Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

But you can find a way to drag other people into the task and take the blame. If the task is completed, it will be your credit, but if the task fails, it will be your teammates' fault.

"No problem. Your request is what I expect. I will make 'that boy' unable to hold that position before the end of the school year, but I will need to use some drastic measures."

"You know she is not a loser like Fudge. To be able to sit in that position means she is very capable."

Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Minister-in-Chief of Magic, and as long as he doesn't make any serious mistakes, he is basically the next Minister.

"I need to borrow someone from you"

"No problem, you can mobilize any Death Eater."

Voldemort was very satisfied with Lucius's attitude and efficiency. However, after he finished speaking, he added: "Lucius, my most loyal servant, as long as you complete this task, whatever you do in the future will represent my will."

This sentence is very important. As long as Lucius agrees, it means that his status among the Death Eaters is second only to Voldemort.

Avery's eyes instantly turned red, and before Lucius could make a statement, he shouted, "Master, Lucius has only made a small contribution. You are too..."

"You're questioning my decision? Huh?"

Avery broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this.

Questioning Voldemort? How dare he?!

He was so scared that he knelt down and begged for mercy.

How much is face worth? He couldn't bear either the Cruciatus Curse or the Killing Curse.

And this situation is very common among Death Eaters.

What Death Eater can say they haven't done this?

"Master, how dare your humble servant hope to represent your will? Compared with you, my wisdom is as insignificant as the weeds on the roadside. As long as I can do my best to serve you, I will be satisfied."

The second rule of survival for Death Eaters: When Voldemort shows unconditional trust in you, you should probably be alert. Don't be complacent or even do anything exaggerated. You must show fear when necessary.

Because you never know whether this mentally ill guy in front of you really trusts you or is testing you.

Chapter 349 Voldemort: “Hehehehehe”

Although Lucius's metaphor was strange, Voldemort found it very useful.

Nodding with satisfaction.

Lucius guessed correctly, Voldemort was indeed testing him.

Voldemort is a cunning and suspicious person. It is true that he admires capable people, but it is just admiration. If necessary, he can kill the other person without mercy.

Lucius has always been very capable, and now he is even more capable than before, there is no doubt about that, but he lost the diary, the important diary that he personally handed to him, his Horcrux!

Back then, Voldemort only had two subordinates, one was him, and the other was Bellatrix who was imprisoned in Azkaban.

And now he is resurrected with the Horcrux given to Bellatrix.

What do you think his attitude should be towards Lucius?

If Lucius had not rushed over as soon as he returned and helped him deal with so many things, it would have been a blessing for him not to kill the other person.

After giving orders to his men, Voldemort stayed alone in the room.

With a wave of his hand, he instantly blew a floor-to-ceiling mirror in the room into pieces. He was fed up with the goblin's tiny body. If changing bodies had not had some effect on the soul, he would have possessed other Death Eaters long ago.

"Dumbledore, Harry Potter, I will kill you sooner or later."

"Oh, and that pesky Dursley."

Voldemort gazed into the distance through the window that was leaking again, with endless murderous intent blooming in his tiny eyes.

That direction is Hogwarts.

Then he pulled out a ring inlaid with a round black gem from his pocket and gently stroked it as if he had seen his first love.

This is also a Horcrux, but more than just a Horcrux.

The ring of the House of Gaunt.

It is also the Resurrection Stone, one of the Three Deathly Hallows, which Grindelwald has been searching for all his life but has failed to find.

This was his trump card to use against Dumbledore. There was a very powerful curse on it. Anyone who carried it would be cursed and would surely die.

That's right, the curse that Karkaroff was proud of was nothing in front of Voldemort. At least even if Karkaroff spent his entire life researching, he could not create a curse that could kill Dumbledore.

It is true that Dumbledore knew about Voldemort's past, but Voldemort had not done nothing for all these years. He was very afraid of Dumbledore. In order to deal with Dumbledore and find his weakness, Voldemort investigated his past.

He feels guilty about the death of his relatives, which is why he stays away from power. He believes that this is also one of the reasons that killed his relatives.

“You can’t turn it down.”

Voldemort faced the direction of Hogwarts and raised the ring, as if he was talking to Dumbledore from a distance. The gem emitted colorful black in the sunlight.

Now we just need to find a suitable time for the other party to 'discover' it.

For example: give the other person a hint and let him find it himself.

He is about to get his original body back and recover to his peak. With the death of the wizard he feared most, no one in the whole world will be able to disobey him.

Thinking of this, Voldemort couldn't help but grin and let out a "hehe" laugh.

Dumbledore, the protagonist plotted by Voldemort, was currently shopping for fifth-grade textbooks with Dudley and others at Flourish and Blotts in Diagon Alley, listening to their complaints.

"Magical Defense Theory."

Ron held up a book and tapped the thick cover of the book. "I bet this is the most boring textbook I've ever seen."

He had just finished speaking when he added: "Even more boring and useless than Lockhart's book."

"Magical Defense Theory", a textbook for the fifth grade Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

"Look at the tagline written by the author: learn defensive spells in a safe and risk-free way. I doubt that this author has not even graduated. If his level of defense against the dark arts is higher than that of second-year Harry, I lose."

Starting from the second grade, one of the subjects that the discipline team attaches most importance to is Defense Against the Dark Arts, the Duelist Club in the second grade, Lupin in the third grade, the real and fake Moody and Karkaroff in the fourth grade, and finally Grindelwald, who is on vacation, can learn from these veteran wizards, and the level of the discipline team is not low.

Even Ron, who had the worst performance among them, was qualified to make some comments.

Defense against the dark arts has absolutely nothing to do with safety. The prerequisite for countering curses is that you must be proficient in curses.

Even Hermione, who always respected the authority of textbooks, frowned and kept flipping through the contents of the book. She rarely refuted Ron.

The first chapter of this book, "Basic Principles for Beginners", and the second chapter, "General Defense Theory and Its Origin", seem to contain normal content at first glance, including definitions of black magic, magical defense, etc.

In fact, this is very similar to the content in "Dark Powers: A Guide to Self-Defense" that Harry and his friends studied in the first grade. It is so similar that it can be described as an English translation.

Moreover, starting from the third chapter, the author seems to be letting himself go. The content of the third chapter is "Reasons for non-offensive response to magical attacks". Chapter 15 is about counter-curses. He believes that counter-curses should not exist. The content is roughly similar to Lockhart's use of a smile to resolve the crisis. The content of chapter 34 is even more outrageous - "Not revenge but negotiation". Yes, this "master"'s first reaction to the black magic attack is not to fight back immediately, but to negotiate.

All I can say is that this 'master' is either bad or stupid.

"Why would our new professor use this kind of book as a textbook?"

Even the usually taciturn Neville couldn't help but speak.

"This level of ability can also be used to publish a book. I think Draco can become a master of Defense Against the Dark Arts."

Ron's movements were as exaggerated as ever.

"Roxithromycin Capsules, I'll just take it as a compliment." Draco tried to remain elegant.

He spent the entire holiday imitating Grindelwald. Ever since he met this most charismatic wizard, he vowed to become like him.

"My name is just three letters (Ron), how come you can make such a complicated word?"

"Is it complicated? It is quite complicated compared to your brain."

"Draco, I want to duel with you!"

"Well, Lopinero, let's celebrate your 1,223rd defeat in a duel tonight."

Ron: "."

At this time, Hermione had closed the book. She had finally finished reading the whole book. She said to Dumbledore in a dull tone, "Professor, this kind of dark magic textbook has no practical significance at all."

"If the theory was correct, there wouldn't be so many wizards dying from the Dark Arts every year."

"Can you tell me who is the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher this year?"

Chapter 350 Ron: A bunch of big dogs!

"The new professors are from the Ministry of Magic. I haven't had time to look at the specific list yet."

After returning from Austria, Dumbledore began to wear his usual smile on his face again.

"But it's definitely not an Auror."

Dudley added.

Even if Sirius's little niece, Nymphadora Tonks, who just passed the Auror exam earlier this year, were to be the professor of this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, she would be better than the upcoming one.

"In fact, Professor Snape originally wanted to teach this course, but I refused."

Dumbledore smiled and blinked, as if rejecting Snape was something he enjoyed.

It seems that most dark wizards, especially those who are extremely confident in their own strength, have a special liking for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. For example, senior Tom who is about to lose his nose, Barty Jr. who was personally sent to Azkaban by Moody, and Professor Snape.

"Is Snape teaching the Defense Against the Dark Arts class? Actually, it would be nice if he came."

Draco's tone was full of regret.

"It's a pity to reject him."

Harry's face was full of regret as well. Actually, he was planning to show Snape what he had learned during the holidays to open his eyes.

"So the Ministry sent a jerk?"

"No, they're just a bunch of idiots."

Ron concluded, raising his eyebrows provocatively at Draco.

Everyone looked at him in unison.

"Sorry, Brother D, I didn't mean to say that about you."

Ron realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly apologized.

"The Wizengamot isn't really the Ministry of Magic, but is it really okay for you to curse your father like that?"

Ron's father Arthur is also from the Ministry of Magic.

As expected of Ron, when he got angry and provoked Draco, he even scolded his own father.

When they were halfway through their shopping, Dumbledore received an urgent owl message and left, leaving them alone.

Dumbledore was not worried at all because they were underage wizards. With their current magical attainments, even if they suddenly had the urge to run to Corner Alley, they could only mourn in silence for those wizards who were planning to do something bad to them.

"There are still a few days left before school starts. How are you going to spend your time?"

Harry asked as he ate the sweet chocolate ice cream provided by Florin's Ice Cream Shop.

"Godric's Hollow?"

Draco suggested that he really missed the environment there, which was much safer than Malfoy Manor.

Ever since he saw how Dudley arranged his own castle, he had always felt that his own manor was very unsafe, as if a large number of dark wizards would break in at any time out of nowhere.

"To experience the Muggle world?"

This was Ron's suggestion. He had heard Harry mention video games, a form of entertainment for ordinary people, and he wanted to give it a try. Unfortunately, his suggestion did not receive support from anyone.

"I want to find a place to read. The letters delivered by owls are a little late. I want to finish studying all the fifth grade content by myself before school starts. And there are OWLs exams this year, so I want to give myself more time to review."

Hermione said with a hint of annoyance.

He was completely unaware of the strange looks given to him by the other people after he had just finished speaking.

Although many courses in Dudley's class have surpassed the learning progress of senior grades, this does not apply to all subjects. For example, history of magic, ancient magic runes, astronomy, herbology, etc. are not included.

"Hermione, I don't think people can or should be that curry."

Even the honest child Neville couldn't stand it anymore.

Are you going to let others live?

"Hermione, believe me. Even if you take the OWLs now, you can pass the NEWT exam in one try."