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Chapter 5 - 5 (short chapter)

Harry's eyes widened and an excited grin overtook his features.

"I'll personally greet my dear friends then. Just send me the address," he said. Susan chuckled and gave a thumbs-up before her face vanished.

The Malfoy family was an odd case. Everyone expected them to disappear from the face of Wizarding Britain after the fall of the dark lord, and it was nothing less than they deserved. However, people were surprised when none other than Harry Potter came forward, asking for a reduced sentence for them. He told the courtroom about the role Narcissa Malfoy had played in ensuring they won and pointed out that they had not fought in the war despite having been on the side of the dark, nor were they charged with killing anyone.

He had somehow managed to get them a reduced sentence for Lucius and Draco, but that did not mean he had forgotten everything. He had no quarrel with Narcissa and he would not be prosecuting her, but Lucius and Draco deserved to go to hell for everything they had done. A year in Azkaban was nothing when they were concerned.

The DMLE had observed a sudden increase in the number of dark artifacts circulating the underground circles and it did not take them long to realize that families of former death eaters were selling those artifacts to recover some of the wealth they had lost as well as to get rid of them in case there ever was a raid. They did it all discreetly, and in small quantities to not tip the aurors off, but they didn't know the aurors had been tipped off already.

A few shopkeepers had been turned, and they had been instructed to inform the DMLE of any scheduled meetings for a possible sale. It was inevitable that someone would fall into the trap, but he had never expected that the Malfoys would be the first. Harry had ensured that Narcissa kept Malfoy Manor, but there was no preventing the severe penalties imposed on the family. As such, he knew their finances were not so good. In terms of assets, the manor was the most significant one they possessed, and he believed Narcissa's jewelry made most of the rest. It made sense that they would try something like this.

However, Harry did not care. He had been looking for ways to get rid of the two Malfoy males. His debt to Narcissa had been settled, and there was nothing stopping him from persecuting Lucius and Draco to the full extent of the law.

Now that they were about to be trapped in the web, it was the perfect opportunity to bring them down.

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