HP Midnight Light

- 1980th February 8 - Unnamed Castle, Cumbria

"Master," whispered Bellatrix, "Rodolphus must be—"

The Dark Lord held up an index finger, and Bella flinched and said nothing.

"Rodolphus," he hissed, calling out the man's name on the ground, "what happened?"

"I..." Rodolphus shook his head vigorously, and cast a horrified look at Bella involuntarily. His wife gave him a hard look, and before she had time to speak again, someone knocked on the door.

Barty Jr. walked in.

"I've learned what happened, Master." The door closed slowly behind him, and Barty Jr. didn't look at anyone, and said directly, "Wilkes was besieged by a few Aurors who were ambushing in the dungeon, but he Barely escaped. But just as he fled towards the exit of the Ministry of Magic, the Aurors heard a scream, and Wilkes was on the ground before they rushed over."

"It appears he was killed by someone else."

"On the contrary, Mrs. Lestrange. Even the Ministry of Magic can't figure out who killed Wilkes, and no Ministry of Magic staff has admitted to shooting him. People from the Department of Legal Enforcement have been working for the past few days. Disputed over Wilkes' death."

"So, Rodolphus, do you agree with Barty Jr.?" the Dark Lord asked. "And how did you escape the Ministry? Who knocked you out?" he asked in succession.

Rodolphus cast another glance at his wife as if he couldn't control himself, Bella's eyebrows twitched slightly, and this scene came into the eyes of the Dark Lord.The doubts in his heart became more and more serious, and the Dark Lord lost the last bit of patience with Rodolphus, and he suddenly shook his wand very quickly:

"Dementor!"

Bella opened her eyes wide, but little Barty smiled faintly.However, the rest of the Death Eaters didn't know anything about the mystery hidden in it. The only thing they realized was the Dark Lord's gradually gloomy face.

When he lowered his wand, the Dark Lord did not immediately open his eyes.In fact he looked expressionless.

"Master..." Bella called cautiously, "Master?"

"Rodolphus," the dark lord's high-pitched and cold voice pierced Bella's eardrums, "do you think I should kill you?"

Bella cried out: "Master!"

She didn't expect that the next second, the Dark Lord turned his snake face to her: "Do you know about this, Bella?"

Bella's expression froze strangely on her face, her eyelashes trembling violently, and after a while she replied weakly in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "I don't understand what you mean, master."

The Dark Lord narrowed his eyes, and a red light that foreshadowed cruelty flashed across his eyes: "You better not know, Bella." Before Bella could answer, he turned to everyone abruptly, and said loudly, "Will you?" Erkes' death is a pity, remember that."

The Death Eaters were clearly overwhelmed by the dramatic turn of events.After all, at one point just now, the Dark Lord looked as if he was going to kill.But he didn't intend to give specific explanations for what he said.

Barty Jr. and Evan looked at each other silently, but at least on the surface, there was no strange expression on their faces.

"And Rodolphus, I am very disappointed in you." The Dark Lord said lightly, "I am very disappointed in you all."

Maybe others didn't understand his words, but Bella understood: "Master?" She asked incredulously, her body even trembled slightly.

"Well done, little Barty, thank you for the information. Now I have a new task for you: to investigate who sold the information about Signus to the Ministry of Magic." The Dark Lord praised, and then he The subject changed, "Bella, you are in charge of cooperating with Barty Jr."

Bellatrix's face paled instantly, and tears quickly gathered in her eyes.The surrounding Death Eaters hummed unabashedly in amazement, and blurred faces turned to Bellatrix.She gritted her teeth and stared stubbornly at the opposite wall.

"Rodolphs, Rabasta, you two follow Evan's arrangement to monitor the Potter family." The Dark Lord ignored the shocked or uneasy murmurs of the Death Eaters, and he waved at Evan lazily. Beckon him to follow him to the hidden room behind.

The stone door closed.The mixed voices were shut out.

"Master, is your attitude towards Lestrange..."

"You don't understand, Evan. They should be grateful to me for my kindness." The Dark Lord said coldly, "Such scum is not worthy to show off among the Death Eaters. I made a mistake and misjudged the person...but You're different, Evan, and over the years I've seen how loyal you and Cornelia are to me..."

"We will not betray your trust, Master."

"I hope this ring goes to the right person, Evan."

"You will see, master." Evan said vowedly, "Rozier will fight for your great cause until the last moment."

"You have been following me for many, many years, Evan. It seems that I haven't asked you why?" The Dark Lord's tone slowed down a bit.

"My reasons are simple, my lord. I support your views and plans, and that's all."

"Obviously, Cornelia has also inherited all your ideas, and even surpassed others." The Dark Lord said slowly, "Speaking of which, Evan, there is one thing that surprises me—what is it? To make you choose to live alone for the past few decades? You know, you deserve better women, decades ago, and now there are many pure blood women who are chasing you."

"I don't care about these external things, master." Evan replied, "I have made up my mind to fulfill your plan as my lifelong ideal since a long time ago."

"I thought you'd say you still miss her."

"The only thing I miss about her is that she made me a death eater through and through, and she left me with Leah--at the end of the day, it was just a youthful romance." Wen even laughed softly.

"You are really different from others, Evan. You will never be confused by these superficial things." The Dark Lord turned to Evan, "Then, I will give you another secret mission."

Evan straightened his back: "At your service, master."

"Hold this, Evan." The Dark Lord handed Evan a tightly wrapped thing, and he took it, feeling like a book was wrapped inside, "This is a book I prepared for the white wizards." A small gift, and when the time is right, I will take it out and surprise them."

"So, what do you want me to do, master?" Evan didn't quite understand.

"Keep it somewhere safe in your house and hide it. Tell no one of its existence but you and Cornelia," said the Dark Lord. "I cannot keep it with me, or it would be too much of a target." It's obvious...you see what I mean, don't you?"

The Dark Lord had temporarily handed over some dangerous things to Evan in the past—such as loot, black magic books, and poison—Evan didn’t think much about it, he thought it was just the same thing as before: "Yes, Owner."

-June 8rd -Smith Manor

"Why do we always go to the Lestranges, sister-in-law?" Mrs. Smith asked Aurora at last when she asked her to change into a dreadful tunic.

"What do you think of Mr. Lestrange?" Mrs. Smith avoided answering.

Aurora didn't speak, she showed everything with her expression.

"You don't like him?" Mrs. Smith stopped what she was doing and raised her eyebrows. "Why?—Because he's not handsome enough? Not tall enough? You don't have anything in common? But you haven't even talked in depth yet, my dear." .”

A look of discomfort appeared on Aurora's face: "But...but he makes me feel very uncomfortable."

"what?"

"I can't tell." Aurora was fiddling with the pannier. "He seems to be very polite, and I can't find any faults. But I always feel that he is very strange... just... a strange temperament..."

Mrs. Smith showed a look of irony, and she waved her wand to let the skirt fall on Aurora: "You think too much, dear, maybe you should read less of those strange books." She frowned and complained, " That's indecent!"

Without even thinking about it, Aurora retorted: "Sean also likes it very much—hiss!"

Mrs. Smith fastened the buttons on her back: "Mr. Greengrass? Listen, Aurora, I don't care what Mr. Greengrass taught you and said to you in the past, but you should start learning from now on. Listen to us. And, at least for some time to come, you won't see Mr. Greengrass again!"

"Why?" Aurora turned her head, her eyebrows furrowed together.

"First, he has married a wife and had children; second, in view of the first point, it is not appropriate for you to continue to maintain close contact; third, your brother and I are very disappointed with your previous behavior, which is not what a good girl should have. Manners." Mrs. Smith buckled the last button rudely, "Until you are married, you should not associate with married men. At least your brother and I will never allow such a thing to happen!"

Aurora was confused by her words: "Is Sean married?"

"Two months ago."

"With whom?" Aurora asked without thinking, "Is that a woman named Vera?"

"You know her?" Mrs. Smith's face suddenly turned cold, "You really don't know how to measure, Aurora. We thought you were kept in the dark, but we didn't expect you to be so clear about it."

"That woman was clearly part of that plan! You know that, sister--" Aurora gave a short cry.

Mrs. Smith withdrew her hand sullenly: "Enough, stupid girl!" She said with a cold face, "Your existence has made us lose face, I didn't expect you to do one thing after another!" What a fool!" She called the house-elf, "dress her up and send her downstairs at two o'clock sharp. Besides, burn all her books without leaving a single one!"

"How could you treat me like this!" Aurora yelled angrily, "I'm at least your husband's sister, I don't expect you to treat me like a family member, but maybe you should be more polite to me!"

"Why can't I?" Mrs. Smith asked contemptuously. She looked around the rather luxurious bedroom, "Don't forget that we gave you all of this."

"If you treat me like this, I can write to the Ministry of Magic." Aurora bit her lip, "During the trial they said—"

"It seems that you don't know enough about the wizarding world, silly girl." Mrs. Smith looked at her like a clown, "We are wizards, and you will always be just a squib."

- Rewind time to July 7th - Ministry of Magic

Little Barty walked up and down in the Legal Enforcement Department in a grand manner, while Old Crouch was discussing the upcoming trial with Amelia and others in the conference room at the other end of the corridor.

When he casually walked to the door of the Prohibition of Misuse of Magic office, little Barty looked around quickly, and then walked into the office.

"Send a letter to any member of the Wizengamot, saying that the trial against Bulstrode will be held in the tenth courtroom at nine o'clock, and Bulstrode will be escorted by the Aurors from cell 27 to the courtroom."

Mafalda obediently grabbed the quill and wrote a note according to Barty Jr.

"Make multiple copies of it to make sure the Death Eaters will intercept it." Little Barty then ordered, he glanced at Mafalda, and after making sure that she couldn't get rid of the Imperius Curse, Little Barty exited the room contentedly .

The night before, Barty Jr. had chatted with Crouch Sr. about the next day's trial at the dinner table, seemingly unintentionally.He then reminded old Crouch not to forget about the death eaters breaking into the courtroom before, and advised him to wait for the rabbit and catch the turtle in the urn.Old Crouch greatly appreciated his idea, and as soon as he came to the Ministry of Magic today, he convened everyone to announce this impromptu idea.

Based on what Barty Jr. knows about him, Crouch Sr. will definitely force everyone to agree to his plan.

Sure enough, the meeting ended after a few minutes.Little Barty saw an Auror leaving in a hurry, and it seemed that he was going to inform others.

"Have they agreed, father?"

"It would be a fool to disagree." Old Crouch said in a good mood, "We moved up the trial time, changed the courtroom, and ambushed Aurors in the dungeon and the tenth courtroom. If any Death Eaters come , they must be hard to fly."

"That's the biggest difference between you and Minkan, father. He knows nothing but deploying dementors, and you are the one with real skills."

"Don't say that, Barty!"

However, the old Crouch's expression proved that Barty Jr.'s compliment was exactly what he wanted.

"Damn..." At the moment Rodolphs was struggling to get up, Little Barty, who had been hiding in the dark, quickly raised his wand to modify his memory——

Wilkes was killed by him, and the reason he did it was to hit Rozier... He hoped to claim the credit, but he was also afraid that Wilkes would confess him... Bellatri Kex knew his plan and was very supportive, and she was also planning to start a fight with Rozier and his daughter in the near future... But he planned to put all the blame on Bella, saying that she forced him to do it because of her existence It's already getting in the way, he just needs the trust of Rabastan and the Dark Lord...

Little Barty heard the sound of the Auror approaching, he quickly grabbed Rodolphs and dragged him into the corner where he was hiding just now.Then he fell to the ground with a plop, pretending to be knocked out.

"Little Mr. Crouch?" When the Aurors found out that it was him who fell on the ground, they all exclaimed.

"He ran there!" Barty Jr. performed superbly. He pointed to another exit of the Ministry of Magic, and then explained, "I found that the exit was blocked, and I was about to ask someone to ask. That Death Eater came up. I didn't go forward because I was afraid of disturbing you, who knew that as soon as he came over—" He gasped, "I bumped into that barrier..."

"Are you all right?"

No one doubts the son of the Director of the Department of Legal Enforcement, not to mention that the Director has always presented an impressive positive image.

The Aurors were convinced, and they rushed towards the second exit.Little Barty watched their figures disappear, and then quickly cast a stun spell on Rodolphs in the corner.

And Wilkes, his serious injury doomed him to die soon.

The author has something to say:

Note:

1. Bella doesn't know what Rodolphus did, she just guesses something from his reaction.

2. Cornelia's mother has a later story.

3. To put it simply, Barty Jr. modified Rodolphs' memory, and Wilkes' real cause of death was that he was seriously injured in the fight with Auror.Voldemort currently has no minions in the Ministry of Magic, so he can only listen to Barty Jr.'s one-sided story, and the "truth" he read from Rodolphs' memory also agrees with Barty's statement.

4. Voldemort was already very disappointed with Rodolphus, plus the reason "he killed Wilkes", which led to the cold reception of the Lestrange brothers.As for Bella, she was implicated.

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