[HP] Once Upon a Time in England

"They didn't explicitly guard against me, but master, I didn't bring back any useful information." Regulus knelt on the ground and confessed.

"It's not your fault, Regulus, I know you tried your best." The Dark Lord nodded, "How did you escape their surveillance and come to me?"

"I had a certain freedom in the village of Ottery San Catchpole, so I pretended to visit the church and apparated here when no one was looking," Regulus said. I just have to lie and say I've been wandering around the village."

"So, the conflict between the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix is ​​getting worse, isn't it?"

"To be precise, the conflict between Scrimgeour and Dumbledore—or Edgar Bones—is intensifying." Regulus explained, "Dumbledore has never sent you Scrimgeour is very dissatisfied with this. As Dumbledore's spokesman in the Ministry of Magic, the relationship between Burns and Scrimgeour has been very delicate recently. .”

"Anything going on with Amelia Bones?"

Regulus shook his head: "She didn't express her position. I guess she supports Edgar."

"Who is Scrimgeour's faction?" demanded the Dark Lord. "And Moody, this very dangerous fellow... who does he support?"

"I haven't had any in-depth contact with Moody. At present, it seems that he should also help Dumbledore, because his relationship with Edgar seems to be very good." Regulus paused for a moment, "Do you remember Gideon? Prewett?"

"Prewett? Of course! They cost me a lot at one point."

"Gideon supports Scrimgeour, and he may be dissatisfied with the Order of the Phoenix." Regulus briefly repeated the conversation with Gideon in the churchyard, "the only thing I can see at the moment The clue is Gideon, and the others may still be vacillating."

"I didn't expect that civil war would break out in the White Wizard one day, very good." The Dark Lord said coldly, "It's just that little Barty...killing him would be too cheap for him."

"You can let him continue to work for you, Master." Regulus said, "He has been dormant in the Ministry of Magic for such a long time, which shows that he is not an idler. After Rozier's blow, little Barty I should be absolutely dead set on you, and instead of sending such a scourge who might tell more secrets to Dumbledore, we might as well keep him for our own use."

"You think so? But I want Rozier more."

"Rozier is just an immortal wandering spirit, it doesn't matter if you kill him or not." Regulus sighed, "But little Barty might be of even greater use."

The Dark Lord was silent for a moment at his words.

"You reminded me," he said slowly, "at least he can send me a false information."

What disinformation?Before Regulus could think about it, the Dark Lord motioned for him to back off.

Bellatrix was waiting for him outside, and as soon as she saw him come out, she pulled him aside impatiently: "What did the Dark Lord say to you?"

Bella's infatuation with her master was so constant that it even interfered with their conversation.Regulus sighed secretly: "I have something to ask you."

"what?"

Regulus led her to a hidden corner: "Has the Dark Lord ever given you something and specifically emphasized that you should keep it safe?"

A look of genuine bewilderment appeared on Bella's face.

"Think about it carefully." Regulus reminded, "There is something in your hand that Cornelia doesn't know what it is but wants it very much. If you can remember what it is, maybe I can use it Click on the article."

Suddenly, a light of enlightenment flashed across Bella's face: "Yes! There is one!" She approached Regulus' ear and lowered her voice, "It's a golden cup that the Dark Lord gave me many years ago Yes, to put me in Lestrange's vault—do you think it will be this?"

"Probably." Regulus suppressed the excitement in his heart, Hufflepuff's golden cup, and the Dark Lord got it as expected.

"Why is Rozier interested in it? Does it have any name?"

"I think she is just dissatisfied with the Dark Lord giving it to you instead of her. All in all, don't mention the existence of such a thing to anyone, and I will use it to solve some people who get in the way when the time is right." Pulling doubts, Regulus hastily brought up another matter to divert her attention, "If you have a chance, you'd better ask about Severus Snape's recent situation."

"He's been at Hogwarts, and as far as I know he hasn't seen the Dark Lord for a while."

"So I wonder if he's still loyal to the Dark Lord."

"Why did Dumbledore trust Snape so easily?"

"Because of love." McNeill replied, facing the spy's blank expression, he smiled, "Snape is deeply in love with Lily Evans, Harry Potter's mother, don't tell me you Didn't know that."

"Of course I know." The spy grunted. "That's why?"

"Dumbledore thought love was a great thing, so he believed Snape's claim that he would try to protect Harry Potter because he loved Evans to the point of madness. "

"This is so fake."

"But Dumbledore believed it. I don't know how Snape did it, but he made Dumbledore believe him anyway."

The spy saw doubts in his words: "Then how can the Dark Lord be sure that Snape is still working for us?"

"He didn't trust Snape that much, so he kept putting nails in the Ministry of Magic."

"Snape...the love in his mouth is beyond my comprehension."

"Oh?" McNeill became interested, "I've never discussed this topic with others, tell me, what do you think of Snape?"

"I despise him," said the spy. "I don't know what's going on between him and Evans, but I have a feeling that if the Dark Lord killed the Potters and not Evans, Snape is definitely a different face now."

"Oh?"

"Obviously, before she died, her status in his heart did not surpass the Dark Arts and his ambitions—you mustn't tell me that he joined the Death Eaters to win Evans' heart, then It's so nonsense, only fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers can be so stupid. Now he says he loves her only because she is dead and has become the only white moonlight he will never get." The spy said in one breath After saying this, "Did I talk too much?"

"No. Well, you're thinking the same way a lot of Death Eaters are thinking. It's just that we—yes, including me—are more inclined to think he's got it on his own. He doesn't love Evans that much, it's just that Just too guilty."

"What does it mean?"

"Before Evans died, he went to the Dark Lord and begged him to kill the Potters and his sons but let Evans go." McNeill saw the suddenly enlightened look on the spy's face, "So, you understand Bar?"

"It's disgusting."

"Disgusting? He just wanted her, there's nothing to criticize." McNeil cast his eyes across the street, "Did you see him, Gadvin Robards."

"Ah."

"There are rumors that Scrimgeour is planning to replace Moody as Deputy Head of Auror Command."

"Because of the rivalry between the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic?"

McNeill nodded: "The Dark Lord means that we have to take him down."

"Is this...getting rid of him, or making him ours?"

"Both Moody and Scrimgeour are very strong-willed men who are hard to knock down, but Robards is much younger and easier to manipulate. The Dark Lord wants us to control him with the Imperius Curse, so that we are indirectly Controlled most of the Auror Command."

"Wait a minute—is our target the Ministry of Magic or the Order of the Phoenix?"

"The Order of the Phoenix," McNeil said clearly, "but if we can control Auror Command, we'll have a way to slowly weed out those members of the Order."

"all?"

"The vast majority. If they reject us, then they will have a dead end." McNeill stretched his waist, "Get ready, we will be busy soon."