Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

Lycos fell silent.

Dobby's eyes were dim, and he was completely immersed in the guilt of not helping Mr. Hayden.

Several times, it subconsciously wanted to punish itself by banging its head against the ground, but then it thought that the Malfoys no longer treated it the same way as before, so there was no need to punish itself anytime and anywhere...

So Dobby fell into a dilemma again.

Draco scratched his head, not quite understanding why Lycos and his house-elf stopped talking.

It was a long time before Lycos recovered from his silence.

"So..." he said slowly, "The reason why the owl sent by Professor McGonagall couldn't find the location might not be because of the Repulsion Charm or the Unplottable Charm, but simply because of the spatial fluctuations there, right?"

"Dobby thinks so." Dobby nodded quickly.

Lycos turned his gaze towards Draco again and said, "Then, your family and the Volley family have also lost communication channels in business, perhaps due to the obstruction of that fluctuating space."

"Is... that so?" Draco opened his mouth.

"In that case, even if Professor McGonagall goes to the Wally family in person, she may not be able to find their location." Lecos continued to talk to himself without waiting for Draco to react.

"I'm afraid Cassandra is in big trouble..."

"Mr. Hayden, do you need Dobby to visit the Wally family again?" Dobby asked cautiously.

"That's not necessary." Lycos shook his head. "Now all we have to do is wait for Professor McGonagall to come back and verify my guess... If her guess is correct, I might need to be more fully prepared."

He thought for a moment, then looked down at Dobby again.

"Dobby, I know you can't confirm the exact coordinates of the Volley family right now," Lycos said, "but I guess you should know the approximate location..."

"Yes, Dobby knows!" Dobby finally had an answer to the question and said happily, "The Wally family is in Scotland, in Edinburgh!"

Lycos was finally stunned.

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, located in the central lowlands of Scotland, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth.

If it's Edinburgh, then the distance between the Wollley family and Hogwarts Castle should be very close...

……

Monday, September 1993, 9.

Before the young wizards could adjust their mindsets to the start of school, classes had to start again, and Hogwarts Castle was once again in a state of haste.

In the first Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall brought bad news to Lex.

She really couldn't find the exact location of the Wo Lei family. It was as if a prominent family had disappeared from the world, leaving no trace.

To Professor McGonagall's surprise, Lycos seemed to have known the result for a long time. He just responded lightly and sat back in his seat in the Transfiguration class to start studying animal transformation.

But what Professor McGonagall didn't know was that although his expression remained unchanged, Lycos's mood had darkened.

The Volley family had truly encountered a very dangerous incident. The space there was experiencing violent fluctuations, so severe that it could even block the house-elves' unique Apparition ability...

Lycos originally planned to go to the Vore family alone to take a look, perhaps he could provide some help... but faced with this situation, he did not dare to be so reckless.

He has a clear understanding of his own abilities.

He is proficient in the dark arts and can take down ordinary adult wizards by surprise, but he can easily be defeated by elite wizards in a head-on duel. He is also good at mental magic and can block Legilimency, and has good Legilimency ability.

As for life magic, multifunctional magic and other aspects, Lycos knows almost nothing about them.

He obviously wasn't so arrogant as to think he could solve the entire Worley family's troubles.

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Chapter 212 Something went wrong with Sirius

Also on Monday, Theodore Nott was discharged from the school infirmary after recovering.

The Notts have put pressure on Hogwarts to ask Dumbledore to expel Hagrid and hand him over to the Ministry of Magic.

But Dumbledore firmly rejected the Nott family's request and only gave Hagrid a punishment of probation - just like his predecessor, Professor Kettleburn's 62nd probation punishment.

To Hagrid, who had seen Professor Kettleburn many times, this was just a little warning that didn't hurt at all.

The Nott family obviously understood this, but they had no way to deal with the tough Dumbledore, and they also knew that Hagrid was clearly the old headmaster's "confidant" and "direct descendant" and could not be easily overthrown.

So, for Theodore Nott's sake, they decided to take action against Buckbeak in advance.

It's just a beast. There's no reason for the principal to turn against them over this.

"My father said that the Nott family has complained to the Ministry of Magic, and the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Animals has taken over the case." Draco said to Lecos during breakfast.

He had just received a letter by owl, apparently from Lucius Malfoy.

As he read the contents of the letter, Draco continued, "However, Diggory from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures has raised objections, so it will probably be delayed for a while."

"I remember... Mr. Diggory is Cedric's father?" Lycos was stunned.

"That should be him." Draco nodded. "The Diggory family is Mr. Scamander's faction. They advocate for treating magical creatures kindly... They have always had a bad relationship with the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures."

"So what did your father say? How long can Mr. Diggory delay this trial?" asked Lycos.

"It won't be delayed for long. After all, the monster did injure Nott," Draco said. "My father thinks it won't be delayed until the end of the month at the latest. Even if the trial process takes a month, the execution will be before Halloween at the latest."

"Okay, I understand." Lycos thought thoughtfully.

In other words, before the execution, Lycos would have at most one month to develop a relationship with Buckbeak, so that he could ride away this flying giant at the critical moment.

Of course, we will probably need to make more preparations by then.

Because the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Animals would definitely assign members to guard the "suspect", Lex couldn't just ride Buckbeak away openly, right? It would be best to borrow an invisibility cloak from Harry and cast a spell on the guards.

"Lex, Lycos..."

Just as Lycos was thinking, he suddenly heard someone calling his name hurriedly.

He looked up and saw Harry standing nearby, looking anxious.

Draco looked at Harry warily, and put one hand on Lecos's shoulder, as if he was afraid that Harry would snatch Lecos away from the Slytherin table...

"What happened? Why are you so anxious?" Lycos raised his eyebrows.

"Oh no..." He was about to speak, but seemed to realize something and quickly shut his mouth, saying, "Can you come out with me? Let's find a place with fewer people..."

"What do you want to do?" Draco looked at Harry with disdain. "Lex is one of us Slytherins. Can you Gryffindors keep your distance?"

Draco had been unhappy for a long time because Lekos did not visit his house during the summer vacation, but instead hung out with Harry Potter and the Weasleys. It was not until today that he showed it completely.

The same thing happened when Lycos asked him about Buckbeak.

Draco didn't want to help Hagrid at all, and he didn't bother to pay attention to Harry and his group. He only asked his father about the arrangements for the Notts' family for Lekos's sake.

"But I really have something urgent to do!" Harry was spinning around in a hurry, holding a newspaper tightly in his hand.

"What does this urgent matter have to do with us?" Draco raised his chin and asked back.

"Forget it, Draco, maybe he really has something important to do." Lycos smiled and stood up from the stool. "I'm almost done eating too."

"Lex, why do you always hang out with Potter and the others?" Draco asked in confusion, "Even before you wanted to stay away from them!"

Lycos paused.

Draco's questioning made him realize this problem -

As early as when the Sorting was taking place, Lycos had told the Sorting Hat not to put him in Gryffindor, because he didn't want to be involved in the adventures of the Savior Trio. He just wanted to be a little wizard who could do magic and had some self-protection skills...

However, ever since he discovered that he was secretly a Death Eater and a member of the Wiccan Party, his connection with the trio seemed to be getting deeper and deeper.

In the first grade, in order to drive away Voldemort in the Philosopher's Stone level, he had to rely on the power in Harry Potter's blood; in the second grade, the Horcrux Riddle drove the basilisk, and he needed to use Harry's Parseltongue.

Before the start of the third year, because of the issue between Regulus and Sirius, he even went to Little Whinging to find Harry and personally strengthened his relationship with the Savior...

Only then did Lycos realize that as long as he was involved in these major events in the magical world, it would be difficult to distance himself from the savior.

"But sometimes, you can't control what you want to do." Lycos turned to look at Draco and said slowly, "Maybe... there will be a day when you can't control yourself."

With Lucius Malfoy's current ability, he has no way to protect his son from Voldemort. Maybe after Voldemort is resurrected, he will still force Draco to join the Death Eaters.

Therefore, the day when you are no longer in control of your own behavior will not be too far away.

After saying these words that seemed puzzling to Draco, Lycos shook his head, turned around and followed Harry out of the hall.

……

"Lexus, something big has happened!"

As soon as they reached the corner of the entrance courtyard in front of the auditorium, Harry hurriedly unfolded the newspaper in his hand and handed it to Lycos: "This morning's Daily Prophet -"

Lycos was stunned for a moment and took the newspaper from Harry.

He immediately saw the huge headline on the newspaper: "Ministry of Magic discovers Black's whereabouts!"

"What happened? Wasn't Sirius already placed in a very safe place?" Lycos frowned. "How did the Ministry of Magic find him?"

"I don't know," Harry said, looking very confused. "The newspaper said they used some special methods... but Sirius seemed to have discovered their methods later. By the time the Aurors arrived, he had already escaped."

"What special methods could they use?" Lycos was even more puzzled. "Sirius has clearly gained Dumbledore's trust. All they need to do is wait for the headmaster to clear his suspicion..."

Then he looked into Harry's eyes again and said, "Have you asked Dumbledore?"

"I went to the headmaster's office..." Harry shook his head, "but Professor Dumbledore wasn't there, so I had to come to you to discuss it, in case you have any ideas..."

"What can I do?" Lycos spread his hands. "The best thing to do now is to wait for Dumbledore to come back. Any action we take without authorization will only cause more trouble for them."

"But..." Harry wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Lekos.

"There's nothing to worry about. Since Sirius escaped, it means there is no problem..." said Lycos.

However, before he could finish, he suddenly noticed that the sky seemed to have darkened, and there seemed to be dark shadows passing through the sky above the entrance courtyard.

Lycos and Harry raised their heads and looked at the sky.

The next moment, Lycos's brows were tightly furrowed.

"I think I guessed wrong." His voice was a little difficult, "There might really be something wrong with Sirius..."

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Chapter 213 Whomping Willow

"What is this...?" Harry muttered, looking at the sky.