Rodolphus and Bella have a strange way of getting along with each other.
Even in the eyes of most other Death Eaters, it can be felt that they are more like a couple in name, but in fact there is basically no relationship between husband and wife.
This is indeed the case.
Even in private, Bella never gave her husband a good look, even though this was the first time she met Rodolphus after learning about the death of her brother-in-law Rabastan.
"The Lestrange family can no longer disappoint their master. You should know this better than anyone else."
Deep in the maze of ice and snow, in front of a huge copper door, Bella said coldly.
Rodolphus is still the same taciturn person. Since the death of his biological brother, he has become obviously much more decadent than before.
"Master, why are you so sure that this place is no longer important?"
He asked in a hoarse voice, and at the same time he raised his head to look at the old and shabby copper door next to him, but it seemed as if it was completely welded to the entire ice layer and remained motionless.
Bella's face had no expression.
"It's not that this place is unimportant to the owner, but it is very important. But he knows that no one in the world can open this door except him, not even Dumbledore himself."
"So, this is actually a bait?" Rodolphus tilted his head and looked at her.
"The owner didn't expect this bait to work at first, because they are not stupid, they can't detect such an obvious bait, and they will send people to die."
Bella looked into Rodolphus's eyes coldly.
"So I have always said that this is your chance, a chance to make up for your previous failure. We cannot deduce why they are willing to let that evil student in since they know it is a bait, but as long as they enter this maze
, his only goal is what is behind this door, otherwise there would be no point in him coming here."
"Stay here and kill him. This is the only chance for you and the Lestrange family to regain the trust and favor of the master."
Bella paused here for a moment before continuing.
"You don't want Rabastan to die like this and be meaningless and valuable."
There was no change in expression on Rodolphus's face, but the hand holding the wand had been clenched tightly at some point.
Of course he didn't want all of this to become worthless.
Not only the death of Rabastan, but also the achievements they had made by infiltrating into the French Ministry of Magic.
Only by correcting their mistakes here can they enjoy the rewards and value brought by those achievements again. Otherwise, without Voldemort's trust, everything in the Lestrange family will become a complete joke.
A joke created by a teenage boy.
"Have you asked the owner about that gem?"
After a moment of silence, Rodolphus raised his head again and looked at the inconspicuous blue diamond-shaped gem embedded in the ice not far from the copper door.
Since they discovered the stone, they have tried many ways to get it out, but they have all ended in failure.
Unless they can destroy the entire ice layer connected to the copper door, there is no way to get this strange gem out, but the ice layer itself, like the door, cannot be destroyed at all.
"I am the only one who knows about this matter. Let me remind you once again that the master's current situation has no way of taking care of these things." Bella said with a cold face.
"Otherwise, do you think that since he values that boy so much, why doesn't he come here himself? His condition is not as good as others can see, and he has no energy to care about other things. He is preparing for another more important matter.
That’s why he has given such full power to you and me! If he needs to do everything personally, then why do we need our subordinates to do it? To be like moths sucking his blood? "
As she spoke, she stared closely into Rodolphus's eyes.
"Remember to keep all the words I said to you in your heart. We have been in France for so long. You should know what words can be said and what words can never come out of your mouth in this life!"
Rodolphus made no promise, he just nodded silently.
He shouldn't have any dissatisfaction. Bella rarely used the tone of a family to say something that she should only know. He really shouldn't have any dissatisfaction.
But inexplicably, he just felt a burst of sarcasm, which was without any reason, just like it was normal for her to say these things to him without any reason.
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Jon didn't go any further.
After approaching the target for less than a mile, the number of Death Eaters patrolling nearby was significantly larger.
He put on the invisibility cloak and stopped in a corner. He grabbed Gabrielle's arm and stared at a group of Death Eaters walking past not far in front of them. His breath that he had been holding slowly relaxed.
.
In the invisibility cloak, Jon reopened the map. He looked at the last straight road from the marked point and said softly.
"Obviously, this location is not only the location of the gem, it is also an area that the Death Eaters focus on. It is very likely that this is the final destination of the Dark Lord when he came to this maze."
Gabrielle looked up at Jon.
"So what do we do now?"
This question also made Jon think about it.
The passages in the maze are too narrow. It is not impossible to continue walking forward while wearing an invisibility cloak, but the probability of problems will become higher.
In just a few hundred meters, Jon has seen no less than three waves of Death Eater teams passing by him. This means that if he is discovered, these people can assemble as quickly as possible to kill him.
surrounded.
When such a situation occurs, Jon can no longer go on. He can only use Fox's feathers to summon it and take him away from here.
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, otherwise there will be no other better way.
Jon thought about it and finally decided to give it a try.
He tightened the invisibility cloak around him, allowing Gabrielle to always follow him with his arm, and that hand was holding Fox's feather.
Wearing an invisibility cloak, he can dive as deep as he can. If something unexpected happens, he will crush the feather in his hand without stopping.
Jon knew very well that if he took the risk, he would not only be risking his own life, but also the life of Gabrielle who was following him!
At the same time, he blocked the still hard Nick in front of him again. The petrified Nick was an excellent shield. He could block the Death Curse without being destroyed by the spell itself, and could give Jon
Security provides great protection.
After making all the preparations, Jon and Gabrielle continued to move forward very carefully.
Whenever they encountered Death Eaters again, they would stop immediately and wait until this group of Death Eaters passed by before continuing their actions.
After walking slowly forward for about two hours, they finally saw a relatively open space compared to other parts of the maze.
There are about a dozen Death Eaters stationed here, and there are tents set up in the open space. As if they knew in advance that Jon would come to such a place, they were ready to wait and see.
Jon did not enter the open space rashly, but first hid at the edge of the maze entrance, observing the people guarding here.
The first thing that caught his eye was undoubtedly that "old acquaintance".
Rodolphus was sitting by a fire and warming his hands. Compared with Jon when he saw him on the sea, he now had a slovenly beard and an ugly pale and haggard look on his face. It was obvious that he had not lived a good life during this period.
Not good.
The next person who caught Jon's attention was a woman with wavy black hair, dark nail polish on her nails, and a cold face and sharp eyes.
This woman was the first time Jon had met, but her temperament, coupled with her identity as a female Death Eater, made Jon have to think of a person, a very famous woman in the original novel.
Bellatrix Lestrange!
One of Voldemort's most loyal men, he is also a cruel and despicable fanatic.
She was still related to Sirius, but she was the one who killed the big black dog with her own hands.
Jon didn't expect her to come here, but if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising. Rodolphus is already a loser who has failed once. Even if Voldemort is willing to give him another chance, he can't.
Just let him rest assured and take full responsibility for this matter.
Although Bella is Rodolphus's wife, compared with the master-servant relationship between Voldemort, the so-called husband-wife relationship can be said to be nothing.
After seeing Bella, Jon became more vigilant again.
He knew very well that even though this woman was known for being crazy, she could also be said to be Voldemort's most shrewd and capable subordinate.
After the fall of France, Dumbledore had always suspected that the person pretending to be the Chief Justice "Roland" was Bella, and she was the biggest contributor to the fall of France into the hands of Voldemort. Even Dumbledore didn't even think about it at the beginning.
I was deceived by her.
Apart from the couple Rodolphus and Bella, what caught Jon's attention the most was the door facing him that looked like it was made entirely of bronze.
The door looks extremely old, and only some long strips of patterns can be vaguely carved on the surface. What exactly these reliefs are is no longer clear.
Jon frowned and looked at the door, his intuition told him that this was what the Death Eaters were really guarding, and this was where Voldemort really stayed when he came to this maze.
But that door always gave Jon a very unusual feeling. There was no crack in the door that was closed, as if a huge bronze plate was directly embedded in the ice.
Then his eyes drifted, and when he saw the ice wall to the left of the bronze door, Jon's pupils shrank slightly!
It was a blue diamond-shaped stone, so small that even if it was embedded in a ring, it would be enough to hold five.
The gemstones seemed to be completely integrated into the ice, and there was no discernible difference between them.
Jon suppressed his inner excitement, turned his head and winked at Gabrielle.
Gabrielle nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. In this situation, she didn't even dare to take a breath, and she always acted according to Jon's instructions.
Wearing the invisibility cloak, Jon led Gabrielle and began to leave the passage of the maze with extreme caution. He had already put a layer of thick cotton on the soles of his shoes so that he would not feel any scratches when he stepped on the ice.
sound came out.
Just like that, he held his breath, pressed against the corner, and passed almost face to face with a Death Eater who was delivering a teapot to Rodolphus, and barely managed to pass through two tents that were close together, and finally
Approaching the ice surface studded with gems.
Jon didn't rush to try to pull off the gem. He knew clearly that things would not be that simple.
If this stone could be taken away so easily, Adrian would not have left it here. He came to the North Pole just for this thing. Even if he had no way to use it, there was no reason to try his best.
Take it away.
And these Death Eaters, they are not blind. This gem is inconspicuous, but it is not something that people who stay here cannot find it.
For such a strange stone, Jon didn't believe that the Death Eaters had never tried to take it out of the ice, but the fact that it was still here proved that neither Adrien nor the Death Eaters had succeeded.
.
Paying attention to other people's things around him, and after making sure that no one was paying attention to him, Jon took the ring off his finger with great caution, and then used the missing groove on it to slowly approach the one on the ice.
gem.
But even though he had completely placed the ring close to the blue gemstone, the stone had no intention of being directly embedded in the ring.
This made Jon a little disappointed, but it was also expected.
He stared at the gem for a long time. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the stone was completely integrated with the surrounding ice. Unless it was possible to blow up the ice, it would be impossible to take it out.
Such a discovery made Jon even more confused. How could Adrian make such a dense stone here?
The doubts did not stay in his mind for long, and soon Jon gave up the idea of taking the gems away by force.
Since he can't get it now, it doesn't mean he won't be able to get it in the future. Anyway, he already knows this place, and the Death Eaters can't send people to guard it here forever. There will be plenty of time for him to come back and try again.
And now his main target should be the guarded door!
Jon stared at the bronze door and narrowed his eyes.