if i am not me

Lucius was very glad that everyone present had focused their attention on those items, which gave him time to hide the unnatural look on his face.That dangerous thing that nearly killed Draco, even though it was no longer threatening, still couldn't stop the deep disgust in his heart.

"This is..." James looked at Dumbledore in surprise, but his trust in Dumbledore for a long time made him suppress the doubts in his heart, opened his mouth, and swallowed what he hadn't said.

"Yes, James." Dumbledore seemed to understand James' mood very well at the moment, and he explained without procrastination, "Unfortunately, I only found these three items, and...except for the diary, nothing else has been found. Find a way to destroy it."

Hearing this, Sirius couldn't help picking up the beautiful crown on the table, "Doesn't that mean... this thing is still dangerous?"

Nodding slightly, Dumbledore also picked up the locket, "Very powerful spiritual influence."

"Is that useless?" James knew how the diary was destroyed, so he glanced at Lucius intentionally or unintentionally.

Lucius glanced back indifferently, and said indifferently, "I think Dumbledore must have tried it."

Dumbledore didn't seem to notice that there was something wrong between them. He chuckled and said, "Indeed, but the fangs have no effect on the crown and locket. If there is venom, you can try it, but unfortunately..."

Lucius glanced at Dumbledore quickly, wondering how he could say such a thing?

With a long sigh, Dumbledore put down the locket, took a sip of the hot drink Lupine had just made for him, and said, "That's right, Basilisk's body is gone."

"what?"

Dumbledore stroked the rim of the cup with both hands, "That's why I came to you so urgently."

Lucius was confused by Dumbledore.He didn't think he could hear their conversation from his current position, but Dumbledore first let him see the diary and the two items that were obviously related to the diary, and then said that Basilisk's body was not in the secret room... …

"...Who is it?" Lupine was obviously shocked by what Dumbledore had thrown out, and it took several seconds before he asked his own question.But as soon as the words were out of his mouth, he realized how stupid that question was? - if Dumbledore had known, he wouldn't be sitting here.

Snape was as surprised as they were. At this moment, countless thoughts were running through his mind, but they were so uncontrollable.Only James looked at the few people present, vaguely, as if he had glimpsed something, and it was that vague thought that made him lock his eyes on Lucius again.

No matter what Lucius said, he was also the favorite general of the Dark Lord's subordinates, otherwise the diary would not have been in his hands, so even if he was as flustered as he was, after he noticed the concentrated gaze, he immediately woke up.

The look in James' eyes made him tremble involuntarily.

Harry and Draco sat in the breezy courtyard, waving their wands up and down from time to time.Suddenly, Harry shivered, and his brow furrowed sharply.

"What's wrong?" Draco asked softly, noticing the pause in Harry's movements.

Shaking his head for some unknown reason, Harry smiled, "It's okay, maybe I didn't wear enough." After speaking, he turned his attention to the parchment in front of them.What they didn't know was that Lucius' back was already drenched in cold sweat.

As a Malfoy, Lucius is naturally not an idiot. Combining the look in James' eyes with what happened today, he only felt a surge of anger rolling in his stomach.It's just that he has always been calm and reserved, so he looked at Dumbledore with just a slight movement on his face.

He wanted to see what Dumbledore wanted to say.

"You must be wondering why I called you here." Dumbledore put down the locket in his hand, "Lucius."

Lucius nodded.

"Remember this diary?" He said, picked up the blood-stained diary on the table, and handed it over.

Lucius paused for a moment, then took it with his hands stiffly, but said naturally, "Small... ah, Draco told me that this is the note that he pierced with his fangs?"

"Yes." Dumbledore said directly, without trying to tell whether the expression on his face was fake, "Also, it has another name."

After hearing Dumbledore's words, Lucius was really curious. At first, he only thought it was the key to open the secret room, and what's more, it preserved part of "his" memory or the evil power that could kill people, but now It seemed that it was worse than he imagined.

"It is a Horcrux."

The existence of Horcruxes has always been known to only a few of them, and this is because they have received a list of Horcruxes.Today, one more person has learned of its existence.

"Soul... Horcrux?"

Lucius was really stunned now.

Born in the Malfoy family, he may not know the specific function of the Horcrux, but he has also heard of its evil name.Therefore, when he remembered what he had done, he couldn't help feeling a sense of horror from the depths of his heart.

Fortunately, Xiaolong is fine, otherwise...

Thinking of this, even as strong and self-respecting as him, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.Immediately, his eyes widened suddenly, the diary was a horcrux... and this horcrux was destroyed by Xiaolong.

Merlin...

At this moment, Lucius has never been so grateful that he defected to the Ministry of Magic after "him" was resurrected, otherwise, even if he lost his life, it would be impossible to save Germany from "that person". lark.

Seeing Lucius' reaction, the others didn't speak, but they all knew that after this incident, the Malfoy family was bound to the Ministry of Magic, and they were more or less relieved.

"It seems that you know what a Horcrux is." James picked up the pendant with an extremely complicated expression.

"No... please... explain to me." Clenching his fists, Lucius tried to make his voice sound calm.

James sighed almost inexplicably, and stopped talking nonsense, and told Lucius everything about the Horcrux they got.For a moment, the whole room could only hear the voice of James pouring out those terrible words word by word.

"That's it." After the last word, James also put down the locket, "This thing... makes me uneasy."

"It can't take too long." Dumbledore also finished the hot drink in his glass at this time, and Lupine was refilling his glass. "Lucius, do you know why I invited you to meet tonight?"

Lucius hadn't spoken since James started talking, until Dumbledore's words came, the man who had been standing upright finally lowered his head, "Little dragon... Draco..."

"Yes." Dumbledore's eyes flashed unbearably, "Look at this again."

Following his words, Snape handed over a piece of parchment, and Lucius took a look. It contained words such as Riddle's diary, Slytherin's locket, and Hufflepuff's cup.

Lucius looked up eagerly, "This..."

"The list." James nodded slightly, "The six items on it are 'his' Horcruxes."

Taking a deep breath, Lucius said, "Talk about your guesses."

Lupine and Sirius looked at each other, Snape lowered his eyes, James kept the most perfect sitting posture, all closed their mouths, waiting for Dumbledore's explanation.

Coughing lightly, Dumbledore panted, and said quietly, "We suspect that your son, Draco Malfoy, may have been infected by 'his' soul. Of course!" He raised his hand violently , stopped Lucius, who was about to explode into a rage, and his speech speed suddenly accelerated, "It's not the worst kind. Listen to me."

Lucius slowly adjusted his leaning forward posture back.

"He may have got the memories belonging to 'him', so he can open the secret room, and," he said, pointing to the table with his finger, "know the existence of these things, and tell them where they are."

"It's not random guessing." Once again stopping Lucius who was about to speak, Dumbledore gasped again, "We have our reasons, trust me, Lucius. Besides, we won't do anything to him, That ability doesn't seem to have any effect on his body or mind. We just want to tell you about it, after all, you are his father and you have this power."

It seemed that Dumbledore was a little tired from talking so much in one breath, so the sound of his panting became more and more obvious.

Lucius calmed down amidst the panting.

"Are you sure there will be no problem?"

"I don't know yet, but it seems not at the moment." Dumbledore replied matter-of-factly.

After a long while, he seemed to accept this argument, and asked lightly, "What do you need me to do?"

"Protect him."

"You don't need to say it."

"I know."

The room fell silent again.

"I'm leaving." Lucius stood up, looking extremely tired.

Snape, who had been sitting in the corner, came over and stepped out of the door of the room first. "I send you."

The others were very considerate of the man's mood at this time, and didn't care about the suddenness of his departure. After making a gesture, they watched the two leave the room one after the other.

Hearing the creak of the door opening and closing, James looked away.

"Are you sure you don't do anything?" Sirius couldn't help but hold back his words for a long time. As soon as the person concerned left, he couldn't help asking Dumbledore his own questions.

Dumbledore didn't answer right away.After a while of silence, several people heard him say in a low voice, "Don't worry."

"That child is helping us."

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