After Easter, Fish returned to a peaceful campus life, but it was not peaceful at all outside the campus.
First of all, the Ministry of Magic wanted to communicate with Dumbledore face to face over and over again, but Professor McGonagall blocked them all.
But even so, Piers Shinnix refused to give up. He somehow persuaded the International Federation of Wizards to award Dumbledore with a Medal of Honor for his contribution to wizard education. contribute.
This time Dumbledore was present, and not only was he present, he was also in very good condition. His face was flushed with no signs of injury, and his voice was as full of spirit as ever. The index finger of the right hand has returned to its original appearance at this time.
"Master! Snape is indeed lying!"
When Sinex brought the news back, Bellatrix immediately screamed excitedly.
As a diehard member of Voldemort, what she dislikes the most is that Snape obviously betrayed Voldemort, but he is still reused. The most important thing is he was valued more by Voldemort than himself!
So now that Snape was actually deceiving Voldemort, Bellatrix started to make trouble without hesitation, especially now that Snape was not around, he couldn't use rhetoric to fool him like before!
Lucius raised his eyelids and glanced at his aunt, then lowered his head silently. He was in an awkward position now, so it was not convenient for him to speak for Snape.
"No, I think Snape's words are more true now."
The person who spoke for Snape was Voldemort's most trusted servant, Barty Crouch Jr.
"Crouch! Are you crazy?!" Bellatrix widened her eyes and looked fiercely at Barty Jr.
Little Barty was unmoved. Compared with Bellatrix, who had serious personal emotions, although he was also dissatisfied with Snape, he was able to look at the problem more objectively.
He looked at Voldemort respectfully and fanatically, and analyzed seriously: "I think that the previous temptation by the Ministry of Magic may have aroused Dumbledore's vigilance, so he showed his side on purpose and acted as if he was completely fine. .¡±
Voldemort nodded in approval, then glanced at Bellatrix lightly, somewhat helpless in his heart.
Fanatic followers like Bellatrix are loyal enough, but their abilities are hard to describe. Most of them can only serve as mere thugs and coolies, unable to share more important things for themselves.
The reason why he reused Snape was not only that the other party's identity was indeed very useful, but also that the other party's ability to handle affairs was strong enough. After Quirrell's "crime" of stealing the Philosopher's Stone for himself, how could Voldemort let him go so easily.
Barty Crouch Jr.'s abilities are pretty good, otherwise he wouldn't have successfully used Harry's blood to revive him Although the final result was not so perfect because of a certain kitten.
But Little Barty, like those criminals who escaped from prison, is still in the dark for the time being.
Voldemort had considered asking Barty Jr. to replace a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Magic with Polyjuice Potion before, but now that even the Minister of Magic has been controlled by him with the Imperius Curse, naturally there is no need to be so troublesome Moreover, he also needs a person with an online IQ to deal with some not so important things for him.
Bellatrix saw that she failed to make Snape "fall out of favor" with Voldemort, and her expression suddenly became a little gloomy.
But she didn't have any strong evidence to refute Little Barty, so she could only sit back unwillingly, muttering in a low voice: "This is just your speculation"
Voldemort pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "What Bella said makes sense, we still need to confirm"
Bellatrix, who was still somewhat lost, immediately showed a moved expression, looking at Voldemort with fanaticism and admiration, completely ignoring her husband sitting beside her, and Rodolphus Lestrange Nor did he show any dissatisfaction with his wife.
Voldemort ignored Bellatrix, but turned his gaze to Lucius Malfoy, who sat at the end of the long table.
"Lucius, how is Draco's mission going?"
"Draco contacted me during Easter, and the cabinet will be repaired soon. I think he will send good news soon." Lucius replied respectfully.
 "Huh!" Voldemort snorted coldly, and said dissatisfiedly: "I remember saying that I don't need such vague answers."
"This" Lucius gritted his teeth and said, "I'll contact Draco right away."
"Cough, cough." Umbridge, whose position had been moved in front of Lucius, suddenly cleared his throat, and said in a soft voice, "Master, if you want to pass through that magical cabinet, send someone to To test Dumbledore's situation, it is best to choose the time of summer vacation."
After a period of adaptation, Umbridge easily integrated into the Death Eaters, and by virtue of her experience in currying favor with and figuring out her superiors in the Ministry of Magic, as well as various cruel methods of torturing people, she successfully obtained Voldemort's appreciation, so now she has recovered the little girl's way of speaking, and can make some suggestions in the meeting of the Death Eaters.
"Dumbledore is very partial to that little monster, Fish McGonagall. He wanders around the castle almost every night. As long as he is in the school, it is undoubtedly very difficult to secretly send someone into Hogwarts. .¡±
"Hehehe" Voldemort sneered, "So what?" He said mercilessly, "Do you want to disobey my order?"
Voldemort's cold gaze swept across the crowd, causing most of the Death Eaters to bow their heads in fear, while fanatics like Bellatrix clamored loudly that they were willing to sacrifice their lives for Voldemort.
"Don't worry, Voldemort never treats his friends badly." Voldemort, who is well versed in PUA, retracted his gaze in satisfaction, and then said in a relaxed tone: "I plan to hand over this matter to Greyback's men, and those from A The guy who escaped from Zikaban will do it."
Voldemort, who was already understaffed, would certainly not be so stupid as to let the Death Eaters who supported his pure-blood idea do such an obvious death thing, but werewolves and those prisoners were not within the scope of his "cherishing", even if Those people were caught, and with the help of Sinix and the controlled members of the Ministry of Magic, they would not be exposed.
However, in order to obtain first-hand information, he still planned to send a Death Eater to follow the situation.
Voldemort's eyes wandered back and forth on everyone, and finally fell on Lucius Malfoy.
In his opinion, he kindly gave Lucius the opportunity to redeem his crimes, and if he was discovered, not only would he suffer, but his son who was studying at Hogwarts would also be implicated. For Lucius, who had lost several Horcruxes himself, it was a perfect punishment.
As for the fact that Lucius betrayed him, Voldemort never thought about it. If he was in the half-dead state before, he would still be worried, but now that he has recovered all his strength, Voldemort does not think there is any possibility Which Death Eater dared to defy himself.
"Lucius, the task of supervising them is entrusted to you, is there no problem?" Voldemort asked with his scarlet eyes narrowed.
"No problem!" Lucius stood up, pretended to be grateful, and bowed deeply: "The Malfoy family is happy to serve you, great Dark Lord!"