Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 343 Manor Secret Talk
Foley Manor, Mike hasn't been here since the last Christmas dinner.

But it is clear that Uncle Mario is a very nostalgic person. Compared with the last time, there is no change in Foley Manor except for some Christmas decorations.

And just as Mike walked out of the fireplace room behind Uncle Mario, a pink figure flashed before Mike's eyes and threw himself into Uncle Mario's arms.

Mike took a closer look, only to realize that it turned out to be a girl in a pink dress.

I saw that the girl had dark hair, and the outline of her face looked very similar to that of Abbott. At the moment, she was hugging Uncle Mario's waist, rubbing her head against his chest, and said in a whiny voice:
"Papa (papa)! You are finally back! Did you bring me what I wanted?"

Mario, who was hugged by his daughter, looked a little embarrassed. He looked at the expressionless Mike, smiled awkwardly, patted the back of the girl in his arms and said:

"Alisa, let me go first, there are still guests here."

It was said that the girl named Alyssa turned her head to look at Mike, and after realizing that Mike did have a face that was completely unfamiliar to her, a blush spread from her face at a very fast speed. It spread to the neck before slowing down a little.

Immediately afterwards, Alisa bounced off Mario's body as if she had been electrocuted, and disappeared into the next room.

"Um, that's my daughter, Alyssa Foley." Mario said, covering his face in embarrassment.

"Well, I heard Abbott said that she is a lively girl."

Uncle Mario seemed a little anxious. He didn't continue to follow Mike's topic, but pointed to another room and said:
"It's still a while before lunch time, why don't we have some tea first?"

Hearing this, Mike frowned. Of course, what was Mario wanting to talk to him so anxiously, but Mario's current state was too abnormal.

Logically speaking, even if the patriarch of a family has a very hot personality, he shouldn't show that eager expression.

But this is the end of the matter, and Mike didn't get into it.

Then, under the service of the servant, the two took off the thin coats they wore outside, and entered a slightly dark study room.

As the servant left, Mario, who was sitting on the sofa, could no longer restrain his inner anxiety, and asked impatiently:
"Mike, tell me, I'm very interested in your ideas."

"I think I've made it very clear before, Uncle Foley." Mike raised his legs, "We just need to preserve our strength, there is no need to flee from the country, Dumbledore is not a vegetarian, I I believe he will finish off Voldemort, but Voldemort will definitely make him pay a very heavy price. And when the time comes..."

Mike snapped his fingers.
"It's time for us to come out and reap the fruits of victory!"

McNa's voice, which had become a little weird because it was in a voice-changing period, echoed in the study room, but upon hearing that, Uncle Mario's face showed a look of disappointment.

He sighed lightly, then shook his head and said:
"Mike, your thinking is still too naive."

As if he was afraid that what he said would be too sharp and cause Mike's dislike, Uncle Mario then said:
"I'm not saying that your idea is bad. In fact, if your plan can be carried out smoothly, we can indeed reap the greatest benefits. But...you underestimate Voldemort too much."

After saying that, Mario stopped on purpose and looked at Mike.

It wasn't until Mike raised his hand to signal him to continue, that he continued:

"You haven't experienced that special period, so you don't have a clear understanding of how terrible Voldemort is. But what I can tell you is that the reason why people fear him is largely not because of his strength, but because of his strength. Because of his cruelty, and his ability to manipulate people! (Mario sighs)

In fact, to be honest, even in the period when Voldemort was rampant, I was not too afraid of him, because he was still alone!Although he has turned himself into something inhuman through various vicious biological experiments, he is still a human being.And as long as it is a human, there will be a lifespan limit, as long as the lifespan is up, no matter how powerful he is, he will die! "

"But it's different now." Mario fell back on the sofa, staring straight at the ceiling, "He actually came back from the dead! This breaks my cognition, do you understand? If he really If you have mastered some kind of ability that can defeat death, then..."

"So, the reason why you are afraid is because you are worried that Voldemort will not be able to kill him at all, right? But, do you know why Voldemort can be resurrected?"

Mike's cold words stunned Mario, and he looked at Mike again, only to see that Mike had already waved his wand.

And with the swaying of the blackthorn wand, large expanses of light and dust suddenly appeared, forming four horcruxes including the Hufflepuff gold cup in midair.

"This is……"

"The Horcrux."

"Horcruxes? Are you saying these are his Horcruxes? How can one person have so many Horcruxes!" Mike's words made Mario sit up from the sofa suddenly. As the patriarch of a huge pure-blood family, Naturally, he has also studied black magic in depth, and has also been exposed to Horcrux related knowledge.

However, the news that Mike told him still shocked him.

But Mario is the patriarch of the Foley family after all, and he quickly reacted after the initial shock.

The reason why he was afraid of Voldemort before was because he was afraid of Voldemort's mysterious means of resurrection.

After all, who wouldn't be afraid of an unkillable enemy?

But it's different now. If the truth is what Mike said, Voldemort's resurrection actually relies on things like Horcruxes.

Then things will be much simpler, as long as these Horcruxes are found and destroyed, Voldemort will lose his skin even if he is not dead!
Mario rubbed his hands excitedly and kept walking back and forth in the room, while Mike was drinking tea silently with a smile on his lips.

It took a long time before Mario settled in front of Mike and said:

"Is that all there is?"

"Of course not. We speculate that besides the four here, there should be three more."

"why?"

"Because 7 is a magical number, according to our investigation, Voldemort believes in it." Mike got up and said, "At present, I have destroyed three Horcruxes, and the remaining four Horcruxes , I am also confident that I can find and destroy them. (Mike looks at Mario) Now, do you still think Voldemort is invincible?"

Mario on the opposite side has regained his composure at this moment. He bowed his head in thought, and then smiled and said after a long time:
"Mike, I have to say, you really convinced me. We can work together on this vote, but at the same time, I also have to prepare for immigration to the coal country. Please don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just... "

"There's no need to explain, Uncle Foley, I understand what you're doing. At the same time, I will actively prepare for a retreat. Maybe we will meet again in Coal Country."

"This is the best, happy cooperation!"

The two hands were held together in mid-air, Mike and Mario looked at each other and smiled.

The original serious atmosphere in the study disappeared, and Uncle Mario with a smile on his face lay on the sofa without any image, and said:
"You told me so much and spent so much time trying to lure me into the group. There must be something I need to do. Tell me, don't be polite. As long as it is within my power, I will do it for you."

"As expected of Uncle Foley, it's simply." Mike smiled, "I need you to help us find a Horcrux (Mike pointed to the locket), we have been looking for Slytherin's locket for a long time, but there is still no news .”

"Understood, I will send someone to look for it. Is there anything else?"

"Of course," Mike said, "The second thing is, I need you to help me keep an eye on the news of the other holy pure-blood nobles and Chris's family."

Mario looked at Mike suspiciously, waiting for his explanation, and Mike went on to say:

"On the night of Voldemort's resurrection, there was a third group of people besides Voldemort and me. These people all wore masks with concealing magic power, so I don't know what they looked like.

But the strange thing is that their initial target seemed to be Voldemort, but when they found that I was also there, they immediately changed their target and launched an attack on me. "

"Do you suspect that they were sent by the family whose patriarch you killed?"

"That's right, there is nothing wrong with being careful, it's better to keep an eye on them."

"Understood, I will send someone to investigate. Now..." Uncle Mario applauded, "Now that the business is over, let's go eat!"

After that, Mario took Mike and left the study.

The place for lunch was in the same restaurant that Mike visited last time. When Mike and Mario arrived, the long table was already full of dishes.

The long table used for today's meal is a long banquet table with a length of 5 meters and a width of 2 meters. Mike doesn't like to eat on this table very much. Compared with him, he prefers to sit on the sofa and eat cheeseburgers.

But Mike also knew that this kind of long table was originally used for formal banquets and socializing. Uncle Mario chose to dine here precisely because he valued himself, so he didn't refuse, and directly sat in the lower seat of Mario. down.

It is worth mentioning that Alisa who was hiding in the room and refused to come out was also forcibly called out by his father and arranged to be opposite Mike.

The girl obviously hadn't recovered from the embarrassment just now, she kept her head down and ate hard, not even daring to look at Mike.

Mario seemed to have the intention of matching the two, and during the banquet, he kept bringing the topic to his daughter.

It's a pity that Mike is not interested in that Alisa, and there is almost no communication between the two at a normal banquet except for the etiquette conversation.

It wasn't until the banquet was almost over that Mike remembered another thing.

"By the way, where's Abbott?"

Mike looked at the somewhat empty restaurant and asked.

After hearing Abt's name, the girl on the other side raised her head and glanced at Mike, then quickly lowered her head.

"That brat Abbott is on a mission." Mario said angrily.

"Is he still an Auror?"

"That's right!" Mario hammered the table. "I told him to resign from the Ministry of Magic with me, but he just won't listen!"

"It's not very good, if it was okay before, but now—Auror is not a good job. Uncle Foley, you need to hurry up and get Abbott to resign."

"Of course I know that, but that brat..."

Mike's words seemed to reach Mario's heart, and then he insisted on pulling Mike to complain about Abbott's rebellious behavior for a long time, until Mike started to look down at his watch before he gave up.

This lunch lasted a bit too long. When Mike left Foley Manor, the sun had moved from east to west.

At the same time, in a spooky cemetery, Voldemort, who was wearing a silk robe, looked expressionlessly at a brand new grave that had been dug up. Behind him were a dozen or so people wearing masks. A wizard in a black robe.

Barty Crouch Jr. - A true Death Eater.

This is engraved on the tombstone of the new tomb.

Taking a deep breath, Voldemort took out a wand, bent down, and gently placed it in the pit.

This is Barty Jr.'s wand. In order to resurrect Voldemort, he made an extreme choice to sacrifice everything about himself, and this wand is already his only relic.

The tomb closed automatically, and Voldemort's expressionless face gradually became hideous.

An invisible chill radiated from Voldemort as the center, and the Death Eaters behind him felt the chilling aura, and they all covered their left wrists, where the mark of the Dark Lord was engraved. .

Slowly, Voldemort turned his head.

That cold, emotionless look swept over the Death Eaters.

And everyone who was caught by his sight trembled.

"In my opinion, all of you put together can't compare to one of his fingers!" Voldemort's unique hoarse voice echoed, "Oh, look at you, trembling like a frightened bird. chick…”

"You're fearful (volume raised suddenly)! That's right (volume lowered again)! All I need is your fear for you wind-blown weeds! And only fear can make you feel good about me. Awe!"

"Go, you bastards. Go get my most loyal servants out of Azkaban, go get that traitorous Wormtail who deserted! Go bring me those damned boys! Go get me Check out those damned masked men! Go! Go!"

Accompanied by Voldemort's hysterical roar, the Death Eaters panicked, turning into clouds of black mist and disappearing into the cemetery.

Suddenly, Voldemort was the only one left in the cemetery that had been crowded with people.

"Swish!"

There was a sound of rubbing, and a giant python was slowly crawling from the grass in the distance to Voldemort's feet, rubbing its big head affectionately against his legs.

Voldemort touched the smooth scales of the python, turned around expressionlessly, lowered his head, and continued silently looking at the cenotaph that belonged to Barty Jr.

If this scene is seen by others, their jaws will surely drop.

Because Voldemort, who was known as cruel and ruthless, seemed to be mourning in silence at this moment.

(End of this chapter)