Hogwarts: Why do you call me the Demon King?

This is a unique mark Voldemort applies to his core followers. Ordinary henchmen, search party members, and temporary followers do not have this mark. It is also the core symbol that distinguishes "official Death Eaters" from peripheral minions.

The Dark Mark establishes a global magical link between Voldemort and all Death Eaters, enabling one-way/two-way communication with extremely strong enforceability.

When Death Eaters touch their own mark, the mark heats up and turns red, sending signals to Voldemort, including their location, requests for help, and intelligence reports.

This function is only available to core confidants, and lower-ranking Death Eaters rarely dare to contact it casually; Voldemort can accurately sense the source of the signal, which is equivalent to a personal "remote communicator".

Conversely, Voldemort could also convey brief commands through the Dark Mark.

For example, Isaac just issued an order to Dark Mark holders outside of Britain.

The Dark Lord ordered them to attack Gringotts on Christmas Day to bring back their master.

If Fire Shield is Grindelwald's most representative composite magic, then the Dark Mark is Voldemort's culmination of his power growth to a certain stage.

In short, apart from Voldemort, no one else can use the Dark Mark on Death Eaters.

Ever since Voldemort completely lost power, the Dark Mark has also seemed to lie dormant.

Even Dumbledore couldn't get rid of this thing.

Now, Isaac so easily activated the Dark Mark right in front of Snape.

Chapter 99 Snape's Breakdown

Something's off about this kid!

Something's 99 out of 100% wrong!

This is no longer a problem of precocity.

Snape didn't really understand why Dumbledore trusted Isaac so much.

For example, entrusting Isaac with the task of clearing Sirius Black's name.

All I can say is that Isaac responded to Dumbledore's trust with his own performance. Snape previously thought that Isaac was a rare, precocious little wizard who had some connection with Dumbledore.

But what Isaac just did really startled Snape.

How did he manage to activate the Dark Mark? How could he possibly activate the Dark Mark?

Either Dumbledore is old and blind, or Isaac Waldore has actually been usurped by Voldemort's soul.

Either this kid has a big secret.

Snape clearly preferred the former.

"Don't get excited, Professor." Isaac raised his hands decisively, and the French soldiers praised his movements as perfect.

Isaac was actually thinking of being a little cheeky just now, and if he had said something like that to Snape in a high-pitched voice:

'Ah, Severus, long time no see' will be the decisive blow.

However, Isaac guessed that after saying that, Snape might actually be able to deliver the final blow.

If Snape starts with a powerful strike, that's fine, but if he comes out with an Avada Kedavra right away, that would be truly hellish.

"Tom is my senior, after all. It's only reasonable for a junior to know some of his special skills... right?"

“Of course it makes sense.” Snape’s wand did not budge an inch. “Then, as the Potions professor at Hogwarts, it would be perfectly reasonable for me to let you accidentally ingest some potions?”

“I also think it’s reasonable, but before you give the medicine, how about you at least listen to Professor Dumbledore’s advice?”

Snape stared at Isaac's face for a long time before finally putting away his wand and striding toward the headmaster's office.

If he doesn't figure this out today, he'll probably have trouble sleeping tonight... and every night to come.

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Principal's Office.

After being briefly rejected, Snape regained the password to the headmaster's office and stormed into Dumbledore's office like a giant black bat.

In his office, Dumbledore was secretly eating Lemon Olaf.

“Oh, Severus.” Dumbledore put down the lemon Olaf he was holding, looked at Snape, and thought for a few more seconds.

Would you like some?

Dumbledore's sharing was completely insincere; the box containing Lemon Olaf wasn't even moved much.

At that moment, Snape suddenly realized that Isaac looked so damn like Dumbledore.

This isn't referring to how similar the two look, but rather that both Isaac and Dumbledore seem to have a way of inexplicably making people angry.

Just based on a single sentence or action.

Snape's brain short-circuited for a moment, and then he reached into the box containing Lemon Olaf in front of Dumbledore without hesitation.

He picked one up and ate it—and that wasn't all, Snape also packed up the box containing Lemon Olaf, apparently planning to take it with him later.

To be honest, Dumbledore never expected Snape to eat his lemon Olaf.

In an instant, his calm old face almost broke down.

Dumbledore's expression changed only slightly, but it did not escape the notice of Snape, who had been with him day and night.

Being bold is a basic requirement for double agents, but having strong observation skills is what allows them to survive.

When Snape noticed the slight change in Dumbledore's expression, he felt a strange sense of triumphant pleasure.

"Severus, you seem to be in a good mood?" Dumbledore's glasses reflected the light, revealing Snape's current state of mind.

"What? How could you tell I was in a good mood?" Snape instinctively retorted, but he couldn't fool himself.

Snape looked at the box of lemon Olaf in his hand, then at Dumbledore's "So you like sweets too" expression, and his anger, which had just subsided, suddenly flared up again.

What the hell am I so happy about?

Snape remembered why he had come, and angrily threw the box he was carrying onto Dumbledore's table.

"Dumbledore, what's the deal with that child? Who is he?"

What exactly are your plans for him?

"What are you talking about, Severus?" Dumbledore casually pushed up his glasses, then gave him an expression that said, "I'm senile, I don't understand what you're talking about."

"Damn it, don't play dumb, Dumbledore!" Snape's anger flared even more.

“You know perfectly well who I’m talking about, Isaac Valdore. Who else could it be but him?”

Snape's words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, which was only because Snape had his own style to maintain; otherwise, anyone else would have been knocking on Dumbledore's desk.

"This isn't like you, Severus. When did you become so easily agitated?" Dumbledore was genuinely curious, looking at Snape who was almost exasperated.

Because of the long-term maintenance of his brain occlusion, Snape's emotions did not fluctuate much.

Even when protecting students from his own house or unfairly deducting points from students from other houses, Snape remained remarkably calm.

Even when dealing with Gryffindor students, he often used harsh words to provoke them.

Since Snape became the Head of Slytherin, very few Hogwarts students have been able to break his composure.

The Weasley twins wouldn't work, but Harry could.

In fact, Harry was the first person this year to break Snape's composure. Peter Pettigrew deserves at least two-thirds of the credit for that.

And then there's Isaac today.

The shock that Isaacs' manipulation of the Dark Mark brought to Snape was far greater than when he first learned that Peter Pettigrew was still alive.

For someone whose emotions rarely fluctuate, this situation might be a good thing.

However, for Snape, such drastic emotional fluctuations were not conducive to maintaining his Occlumency.

When a wizard casts a spell, the spell also affects the wizard.

As Dumbledore finished speaking, Snape's eyes quickly became vacant. He was using Occlumency to force himself to calm down quickly.

"You seem unaware of what Mr. Valdore is secretly planning behind your back? You also seem to know nothing about his abilities."

Then take a look at this one, Dumbledore.

I just don't know if I'll be able to stay this calm after you see it.

Snape's empty eyes were filled with malice as he pressed his wand against his temple and pulled hard.

A memory was extracted by Snape and placed into the Pensieve.

“Go and see, Dumbledore, these are freshly baked memories.”

Chapter 100 The Chosen Death Eaters (Please continue reading for the next 100 chapters)

Snape was incredibly excited to see how Dumbledore would react after seeing his memories.

At least... your expressions should be a bit more varied than before, right?

That was a plan to rob Gringotts and use the Dark Mark.

If the former is still acceptable, then it's unacceptable that Dumbledore didn't react to the latter.

Unfortunately... Dumbledore still didn't react much after seeing Snape's memories.

Two reflective lenses blocked Snape's probing gaze, and judging from Dumbledore's facial expression, the old man was extremely calm.