For thirty years, Manny’s family toiled over the company, but they were merely keeping the seat warm for the rightful heir.
Hopefully, Laurence was not the boy from back then.
Manny had to tell himself that to calm his nerves.
Even if Laurence was the boy and had the tokens to reclaim the family throne, it was uncertain whether he could secure the seat anyway.
Anyhow, Laurence did not produce any tokens.
In other words, Laurence was not a Longbottom. The same name was merely a coincide