Volume 6: Summer at Spider's End Alley Chapter 433 Plan
Voldemort looked at the fallen body in front of him with indifference and slowly retracted his wand.
The surrounding purebloods stood trembling on both sides, peeking at the corpse in the middle which had lost all breath and was beginning to become icy cold. Some of them showed uncontrollable panic on their faces.
"I don't care what kind of agreement I made with you before, or what kind of interests we divided."
Voldemort's voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of everyone present.
"From now on, the only thing I want is obedience! Unconditional obedience! I have brought you to a high position, so you must be ready to offer me everything at any time, no matter what it is, your wealth or your life, this will all be part of the deal. Is there anyone who still doesn't understand?"
The huge hall was completely silent, no one made a sound, as if everyone had become mute.
Voldemort seemed to be very satisfied with the reaction of his subordinates. He did not require everyone to be absolutely loyal to him, because sometimes when a person is strong enough, he can force everyone to be loyal.
Just as the meeting was about to end, a Death Eater suddenly came hurriedly from outside and whispered something to Voldemort.
Only a few people had the courage to look at Voldemort's expression at this time, and these people could obviously find that Voldemort's expression became a little strange after hearing the news.
Yes, it's strange.
Afterwards, he did not say anything to the Death Eater immediately, but turned to look at Igor Karkaroff, the new head of Auror Command who replaced Lucius.
That's right, after abandoning Beauxbatons and escaping from France, not only did he not receive any punishment, he was also entrusted with an important task by Voldemort, taking over the position after Lucius and being in charge of the basic public security of the whole of Britain.
"What about the thing I asked you to check?"
Karkaroff lowered his head, not daring to look Voldemort in the eye.
"I followed your instructions to investigate the name Prince, and found that there was indeed a wizard with a very high position in the Ministry of Magic who worked in the Department of Mysteries, and you granted him special permission to enter and exit any room in the Department of Mysteries. Then we found out that he had a special room in the Department of Mysteries for making potions. Based on some remaining materials and things in this room, we found a and just sent someone there today. I wanted to wait until the results from Knockturn Alley came out before reporting to you."
Voldemort sneered.
"Report? What else is there to report? The so-called Prince is Snape."
His words left everyone present confused, and they didn't understand what would happen even if Snape had used Prince's pseudonym.
But Voldemort didn't seem to want to explain to them, he just talked about something else.
"Just this morning, Selwyn and Travers died in Snape's home in Cokeworth, one died from the Killing Curse and the other died from the sharp weapon of Transfiguration. In the house where Snape once lived, signs of the Floo network being privately connected and used that day were found. They have been tracing along the Floo network and found a potion shop in Knockturn Alley. The owner of that shop also had his memory tampered with this morning. In the hidden memory, a wizard named Prince who had contacted him in the past suddenly appeared and withdrew a sum of money from him, and used the fireplace in his house to leave. After that, a mother and son who claimed to be named Nott broke into his shop and extracted all his memories about Prince."
After listening to Voldemort's statement, an old Death Eater whose real name was Nott looked up in panic.
"Master! This person is definitely not from my family!"
"Do you think I'm too stupid, or you're too smart?" Voldemort looked at him coldly, "How could I not know that this is just a fake identity?"
"No, no, Master, I..."
"Since you think you're so smart, can you please tell me why I should waste my breath on this?"
Nott began to hesitate, his forehead covered with cold sweat. Ever since the Triwizard Tournament, their master's temper had become more and more unpredictable, and he had begun killing people more casually. So it was not that he could not guess, but his brain was working frantically. Would he die if he told the truth, or would he die if he didn't tell the truth?
"Snape has escaped from Dumbledore!" Voldemort looked at him coldly. It seemed that he had already killed enough people today and was not going to kill anyone else. "Dumbledore's men are chasing him, and they have already found him at his home and met Selwin and Travers!"
Even before Voldemort opened his mouth, many people had guessed this possibility, but when Voldemort said it himself, many people were still shocked!
Is it really possible for a prisoner of Snape's level to escape?
Could this be Dumbledore's conspiracy?
Or has Snape been controlled or even surrendered?
After all, everyone knows that this guy who appears to be asexual is actually a bootlicker. If Lily can really let go of her past hatred and be with him, it is absolutely possible that Snape will surrender.
As for why Snape didn't immediately contact the Death Eaters and return to Voldemort after escaping back to England, no one asked about it.
Because everyone knows how he was captured by Dumbledore.
After a long period of silence, Voldemort suddenly spoke.
"Search! Everyone, go and search for me! I don't care what method you use, you must bring Snape back alive! Remember, bring him back alive!"
The Death Eaters gathered around and knelt at his feet, claiming yes.
Voldemort then turned his gaze to Nott, who was also kneeling.
"The person who entered the UK to hunt him down is most likely that dirty woman. I remember she has a sister and her family still in the UK. Take a few people with you and capture her sister and her family."
Nott raised his head tremblingly.
"Master, Master, if, if we meet Lily Potter again now...what should we do?"
Voldemort was silent.
Because no one except Nott looked up at his face at this time, no one except Nott noticed that there was a truly thoughtful expression on his face at this moment.
After a few seconds, he spoke again calmly.
"Just do what you did before. Bring her back alive!"
As soon as he said this, many Death Eaters around him showed bitterness on their faces.
Over the years, because of the special treatment given to her by the Death Eaters, Lily acted recklessly in every crackdown on the Order of the Phoenix, causing great casualties to the Death Eaters.
And now, just when they thought Snape was gone and they could finally get rid of this frustration, they still couldn't do anything about that woman.
Soon, Voldemort left, and the Death Eaters were finally able to take a breather from the increasing oppression of their master and stood up from the ground.
Some people looked at the body lying on the ground with pity. Just before this meeting started, they were all colleagues.
Most of the people then used Apparition to leave directly. They did not dare to delay the order given by Voldemort. However, some people hesitated and after seeing that most people around them had left, they gathered in the direction of Barty Jr.
These people are basically all not on the list of pure-blood surnames of the Twenty-Eight Sacred Families, but the fact that they can stand here means that they are the new-school pure-bloods who benefited from the bloodline reform more than a decade ago.
"Crouch, what do you think about that?"
Someone asked little Barty, and the new-school pure-bloods around him also looked up at this wizard who was still favored after the Triwizard Tournament and was able to maintain his status even when Snape was abandoned and Lucius was dismissed.
Little Barty's face was calm.
"Consider it? Why should I consider it?"
The pure-bloods around were stunned. They originally thought that little Barty would not refuse this, because many people had seen the change in his facial expression in front of Hogwarts Castle.
Now that Voldemort has changed so much, the small actions and preparations they made in private afterwards allowed them to "anticipate" some of Barty Jr.'s thoughts.
But now, the result is completely opposite to what they expected.
"Why? Do you really think the current master is the same as the previous master?" Someone lowered his voice and said, "What can we gain by working for this madman? Don't we know when the killing curse will suddenly appear? We need to find our real master! Only he can lead us, and only he can revitalize the pure blood!"
However, Little Batty remained unmoved, he just looked at the person who was speaking calmly.
"I won't tell the master what you said today, but you should know clearly what you are talking about. If you want to find a real master, do it by yourself, don't drag me along. I won't be loyal to someone who doesn't know what I am talking about."
After saying these words, he disappeared into the crowd, leaving these new-school purebloods looking at each other in bewilderment.
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"You're a student?" Penny was really surprised by what Jon said. "Doesn't Hogwarts only accept students who are 11 years old or older?"
Jon couldn't help but .
"How can you assume my age based on my appearance? Let me introduce myself. My name is Jon Green, a fourth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am 15 years old, 16 years old in age."
Not only Petunia, but even Vernon, who was sitting in the back and comforting Dudley, couldn't help but widen his eyes at his words.
Penny looked Jon from top to bottom.
"Excuse me, is there something special about you? Or have you been..."
"It's a magic that temporarily turned me into this. I'll be back to my original state in a month or two at most."
Jon didn't want to dwell on this topic too much, so he changed the subject.
"After I send you to France, you will probably have to wait for a while if you want to see Professor Porter. The professor will have to finish his recent work before he can go back."
Penny was silent for a while before suddenly speaking.
"She's looking for Snape, isn't she?"
There was nothing to hide. Since Petunia had agreed to go with him, Jon would definitely not let them fall into the hands of the Death Eaters again.
"Yes, that's why the professor returned to England. Otherwise, we should be in France now to settle accounts with those scums." Jon said after taking a sip of tea.
According to this time, a reckoning meeting in France should be about to begin. The new Ministry of Magic established by Iniesta advocates equality for all, but someone must pay the price for the trauma suffered by the Muggle wizards during Voldemort's rule in France. At an internal meeting of the Wizarding World, at John's suggestion, a public trial should be held to decide the extent of atonement these people should make.
Even those former students from Hogwarts Castle who were brought to Lyon also had a small public trial within the school. Of course, most of them were not guilty of the death penalty, but all the crimes they had committed before would still be dug up and punished to varying degrees.
As the initiator, Jon was actually quite interested in this public trial, but unfortunately he couldn't participate now.
The conversation with Petunia did not last long, and the Dursleys began to pack up their belongings. As for Vernon's work, John assured him that someone would help him take care of the loose ends, and there would be no problem even if he returned from France and rejoined the job.
As for their living problems after arriving in France, of course the Wuping Line will provide them with guarantees.
In this way, Jon waited at the Dursleys' house until the sun set. Just as he looked at the clear yellow sky outside, the remaining corner of the sun was about to set completely, and he felt that today's wait was in vain.
An owl suddenly flew across the sky and landed in front of the Dursleys' window, with a letter in its claws.
Jon suddenly perked up. He opened the window and took the parchment from the owl's claws. With just a glance, he finished reading the letter which had neither a recipient nor a sender.
Then his eyes narrowed and he turned to look at the Dursleys.
"Have you packed everything?"
Penny nodded nervously.
"Hurry up, let's go now!"
And the next moment after Jon finished saying this, a different kind of spell suddenly enveloped the yard where the Dursleys lived!
Muggle Repelling Charm!
Then, the door to the living room shattered with a loud bang!
Three figures wearing black robes and iron masks appeared outside the door!
