Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

Lycos walked forward, his clear footsteps echoing in the silence.

"I've searched this side... the same goes for this side..." Lycos muttered softly as he walked past the messy piles of junk.

"Tsk, there are so many things hidden here, how could Voldemort be so arrogant as to think that he was the only one who could find this room?"

Walking around a pile of boxes lying in a haphazard manner, Lycos couldn't help but smack his lips.

In the original book, the Ravenclaw Diadem, which was made into a Horcrux, was secretly hidden in this huge storage room by Voldemort when he returned to Hogwarts to apply for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Voldemort was too arrogant. He felt that no one except himself could find the crown that served as a Horcrux.

In other words, even if someone discovered this room, it would be almost impossible for them to find the crown with an unremarkable modified appearance among this sea of ​​debris...

There is actually nothing wrong with his idea.

Lycos has been in this large storage room for several days, searching every corner here and even finding many interesting old objects, but he still can't find the whereabouts of Ravenclaw's crown.

He passed a stuffed giant monster, then an ancient cabinet covered in dust, and then stopped.

A stuffed giant monster? A vanishing cabinet?

Lycos always felt that such reference objects looked familiar, as if they had appeared in the original plot... Unfortunately, the details in the book were difficult to remember, and he could only roughly distinguish some objects.

He felt that he should be close to the Ravenclaw crown.

But this not far is only in theory. If he takes a wrong direction, he may get further and further away from the crown.

Lycos carefully surveyed the passage between the garbage heaps, unsure of where to go next...

"Accio Ravenclaw's diadem."

He tentatively chanted a flying spell, then laughed at himself.

That's right, how could a Horcrux be easily affected by the spell? It naturally couldn't just fly over here casually.

The simplest way now is to release Tom Riddle in the diary and let the two Horcruxes sense each other. Maybe they can find the crown as quickly as possible.

However, how could Lycos allow the two Horcruxes to meet?

What's more, he couldn't explain to Riddle how he knew the location of the Horcrux Crown; he couldn't explain why he wanted to find the Horcrux that Voldemort had hidden with great effort.

"Forget it, let's take it slow." Lycos sighed.

He left a mark on an aisle so that he would not have to repeat the same route when he came back, and then chose a passage through the garbage room.

"It seems we need to find a stone bust of an old man... It should be placed on a large cabinet, not far from the troll specimen."

Lycos walked quickly along the adjacent passage, muttering his impressions of the original work while rummaging through various old objects around him, and also being careful not to let the high pile of debris "wall" collapse.

He walked deeper and deeper into the maze-like passages, searching for structures similar to those in his memory.

Suddenly, he stopped.

Directly before Lycos stood an old, blistered cabinet, and atop it was a pockmarked bust of a wizard in a dusty old wig.

Seeing this structure, Lycos's memory of the original work became clearer and clearer.

This should be where the Ravenclaw's diadem is kept.

But... the old, faded crown that was supposed to be on the wizard's bust was nowhere to be found!

The old wig on the bust's head was dirty, with dust unevenly distributed on it. There was a circle on the outer layer that was obviously much cleaner than the surrounding area, and it looked like the mark of a ring-shaped crown.

Lycos's brows were knitted tightly together.

It looked like Ravenclaw's diadem had been taken away earlier, and it hadn't been there long, not even the dust had settled evenly...

But who else would know the location of the Horcrux besides him?

Lycos didn't believe it and thought it was very likely that something had fallen down and hit the crown, pushing it somewhere else.

So he continued to search carefully around, clearing away the things that were in the way nearby: bottles, hats, boxes, chairs, books, weapons, brooms, bats...

However, until the sun went down, Lycos still didn't find the Ravenclaw diadem.

He had to admit that Ravenclaw's diadem had indeed been taken away.

But who could that be?

Apart from Voldemort himself and Lycos who is familiar with the plot, who else would know the location of the Horcruxes?

A figure suddenly appeared in Lycos's mind...

……

In the Slytherin common room, the little blonde witch who was quietly reading a book on the sofa raised her eyes, her green eyes full of smiles.

"Why do you look so dirty?" Cassandra asked teasingly.

"I was just in the Room of Requirement." Lycos was silent for a moment, then spoke softly.

"How could I not know that there was a sandstorm in the Room of Requirement?" Cassandra curled her lips.

"I'm not kidding..." Lycos covered his forehead helplessly, "I've been in that big hiding room these past few days. Um... there might be a lot of dust accumulated in that room."

Hearing Lycos' words, Cassandra's eyes suddenly fixed.

"Have you gone to look for Ravenclaw's diadem?" She pursed her lips and asked slowly.

"That's right." Lycos nodded, "But guess what I found? ...The crown is gone. I searched everywhere, but there's no trace of a Horcrux!"

Cassandra put the book aside and looked Lykos straight in the eyes.

"Then why did you come to me?" she asked softly. "Did you think I was the one who took the crown?"

"I did have this thought before I came..." Lycos sat down opposite the little witch and leaned back on the sofa tiredly.

"After all, apart from Voldemort himself and me... you might be the only person I know who might know the location of the Horcrux."

As he said this, he glanced at Cassandra again and said, "But judging from your behavior, it seems... that it wasn't you who took the crown?"

"Of course, there's no use for me having a Horcrux." Cassandra shook her head slightly. "I'm not like you, completely tied to the Death Eaters and forced to get involved in all sorts of events... I just want to live my own life well."

"But that's very strange..." Lycos frowned tightly, "Since we didn't touch the crown, who took it away?"

Could it be Dumbledore? Lycos wondered secretly.

No... Dumbledore didn't know where Voldemort's Horcruxes were hidden either.

In the original story, Ravenclaw's diadem was finally destroyed before the final battle... By that time, Dumbledore had been gone for who knows how long...

Could it be Harry Potter? As an unexpected Horcrux, Harry has a vague connection with the other Horcruxes, and there is a possibility that he may have discovered the other Horcruxes in advance.

But technically speaking, Harry didn't even know what the Room of Requirement was at this moment...

Lycos's brows were furrowed more and more, and he still couldn't figure out who would take away Voldemort's Horcrux... Could it be that because the plot was changed, more people knew the location of the Horcrux?

"Let's not talk about this for now." Cassandra suddenly spoke, interrupting Lycos's thoughts.

Lycos raised his head and looked at her with some confusion.

"I haven't had time to ask you, have you been doing anything big lately?" Cassandra asked. "I remember Riddle's diary was with you... So, was that ghost petrified by the basilisk also you who did it?"

"Well... you're right." Lycos didn't deny it and nodded slightly.

"But I feel that although you are an undercover Death Eater, you are not the kind of person who disregards the safety of others, even if the other person is just a ghost." Cassandra looked at him with her sparkling green eyes.

She slowly asked, "Could it be that... you and Dumbledore have reached some kind of consensus?"

Lycos' eyes widened slightly.

He was truly surprised this time. How on earth could such a secret matter be discovered...

"Can you see that too?" Lycos asked in surprise.

"Well," Cassandra nodded slightly and said in a very soft voice, "Because I have reached some consensus with him."

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Chapter 154 Another Christmas

"You said... you also reached some consensus?"

Lycos was stunned for a moment, carefully looking at the delicate face in front of him.

Actually, it makes sense. Since he himself has many secrets and needs to deal with the most powerful wizard in the wizarding world frequently, Cassandra, who also has many secrets, can naturally reach a consensus with Dumbledore.

"I've never heard you say that." Lycos asked casually.

"But you haven't told me your secrets." Cassandra rolled her eyes at him. "For example, if I hadn't asked you about opening the Chamber of Secrets, would you have kept it secret until the end of the school year?"

"Ahem..." Lycos coughed twice, "After all, this is a very private matter, it's not convenient to talk about it."

"Really?" Cassandra replied in the same tone, "Well, this is a secret of mine, and it's not convenient for me to tell you."

The scene was at a stalemate.

The two people looked at each other, each pursed their lips, and no one spoke.

In the common room, the flames of the fireplace crackled, and from time to time the gurgling sound of bubbles bursting could be heard from the Black Lake outside the window.

"I'm back!!"

Just then, an excited voice came into the common room.

Draco rushed in noisily, brushing off the snow and knocking the mud off his feet on the fluffy carpet.

Crabbe and Goyle ran in behind Draco. They were so big that there was much more snow on them than on Draco... As they shook their robes, the snow on the carpet piled up into a small hill.

It seemed that Draco had a lot of fun that day, and even forgot the aristocratic etiquette that the Malfoy family forced him to maintain.

Lycos and Cassandra's attention was immediately drawn to these three guys, and the silence between them instantly dissipated...

"What did you do?" Lycos looked at Draco curiously, his cheeks red from the cold, but he couldn't hide his excitement. "You went to confess your love to Harry Potter, and succeeded?"

"What are you talking about?!" Draco glared at Lycos, "Remember, Potter and I are mortal enemies!"

"Okay, I understand." Lycos replied nonchalantly and continued to ask, "So what did you do today? You looked so happy?"

"Um... nothing." Draco immediately became hesitant.

Lycos was a little confused and turned his attention to Crabbe and Goyle who had just finished shaking off the snow.

"If you still think I'm your boss, tell me what Draco did today," he asked with a straight face.

Draco was horrified and immediately covered Crabbe's mouth beside him.