These Death Eaters, who bribed the Ministry of Magic or pretended to be stupid, were obviously not loyal to Voldemort and did not choose to believe Barty Jr. at the first time. Because you have been talking for a long time and can't produce any substantial evidence, at least let the master show up and say a few words. - Ask/book~help_ `已¨發′發￠罪.薪′蟋核`接,
We can't just listen to your big words and then roll up our sleeves and work with you with all our wealth.
So they first put pressure on Dumbledore through newspapers and the Ministry of Magic, trying to judge from his attitude whether Voldemort had really returned. At the same time, they asked their children who were attending Hogwarts to find ways to cause trouble for Harry and Audrey in order to interrogate them.
Harry did it a few times, and he insisted that he was not lying.
But Audrey is in trouble. In the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts practical class, she showed amazing strength. Who would dare to use force on her?
Seeing that Barty was getting more and more pressured day by day, an order was issued a few days ago to prepare to cooperate with the goblins to attack Hogwarts - my goodness, attack Hogwarts?
They weren't so crazy when Voldemort was here!
This is just playing with your life.
But if it was really an order from Voldemort, and they did not follow it, their fate would be even worse.
So after some discussion, these guys reached a consensus: confirm it again!
Confirm one last time!
Hence the invitation for tonight.
"So that's how it is."
Edward exited Legilimency, and while he understood, he still felt a little strange: As I said, even so, it still seems stupid.
You, a former Death Eater, invited a student who was on good terms with Dumbledore back home right under Dumbledore's nose to confirm whether Voldemort was really alive - this behavior is outrageous no matter how you think about it!
Chapter 238 Master
In the original book, Lucius jumped back and forth, siding with Voldemort twice, and escaping unscathed both times. He still sat firmly in his position as the head of the Malfoy family and controlled huge wealth.
This kind of person doesn't seem like someone who would use such a bad idea.
Thinking of this, Edward asked again: "Mr. Malfoy, you haven't answered my question yet. If Voldemort is really not dead, what are you going to do?"
Lucius picked up his glass and regained his composure. "What can I do? Of course I will stand firmly on Dumbledore's side, support him in being elected Minister of Magic, and fight against You-Know-Who with all my strength."
"oh?"
Edward pretended to be delighted: "Professor Dumbledore will be very happy that you made this decision, just like you voted in favor of moving up the election date a few days ago."
"This is what I should do."
Lucius said calmly, "If it were peacetime, I would be happy for a fool like Fudge to be the minister. That would mean he would be at the mercy of our pure-blood family, but facing You-Know-Who, I think Dumbledore's election should make us safer."
"So, I asked you to come here today for the final confirmation. After all, this concerns the future development of the Malfoy family for many years or even more than ten years. I must be cautious enough."
Edward was surprised and asked, "If I remember correctly, this is the first time we meet? Are you so frank with us?"
He smiled and said, "Anyway, you will definitely tell Dumbledore about our conversation today, so I will just regard it as relaying it to him through you."
Tsk, if I hadn't used Legilimency on you, I would have believed your lies!
However, Lucius and his gang of Death Eaters seemed to be still hesitant, so it was not surprising that he made the decision to bet on both sides.
"Why don't you say these words directly to Professor Dumbledore?"
Lucius drank the bright red wine in the glass in one gulp and said, "At this stage, if we rashly contact Dumbledore, it would be equivalent to telling others that Malfoy betrayed his pure-blood family, which would make us hostile and attacked by everyone."
At this point, he looked at Audrey again, "So Miss Hall, are you really sure... the mysterious man is still alive, right?"
Audrey suddenly felt a force trying to invade her consciousness, and she launched a counterattack reflexively:
Shock! Frenzy!
Bang!
Lucius instantly jumped away from the table, staggered back a few steps, and fell to the ground, still twitching.
Lilith and Susie rushed out at the same time, flanking Lucius from both sides, but before they launched the attack, Lucius was tied up by the deformed chains of the carpet.
Edward walked over to Audrey and asked quietly, "What's wrong Audrey?"
"He...seemed to be trying to use Legilimency on me just now!"
Edward's face turned cold and he pointed his wand at Lucius' head: "Mr. Malfoy, I need an explanation!"
"No!"
Narcissa hurried out, blocked her husband's way, and said in panic, "This, this is just a misunderstanding!"
"I don't think using Legilimency on someone else would be a misunderstanding."
Even though Edward used Legilimency on Lucius first, he was just so hypocritical about this kind of thing - and what's more, if you didn't notice it, it means I haven't used it.
Lucius recovered by then, and sat up with the help of his wife. His face was pale, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes - this feeling of being stared at by a giant like an ant, he had never felt this before even when he was with Voldemort.
What kind of magic did this girl just use?
He forced a smile. "As I said just now, the life and death of the mysterious man involves... whether I should support Dumbledore, and even the future of the Malfoy family. I must be cautious enough! Using Legilimency is just to further confirm it."
"Oh, you are worthy of being valued by Dumbledore. I underestimated you."
Edward said coldly: "So you don't even have an apology?"
Before Lucius could speak, Narcissa said quickly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's our fault."
Just as Edward was about to speak, he suddenly saw Malfoy lying at the door of the room not far away, secretly looking over here - at this moment, his face was full of disbelief, and his eyes were full of horror and fear.
Seeing Edward looking at him, he mustered up the courage to glare back at him with resentment.
"Edward." Audrey came over and tugged at his clothes.
"kindness."
He nodded and waved his wand to close the door, then pulled a chair over and sat in front of the couple:
"Did Voldemort give you a diary?"
Lucius was stunned. He didn't expect Edward to suddenly ask about an unrelated topic.
He hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "Yes, but I haven't seen it for a long time."
"Do you remember Draco being petrified before?"
The couple nodded at the same time.
"After our subsequent investigation, it was very likely that Voldemort's diary was taken to Hogwarts by Draco, who then manipulated him into doing a series of things, which ultimately led to the Chamber of Secrets incident and nearly caused Malfoy's death."
Narcissa turned pale.
"And Voldemort also wove a memory of murder in Draco in order to use him to distract Professor Dumbledore. If it had not been discovered in time, Draco would now be investigated by the Ministry of Magic, and then labeled a Death Eater and sent to Azkaban." - This statement is 70% true and 30% false, but it is enough for a mother who protects her child.
Edward snorted, "When dealing with Death Eaters, they don't care whether you are an adult or not."
"No! You can't do this!"
Narcissa shouted hurriedly, "Draco, he knows nothing, he is innocent."
"Of course. But believe it or not, a bottle of truth serum can make him confess everything he has done."
Lucius was very calm at this time: "What do you want to do by saying this? Blackmail us?"
"I'm just stating the facts."
Edward looked down at the two of them and asked word by word, "Are you Death Eaters planning to do anything?"
"…"
He was silent for a long time, then nodded and said, "Yes."
"do what?"
"The attack on Hogwarts."
Narcissa's eyes suddenly widened and she looked at her husband in disbelief.
"when."
"It's not confirmed yet, we're still waiting for notification... It's Barty Crouch Jr.! He's not dead, he's back with the Dark Lord's orders!"
Edward suddenly waved his wand: "Soul out of the body!"
Narcissa was terrified, but before she could say anything, Edward cast a stunning spell on her and she lay on the ground.
"What is your real purpose for inviting us here tonight?"
Lucius' face was filled with smiles: "Yes..."
"On the surface, you were helping other pure-blood families to get information about the Dark Lord, but in fact, you were deliberately passing the news that Barty Jr. was going to attack Hogwarts to Dumbledore through you."
Edward was surprised: "Why do you do this?"
"I don't think attacking Hogwarts is a good decision, and I don't want to be the Dark Lord's lackey anymore, so I want to disrupt this operation, preferably before it even starts."
"Why not just tell Dumbledore."
"He won't believe it. Even if I volunteer to let him have Legilimency, he'll think it's a memory I made up. Besides, I don't want to go from being the Dark Lord's lackey to being Dumbledore's lackey."
Edward and Audrey looked at each other in bewilderment.
No matter how much they guessed, they could never have imagined that this was Lucius's plan.
But he still ejected the gold coin to make sure Lucius was not lying.
"Besides this, do you have any other ideas, plans, or schemes?"
"I hope to use this opportunity to reach an exchange of interests with Dumbledore, so that the Malfoy family will advance instead of retreat in the coming storm."
"What else?"
"there is none left."
Edward asked more than ten questions in a row, and confirmed it all over again, but he didn't get anything. Then he woke up Narcissa and lifted the Imperius Curse and Chain Transfiguration on Lucius.
After a brief moment of confusion, Lucius stepped back and took out his wand, pointing it at Edward: "Did you just use the Imperius Curse on me?"
"That's right."
He was extremely angry: "How dare you?"
"Isn't this why you asked us to come here today?"