The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

The Lestrange is an ancient pure-blood wizarding family. It originated in France, and the twenty-eight pure-blooded saints are just its British branch.

But, now this family has passed away. In the entire Lestrange family, there are only two breathing male heirs, Rodolphus and his brother Rabastan - including Bellatrix, a member of the Black family, there are only three Lestranges. Just strange.

The reasons for the decline of the Lestrange family are shared by the Habsburg dynasty in the non-magical world. As extreme pure-blood supremacists, members of the Lestrange family will practice incest marriages like the Gaunt family in order to ensure the purity of their blood.

Anyone with a little knowledge of biology knows how harmful incest marriage can be. Even if extraordinary creatures like wizards have the so-called "the purer the bloodline, the more powerful" setting, there is also the setting that the more powerful the species, the harder it is to produce offspring! Therefore, the number of members of the Lestrange family gradually became thinner.

The Lestrange family has three bloodlines: the Radolphus bloodline whose ancestor is Radolphus Lestrange - this branch has its roots in England. At present, he has completely fallen to Voldemort, and the last heirs have all become Death Eaters.

The second line is the main bloodline in France: the Cobos bloodline. This branch is the only one among the three bloodlines of the Lestrange family that does not marry with incest. Every generation of Corvos's bloodline has an heir named Corvos Lestrange. It is worth noting that the word "Corvos" means raven in Latin, which may have some connection with Ravenclaw, known as the "Raven's Claw". The last descendant of this branch is named Leta Lestrange, and she has a younger brother named Cobos Lestrange. This Corvos V died in a shipwreck when he was just one year old - another tragedy.

Leta Lestrange attended Hogwarts and had a classmate named Newt Scamander. During her time at Hogwarts, she was often the target of bullying. The one who bullied her was a Gryffindor girl. Gryffindor students bully Slytherin students...it shows that Gryffindor House is not all positive characters.

But she met Newt. Because of the strong interest in magical animals. So while at school, she developed a friendship, a pure friendship, with Newt Scamander. Newt was even willing to take the punishment for her and was expelled from Hogwarts.

Leta was eventually buried in the flames unleashed by Grindelwald at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, and the Covos bloodline was cut off.

The third bloodline is the Cyril bloodline, which is branched from the bloodline of Cobos, and its last descendant is Nogia Lestrange. Considering the origin of incest marriage, she might have something to hide.

In short, by Rodolphus's generation, the huge Lestrange family was on the verge of decline, and both the Cobos and Cyril bloodlines were cut off.

"It's a rare place to live!" Tom only has this comment about Rabastan, which is controlled by the Ministry of Magic. He is the only heir to the Lestrange family.

As long as you take him with you, it will be enough to pry open the Lestrange family treasure trove of Lord Gring. Not to mention the Hufflepuff Gold Cup that was made into a Horcrux, the Lestrange family's accumulation over the centuries was enough to make Tom's heart flutter.

Without any hesitation, Tom decided to take the Lestrange family's treasure as his own.

Dumbledore, who had patiently listened to Phineas' "science", didn't think that deeply. He was planning how to launch this attack. After Phineas finished speaking, he had a general idea in his mind.

"Tom, I have a very important thing to ask you." He stared into Tom's eyes and spoke sincerely: "I hope you will raid Malfoy Manor with members of the Order of the Phoenix."

When Dumbledore said that he had something very important to do, Tom's heart almost stopped.

This is Dumbledore's request! How could it be something simple? Dumbledore solemnly asked him to do something. He couldn't let himself buy a box of high-end chocolates and come back, right?

Knowing that it was such a trivial matter as a raid on Malfoy Manor, Tom did not relax his vigilance. Again, this is Dumbledore's request. He knew that he would definitely participate in the attack on Malfoy Manor, but he still invited himself to go, which meant that he was determined to cause trouble.

Sure enough, Dumbledore's next words made Tom want to jump up and grab his beard.

"I can't go with you for this operation." Dumbledore said in a very serious tone.

"Why?" Tom lowered his eyes, feeling a little uneasy: Voldemort was in Malfoy Manor. If Dumbledore didn't go, who would hold Voldemort back? Tom himself?

"I need to stay here, lest Riddle abandons his servants and goes straight to Hogwarts - by then, Hogwarts may face a catastrophe." Dumbledore sighed, he was because of Hogwarts Watts became famous and was bound to Hogwarts.

Because he was worried that Hogwarts would be captured by Voldemort in his absence, Dumbledore seemed to be bound and could not leave Hogwarts easily. He is obviously a living person, but he is just like an earthbound spirit.

Dumbledore's worries were not groundless. Voldemort had just destroyed Azkaban with a retaliate shot, and Dumbledore really couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't repeat the same trick at Hogwarts.

Tom also felt that Dumbledore was right, but it was difficult for him to accept this fact emotionally.

Can he stand up to Voldemort now? he does not know. Even Voldemort, who was injured by Dumbledore, was still an extremely terrifying Dark Lord and should never be underestimated.

Dumbledore looked into Tom's eyes and said seriously: "I won't let you die. I have a plan in mind."

After Dumbledore revealed his plan to Tom, even Tom, who was really going to take risks, felt that Dumbledore's strategy was feasible.

However, he did not agree immediately, but put forward a small condition.

"I need a transfer order. Rabastan will be of great use to me." Tom stated his conditions without hesitation.

Dumbledore looked deeply at Tom. He understood what Tom was thinking.

"The Lestrange family has no extinct heirs, and I highly doubt that just one prisoner can enter the Gringotts vault."

Tom smiled slightly, the Lestrange family would be extinct. As a wizard who joined the Death Eaters for the second time, Tom would not show mercy to them. As for the goblins in Gringotts, Tom thought they had better be more sensible and just take the steps he gave them and get down. Don't be too willful.

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Note: The complete genealogy of the Lestrange family can be found, and interested parties can calculate their inbreeding coefficient.