The Handsome Dark Lord[Comprehensive]

Harry's nose was hot and his breathing was trembling, so he could only hold Sirius tightly and murmur choked up.

"No, no... it's my fault... Sirius... sorry..."

"Don't be sorry!"

Sirius hugged Harry back, his skinny body still hugged him tightly, like cold iron pillars in a dungeon, imprisoning Harry in his arms, the steel and iron bones melting into his flesh and blood.

"Don't apologize, Harry. You're right!"

"I……"

"It was me who was wrong. I was confused and wanted to use you! I am not qualified to be your godfather!"

"No!" Harry finally found his courage and tried to break away from him, trying to embed the words in Sirius' mind, "No one is more suitable than you, Sirius, you are the best godfather! You will always be My godfather!"

"Harry...you always, always forgive..." Sirius looked at him deeply, took a long moment, took a deep breath, "Yeah, you must say that, even that kind of person...Harry, I I know that I can't be forgiven easily, but... as long as you still hope, I will continue to be your godfather! Until one day you can blame and resent me as much as you want, and you don't have any scruples about pointing my nose and calling a jerk. At that time you will You know, even so, I won't leave you."

Harry held Sirius' shoulders, skin and bones, more painful than a broom handle... His mouth, nose and chest were clogged, but he felt in his heart that there was no more solid arm than this, and there was no brighter life than this moment.

After the mood stabilized a little, Harry took Sirius back to the castle to rest.As soon as he stepped into the main entrance of the black hall, Harry saw Hermione sharply on the stairs.

She was worried about Harry who was gone forever, so she tried to go downstairs to find him.However, the authority system of the castle is very delicate. If guests without authority can pass through the place under the leadership of the master, the defensive magic will be triggered and they will be attacked if they enter alone.

Harry immediately reminded loudly: "Don't come down, Hermione!"

It's a pity that it was a step too late, Hermione's left foot had already stepped on the steps of the stairs.

The steps that were originally securely embedded in the wall instantly moved, like a sudden sea wave, or like a snake formed by teeth chains biting together, undulating rapidly from top to bottom, throwing Hermione out all at once. Among the turbulent and tumbling steps, you may be killed at any time.

"Hermione!" Sirius was startled, just as he pointed his wand over, a gust of wind shot out from the side, and Harry rushed over with the Firebolt.

Similar to the principle that people can't lift themselves up, wizards can't use the levitation spell to suspend themselves, and can only rely on others to cast spells.Sirius attempted to cast the Levitation Charm, but was blocked by the stair's defensive magic, enraging it instead.The steps shook more violently, broke away from each other, and bumped around, completely out of order.

In the chaos, Hermione only had time to release an obstacle spell, which hit the oncoming stone steps in time, but it didn't freeze as expected, but instantly inflated, spit out a level of the same stone steps, spinning and colliding together Come!

At the very moment, Harry galloped towards her, hugged her precisely at the waist, changed lanes and went up in an instant, out of the attack range of the stone steps.

Hermione grabbed the broom handle in shock, and Harry steadied her, saying, "Sit down." Then he turned over and jumped into the chaotic stone steps.

"Harry!" Hermione scratched him worriedly, but only touched a hem of his clothes.

But her worry was obviously unnecessary. Harry fell steadily to the steps directly below. When his toes touched the front of the steps, the swaggering steps came to a standstill, tamely welcoming the landed master.

Then, like ink dripping into clear water, with Harry at the center, all the steps stopped.Like paper boats at rest on the lake, there is only a little wind, which gently and gently blows them closer, spreading them at Harry's feet at a comfortable distance, back and forth, forming a smooth staircase again, which can be used as a normal staircase again. the stairs.

Harry raised his head, met Hermione's eyes who were paying attention to him, and showed a kind smile that she missed.

"Come on down, Hermione. It's all right."

With Harry's reassurance, both Hermione and Sirius made their way up the stairs safely.

"The castle's permission system is very sensitive. If you don't have permission, you must be accompanied by the castle owner to pass through, otherwise you will be attacked by defensive magic."

Harry said as he led them upstairs.

Hermione had already heard about the authority system of Tinta Wine Castle, but even the core Death Eaters didn't know the details, so she was careless and stepped down the steps alone.

"I seem to have an impression of this place." Sirius followed the stairs and extended his gaze to the direction of the second floor, "Although the outside and the first floor have been completely turned upside down...but this step...is there a bunch of floating things on it? Candle?"

Harry and Hermione were taken aback.Because they have never been there, even many Death Eaters don't know what the second floor looks like, but Sirius did not expect to know.

"... I seem to have been here when I was a child." Sirius recalled, "At that time, I ran around and triggered the defensive magic of the steps, and I was treated badly..."

"I heard," said Hermione, with a wary look at Harry, "that the Dark Lord took Tinta from someone else."

Harry froze for a moment, then stepped onto the last step, realizing that he wasn't surprised at all.He sighed helplessly: "It's his style."

"..." Sirius broke away from the memory, and looked sideways uncomfortably.Harry's expression made his heart feel like a rash. It hurt and itched, and he wanted to pinch himself, but he could only bear it.

Harry didn't notice it, he was only thinking about making up for his godfather, and rushed to find the house elves to prepare food, so that Sirius would have a full meal first.

Back in the dining room, Harry found that Hermione and Sirius seemed to have reached an agreement, looking at him in unison.

"Uh..." Harry casually pulled a chair and sat down, asking the question first, "What have you been doing these days, Sirius? How did you appear there?"

Sirius and Hermione looked at each other, but decided to solve Harry's doubts first.Briefly explain your experience.

In order to avoid the reporters last time, Sirius escaped from the safe house early, but he didn't wander around in the Rootless Forest for long before he began to regret his impulsive behavior.Originally, he wanted to wait for Harry to go back to school, and then find a chance to contact and apologize through Floo, but he never expected that Harry would never go back to school.

The Order of the Phoenix was under attack from both sides, and Dumbledore's whereabouts became a mystery. After the Death Eaters became powerful, many crimes were made to suppress the members of the Order of the Phoenix.Sirius, who was already on the wanted list, received special attention, and the originally relaxed search and arrest efforts were once again intensified.Sirius was trapped back at NO.12, Grimmauld Place, unable to go out.

Not long ago, Dumbledore's final battle with Voldemort was unclear, and the Order of the Phoenix fell apart. He finally decided to escape.Following Hermione's trajectory, he finally locked onto the cliff outside Tinta Wine Castle, and waited for the opportunity to sneak in after three days and three nights.

It was just two days ago, when Harry lifted the airspace restriction in order to deliver the letter to Hermione.

"You came in then?" Harry asked in disbelief.

Sirius bit off a piece of meat from the leg of lamb, and smiled boldly: "How about it, even if it is the territory of the Dark Lord, it can't stop me."

"Sirius!" Harry was angry and distressed, "Then what do you do when you eat and sleep? There is no one in the outer court..."

He paused suddenly, realizing that Nagini had herded a colony of moles.

"It's a small matter." Sure enough, Sirius waved his hand, "Catch any mice, more than enough to fill your stomach."

"..." Harry was speechless.For a long time, I could only silently push the pumpkin pie that Sirius liked to him, and let him eat more.

After filling their stomachs, Sirius and Hermione exchanged glances, looking at Harry together under Harry's puzzled gaze.

"Let's review Occlumency, Harry."

Hermione suggested suddenly, her brown eyes fixed on Harry.

Harry froze, his pupils constricted slightly, in disbelief——

Hermione was insanity for him!

At first, there was an instinctive panic. With Harry's quick reaction, he wanted to clear his mind, but the intruding Hermione cleared his mind first, as if he didn't want to read any thoughts.

Harry froze slightly, which reminded him of their Occlumency practice.Whenever Hermione finished her Remembrance, it would signal by emptying his mind.

Feeling relieved, Hermione withdrew.

Harry and her stared at each other, and those brown eyes showed some suggestion, which gave him a flash of inspiration, and he tried to counter-intrude into Hermione's brain, and then read the witch's astonishing heart without hindrance.

—Harry, don't let your memory show any sign of insensible sessions with me.

——This is the only means of communication that I have found so far that can ensure avoidance of the Dark Lord's insanity.Remember.

Harry's heart skipped a beat, and before he had time to think about it, a new thought flew by.

——Dumbledore is now being imprisoned in the basement of Malfoy Manor. I followed Draco secretly last time and saw him. I said a few words, but he insisted on not allowing anyone to rescue him.He said... now is not his time.He has suffered from the Dark Lord's curse and has lost his strength, and does not want our efforts to be wasted.If he is really rescued, not only will he become an unnecessary drag on the Order of the Phoenix, but it is also very likely to anger the Dark Lord, causing the curse to further worsen... It is better to stay in Malfoy Manor, but it can slow down the death eaters. pace.

Hermione paused, making sure Harry digested it, and had a last thought.

——If you have something to ask, just empty my mind, just like before, I will take you from the soul.

Without hesitation, Harry cleared Hermione's mind and backed away.After the witch's Inspirit Intent invaded, she immediately threw out a series of questions.

--When did this happen?Can you go again?take me?Tom is missing now, which is a good time... If, if you are worried about the situation of the Order of the Phoenix, I am not a member of the Order of the Phoenix, so I will not reveal useful information.It's more convenient to be in Malfoy Manor, didn't we just happen to have the support of old Malfoy today...

Harry hadn't finished thinking when he saw Hermione frown eagerly and shook her head suggestively.He reacted quickly and took Hermione again.

—I'm sorry, Harry, I'm afraid Draco noticed my actions last time, and he's ignoring me now.Old Malfoy has always looked down on me, and never pretended to say anything.The reason why I am on your side today is probably because I got a hint from Draco.But old Malfoy didn't know the real relationship between you and the Dark Lord. Draco was forbidden to tell anyone. He was too timid to disobey him, even to his father.So old Malfoy's support will be limited, especially when it comes to Dumbledore, and even Draco is unlikely to support you.

——Also, although this method can prevent the Dark Lord from reading the communication content in the future, it should not be too long each time, otherwise obvious doubts will be formed in the memory.

Hermione picked up the teacup, took a sip, and ended the mind-taking exchange as if nothing had happened.

"You've improved a lot, Harry." She continued seamlessly. "In my opinion, you're no less than an Auror."

"Harry is much stronger than Auror." Sirius seemed to know the situation, and he didn't ask any questions, and changed the subject very cooperatively, "The staff in the Auror office are not as high as the Muggle Transformation Supervision Department."

"You..." Harry paused, and said, "It's too much."

The three looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

Next, Harry briefly explained the current state of the Death Eaters, and Sirius was shocked by Voldemort's indulgence to him.

"He actually handed over the Death Eaters to you?!" Sirius turned his gaze from Harry to Hermione, as if he couldn't even believe his godson's words at this moment, "Is it true?"

Hermione said helplessly, "The reaction of the Death Eaters is similar to yours."

"No, how can this be the same!" Sirius stood up excitedly, "Harry, send them all to Azkaban! Right now, don't hesitate!"

Hermione opened her mouth hesitantly, then closed it embarrassingly.

Harry reassured, "Don't get excited, Sirius. I can't do that. I won't do that."

"Why?" Sirius showed an incomprehensible annoyance.

"Because Hermione is also a Death Eater, have you forgotten?" Harry said in a deep voice, "Draco Malfoy is also a Death Eater, although I hate him, I don't think he should be imprisoned in Azkaban .and some people..."

"Then exclude everyone you know!" Sirius said decisively, "Have another Death Eater meeting, and wipe out the rest!"

This time Harry didn't speak, but remained oppressively silent.

After a while, Hermione sighed.

"Don't you understand, Sirius? Harry is no longer just the boy who survived. He has not only hatred in his heart, but also love."

Sirius shook slightly.

"Love for those rulers the Death Eaters follow."

"..."

Harry's head seemed to grow heavy, weighing slightly on his neck.

Sirius' gaze was like a holy light that could not tolerate filth, illuminating him with nowhere to hide.

Harry took a breath silently, and said with difficulty: "I don't know why he is willing, but I hope that this opportunity can become the beginning of a long-term change... Some time ago, I got a kind of idea that I can use any means to convince him The chance to let go of the enemy who wants to kill is not very successful, but he was persuaded by me a few times. Those times made me realize that he is not fond of killing people, but just thinks... It is a good deal."

Harry lowered his head, lost in memory, and didn't notice, unknowingly, Sirius and Hermione were attracted by his words, leaning slightly, staring at him intently.

"Yes, it's 'cost-effective'. Nagini's words made me figure it out... If that's the case, I can find a way to tell him that another method can also achieve the desired effect."

"..."

A moment of silence.

Sirius still didn't speak, making Harry's uneasiness grow.I don't know how long it took, he finally couldn't help taking a sneak peek, and found Sirius' expression as if he was plotting something.

"Sirius?"

"I've thought about it. According to what you said, what Harry lacks most now is someone he can trust."

Sirius' words were beyond Harry's expectation. He actually skipped the questioning stage where Harry was facing an enemy, and directly planned the future for Harry.

"Among the faculty and staff at Hogwarts, there are actually quite a few people who can be wooed. In addition to the Everheart and Malfoy you mentioned just now, McGonagall and Hagrid will definitely stand by Harry's side. The rest The former teaching staff must have hated the special committee. As long as Harry does a good job, he will not encounter too much resistance. But their role is limited to Hogwarts-wide administrative orders. After leaving the campus, they will no longer serve Harry Lido what to do."

Harry gradually calmed down from his ecstasy, and smiled contentedly: "It's okay, starting from Hogwarts is enough. I just want to restore order in the school first, as for the world beyond that... wait until then , maybe Tom has come back."

"...It's always right to plan early."

Sirius' eyes darkened, and he quickly turned it over, saying nothing strange.

"Don't worry, Harry, I didn't come to you just to say a few nice words. Since you don't need to be saved and need someone who belongs to you, then I will be your person."

A few days later, Hermione ran into Draco at the entrance of the auditorium. He was annoyed arguing with Pansy, who was pestering her. When she caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of her eye, her expression changed slightly.

Pan Xi also noticed it, and her sad eyes immediately darkened: "Look, I said she will definitely come to pester you!"

Originally, Hermione never paid attention to the relationship between men and women around Draco, but this time she didn't turn around and enter the door directly, but stopped in front of them a few steps, took a look at Draco with a sullen face, and said directly to Pansy: " You're about the same, don't you think it's sad that you still stalk me even though you know he doesn't like you?"

Pansy was furious: "Granger! What are you..."

"Pansy," Draco warned.Ignoring her grievances, she turned to Hermione and said, "Get out of the way. I'm going to eat."

Pan Xi's grievance suddenly turned into pride, as if she had said that herself.

Hermione stared at him, increasingly convinced that he had discovered what she was following, and sighed silently, stepping out of the way.

Draco hurried away without hesitation, trying to get rid of the two of them.

Hermione watched him leave with a groan.Pansy originally chased after two steps, but suddenly thought of something, turned around and stopped, and came back to circle around Hermione.

"I have to admit, Granger, you have some tricks." She said condescendingly, "You can get the favor of that lord, and let Draco protect you... But, let me tell you kindly, even so , in the eyes of our pure-blooded family, you are still just a low-blooded Muggle seed."

Hermione's eyes turned cold, and she squinted.A few Slytherins gathered around Pansy at some point, and after only a few words, they showed approval and taunted her together.

"Toad wants to eat!"

Hermione was disgusted and turned to leave, but was stopped.

"Granger, why don't you share how you flattered that lord?" The skinny Theodore said, crossing his arms, "Let the girls over there learn."

"Who exactly do you want to learn from?" Hermione smiled angrily, and glanced around without giving in. "But I'm different from you, I'm not keen on pleasing—you're looking for the wrong person to learn from me."

After finishing speaking, she bypassed Theodore and walked away.

Due to her status as a Death Eater, Theodore and the others didn't dare to go too far, they just lingered behind, secretly laughing out of nothing.

Hermione didn't take them to heart, but still felt a little dispirited, because when she walked towards the Gryffindor table, her original classmates avoided her so as not to be caught by Slater. Lin made things difficult.

In Hogwarts now, Slytherin seems to be a privileged house backed by a special committee, especially the core figures of these senior years, who are the nightmare of countless students.

Hermione wanted to sit with Harry's roommate, but as soon as Seamus met her eyes, he looked away instantly, lowered his head and ate fiercely, and Neville even shrank in the corner, not daring to look up at her.

Not wanting to embarrass them, Hermione took the initiative to sit at the end of the empty table in frustration.

The Slytherin who was waiting to see the joke laughed even more wantonly, and someone said hypocritically, "Why don't you come to our Slytherin table, Granger? You don't seem very popular in your house."

The nearby Gryffindors squirmed uncomfortably in their seats, and a junior girl stole a glance at Hermione, wanting to move without flinching.

Suddenly, with a "snap", Ginny threw a plate of sausages onto the table next to Hermione, her voice was weak but her tone was strong: "Excuse me, can I sit here?"

After not showing up for a long time, she looked sick all over.Lost a few laps.There was a little frivolity between the brows, and there was a little silence, only a trace of sharpness still faintly hidden in the cracks, surviving stubbornly and unyieldingly.

Hermione called out slightly in surprise: "Ginny! Sit down."

"Yeah." Ginny responded, and turned to the Slytherins watching without any sign of anger, "Are you going to join too?"

Pansy showed a disgusted expression, and dragged his friend away in disappointment.Theodore and the other Slytherin boy gave her an extra look and smiled disdainfully.

"Don't think I can't see what you're up to, Weasley..." Theodore leaned closer to her and said, "If you want to save your friend, you have to see where she is now."

Ginny let him approach without moving, with the expression on her face like a puppet without a soul, but the hand hidden by her side clenched into a fist.

Hermione caught a glimpse of it, and suddenly she was furious, and she took out her wand to teach Theodore a lesson.

The so-called Death Eater status, in her eyes, has the greatest effect that she no longer has to bear it at such a moment, and no longer has to watch innocent students being dragged into the vortex of bullying.

But the moment she stood up, Theodore backed away very slyly.

"Nott!" Hermione threatened, her wand sticking out of her cuff.

"I didn't do anything, Granger." Theodore warned her back confidently, "Don't get carried away, my father knows that lord better than you do."

"..." Ginny secretly pressed Hermione's hand holding the wand.

Hermione gritted her teeth and stared at Theodore, speechless for a moment.

When the scene was deadlocked, a dry voice squeezed in.

"Why are you all crowded here?" Ron, who had just finished playing Quidditch, stood among them in his team uniform. He first glanced at Ginny, then glanced past Hermione, and turned to Theodore and the other Slytherin, "You guys Are there no seats at your own table? Or are you looking at our Gryffindor food?"

"Who has taken a fancy to your pig food!"

The two Slytherins said in unison in disgust.The pure-blood traitor who was full of food lost his interest, and went back to his own table bored.

"Ron..." Hermione wasn't sure if he came to rescue him intentionally, and didn't dare to thank him, so she could only call out weakly.

As she and Draco got closer, Ron also drifted away from her, far beyond the scope of a cold war between friends.

At some point, they no longer greeted each other, they were almost strangers.

She thought Ron would pretend not to see him and walk around to meet Neville for dinner.

That's what he's been doing all this time.

Ron glanced at her hurriedly, but his feet seemed to want to escape.Ginny lowered her voice and said, "Sit down quickly, don't wait for them to make trouble again."

Ron hesitated for a moment, and sat on the other side of Ginny: "How is your body, Ginny?"

Ginny coughed a few times and said weakly, "I can't die."

Hermione hadn't talked to them for a long time, and she listened a little helplessly, her heart was swept away by an invisible wind, and she felt empty.

Soon Harry is coming, she mused, and everything will be fine.

"...Hello, Hermione."

Suddenly, Ginny called her in a low voice, lowering her head.

"My brother has something to tell you."

Hermione froze for a moment, and looked over Ginny's head to see Ron with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Ron?" she tried to be friendly. "What is it?"

Ron coughed in embarrassment, and pretended to hand her something naturally, which turned out to be a golden snitch.

"It's been in our dormitory for several days, and everyone has confirmed that it's not theirs, so... I guess it's Harry who left behind."

Hermione was shocked, and Dumbledore's instructions in the basement of Malfoy Manor flashed in her mind.

——I left Harry a secret weapon, right here at Hogwarts.But don't look for it, it will show itself.