Chapter 64

What I said before, whether I was controlled by the Imperius Curse or blinded, all the excuses I said were self-defeating. If...... If that man fails again, will he be able to escape the judgment again, as he did last time? If not, what will happen to the Malfoy family? And even if he did, no one could guarantee that the Dark Lord would liquidate them. How moody the Dark Lord was, they Death Eaters knew all too well. If you go by yourself and are given to Arvada by the angry Dark Lord, then where will you be reasonable? And as soon as he died, the Malfoy family collapsed by half.

The consequences of not going? Lucius knew very well that once he didn't respond to the call of the Dark Mark in the first place, then he would be recognized as a traitor by the Dark Lord, and then his original colleagues, whether they wanted to or not, willing or not, they would come to hunt down and kill him and his family. Lucius is very familiar with this set, after all, in the era when the Dark Lord was raging, he Lucius did not do this kind of work.

The Dark Lord will return to the wizarding world one day, and these Death Eaters know very well. On the night of the Dark Lord's defeat, not only the ordinary wizards in the wizarding world of Ying Kingdom were celebrating, but some of the Death Eaters were also secretly happy, finally getting rid of this moody wizard and finally being able to live a normal life. But they didn't rejoice for long, and a cruel truth came before the Death Eaters, who were forced to join by the Dark Lord's coercion: the Dark Lord was not dead. When they looked at the Dark Mark on their arms, they knew that the Dark Lord was very weak now, but not dead. As a result, a split arose within the Death Eaters over whether or not to go to their former masters. Led by Lucius's sister-in-law, Bellatrix, the gang advocated that they immediately seek out their master and help him make a comeback. But the rest of the Death Eaters, all of whom were forced to join, were reluctant, and when it was possible to escape the Dark Lord's control, they seized the opportunity. They sent a message to the Ministry of Magic at the time, and the Ministry of Magic intervened and wiped out the former colleagues, and Bella's group was eventually arrested and imprisoned in Azkaban - the sentence was permanent.

Although Lucius wished that the Ministry of Magic would sentence these people to death, let the Dementors give them a kiss, and settle these Death Eaters who were dedicated to serving the Dark Lord once and for all. But most of the Death Eaters imprisoned were relatives of their pure-blood families, such as Lucius's own wife, Narcissa, who was a sister to Bella, and who had the surname Black before they married. After Narcissa's request and the family's internal exchanges, it was decided to spare these people's lives. Just lock them up in Azkaban and don't let them out, there's no need to do it so desperately. Azkaban never had a record of escaping from prison anyway.

Temporarily out of the way, the remaining ex-Death Eaters turned their attention to another question: how could the Dark Lord not die?

What happened that night may not be clear to ordinary wizards, but their families have long since investigated the matter: Lily Evans used a blood spell to bounce off the Dark Lord's life-seeking spell, leading to the Dark Lord's defeat. But what will happen to those who have fallen under the Curse, they all know better, after all, they are all familiar with the Curse. But the Dark Lord fell under his own curse and didn't die. And his soul was weak, but it was alive, and these were clearly reflected in the dark mark.

There are few, but not impossible, ways to prevent unnatural deaths.

The surviving families began to investigate and began to look through the ancient books of each family. In the end, the results came out: most likely, the Dark Lord had made the Horcruxes, so he didn't die completely after being hit by his own Death Curse. As long as his Horcruxes are not destroyed, the Dark Lord will not die completely.

Although these former Death Eaters guessed that the Dark Lord didn't die. But no one knew where the Dark Lord had hidden his Horcruxes, and they had no idea where to start.

But Lucius had a secret that no one had told: the Dark Lord had given him a diary. He had a terrifying guess about the journal: it was the Dark Lord's Horcrux.

But Lucius himself knew that the Dark Lord didn't trust them Death Eaters, and he just used them as tools. If the Dark Lord really gave his Horcrux to himself, it would only mean one thing, the Dark Lord made more than one Horcrux.

Lucius suddenly didn't want to stay here, and he wanted to study the journal properly. Determine if it's a Horcrux or not, and if not, think too much about it and make a false alarm. If it is really a Horcrux, then what should I do with it? If the Dark Lord really gives him a Horcrux of his, it means that Malfoy still has a certain status in the Dark Lord's heart, and the Dark Lord still values the Malfoy family more. But the things he did after his defeat obviously failed to live up to his attention, so when the Dark Lord returns, how will he rectify the Malfoy family?

Should I try to find the Dark Lord, even if it's just for show?" Lucius frowned, thinking uncomfortably.

"Father?" Draco looked at his father with a frown, unsure of what was happening.

Draco's voice woke Lucius.

"Xiaolong, tell me about that friend of yours. I want to find out. "

Perhaps Selwyn's line could go some way to helping Malfoy get through it.

Lucius knew it was time to take sides again. Just like eleven years ago, if he had made the same choice as those people, he would have had a cell of his own in Azkaban. Eleven years later, he will be faced with another choice, whether to continue to stand against the Dark Lord, or to abandon his current position and help the Dark Lord when he is at his most depressed and embarrassed, and then when he returns, Malfoy will receive a lot of rewards.

Lucius wasn't sure now, even if the Dark Lord finally returned, who could guarantee that he wouldn't fail again? But if the Dark Lord returned and liquidated himself as the Death Eaters who could be said to have betrayed him, then even if he finally failed, the Malfoys would be doomed.

After listening to Draco's description of Solim, Lucius decided that he would have to treat the siblings from House Selwyn tomorrow. If they can catch the line of the Selwyn family, then the survival of the Malfoy family is guaranteed. Lucius even had an unrealistic, but audacious, idea: he wanted Draco to marry the upcoming Miss Selwyn.

If it really works, then the Dark Lord will definitely not be able to move the Malfoy family, at least Draco will definitely not be harmed by the Dark Lord.

If Draco knew what was going on in his father's head, he didn't know how he would react.

Upon learning that Draco's friend would be coming through the fireplace the next morning, Lucius immediately contacted the Ministry of Magic's Department of Transportation and asked them to set up a line between the Leaky Cauldron and the fireplace in his house. Although Malfoy is down now, he still has this bit of energy. As the saying goes, Malfoy has to donate a large amount of gold Galleons to the Ministry of Magic every year, and small things like this can be done immediately with a single notice.

When Solim and Sylna arrived at Malfoy Manor the next day, Sylna, who had just stepped out of the fireplace, said to Solim, who had just come out of the fireplace, "Didn't you say that the way Floo Net moved was very bad?

It's the first time Sylna has used a fireplace when she's grown up.

"Trust me, I'll find an ordinary fireplace to make you feel what it means to spin the world and make you not want to eat for a day. "

Solim looked at the lavish décor and furnishings around him, and Solim knew that Malfoy Manor had arrived.