[HP] Once Upon a Time in England

-1980-

He lowered his head and found that Evan Rozier's eyes were wide open and his face was full of horror.His stiff right hand was still holding the wand firmly, and even though he knew that Evan could not hurt him at this moment, Barty Jr. quickly looked away as if he was being burned.

Merlin, what has he done?No, it's her—

"You are a loyal Death Eater and an excellent father, but it's time for you to retire." Cornelia raised her wand and fired a Dark Mark into the sky, "If you don't die, I won't be able to take over... I'm sorry. ’ she sighed insincerely.

Little Barty listened blankly, until Cornelia turned his head towards him, and he woke up like a dream, feeling that a catastrophe was imminent.

She killed her father, and he was a witness and accomplice.Little Barty's hands were shaking badly, but he couldn't lift his wand.Will she silence it?probably not.She called him here on purpose, not just to kill someone.

……

"Batty, are you awake?" Cornelia's brisk voice rang in his ears, shattering his dream.

"You—" Little Batty saw her face as soon as he opened his eyes, so close to him that they could even feel each other's breath.In the past, this was an ambiguous situation that he thought about day and night, but today it terrified him.

Cornelia sighed inaudibly, kissed his forehead affectionately, and rubbed his neck repeatedly with one hand, little Barty froze.

"What are you afraid of? My biggest secret has been exposed in front of you, are you still worried?"

All Death Eaters, even non-Death Eaters, knew that the Rosiers were a perfect match.Evan is not only Cornelia's father, but also her sparring partner, mentor, and teammate-he spares no effort to cultivate and praise Cornelia, and she always obeys her and asks his opinion for everything. Do.

Little Barty never dreamed that Cornelia would kill Evan with a killing curse without warning.

At this moment, her comfort not only failed to relax him, but aggravated his fear and anxiety.Little Barty avoided her touch without leaving a trace: "Why did you kill him?"

"He's in my way." Cornelia explained calmly.

Little Barty looked at her in surprise and fear, and slowly took a deep breath: "Stop joking, he..."

"It is enough to have Rozier in front of the Dark Lord." Cornelia hid her smile, "He is keen on pointing and restraining my behavior everywhere, I have long lost my patience!" She deliberately softened He raised his voice, "He still objected to our affairs. He said that you are still a child, naive and cowardly, and you have a father who is famous for fighting dark wizards—"

"My father and I have parted ways a long time ago." Little Barty was poked in the sore spot, "The only reason I still keep in touch with him is because I need to get information from him for you, and Evan knows this very well! "

"Look, you can see it too." Cornelia smiled, "The reality is: as long as Evan is still alive, I can't make my own decisions, my plans will go slowly, and things will get worse and worse. bad."

"Then are you going to kill me now?" Barty Jr. tried to pretend to be calm, but failed miserably.Cornelia takes his hand:

"You know my biggest secret, and you see my heart."

As if someone suddenly poured honey into Little Barty's brain, he forgot about the dead Evan in an instant: "You agreed?"

"I will be the queen, and you will be the knight who protects the queen." Cornelia leaned close to Barty Jr., whispering, "Be loyal to me and be my eyes in the Ministry of Magic."

-Now-

Aurora Smith.

Little Barty chewed the name carefully, with hatred in his eyes.Sure enough, Cornelia has found her next home—a Squib!An extremely clever solution... A weak and useless Squib with no magic power can never be suspected of being a Death Eater. What's more, Smith has a special status. Even the Minister of Magic cannot neglect her, otherwise she will be a "discriminatory Squib" With the hat off, the people who are already in panic will be even more disappointed with the Ministry of Magic.

Very good, very good, since that's the case, it's not his fault.

"Lady Lestrange—"

"—Call me Bellatrix." Bella corrected haughtily. "What brought you here?"

"It was Cornelia who pushed me to you."

Hearing that name, Bella's eyes flashed obvious hatred: "I dare not go against Rozier."

"She used me and squeezed me out of value, and now she wants to kick off." Barty said through gritted teeth, "I need your help."

Such a straight-forward request made Bella raise her eyebrows: "Are you kidding me? Everyone knows about your relationship with Cornelia, and I won't take the bait easily."

"Everyone knows? Yeah, everyone knows she's using me, I'm the only one!" Barty Jr. snapped, "She said she wouldn't treat me badly, so she just gave me a lawyer The chief position, let me be her eyes and ears in the Ministry of Magic. She said that she only has me in her heart, but she has another person with her. Look, seeing that I am disobedient, she simply changed a pawn to control! "

Bellatrix calmly allowed him to quarrel rarely: "It sounds like a conflict. Even if you want to lure me into the bait, you have to be sincere."

"You don't understand at all." Little Barty sneered, "I just revealed the time of her party to the Auror, and she's going to treat me like trash."

Of course it will be thrown away, who dares to keep a traitor by his side?Bella didn't take it seriously: "So you can't accept it?"

"Can you accept it?" Little Barty stared at her resentfully, lowering his voice, "When the Dark Lord replaced you with her, did you accept it calmly?"

Bella's eyes sparkled with anger.Little Batty smiled knowingly: "Compare your heart to your heart, do you understand my experience?"

"What do you want?" Bella asked.

"White Castle is her life gate." Little Barty had already made up his mind, "We conspire to take it down, you take over the source of life, and I take her away, how about it?"

"It's easy to say, but how to do it? The Dark Lord alone can't explain it."

Little Barty was taken aback.

"It seems that you didn't think carefully." Bella rolled her eyes, "Tell me, how do you plan to win White Castle?"

"It's very simple. Just go in and control Rozier. I will use the Imperius Curse to control the guards at the fourth level in advance, and then you let Rabastan try to sneak into the first level—"

"White Castle has a total of nine levels."

"Yes. But the loophole is that they only check the identity of the person at the first checkpoint, and the wand at the fourth checkpoint."

"How do they authenticate visitors?"

"First of all, under special circumstances, visitors cannot have the Dark Mark on their arms. Rozier does not allow other Death Eaters to enter the White Castle. You should know this, right? Second, all visitors must be led by insiders. Entering White Castle under the premise of the premise - I am the one who takes you in. Finally, under the watchful eye of a guard, the person must pass through a 'waterfall of truth', which washes away all traces of magic, such as compound soup Potion and Imperius Curse, so we must have an internal response at the first level."

"What about the fourth checkpoint?"

"Just make sure that the wand used by the visitor is their own. They will check with a spell. This is not a big problem. But the next five levels are very strict, and it is almost impossible to get through."

Bella almost laughed out loud: "Then what you said is all nonsense?"

"Of course not." Barty Jr. immediately denied, "I will make arrangements in advance to cause riots to break out inside White Castle and attract the guards. At this time, we can take advantage of the situation."

While taking down Rozier was attractive to her, Bella vaguely felt that the plan was full of loopholes.

"You can consider my proposal," Little Barty seemed to see her hesitation, "but I'm impatient. If you don't respond for a long time, I'll go find someone else."

"Who else can you call? Malfoy? Bulstrode?"

"It seems that you are very interested in my plan." Little Barty smiled triumphantly, "But I have one additional condition."

"what?"

"The premise of my cooperation with you is that you have to make an unbreakable oath that you will not betray me or break the contract." The astonished expression on Bella's face pleased little Batty, "You don't think I'm really easy. Will you trust others?"