HP Polar Night

When Agares returned to Malfoy Manor, Draco and Narcissa were having a warm tea time in the garden, and Lucius was busy working outside as usual.

Seeing Agares' return, both mother and son expressed their joy and longing.

Especially Draco, he didn't feel it before, but since Agares lived in Malfoy Manor, he felt that the manor alone was too boring.Especially when he has the Book of the Wise, there are always many things in it that are beyond the scope of his knowledge and understanding, and those things are often not easy for parents to know. very important.

The fact that Agares was allowed to participate in the summer camp also made Draco more satisfied with his cousin, which meant that the other party was indeed good enough.Of course, some jealousy is inevitable, but it doesn't matter.

As a last resort, Agares had to spend a leisurely afternoon in the garden with the doubtful Draco and the gentle Narcissa.It was not until nightfall that Lucius returned to the manor.

After dinner, Lucius really asked Agares to discuss in detail in the study.

"sit."

Agares sat down on the sofa in the study. Opposite him, holding a snake-headed cane, Lucius, whose eyes were full of inquiry, seemed very oppressed.

Lucius looked at the child in front of him.

The first time he met him was the day when Narcissa brought him back to the manor from Diagon Alley. At that time, the other party was just a humble and low-key child, full of childishness, except for the typical appearance of the Black family, there was nothing that could arouse him. Pay attention to the place.At that time, he was thinking that the Black family is also the oldest surviving pure-blood family in the British wizarding world. As the last heir of this family, Sirius Black has been imprisoned in Azkaban, and it seems that there will be no more in this life. chance of prison.

If he helps the child in front of him gain the recognition of the Black family, then as long as he becomes an adult, he will automatically become the first heir of the Black family.As the Malfoy family who raised him, they must have gained many benefits from it.

With such a purpose, Lucius agreed to keep Agares.

But as he had revealed to Severus Snape, the child was quickly accepted by Narcissa and Draco.Given Narcissa's own blood relationship to Agares, it was not at all difficult to gain her attention.But what Draco has shown before, it all means that he is self-sufficient enough, and he will not be willing to let his living space be invaded by another stranger.

Lucius thought that Draco would clamor to kick Agareth Black out after only a few days.In this way, he can also logically send people to other places, and cultivate a Black with funding or other means.

But he never expected that after a very short period of time, Draco accepted Agares, his cousin who fell from the sky, and got along very friendly with him.It was so good that some foreign guests who were not familiar with the Malfoy family thought they had two children when they came to Malfoy Manor.

In this case, Lucius had no choice but to let Agares live by default.

Originally, he only thought that Agares might be a kid who was good at using his own advantages to please others, and at best he was more mature and sensible than other kids.

But until he learned from Draco about the other party's performance at Hogwarts, and most importantly, the 'Book of the Wise'.Only then did he realize that Agares himself might be more deserving of his attention than the surname Blake.

If Agares is only capable, but does not have the matching mind, then Lucius may train him to become Draco's right-hand man in the future, using his ingenuity to seek greater benefits.

If Agares has considerable resourcefulness and ambition in addition to his ability, then he will have to evaluate the opponent carefully.Will he become Malfoy's friend or enemy?

"I guess you probably know why I called you here." Lucius asked vaguely on purpose.Perhaps from Agares' answer to this question, he can get more information.

Agares blinked and said, "What about the summer camp? Or, why Dumbledore gave me this place?" Although it was a question, it was in an affirmative tone.He is well aware that Lucius has been trying to catch Dumbledore's fault and drive him out of the position of headmaster, whether it is in the role of a defeated Death Eater or in the perspective of a pure-blood supporter, Lucius Marr Fudo would not have wanted the pro-Muggle Dumbledore to have too much power.

Correspondingly, Lucius will definitely pay attention to Dumbledore.

What happened at Hogwarts at the end of last semester and Dumbledore's move to send Agares to the summer camp made Lucius extremely puzzled.

There was a faint smile on the corner of Lucius' mouth: "You've always been smart, Agares."

"Hogwarts has never been short of smart people." Agares smiled, "Of course, sometimes, there will always be too few, especially when everyone thinks it is true, but you are the only one. When you hold a contrary opinion."

There was a flash of light in Lucius' eyes, and he sat up slightly, looking as if he was curious about what Agares said. "How to say?"

Agares looked into those blue-gray eyes. "By the way, Quirinus Quirrell, do you know anything about him?"

Lucius was not at all surprised by the winding Slytherin style of speech, and he leaned back on the sofa to relax.Tonight's conversation doesn't look like it will be over in a short time.

"Quirinas Quirrell, graduated from Ravenclaw with excellent grades, but his character is too cowardly. His father is a Muggle, his mother is a wizard, and he is of mixed blood." Before Quirrell took over as the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Lu Hughes didn't have much impression of the other party.

"Quirinas Quirinus, a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, was born in Ravenclaw. He is timid and timid, because he was frightened by a vampire during his travels and stuttered. He His lectures can be described as mediocre or terrible, but in private, he has a lot of research on black magic."

The word black magic caught Lucius' attention.

Agares continued: "During his labor service, he taught me no less than twenty kinds of black magic that were strictly prohibited by the Ministry of Magic, although he only stayed in theory for most of them. I think, It must have been very unsatisfactory for him."

Lucius sighed softly: "There are always some people who have the desire to gain power, but don't have the ability to match it."

"Draco may have mentioned to you that he was once sentenced to labor service and witnessed someone hunting a unicorn with Harry Potter."

Lucius nodded.

Agares continued: "Unicorn blood has one of the most prominent functions, which is to extend life. I think that at that time there were rumors that the person was still alive and lived by sucking unicorn blood."

The hand holding the snake-headed cane tightened.

Agares mentioned another thing: "The Daily Prophet reported a theft from Gringotts. Although it didn't catch who the person was or what he was trying to steal, I think, roughly You can still guess one or two."

"Oh?"

"Quirinus Quirrell, the Philosopher's Stone."

Lucius looked up at Agares.

"That night, I met him in the corridor, and I was in a hurry...I went to that place with him, the room that was strictly forbidden by Dumbledore when the school started...the devil's net...the chessboard set up by the Transfiguration professor...imitated The Quidditch Snitch... the potion... when we entered the last room, it contained the Mirror of Erised..."

"Quirrell tried to get the Philosopher's Stone out of the Mirror of Erised, but he failed...I couldn't either...Harry Potter appeared there...Quirrell ordered Harry to stand in front of the Mirror of Erised, although Harry said He didn't see the Philosopher's Stone, but I guess he's got it..."

When the narration came to this point, Agares couldn't help but glanced at Lucius, and saw a thoughtful look on the other's face.

"Quirrell used the petrification spell on me. When he was fighting for the Sorcerer's Stone with Harry, something terrible happened...Harry was already unconscious on the ground. I thought that Quirrell was about to succeed, but at this moment, He let out a scream... Blisters began to bubble all over his body, as if he was being burned by a fire... He struggled, but it was useless, so that he fell into the black fire and was instantly reduced to ashes. Then, Dumbledore appeared In the room..."

"Later we talked in the headmaster's office, and Headmaster Snape was there too... I told them everything that happened that night... The next day I received a note from Dumbledore, with the enclosed letter It was the invitation to the summer camp, and it had my name on it. So I accepted the summer camp and was sent out of school early."

"The above is all that happened at the end of the semester."

As Agares' words fell, Lucius was completely lost in his own thoughts.Agares kept quiet considerately, allowing the other party to infer the answer the other party wanted based on what he said.

In fact, Lucius' thoughts did go in that direction as Agares intended.

Quirrell is studying black magic - his power is insufficient - is dying from the backlash of black magic - trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone but fails - hunting unicorns to prolong life - seizing the Philosopher's Stone - finally Cursed in unicorn blood to kill himself.

I'm afraid that Quirrell was Dumbledore's pawn from the very beginning. He had learned of Quirrell's true face a long time ago, and planned all of this in order to build a reputation for the savior.

Those checkpoints specially set up for the first-year students, the rumors of the savior defeating the Dark Lord spread in Hogwarts afterwards, and the silence on Agareth...

Fortunately, he really almost believed the news that the Dark Lord survived. If Agares hadn't witnessed the truth with his own eyes, many people would continue to trust Dumbledore and his savior boy because of this incident.

"So," regaining consciousness from his thoughts, Lucius looked at Agares and asked, "In this matter, there is no such person?"

Agares laughed softly: "I don't think two first-year students can defeat the mysterious man."

There was a sneer on Lucius' lips, obviously mocking him for having guessed Dumbledore's intentions.However, he may not believe all of Agares' words.Severus Snape, perhaps, would be another questionable subject.But if you want to know these secrets just as old friends, it may take some effort.

But that's okay, at least for now he can confirm that Dumbledore is creating his savior, borrowing the name of the Dark Lord.That being the case, it also means that the Dark Lord has not returned.Otherwise, how could two first-year students escape from the hands of the greatest dark wizard?How could Dumbledore be willing to let his savior die so easily?

After saying goodbye to Lucius, Agares left the study and returned to his bedroom.

He thought that if Lucius believed that Voldemort was dead, then according to the character of a Malfoy, he would not do any dangerous actions to please his master.The conspiracy that Dobby said endangered Hogwarts, although he still didn't know what it was, but in any case, Lucius probably wouldn't continue with it.

In this way, Hogwarts is safe.

What he wants to do can also continue.

But what he never expected was that what Lucius planned to do at the beginning was based on the fact that he felt that the Dark Lord was gone, and Agares' statement tonight was even more helpful to him Be firm with this idea.

The Dark Lord once handed over a dark magic item to Lucius for safekeeping. Since Harry Potter returned to the wizarding world, the Ministry of Magic has been searching for dark magic items more frequently. It is hard to say whether there is Dumbledore behind this incident. hint.

Although Malfoy still has a little prestige at present, people from the Ministry of Magic have not come to disturb him.But as a former Death Eater, Lucius must have such a day sooner or later.

If the Dark Lord no longer existed, Lucius didn't think it was necessary for him to keep the Dark Lord's things to cause trouble for himself.

In the meantime, it would be much more interesting if Weasley found a dark magic item in his own home...

The author has something to say:

Lucius caused the Dark Lord to lose his diary, which is why he rebelled later~