Chapter 498 The Dark Lord, the Hostage in an Embarrassing Situation
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Jing Shen Tian Si
Neville's body floated in the air uncontrollably, approaching the curtain bit by bit.
The Death Eaters watched this scene with great interest. During the more than ten years when Voldemort lost power, they did not dare to play like this. Ron, Ginny, and Luna were more worried than the other, but the three of them could do nothing now.
Harry gritted his teeth and clenched his wand tightly, and Hermione was about to fire the last bullet, at least not to let Neville just disappear before their eyes.
"Shut up your little thoughts." Lucius said lightly, "If you dare to make any small moves, Bella will not use the Levitation Curse, but the Killing Curse.
And don't forget, the other three are still in our hands, you don't want them to go faster than Longbottom, right? "
"What a ghost you are," Harry cursed, glaring at him.
"It breaks my heart to say that, Potter.
No matter how much you hate me now, please remember that I gave them a chance to live, unknown doesn't mean death, doesn't it? "
"What's the difference then?"
Lucius paused for a moment, then shook his head with a sneer, "What ignorance!
Being able to leave this world without pain like this is infinitely happier than being tortured by Cruciatus and then dying completely.
If you don't believe me, you can ask the Longbottoms in St. Mungo's. If they had a choice, they would definitely kneel down and beg Bella to do this to them. "
"You are not allowed to insult my parents." Neville cursed angrily, "They are heroes, and they didn't reveal any secrets when they were tortured."
"It was quite blunt, and they didn't mean to beg for mercy from the beginning to the end.
I'm curious if their son has that kind of loyalty. "
"Please put away your curiosity." Lucius said speechlessly, "Master has other tasks, we can't spend our time on torturing people."
"Other missions." Bella snorted lightly, but her tone also restrained a lot, "The master explained it inexplicably, maybe that person..."
"Just follow the master's plan."
Bella stopped talking and turned her attention to Neville.
He was getting closer and closer to the veil, and looking at the veil that was close at hand, he felt that his thoughts were being gradually swallowed up.
boom!
Neville suddenly fell to the ground, and after recovering from the brink of death, he quickly got up and distanced himself from the curtain as much as possible.
"Who's there?" Bella looked around, and finally fixed her eyes on the stone chair near the door.
"Ugh!"
A sigh full of helplessness clearly fell into everyone's ears.
Aaron removed the illusion spell from his body, and exposed himself to everyone with the book of prophecy.
Harry was relieved to see him, and his tense expression relaxed a little.
Others don't know about Aaron's record, so how could he not know? The Death Eaters here are obviously more difficult to deal with than the ones that appeared in the cemetery last year, but the number is relatively small. He must be fine.
Hermione lowered her head in embarrassment, not daring to meet his eyes, even the gun in her hand felt extremely hot.
"Hahaha..." Bella was stunned for a moment, and then let out a maniacal laugh, "You are still here."
"You know me?" Aaron frowned slightly, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat.
He couldn't remember any connection between himself and the escaped prisoner, even though she was Sirius' cousin.
"Meeting for the first time, but... the Dark Lord is very clever.
A handsome 16-year-old boy might show up, let's pay attention. Bella said meaningfully, then raised her wand suddenly, and a layer of transparent ripples quickly spread in all directions.
"Anti-apparition spell?" Aaron thought about Bella's words, and then felt some obstacles in the space, and his brows frowned even deeper.
"Uncle Lucius, can you give me an explanation?" Aaron looked at Lucius and asked, also buying some time for the Order of the Phoenix.
He had to make a move just now, otherwise Neville would be doomed, but now he seems to have fallen into a pit out of nowhere, and if he wants to climb up safely, he has to count on reinforcements.
"You should be able to guess that the Dark Lord has arranged other missions specially for you."
Aaron couldn't help laughing, "Voldemort is really patient with me!"
"Another guy who dares to say his name." Bella gave him a hard look, "You..."
"I'm not the same as Harry Potter. In a sense, the blood of Gaius is more noble than pure blood. If you want to scold me, it's better not to use 'dirty bastard' or something like that. How rude."
Bella's expression froze, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, not knowing how to push back.
"Aaron, the Dark Lord wants to see you.
You'd better cooperate well and don't make things difficult for us.
Most of the Death Eaters gathered last year had been wasted for more than ten years, but those gathered here today are all the elite Death Eaters of Azkaban.
Ten years of imprisonment left them no time to deal with other things, but their research on black magic was more in-depth. "
Aaron glanced around, noncommittal to the statement.
The level of magic power of these people is at least on the same level as his, and the weakest one is close to the high-level magister, especially Bella, a lunatic who has faintly stepped into the threshold of the great magister.
However, strength is not the same as combat power. If he wants to run with all his heart, these people can't stop him.
But there are a total of six oil bottles here, and there are anti-apparition spells, so the situation is a bit difficult, and breaking through forcibly will definitely cause damage.
Delaying time, as long as the Order of the Phoenix comes over, all problems will be solved, Professor Snape, you must not lose the chain at this critical moment!
"We'll talk about this kind of thing later." Aaron waved his hand pretending not to care, "How did Voldemort know that I would come over tonight?"
"Actually, the Dark Lord is not sure." Lucius sneered, "Our main purpose tonight is to predict the ball, and Potter has already helped us get it.
As for you being purely a surprise, he guessed that you might have come for a friend, and it turned out to be the case. "
"Sorry." Harry said weakly, "If I can calm down..."
"No need to apologize, really.
You've paid for your impulses, and I don't think apologizing will slow your memory.
Your level of killing is definitely a master level, at least once a year, and it doesn't repeat every year. I'm curious how you do it.
To be honest, it's a miracle that you're still alive today. "
Harry: …
"As for you." Aaron looked at the captured Ron, Ginny, Luna and Neville in front of the curtain, crying and laughing: "Aren't you very stubborn before you came? You can't stop it!
What now?Is there so much regret? "
A few people exchanged glances, and it was hard to say, they were indeed impulsive.
"And you." Aaron looked at Hermione speechlessly, "How did I explain to you?
The props I gave you are only enough for you alone, not for you to save six people, you can obviously escape unscathed. "
"I..." Hermione bit her lower lip, her eyes were slightly red, "I'm sorry, but I can't just watch!"
"Forget it, it's useless to say that." Aaron said dejectedly, this time he took the initiative to appear in front of the Death Eaters, and he had already violated the ancestral precepts of the Gaius family.
From this moment until the end of the dispute in the magic world, the family will not provide him with any shelter.
"Stop talking nonsense." Bella said impatiently, "It is your honor to meet the master with us."
"Let me finish." Aaron took a deep breath and looked at Harry seriously, "Do you know why I came here?"
Harry was stunned for a moment, then shook his head in confusion, "I don't know, you shouldn't be worried about our safety?"
"I'm a little self-aware." Aaron pouted, "To be honest, you, especially whether you die or not, have nothing to do with me. I tried my best to persuade you, but I couldn't stop it, so I don't feel guilty at all.
But she is a bit special, I didn't want her to die with you so I gave her something to save her life, but it turns out that my arrangement was not strict. "
"After I returned to the dormitory, I did divination several times, and saw some pictures of you after you came to the Ministry of Magic.
To be honest, I wasn't worried when I saw you being chased by these Death Eaters. It was within my expectations. After all, it was a trap, and Voldemort would arrange everything.
But when I saw someone give up the chance to leave and wasted a precious bullet, I couldn't bear it. At that time, I realized what I had overlooked. She might not follow the safe path I arranged. Her things are at most self-protection, it is impossible to save six people.
In fact, when I saw this, I almost smashed the crystal ball in anger, but I can still hold on. After all, if you persist for a while, reinforcements may not come. "
"But in the end I got a dire prophecy that one will die at the hands of Death Eaters tonight."
"One person?" Bella said with a playful smile, "I'm afraid there is something wrong with your prediction, at least four."
"If the four of them are sent into the veil, life and death are unpredictable, not necessarily death." Aaron explained ponderingly, "Then who will die?"
Hermione and Harry looked at each other, both feeling goosebumps all over their bodies.
"I...will die, won't I?" Harry murmured. He had absolutely no chance of surviving if he were brought to see Voldemort, and he didn't have a Flashback Charm or a Portkey this time.
"It's very possible, after all, the props I gave her are enough to buy her life from Voldemort." Aaron said, and then changed the subject, "However... Judging from Hermione's previous performance, I am a little bit unhappy. Sure, she might be foolish enough to bargain with Voldemort and try to bail you out.
It's not that she can't do this kind of thing, but once a Muggle-born wizard puts forward such a condition, it will be a dead end. "
Hermione looked a little unnatural, she really had this idea.
"I tell you this to prepare you mentally.
If someone must die tonight, you bear a large part of the blame. "
Harry nodded palely, he couldn't find any excuse to refute.
"Interesting story." Bella raised her eyebrows, "But it won't be just one person who died."
"Avada Kedavra."
The green dim light shot straight at Neville, and at this moment a yellow magic circle appeared in front of him.
The corner of Bella's mouth raised slightly, the Killing Curse was not so easy to block, she seemed to have seen Longbottom's death.
But her smile froze the next moment, and a palm made of rocks pushed Neville to the ground, just avoiding the green light.
"It's somewhat unreasonable to do it all of a sudden."
"Fortunately for him." Bella said coldly, "Enough time wasted, come with us, Gaius."
"Not to mention that I haven't decided whether to go with you to meet the Dark Lord, but tell me why he wants me!"
"It may be related to your identity." Lucius paused for a moment, then added: "A deeper level of identity."
"Lucius, is it alright to tell him this?" Antonin frowned.
"This is just my guess, the master didn't say anything.
If you guess wrong, just pretend I didn't say it, and it doesn't matter if you guess right, the master will just talk to him about it. "
Hearing this, Aaron's face darkened slightly.
It seems that Voldemort has other plans this time and gave up making him submit, but he will definitely not be friendly to him.
"Huh!" Aaron took a deep breath, "Although I don't understand it very well, as long as I don't go, it's fine."
"You have no chance to choose." Bella sneered, "It's fine if you cooperate, but if you don't cooperate, we may kill you."
Aaron: …
It's surprising, but where do you get your confidence from?
"Aaron." Lucius gave him a meaningful look, "The Dark Lord will not harm you."
"I believe this, after all, I have always remained neutral and did not clearly stand on the opposite side of him.
But... Uncle Lucius, do you think I'm going to get caught without a fight? "
"No, but there is no need to take risks. Since you are here, it is not so easy to leave, and..." Lucius paused for a moment, then turned to look at Ron and the others, "We have three, no, count Bo Te, Granger, Longbottom, we have six hostages, you don't want them to be harmed!"
"Despicable," Ginny swore.
"This is an opportunity provided by you." Lucius said lightly, and Ginny was speechless immediately. There is no more embarrassing situation than a hostage.
Aaron glanced at the silent hostages, and couldn't help but sneered, "Uncle Lucius, I'm not like Harry Potter, who is individual heroic and addicted to saving people.
There is one in our family's ancestral motto, do not accept threats.
Whether they are hurt or not is their own fault, so what does it have to do with me? "
"Malfoy, what nonsense are you talking about?" Travers, one of the escaped prisoners, looked at Lucius dissatisfied, "Just catch him and it's over, or do you have other intentions and violate the master's mission?"
"Shut up, you don't know him well. If we really fight, we'll die at least half of the time." Lucius said suppressing his anger, and then pointed his wand at Hermione, "I can decide to let her go, as long as You made the right choice."
Aaron: …
The Death Eaters watched this scene with great interest. During the more than ten years when Voldemort lost power, they did not dare to play like this. Ron, Ginny, and Luna were more worried than the other, but the three of them could do nothing now.
Harry gritted his teeth and clenched his wand tightly, and Hermione was about to fire the last bullet, at least not to let Neville just disappear before their eyes.
"Shut up your little thoughts." Lucius said lightly, "If you dare to make any small moves, Bella will not use the Levitation Curse, but the Killing Curse.
And don't forget, the other three are still in our hands, you don't want them to go faster than Longbottom, right? "
"What a ghost you are," Harry cursed, glaring at him.
"It breaks my heart to say that, Potter.
No matter how much you hate me now, please remember that I gave them a chance to live, unknown doesn't mean death, doesn't it? "
"What's the difference then?"
Lucius paused for a moment, then shook his head with a sneer, "What ignorance!
Being able to leave this world without pain like this is infinitely happier than being tortured by Cruciatus and then dying completely.
If you don't believe me, you can ask the Longbottoms in St. Mungo's. If they had a choice, they would definitely kneel down and beg Bella to do this to them. "
"You are not allowed to insult my parents." Neville cursed angrily, "They are heroes, and they didn't reveal any secrets when they were tortured."
"It was quite blunt, and they didn't mean to beg for mercy from the beginning to the end.
I'm curious if their son has that kind of loyalty. "
"Please put away your curiosity." Lucius said speechlessly, "Master has other tasks, we can't spend our time on torturing people."
"Other missions." Bella snorted lightly, but her tone also restrained a lot, "The master explained it inexplicably, maybe that person..."
"Just follow the master's plan."
Bella stopped talking and turned her attention to Neville.
He was getting closer and closer to the veil, and looking at the veil that was close at hand, he felt that his thoughts were being gradually swallowed up.
boom!
Neville suddenly fell to the ground, and after recovering from the brink of death, he quickly got up and distanced himself from the curtain as much as possible.
"Who's there?" Bella looked around, and finally fixed her eyes on the stone chair near the door.
"Ugh!"
A sigh full of helplessness clearly fell into everyone's ears.
Aaron removed the illusion spell from his body, and exposed himself to everyone with the book of prophecy.
Harry was relieved to see him, and his tense expression relaxed a little.
Others don't know about Aaron's record, so how could he not know? The Death Eaters here are obviously more difficult to deal with than the ones that appeared in the cemetery last year, but the number is relatively small. He must be fine.
Hermione lowered her head in embarrassment, not daring to meet his eyes, even the gun in her hand felt extremely hot.
"Hahaha..." Bella was stunned for a moment, and then let out a maniacal laugh, "You are still here."
"You know me?" Aaron frowned slightly, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat.
He couldn't remember any connection between himself and the escaped prisoner, even though she was Sirius' cousin.
"Meeting for the first time, but... the Dark Lord is very clever.
A handsome 16-year-old boy might show up, let's pay attention. Bella said meaningfully, then raised her wand suddenly, and a layer of transparent ripples quickly spread in all directions.
"Anti-apparition spell?" Aaron thought about Bella's words, and then felt some obstacles in the space, and his brows frowned even deeper.
"Uncle Lucius, can you give me an explanation?" Aaron looked at Lucius and asked, also buying some time for the Order of the Phoenix.
He had to make a move just now, otherwise Neville would be doomed, but now he seems to have fallen into a pit out of nowhere, and if he wants to climb up safely, he has to count on reinforcements.
"You should be able to guess that the Dark Lord has arranged other missions specially for you."
Aaron couldn't help laughing, "Voldemort is really patient with me!"
"Another guy who dares to say his name." Bella gave him a hard look, "You..."
"I'm not the same as Harry Potter. In a sense, the blood of Gaius is more noble than pure blood. If you want to scold me, it's better not to use 'dirty bastard' or something like that. How rude."
Bella's expression froze, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, not knowing how to push back.
"Aaron, the Dark Lord wants to see you.
You'd better cooperate well and don't make things difficult for us.
Most of the Death Eaters gathered last year had been wasted for more than ten years, but those gathered here today are all the elite Death Eaters of Azkaban.
Ten years of imprisonment left them no time to deal with other things, but their research on black magic was more in-depth. "
Aaron glanced around, noncommittal to the statement.
The level of magic power of these people is at least on the same level as his, and the weakest one is close to the high-level magister, especially Bella, a lunatic who has faintly stepped into the threshold of the great magister.
However, strength is not the same as combat power. If he wants to run with all his heart, these people can't stop him.
But there are a total of six oil bottles here, and there are anti-apparition spells, so the situation is a bit difficult, and breaking through forcibly will definitely cause damage.
Delaying time, as long as the Order of the Phoenix comes over, all problems will be solved, Professor Snape, you must not lose the chain at this critical moment!
"We'll talk about this kind of thing later." Aaron waved his hand pretending not to care, "How did Voldemort know that I would come over tonight?"
"Actually, the Dark Lord is not sure." Lucius sneered, "Our main purpose tonight is to predict the ball, and Potter has already helped us get it.
As for you being purely a surprise, he guessed that you might have come for a friend, and it turned out to be the case. "
"Sorry." Harry said weakly, "If I can calm down..."
"No need to apologize, really.
You've paid for your impulses, and I don't think apologizing will slow your memory.
Your level of killing is definitely a master level, at least once a year, and it doesn't repeat every year. I'm curious how you do it.
To be honest, it's a miracle that you're still alive today. "
Harry: …
"As for you." Aaron looked at the captured Ron, Ginny, Luna and Neville in front of the curtain, crying and laughing: "Aren't you very stubborn before you came? You can't stop it!
What now?Is there so much regret? "
A few people exchanged glances, and it was hard to say, they were indeed impulsive.
"And you." Aaron looked at Hermione speechlessly, "How did I explain to you?
The props I gave you are only enough for you alone, not for you to save six people, you can obviously escape unscathed. "
"I..." Hermione bit her lower lip, her eyes were slightly red, "I'm sorry, but I can't just watch!"
"Forget it, it's useless to say that." Aaron said dejectedly, this time he took the initiative to appear in front of the Death Eaters, and he had already violated the ancestral precepts of the Gaius family.
From this moment until the end of the dispute in the magic world, the family will not provide him with any shelter.
"Stop talking nonsense." Bella said impatiently, "It is your honor to meet the master with us."
"Let me finish." Aaron took a deep breath and looked at Harry seriously, "Do you know why I came here?"
Harry was stunned for a moment, then shook his head in confusion, "I don't know, you shouldn't be worried about our safety?"
"I'm a little self-aware." Aaron pouted, "To be honest, you, especially whether you die or not, have nothing to do with me. I tried my best to persuade you, but I couldn't stop it, so I don't feel guilty at all.
But she is a bit special, I didn't want her to die with you so I gave her something to save her life, but it turns out that my arrangement was not strict. "
"After I returned to the dormitory, I did divination several times, and saw some pictures of you after you came to the Ministry of Magic.
To be honest, I wasn't worried when I saw you being chased by these Death Eaters. It was within my expectations. After all, it was a trap, and Voldemort would arrange everything.
But when I saw someone give up the chance to leave and wasted a precious bullet, I couldn't bear it. At that time, I realized what I had overlooked. She might not follow the safe path I arranged. Her things are at most self-protection, it is impossible to save six people.
In fact, when I saw this, I almost smashed the crystal ball in anger, but I can still hold on. After all, if you persist for a while, reinforcements may not come. "
"But in the end I got a dire prophecy that one will die at the hands of Death Eaters tonight."
"One person?" Bella said with a playful smile, "I'm afraid there is something wrong with your prediction, at least four."
"If the four of them are sent into the veil, life and death are unpredictable, not necessarily death." Aaron explained ponderingly, "Then who will die?"
Hermione and Harry looked at each other, both feeling goosebumps all over their bodies.
"I...will die, won't I?" Harry murmured. He had absolutely no chance of surviving if he were brought to see Voldemort, and he didn't have a Flashback Charm or a Portkey this time.
"It's very possible, after all, the props I gave her are enough to buy her life from Voldemort." Aaron said, and then changed the subject, "However... Judging from Hermione's previous performance, I am a little bit unhappy. Sure, she might be foolish enough to bargain with Voldemort and try to bail you out.
It's not that she can't do this kind of thing, but once a Muggle-born wizard puts forward such a condition, it will be a dead end. "
Hermione looked a little unnatural, she really had this idea.
"I tell you this to prepare you mentally.
If someone must die tonight, you bear a large part of the blame. "
Harry nodded palely, he couldn't find any excuse to refute.
"Interesting story." Bella raised her eyebrows, "But it won't be just one person who died."
"Avada Kedavra."
The green dim light shot straight at Neville, and at this moment a yellow magic circle appeared in front of him.
The corner of Bella's mouth raised slightly, the Killing Curse was not so easy to block, she seemed to have seen Longbottom's death.
But her smile froze the next moment, and a palm made of rocks pushed Neville to the ground, just avoiding the green light.
"It's somewhat unreasonable to do it all of a sudden."
"Fortunately for him." Bella said coldly, "Enough time wasted, come with us, Gaius."
"Not to mention that I haven't decided whether to go with you to meet the Dark Lord, but tell me why he wants me!"
"It may be related to your identity." Lucius paused for a moment, then added: "A deeper level of identity."
"Lucius, is it alright to tell him this?" Antonin frowned.
"This is just my guess, the master didn't say anything.
If you guess wrong, just pretend I didn't say it, and it doesn't matter if you guess right, the master will just talk to him about it. "
Hearing this, Aaron's face darkened slightly.
It seems that Voldemort has other plans this time and gave up making him submit, but he will definitely not be friendly to him.
"Huh!" Aaron took a deep breath, "Although I don't understand it very well, as long as I don't go, it's fine."
"You have no chance to choose." Bella sneered, "It's fine if you cooperate, but if you don't cooperate, we may kill you."
Aaron: …
It's surprising, but where do you get your confidence from?
"Aaron." Lucius gave him a meaningful look, "The Dark Lord will not harm you."
"I believe this, after all, I have always remained neutral and did not clearly stand on the opposite side of him.
But... Uncle Lucius, do you think I'm going to get caught without a fight? "
"No, but there is no need to take risks. Since you are here, it is not so easy to leave, and..." Lucius paused for a moment, then turned to look at Ron and the others, "We have three, no, count Bo Te, Granger, Longbottom, we have six hostages, you don't want them to be harmed!"
"Despicable," Ginny swore.
"This is an opportunity provided by you." Lucius said lightly, and Ginny was speechless immediately. There is no more embarrassing situation than a hostage.
Aaron glanced at the silent hostages, and couldn't help but sneered, "Uncle Lucius, I'm not like Harry Potter, who is individual heroic and addicted to saving people.
There is one in our family's ancestral motto, do not accept threats.
Whether they are hurt or not is their own fault, so what does it have to do with me? "
"Malfoy, what nonsense are you talking about?" Travers, one of the escaped prisoners, looked at Lucius dissatisfied, "Just catch him and it's over, or do you have other intentions and violate the master's mission?"
"Shut up, you don't know him well. If we really fight, we'll die at least half of the time." Lucius said suppressing his anger, and then pointed his wand at Hermione, "I can decide to let her go, as long as You made the right choice."
Aaron: …
