Forget

After 15 minutes of class, Bryce still didn't make it. If nothing else, he should have been detained by Professor Slughorn.However, there were no consequences.Draco was bored flipping through the Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook that he could almost memorize, listening to the continuous whispers in the classroom.

Because Snape was late too.This is not a common occurrence.

There was a faint stabbing pain in his left arm, so weak that Draco couldn't help but pause for a second when he covered it with his right hand, thinking whether he had just hallucinated.

The classroom door was opened with a loud bang.The classroom suddenly fell silent, Draco's first reaction was that Bryce had finally finished his Living Hell Potion, but when he looked up, he saw their Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Slytherin the Dean.

Snape stood expressionlessly at the door, squinted his eyes and patrolled the classroom for a week, and finally fixed on Draco: "Draco Malfoy, please follow me. Immediately, immediately."

"Yes, Professor." Draco stood up and walked out of the classroom.After Professor Snape announced the "self-study" in his usual tone, he closed the door again with a "bang".

Professor Snape didn't seem ready to explain anything, but just motioned for Draco to follow him.He was walking so fast that Draco felt like he was almost running to keep up.

Draco felt a faint unease in his heart, but he was trying to make things better.For example, Professor Snape just asked him to ask about Bryce's absence from class, or to talk about Slytherin's almost defeat in Quidditch this year, or... Ah, I hope the professor doesn't know that he is at this time It is said that he walks like a giant bat.

Draco followed Snape all the way into the office in the basement.Snape closed the door behind him as soon as his feet entered the office.

"What's wrong, Professor?" Draco asked.

"That's weird, don't you know what happened?" Professor Snape sat on his chair, staring straight at Draco with slightly vacant eyes. "If Lord Dark Lord knew that you couldn't sense his call, he probably wouldn't be very happy."

As soon as Snape finished speaking, Draco pressed his left arm almost subconsciously.It seems that it was not an illusion just now: "...I don't know, what is the master calling me for now?"

"I don't know either. My order is to take you there." Snape raised his chin slightly, motioning for the worn teacup on the table. "That's a special portkey. Before you come back, everyone will know that you are studying alone with me. ——You'd better hurry up, I can wait for you, but Lord Dark Lord's patience is not very good. "

Draco didn't answer, he walked to the table and put his hand on the teacup.

**

"The master actually made so many of us wait for you, I really can't think of anything about you worthy of the master's appreciation."

As soon as Draco's feet landed on the ground, Bellacritus' strange voice came from his ears.Bellacritus wound up from behind him like a snake, those hands stained with the blood of countless people gently brushed across his neckline, Draco could even feel the tip of Bellacritus' tongue licking Touching the pinna of his ear, he sent a very light but eerie voice directly into his ear canal: "It seems that I will try to compliment you in the future, my little nephew."

"Thank you for coming to meet me, Aunt Bella." Draco turned sideways calmly, breaking free from her embrace. "I think we should go in now, don't you think?"

Bellatrix gave a strange laugh, and then walked towards the house first.Draco followed behind her, looking carefully at everything around him.Counting it, this should be the only time he looked at the house with a clear mind, so he saw the patterns and marks on the pillars that he had never seen before, and even saw a dilapidated dusty plaque with "Riddle" written on it in the corner. plaque.

It appears that the original owner of the house was named Riddle.

Draco thought, and walked into the room.It was the familiar floor, with Death Eaters standing around it.Some were faces he had seen before, others were unfamiliar.Draco didn't dare to look up, but he knew that the grown-up was sitting above them, looking down at them.And that snake must be hovering around, ready to move at any moment.

The entry of Bellatrix and Draco didn't elicit much reaction.The adult didn't say anything either.Draco, who was standing behind Bellacritus behind the crowd, let out a soft breath before he saw the kneeling man in the middle of the room.

Draco thought about it for a while, and realized that it was Bitos, who had seen the photo in the newspaper that Miss Perfection was holding when he passed by the Gryffindor table.However, compared to the arrogance shown in the photo, Bitos at this time appeared to be in a panic.His head hung deeply on the floor, as if he wanted to punch a hole in the floor.His body trembled violently, and the aura of fear emanating from his body permeated almost every corner of the air.

But the surrounding Death Eaters were not infected by his fear.They looked at him mockingly, as if they were looking at someone they had never met before.

"...Master, please..." Bitos begged, his choking voice made his originally not-so-pleasant voice even harsher. "I didn't expect that their reinforcements would come so fast. In fact, it was only a little bit short, and I was able to kill that old guy..."

"But it's still a bit short." The adult's hissing voice interrupted him. "Bitos, you failed. This is your first mission alone, but you let me down too much."

"Master...please forgive me, I will definitely..." Bitos took two steps forward, his tone urgent.

"There will be no next time. A loser is not qualified to say next time, and I don't need a failed follower." The adult slowly raised his wand, a green light flashed, and Bitos' body hit hard On the floor, never move again.

"Nagini, go and enjoy your meal." The adult stroked the head of the giant snake, and the giant snake spit out a message and swam towards Bitos' body in a circle.

Draco lowered his head, not daring to look at what was happening in the middle of the room.But he couldn't cover his ears, so the clear sounds of flesh tearing, bones breaking, and disgusting chewing rushed into his ears, and he couldn't even divert his attention.The silence of the hall made those voices clearer and more inescapable.

It seemed as if a century had passed before the hall became quiet again.The big snake swam back to the adult's feet contentedly, coiled up with its eyes closed.

"Draco, my boy, come forward." The adult's hiss broke the silence.

The person in front automatically gave him a path, Draco calmed down a bit, trying to recall how he usually walked, and walked to the front step by step, standing in the middle of the blood left by Bitos.

——Fortunately, no legs are too weak to walk.

Draco thought.He knelt down obediently and lowered his head: "Master."

"I'm so happy to see you." The adult's tone didn't sound happy at all. "Hope you can tell me there's nothing wrong with what you're doing."

"No, master." Draco replied obediently.

"Very well, Malfoy is indeed a reliable servant." The lord continued. "I hope you mean, any time you can act, right?"

"Yes, master." Draco replied.

"Lucius is safe in Azkaban, at least for now. I have been sending someone to take care of him." The adult seemed to have mentioned something unintentionally. "—you'll get the signal when it's time to act. Draco, I hope you won't disappoint me."

"Please rest assured, master." Draco's heart trembled suddenly, but he still replied calmly.

"Well, Severus said you're short on time, so you can go back," said the grown-up. "Bella, go see your lovely nephew."

"Yes, Master." Bellatrix agreed with her head down, led Draco out, and returned to the courtyard.

"Look, I am only worthy to pick you up now." Bella took out a water bottle and complained while casting the portkey's destination spell. "It's infuriating to have to learn to use this damn thing Severus made."

"Maybe Master just loves you and can't bear to let you do those dangerous things." Draco watched her movements. "But I hope you can hurry up now, if I can't go back in time, it's Severus you're talking about doing something dangerous."