Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

Lucius looked a little embarrassed, but under the pressure of the Dark Lord and the force of Lycos, he could only nod.

"So... you mean to say that you want me to come here as a witness to your Unbreakable Vow?" Cassandra raised an eyebrow.

"Smart!" Lycos gave a thumbs up. "I guess you know this magic?"

"Of course I will, but what good will that do me?" Cassandra's face suddenly turned stern. "Let me be a witness. Am I supposed to just sit there and watch you two holding hands?"

Lycos: “?”

"No, what are you thinking about?" Lycos said with a twitch of his lips. "You're jealous of a forty-year-old man, aren't you?"

"Can't I?" Cassandra raised her chin.

"Ahem... Can I say something?" Lucius finally couldn't stand the behavior of the two little wizards anymore and interrupted them.

Lycos and Cassandra both turned their gazes towards Lucius, staring at him so hard that cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Well... First of all, I'm actually not even forty," Lucius said seriously. Noticing Cassandra's gaze had grown more dangerous, he quickly added, "And the unbreakable oath doesn't require clasping palms together; just bringing wrists closer together will suffice..."

"That's more like it." Cassandra thought for a moment and nodded. "Okay, I agree!"

Lycos breathed a sigh of relief and stood up from the bed.

Lucius was the first to stretch out his left hand branded with the Dark Mark, and Lycos also stretched out his left hand. The outsides of their wrists touched together, and two identical Dark Marks crossed on both sides.

Cassandra drew her wand and stepped forward, standing beside the two men, gently touching the tip of her wand to the top of Lykos and Lucius's approaching hands.

"Mr. Malfoy, are you sure you won't tell anyone the secret we mentioned today?" Lecos stared into Lucius' eyes and asked.

"I'm sure." Lucius nodded.

There was no other way to disagree, because Lucius's act of giving up the diary and allowing goblins to invade Hogwarts Castle required Lycos's help.

Otherwise he would lose the Dark Lord's trust and his position on the school board.

As the two finished their words, a thin, dazzling tongue of fire burst out from Cassandra's wand, like a red-hot wire, and wrapped around their touching wrists.

"Are you sure you will do your best to ensure my position beside the Dark Lord?" Lycos continued to ask.

"I'm sure," Lucius said.

A second tongue of fire burst from the wand and entwined with the first, forming a thin, glowing red chain.

"Finally, if I need you to do something that you cannot understand, are you sure you will do it without hesitation?" Lycos said the last request slowly and calmly, staring closely into Lucius's gray eyes.

Lucius' pupils contracted unconsciously.

"What... does this mean?" he questioned subconsciously.

"You just need to answer, yes or no." Lycos interrupted him without giving him any chance to question.

Black flames seemed to gradually rise in Lycos's dark golden pupils. An indescribable mental pressure crushed Lucius's mind, making it almost impossible for him to resist...

"I... I'm sure." Lucius trembled as he uttered his final oath.

This also represents the completion of the Unbreakable Vow.

The next moment, a third tongue of fire burst out from the tip of the wand.

The faces of Lycos, Cassandra, and Lucius were illuminated by the fire... The tongues of fire intertwined with the two in front, tightly wrapped around their wrists, like a rope, like a fire-breathing snake.

In the crimson firelight, Lycos laughed happily.

"So, Mr. Malfoy..."

"Wish us happy cooperation!"

……

On the day he took the Unbreakable Vow, Lycos asked Madam Pomfrey for discharge.

After being dragged by the serious head nurse and undergoing a series of examinations, Lycos was finally released from the infirmary by Madam Pomfrey with a stern face. She also told him to pay more attention and to return to the infirmary for examination in time if he had any adverse reactions.

Lycos dealt with it perfunctorily, then immediately walked towards the gargoyles on the fourth floor of the castle.

He has too many secrets. Some of them can be hidden from Cassandra, but there are also some things that even Cassandra does not know.

Therefore, the subsequent matters must be discussed clearly with Dumbledore alone, and some more secretive issues also need to be clarified with him...

"Sizzle honey candy."

When Lecos read out the password to the principal's office and went up the spiral staircase to the eighth floor of the castle, he found that there was also a little wizard there.

"Ah, look who's here." Dumbledore waved towards the office door. "Harry, sit on the sofa for a while... Come in, Lex!"

At this moment, Dumbledore was stroking Fawkes's short red feathers.

It seems that the duel between him and the leader of the rebellious goblins, Lanlock, was not easy. Fox looked like he had just been reborn a few days ago and was still in the state of a fledgling. His red feathers no longer had the beautiful golden color as before, and they were limply stuck to his small and exquisite back.

"Professor, I actually have something else to say..." Lycos walked into the office and was asking some questions.

However, at this moment, Fawkes, who had been lying quietly under Dumbledore's palm, flapped his little red wings, flew up from the branch he was perched on, flew straight to Lycos, and landed on his shoulder.

"Chirp——"

Fox stuck his little head out and sniffed Lycos's body from top to bottom and left to right, and made a questioning sound.

After the phoenix was reborn as a chick, even its cry became different.

"Professor, what happened to Fawkes?" Lycos looked at Dumbledore with some confusion.

"Oh, it may have smelled a familiar smell." Dumbledore did not seem surprised at all, but said with a smile.

"A familiar smell? On me?" Lycos was about to ask what it was, but a black phoenix suddenly appeared in his mind.

He suddenly remembered that Fox had also done this sniffing behavior when he saw him before.

At that time, he had just received the black feather from Mr. Barebon from Regulus.

That black feather should be the feather on the black phoenix.

Perhaps it was because of this feather as a guide that the black phoenix was able to appear accurately in the fireball entangled by the Fire Shield and the Fiery Flame, helping Lycos fight against the attacks of Riddle and the Basilisk.

"It's the black phoenix..." Lycos asked.

But Dumbledore interrupted him, glancing casually at Harry, who was sitting on the sofa.

Leko nodded in understanding.

There were some things that Harry must not know, so these things had to be discussed when Lycos and Dumbledore were alone in his office.

So, Lycos changed the subject: "Professor Dumbledore, Potter happens to be here too, can I make a small request——"

"Of course, you are the hero of Hogwarts." Dumbledore smiled, "Tell me about it."

Harry also cast a curious look over here.

"I don't want anyone to know about my fight against Riddle." Lycos looked at Harry. "Can you keep this secret for me?"

"But why?" Harry asked puzzled.

As a twelve-year-old Gryffindor, Harry couldn't understand this behavior. He felt that good things he had done should be known to others and should be shown off generously.

"Because I don't want to be as famous as you." Lycos glanced at him and made up an excuse. "Do you understand what I mean?"

Harry suddenly felt that he understood.

After coming to the wizarding world, Harry has always had a lot of troubles due to being too famous because of his identity as the savior.

Seeing that Lecos didn't want to be famous, he suddenly felt that he had found a good comrade who could understand him!

"I understand." Harry patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this!"

"Actually, I told Harry about this before," Dumbledore added, "but although he had kept his promise before, he didn't quite understand why... He seems less confused now than before?"

Harry nodded.

"Very good." Dumbledore looked at Lycos with a smile, "Don't worry, I know Harry. If he said he wouldn't tell anyone, then he definitely won't tell anyone."

"I'm willing to believe in Potter's character." Lycos frowned slightly and said thoughtfully, "But I don't want this matter to be revealed in any way, especially to some people I least want to know..."

He turned his head and looked Harry in the eyes.

"I hope Potter can learn Occlumency in the shortest possible time!"

This is also what Lycos is most worried about.

Because he knew very well that twelve years ago, when the Killing Curse that Voldemort used on Harry was rebounded, he left a fragment of his soul in Harry's body, inadvertently making Harry into one of his own Horcruxes.

When Voldemort is resurrected and the power of his soul gradually recovers, the connection between the two will become closer and closer... Gradually, Harry and Voldemort's senses and memories will become interconnected.

By then, if Harry accidentally let Voldemort discover Lekos's fight against the Horcrux Riddle, it would be troublesome.

Fortunately, Voldemort is still very weak and the connection between the two is minimal.

So there is still room for improvement.

In fact, Lycos wanted to learn Lockhart's special skill, the Obliviate Charm, from the little notebook he left behind, and then cast Obliviate Charm on Harry's head...

Unfortunately, as the young wizard that Dumbledore cared about most, Harry was always under the watchful eye of the old headmaster, and it was impossible for Lecos to find an opportunity to cast the Oblivion Charm.

In this case, the only option is to let Harry learn the brain-blocking technique in advance.

"What are you learning?" Harry looked a little bewildered. "Brain Technique...what is that?"

"Occlumency," Dumbledore added impromptu. "It is a spell that protects the mind from foreign intrusion. It is an obscure branch of witchcraft, but a very useful one."

Harry's expression grew even more bewildered.

"Preventing alien invasions? But I'm not possessed by anything," he asked. "And I've been staying in school all this time. Who could invade my brain? Why would I need to learn... this thing?"

Dumbledore first glanced at Lycos with a meaningful look, then looked at Harry.

"Harry, I also think you need to learn Occlumency," he said softly.

It seemed that the headmaster did not want to explain the reason, but his casual words made Harry lose the will to refute, which made Lecos' eyes twitch.

I can only say... some people don't need to explain what they say, as long as they say it, they represent authority.

"I see," said Harry. "So... who will teach me?"

Dumbledore's eyes flicked to Lycos again.

"Lexus, your brain occupation skills are the best I have ever seen. I think you can..."

"I won't teach others." Lycos refused decisively. "I was born with the Occlumency skill, so I have no idea how an ordinary wizard can learn this magic from scratch..."

"Besides, I've signed up for all five elective courses for next school year, so I'm afraid I won't have the time."