Chapter 397 Since You Want to Betray, Then Betray to the End

"Tell me about it, Lucius - Karkaroff told me back then that the mysterious man would not let you know everyone's names. I let him escape Azkaban as promised."

Crouch's face was filled with a winner's smile, and his voice was filled with pride.

"So, how many surprises can you give me?"

Lucius Malfoy's face became gloomy - the fear of the Dark Lord was engraved in the bones of every Death Eater. They were in awe of him and afraid of him. Even now that he was ready to betray, he was still there. Worrying about what might happen in the future.

Moreover, he couldn't give everything on a tray like Karkaroff did back then.

Even though Fudge is now willing to stand up for him, stand on his side, and even introduce Dumbledore to him as a guarantor of the deal, but if he dares to admit that he knows something about who caused that damn masked activity, Then he will never get any help from Fudge in this life.

Since you have chosen to betray the Dark Lord, you must find another support here. Fudge will definitely not want to be treated as a fool - when I kindly invited you to the stage to participate in the award ceremony, you already knew that I was here tonight What kind of failure is going to happen?

Are you kidding me? No matter how good-tempered or stupid Fudge is, he will still feel alienated when he thinks about this incident.

Therefore, betraying the guys marching tonight is the most stupid thing to do.

He had to settle old scores, and he could only settle old scores - he would rather admit that he was a Death Eater before, than think about selling the guy who caused trouble this time.

"Avery."

He spoke a name in a hoarse voice.

"He is found not guilty, Lucius."

Crouch's tone became stern, "You know, you escape like that."

"What if I could provide him with exact evidence of his guilt?"

"He killed a Muggle family with his own hands thirteen years ago and made a dark magic prop using the child's eyes. It is still placed in his living room-"

William, who was listening, felt his sleeves tightening, and Harry was holding his arm firmly.

"Okay, we'll search."

"McNeil."

"He is an employee of the Ministry of Magic and is still working for the Ministry."

"He is still providing a large amount of illegal biological raw materials to the outside world, and is the largest supplier of smuggled goods. As for before, he did a lot of experiments on Muggles in order to practice the Cruciatus Curse."

"Good...very good, but not enough."

Crouch's eyes seemed to glow.

…

"This is all Death Eater information from the past - you know what I need more!"

After contentedly jotting down dozens of names, Crouch finally remembered another theoretical collaborator.

He got what he wanted, but Fudge, the Minister of Magic, had yet to solve his problem.

Although the Death Eaters who were rediscovered were not the icing on the cake, the public was obviously more concerned about the masked man incident that was just around the corner. If this incident was not coordinated, it would be difficult for Fudge to get over it.

After getting this information, he will definitely let go of the valuable little Malfoy and the already clearly explained Malfoy as promised. Then - the question is, who will take the responsibility of the masked man?

"I'll coordinate it, Barty."

Fudge comforted Crouch in a friendly tone, saying that he could completely handle this matter - Malfoy was the big benefactor behind him after all, and he didn't want the two of them to appear in any place that would destroy the harmony between the two parties. It would be better if they didn't exist at all. , rather than requiring him to pretend not to exist.

After all, saying it and not saying it are two different things. After the Hogwarts school badge incident and the Death Eaters being pursued, tonight's restlessness has little impact on him - he can even push public opinion to think that this is death eating. The gangsters used the riot provoked by the Imperius Curse to go up.

Although Crouch won the prisoner, as a minister, he naturally occupies the largest share of the credit.

"Okay, Minister, although it's a bit presumptuous, I want to personally take charge of this task."

"Of course, Mr. Crouch, who better than you to do this?"

Fudge responded cheerfully.

So, Crouch left with satisfaction, and Lucius finally breathed a sigh of relief - just in order to escape, he sold off the guy he knew who was free of guilt and had no background.

If you don't do this kind of thing, you will be offended to death if you do it.

Selling half and half will not win the gratitude of those who are left, but will make them feel that they are waiting for a price and are ready to sell the remaining ones at a good price.

He is too familiar with those guys, and he will definitely not be able to hide what happened tonight. After they find out the news, the guys who stay outside will do everything possible to kill him - they will betray him the first time, who will betray him the second time? Would such a dangerous curse remain?

In order to prevent the remaining guys from thinking about unknown dangers without thinking about food, he decided to help them arrange everything.

‘It’s over once and for all, but there’s no option to look back. ’

Lucius breathed out - the Dark Lord's era has finally passed, and now is Dumbledore's era.

Although he and Dumbledore had political disagreements, he could only accept his kindness with a frown. The only Death Eaters he knew well and betrayed by him were his followers Goyle and Crabbe. He urgently needs to join a force.

"Crouch got what he wanted, Dumbledore, what do you want?"

Lucius spread his hands, with an expression on his face - it was late at night, and Dumbledore didn't sleep for a special trip. He definitely didn't come here just to watch the fun.

If he wants it, give it to him.

'It was late at night, and I pulled the headmaster from Hogwarts - what does he want? ’

William shook his head, and then began to lift the phantom spell on the three of them.

"A little of this, a little of that..."

To William's expectation, Dumbledore actually spoke rudely.

"For example, Lucius, do you remember the diary from the year before last?"

'journal? ’

William was stunned for a moment - yes, diary!

"journal…"

Lucius hesitated, and finally decided to break the pot - there was no point in not admitting it, Dumbledore had probably targeted him.

"Yes, the diary, that's the diary I got..."

"Where did you get it, how to use it and who told you - what are you going to do with it?"

"I got it from the Dark Lord and slipped it into Ginny Weasley's book, hoping to do something with it to make you quit."

Lucius was quite calm. Since he couldn't be deceived, he took the responsibility for the matter.

Fudge was still listening carefully. When he heard the idea of ​​letting Dumbledore leave his job, he casually found an excuse to visit the children who were affected by the disaster and stood up to leave.

He had already provided enough support to his family's purse, and it would be bad if he stayed any longer - Lucius dared to tell Dumbledore that he planned to let him leave, but he did not dare.

If he stayed any longer, Dumbledore might suspect that he instigated Malfoy to do this.

So he simply made room for them to talk about it themselves - he will not be responsible for any shocking remarks.

"what is it?"

"I have no idea…"

Lucius shook his head decisively, "The Dark Lord only told me to keep it properly and to protect it with the most rigorous magic and mechanisms..."

Although Lucius spoke expressionlessly and the diary was always in Dumbledore's hands, William did not get any interesting experimental results, but he firmly believed that such terrible things could not be produced by ordinary people.

With that in mind, Lucius is definitely a Death Eater to the core, maybe even the most trusted.

'But...he kept the secret mostly to protect himself, rather than to keep the secret. ’

William really didn't know who did the bad thing. To be honest, the other party just sent him a pillow because he was dozed off, and manually sent the most difficult Death Eater to his door.

If it hadn't been for this sudden incident, trying to deal with someone like Lucius Malfoy would have been a fool's errand.

To be honest, he felt that Dumbledore was probably happy at the moment.

However, the principal was obviously too calm and did not show any signs. He smiled at Malfoy and said, "So, you are the most trusted one, Lucius?"

"Not me... He never trusted anyone, he only trusted himself."

Malfoy shook his head decisively, thought for a moment, and added, "If you have to say someone more trustworthy, it must be Bella."

"Bella?"

"Yes, Bella, that lunatic...she even smiled when she got into Azkaban!"

Now that he has chosen to take sides, Malfoy doesn't mind selling Bella in prison again.

"Very good," Dumbledore nodded, "Well, Professor William - do you have anything you want to ask? I noticed that you seem to have been wanting to say something."

'This is not good, they have just surrendered, and they have taken turns to fight and wiped out their foundation...'

William thought this, and without slowing down his movements at all, he quickly sat on the table, and then took out thick record books from his bag.

This behavior made Lucius frown directly - Crouch was the Director of the Department back then, Fudge was the Minister of Magic, Dumbledore's name was known to the entire wizarding world, and the professor in front of him...

"Professor Flitwick admires Professor William very much, and he is the heir to the Ravenclaw crown recognized by the school."

Dumbledore gave a brief introduction. Although the school did not need this, he knew what those guys from pure-blood families cared about.

Although Lucius seems to have completely surrendered, his abilities still deserve enough respect.

And there is no lie in this statement - Professor Flitwick really admires William, and even has the urge to turn William into the headmaster of Ravenclaw now.

This has nothing to do with whether there is a crown or not. It is simply that Professor Flitwick feels that the test paper is the crystallization of wisdom.

Lucius then expressed his willingness to cooperate.

"Well, long story short."

William quickly opened the first book and pointed to a guessed list and asked.

"This list is a guess at the list of the first Death Eaters that year - I'm not sure how many are correct. I think Mr. Malfoy you must have some understanding of this."

Just don't know too much.

Lucius Malfoy even saw his father's name on it, and the names of several other familiar pure-blood seniors were also listed.

Although the Dark Lord had sealed off the list of Death Eaters to a certain extent, the financial support given by his classmates after taking control of the family business could not be hidden from a careful person like him.

'Everything has been investigated...'

Looking at the names one by one, his hands that had finally calmed down began to tremble again - what did Dumbledore plan to do?

Did they even investigate the first generation of Death Eaters?

'Fortunately...if not today, someday when the investigation is mature, this list...'

With such awe in mind, he marked the definite name with his quill.

It’s all been investigated like this, what are you trying to cover up...

It depends on when Dumbledore plans to close the net - judging from this list, maybe he can take the opportunity to prepare and get some benefits for himself while Dumbledore takes action.

"Filled it out, it's been a big help."

William put away the first book of information and opened the second.

"This is the speculative handbook of the Death Eater Reserve Club on campus when you were students. Could you please help Mr. Malfoy to find out what is wrong..."

William's tone was very gentle, and he did not stop working after handing over the information.

"This is a rough estimate of the location of your gathering and the gathering you organized..."

"This is a possible guess for your test of newcomers..."

"and this…"

The suspicious parts of the documents were turned out one after another. Harry, who was watching from behind, was dumbfounded. Dumbledore also showed a bit of curiosity on his face - he knew that William had been investigating this or that, but he didn't Thinking of William making such things quietly.

"You've already set your sights on me, haven't you, Albus?"

Lucius looked at the stacks of materials with a bitter smile on his face - he was still thinking of using the diary to plot against Dumbledore, but looking at his own behavior of not planning to throw away the diary, he looked at Dumbledore again. A bunch of information sent by Lido...

‘It’s not unfair to lose…’

He sighed, "You win. If I hadn't known that you couldn't do it, I would have suspected that it was you who did what Draco did."

He took out his quill and thought carefully while scribbling and correcting the information William had guessed.

After entering Slytherin, he had excellent grades, noble blood, and his father was a first-generation Death Eater, so it was natural for him to join the secret society of reserve Death Eaters.

Study all the way, grow all the way, work all the way, and then become the core of the Death Eaters, trusted by the Dark Lord, and then encounter the Dark Lord's failure and stand up again...

Line by line, everything has been collected into the data, from admission to almost being imprisoned, everything is written here. Most of the speculations are correct, but a few are biased, but it's about the same.

"...There is still a problem with the meeting point here."

"And that's all…"

He rubbed his forehead. He obviously didn't write much, but he was exhausted physically and mentally - Dumbledore had stared at him so hard!

"alright, thank you very much."

William put away the information - he finally found a reliable Death Eater to come over and explain it in person. This time he was able to take advantage of the Ministry of Magic...

"When will Draco be safe?"

Lucius finally couldn't help but ask again.

"Soon, I guess, before dawn at the latest."

Dumbledore nodded.