In a spacious bedroom.

Lucius, wearing pajamas, was sitting at the coffee table with Narcissa.

The dim yellow light emanated from the desk lamp, reflecting two sad faces.

"Honey, do we really want to throw that diary away? The Dark Lord put it here for us."

Narcissa asked in a lowered voice.

After hearing this, Lucius continued to maintain a melancholy and dazed expression on his face and said:

"The Ministry of Magic is pressing too hard. They can go to Parkinson's House to search today, and they can go to Goyle and Crabbe's House tomorrow. And the day after tomorrow, it will be our turn. If they really find out about the conspiracy by then,

If it belongs to the Demon King, you can imagine our fate."

Lucius stood up and paced back and forth, continuing to mutter to himself, "What I originally wanted was to find an opportunity to send it to Hogwarts, and then take the opportunity to expose it. With how dangerous that thing is, it will definitely be exposed by then.

Neither Dumbledore nor Harry Potter can stand down, and may even be in danger!

Later, I will unite with the school board to put pressure on it. In this way, the school board, which was originally ignored by Dumbledore, can also gain some real power and be able to indirectly control Hogwarts.

This would be great for the Malfoy family!

but now……"

Lucius's voice stopped abruptly.

Next to her, Narcissa also showed a wry smile.

Just a few weeks ago, their son Draco told them news that overwhelmed them - the Dark Lord was still alive! And he was still plotting his return!

When they heard the news, Lucius and Narcissa immediately collapsed.

After Voldemort fell, they immediately used the power in their hands to get rid of their "Death Eater" status and related punishments under the pretext of being "controlled by the Imperius Curse", and returned to the upper class wizard society with a perfect reputation.

In Voldemort's eyes, this behavior was definitely betrayal!

The most terrible thing is that their son Draco actually followed John and others to beat the Dark Lord severely and ruined the Dark Lord's plan to return.

If the Dark Lord returns, how will he take revenge on their family?

"I finally understand why the Ministry of Magic has tightened its grip recently!" Lucius murmured, "They must have noticed the Dark Lord's movements and are taking precautions and preparing to kill him a second time!"

"Which one of them do you think will win this time?" Narcissa asked.

"Currently, the Ministry of Magic has a greater chance of winning. At least they have started making preparations now, and the current Dark Lord seems to be very weak. Didn't you hear what Draco said? He can't even defeat a John Shafik now.

but."

"So this is why you are so polite to John Shafik even though you know that it was John Shafik who took Draco to defeat the Dark Lord and caused us so much trouble?"

"It can only be said that part of it is because of this. Most of it is because John Shafik also hides a big secret! Think about it, the Shafiq family has not been born for nearly a hundred years. They now put John

Why would such a genius with terrifying talents be thrown out to specifically oppose the Dark Lord?"

"Of course I know there is a conspiracy! I mean, are you sure you want to get involved in this? And you want Draco to take the lead?"

"It's okay, there won't be any risks here. Draco and John are roommates, and the interactions between them are just normal human interactions. We just need to pretend that we don't know anything. When the time comes, we will have an advantage

Just take advantage, and if you don’t get any advantage, just pretend to be stupid.”

"Then let's get down to business, dear, are you going to continue to act stupid about that 'diary'?"

As soon as he said this, Lucius fell silent.

He looked at the starry sky outside the window, and after a while he said:

"Continue to implement the original plan. If the Dark Lord wins in the end, we will say that the diary was seized by the Ministry of Magic after his fall. We have no idea why it appeared in Hogwarts. And we have no idea.

If the Ministry of Magic wins, then we are perfect law-abiding citizens and nothing will happen to us."

"Are you sure the Dark Lord will believe your excuse? He is not a reasonable person." Narcissa said.

"What the Dark Lord wants is the resources and reputation of the Malfoy family." Lucius sighed, "If he can still use me, he won't kill us all. So I just need to step up a level so that everyone can have it."

Just an excuse to step down."

Hearing this, Narcissa hesitated to speak, but finally nodded.

…

A few days later, Lucius left Malfoy Manor with Draco and John.

The purpose of their trip is to purchase textbooks and learning tools needed for the new semester.

However, when John followed Lucius out of the fireplace, what appeared in front of him was a dark, dirty and unfamiliar street.

"This is Knockturn Alley, which specializes in selling dangerous and strange things. Of course, it also sells black magic products."

Draco proudly explained to John, "My father and I have been to this magical black market many times. There are many very cool places. After a while, I will..."

"Shut up! Draco!" Lucius interrupted Draco with a sullen face, and then said softly to John, "Also, John, don't listen to Draco's nonsense. Knockturn Alley is quite dangerous.

place, especially for little wizards like you.

So, follow me closely, don’t talk nonsense, and don’t touch things randomly.”

John smiled and nodded, then followed Lucius and continued walking forward.

He had heard of Knockturn Alley many times when he was working at the Leaky Cauldron. He knew the dangers and conveniences of it so well that he didn't need Lucius to remind him.

Then several people, led by Lucius, walked into the largest store on this street.

The store is spacious and dark, with many display cabinets and glass boxes scattered around. Inside are things like a withered human hand, a stack of blood-stained playing cards, and a dull glass eyeball. It doesn't look like anything good at first glance.

things.

Lucius rang the bell on the counter, then turned back to Draco who was about to reach out and touch the glass eyeball and said:

"Don't touch anything, Draco."

"I thought you were going to buy me and John a gift." Draco complained. "It would be nice to have a broomstick for each of us. Then we can enter the Slytherin school team and teach the bad guys a lesson."

special!

Pott got a Nimbus 2000 last year, and Dumbledore authorized him to represent Gryffindor House. He doesn't deserve it at all, but it's just because he's somewhat famous...because he has a stupid scar on his forehead..."

"You must have said this to me at least ten times!"

Lucius interrupted, "Well, the new broom will have it, and you and John will have it! But I have to remind you that when most people think of Harry Potter as the hero who drove away the devil,

It would be unwise for you not to pretend to like him!"

Draco shrugged nonchalantly.

John shook his head and said:

"I'm not interested in flying around on a broomstick. If you can, Mr. Malfoy, I would like to ask you to do me another favor."

Lucius said enthusiastically:

"What's the favor? I will definitely help you. John, you are...ah, Mr. Borgin!"

A hunched man appeared behind the counter, stroking back his shiny hair with his hands.

Lucius immediately came over.

John didn't care that the conversation was interrupted and continued to browse in the store.

His eyes swept from one product to another, and finally landed on a large black cabinet.

John took two steps forward and approached the cabinet. Through a small crack, he happened to see Harry's face filled with fear.

"Shh-"
Chapter completed!