war and peace

Three days later, they were ready to set off again.

"Is this really possible? Casting the Imperius Curse on Bellatrix?" Hermione couldn't help but confirm again a moment before Apparating.She and Harry used the Invisibility Cloak, while Voldemort used the Disillusionment Curse, and the three of them were going to go to Diagon Alley together.This idea came from Voldemort. Bellatrix has the habit of checking the vault from time to time (apparently more concerned than Malfoy), and she must check it once before the New Year.All they had to do was cast the Imperius Curse before she went into Gringotts, and she'd come out with what he'd put in her custody.

"It doesn't matter, she can't see us, it's easy to kill." Voldemort said.It couldn't be easier, he just told Bella to go to Gringotts today, take out the gold cup, and put it in the designated place - well, over.

Harry and Hermione didn't know the twists and turns down here, and they always felt that the risk was not small. "What if Bellatrix suddenly changed the time? What if our Imperius Curse is not enough to confuse her from the time she goes in to the time she comes out?" Harry questioned.

"It turns out that you are very self-aware of your Imperius Curse, so of course I did it." Voldemort commented very briefly on this.Nothing can happen to Bella: as long as it is an order from him, Bella will do it for him no matter what.

Harry was instantly shocked.Hermione looked at him with sympathetic eyes and said nothing, obviously thinking that Roald was more reliable than him.That made Harry even more depressed.

It was still early when they landed against the pillars of Gringotts together.Diagon Alley is deserted and deserted, and occasionally a few people pass by in a hurry and never stay.A lot of shops on both sides of the road were closed, and the posters pasted on the windows had now become wanted notices. Harry saw countless people on them posing gloomy faces to him.

Hermione silently used her earplugs to listen to the spell. "Come closer, Harry," she whispered.They were standing behind one of the decorative marble pillars on either side of the entrance to Gringotts Bank, so they had limited space to stand and had to be careful not to bump into the Death Eaters guarding either side.It turned out that there were two goblin guards there, but now the situation has changed.

Harry tried to press himself against the wall.When they were young, the invisibility cloak could cover three people, but now two people have to pay attention not to expose their feet.He and Hermione were back to back, one facing the street and the other facing the gate.Harry was looking at himself on a wanted poster, and he didn't feel very good. "There's no one on the road...how's your side, Hermione?"

"It's okay, they can't hear us, they are dozing off." Hermione still answered him in a low voice.The two Death Eaters guarding Gringotts should be waiting for their shift after the vigil, and their spirits are very poor. "I don't know what's going on with Mal..." She said a little worriedly, "I can't see him!"

Harry was about to say something when there was a commotion down the street.A dark-haired woman appeared in his field of vision and strode over.The few passers-by gave way one after another, giving her a large space. "Bellatrix!" he whispered. "Here she comes...no one but her!"

"So fast?" Hermione was taken aback.She had thought that they would have to wait a long time or longer, or that Bellatrix might show up with the other Death Eaters, but she didn't expect things to go so smoothly. "Mal should have seen it, right? Oh, the Disillusionment Curse is such a troublesome thing!" Seeing no one, she was obviously very nervous.

Bellatrix Lestrange walked the cobbled road, maintaining her usual haughty expression.She had orders from the Dark Lord to take out the contents of the vault today and move it - the Dark Lord needed it.So she came early, in order to fulfill the Dark Lord's wishes.

Bellatrix was more puzzled by another thing than the Dark Lord wanting to move something he had kept in the vault for more than ten years: the Dark Lord asked her to pause before entering the Gringotts gate, Then he showed a blank look.Well, it wasn't that hard to do, and she knew it was the Imperius Curse - but the question was, why did the Dark Lord want her to act like someone had put the Imperius Curse on her?

Strange as it may be, she would never disobey the orders of the Dark Lord.Bellatrix climbed up the marble steps in front of Gringotts, and paused as instructed when she reached the top floor.Her eyes were blank for a moment, and then she looked around with a very puzzled look.Dazed is false, doubt is real.According to the Dark Lord, the person who should cast the Imperius Curse on her should be nearby, right?But there seems to be no one there?Using the illusion spell?She wanted to get out her wand and cast a presence spell, but couldn't.The Dark Lord must be watching her performance somewhere...

Harry had already turned around, holding his breath with Hermione.Bellatrix was standing not three paces in front of them, looking in their direction at least twice.

She paused for a long time, and one of the Death Eaters who guarded the gate yelled in a daze: "Who...?" When she opened her eyes, she realized that it was a big deal, and her drowsiness was immediately frightened away: "Mrs. Lestrange!" The sound woke up the other Death Eater, who immediately stood up straight and tipped his hat to her.

Bellatrix was wondering if she had stayed too long, and if she would reveal her flaws, she hurriedly grabbed the steps: "Did the Dark Lord ask you to come here to doze off? I heard that, Greyback is short of manpower recently!" Although Fenrir Greyback is on their side, he is a ferocious and bloodthirsty werewolf, and the danger in these words is self-evident.

"No no, it was just an accident! We promise!" The faces of the two Death Eaters turned pale, they were terrified. "Please do not report to the Dark Lord, we will do our duty faithfully, Mrs. Lestrange!"

Bellatrix snorted heavily and gave them both another hard look before continuing into Gringotts.

Harry and Hermione breathed a sigh of relief together under the cloak.There had been a moment when Harry was convinced that Bellatrix was trying to get the wand out, and she seemed to have noticed something was wrong.However, she did not do so in the end, indicating that Roald's Imperius Curse was indeed successful.Harry couldn't help thinking that Roald was right—in his case, Bellatrix wouldn't be able to control Bellatrix with the Imperius Curse, and she'd give them away as soon as she fought back.

Voldemort watched the scene silently from behind another pillar.He could see that Bellatrix wanted to do it for a moment, which in a way showed her loyalty; if it were Lucius, he must have been impatient, and there was nothing wrong with it.Thinking of the platinum nobles, a smile rose from the corner of his mouth.It's not in vain that he arranged a good job for Lucius, right?

They waited patiently for a long time.Not long after, Bellatrix appeared again, and several goblins were nodding and bowing to see her out.Carrying a small box wrapped in black cloth tightly in her hand, she ignored the goblins and walked out.

According to the predetermined plan, they should let her leave the box in Ollivander's wand shop and leave by herself.So Harry and the others followed Bellatrix down the steps in front of Gringotts, onto the cobbled ground, past one shop after another with closed doors, and finally came across the shabby little one. wand shop.

Half of Ollivander's sign was missing, the door was slanted, and the purple upholstery in the window was covered with dust. It was obvious that the owner hadn't taken care of it for a long time.Bellatrix was walking quickly, but when she got there, she hesitated.Harry and Hermione followed at a distance, close to another wooden door with a seal, and her brows could be seen frowning tightly from the side.Did the Imperius Curse fail at the last minute?Harry thought nervously.

But in reality, Bellatrix hated the place.Dirty, broken and small, why did the owner let her put things here?Isn't the Lestrange vault better than this?Perhaps, this is just a transfer station, and someone else will take it away?That's incomprehensible, who could be more loyal to her master than Bellatrix?Just at this moment, a slight sound came into her ear. "Go in, put your stuff down, and leave. Don't look back, Bella."

Although the sound is very small, it is very clear that it is a sound transmission spell.The master was indeed watching her work!Bellatrix was taken aback, and then felt a sense of pride.It seems that the master wants to take it away by himself, and no one can be trusted by the master more than her! "Yes, master." She also whispered back, and then waved her wand to remove the crumbling door panel, and then walked in.

Harry and Hermione saw Bellatrix's expression suddenly relax, and then walked into Ollivander.After a while, she came out again, and the small box in her hand was gone.She took one last look at both ends of the street, then saluted to the air, and left.

"What was she doing just now?" Harry asked inexplicably when Bellatrix's figure disappeared and could no longer be seen.Salute to the air?How queer!

Hermione was clearly confused too. "Maybe the Imperius Curse is too powerful?" She guessed uncertainly.

Because of this small change, the two of them waited cautiously for a while longer.During the period, a few people passed by in a hurry, not to mention staying, they didn't even give the wand shop a look, and Bellatrix didn't return.

"Okay, it looks all right, let's go." Harry pulled Hermione forward.The two of them moved against the edge of the wall to avoid hitting pedestrians (although there were few pedestrians), and slipped in through the place where Bellatrix had removed the door panel.

The square black cloth bag was placed on the only bench in the hall.The two looked at each other, then slowly approached.Harry held out his wand and picked it under the cloak.Hermione tapped it and whispered, "Silence."

The head of the black cloth was a jeweled gold box.Harry couldn't help sighing, the pure-blood family is really rich and powerful.Open the box again, on the dark green velvet base, a beautifully carved cup quietly reflects the golden light.

"Hufflepuff's cup!" Harry recognized instantly.This is exactly what he saw in the memory of the house elf, the golden cup that old Mrs. Smith showed to young Riddle.

"Great!" Hermione had just finished speaking when she heard loud chatter and laughter from outside.She shut up immediately, and slammed the golden box shut.Neither of them said a word, they stood under the cloak and waited for the Death Eaters to pass: because only the Death Eaters could speak so brazenly now, the others were the ones who could go silent without making a sound.

"...Haha, so Malfoy also had such a day!" A hoarse voice laughed. "Transylvania, are there white peacocks there?"

Another voice also seemed very gloating. "Who told that it was the Dark Lord's order? No matter how out of the way it is, it's just a sentence. How dare Malfoy go against the Dark Lord's wishes?"

"So you've been away for several months? I haven't seen him at Christmas, so I'm sure I won't be back in the New Year! It's really a good job!"

Two men in black robes passed outside Ollivander, paying as much attention to the shabby shop as anyone else. "Having said that, Master summoned us to Malfoy Manor much less frequently..."

Their voices faded away, and Hermione breathed a sigh of relief. "Sounds like Voldemort sent Malfoy to Transylvania? Something new? Hm, Mal?" she whispered.They agreed to meet here, Mal should have arrived earlier than them.

There was silence all around. "Mal? Mal?" Hermione raised her voice again.It's true that the illusion spell can make people invisible, but it doesn't mean they can't even hear their voices, right?

Harry was also a little anxious.He turned his head quickly and looked at the small shop again.If Roald was here, he couldn't have missed it, it's just such a small space... Then he saw something dusty on the bench, they only paid attention to Bellatrix's box just now, Didn't notice there was it.He cast a Levitation Charm, and the thing floated up, revealing its crumpled full form.

"He's gone." Harry was surprised at the calmness of his own voice. "Leaving us a map of Malfoy Manor."

"What?" Hermione was shocked.

Meanwhile, Malfoy Manor.Lucius Malfoy has never felt that his manor is so life-like, that life is simply worse than death.Of course, he was fine, healthy and well fed - but he'd rather be dispatched by Voldemort to that bloody Transylvania, as the other Death Eaters were gloating about!