Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

"The Dark Lord isn't...dead yet?" Lucius swallowed hard, his face frighteningly pale.

"Of course. How could the Dark Lord die so easily?" Lycos glanced at him. "He has been accumulating strength. When the time is right, he will naturally make a comeback!"

Lucius' body swayed, and he raised his hand to hold on to the wall beside him to prevent himself from collapsing on the ground.

He felt that the world had turned gray.

Malfoy Manor was a major base for Death Eaters at the time, and Voldemort left many dark magic items in it. However, in order to deal with the inspection of the Ministry of Magic, most of them were sold by Lucius.

Among them, the diary was something that Voldemort had repeatedly warned us to keep safe, but it was also thrown into Ginny Weasley's cauldron by Lucius, and was eventually destroyed at Hogwarts...

After hearing what Lecos said today, that it represented another life of Voldemort, Lucius finally understood how important the diary was.

Lucius felt that when Voldemort came back, he would probably be skinned alive!

"But none of the Death Eaters we left behind have found any trace of the Dark Lord." Lucius leaned weakly against the wall and asked blankly, "How do you know, and when did you draw your Dark Mark?"

"Of course I'm different from you." Lycos sneered, "The Death Eaters who are truly loyal to the Dark Lord have all been imprisoned in Azkaban. How can the Dark Lord trust you, a bunch of cowards who surrender to the Ministry of Magic?"

"But the Dark Lord can trust me! I've been with the Dark Lord since I was very young, and most of my magic was learned from him... Now I'm the one he trusts the most."

Lycos lowered his sleeves again, covering the hideous Dark Mark on his left forearm.

"But this doesn't make sense..." Lucius muttered, "Since you are the Dark Lord's most trusted person, why did you become the biggest victim of the goblin invasion? Didn't the diary contact you when it opened the Chamber of Secrets?"

"Of course he contacted me." Lycos gave an intriguing smile, "Or rather, I was involved in almost all of his actions this school year..."

"That's even stranger." Lucius frowned, feeling even more puzzled. "You two clearly had contact and cooperation, so why did you get hurt...and how did the diary get destroyed?"

Lycos didn't say anything, but turned around silently and hid his expression.

He began to secretly organize the words he had prepared earlier in his mind, determined to bring Lucius, the wavering fence-sitter, on board.

"The reason is actually very simple..."

Lycos turned around again and sat cross-legged on the hospital bed covered with smooth white sheets.

He adjusted his expression into one of solemnity, deepness, and gloom before turning back to Lucius.

"We had an argument, and this argument forced me to take some action." Lycos said in a very sad tone.

Lucius was stunned for a moment, a hint of absurdity flashed in his eyes.

"What can you do?" he questioned immediately. "That diary represents the will of the Dark Lord. Are you planning to go against him?"

However, under Lucius's astonished gaze, Lycos nodded in approval.

"Unfortunately, your guess is correct," he said softly. "The diary's idea is too radical. It's fine to eliminate Muggle-born students, but he also wants to show off the Slytherin heir's influence and spread fear..."

"It would be fine if he just spread fear, but the way he spread it leaked a lot of our information and it is very likely that I would be exposed to Dumbledore's sight."

Lycos paused, his eyes glancing intentionally or unintentionally at Lucius's confused expression.

"For this reason, I tried my best to prevent him from launching attacks so frequently. But he was not satisfied and opened the Chamber of Secrets again without my knowledge... This also almost exposed my identity as an undercover Death Eater under Dumbledore's nose!"

"In order to protect my identity, I can only distance myself from the matter..."

"You...what did you do?" Lucius asked in a trembling voice.

"I pretended to be a little wizard whose mind was possessed by a black magic creature. The actions of opening the secret room before were all unintentional acts under mental control..." Lycos said slowly.

"However, during the last attack, I regained my sanity in time, exposed the diary's crimes, and ultimately helped the professors stop the goblin invasion."

After saying this, Lycos looked up at Lucius, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth that frightened him.

All of Lycos's words are a mixture of truth and falsehood, making it difficult to distinguish. He even mixed in Ginny's experience in the original book and substituted it into his own experience... This is naturally highly reasonable.

Of course, it is impossible to easily deceive the cunning Lucius Malfoy with only Lecos's words, but Dumbledore's ambiguous attitude and support for Lecos have further strengthened the credibility of what Lecos said.

Lucius's cold sweat gradually soaked his entire back.

"Why are you telling me this?" He struggled to hold on to his shaking mind and said, "As long as you don't let anyone else know about this, you'll be safe..."

"You're wrong!" Lycos interrupted him. "Whether others know about it is one thing, but whether they'll be unhappy with me in their hearts is another!"

"Mr. Malfoy, you should know very well that as Death Eaters, what we rely on most is not anything else but the Dark Lord's appreciation of us. As long as we are valued by him, no matter how many mistakes we make, they can be forgiven. If he doesn't trust you, no matter how outstanding you are, it will be useless..."

"Although the Dark Lord doesn't know the role I played this school year, something as important as the diary was destroyed right under my nose. Naturally, he wouldn't be satisfied and might be dissatisfied with me at any time."

"I don't want to lose any weight in the Dark Lord's eyes... I assume you feel the same way, Mr. Malfoy?"

Lucius's eye twitched.

He felt like he was facing a second-year wizard, not a calculating and cunning elite spy!

Moreover, this spy...his fundamental purpose is not to serve the Dark Lord, nor to work for Dumbledore. He would even destroy the Dark Lord's important items for the sake of his own status. He can be said to be unscrupulous!

"Everything you do is just for yourself." Lucius took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"Didn't you give up the diary for your own sake?" Lycos turned to look at Lucius and chuckled. "We are all responsible for the destruction of the diary. We all made this choice to protect ourselves..."

"We are one and the same, Mr. Malfoy."

Lucius breathed heavily and remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, he finally forced his lips apart and asked with difficulty: "What do you want from me?"

"We can cooperate, Mr. Malfoy." Lycos laughed, "As long as we reach an agreement, we can put all the problems of this school year on other people..."

"This way, you won't have to worry about the Dark Lord's wrath, and I won't have to worry about my standing with him declining. This is the best of both worlds, isn't it?"

"But I don't need to risk being exposed and help you deceive the Dark Lord!" After such a long time of adjusting his mentality, Lucius seemed to have finally regained his composure. "I obviously have a safer and more secure way..."

"Tell me about it?" Lycos looked at him, the smile on his face becoming more subtle.

"That means I'll subdue you here, erase your memory, and then put all the blame on you," Lucius said coldly. "I'll say it was you who secretly contacted me and asked me to cooperate with your actions, so I handed over the diary..."

"And now that you've lost your memory, you won't have any way to refute me!"

Lucius gripped his wand tighter, becoming more confident as he spoke.

Dobby the house-elf was nearby, and he could easily erase the little wizard's memory and then have Dobby quickly take him out of Hogwarts Castle and escape safely.

Lucius was not aware of the Phoenix's abilities and believed that even Dumbledore couldn't Apparate freely in Hogwarts, so his success rate was very high...

"I don't know if you made a mistake, or if you trusted me, a Death Eater, too much..." Lucius glared at Lycos in front of him and grinned. "I hope you won't be so blindly confident in the future."

"Although I haven't fought with anyone for a while, I'm still an adult wizard and one of the most core Death Eaters... How dare you, a second-year kid, be so careless?"

Lycos looked at the wand raised by Lucius and shook his head helplessly, feeling a little bored.

Sure enough, in the magical world, no matter how you reason, you still have to take action in the end.

Why are there always some guys who feel good about themselves and have the illusion that they are very powerful?

"Mr. Malfoy, do you know why the Dark Lord has so much trust in me?"

Lycos said as he pulled his wand out of his sleeve.

"I'm not interested in knowing!" Lucius thought Lycos was stalling for time until Dumbledore came back, so he recited the spell as quickly as possible -

"Oblibiate."

Lycos blinked, feeling that the sense of déjà vu was a bit strong... It seemed that someone had used the forgetfulness spell on him not long ago.

However, although Lockhart is not good in other aspects, his Oblivion Charm is much stronger than Lucius's.

Lycos sighed.

Without even chanting a spell, black flames rose out of thin air, burning away the weak Forgetfulness Charm and then wrapping Lucius tightly inside.

Under Lycos's careful control, the temperature of the flame did not even burn any thread in the ward.

"Now do you understand why the Dark Lord trusts me so much?"

Lycos looked at Lucius, who was wrapped in black flames and dared not move at all, and shrugged casually.

"What do you think he values ​​about me?" he whispered. "My personal ability, of course."

If the person in front of him was a core Death Eater like Snape, Barty Crouch Jr. or Bellatrix Lestrange, perhaps Lecos would need to think about how to deal with them.

But Lucius was able to become a core Death Eater because of his illustrious family background. If we only talk about strength, Lucius would probably be ranked at the bottom among the Death Eaters.

"I was wrong, seriously...Hayden, let's talk this out!" Lucius was trapped in the flames, not daring to move. He could only open his mouth in panic and beg for mercy. "Don't you want to cooperate with me? I agree!"

"With my help, you will definitely become the first person beside the Dark Lord as quickly as possible!"

But Lycos didn't even look at him.

"Your attitude is problematic, so I regret it." Lycos rested his hands behind his head and leisurely lay back on the bed. "What you said before also gave me some inspiration... Tell me, can I put all the responsibility on you?"

"Don't do that!" Lucius was horrified. "The Dark Lord will kill me!"

"Tsk, what does it have to do with me if the Dark Lord kills you?" Lycos looked at the ceiling nonchalantly. "You are no longer trustworthy."

"I... I still have room to maneuver," Lucius said quickly, "and I... I can make an unbreakable vow!"

Hearing this, Lycos curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled happily.

Just waiting for this sentence!

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Chapter 172 Unbreakable Vow

The scorching black flames slowly faded from Lucius's body like flowing water, surging and flowing back to Lycos' side.

Lycos lay lazily on the bed, and the black flames consciously drilled into the palm of his hand and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"You should know that an unbreakable vow requires a witness," he said casually.

"I can find someone... someone who can cast unbreakable magic and is trustworthy..." Lucius said hurriedly, "Oh right! We can find Severus, he's also a Death Eater, he'll definitely be willing to help us."

"No need, I have someone here." Lycos said, sitting up from the bed.

He took out an ordinary-looking little notebook, flipped through the first few pages full of words, found a blank page, and wrote a line of small words.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door of the school infirmary's ward.

"Have you finished?" Without waiting for Lucius to open the door, the little blonde witch pushed the door open and walked in.

She was the one who set up the protective magic at the door, so people can come and go as they please.

"That's about right." Lycos nodded. "But to be on the safe side, Mr. Malfoy intends to make an unbreakable vow with me."

As he spoke, he glanced at Lucius beside him.