Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 358: Let Lucius taste the Cruciatus Curse

It is obvious that Voldemort did not find his Horcrux in Borgin and Burke's shop.

He even used various methods of torture and legilimency to search poor Mr. Burke's memory, but still found nothing.

At this time, Voldemort had already vaguely sensed that something was wrong - had he been deceived?
With this rubbish level, can he really get his heavily guarded Horcrux?

Have I been fooled?

My Horcrux, my Horcrux!
Although he was fooled, Voldemort still did not let go of the innocent Mr. Burke.

After all, Voldemort would never admit that he had wronged someone. If he had wronged someone, it was wrong. But if the Dark Lord had wronged you, could that be considered wrong? He was testing you!

However, Mr. Burke's plea for mercy brought him disaster: "Dark Lord, please don't kill me! My father helped you in the past!"

This sentence made Voldemort's face turn gloomy. Oh, that face was indeed not very expressive.

Besides, Voldemort's face was already gloomy before, but now this sentence made him even gloomier.

These words undoubtedly reminded Voldemort of his most difficult time - the time when he had just graduated.

If the time in the orphanage was the days that Voldemort least wanted to remember, then the time he spent at Hogwarts was the most pleasant and comfortable time for him.

At that time, relying on his good looks and high talents, he almost united several grades of Slytherin of that generation!
He even formed the predecessor organization of the Death Eaters while in school. Even the Slytherins who were several years older than him were impressed by his magic and skills.

The well-deserved little prince of Slytherin.

You know, most of those Slytherin students are descendants of pure-blood families, but they can only bow their proud heads respectfully to Voldemort.

How happy and joyful Voldemort was at that time!
When he opened the Chamber of Secrets in his fifth year, he became even more certain that he was a descendant of Slytherin. The pride he felt was beyond words!
However, releasing the basilisk accidentally killed Myrtle, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Dumbledore had already looked down on Tom because of his first impression of him at the orphanage. Now he was even more suspicious and kept watching him.

Although the Chamber of Secrets was never opened again, Senior Tom still used sweet words to get the whereabouts of the Ravenclaw Diadem from Lady Helena.

He originally thought that as a descendant of the great Slytherin, he must have come into this world with some kind of destiny and must be worshipped by everyone.

Until he found out his true origins - a hybrid who was basically born in a maze by using a love potion.

This really broke through his psychological defenses.

He killed his grandparents, his uncle, his biological father's family, and completely embarked on the path of black magic.

Then, soon he graduated.

Greater mental pain also came - the beatings from real society.

In school, he is the best student and the leader of all Slytherins, and is always followed wherever he goes.

As a result, upon graduation, his lackeys either inherited the family business, or used connections to enter the Ministry of Magic, or went to other promising positions...

And what about the little prince of Slytherin?
He looked for a job and finally became a clerk in Borgin and Burke's store.

If a person is an orphan from a remote town, and has successfully passed the exams to enter the top university, obtained the best grades, and become the object of everyone's praise and admiration, but after graduation, people call you a test-taker and ask you to take off your gown and deliver takeout food, how would you feel?
Voldemort's pain is a hundred times stronger. After all, he is dark and twisted enough.

Can those former subordinates and followers, who now have bright futures, still associate with a second-hand store clerk?
This is also the reason why the first generation of Death Eaters basically did not follow Voldemort.

When he was at his lowest point, they saw everything.

As a result, under that kind of awe and fear, there is always a trace of contempt buried deep in the heart.

This is also why when it came to the second generation of Death Eaters, that is, Lucius' generation, Voldemort gave them the Dark Mark, so that they could not escape!
After suffering tremendous mental fatigue due to the mismatch of identities, Voldemort stole the locket, killed the descendants of Hufflepuff and took the gold cup, then traveled around the world for ten years, and finally achieved his ultimate form without a nose.

His name was changed, his appearance was changed, and everything that made him feel ashamed was gone - he started over again as the Dark Lord~
But now, one of the Horcruxes is lost. How dare this short-sighted second-hand grocery store owner bring up what happened back then?
When I was a shop assistant, I was often scolded and looked down upon by his father, but I subconsciously chose to forget it.

But now, you still dare to mention it?
How dare you bring it up!
So Mr. Burke died.

After Voldemort killed the owner of Burke's, he rubbed his bald head hard, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, which should not have been sweating.

Where is it? Where is my Horcrux? Who is it? Who is doing this? !

However, he thought of another thing - are my other Horcruxes okay?
Voldemort had five Horcruxes - he didn't know Neville was one too.

According to his idea, he should have seven Horcruxes. The number 7 is magical.
But after being resurrected by Ryan, he realized that the flaws of the Horcrux path were huge.

In the past, Horcruxes were indeed no problem. But after coming into contact with the undead magic of another world, he discovered that there were many methods in their undead magic that were used against people with incomplete souls like himself.

Originally, Horcruxes could save lives, but now they have become a weakness.

Therefore, he did not continue to separate the sixth Horcrux, which is Nagini.

In fact, because Ryan and Little Batty found him and resurrected him from the Albanian forest in advance, he never encountered the demon snake that the poor woman transformed into.

Not only did Voldemort not want to continue dividing the Horcruxes, but he wanted to take back his own Horcruxes and make up for his soul.

As a result, just after finding one ring, I discovered that the locket was gone!

Are the other Horcruxes still there? Are they safe?

"No, I have to find Lucius right away!"

Originally, Voldemort should have gone to the sea on the border between England and France to pick up those die-hard fans who had escaped from Azkaban.

But for him, Horcruxes are the most important, and the others are consumables.

So, he went to Malfoy Manor.

Late last night, Lucius was suddenly awakened by a burning pain on his forearm, and then he saw the thing he never wanted to see in his life - his Dark Mark was twisting actively.

The Dark Lord is back, and he is not far away!

In fact, when the Dark Mark appeared in the Quidditch World Cup last summer, Lucius had a bad feeling.

But this kind of thing cannot be avoided.

Not to mention that he has a home, a family, a wife and children to support, even the Death Eater who faked his death and escaped as a vagrant for more than ten years, wasn't he found by Voldemort because of the Dark Mark and used again?
Lucius quickly steeled himself and prepared himself. He only had less than a minute, and if he delayed any longer it would arouse suspicion and punishment.

He briefly recalled the information exchange between him and Ted, and then began to seal his own memory.

I also learned this technique from Ted.

Voldemort is a master of legilimency. Any guilt or hesitation you have in front of him will be seen through by him.

No one except Snape, who was also a master of Legilimency and Occlumency, could lie or hide anything in front of Voldemort.

However, as a psychic, Ted can bury a memory so that there will be no loopholes.

Because until you rediscover this memory, you are telling the truth.

Even if Voldemort searched his memory directly, he would not find any flaws.

Lucius Apparated and appeared on a small hill not far from the manor, where he could overlook his home.

And his master, Voldemort, who was dressed in a black robe, had no hair on his face and was not even wearing shoes, turned his head.

It has no eyebrows, no nose, its pupils are a pale color, and its ears appear pointed. The hand holding the wand has very long, curved black nails, almost like claws.

Voldemort's skin was pale in the moonlight...

"Dear master, you are finally back. That's great!" Lucius was wearing a bathrobe and no shoes, as if he had just been woken up.

Of course, in his mind, he had indeed just been awakened by the Dark Mark, and although he was somewhat terrified, he still came to see the Dark Lord as soon as possible.

Voldemort looked at him deeply, but found no flaws.

"Lucius, my good servant." Voldemort spoke.

"Yes, Master." "I remember I left a diary with you. Where is it now?"

When it comes to Horcruxes, Voldemort can't keep calm and pretend to be nice, and criticize his more capable but cunning subordinate. He gets straight to the point.

Then he noticed that Lucius had sweat on his forehead.

Lucius had used the Cruciatus Curse on others before, but this was the first time he had tried it himself, let alone the Dark Lord's Cruciatus Curse.

The Cruciatus Curse lasted for a full three minutes and almost killed Lucius.

Even several minutes after stopping the spell, he did not recover. He struggled and twitched on the ground like a fish on shore.

Voldemort looked extremely painful, as if he was in even more pain than Lucius who was rolling on the ground.

Lucius' explanation did not satisfy him, or rather, no matter what Lucius said, it was useless because his diary fell into Dumbledore's hands!

The locket and the diary, and both of his lives were gone? !

This is simply torture for Voldemort, who is afraid of death, has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and makes powerful and commemorative objects into Horcruxes!

It was as if someone was stabbing his heart repeatedly with a knife.

He had wanted to kill Lucius more than once.

But after all, he is no longer the mad Voldemort of more than ten years ago. Wearing the Gaunt family resurrection stone ring on his hand, he has recovered a piece of his soul and regained a lot of sanity.

He resisted the urge and finally didn't kill Lucius.

This lowly servant is still useful. Although he doesn't want to admit it, among the Death Eaters under his command, Lucius is the only one who can stand on his own.

Even Bella is not good enough. Although she is loyal, she can't get anything done.

Now is the time to hire people, and the Malfoy family has enough financial resources and influence in the British wizarding world.

Can't kill yet, wait a moment! Wait a moment longer!
I will torture this lowly servant!

……

The newspapers published the names of the prisoners who escaped from Azkaban, many of whom were familiar.

This made Neville and Harry so angry that their blood boiled. Many of these names were the murderers of their fathers and mothers!

Harry even made a secret decision in his heart: If he were to meet these people again, he would never give them the chance to be imprisoned in Azkaban again! Blood debt must be paid with blood!
Ted put down the newspaper and fell into thought.

The situation now is that Voldemort has returned.

Not only was he resurrected, but he also recovered the ring Horcrux and rescued a group of diehard Death Eaters.

However, he was smart now and did not make a big appearance.

This leads to most people not thinking in this direction. After all, it is difficult to accept that a person who has been dead for more than ten years suddenly resurrects and causes trouble.

Besides, people like to escape. Voldemort has been dead for so many years that they dare not call his name.

It would be too difficult to make them admit that Voldemort has returned and fight him.

It is human instinct to escape.

I'm afraid that only when Voldemort stands in front of them and there is no escape, will they admit that Voldemort has returned.

Not to mention that the Minister of Magic, Mr. Fudge, has been fanning the flames.

Although the newspaper reports did not mention the operation by name, they all undoubtedly said that something big had happened at Hogwarts and the principal was most responsible. Fudge denied the news of Voldemort's resurrection, claiming that there was no evidence. Now there is only one person claiming that Voldemort has made a comeback - even if this person is Dumbledore, we should not listen to one side of the story.

The newspapers even implicitly accused that Voldemort's return was just an excuse made by Dumbledore alone. He was closely related to Karkaroff's death!

Not only does this not acknowledge Voldemort's return, it also vaguely throws dirty water on Dumbledore.

But Fudge did a great job this time!

The scale is well grasped, and it can be used for both offense and defense. There is nothing wrong with it!
Fuguita himself didn't know that he could actually say such words, what a talent!

Indeed, just follow your heart.

Being concerned about this and that, you end up being tied up and acting like a clown.

Fudge's performance this time is just like enlightenment in Longchang!

I suddenly understood some survival essentials of political creatures.

However, this is Dumbledore's problem after all.

How could he, a centenarian and an evergreen tree in the magical world, be stumped by such a trivial matter?
Ted didn't care about him, but was more concerned about where his Professor Geller had gone.

After the inconclusive battle with Voldemort, Professor Geller disappeared.

Where was the first Dark Lord? Was he done with his business at Hogwarts?
However, Ted didn't think too much about it. After all, if the sky fell, there would be someone taller to hold it up.

All I have to do is make sure that the tallest Dumbledore doesn't fall down, and it's not my turn to worry about other problems.

Although it is a bit cruel to let Dumbledore deal with two generations of Dark Lords, this was his own choice!
These two generations of Dark Lords have a close relationship with him, so it's not good for others to interfere~
However, Dumbledore obviously didn't want Ted to have it too easy. Perhaps the Seven-Power Tournament made him realize that the younger generation had grown up and it was time to take on more responsibilities.

So after the afternoon class, he was told to go to the principal's office.

The headmaster's office remained the same, and Dumbledore remained the same.

Ted said hello politely and sat down across the desk.

"It was an event that should have ended perfectly, what a shame."

"Yes."

"What the newspaper said is right. I need to take responsibility. After all, I am the headmaster of Hogwarts."

"Don't blame yourself too much."

Ted never gets off topic.

Dumbledore was helpless, this boy was so slick that he didn't even look like a teenager.

He could only sigh and said, "Karkaroff's unexpected tragic death was something we didn't expect. Now on the Durmstrang side, people from the International Confederation of Wizards have gone to do the work..."

Ted nodded.

"Voldemort has returned. I'm afraid we won't have peace in the days ahead. And Gellert... remember, don't be fooled by his fantasy of great interests."

Dumbledore also said a lot of information about the current situation, which was unthinkable before.

Dumbledore is not a person who is willing to tell others his true feelings. He is a centenarian, the greatest white wizard who has experienced two generations of Dark Lords and has seen countless deaths around him. It would be too much to expect him to be someone who can empathize with others.

But now, he told Ted a lot about the Wizengamot and the National Wizarding Federation, and some of his old friends' reactions to this incident, as well as some major changes in the international community.

Ted could clearly feel that he had begun to become deeply involved in the magical world.

And at the end, Dumbledore also said an astonishing news: the wand in Voldemort's hand now is the snake wand used by Slytherin back then!
This wand was brought to North America over two hundred years ago, where it was transformed into a snake tree with healing properties.

Around this magical tree, a witch and her No-Maj husband established a magical school, Ilvermorny.

As a result, not only was the team sent by Ilvermorny School intercepted by Voldemort, but even the snake tree of their school was taken away by Voldemort.

Now, he held the wand of his Slytherin ancestor.

No wonder he was able to hold his own against two people at the same time. Dumbledore had the Elder Wand and Voldemort had the Snake Wand!
(End of this chapter)