"Your sisters?" Sirius had expected that question. "Well, I of course cut out Bellatrix in all ways possible. Would you believe they still had her as a full member of the family and set to get a part of the fortune? No, that psycho and her equally bad husband are removed in all legal ways possible and the only thing that will still document anything is the family tapestry."
Andromeda was not broken over that. She had expected Sirius to take that step. "What about Narcissa?"
"Well, first she of course doesn't need anything since she actually married into wealth and money with dear Lucius, so you get the whole inheritance from Cygnus. But there is more to it." Sirius had been a bit reluctant to do it, but there was little choice if he wanted to make sure. "I could not risk leaving Narcissa and her line in the inheritance rules, since I knew Lucius would have made his own son a puppet to get the fortune if given the chance. Thus they are legally cut out from getting anything, fortune or influence-wise."
Andromeda noticed that Sirius had not cut out Narcissa like he did with Bellatrix. "I don't want to imagine her reaction to these news."
"Knowing how efficient the new man is I hired for doing my legal matters, she should get the notification any moment, even though its a Sunday," Sirius remarked, looking on his wristwatch.
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There were a number of misconceptions about the Malfoy family. One of these was, that they always acted like they did in public. That however was something no one would realistically manage to keep up all the time. Thus when no one was present and they felt safe in the security of their own home, they acted not that different from other families.
This morning was a good example.
Instead of using the big dining room for breakfast, they were instead taking it in a much smaller room with a normal-sized table. After all, the big room was for impressing people, and right now there was no one to impress. That also was why all three of them were not exactly presentable. Since they did not have any appointments on this Sunday, they felt they could relax and be much less stiff than normal.
That was why Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy were wearing dressing gowns over their sleepwear while their son Draco sat there in his long sleeping gown. Lucius and Draco also were sporting significant bed hair, while Narcissa still had her hair in curlers. Lucius was occupied with the Daily Prophet, only snorting whenever his eyes looked at an article about Sirius. Narcissa was busy with sorting through the day's mail, while young Draco was fully occupied with his cereal.
However, no one should be fooled. Despite this picture, the Malfoys still were an incredibly bigoted, old-fashioned pure-blood family, who gladly would walk over dead bodies to achieve their goals.
Lucius lowered the newspaper and one look at his empty coffee cup was signal enough for Dobby the house-elf to step forward and refill it. "It's disgraceful how much attention the press is giving this blood-traitor."
Narcissa looked up from an invitation from the 'Society for the Preservation of Wizarding Culture'. "Let them. The masses are not getting anything of worth out of it anyway. Your contacts in the Ministry finding out what exactly happened is actually important."
Lucius looked a little displeased at the mention. "There is no news yet. I'm still rebuilding my net, but Bagnold is proving to be difficult and showing no signs of retiring. It'll be much easier once that witch is gone and we have a Minister who... listens more to reason."
It was an open secret that Millicent Bagnold had little love for the Death Eaters that did an Imperius-defense. Even though she could not stop them from clawing their way back into the system, she did everything she could to slow them down. The problem just was, that her bureaucracy was way too receptive to those with lots of money. It was just a matter of time and patience.
At that moment, a bird flew in through the open window.
However, it was a rather unusual bird, since unlike the normal owls or the ravens that Gringotts used - goblins were strange like that - it was a vulture. Not many would use such a bird for the mail, since they were not native to the British Isles and thus attracted attention. The bird dropped a thick envelope in front of Narcissa and then left again through the open window.
"A vulture as a mail carrier? That means it concerns legal proceedings," Lucius said, noticing how Draco had been really fascinated by the big bird.
"It's from Shark Solicitors & Barristers," Narcissa read on the envelope. "Strange, I thought Mr. Howe is still responsible for all legal matters concerning House Black?"
Lucius raised an eyebrow. Mr. Shark - not his actual name but one everyone used it by now - and his law firm were quite expensive and generally avoided by the old families due to Mr. Shark being a half-blood who had worked his way up from a low class. The name he used for business signaled how efficient he was for his clients. That was not a man to have a legal battle with.
Narcissa meanwhile had opened the envelope and started to read the letter that came with the stack of legal papers. Her eyes widened and she clearly had trouble to control herself. "Dobby, escort Draco to his room."
"Mother?" Draco wondered if he had done something wrong.
"No, you have done nothing wrong. Me and your father, we only have to talk about something that would bore you," she explained to her son.
Accepting the explanation, Draco was led away by the house-elf, who was relieved that it looked like there would be no self-punishment for the time being. Narcissa waited until they could hear the door close upstairs, before dropping the calm front and becoming red with anger.
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