Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

Sirius reacted immediately, transformed into a big black dog, and then lay obediently on the ground, just like he had done countless times when avoiding searches by the Ministry of Magic.

The sound of dense footsteps was already ringing around.

Lycos glanced around hurriedly, then lowered his voice and asked Regulus very quickly: "Mr. Black, your identity..."

"Don't worry, I naturally have another identity." Regulus shook his head slightly at Lycos.

As he spoke, he took off the mask that had been covering his face all night.

Only then did Lecos realize that Regulus's face was different from the one he had seen at 12 Grimmauld Place. All traces of the Black family had almost completely disappeared from his face.

"Arthur, how are you?"

Mrs. Weasley ran over quickly, her face full of worry, and checked Mr. Weasley's body from head to toe.

"How could you still be as reckless as when you were young?" She kept muttering to herself, "What if something unexpected happened during your fight with Sirius Black? What would happen to our whole family?"

"I'm fine..." Mr. Weasley smiled apologetically and could only stand there motionless and let him scold him.

Before they knew it, the Aurors in Ministry of Magic uniforms had surrounded the dim little village. They all clenched their wands and stared nervously at the faces around Mr. Weasley.

Another footstep sounded——

The Aurors made way for a passage, and a middle-aged wizard with a sturdy aura strode over.

He had sandy hair and thick eyebrows, and walked with a slight limp, but his decisive demeanor made him look like a lion.

At this moment, the wizard's sharp yellow eyes behind his wire-rimmed glasses were staring fiercely at the people surrounded by Aurors.

"Arthur, where is Sirius Black?" he asked coldly.

"Um... I'm sorry, Scrimgeour, I couldn't keep him." Mr. Weasley glanced at the big black dog inconspicuously and said in a stiff tone, "Black had already run away before you came..."

"Run away?" Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror Office, took a sudden step forward, his eyes slowly sweeping over Lupin and Regulus. "Then I'm curious, why are there two more people here?"

He leaned forward and stared at Regulus with a suspicious look: "Rosier, why are you here?"

Lycos looked at Regulus in surprise.

The head of the Auror Office seemed to already know Regulus's new identity and called him... "Rosier"?

Rosier is a very famous surname. Like Malfoy, he is one of the twenty-eight pure-blood saints in the British wizarding world.

Unlike the Malfoy family, the Rosier family has two branches, one in England and the other in France across the Channel.

During the Wizarding War started by the Death Eaters, the Rosier family in England, like most other pure-bloods, attached themselves to Voldemort's rule and were severely hit by the Ministry of Magic after the war.

Today, the Rosier family in England is in a state of collapse, and was taken over by its French branch a few years ago.

It seems that the elderly Ms. Rosier in the core meeting of the Wiccan Party has considerable power over the French branch of the Rosier family, and was able to arrange an identity of the Rosier family for Regulus out of thin air.

"What a coincidence! I happened to be nearby." Regulus smiled. "I heard the sounds of fighting over here, so I thought of coming over to join in the fun."

"I don't believe it's such a coincidence... Why did Sirius Black choose you to Apparate?" Scrimgeour asked coldly. "I have reason to suspect you are one of the suspects who helped him escape."

"You're too suspicious, Scrimgeour," Regulus chuckled. "I just happened to run into him... If Black hadn't met me, he would have met someone else. If he happened to Apparate next to you, would I have reason to suspect you as well?"

"If Black dares to appear near me, I will never let him escape!" Scrimgeour growled.

"Who knows?" Regulus shrugged. "Black has been out of Azkaban for days now, and you Ministry of Magic idiots haven't even found a trace of him. Now you have the nerve to blame me?"

He glanced at Scrimgeour with disdain, shook his head and continued, "You know, don't you? The Rosier family has long been taken over by the French branch. We have no connection with those Death Eaters."

Scrimgeour's face was terribly gloomy.

But he really couldn't refute what Regulus said.

The Rosier family that had been attached to Voldemort in the early years had long since disappeared, and the current Rosier family was from France... How could a powerful pure-blood family look down on the Death Eaters who had been out of power for more than a decade?

"What about you, Remus Lupin?" Scrimgeour saw that Regulus had no flaws here, and turned his lion-like eyes to Lupin. "I remember... you seem to have been abroad?"

He naturally recognized this former member of the Order of the Phoenix, who had even fought against the Death Eaters together with Lupin.

But this doesn't mean that Scrimgeour will trust this werewolf...or rather, Scrimgeour has never had a good impression of the Order of the Phoenix from the beginning.

Because he is a fairly traditional Ministry of Magic official, and to some extent has some similarities with Fudge's psychology.

He has always been hostile to the Order of the Phoenix, an organization secretly established by Dumbledore, as an illegal armed force.

The fact that we once fought side by side was only forced by the situation...

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Chapter 191 I was controlled by Sirius Black

"Dumbledore found me a job at Hogwarts," Lupin replied. "I just came back from abroad a few days ago for this job."

He took an envelope from his patched pocket.

The envelope was made of the parchment Hogwarts usually used, and the large Hogwarts emblem with the letter "H" written on it was stamped in the middle of the envelope, making it particularly eye-catching.

Scrimgeour took the envelope suspiciously and pulled out a piece of paper...

"Defence Against the Dark Arts professor?" Scrimgeour's face darkened even further. "Dumbledore lets a werewolf teach a group of students?"

"Although I find it unbelievable, it is indeed true," Lupin said calmly, "Dumbledore promised to provide me with enough wolfsbane potion."

"Who can guarantee that the Wolfsbane Potion will not go wrong?" Scrimgeour asked coldly. "Will Dumbledore risk the lives of thousands of Hogwarts teachers and students to guarantee this potion?"

"That's a bit too much, Rufus." Mr. Weasley frowned. "The Ministry of Magic has never denied the rights of werewolves as members of the human race."

Scrimgeour looked back at Mr. Weasley, his expression growing even darker.

"The Ministry of Magic only recognizes werewolves in human form." He said coldly, "Arthur, if you really understand the regulations of the Ministry of Magic, you won't say such naive words. I can recite it in full -"

"In 1811, Minister Grogan Stump established a new definition of 'human', and the magical community reached a consensus to define 'beast' as well. Wizards, Muggles, goblins, vampires, hags, giants, house-elves, veela, and werewolves in human form were all classified under this category..."

Scrimgeour emphasized the words "werewolf in human form."

"Need I review the rules with you, Arthur?" He said in a low voice, "During a full moon, a werewolf's transformed form is classified as 'beast', not 'human'!"

Mr. Weasley choked on his words and his face turned red, obviously very angry.

"I'm sorry, Lupin, given your sensitive status and the recent special circumstances, I have to take you back to the Ministry of Magic for observation." Scrimgeour waved to the Auror behind him.

Then two Aurors came up with wands in hand, stood on both sides of Lupin, and tried to control him.

"Wait a minute!" Mrs. Weasley could no longer bear to watch. Filled with righteous indignation, she strode in front of Scrimgeour. "Have you forgotten how many Death Eaters Remus has dealt with in the past? How could he possibly be an accomplice to evil?"

"The past is the past, and this is now." Scrimgeour remained unmoved. "I can't completely rule him out as a suspect simply because of what he did in the past... Besides, he's been Black's old friend for a long time."

"You are just making up excuses..."

Mrs. Weasley wanted to make a few more retorts, but was stopped by Lupin.

"It's all right, Molly," Lupin said calmly. "Director Scrimgeour is right. We can't judge a person's present based on the past."

"But this is so unfair to you." Mrs. Weasley gritted her teeth, "You've done so much, but just because of a status that forced you to do so..."

"There's no such thing as absolute fairness in this magical society." Lupin shook his head. "Just be yourself and live your life well. There's no need to worry about trivial matters."

As he spoke, he took the initiative to hand his wand to an Auror beside him and stood obediently between the two of them.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley watched this scene with complicated expressions, their lips kept opening and closing, as if they wanted to say something but stopped themselves. In the end, they just let out a long sigh and said nothing more.

"Thank you very much for your cooperation, Mr. Lupin." Scrimgeour seemed a little surprised by Lupin's cooperation, and his expression softened a lot. "Once we have thoroughly investigated the whole matter, you will naturally receive a fair judgment."

"Thank you, Director Scrimgeour." Lupin nodded slightly.

After controlling Lupin, Scrimgeour seemed to relax a little, and the rudeness between his brows like an old lion was also reduced a lot.

He looked at the only remaining little wizard among the three surrounded people with a curious look.

"A student at Hogwarts?"

"Yes, I'm a third-year Slytherin student." Lycos skillfully put on a harmless look and gave a fairly standard fake smile. "My name is Lycos Hayden."

"Well, Mr. Hayden, could you tell me why you're here?" Scrimgeour asked casually. "This is pretty remote, even in Yorkshire. I don't suppose your home is nearby."

Lycos glanced into Scrimgeour's eyes.

Lycos had wanted to find a random excuse to get away with it, but just because he glanced at Scrimgeour, he suddenly realized that the head of the Auror Office seemed not that simple.

There seemed to be a critical look in Scrimgeour's eyes.

It wasn't an examination of why Lycos was here, but a definite suspicion.

But why on earth would he have such doubts about a little wizard who wasn't even in the third grade?

Lycos swallowed the excuse he had just made up and tentatively met Scrimgeour's eyes.

Whether or not Scrimgeour really had doubts about Lekos, Lekos's appearance was too deceptive... and the head of the Auror Office was too confident and did not have enough defenses.

So, without much effort, Lycos's Legilimency was able to access Scrimgeour's thoughts at that moment -

'Percy Weasley said that this little wizard named Hayden was in cahoots with Sirius Black and also used the Unforgivable Curse... Although it's not very credible, we still have to be on guard.'

Lycos looked away and frowned.

I had almost forgotten about this, and now things are getting complicated... Scrimgeour seemed to have made routine inquiries at the Burrow before coming to Yorkshire.

Percy wanted to improve himself so much that he had read the book "How Prefects Gain Power" so many times... He would definitely tell the Ministry of Magic official all about Lekos's suspicious deeds in detail.

Fortunately, Lycos also left himself a way out.

"What are you hesitating about?" Scrimgeour urged. "You'd better hurry. My time is limited."

"Excuse me, Mr. Scrimgeour," Lycos said softly, "I was just trying to form my words..."

He slowly raised his head and met Scrimgeour's scrutinizing gaze.

"Just a short while ago, I was controlled by Sirius Black."

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Chapter 192 The Golden Red Flame Appears

"Oh?" Scrimgeour raised his brown eyebrows.

He hadn't expected that this little wizard would say something so shocking... If he was controlled by Sirius Black, then it wouldn't be surprising what he did.

As for how to control it, it's actually quite simple. After all, the wizarding world has dark magic like the Imperius Curse, which is specifically used to manipulate others.

But... can someone who is under the control of the Imperius Curse still use the Imperius Curse to control others?