Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

"How can we just arrest him?" Draco curled his lips. "If I were to guess, that big fellow would have to be expelled from Hogwarts. Theodore might even want to have him thrown in Azkaban... That big beast is definitely not going to survive. The Notts have someone in the Department of Dangerous Creatures."

"Is that so..." Lycos fell into deep thought.

If this is the final ending, it seems to be no different from the original, except that the people who are injured are different.

But this time Hermione doesn't have a time-turner.

Without a time-turner, how could Harry and his friends go back in time and save Buckbeak from the executioner?

Lycos thought for a moment and saw that most of the little wizards near the paddock had left, so he turned and walked towards the fence and came to Buckbeak who was tied next to the fence.

"What are you going to do, Lycos?" Draco called from behind.

Lycos waved his hand behind him, signaling him not to worry about it.

Then, facing Buckbeak, he bowed as Hagrid had taught him...

Buckbeak seemed to have just been disturbed and was in a bad mood. He also lost his trust in wizards in a short period of time. He just snorted and didn't even bother to look at Lycos.

"You're quite arrogant." Lycos didn't get angry, but just looked at it calmly. "Anyway, sooner or later you will ask me for something, and then I want to see what you think."

He had decided to rescue Buckbeak from the clutches of the Department of Dangerous Animals.

Lycos suddenly thought that since he had not learned the Apparition, and he was not very good at riding a broom, and the magic of flying in the air consumed too much magic power... could he find a mount to travel?

The flying speed of the Hippogriff is unquestionable. It is faster than most flying brooms on the market, and the comfort of its horseback is unmatched by a broom.

No matter how you look at it, rescuing Buckbeak is a good deal.

Thinking of this, Lycos took one last look at Buckbeak's huge eagle head in front of him and chuckled softly.

Today, I will just get familiar with this hippogriff. When it realizes that it is in danger, Lycos can go to rescue it, which will help it reduce its rejection and make it willing to follow Lycos.

"Let's go, Draco." Lycos turned around and waved to Draco, who was looking puzzled not far away. "I'm done with my work here. It's time to go to the next class."

Having said this, he hesitated for a moment and added:

"By the way, go back tonight and write a letter to your dad, asking Dobby to come to Hogwarts this weekend..."

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Chapter 209 I have to go see it in person

"Why do you want Dobby to come to Hogwarts?" Draco asked in confusion, "Besides, Dobby has things to do at home. My father probably won't agree to him coming..."

"It's okay, just tell them I want to borrow Dobby." Lycos smiled playfully, "He'll lend it to me."

"Do you really want me to say that?" Draco was even more confused, looking at Lex with a strange look in his eyes. "You and my father have only met a few times, right? Why would he be willing to lend Dobby to you?"

"Just put it this way, don't ask so many questions." Lycos said affirmatively.

Draco had no choice but to nod in agreement.

……

The first day of class this semester is Thursday, and it’s time for vacation after only two days of classes.

The young wizards haven't even entered the state of learning yet. Most of them are still immersed in letting themselves go during the holidays...Except for a few young wizards, such as Hermione, who signed up for all elective courses and started catching up before school started.

On Saturday morning, Professor McGonagall sent a special notice and called Lecos and Hermione, two young wizards who had chosen all the courses, to the vice-principal's office.

"Have you adapted to the pace of the past two days?" Professor McGonagall asked seriously from behind her desk. "If you have any difficulties, please tell me honestly. This will be your last chance to regret it."

As soon as Professor McGonagall finished speaking, Hermione raised her hand eagerly.

"I can do it, Professor!" she said with great enthusiasm. "This little pressure is nothing!"

In fact, without the Time-Turner, Hermione's stress was much less than with the Time-Turner - because she could make choices.

As a top student who has loved learning since childhood, if Hermione got a time turner, she would definitely listen to every class attentively and would not miss any class no matter how tired she was.

However, now that she no longer has a time-turner, Hermione has to focus on self-study. There's no need to go back in time and sit through every class...

She would naturally choose to give up unnecessary subjects like Divination and Muggle Studies, and instead focus on courses that required classroom practice, such as Arithmancy and Care of Magical Creatures.

"Miss Granger looks very good." Professor McGonagall looked at the little witch and nodded with satisfaction.

Then she turned her gaze to Lycos and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Hayden?"

"I don't feel any pressure either." Lycos laughed easily. "Just go to class as usual. I don't want to give up halfway."

Signing up for all the elective courses gave Lycos an opportunity, giving him a legitimate reason to skip classes. Naturally, he would not give up such a good thing... How could Lycos feel any pressure when he basically didn't attend any elective courses?

"Very good. I'm glad you all haven't regretted it." Professor McGonagall nodded. "Then the next opportunity to change classes will be after the final exams. I hope you have a smooth academic year."

As she spoke, she made two notes on a piece of paper on the desk.

"In that case, Miss Granger may go about your business... Mr. Hayden will stay."

Hermione looked at Lycos in surprise, but didn't have time to ask any questions. She picked up a heavy pile of books and hurried out of the vice-principal's office.

She also wanted to go visit Hagrid with her two friends.

As the door was closed, the Vice-Principal's office fell into silence, with only the faint sound of Professor McGonagall occasionally shuffling papers.

"Professor, do you have something to talk to me about?" Lycos asked.

"Well." Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and looked up at Lycos, "I have some bad news for you..."

When Lecos saw Professor McGonagall's expression, he had already guessed something.

"It's about Cassandra, isn't it?" he sighed softly.

"You guessed right." Professor McGonagall's eyes dimmed. "The owl Hogwarts sent to the Warley family has returned, but the school's letter has not been opened. It looks exactly the same as when it was sent..."

She took an envelope from the drawer.

The sealing wax and cover on the envelope were intact, and the sender's address was "Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts: Minerva McGonagall". It was obvious that Professor McGonagall did not receive a reply, but instead received a letter that was returned the same way.

"This means that the owl didn't find the recipient at all and had to send the letter back to the sender."

Lycos fell silent.

As one of the most spiritual animals in the magical world, owls have long been used to deliver letters for wizards... It is rare that an owl cannot find the recipient.

First, the recipient left the original location and exceeded the owl's delivery distance; second, the recipient did not want to be found, so he cast a repellent spell on himself to block his location; third, the recipient may be in a place cast with an unmappable spell and a repellent spell, hiding the information of everyone in the place.

Lycos suddenly remembered that Draco had told him that the Wally family had blocked its internal information and refused all correspondence...even the business cooperation with the Malfoy family was not handled.

Thinking about it this way, it is obvious that Cassandra did not cast the repellent spell on herself alone, but it is a problem of the entire Volley family.

"I will go to the Wally family in person to see if I can find out what happened." Professor McGonagall continued, "Don't worry, I will tell you as soon as I have any news."

Lycos nodded slightly.

He couldn't see anything on the surface, but he had almost come to a conclusion in his heart - the Wole family must have encountered some problems, which led to the entire family being closed off.

This is a no-brainer.

In this case, even if Professor McGonagall came in person, she probably wouldn't get any response, and she might not even be able to enter the gate of the Wally family...

After leaving the Vice-Principal's office, Lycos walked down the marble staircase in front of the auditorium with a heavy heart, intending to go down from the entrance hall and return to the common room first...

However, just as he took a step on the spiral staircase, he suddenly had an idea.

Then, Lycos turned around and walked back to the lobby, passed the main tower next to the auditorium, passed the astronomy tower, the teaching area corridor, the central fountain, and walked out of the north gate of the castle.

He was unwilling to just stand by and watch, and he had to go to the Wo Lei family to take a look in person.

Cassandra had originally agreed to meet him at the Volley family home and reveal all the secrets he wanted to know... She hadn't anticipated the sudden incident at the Volley family and the sudden loss of contact...

Lycos glanced at the small notebook he took out of his wallet and made a decision secretly.

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Chapter 210 Hagrid Gets Drunk

Without hesitation, Lycos walked along the lawn on the north side of the castle all the way to Hagrid's hut.

The lawn was still wet. The heavy rain a few days ago had not dried up yet, and it felt sticky when you stepped on it... This made Lycos feel that he should spend more time on life magic.

Dark magic was certainly useful in combat, but it couldn't help him clean the mud from the soles of his shoes.

The paddock that was previously surrounded by a fence has become empty. The twelve hippogriffs have disappeared somewhere, and the ground in the paddock is also a mess. It seems that Hagrid has not taken care of it in the past two days.

It seems that after the accident in the third grade class, Hagrid lost the confidence to continue teaching with hippogriffs, and Buckbeak and the others were not called out in the remaining classes.

So Lycos turned and walked towards Hagrid's hut.

When Lycos came outside, he heard several voices in the shed, and they all seemed quite familiar.

Lycos knocked on the door.

"Let...let him in!"

A rough voice roared, and the owner of the voice seemed to be in a bad mood.

With a creak, the door opened. It was Harry who opened the door.

"Lex, why are you here too?" Harry was obviously stunned when he saw the person coming.

"After all, there was an accident in our class, so I came to visit Hagrid." Lycos said calmly, "And I got some inside information from other Slytherins that might be helpful to Hagrid."

Lycos walked in and saw Hagrid, dressed only in his huge, dirty, wrinkled shirt, sitting at his scrubbed wooden table, with his hound, Fang, resting his head on Hagrid's lap.

It was obvious that Hagrid had drunk a lot of wine - in front of him was a single-handled tankard as big as a bucket, and next to him was a large wine barrel as big as a bathtub.

By now, the barrel was almost empty, and Hagrid's face, covered by his thick beard, was as red as a monkey's butt.

"I'm afraid that's a new record," Hagrid muttered incoherently. "I don't think there's ever been a professor at Hogwarts who only... only lasted one day."

"Dumbledore won't fire you, will he, Hagrid?" Hermione asked anxiously, still clutching the books she had left in the Deputy Headmaster's office.

"Not expelled yet, really..." said Hagrid sadly, taking another sip from his tankard. "But it's only a matter of time, isn't it? I don't think Theodore Nott will let me go..."

"How is he now?" Ron asked. "I remember that his injuries were not particularly serious. Madam Pomfrey should be able to heal him easily."

"Madam Pomfrey is doing all she can to treat him," said Hagrid dully, "but he still says it's in pain... He's got a bandage on now, but he's still moaning..."

"I think he's talking nonsense," Harry said immediately, "Madame Pomfrey can cure anything! Seamus had half his arm blown off by his own spell, and Madam Pomfrey healed it in just one day..."

"I know, but what's the use? The board of directors knows about this..." Hagrid sobbed sadly, "They think I'm taking it too far. I should let the Hippogriff play later..."

"I could have started by teaching the students about Flobberworms or some other 2X magical creatures... but I was planning on giving the first class a surprise... This is all my fault..."