Chapter 44: Antecedents and Consequences
Gaining Draco's trust was easier than he thought, and Sellers knew it was probably thanks to Lucius. Xiaolong still admired his father, and since Lucius had told him that the diary could help him open the secret room, Draco was naturally convinced.
In the process of communicating with Draco, Cyrus also knew the cause and effect.
At that time, Sellers took the form of Draco and found the owl of the Malfoy family, but the owl did not recognize that Malfoy was not Malfoy, so he flew to Malfoy's estate in Wiltshire with the letter.
He was afraid that Lucius Malfoy would not obey his orders, so he explicitly hinted in his letter that Draco's fate was in his own hands, and asked Lucius to cooperate with him to expel Dumbledore from school.
As a result, when Lucius and Narcissa received the letter from their "son", they immediately panicked. A misunderstanding was triggered.
Back in the days of Christmas.
Wiltshire, Malfoy Manor.
"It's Christmas, so it's time for them to stop!" Narcissa's face was full of displeasure, this temperament ruined her original beauty, and she looked like a person who was not so easy to deal with.
But it's no wonder she, the Ministry of Magic has been looking for trouble with them this year, trying to find out the dark magic items hidden in the Malfoy family. Although Lucius had secretly dealt with the most difficult ones, the Malfoys were not good gentlemen in the wizarding world for so many years, and they didn't want to deal with it unless they turned the entire manor into an empty shell.
and his beloved precious son, it was because of the constant search that Lucius decided to let Draco spend Christmas at school this year. After a hard vacation, she couldn't see her good child, and Narcissa was naturally unhappy.
"I've put pressure on the Daily Prophet and the Ministry of Magic. Good thing Arthur Weasley has a stupid son, and that Harry Potter—"
As for Weasley's targeting, Lucius naturally would not rest on his laurels.
Arthur Weasley: yes?
If you trouble me, then I won't let you have a good time!
In fact, he did it during the summer vacation. He remembered a journal Voldemort had given him for safekeeping. The journal looked like something from the Muggle world, and if it hadn't been for the man who had left it for himself to keep, he would have thrown it away as garbage.
Lucius remembered that he seemed to have asked the Dark Lord why he had kept a Muggle notebook.
The Dark Lord's answer was that the diary was the key to the secret room.
If the Dark Lord was still alive, Lucius would not dare to hand over the diary, but now, the other party has disappeared for eleven years. In that case, why not use this journal to add a little trouble to the Weasleys?
After that, he did not let go of the matter of the flying car, not only contacted the newspaper to make the matter bigger, but also paid to bribe some officials in the Ministry of Magic who had a good relationship with him, so that Arthur Weasley was in trouble.
Now, the irritating endless search is finally over.
"I think, do you want to take a trip to Hogwarts and get Draco back?" Narcissa said a little worriedly, "The last time Draco wrote back, he already said that there was an attack inside the school, I'm afraid the secret room has really been opened, and I'm worried that it will be dangerous for him to stay inside the school." ”
Lucius groaned for a moment, but still shook his head, "It's just a mudblood that was attacked, Draco won't be in danger." And I've written to him not to show his head. He knew very little about it, and there would be no problem. ”
It's not impossible to go and bring Draco home, but Draco is also the one who will inherit the head of the Malfoy family in the future, so he shouldn't be so hypocritical.
As they spoke, they saw a shadow flying in the sky.
It was the owl they had bought for Draco.
"Didn't Draco send a letter the other day?" Narcissa eagerly took the letter from the owl and opened it, and after a few seconds, her already pale face immediately turned pale. She covered her mouth in fear, and her whole body seemed to be shaky.
"What's wrong?"
Lucius had a bad premonition in his heart, and hurriedly took the letter and checked it:
My dear servant, Lucius Malfoy:
I'm really sorry, Lucius. Did I disappear in the eyes of other people for a while, and you forgot my mana? Otherwise, how dare you give away what I have you to keep? I think you probably think that the Dark Lord is dead, defeated by a baby who can't even walk, as countless people say, so you are in a hurry to clear the relationship, right?
Lucius only read the first paragraph, his breath became short, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and his mouth slowly said, "He's back...... He's back......"
Then, with fear, he continued to watch.
I have to admit that I'm not in a good state right now, but it's easy to kill a few people.
Now, I need you to accomplish one thing to make up for the mistakes you have made. It's not too hard – as long as you kick Dumbledore out of school!
Also, I wish you a Merry Christmas.
The letter, which was only a few words, left Lucius and Narcissa in the dust.
"Is it really him? It can't be him! Narcissa said in fear, "He has been gone for eleven years, how can he come back!" She didn't want to accept the fact that her son was in danger at the moment.
But Lucius knew very well that no third person knew about the journal except Voldemort himself.
"There's still a chance—there's a chance to atone for your sins!" He immediately came out of his fear. Lucius knew Voldemort's character, and if he did his job well enough, it would be possible to avoid punishment and Draco would not be in danger.
"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened, and if Dumbledore can't find the killer, then I can use the power of the school director to kick him out of Hogwarts!" Lucius already had a plan in mind, but it would take some leverage to convince the school board.
"The number of victims must increase! How is only one mudblood enough? This must be done by Draco, the Dark Lord is not dead, only then will he praise Draco! ”
"Dobby ——!"
"I'm here, ...... master"
A scarred house-elf appeared in front of Lucius. He looked at Lucius Malfoy with a frightened and tentative gaze.
Lucius didn't bother to bother with the extra scars, and now, there was only one thing he wanted to do, and that was to complete the Dark Lord's mission and avoid Draco's danger.
"Dobby, I want you to go to Hogwarts, find Ginny Weasley, steal a black journal and give it to Draco. Then, give him the letter. Lucius wrote another letter.