Harry Potter: The Path of Destiny

The candlelight in Riddle's old house was dim, and Voldemort stood in front of the chair with a stern expression, staring at the group of Death Eaters in front of him with their heads lowered.

"Avery..." There was anger in Voldemort's cold voice.

The man named Avery immediately knelt down, his whole body trembling uncontrollably. Voldemort walked forward, stretched out a hand to lift Avery's head, and let him look directly at him. .

"Because of your wrong information, I wasted several months in vain! Avery... If it weren't for Rookwood, maybe I would have continued to waste more time." Although Voldemort's tone was calm, it made people feel A feeling of coldness that penetrates the heart.

"Lord... Lord... Master..." Avery's voice trembled as he begged Voldemort for mercy, "No... there won't be a next time, there won't be a next time, I... I can... I can guarantee it! "

"Promise?" Voldemort threw Avery away, and Avery fell to the ground. "You haven't been able to repay your previous debt, and now you have let me down again. Do you think I should forgive you?"

Voldemort had already taken out his wand, and Avery, who was half sitting on the ground, was begging for mercy in a tearful voice. He looked around, hoping that someone would stand up and say something to him, but everyone knew that he would beg for mercy at this time. It was like setting fire to his body, and Avery felt desperate. Just when he thought he would not escape death today, someone among the Death Eaters actually spoke up.

"My master, maybe it is not the best choice to deal with Avery now." Lucius took a small step forward, but his head was still lowered.

Voldemort stopped what he was doing and looked at Lucius with a critical eye, "Are you begging for mercy for him?"

"I'm not begging for mercy for him." Lucius said calmly, "It's just that Avery often walks around the Ministry of Magic. If he suddenly disappears or is confirmed to be dead, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary harm to your current hiding." suspicion."

Voldemort walked up to Lucius and stared at him with blood-red eyes, "You think I shouldn't kill him because of my consideration!"

"It's not convenient for the people who just came out of Azkaban to move around now. It would be more appropriate for Avery to handle some obvious matters." Lucius kept his head lowered, and he did not look at Voldemort. He didn't even glance at Avery, who was on the ground.

Seeing that someone had spoken for him, Avery immediately crawled to Voldemort's feet and prayed for himself, "Yes, Master, I can still serve you. I can make up for it. I am willing to go through fire and water for you to repay what I have done." The debt I owe, please give me another chance!"

Voldemort kicked Avery away in disgust, while still looking at Lucius, "I have to say that there is some truth to what you said, but I know you are also trying to excuse him!"

"Nothing escapes the eyes of its master." Lucius lowered his head lower. He knew that he could not deceive Voldemort, so he might as well admit it frankly.

"Don't forget that you also made a mistake in this matter. If you look more carefully, you can find that the real reason why Bode desperately resisted your soul-stealing curse is that he knew that he could not get it at all. !" Voldemort's voice turned cold again.

"I was negligent, Master." Lucius replied.

"You think I won't punish you, do you? You actually dare to stand up and excuse others!" Voldemort said angrily.

Several other Death Eaters had different thoughts when they saw this situation. Yaxley was secretly happy. He was looking forward to Voldemort punishing Lucius. Bellatrix was the only one among them who kept looking at him. Watching Voldemort closely, she hesitated in her heart. Lucius was her sister's husband. Logically, she should stand up and say a few words of love for him, but in her heart, she was unwilling to let the man in front of her Unhappy, Avery fell into despair again. He originally thought that Lucius's persuasion would allow him to escape death, but in the current situation, it is difficult for Lucius himself to escape punishment. Even so, Avery Free felt grateful to Lucius in his heart. After all, he was the only one who stood up.

Voldemort was silent for a long time. He knew in his heart that although Lucius was excusing Avery, what he said did make sense. He could not reveal the news that he had been resurrected to the world, so he needed someone to replace him. He wanted to control the situation in the Ministry of Magic, but this feeling of being controlled made him feel very uncomfortable.

"For Nydia's sake, I'll spare you this time!" Voldemort leaned close to Lucius's ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear. After saying this, Voldemort turned and walked to Avery's house. The side shouted to him. "I can spare your life mercifully, but the punishment must be... gnawing out your bones!"

Avery immediately writhed on the ground in pain, and screamed endlessly, but no one around him sympathized with him, and even he felt lucky that he had saved his life at this time.

"Now... we are back to where we started, and we need to find a solution again." After Avery stopped screaming, Voldemort walked back to his seat and sat down.

"That boy! He can get what we want! Let's catch him!" Bellatrix spoke eagerly, looking at Voldemort eagerly.

"But that boy is at Hogwarts now, and we all know that Dumbledore has been protecting him!" said a Death Eater.

"But he can't stay in school all the time, he will always come out." Bellatrix glared at the Death Eater who dared to contradict her, "For example, Hogsmeade! Students every once in a while Time will go there, we just have to prepare in advance.”

Lucius was silent. He had known for a long time that no one other than himself would be able to get something like that, so he cooperated with all Voldemort's actions. He even took action to kill Bode. All this was to ensure that Voldemort would not He would get the correct information, but he never expected that Rookwood's escape would let Voldemort know the truth.

"I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to capture that boy." Lucius said, he couldn't let Voldemort really get that thing.

"Are you scared? Lucius!" Bellatrix said to Lucius unceremoniously, "You are still as cautious as before!"

"I'm not afraid." Lucius frowned. He never liked Bellatrix, but she was his wife's sister. "It's just that I remembered that there is another person who knows the complete content of the prophecy. Even without a crystal ball.”

"Who?" Bellatrix asked.

"Of course it's the person who divined this prophecy. I got some information from the Ministry of Magic. The person who divined this prophecy was the current Divination teacher at Hogwarts, Sybill Trelawney." Lucius replied.

"Hogwarts? You mean Hogwarts?" Bellatrix laughed mockingly, "You already thought it was not easy to get a boy from Hogwarts, but now it's I suggest you get a teacher! Are you confused?"

"It depends on Yaxley's ability!" Lucius turned to look at Yaxley, who was also confused when someone suddenly mentioned Yaxley, "I heard that Professor Umbridge has made a decision now. Hogwarts teachers have the right to stay and leave. If that’s the case, it shouldn’t be difficult for her to fire a teacher!”

"Is that so? Yaxley." Voldemort also looked at Yaxley.

Yaxley was in a daze. He and Lucius had never gotten along. He didn't understand why Lucius suddenly pushed him out, but no matter what, he would not let go of this opportunity to show off in front of Voldemort.

"Lucius is right, Master. Umbridge does have this ability now. I will ask the owl to send her a message later. I will definitely guide her to expel Sybill Trelawney from the school. Yaxley said excitedly.

"Okay! Very good!" After a whole night, Voldemort finally showed a satisfied expression on his face.