The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 741 Plans and Requests

After boosting morale, Voldemort said to his men, "Now everyone else go out and do your own things. Severus, Bella, you two stay here. I have something I need to tell you."

After hearing Voldemort's words, the Death Eaters in the room retreated one after another. One of them even carried away Strange, who had fallen to the ground. After all the Death Eaters in the meeting room had left the room and closed the door, Voldemort waved his hand to signal the two subordinates he most recognized to sit down, and then he returned to his seat.

"Bella, tell me what's going on outside recently?" After the three of them were seated, Voldemort looked at Bellatrix and asked, "What are those guys with dirty blood doing now?"

"Their newspapers have been boasting that they have cornered us in a few places and have even entered London," Bella said. Because of the need for confidentiality, Voldemort and his followers had never left the secret underground base in northern Scotland. All activities of everyone were confined to this small underground space.

Naturally, Voldemort was trapped in this underground base and could not go anywhere. Because only he could ensure that no one in the base could expose all the information underground or even escape from this secret underground base.

Voldemort's strict management measures were quite effective. Even Snape, the ace double agent, had been unable to bring any news from here to Dumbledore recently. This was why Dumbledore had recently lost track of Voldemort's whereabouts.

Of course, Voldemort's hiding here does not mean that he has to be a coward. Therefore, during this period of time, Bellatrix, Voldemort's most trusted subordinate, became Voldemort's eyes and often went out to check what was happening in various places.

"Oh, you are right. Those guys with dirty blood and traitors did attack London." Voldemort said after a contemptuous smile, "But this is only temporary. As long as we defeat them this time, everything will be fine."

"Master, you are right." Bella said excitedly with her eyes wide open. "This time we have gathered the resources accumulated by the British magic world for thousands of years to organize an unprecedented army. Even Morgan le Fay in myth and legend has never possessed such a powerful force."

"Yes, this army is unprecedented." Voldemort also became excited because of Bella's words, "We will completely wipe out those dirty guys and create a clean, pure world belonging to us pure-blood wizards, and make the British wizarding world great again."

"By the way, Master." After shouting slogans for a while, Bellatrix continued to report to Voldemort, "According to the information I found a few times ago, Dumbledore will also enter London after their London attack breaks out. He will join the general attack on the Ministry of Magic. I heard from some people that Dumbledore hopes to reduce casualties."

"Yes, he is always like this." Voldemort sneered. "Always weakly hoping to reduce casualties, but never knowing that it is this behavior that makes them weak, don't you think, Severus?"

"Master, you are right." Snape, who had just stood aside without saying a word, said in his deep voice. "Dumbledore does seem a little too soft-hearted in some ways."

"Yes, Dumbledore has this weakness." Voldemort showed an eight-tooth smile, and then said, "But this is very good news for us. As long as those people can entangle him for a little while, I can give them a fatal blow."

After hearing Snape's answer, Voldemort nodded and turned to him and asked, "How are you preparing the various potions we need? Don't worry about waste. We will get more after we win."

"It's basically ready, Master." Snape lowered his head and said, "Several stimulants, temporary supplements, and various things needed for battle can all be boiled tonight. If everything goes well, everyone will get these medicines tomorrow." "Well done, Severus." Voldemort nodded with satisfaction, "After the war is won, I will give your loyal subordinates the rewards they deserve. And those who pretend to obey me or even rebel against me will definitely be punished."

For the next half hour, Voldemort talked about his various plans, especially what kind of world he would build after the war was won. He only let the two subordinates leave after he had finished talking.

After leaving the meeting room, Snape ignored Bella's mad entanglement and went straight upstairs to his room.
After entering the room, he first used a magic to confirm that there was no detection magic set up by others in the room, and then took out a long plain gold box from under a piece of floor that had been pried open in advance.

After holding the golden box in his hand, Snape looked at the box in silence. After thinking again and again, he did not open the box after all, but lifted the floor again and put the box back to its original place.

After standing up, Snape sat back at the desk, then pulled out an old book with yellowed pages and opened one of the pages. Then an old photo that was also yellowed and faded fell out of the book.

Snape picked up the photo from the table. This was not the kind of moving photo that was common in the wizarding world, but a very common black-and-white photo from decades ago in the Muggle world. In the photo, a little boy with greasy black hair looked a little awkward, wearing an old wizard robe that obviously didn't fit him, and next to him was a little girl with lighter hair, also wearing a wizard robe and with a bright smile.

The layout of the photo is a bit strange, because the two people in the photo seem to be too far to the right and too close to the camera. However, it can be seen from the photo that the person taking the photo is not very tall and is probably a child.

"Lily--" Snape pursed his lips tightly while looking at the photo. He gently touched the girl's face in the photo with a serious expression, and then sat in this position for a long time. It was not until someone knocked on the door that he quickly reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, quickly put the photo into the old book, and then stuffed the book back into the pile of books on the table.

"What are you doing here?" After opening the door, Snape found that the person standing at the door was John Parkinson, Pansy Parkinson's father. "I don't remember anything we need to communicate."

"I know, Snape, we have had a bad relationship since we were students." John Parkinson said straightforwardly. As a staunch supporter of pure-blood theory, he naturally looked down on half-bloods like Snape who had a bad background when he was a student. So at this time, he did not intend to quibble, but directly admitted the conflict between the two sides in the past. "But now I pray that you can help me."

"I never thought that you, the noble head of a pure-blood family, would come to beg me, a person of dirty blood in your eyes." Snape said in his low voice, "But since you are begging me like this, please come in and don't stand in the corridor."

"Well, tell me what it is you are praying to me for?" Snape asked after entering the room and closing the door.

"For my daughter, Severus." John Parkinson said in a low voice, "I don't think I can survive the next war, so Severus, I pray that you can help my daughter after the war. Because you are the master's most important right-hand man, your chance of survival is definitely greater than mine. Of course, if you are willing to help my daughter, you can also browse our family's collection of books at will."

(End of this chapter)