far alus, applying for leave during holidays wouldn't be easy, so she preferred to sewo sons to the clwarts.

  "Don't fet what kind of person the current headmaster of Durmstrang, Karkaroff, is," Narcissa said with a disdainful curl of her lip. She looked down on someone like Karkaroff, who was suspected of being a Death Eater and only escaped punishment by betraying his panions, showing how unreliable he was. "Here at Hogwarts, you're still the chairman of the board; perhaps you take care of them."

  "You know I'm not on good terms with that old man with the white beard." Lucius's face looked somewhat grim, and he made o effort. After all, he sincerely believed his two sons would receive a better education at Durmstrang. "I think Durmstrang is more suitable for them."

  Seeing the two uo rea agreement, Soren spoke up.

  "I've decided to go to Hogwarts," Soren calmly stated his decision. "Hogwarts's educational has indeed faced challenges i years, but that headmaster's reputation and status i Britain remain unshakable. As for Slytherin being marginalized, we have Uncle So look after us, so don't worry."

  "If my brother is going to Hogwarts," Draco hurriedly said, "then I want to go there too. I'm the older brother; it's my duty to take care of my brother." In fact, Draco had a nont attitude towards this, but since his brother and a few of his familiar friends were also going to Hogwarts, he naturally cast his vote fwarts.

  "You two, sigh, fine!" Lucius could only helplessly shrug in agreement at the unanimous opinion of the mother and sons. "In a few days, we'll go to Diagon Alley together to buy your school supplies, including—" Lucius's stern face finally showed a hint of a smile, "the wands you've been dreaming of."

  "Yay!" the two brothers cheered together.

  Diagon Alley is located in London, quite a distance from the Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire.

  On the day they set off for Diagon Alley, Soren and Draco got up early. The two eically ate the breakfast prepared by Dobby, their excitement evident on their faces, and then the family of four boarded the family's luxurious Night Coach.

  After Lucius recited the spell and the destination, the patterns on the carriage glimmered with a faint magical light, slowly rising into the air and flying directly to Diagon Alley.

  Soren, ell-versed in the inal novel, khat in front of the seemingly empty carriage, it was actually an invisible magical creature pulling the carriage, which could only be seen with the naked eye by those who had witnessed death.

  The Malfoy family truly deserved their reputation as the most powerful family today; Soren and the others didn't eveo gh the filthy Leaky Cauldron, as they could directly nd in the exclusive carriage parking spa Diagon Alley from above.