#212 - Chapter 212 The Malfoy Family Wants Spicy
Realign?
How?
Could it be that we should openly and directly join the ranks of those rebelling against the Dark Lord?!
Putting aside whether Dumbledore would protect my family.
Once the Dark Lord returns, I'm afraid he would personally remove the Malfoy family from the list.
This multiple-choice question has always had only one option for the Malfoy family, and that is to continue following the Dark Lord.
Thinking of this, Lucius reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead, then loosened his collar, disregarding etiquette.
"Sebastian, thank you for your kindness, but the Malfoy family simply has no other choice."
Lucius took a deep breath and said calmly.
"Even if the Dark Lord no longer trusts me, he still needs me."
"After all, most of the old pure-blood families now look to the Malfoy family as their leader."
"He needs the Malfoy family's reputation, he needs the Malfoy family's heritage, and he needs the Malfoy family's Galleons."
"So, we can still cooperate as before, providing convenience for each other in our respective camps. Wouldn't that be better?"
Hearing this, Sebastian held up a finger and gently waved it.
"I'm sorry to say, this approach is already outdated and does not apply to your current situation."
"How is that possible..." Lucius opened his mouth, just about to refute something, when Sebastian interrupted him.
"Senior, don't be anxious," Sebastian smiled softly, "Let me share another secret with you."
"The secret to the Dark Lord's immortality."
The secret to the Dark Lord's immortality?
What does this have to do with my situation?!
Lucius was curious and patiently listened to Sebastian continue.
"The reason the Dark Lord didn't die and turned into a half-human, half-ghostly remnant soul is because he refined a Dark Magic tool for himself—a Horcrux."
"I think, as an old pure-blood family, you should have enough family heritage to understand what a Horcrux is and what its drawbacks are."
Hearing the word Horcrux, Lucius suddenly understood.
The family records did indeed mention such a thing as a Horcrux, and explicitly forbade future generations from creating them.
This evil tool can indeed ensure that a person will not be killed.
However, is there really someone who would create such a thing?
You must know that the prerequisite for creating a Horcrux is splitting the soul.
Once the soul is split, that person is no longer complete, or rather, no longer themselves.
No wonder the Dark Lord's appearance has become so strange and his personality has become so irritable, completely different from his previous wise and mighty self.
It turns out it was all the Horcrux's fault.
But what does this have to do with the Malfoy family?
Just as Lucius was puzzled, Sebastian's words made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
"Senior, do you remember an old black leather notebook, the one with Tom Riddle's name on it?"
Could it be that?
That notebook is...
Lucius didn't dare to think more.
His face turned pale again, and he trembled like a leaf.
"Sebastian, do you... mean..."
"It's not what I think, right?"
"I'm sorry," Sebastian directly shattered Lucius's last illusion, "That notebook is the Dark Lord's Horcrux."
As soon as these words came out, Lucius seemed to have all the strength drained from his body and collapsed onto the sofa.
He actually put the Dark Lord's immortality tool into a little girl's cauldron.
And then allowed the other party to take it into Hogwarts.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he jumped up, came to Sebastian's side, grabbed his hand tightly, and asked.
"Sebastian, since you've seen that notebook, then you know where it is, right?"
At this time, Lucius abandoned all demeanor and all etiquette, pleading bitterly.
"As long as you help me find that notebook, I will agree to any condition."
"It's too late, Senior," Sebastian said with a face full of regret, "How do you think I discovered that the notebook was a Horcrux?"
"That notebook controlled a student, and then opened the Chamber of Secrets, releasing the Basilisk."
Basilisk?!
Lucius shuddered.
The Basilisk and the Chamber of Secrets were on the news for several days back then.
He even lamented that Sebastian had stumbled upon a stroke of good luck, actually leading a group of students to solve a millennium-old mystery.
Now it seems that everything is related to the notebook.
"Then... where is that notebook?" Lucius asked stammeringly.
"Do you think Dumbledore wouldn't pay attention when such a big thing happened at the school?"
Sebastian grinned: "After catching the Basilisk, we followed the clues and found the notebook without alarming any students."
"It was from Dumbledore that I learned that the notebook was the Dark Lord's Horcrux."
"As for the notebook, it was naturally destroyed."
Hearing this answer, Lucius's body went limp, and he staggered back to his sofa.
"There's one more thing you need to know, about Draco," Sebastian said slowly.
Lucius's heart tightened, and he looked up at Sebastian: "Speak, I can handle it."
"Senior, Draco offended the Dark Lord unconsciously when he was in his first year."
How is that possible?
How could Draco offend the Dark Lord?
Looking at Lucius, who was full of disbelief, Sebastian explained.
"Do you remember when I said that the Dark Lord sneaked into Hogwarts to steal the Philosopher's Stone?"
"As a remnant soul, the Dark Lord did not have the ability to directly steal the Philosopher's Stone, so he possessed another person and controlled that person to steal the Philosopher's Stone."
"Draco and a few other children discovered the sneaky thief."
"Then, a few righteous little guys tried to stop that thief."
Sebastian said euphemistically: "As for the result, I can only tell you that the Dark Lord failed."
"You say, isn't this indirectly offending the Dark Lord."
"Of course," Sebastian changed the subject, "The Dark Lord may not remember Draco, but who can say for sure."
Hearing Sebastian's words, Lucius's heart was ashen, and he sat there with a vacant look, unable to say a word.
It's over!
The Malfoy family is completely finished.
My son Draco and I have completely offended the Dark Lord to death, and with the Dark Lord's narrow-mindedness, it is impossible to spare us.
"Senior," Sebastian said gently, "You said one thing just now that was very correct, the Malfoy family simply has no other choice."
"What do you think?"
Lucius moved his lips and said with a desolate voice.
"What can I do, defect to Dumbledore?"
"Will he trust me, will he protect the Malfoy family?"
"I'm sorry to say, I don't trust him either. In the last wizarding war, he couldn't even protect his own Order of the Phoenix, his methods are too weak."
"If he had been more forceful and directly taken over the Ministry of Magic, using the power of the entire wizarding world to fight against the Dark Lord, the result last time might have been different."
"Senior," Sebastian stood up and walked to Lucius's side, looking down at him, "You've fallen into a misunderstanding."
"No one said to let you defect to Dumbledore."
"For the Malfoy family, there is someone who is a better choice than Dumbledore."
"That is me!"
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