Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

Although he had not yet fully learned Parseltongue, he had at least mastered some simple sentences and words through his excellent skills in learning foreign languages.

Lycos didn't dare to hand over the control of the basilisk to Tom Riddle, otherwise who knows how big trouble would be caused?

So he only used the most basic directions to guide the basilisk, letting it circle back and forth in the castle, making sure Harry could hear the basilisk's roar. Then, before Harry arrived at the corresponding location, the basilisk met the ghost Grub...

By now, Professor McGonagall should have taken Harry to the headmaster's office, right?

Lycos thought to himself.

I don’t know what kind of promise Dumbledore will make for that savior.

He shook his head, thought no more, turned and walked towards the Room of Requirement.

The basilisk only attacked one ghost... Next, I'm afraid I will have to deal with Riddle's questions in the diary.

……

Sure enough, as soon as Lycos opened the diary in the Room of Requirement, Tom Riddle impatiently pulled him into the diary's memory space.

"Why would you let the basilisk attack a ghost?" The handsome black-haired young man stood in front of Lycos and asked with a frown. "While wandering around Hogwarts Castle, the basilisk clearly smelled the scent of several mudbloods."

"What are you thinking?" Lycos didn't panic at all. Instead, he asked confidently, "Do you want to kill a living student on your first operation?"

"What else?" Riddle said coldly.

"Tom, I think you've forgotten what happened in school." Lycos said softly, "You killed a student. Do you remember what happened next?"

Before Riddle could speak, Lycos stared into his eyes and spoke word by word:

"Hogwarts faces the problem of being temporarily closed by the Ministry of Magic due to poor management of the school, which has led to the death of students..."

"You wanted to prevent Hogwarts from being closed down, and you were afraid of having to return to the orphanage, so you had to forge a false identity and accuse Hagrid of killing students to Headmaster Dippet, simply because he secretly raised an acromantula."

Riddle's tone paused for a moment, but then he responded with the same confidence.

"Is there anything wrong with what I did?" He even raised his voice and shouted, "Faced with that situation, how else can I save Hogwarts from danger except to find a scapegoat?"

The corners of Lycos' mouth twitched.

He could even say something like "saving Hogwarts from danger"—I can only say he's worthy of being a young Voldemort...

"And that big guy's isn't just some cute little thing," Riddle continued. "It's a real Acromantula, a man-eater! If I don't report him, there'll be a magical beast killing people in the castle any minute."

"I don't mean to blame you." Lycos shrugged noncommittally. "I just want to remind you that if someone dies in Hogwarts Castle, the school will most likely be closed by the Ministry of Magic."

"By then, all students will be expelled from the castle. How will your so-called Mudblood elimination plan even begin?"

Riddle seemed to have been hit in the soft spot and was speechless for a long time.

"So, we'd better proceed step by step." Lycos chuckled. "In Hogwarts, few people pay attention to the lives of ghosts...or not just in Hogwarts, but also in other places."

"My first step is to get rid of a Muggle-born ghost that no one cares about... Obviously, no one would care even if the ghost in the castle died, because the affairs of the dead have no bearing on the living."

"This way, we can publicize the opening of the Chamber of Secrets in Hogwarts Castle while also preventing Hogwarts from being closed..."

Riddle looked at Lekos quietly for a long time without saying anything.

Suddenly, Lycos fell out of the memory space of the diary and staggered to the room of requirements.

"This is the last time I'll believe your lies."

This line of handwriting appeared on the yellowed pages of the diary.

"I hope that the next time you open the secret room, you can truly complete the task you promised me!"

Lycos looked at the two lines of words on the page, chuckled and shook his head.

The next time he opens the Chamber of Secrets, he will have completely mastered Parseltongue and will be absolutely certain of success...

By that time, the black magic stored in the diary should have been learned almost completely, and for Lecos, the Horcrux diary would have completely lost its use.

So, when Riddle next entered the Chamber of Secrets, he thought his plan to eliminate the Muggle-born wizards was finally about to begin.

What he won would be the tusk of the basilisk that had just been pulled out...

……

A ghost is attacked, which makes the atmosphere in Hogwarts Castle a little weird.

Although Lecos's trick to deceive Riddle was to keep emphasizing that no one paid attention to the ghost and it would not cause too much panic... Riddle did not know that with Lecos's instigation, the matter quickly spread throughout the school.

When enough people were discussing this, even if some students were careless and didn't think there was anything wrong with the ghost attack, they were still affected by this subtle atmosphere and felt uneasy...

At first, when the little wizards saw the inexplicable words on the wall, most of them thought it was just a meaningless joke, a prank left by a troublemaker.

However, after the attack really happened, the young wizards gradually realized that there might really be a secret room in Hogwarts, which was left by Slytherin to eliminate young wizards of Muggle origin.

So, the Muggle-born students all felt insecure and began to travel in groups.

It's strange, what could be so cruel to a ghost?

The young wizards asked each other: What kind of terrible power could harm a dead person? Is the dark magic left by Slytherin really that powerful?

Because of this incident, few people were willing to stay in Hogwarts during the Christmas holidays soon after... They were afraid that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets would launch another attack.

As a result, students almost rushed to book seats on the Hogwarts Express, hoping to go home for Christmas...

"Are you planning on staying at school over Christmas?"

In the dormitory, Lecos looked at Draco in surprise.

"That's right." Draco smirked. "I'm the noble Malfoy, not one of those muddy... Muggle-borns. Others have reason to be afraid, but what do I have to be afraid of?"

"I really want to know who the Slytherin heir is. I can help him!"

Lycos raised an eyebrow.

Perhaps Draco could never have imagined that the so-called "heir" was sitting next to him at this moment.

"So it's fine if you're staying at school, but why did you drag Crabbe and Goyle along?" Lycos turned his head to look at the other two beds and asked casually, "Aren't you afraid of their snoring?"

"Ever since I learned the ear-blocking charm, I'm no longer afraid of Crabbe and Goyle's snoring!" Draco raised his chin. "Besides, they always do whatever I do. I don't know how they can be so boring."

Poor Crabbe and Goyle, being played around by Draco...

Lycos looked at the two fat guys with pity.

Sure enough, people still can't be licking dogs——

Crabbe and Goyle had been Draco's bootlickers for more than ten years, obeying him in everything, but Draco treated them as just two lackeys and not as friends at all.

On the first day of school, Lycos almost killed Draco with a killing curse. But now Draco and Lycos have a better relationship than the two fat guys. They are more like a pair of friends...

Amid the expectant gazes of many students, the semester ended, and a silence as thick as the snow on the ground enveloped the entire castle.

Lycos didn't think the castle with few people would be dull. Instead, he felt it was very comfortable, because it meant it would be more convenient for him to do other shameful things!

……

Chapter 153 The Disappearing Crown

The castle remained empty in the days leading up to Christmas.

Draco felt bored after just a few days in the Slytherin dormitory. He played all kinds of entertainment games in the wizarding world, such as Gobstones and Wizard's Chess, but soon got tired of them.

"Anyone want to play Quidditch?" Draco shouted from the common room.

However, the echoes reverberated in the spacious lounge, and no one responded to him. Only the two fat guys, Crabbe and Goyle, were grinning foolishly beside him.

Draco glanced at his two followers with disdain and shook his head.

He didn't think these two fat guys could ride on their brooms to play Quidditch with him. If they got on the brooms, they would probably be crushed before the game even started...

"Lex, aren't you going to play Quidditch too?" Draco walked to the dormitory door and shouted inside.

"I won't go. I have other things to do." Lycos shook his head.

On the table beside his bed, there were some strange little objects, all of which looked very old, and Draco had no idea what they were.

"Stop messing with your crap," Draco said. "Please come play Quidditch with me. I can't stand being stuck in the dorm any longer... There are only a few people here. We can't even have a party. It's too boring!"

"Only a lunatic would go out and play ball on a broomstick in this snowy cold weather." Lycos rolled his eyes. "It's much nicer to stay in the warm common room than to go out in the cold."

"But I haven't seen you in the lounge either." Draco spread his hands and said in a faint tone, "Every time I asked you to play wizard chess with me, you were not here..."

"Do you know how boring it is to play chess with Crabbe and Goyle? I feel like I'm playing chess with two pigs!"

"At least I'm staying at Hogwarts Castle." Lycos shrugged, stuffed the old item in front of him into the drawer and locked it. "If you really want to play Quidditch, you might as well go find Harry Potter."

He stood up and patted Draco on the shoulder.

"I just saw the Gryffindor team training in the heavy snow a few days ago... If it were him, he wouldn't mind playing Quidditch in the snow."

"Go find Pott? Are you kidding?" Draco felt it was ridiculous. "Why would I go play Quidditch with that damn guy? I'm lucky I didn't fight him..."

"Then go and duel with him. At least you won't be idle." Lycos put on a thick cloak and walked straight out of the dormitory door.

Just as he was walking down the corridor, he seemed to recall something. He poked his head back into the dormitory and added, "Practicing dueling is still quite useful now. Who knows, maybe the school will open a dueling club in a few days?"

After saying that, Lycos left without looking back, leaving Draco standing there blankly, his mind full of question marks...

In fact, Lycos has been spending the past few days in the Room of Requirement.

In the original story that he had read, Lecos knew very well the locations of Voldemort's six Horcruxes - at least at this point in time, apart from Harry's special one, there were two Horcruxes in Hogwarts Castle at the same time.

One of them was the Horcrux diary, which was currently in the snakeskin wallet that Lycos was carrying;

As for the other one, it is the Ravenclaw Diadem, which should now be in the large storage room of the Room of Requirement.

Lycos had never gone to the Room of Requirement to take the tiara because he was afraid that the evil Horcrux would affect his mind, which would lead to bad consequences...

But after he tricked Voldemort into giving him a protective spell that maintained his vitality and spirit, and spent several months with the Horcrux diary, Lecos was basically certain that his mind would no longer be affected by the Horcrux.

Therefore, it's time to take advantage of the fact that there are few people in the castle and secretly take away the crown...

Lycos walked to the eighth floor of the castle, stood opposite the tapestry of "The Giant Beats the Fool Barnabas with a Stick", faced the wall, and walked back and forth three times very skillfully.

"I need a place to hide things." Lycos muttered to himself as he paced back and forth.

When he walked across the wall for the third time, a smooth portal appeared on the wall.

Lycos pushed open the door, stepped over the threshold, and entered an extremely vast space.

This place is as big as a church, and the surrounding scenery looks like a city. The tall walls look messy, but they are actually made up of various things hidden by students...

Those thousands of students are probably no longer alive today.