The decoration style of the study is more serious, not as magnificent as the main hall, and it is very suitable for thinking about problems.

Lucius locked the door, put down his crutches, leaned his back against the door, and slowly slid to the ground.

He took a deep breath and slowly pulled open the sleeve of his left arm. When he saw the skin of his left arm, cold sweat invaded his forehead again.

A gray-black mark appeared on the skin of his left arm: a skull with an open mouth, and a thick python came out of the mouth...

He stared at his arm until the gray-black mark faded to invisible and turned flesh-colored again.

"The Dark Mark... why does it appear again... he should never come back! Hasn't he really been defeated?"

"Who is that boy? He shouldn't be the Dark Lord... he seems to be the child that Dumbledore saved last year..."

"Will Dumbledore save the Dark Lord? Why do I have such a dream? Absolutely impossible! Something else must have happened in Hogwarts!"

The sun shines through the window and falls on the floor in front of him, with spots of light dancing wildly, just like Lucius's state of mind at the moment.

He raised his left arm again, staring at the skin that had returned to normal, his eyes flickering constantly, thinking about whether to make further attempts.

After hesitating for a long time, he stretched out his right hand, and the trembling fingertips of his right hand slowly approached his left arm.

He raised his head and closed his eyes, and his fingers suddenly poked at his left arm, poking at the skin where the Dark Mark had just appeared.

The fingertips poked into the flesh through the skin, as if they were poking into the bones...

Nothing happened...

Lucius opened his eyes and looked at the skin on his left arm that was poked with a red mark, slightly absent-minded.

One of the functions of the Dark Mark is to summon Voldemort by pressing the mark.

When they encountered a wizard that was difficult to deal with, they usually used this method to make Voldemort come to the scene in person.

There is also a price to pay for using this method. When all the hostile wizards are dealt with, Voldemort will punish the Death Eaters who summoned him.

The punishment is very simple, but extremely terrible - the Cruciatus Curse, which was cast by Voldemort himself.

The reason given by Voldemort is also very simple: Such a weak enemy actually needs to be summoned to deal with? Cruciatus!

For Voldemort, it seems that except for Dumbledore, most wizards are weak, including most Death Eaters.

Voldemort only uses Death Eaters as tools to fight against Dumbledore's allies.

It is precisely because Lucius saw through this that he decisively chose to surrender himself after he learned that Voldemort was defeated by Harry Potter and would never come back.

He used the excuse of "being controlled by the Imperius Curse" and the operation of money to avoid being imprisoned in Azkaban.

And those so-called loyal Death Eaters were basically liquidated and have been imprisoned in Azkaban until now.

Since Voldemort was defeated, the Dark Mark on his arm has also been hidden, and everything seems to have passed.

The Dark Mark did not appear again, and there was no burning sensation, which made Lucius finally relieved.

The light breeze of late summer blew into the study through the window. He stood up holding his crutches and walked to the desk and sat down.

The light spots sprinkled into the study subsided a little, no longer jumping so wildly...

The 5th Lovegood?

A teacup suddenly appeared in front of Lucius, and it was filled with steaming Ceylon black tea.

This cup of black tea was brewed just right, and both the concentration and temperature were his favorite.

After taking a sip of black tea, the warm current seemed to flow into his limbs, making him feel calmer.

Lucius tapped his cane hard, and a house elf appeared, bowing and pressing his nose to the ground, "Master, what can I do for you?"

"Ask Draco to come to the study."

...

After sending the house elf away, he took out a notebook from his pocket. The cover was pure black and looked ordinary.

The content inside was also ordinary. On the first page, there was a very ordinary name: T.M.Riddle.

A notebook bought from a Muggle stationery store was actually handed to him by Voldemort himself, asking him to keep it well.

Lucius put the notebook in the manor and kept it for more than ten years.

He disdained to use a Muggle notebook, not to mention that there was a very ordinary Muggle name on it.

During the time when Draco went home for the summer vacation, he gradually realized the unusualness of this notebook.

This notebook, which he casually discarded in the corner of the basement and told the house elf not to care about, was not stained by dust at all, and always maintained the appearance when he first got it.

Lucius's mentality changed, from disdain to use the notebook to being wary of it.

This notebook is definitely not simple!

As the patriarch of an ancient pure-blood family, at least he has a good understanding of black magic.

Because of this, he dared not use the notebook casually, for fear of being hurt by the black magic hidden in it.

Not only that, he also carried the notebook with him to prevent Narcissa and Draco from coming into contact with the notebook.

...

Just in the past month, Arthur Weasley suddenly went crazy and launched an action to "confiscate prohibited items in wizards' homes", and focused on confiscating black magic props.

This time he was serious, and even spent only one night to search nine wizard families with criminal records.

The reason why Arthur Weasley did this was to prepare for a "Muggle Protection Act" that was still in the stage of soliciting opinions.

How could Lucius tolerate such a thing?

So he planned to use the notebook and find a way to give it to Arthur Weasley, so as to achieve the purpose of framing him.

As long as it was clear that Arthur Weasley also collected dark magic props, Lucius could use this evidence to operate in the Ministry of Magic and abolish the so-called "Muggle Protection Act".

Today was originally a good opportunity. After completing the transaction with Caractacus Burke, he happened to see the annoying red-haired man on the street.

As long as he found a random reason to contact the Weasley family and then gave the notebook to one of the red-haired men, he could officially start the plan.

He never expected that he would actually sense the reappearance of the Dark Mark on his arm in the middle of the process.

The burning sensation that penetrated deep into his bones made his mind go blank and he forgot the plan that he was supposed to carry out.

...

"Dad, can I come in?"

The sudden voice interrupted Lucius's thoughts.

"Come in." Lucius coughed lightly and adjusted himself to the best state.

"Dad, you're looking for me?" Draco looked a little embarrassed and sat on the chair opposite Lucius.

Lucius asked softly in a calm tone: "Do you know that person... a person named Vizzet Lovegood."

"Vizzet Lovegood?" Draco frowned, "He and I are classmates... the Obscure. Dad, have you forgotten? You told me this."

Lucius continued to ask: "Besides that? Which college is he from?"

"Ravenclaw!" Draco frowned, "It was because of him that Slytherin failed to defend the college cup this year!"

"Go on."

"And the final exam, Professor Snape actually gave him an 'O', he is a Ravenclaw!"

"Severus gave a Ravenclaw 'O'?" Lucius stretched out his index finger and tapped the desk lightly.

A cup of black tea appeared in front of Draco.

Draco nodded, "Pansy and other Slytherins wanted to find Professor Snape to find out the truth, but he has left Hogwarts for vacation."

"Severus can give 'O'..." Lucius murmured, "Anything else about Wizzet Lovegood, tell me everything, Draco."

"Uh..." Draco took a sip of the teacup, frowned and thought, "Wizzet Lovegood will see Professor Snape every weekend."

"In addition... According to those Hufflepuffs, he seems to have been overrated by Professor Snape... In fact, many professors have overrated him..."

"Plus Quidditch, he is a Chaser, that skill is indeed... In short, he won this year's Quidditch trophy, which is why our Slytherin lost the house cup..."

"And what I told you before... After the final exam, a dark wizard invaded Hogwarts, and he, Harry Potter, and that Quirrell solved it together."

Lucius crossed his fingers and circled his thumbs, "An excellent student, deeply loved by professors of various subjects..."

"And he has made achievements in Quidditch, helping Ravenclaw win the trophy as a chaser... He is a new student like you, right?"

"Yes... Dad!" Draco lowered his head, his tone a little frustrated.

"Unexplainable familiarity..." Lucius rubbed his eyebrows, "Draco, is there anything else you haven't said?"

He is too familiar with his child, and he can judge from the hesitant tone just now that Draco must be hiding something.

"Dad... No more... Cough cough cough!" Draco took another sip of black tea and was choked and coughed continuously.

Lucius raised his head slightly, raised his eyebrows and said in a long voice: "Draco... You should remember that your father is the director of Hogwarts. If you want to find out some things, you can find them out."

"It was me... Last time I wanted to get evidence that Harry Potter brought a dragon, but I was caught by Professor McGonagall..." Draco's voice became lower and lower.

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