"I'm Lucius."

Lucius's characteristic deep voice came from the phone bug, and there was a hint of exhaustion in his tone.

"Do you have time? I have an urgent need to see you. ”

Breathing heavily, sounding a little anxious, it seemed that the high-ranking official of the Ministry of Magic was desperate, otherwise he would not have come to him.

"Give you a minute, Mr. Lucius. I'll be at the Malfoy Manor door in a minute. ”

The other end of the phone hurriedly agreed.

A minute passed quickly, and Dudley disappeared punctually, and when he reappeared, it was already the door of Malfoy Manor.

The magic of apparition is really easy to use, and if you can solve the vertigo after using it, you can really go wherever you want. The only pity is that there is a certain limit to the distance, and as the distance of the phantom shifter increases, it will become more and more difficult. And you can only go to the places you have been, unless you choose a random teleportation that is extremely dangerous, theoretically you can teleport to the moon, but it is likely to be teleported in the form of one or more parts of the body.

Lucius, dressed in a unique aristocratic attire, stood at the door, respectfully greeting Dudley, his face was very unsightly, his gray eyes were bloodshot and haggard, and his already pale pointed face was even paler at this time.

Lucius respectfully accessed Dudley to the manor.

As the gate of the manor slowly closed, Dudley felt that the air around him had changed slightly, it was magic It seemed that Malfoy Manor had applied some kind of protective magic, what it was Dudley didn't see for the time being, and he didn't ask in detail.

Today, Malfoy Manor is exceptionally deserted, the road is empty, and even the white peacock next to the fountain is gone.

"Where's Draco?"

"Early in the morning he went to Greengrass's house with his mother."

Greengrass, Draco's dance partner Astoria, the girl with dimples when she laughs is a member of the family, one of the few pure-bloods who doesn't fall to Voldemort in a neutral position.

"Lucius, there are some things you can do for you that you can properly ask Draco to do for you. Don't underestimate him, maybe he knows more than you do, and surprise you. ”

Dudley proposed, as if referring to something else.

"Mr. Dursley, Draco is still a child."

It's a pity that Lucius didn't hear the voiceover, and obviously didn't take it.

"He's the same age as me."

“.”

There was a conversation without a match, and entered the hall of the mansion.

There were two delicate meals that had already been prepared, apparently prepared to eat and talk at the same time.

Although Lucius was anxious, he still did not forget the etiquette, and did not say a word when he first began to eat.

The Malfoy's food tastes pretty good overall.

After all, the price is there, and Malfoy won't eat food of inferior quality.

Lucius was definitely not thinking about eating, and basically didn't use the knife, but only took a few symbolic bites, and the stewed crispy, juicy, melt-in-your-mouth red wine beef was like chewing wax in his mouth.

Seeing that Lucius didn't have much appetite, Dudley unceremoniously put the whole pot of beef stew on his side, he was really hungry.

Lucius hesitated for a moment.

"That. . . It's back. He sent someone for me. ”

"I know."

It was not surprising that Voldemort would arrange for someone to find Lucius.

Who is Lucius?

A veteran of the Death Eaters, and a strong contender for his most loyal subordinates, Voldemort even gave him all his Horcruxes for safekeeping. There were so many Death Eaters, and he only gave the Horcruxes to two of his subordinates for safekeeping, one was Bellatrix, who was suspected of being a concubine, and the other was Lucius.

Not even Barty Jr., who calls himself his son.

Compared to Lucius, Karkaroff, who is also a high-ranking Death Eater, is like a little deflated.

Many of the Death Eaters who survived the killing in the original book confessed their companions, but only Karkaroff was killed for this incident.

"I thought about it for several nights. I. I don't want to go over. ”

Lucius seemed to be determined to say this.

Hearing this, Dudley paused for a moment in his eating: "Mr. Lucius, you want to betray him openly?" ”

"It's not just me, Karkaroff didn't go either, and he doesn't plan to go."

"You're not Karkarov, you're completely different from him in nature. Tom can do without Karkaroff because there is someone who can replace him at any time and can replace him at any time. But he couldn't live without Malfoy. Malfoy was an important purse for him. ”

Karkaroff was a good dark wizard, but only good, and there were many wizards of similar ability to him, and his three-legged cat curse could not enter Voldemort's eyes.

Lucius used to be deeply trusted by Voldemort, in addition to the fact that he claimed to be an ancient pure-blooded Malfoy family and was very good at judging the situation, the most important thing was to be rich, and Voldemort needed the financial resources of the Malfoy family. Why else is it in that position? With him still inferior to Karkaroff's level of black magic?

"If you dare to betray him openly, believe me that Malfoy Manor will face ruin."

Although Dudley seems to have played him around, and even lost a few of his Horcruxes, it was only because Voldemort didn't know anything about him.

To put it mildly, James also played Voldemort back then, and then he died.

Dudley had never underestimated Voldemort.

Strategically despise the opponent and tactically value the opponent.

This was Dudley's attitude towards Voldemort.

And just because he wasn't afraid of Voldemort didn't mean Malfoy couldn't be either.

"You'll help me, won't you?"

"If you are willing to do so, the Malfoys will be your faithful servants."

Lucius's tone was already begging, he was begging for Dudley's protection.

The meaning couldn't be more obvious, he wanted to fall completely to Dudley's side.

"Mr. Lucius, I didn't expect you to think so highly of me."

"I'm really flattered."

For old fritter Lucius to say such things, it is conceivable that he is no longer optimistic about Voldemort.

With these words alone, even if Voldemort needed Malfoy again, he would give him a green light.

"Servant? No, no, no, Draco and I are friends, very good friends. ”

Dudley emphasized on the word friend, hearing this sentence made Lucius breathe a sigh of relief, although he did not make a clear statement, but at least he was willing to take care of his only son.

This. That's enough.

"Don't you think he's a little too pathetic?"

Dudley wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin on the side, and said suddenly.

“？”

Lucius's mind didn't turn, and he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence for a moment.

"Mr. Lucius, I hope you remain Senior Tom's most loyal subordinate."

“！！！”

(End of chapter)