Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

"Minerva captured a goblin alive, and Severus provided some truth serum to help us learn a lot... Lucius, do you know what the consequences of betraying Hogwarts Castle are?"

"Today, the other eleven directors have contacted me. To be honest, owls flew in one after another, like a hailstorm. They all feel that you have brought shame upon the Hogwarts board of directors and have committed a serious crime against Hogwarts and even the future of the wizarding world..."

"Therefore, you will be impeached by the other eleven school directors, and it is very likely that you will lose your position as a school director."

Dumbledore said as he looked at Lucius with a smile.

Lucius stood there for a moment, and Lycos noticed in detail that his right hand twitched, as if he wanted to take out his wand. However, because he was facing the most powerful wizard in the magical world, he restrained his impulse.

"You have no idea what I went through in there after being captured by the goblins!" Lucius shouted. "If I hadn't surrendered my authority as a school director, I would have faced an experience worse than death!"

"But the school directors don't care what you've been through." Dumbledore shook his head. "They only care about what you did at the time and whether you violated the rules set by the board of directors."

Dumbledore knocked on the table.

"Your actions have indeed violated the rules set by the school board long ago... Such behavior is no longer suitable for you to continue to hold the position of school board member."

Lucius's face was so pale that he looked like a corpse that had been dead for several days, and his eyes became flickering.

Draco was beside his father, looking a little dazed. He listened to the conversation between Lycos, Dumbledore and Lucius in a daze, not knowing what they were talking about.

Why does it sound like both Lecos and the principal are not very friendly to their father...?

"Lucius, before you officially leave the board of directors, I have one more piece of advice for you—" Dumbledore glanced at Draco, but ultimately did not reveal anything more secretive.

"Stop throwing away Voldemort's old things from his school days... Otherwise, you really can't afford the consequences."

Lucius finally couldn't suppress his anger anymore and thought that if he stayed here any longer he might go crazy, so he pulled Draco and turned towards the door.

"We're leaving, Draco," he said coldly. "Your friends don't seem to welcome us."

Lucius opened the door and was about to step out of the school infirmary ward, but at this moment, Lycos suddenly called him from behind.

"Mr. Malfoy, please wait a moment."

"Do you have anything else to say?" Lucius paused and asked in a very unfriendly tone.

"I don't think you need to leave in such a hurry." Lycos chuckled. "We still have other things to discuss... For example, regarding the position of Hogwarts director, maybe you won't be expelled."

"What did you say?" Lucius turned around abruptly. "How can you guarantee that I won't be expelled, just because you're a second-year student?"

Although Lucius believed rationally that a small wizard like Lycos could not possibly affect the school director's stay or departure, he still held a faint glimmer of hope in his heart.

What if what this little wizard said is true?

If he could avoid being expelled, it would be of great benefit to the Malfoy family, his own reputation, and Draco's future achievements...

After all, the head of the Malfoy family has been a Hogwarts governor for many years. If Lucius' generation were to be expelled, it would be very embarrassing for him.

So, even though Lucius didn't believe it, he turned around and walked back, hoping that there would be some chance of a turnaround.

"You may not know this, but I'm actually the biggest victim of this goblin invasion." Lycos chuckled and spoke the lines he had prepared long ago. "It's because you gave those goblins the permission to invade Hogwarts Castle that I'm lying in a hospital bed now..."

"Mr. Malfoy, don't you want to gain the victim's forgiveness?"

"What Lycos said is actually correct." Dumbledore also cooperated and added, "Lucius, if you can obtain a letter of forgiveness from the victim, then your crime of condoning the goblins' invasion of Hogwarts will be greatly reduced..."

"Of course, it's impossible to directly offset your crimes."

Hearing this, Lucius was finally moved.

He suddenly realized that perhaps this thing was really feasible.

Although allowing goblins to invade Hogwarts was an extremely serious act, the professors reacted quickly, and the goblins' main purpose was to interfere, not to destroy, so there were no casualties in this incident.

Those petrified ghosts and little wizards were not caused by themselves. Even if it was related to the diary left by the Dark Lord, they had no evidence to show that the diary was spread by them.

If Lycos, the biggest victim, agreed to forgive, and then used the Malfoy family's connections to make a deal, he could also give some small gifts to the other directors...

In this way, the position of school director may really be saved.

"But I don't understand...why would you agree to forgive?" Lucius figured out all the details, but couldn't figure out Lycos's purpose. "Is there anything you need my help with?"

He suddenly remembered that Draco seemed to have said that his friend was a poor student from an orphanage, so he added: "If you are willing to issue a letter of understanding, the Malfoy family can finance all your subsequent school expenses."

Lycos seemed to have heard something funny and suddenly laughed out loud.

Cassandra, who was sitting next to them as a background, also covered her mouth lightly, revealing an expression of unable to help laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Lucius frowned. "Don't you need money?"

However, before Lycos and Cassandra could react, Draco tugged at his father's sleeve and whispered:

"Lex has never been short of money since he started school..."

Lucius: “?”

Isn't this a poor student? How could he not be short of money? Why would there be a poor student at Hogwarts who is not short of money?

Draco was also a little hesitant, not knowing what to say.

You can't say... because when he first entered the first grade, he was frightened by Lycos's killing curse, and then he took the initiative to ask the boss for protection, right?

And by the end of his first year, Lycos had found another wealthy woman who was clearly not short of money, and she filled the table in the compartment of the Hogwarts Express with gold Galleons.

Not only that, but during the summer vacation, no one knew what terrible things Lycos had done. He stuffed a lot of gold Galleons, silver Sickles, and copper Knuts into his snakeskin wallet, and he seemed to disdain them all...

"Okay, then I'll assume you're not short of money." Lucius was silent for a moment, then continued, "What do you need me to do for you? If you're looking for a job after graduation, the Malfoy family can use their extensive network of contacts to help you contact specific companies..."

However, after he finished saying this, Lucius felt that he had made a mistake.

After all, Lecos is only in the second grade. A young wizard of this age may not even know what he wants to do. How can he start to worry about finding a job now?

Sure enough, Lycos smiled again and then shook his head.

"Don't guess, Mr. Malfoy, I don't need any of these things." He showed a harmless smile, "Although I don't like you very much, but who lets Draco be my friend..."

"Even if it's for Draco's future as a school director, I have to sign the letter of understanding!"

Lycos's expression and tone were so sincere that Draco was almost in tears, but Lucius had a bad feeling.

Although the little wizard looked harmless, through the communication just now, he could almost conclude that this was definitely not an easy person to deal with!

What kind of poor student can make himself financially secure right after school starts?

"If you have anything to say, just tell me directly." Lucius said stiffly, "Don't worry, I will do my best to meet your requirements."

"Oh? It seems that Mr. Malfoy is also a person who does not accept rewards without doing anything." Lycos smiled happily.

Hearing this, Lucius's mouth twitched.

What's the point of not accepting gifts without merit? He's best at taking other people's things for free! If he didn't know that this little wizard had bad intentions, he wouldn't be so easy to talk to...

"In that case, I do have a small matter that I need Mr. Malfoy's help with." Lycos still had that harmless smile on his face, but his eyes gradually turned cold.

"But this matter is a bit shameful. I hope we can talk alone..."

Lucius's expression froze.

What shameful matter was it that he needed help with, that they had to discuss it alone?

However, before he could react, Dumbledore stood up from the window.

"What a coincidence! I still have some unfinished business here." He patted Lucius's shoulder with a smile and looked at him with a slightly meaningful look. "Lucius, have a good chat with Lycos. I won't be with you any longer."

Cassandra also exchanged glances with Lycos, then stood up and walked towards the door.

Before leaving, she took Draco and the house-elf Dobby out of the ward, and then cast a protective spell on the door lock of the ward.

So, only Lycos and Lucius were left in the school infirmary's ward...

"Can you tell me what it is now?" Lucius said stiffly, "First of all, I won't help you if it's too much trouble."

The patriarch of the Malfoy family felt very bad at this time.

He couldn't understand why Dumbledore had no curiosity at all and just let the student chat with him alone about that so-called shameful thing. He was even more curious because he was clearly a former Death Eater, but Dumbledore didn't worry about the safety of the young wizard at all...

These strange signs made Lucius feel even more depressed.

All he wanted now was to end this conversation as soon as possible and leave this unpleasant Hogwarts Castle.

"It's not a very difficult thing actually..."

Lycos sat up from the hospital bed, took his left hand out of the quilt, and gently stroked his left arm.

"Mr. Malfoy, let me ask you a question first... Do you know what the diary you stuffed into Ginny Weasley's cauldron was?" he asked softly.

At this moment, Lycos had changed his previous harmless expression and had a cold look on his face, as if even the edges and corners of his face had become a little colder.

"Don't try to trick me." Lucius said coldly, "This diary didn't come from me!"

"Such words...you should save them for the Dark Lord."

Lycos gently took his right hand away, and then a mark like a tattoo slowly appeared on the inside of his left forearm.

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Chapter 171 I've been waiting for this sentence

Lucius' eyes widened when he saw the mark on Lycos' left arm.

"You...you are!" He was so shocked that he could hardly speak.

"You may not know what that diary represents to the Dark Lord..." Lycos got down from the hospital bed, stepped barefoot on the cold floor, and walked slowly to Lucius.

"That almost represents another life of the Dark Lord. He entrusted this life to you...but you gave it up easily in order to avoid the pursuit of the Ministry of Magic."

As Lucius listened to this, cold sweat began to ooze out of his back.

He originally thought that twelve years had passed and Voldemort was probably dead, otherwise why was there no movement at all?

That was why Lucius decided to discard all the Dark Lord's belongings left by Voldemort to prevent the Ministry of Magic from accusing him of abusing Dark Magic or even colluding with the remnants of the Death Eaters.

However, just as he was about to refute Lycos, he suddenly realized a problem.

This little wizard was the same age as his son, probably less than thirteen years old. So who drew the Dark Mark on his left arm?

You know, the Dark Mark is an extremely advanced black magic, which was modified and created by Voldemort himself... Looking at the entire wizarding world, only Voldemort can use this magic.

But before Voldemort left, Lycos was only about one year old!

Could it be that before leaving, Voldemort deliberately found a one-year-old child, drew a Dark Mark on this child who was not even sure whether he could awaken his magic power, and directly made him a core Death Eater?

That is simply impossible!

Therefore, after eliminating all impossibilities, there is only one truth left: