Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

Lycos and Harry returned from Flourish and Blotts with a lot of stuff without spending a penny.

While walking down the street with his books in his arms, Harry couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lecos and asked, "Lecos, did you really choose all the elective courses?"

"How could this be false? The Hogwarts book list has been sent to me." Lycos had a wallet with an Invisible Extension Charm cast on it, so he put all the books in his wallet instead of holding the books like Harry did.

"But how do you have time to take so many elective courses?" Harry asked in confusion. "I remember Hermione was the same way. I really don't know what you top students are thinking..."

"Actually... I don't want to choose so many." When it comes to this, Lycos is almost in tears.

He originally came here for the time turner, but who would have thought that Professor McGonagall didn't even know there was such a thing as a time turner... She didn't even know whether there was a time turner in the wizarding world.

Cassandra said she seemed to know the reason, but she had to wait until Lykos arrived at the Vore family to tell him... But Cassandra is still out of contact and doesn't know what happened.

Oh no, why am I thinking of Cassandra again... Lycos shook his head.

"Harry! Harry!" At this moment, someone seemed to be calling Harry's name in the distance.

Lycos came to his senses and saw a boy with red hair and freckles on his face, and a girl with messy brown hair and big buck teeth sitting outside Florin's Ice Cream Shop.

Ron's face looked tanned, almost the same color as his hair; Hermione, who had traveled to France and had a tan, was both waving desperately at Harry.

Seeing these two people, especially Ron Weasley, Lecos quickly got into work mode.

The target of the operation has been reached. Now it depends on how Lecos performs...

"Hey, Harry, why is Hayden with you?" Ron, not knowing that he had been targeted, asked Harry curiously.

"Lexus also lives in the Leaky Cauldron. We just happened to meet and came here together to buy books." Harry smiled and freed his hand, patting the pile of textbooks on his chest.

"And these people behind you..." Ron glanced at the group of Aurors following Harry.

"Ahem!" Hermione immediately interrupted Ron with a violent cough, winked at him several times, and quickly changed the subject: "Harry, how was your holiday?"

"Don't mention it, it was terrible." Harry sighed, "My most hated Aunt Marge came to visit our house and kept scolding me and even insulting my parents! I almost couldn't help but blow her up into a balloon..."

"If Lycos hadn't just happened to..."

"Cough cough!" This time it was Lycos' turn to cough.

There were Aurors behind him, and Lycos didn't want them to know that he had been to Privet Drive where Harry lived.

Otherwise, how did an orphan like him come all the way to Little Whinging? Did he witness the battle on Magnolia Crescent? Was he related to Sirius Black? None of these things could be explained.

"Harry was very bored at home at the time, so I just called him and calmed him down." Lecos only thought about it for a few seconds and quickly came up with a whole set of excuses.

"But I also called Harry, but his uncle didn't seem happy." Ron said blankly.

"That's because your method is wrong!" Lycos was happy to change the subject and began to instruct Ron, "Because Harry's uncle and aunt hate wizards the most, so when you call, you can't say you are Harry's classmate..."

"You should first master the phone call, and then pretend to be a Muggle. I pretended to be a student at Eton College and a childhood playmate of Harry's. The Dursleys wanted me to help their son with his homework, so they didn't hang up on me right away."

"Eton College?" Ron was even more confused.

"It's the number one aristocratic school in the UK," Hermione explained. "But it's a boys' school, so girls like me aren't qualified to go there."

Ron turned his blank gaze to Harry again.

"Yes, it's true." Although Harry didn't know why Lecos concealed the situation, he still covered for Lecos. "Then the Ministry of Magic broke into my house and took me to the Leaky Cauldron to protect my safety."

He glanced at the Auror behind him out of the corner of his eye.

Harry was always afraid that he would accidentally say something that would offend them, and then be retaliated by the petty Aurors, so he always liked to choose his words carefully these days...

Lycos was pleased with Harry for keeping the secret secret for him.

So he also bought two ice creams at the Florin Ice Cream Shop next door and gave one to Harry.

While handing out the ice cream, Lycos quietly moved between Harry and Ron, and looked at Ron carefully with eyes that were barely noticeable to others.

He saw that one of Ron's coat pockets was bulging.

If his judgment was correct, the person in that bulging pocket should be Peter Pettigrew... As long as Lycos was quick enough, he might be able to catch the mouse in one go and put it into Scamander's special trap.

But in order not to alert the enemy, Lycos decided to wait for a more appropriate time.

So the next question is... How can I successfully deceive Ron Weasley's trust and make him hand over the mouse to me willingly without any suspicion?

Lycos thought as he followed the Gryffindor trio into a pet shop called the Magical Zoo.

Looking at the dazzling array of pets in the pet shop and a magical veterinarian examining various pets, an idea gradually emerged in Lecos' mind...

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Chapter 184

This shop that sells animals to wizards as pets is called the Magical Creatures Shop.

The Magical Creatures Shop is located on the south side of Diagon Alley. From far outside the door, you can smell the stench of animal feces and a chaotic stream of shouting.

Lycos looked around the shop and couldn't help but frowned.

The store was filled with the stinky smell of animal excrement, and the little creatures in the cages were making all kinds of noises, making the place look messy and noisy.

Behind the counter stood a witch who worked as a shop assistant. She was telling a wizard how to take care of a two-tailed newt; there was also a wizard wearing large glasses who was busy examining the animals in the cages.

So Lycos, Harry, Ron, and Hermione waited, chatting and looking around at the cages of various small animals.

It was very crowded inside, and the walls were covered with all kinds of cages containing poisonous orange snails, huge turtles with jewel-studded shells, sleek black rats, ravens, cattails, and so on.

The most numerous animal in the cage is the owl, followed by cats and toads.

It cannot be ruled out that this layout is related to the popular trend at Hogwarts... because in the list of portable items that comes with the Hogwarts acceptance letter, it is mentioned that these are the three types of pets that young wizards can bring.

Although Lecos never quite understood how pets like toads became so popular in the wizarding world...

Owls can deliver messages, cats can be cute, but what can toads do? They're slimy, ugly, and make a croaking noise.

I'll have to find a chance to ask Neville Longbottom what it's like to raise a toad named Rifle...

"I have ten Galleons now..." Hermione said, standing in front of an owl cage.

"My birthday is in September, and my mom and dad gave me some money to buy myself a birthday present in advance, in case school starts and they can't contact me."

"How about buying a book? It suits your style." Ron said lazily.

"I'm not buying any books. I haven't even finished the last bunch I bought!" Hermione said calmly. "Rather than a book, I really want an owl."

Looking at the various small animals in front of her, Hermione's eyes sparkled.

She didn't want to have to borrow Ron or Harry's owl every time she delivered a letter, and third year was coming up, and she had taken every elective course and didn't have time to go to the Owl Tower to borrow the school's public owl.

"I mean, Harry has his Hedwig, Ron has his Errol..."

"I don't," Ron retorted. "Errol belongs to our family. We only have that one owl... and I only have my Scabbers."

He pulled Scabbers, also known as Peter Pettigrew, out of his pocket and continued, "I feel like Scabbers hasn't been acclimatized since we went to Egypt. He's been looking sick lately... I want to take a look at him."

Upon hearing Banban, the bored Lecos suddenly became energetic.

Lycos immediately turned around and stared at the mouse that was shrinking in Ron's hand.

Its skin looked a little wrinkled and its beard was obviously drooping, as if it was indeed sick.

However, Lycos knew very well that Scabbers' sickly appearance was not due to his trip to Egypt and his inability to adapt to the climate, but because he heard the news that Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban, and he was overly frightened and became ill.

Just then, the wizard with the two-tailed newt left the counter.

Ron immediately approached the counter with Scabbers in his hands.

"This is my rat," he said to the clerk. "It doesn't look well. It hasn't been like this since I went to Egypt... Could you take a look at it for me?"

"Put it on the counter," said the witch who worked as a clerk, pulling a pair of heavy black-framed glasses from her pocket.

Ron put Scabbers on the counter, next to the sleek black rats.

When the big black rats saw their "kind", they stopped making noise in the cage and gathered around the edge of the cage, wanting to see what was so special about this "kind".

"Hmm..." The clerk picked up Scabbers and examined him carefully under the wobbly chandelier. "How old is this rat?"

"I don't know," Ron said hesitantly, "but it must be quite old. It originally belonged to my brother, and he gave it to me after he graduated."

"Judging from your age, you should be in the second or third grade?" the clerk continued to ask.

"That's right, we will be third-year students after school starts," Harry said on behalf of Ron.

"In that case... this mouse must be at least three years old," the clerk said. "Normally, a mouse's lifespan is only about three years."

"But... Scabbers must be more than three years old," said Ron. "I remember Percy had Scabbers a long time ago."

"Then it's very long-lived," the clerk said. "But this mouse might have some magical animal blood. Does it have any special abilities?"

"Special abilities?" Ron was stunned.

He thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of anything special about Banban... Especially timid? Especially gluttonous? Especially plump?

Well, Ron came to a conclusion.

Banban is just an ordinary mouse.

"If this mouse doesn't have any special abilities, it's hard to believe it's a magical animal."

As the clerk spoke, he shifted his gaze from the rotten ear to its front paw. Noticing a missing toe, he couldn't help but sigh, "It seems its life as a rat has been full of misfortunes."

Lycos also stared at the mouse's ears and paws.

He only knew that he had cut off the claw himself to fake his death in front of Sirius; and that the rotten ear might have been an injury sustained during the Wizarding War.

"But it was already like this when Percy gave it to me," Ron said defensively. "He must have treated Scabbers badly!"

"Then I'm not sure." The clerk stuffed Scabbers back into Ron's hands. "For an ordinary house mouse like this, don't expect it to live more than three years. Even one more day is lucky."

As she said this, she pointed to the sleek big black rat in the cage next to her.

"If you want something with a longer lifespan, I recommend this type... They're all hybrids with magical animals and can generally live for over fifteen years."

Ron glanced at the large black rats and thought they were indeed better looking than Scabbers.

So he took another look at the price...

"Never mind that. Banban is already my family, I can't abandon it." Ron said righteously.

"Well, if you don't want to replace it, you can try this potion." The clerk pulled out a small red bottle from under the counter. "It has a slowing-down effect on animals. Maybe it can help them live longer."

"it is good……"

Ron was about to agree, but Lycos finally found the opportunity to interrupt: