Hogwarts: I am Voldemort.

Chapter 24 Malfoy in action
Malfoy Manor was bustling with activity when Voldemort went to meet Dean Sprout.

The owner of the manor, Lucius Malfoy, temporarily decided to hold a grand banquet. In two days, more than a dozen wizarding families participated.

The beautiful and spacious manor garden is covered with golden and brown carpets, with constant temperature food on the long table, and garlands on the trees.

Under the leadership of Draco Malfoy, the children ran and played among the gardens, jungles and castles, while the adults chatted in small groups.

And the owner of the manor, Lucius Malfoy, was waiting for the distinguished guests in front of the exquisite wrought iron gate of the manor.

Behind the castle, there is a low, dark row of bungalows. There are horse stables and warehouses here, and the most empty one among them, seven silent adults are sitting in it.

"Old Goyle, why are we here?"

The only lady among the seven spoke and asked Old Goyle who was playing with the wand, "We are all invited to the castle when we come to Malfoy Manor on weekdays."

Old Goyle was taken aback by the question, and he looked at Old Crabbe in astonishment, but the latter also looked confused.

"There must be some reason, Alecto, just wait." Seeing that his companion didn't know the reason, Old Goyle replied coldly.

"Then when do we have to wait?" Alecto asked dissatisfied.

This was a question old Goyle could answer, so he coughed to attract everyone's attention before speaking again.

"Wait until Mr. Malfoy sees Minister Fudge."

"He's here too?" It was a man with a hooked nose who spoke, and he snorted disdainfully, "Malfoy always likes to mess with them, but what's the use of that?"

"Pay attention to your words and deeds, little Avery." Old Goyle said unkindly, "You should show due respect to Mr. Malfoy."

Little Avery curled his lips and didn't say anything, but his expression said it all.

"Old Goyle, do you know that Malfoy is looking for us, what's the matter?" the man dressed in the same ragged clothes as Alecto asked.

He is Amycus Carrow, brother and sister to Alecto Carrow, both prisoners escaped from Azkaban.

"I don't know." Old Gore said with care.

"It should be to do something interesting." Little Avery is the youngest here, and he is also the most active. "We are all here, aren't we?"

As he spoke, he rolled up the sleeve of his left hand, where there was a black and unclear mark.

Everyone else looked at it, but said nothing.

The warehouse returned to silence again, and everyone waited quietly until, not long after, Lucius Malfoy in a luxurious wizard robe walked in.

"Guys, long wait."

He waved his wand, pulled a chair for himself, and sat on it, "Goyle, Crabbe, Alecto, Amycus, Little Avery, Nott, McNeill, my most trusted companions .”

He mentioned everyone's name one by one, and nodded with everyone's eyes. After saying everyone's name, he left a long pause, which whetted everyone's appetite.

"I have orders from the Dark Lord."

With a simple sentence, all seven people got up in surprise.

"Really?" Alecto was the quickest to ask, "The Dark Lord is calling us?"

"Calm down and sit down."

Malfoy said calmly, "We have two tasks. The first one is easy to solve. I will arrange it for the Carlo brothers and sisters and provide enough compound medicines."

Everyone took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and sat down one after another.

Only Alecto Caro, she said excitedly, "If that is the order of the Dark Lord, I am willing to use my life to complete it."

"Assured by Malfoy's honor, it is indeed the order of the Dark Lord." Malfoy finished speaking seriously, and then said to Alecto, "But you must keep your voice down, the banquet is a cover, I don't want them to know about the return of the master. "

Alecto was still agitated, but finally nodded and sat down restrained - but his body kept twisting, looking like an ADHD patient.

"The second task is more difficult. We need to rob Gringotts."

In a word, the seven people gasped.

"Master... will he participate?" Little Avery asked everyone's thoughts.

If Voldemort is involved, not to mention the robbery of Gringotts, even the attack on the Ministry of Magic, or Hogwarts or Azkaban, they don't think it is a problem.

But if Voldemort wasn't involved—they had to make such a guess, because the master wasn't there in person, it must mean that the master hadn't really returned.

"No, but we don't have to rob anything, just pretend."

Seeing everyone's obvious relief, Malfoy resisted the urge to laugh out loud - he was also taken aback by Voldemort in the same way on the phone before.

To satisfy his bad taste, Malfoy introduced the content of the mission in more detail, and asked everyone who could enter Gringotts to get acquainted with it in the past two days.

The Carlos definitely couldn't do it, so Malfoy kept them after the others left.

"It's a compound potion that tracks those two alcoholics and erases their memories."

After explaining the task, Malfoy handed over two bottles of potions, and said, "The master said that it is not allowed to pay attention to their memories, only rough revisions are required, understand?"

"Understood." Alecto said with a crazy expression, licking his lips.

This made Malfoy look at her brother anxiously. Compared with the two, Brother Carlo looked more normal, although he was still very different from ordinary people.

"No problem, Lucius, we are the ones who can escape from Azkaban." Brother Carlo said.

Malfoy nodded reassuringly, and then pointed to the back of the warehouse: "There is a small road there, you leave from there."

The two nodded, and then they left the warehouse and left along the path.

After dealing with all this, Malfoy also left, and on his way to the garden, he met his son Draco and his little friends.

"Father." Draco ran over with his little friends and asked him, "What is the admission ceremony at Hogwarts? We all want to know."

Lucius' slightly heavy heart became lighter because of this question.

"That's a secret."

He paused the snake-headed wooden stick in his hand, bent down and said mysteriously, "But I can tell you, it's very dangerous."

A group of children, who were so frightened by him, swallowed the smear all at once, and then ran away in a herd.

"You lied to me, father." Draco said with wide eyes, "every time you lied, you squinted."

Lucius was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't notice his little movement.

"You're so smart, Draco, how should I reward you?" Lucius said, raising his wooden staff.

"You can't hit me." Draco yelled, turning around and running to his little friend.

Naturally, Lucius would not chase after him, he just stood still and looked at his son's back with a smile.

"This is the first time you smiled happily after receiving that letter"

There was a voice of inquiry, and without turning around, Malfoy knew that it was his wife:

Narcissa Malfoy.

"When you see a child, you see hope, don't you?" He turned his head, put his arms around his wife's waist, and walked towards the front yard.

"You should share the secret with me, and you shouldn't bear everything alone." Narcissa leaned her head slightly on her husband's body, and said softly, "I know what it means for those people to gather together."

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you, but I still don't want to tell you."

Malfoy stopped, put his wife in his arms, and said, "I'll take care of the outside affairs by myself. You have to take care of this family."

Narcissa nodded in her husband's arms, without saying a word, just stroked her husband's back twice with her hand.

All of this must be very difficult, Lucius... Narcissa thought.

(End of this chapter)