Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

People who are not core Death Eaters cannot see it at all. Only the Death Eaters who are most trusted by Voldemort and who have been personally taught the Dark Mark can cast such a Dark Mark!

But the most trusted Death Eaters should all be in Azkaban...

Snape's eyes suddenly narrowed.

He thought of someone, someone who intuitively thought it was impossible, but who happened to have the time, the free time, and was even incredibly close... someone who met all the requirements.

A third grade student, Lecos Hayden!

After the test in the office, Snape went to Dumbledore to ask for clarification, and he knew that Lycos and he were both double agents.

As Voldemort's "direct disciple", Lycos can naturally use the most standard Dark Mark.

Although I don’t know how Lycos could come to Hogsmeade at this time...but this guy even learned Voldemort’s signature flying magic, so he can fly there.

So Snape ignored Scrimgeour and turned to greet Professor McGonagall who was flying hurriedly on a broom from a distance.

"Minerva, how is the students' attendance today?"

"Wait, Severus, why are you asking about attendance now?" Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and looked nervously at the huge Dark Mark in the sky. "We are here to solve the problem of Death Eaters..."

"I'm just checking," Snape emphasized. "By now, the attendance sheet for the first class should have been delivered to your office, right? At least I've arranged for the prefect to deliver mine."

"That's right..." Professor McGonagall looked at Snape in confusion. "Hufflepuff has a few late risers, and Gryffindor has one too... Let me think, it seems that Slytherin has perfect attendance today."

"Perfect attendance?" Snape frowned.

"That's right. Crabbe and Goyle, the two habitual offenders, were only five minutes late today," Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and said, "Except for Hayden and Granger, of course. They no longer have attendance records..."

Snape's expression froze.

He looked up at the Dark Mark in the sky again, and instead felt a sense of relief that it was as expected.

Then the purpose of this Dark Mark is obvious - to divert the attention of the Aurors and protect Sirius Black from being hunted.

"What a troublemaker." Snape snorted with a heavy nasal voice.

"What?" Professor McGonagall didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing." Snape said, "Have you contacted Dumbledore? Let him handle this matter."

After saying that, he no longer cared about the Dark Mark in the sky, and left the scene with a flick of his sleeves.

……

Chapter 224 Enemies meet

Just as Snape flicked his sleeves and left the forest southeast of Hogsmeade, Lycos's Polyjuice Potion expired.

"Cough cough..."

In the grove not far from Crouch Manor, Lecos crawled out of the loose wizard robe, took out his spare school robe from his snakeskin wallet and put it on, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

I have to admit, the various potions in the magical world are indeed useful... but the process of using them is really too difficult.

Apart from anything else, the feeling of his internal organs churning, bubbles appearing on his skin, and his bones being stretched like bolts after drinking the polyjuice potion was something he absolutely did not want to experience again.

Thinking about it this way, Lycos really felt a little impressed. In the original book, Barty Crouch drank Polyjuice Potion for an entire school year...

He burned the clothes of Malfoy's foreign trade manager, leaving no trace of suspicion on himself, and then waved towards the outside of the woods:

"More than!"

"At your service, Mr. Hayden!" The house-elf who was watching nearby ran over in two steps.

"Take me back to Hogwarts."

……

Elsewhere, Harry and Sirius walked out from the statue of the hunchbacked one-eyed witch, wearing invisibility cloaks, and headed towards the headmaster's office.

As a wanted criminal, Sirius would never dare to expose himself in the Hogwarts Castle which was full of traps. At this time, he could only seek help from Dumbledore.

But Harry didn't find Dumbledore in the headmaster's office before going to Hogsmeade... so he just tried his luck again.

After all, the enormous Dark Mark was still hanging far away outside the window... Given such a serious situation, Dumbledore would definitely go back to school to take a look, right?

"Um... I'm Harry Potter, and I'm here to see Headmaster Dumbledore." Harry came out from under the invisibility cloak and said hesitantly to the gargoyles guarding the passage leading to the headmaster's office.

"..."

As expected, the stone beast didn't move at all, as if it didn't hear what Harry said at all.

"Or can you tell me if the headmaster is in the office?" Harry had no choice but to continue asking.

The stone beast still stood there quietly, without moving at all.

Just when Harry was about to give up and send Sirius to Hagrid's hut to hide, a voice suddenly came to his ears out of nowhere -

"The password is, Baby Bubble Gum."

Harry recognized the voice immediately. It was Headmaster Dumbledore's!

He immediately smiled happily and said the password "Baby Bubble Gum" to the gargoyle.

The stone beast nodded slowly, then silently jumped to the side, making way for a passage.

Harry tugged at Sirius, who was under the invisibility cloak beside him, and together they climbed the spiral staircase two steps at a time. With the help of the stairs, they quickly arrived at the door of the headmaster's office on the eighth floor of the castle.

"Come in," called Dumbledore.

When he reached the door, Harry felt a little nervous... After all, he had violated the school rules and brought Sirius, a wanted criminal, back to Hogwarts Castle from Hogsmeade village without permission.

Taking a deep breath, Harry was about to reach out to push the door, but Sirius took the lead and opened the invisibility cloak and walked into the office door.

"Dumbledore... Headmaster, you need to go help Lycos." Sirius got straight to the point. "I don't know how he did it, but he cast the Dark Mark right under the Aurors' noses... Lycos will be in danger!"

Seeing this, Harry quickly closed the office door and nodded in agreement.

"On the contrary, I don't think Lycos will be in any danger." Compared to the anxious Sirius and Harry, Dumbledore smiled and shook his head. "He always has his own ideas. My unauthorized interference will only delay his plans..."

"In comparison, I think the two of you are more dangerous - Harry, you don't really think that Sirius will be safer hiding in the castle than in Hogsmeade?"

"Isn't it?" Harry asked blankly.

"That's not the case." Dumbledore shook his head slightly. "There are too many little ones in Hogwarts. No matter where you hide in the castle, you're likely to be found by the students by accident..."

"Until the misunderstanding is completely resolved, Sirius will still be a wanted criminal. If he is discovered staying in Hogwarts Castle, it will cause panic among students, other professors, and even the entire wizarding community."

"So you see, Harry, it's much more convenient for Sirius to stay in Hogsmeade than in the castle."

Harry's expression was still a little unconvinced, and he immediately retorted:

"But the Ministry of Magic used despicable means to lure Sirius out, and now they have found Sirius's whereabouts!"

"When I arranged for Sirius to stay in the Shrieking Shack, I told him not to expose himself to sunlight under any circumstances." Dumbledore glanced at Sirius indifferently. "Obviously, he didn't follow my advice."

"But that's because the people at the Ministry of Magic turned into me..." Harry said anxiously.

"Stop it, Harry..." Sirius interrupted Harry's defense, "If I could be more sober and discern their plans, we wouldn't be so passive today."

After saying that, he took a deep breath and looked at the old principal with earnest eyes.

"After all, I'm the one who has let Lycos down. If you're not comfortable with it, I can bear the consequences myself!" Sirius said, "I'll go to the Ministry of Magic and kill Peter Pettigrew, and then admit that I was the one who placed the Dark Mark..."

"This will completely clear Lykos of suspicion and rescue him from Hogsmeade."

"I told you, Lycos wouldn't be so reckless." Dumbledore chuckled. "When he cast the Dark Mark, he must have had a complete plan in mind. We just have to wait for good news..."

However, before they could argue any further, the door of the principal's office was pushed open again with a "bang", and the back of the door hit the wall heavily.

"This is the student you taught?" Snape, with a pale face and greasy hair, walked in angrily and pointed at the Dark Mark outside the window and asked, "This is simply nonsense!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the embarrassed Sirius and Harry again.

When enemies meet, their eyes are full of jealousy! Snape instantly recalled the grudges he had with the four marauders during his school days, and his temper shot up.

"Do you still have the nerve to come back alive?"

Snape suddenly took out his wand and put it against Sirius' neck before he could react...

……

Chapter 225 Delaying time

"Long time no see, Snotlout."

Even though the wand was pointed at him, Sirius showed no fear at all. Instead, he had a mocking smile on his face.

Snape's eyes revealed an emotion no one had ever seen before, a mixture of cruelty, resentment, and anger, and he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, word by word:

"You're going to die a horrible death!"

The next moment, a green light suddenly shot out from the tip of Snape's wand.

Fortunately, Dumbledore had been prepared for this.

The moment Snape made his move, he calmly raised his wand and cast a disarming spell on Snape, taking the wand glowing green into his own hands.

"Severus, I think you need to calm down."

"Calm down?" Snape looked coldly at the old headmaster beside him. "How can I be calm? He killed..."

Lily's name was on the tip of her tongue, but she was choked for a moment and couldn't say it.

"I admit that I am responsible for the deaths of James and Lily." Sirius put away the playful look on his face and said seriously, "You can kill me, but you have to let me kill Peter Pettigrew first to avenge James!"

"After I kill you, I will naturally go and kill him myself!"

"Ahem!" Dumbledore coughed helplessly twice, interrupting the increasingly tense atmosphere between the two old rivals. "Now is not the time to argue about this. We'd better go and take a look at Lycos's Dark Mark first..."

Dumbledore, who had originally planned to wait and see, had no choice but to use the incident caused by Lycos to change the subject when faced with the two men who were about to have a life-and-death duel.

"How about this, Severus and I will go to Hogsmeade again," Dumbledore said. "As for Sirius, since the wanted case has not been resolved yet, you will have to wait in the office for a while..."

"Professor, what about me?"

Harry asked in confusion, seeing that Dumbledore had already made arrangements.

"Oh, Harry, you should go to class." Dumbledore glanced at the wall clock and said with a smile, "If I remember correctly, there will be a math divination class in the third year later."

……

In the sky southeast of Hogsmeade, there still hung the enormous skull, made up of countless emerald green star-like things. A huge python emerged from the skull's mouth, like a giant tongue.