The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Malfoy knew with his toes that this curse was anything but benevolent.

The mysterious man's trusted Death Eater risked being caught by Dumbledore and came to Hogsmeade to brand himself with the Dark Mark. The curse on the jewelry given in the end could not be like giving people pimples on their face. A little fight, right?

It's going to kill people!

Bellacritus observed the panic on Malfoy's face, but she didn't care. This was an order from the Dark Lord, and he had to fulfill it no matter what. If Malfoy refuses, Bella will even use the Imperius Curse to control him and let him carry out Voldemort's mission.

"Then who should I give it to?" Malfoy took the box cautiously, wanting to know who the mysterious man's mission target was.

"The master did not specify a clear mission goal. This is a test. Do you understand, Draco?" Seeing that her nephew didn't seem to be very enlightened, she decided to remind her of this stupid nephew for the sake of her sister. .

"The more important people you kill, the higher your status with the Dark Lord." She stared directly into Malfoy's eyes and approached Malfoy step by step. "Believe me, if you can kill Malfoy, Bledo, then you will definitely get a reward that is unimaginable in your dreams, and your father will regain the favor of the Dark Lord... For your father, and for the ancient Malfoy family!" Bellacritus put his hand on Malfoy shook him vigorously on his shoulders, his tone almost hysterical.

"D-Dumbledore?" Malfoy was frightened by the name coming out of Bella's mouth: How could he have the ability to assassinate Dumbledore? Could the trinkets in the box really kill a wizard like Dumbledore?

He didn't believe it. No kidding, does your mysterious person have this ability? If you really have it, why do you ask me, a little wizard who is less than fifth grade, to do this? You don't have that ability at all, right? !

After realizing that she seemed to have accidentally spoken out her innermost thoughts, Bellatrix also felt that it was inappropriate.

He was still just a child, so it was a bit reluctant to ask him to kill Dumbledore all of a sudden. She thought about it and changed her words.

"This is just what I said casually. How you choose depends on you. It doesn't matter if you choose an ordinary wizard."

At the same time, in order to strengthen his persuasion, Bellacritus also opened the box and revealed the jewelry inside: it was a golden necklace with a pure gold swan hanging at the end of the chain.

The jewelry looked harmless, but Bellacritus's expression was extremely serious.

"Never touch this necklace with your bare hands, it will kill you." She warned her nephew seriously. She used her wand to control the necklace, making it spin twice in mid-air before putting it back into the box. Then he pushed the box into Malfoy's hand.

Malfoy's hair trembled all over his body as if he had caught a scorpion.

"As long as you don't touch the necklace, there will be no problem." Bellacritus looked at Malfoy with a look of contempt on his face: her sister's family is too timid.

Staring at the box in his hand, Malfoy whispered: "Is it okay to choose any wizard..."

At this moment, he felt a little moved.

He could throw the box into the bathroom on a certain floor and wait for some unlucky person to come to the door. By doing this, we should be able to fool the mysterious man and the others, right? Malfoy thought to himself.

If this is the method, it is not impossible in Malfoy's eyes. Because it is safe enough, you don’t need to do too many operations yourself.

However, Bellacritus ruthlessly shattered Malfoy's illusions.

"Choose a wizard at random? Of course." Her half-smiling expression made Malfoy panic, "It's just that a 'randomly' chosen wizard cannot satisfy the Dark Lord."

Malfoy:…

"If that adult is not satisfied..." he asked cautiously.

"I will let you perform another mission." Bellatrix's words made Malfoy's heart freeze.

Another mission? That's too difficult! The teachers and students of Hogwarts who have already been attacked will definitely be more vigilant, and it will be much more difficult for them to succeed.

"How about I find a prey for you..." Bellatrix licked the corner of her mouth, a trace of crazy blood flashed in her eyes: "I remember that there was a little mudblood who got very close to Tom Yoder. How about you kill her and we'll be able to do the job?"

"Hermione Granger?!"

"That seems to be the name." Bellatrix nodded casually. This girl has been in the limelight recently. During the summer vacation, she was in the newspaper together with that Yodel. If she was killed, it would definitely disrupt the entire Hogwarts and give the master a chance to achieve his great plan.

As for why the more famous Yodel was not chosen, it was because Voldemort still had illusions about winning over Yodel.

At this time, Malfoy's heart was filled with fear.

That's Hermione Granger! No matter whether his assassination is successful or not, his end will not be very good. This is to offend himself for driving Tom to death.

Malfoy instantly weighed the pros and cons.

This mission cannot be accepted!

He dared to assassinate Dumbledore, but he did not dare to assassinate Hermione. Because Dumbledore is a good person, he will not do anything to himself even if his action fails. But Tom is different. Once he makes such a move, he will die without a burial place.

"Well, okay." Malfoy tried his best not to show any abnormality. He was extremely conflicted inside now.

There were two paths before him. The first was to find Tom after leaving the Hog's Head Bar and tell him Bellatrix's plan. If possible, tell Tom her location and use Bellatrix as a bargaining chip to find a way out for yourself.

The benefits of this are obvious, but the risks are too great and will completely bind you to the Order of the Phoenix.

The other way is to implement Bella's plan obediently, but if Tom discovers it, going to Azkaban and jail is a luxury.

what can we do about it? You can't keep delaying it, right?

"You seem to be hesitant," Bellatrix was not someone who was easy to fool. She noticed something was wrong with Malfoy's state. She stared at Malfoy, as if she wanted to see through his mind.

"No, no... I, I just don't know what to do..." Malfoy felt his heart beating rapidly, and he couldn't help but tighten his wand again.

"Well, there is a proper way." Bellatrix offered Malfoy a move.

"You can use a confusion spell to ask someone else to hand over the necklace for you, so that you won't be exposed. You just need to hide behind the scenes."

This suggestion made Malfoy a little excited. However, he does not know how to confuse the spell.

After hearing what Malfoy said, Bellatrix sighed.

Won't? I take it you don’t want to? She had lost patience with her nephew.

"That's okay, I can teach you... listen up - soul out of body!" Bellatrix first pretended to teach Malfoy the confusion spell, and then suddenly took action, hitting Malfoy with a soul-stealing curse. Fu's forehead.

Malfoy's expression suddenly became confused.

"You guys usually talk nice, but when it's time to serve your master, you all push back and forth. Lucius is like this, Sissy is like this, you are like this..." Bellatrix He muttered in a low voice, his eyes full of resentment.

She didn't understand, why couldn't these people be loyal to their master? Even his biological sister is the second and fifth child on both sides of the head and the rat. The cowardly gene of the Malfoy family must have affected his sister! Other wizards don't know about the dirty actions of the Malfoy family in the past, so why don't you still know about it?

Bellatrix controlled Malfoy, gave him a few orders, and left the Hog's Head pub through the Floo network.

Draco Malfoy also left here with the wooden box with a dull expression. According to Bella's instructions, he would return to Hogwarts to look for opportunities to take action.

"It's getting late, maybe we should return to the castle." Dumbledore buried the remaining food scraps into the ground, dusted off the crumbs on his robes, looked at Tom and Hermione, and pondered He said in a tone of voice: "Do you two have any other arrangements? I want to remind you that Hogwarts has a curfew. If you want to stay outside at night-"

"No!" Hermione stamped her feet, her face flushed.

"Really?" Dumbledore glanced at the black stockings on Hermione's legs without any trace, feeling that what she said seemed to have little credibility.

"Of course!" Tom said, "Professor, don't worry, we will definitely abide by the school rules."

Even with Dumbledore's psychological endurance, he almost couldn't hold back after hearing these words.

You, Tom Yoder, follow school rules? Don’t you look at how many times you’ve stayed up at night?

"As long as you have an idea." Dumbledore cleared his throat. He lifted the basket, put away the tablecloth on the floor, and waved to Tom and the others: "I'm going back first."

"Professor, please wait a moment, there is one more thing I forgot to mention." Tom suddenly remembered that there was one more thing he had not asked Dumbledore.

During the picnic, they were really just chatting. They didn't talk much about serious matters. They just talked about the feasibility of installing surveillance in Azkaban and how to take the Sorcerer's Stone. The thing Tom wanted to ask the most has not been asked yet. Woolen cloth.

"What's the matter?" Dumbledore turned and looked at Tom with a calm expression.

"Are there any protective measures at Hogwarts?" Tom looked at Dumbledore curiously.

"Protective measures?" Dumbledore was stunned by Tom's question. Hermione on the other side couldn't stand it anymore. She answered Tom's question for Dumbledore.

"Hogwarts Castle is cast with Muggle expulsion spells and anti-Apparition spells, and cannot be marked on the map. In the eyes of Muggles, Hogwarts Castle is just a ruin, with a "Keep Out Danger" sign hanging outside. The sign, as long as they get close, they will think of urgent matters and then leave in a hurry - this is all written in "Hogwarts: A School History", Tom, you really should read more." She said blankly. Tom glanced at him and felt that he had asked a rather poor question.

"Are there any defense measures against wizards?" Tom was worried not about Muggles, but about potential hostile wizards.

Dumbledore: ...

In Tom's opinion, Hogwarts has always been lacking in permanent defense against wizards. The imaginary enemies of this castle have always been Muggles who have malicious intentions towards wizards. As for wizards, it seems that they are not among the considerations of the founder and successive headmasters. After Sirius escaped from prison, even though the Ministry of Magic deployed a large number of dementors to block the entrances and exits to the school, they could not prevent Sirius from sneaking in.

"Are you still worried about the Japanese and the remaining Death Eaters?" Dumbledore said softly.

"Yes, according to the existing intelligence, aren't the two of them already collaborating? There is also the ghost entrenched in America, the Purifier. These three parties are mixed together, and it may not be easy to solve." Tom looked at it seriously. Looking into Dumbledore's eyes: "It would be troublesome if they target Hogwarts."

"You make sense." Dumbledore nodded, accepting Tom's suggestion.

"I will increase the protection level of Hogwarts," he turned his back and said softly: "There are defense barriers against wizards around Hogwarts, but they are not usually turned on. Once they are turned on, they will be launched. A powerful invisible barrier that contains various ancient spells that are very difficult to break from the outside."

Opening this barrier should cost a lot, but Dumbledore felt it was worth it. He really didn't want Hogwarts to become a battlefield.

After finalizing the matter of upgrading the school's protection level, Dumbledore left first. Tom and Hermione planned to continue shopping for a while before going back to school.

As the two wandered aimlessly on the street, Tom caught a glimpse of gold in his peripheral vision. He turned around and saw that it was Draco Malfoy.

He strode past the two of them, seemingly not noticing their presence at all. However, when he passed Hermione, Tom heard a clear and sweet ringing sound.

Tom raised his eyebrows. The ringing seemed to be the sound of the bell on the anklet he gave Hermione. Hermione always wore this anklet, even when taking a shower or sleeping. Once the bell on the anklet rings, it means that there is someone around her who has ill intentions towards her.

So Malfoy is malicious towards Hermione? How dare he?

"It seems that our classmate Malfoy is not very honest." Tom looked at Malfoy's back and said in a cold tone, "How dare he make an idea of ​​you."

"I wonder what he wants to do?" Hermione also frowned. It's not a good feeling to know that someone has malicious intentions towards you but can only wait passively.

"How about taking action in advance and getting rid of him?" Tom looked at Hermione and gave his own plan. In his opinion, how can one guard against thieves for a thousand days? It is better to strike first.

Hermione hesitated for a moment, then finally shook her head.

"No, he hasn't done anything yet."

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Four thousand words, good night~

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