The words [Yule Ball] and [Dance Partner] were instantly known to all Hogwarts students. Students from the fourth grade and above cheered and went crazy about the news. The little wizards below the fourth grade were envious.
They are drooling - especially the third-year students. They have no chance of qualifying for this Triwizard Tournament. When the next competition is held, they will just graduate. They are simply the most unlucky students.
All of a sudden, the topic of the students changed from prison robbery, the first project, Tom's medal, to the Christmas ball.
The girls were laughing and whispering with their besties in the corridor. Whenever a boy walked by, they would discuss it with their besties excitedly. If the boy turned out to be handsome, they would laugh loudly.
They seem to be planning something embarrassing. In addition to these things, they are also keen on talking about what to wear to the Christmas party...
Tom felt as if he had become a walking joke. Wherever he went, he would attract the attention of countless witches, and then receive a lot of laughter and burning eyes. In contrast, Hermione's face became worse and worse.
——Someone wants to kidnap his dog!
She was in a terrible mood. She didn't understand what Tom was waiting for. Why hadn't he invited her to the Yule Ball yet? Was he waiting for her to speak?
But what does it look like if you ask yourself? How can any girl take the initiative to invite a boy to dance?
As a result, thinking of this, a delicate and pretty face appeared in Hermione's mind, and she felt that the silver-haired mixed-race Veela from France might take the initiative to invite Tom.
She has confidence in Tom, but...
Hermione suddenly became hesitant.
As for Tom, he was thinking about how to invite Hermione to go to the ball with him. Should it be more formal or casual? He was a little undecided. If it was the former, how should he say it? If it was the latter, then what should he do?
Isn't it a bit too hasty and frivolous? Will it make Hermione feel that he doesn't respect her enough?
Tom's head was almost filled with question marks. For this reason, he ignored Hermione's mood for the first time, and his whole body was a little uneasy. His intuition seemed to be warning, but he didn't pay attention.
Until night, the owls brought an Evening Prophet, and its contents put an end to the little wizards' conversation and ended Tom's confusion.
When Tom saw the title of the newspaper, he felt as if his heart was being pinched.
The Evening Prophet told everyone one thing in concise and concise words on the front page:
[Azkaban was captured by a mysterious dark wizard, and the number of prisoner casualties has not yet been determined]
The source of all this stems from the Death Eater gathering at Malfoy Manor.
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"Please sit down."
Voldemort's voice woke up all the Death Eaters. Only then did they realize that the meeting was not over. Their great and omnipotent but extremely violent master was still there!
They all looked away from Bellatrix and back to themselves.
Facing Bella, Voldemort showed rare gentleness. He invited his loyal servant to come and sit at his hand - now the Death Eaters knew who the seat vacated by Lucius belonged to.
No one was dissatisfied. Because in terms of status, Bellatrix could definitely rank among the top three in the Death Eater group. Before Voldemort lost power, only Lucius Malfoy could compete with her. Voldemort
After making a comeback, it is estimated that only Barty Crouch Jr. can rival him.
Bella went against her master's wishes. Instead of sitting next to him, she crawled to the ground and crawled to Voldemort's feet, kissing the hem of his robe.
She kissed with such devotion and concentration that even when she kissed her husband Rodolphus, she was not so devoted.
"Bellatrix Lestrange..." Voldemort muttered her name softly. Bella couldn't help but shuddered when her master read out her name, and seemed to be even more excited.
"I owe you."
"No, absolutely not!" Upon hearing this, Bella immediately screamed, "You never owed me anything!"
"No," Voldemort's voice was soft but very firm, "I owe it to you to let a loyal servant like you stay in Azkaban for fourteen years."
Bellatrix's eyes suddenly filled with tears.
"How are the others?" Voldemort motioned for Bella to stand up.
Bella stood up without feeling satisfied, and respectfully and humbly retreated to the seat designated by Voldemort.
"We are all fine. In Azkaban, we miss you all the time..."
Voldemort stretched out a hand and stopped Bella from talking.
"Rodolphus Lestrange, Antonin Dolohov, August Rookwood..." Voldemort whispered one name after another. They were all imprisoned in Az
Death Eaters in Caban.
In the list that Voldemort recited, the surname Lestrange appeared three times! They were Rodolphus Lestrange, the eldest son of the Lestrange family, and his wife Bellatrix Lestrange.
Strange and his younger brother Rabastan Lestrange. These three are the last heirs of the ancient pure-blood family Lestrange. Their loyalty to Voldemort overwhelms their desire for the continuation of the family.
eager.
You know, all three of them were imprisoned in Azkaban! It was obviously not a good place to breed offspring, so if nothing unexpected happened, this family would be extinct in their generation.
Because of this, the Death Eaters present had strange expressions on their faces when they heard these three names. In their opinion, the Lestrange family was probably crazy! Wanting to show loyalty, Bella
As long as the couple behaves together, why does Rabastan get involved? Wouldn't it be nice to live freely and reproduce in the British wizarding world? He must go to Azkaban with his brother and sister-in-law to suffer.
Voldemort can also think of things that the Death Eaters can think of. Therefore, the Lestrange family has a very special status in his mind.
Finally, the list was finished.
"How many of these people are still alive?"
The audience was silent, no one knew the specific figures. The casualties caused by Voldemort's first prison break are still being counted!
Voldemort did not expect his servant to tell him the answer. He looked at Bella and asked: "My most loyal servant, what reward do you want?"
Bella shook her head, "Being by your side and working for you is my greatest reward!"
Hearing Bella's answer, Voldemort felt that the servant in front of him was becoming more and more pleasing to his eyes. He decided to give Bella a reward, a huge reward that he had never given!
They may be able to have a child, and if Bella is willing, he is willing to condescend to give it to her. In Voldemort's view, this is simply the highest reward.
Of course, as the Dark Lord, Voldemort will not use the same methods as ordinary wizards or Muggles. They can completely let magic do it for them. Their descendants will have the purest blood and the most powerful magical talents. This is also what Voldemort's research has found,
He can use black magic to make Bella pregnant, and the part he provides will have extremely high black magic talent. I hope Bella will not hold back too much.
After finalizing the gift to Bella in his heart, Voldemort looked at the Death Eaters in the room. He had one last thing and the most important thing to announce to them.
"I have something important to tell you," Voldemort glanced at the servants on both sides of the long table, "I will go to Azkaban again. This time, I will definitely attack it!"
Voldemort smiled sadly, he didn't believe that Dumbledore was still there. Being stationed in Azkaban 24 hours a day, could Dumbledore's old bones bear it?
This time he will not give the King of Dementors time to "summon" Dumbledore. When he gets there, he will directly fight the dementors and rescue the prisoners in the prison.
The Death Eaters present were all stunned. They did not expect that Voldemort would attack again just after his defeat. But after thinking about it, it seemed to make sense!
After successfully blocking Voldemort, Dumbledore would definitely feel slack. But at this time, Voldemort suddenly responded with a counterattack and was very likely to hit Dumbledore.
Voldemort ignored these servants with different thoughts. He stood up, turned into a burst of black mist and left, leaving only one sentence before walking away:
"You stay here first and wait for news of my victory."
Voldemort did this to keep it secret. Although Tom and Dumbledore acted out the whole scene, Voldemort, who was suspicious by nature, did not rule out the possibility of a mole in his team.
Although he thought the probability was low, Voldemort subconsciously took protective measures: he put all the insiders under house arrest.
After Voldemort left, all the Death Eaters sat in the living room and stared, not knowing what they were going to do.
"Lucius, why is your place getting so shabby? Why don't you even have tea or snacks?" Being bored, some Death Eaters began to cause trouble for Lucius.
This opening was met with a response, and all the Death Eaters present condemned Lucius, saying that he did not understand how to treat guests.
The Death Eaters did this not because they were hungry, but because everyone saw that Lucius was despised by Voldemort and had lost his favor, so everyone rushed to make things difficult for Lucius in order to get rid of Voldemort.
of joy.
The deeper reason is that Voldemort wanted to see Lucius bullied because he lost his favor, and the considerate Death Eaters implemented this.
Lucius Malfoy's face turned green and red. Finally, he suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a low voice that he would order tea to be prepared.
But as soon as he stood up, Bella, who was sitting at the top of the long table, glared at him.
"The master asked us to wait here for news from him!" Bella's meaning was very obvious. She objected to Lucius leaving the room.
Lucius:......
"But I see that everyone wants to eat something, you can't let everyone go hungry, right?" Barty Crouch Jr. spoke, and it was obvious that he did not want to be consistent with Bella.
Bella raised her eyebrows, sensing the young man's provocation. She understood that the young man in front of her was competing with her for the right to speak within the Death Eaters!
Who is Voldemort's first Death Eater is still open to debate!
But before Bella could refute, Lucius provided a very reliable solution.
"Dobby!" After going through some psychological struggle, Lucius snapped his fingers and summoned his house elf.
Lucius walked up to Dobby and bent down to look down at him.
"Go to the kitchen and prepare tea for the distinguished guests. Be quick!" At the same time, a note fell into Dobby's hand. Due to Lucius's position, the other Death Eaters did not see his little movement at all.
"As you command." Dobby bowed deeply, snapped his fingers and disappeared.
Voldemort's turnaround was extremely successful.
After Tom and Dumbledore left, they did not even consider that the mysterious man would return to Azkaban despite the pain. According to Dumbledore's analysis, Riddle's top priority was to treat the injury on his arm rather than continue to rob the prison.
But Voldemort is such a person who cannot be judged by common sense. His behavior is obviously beyond the expectations of Tom and Dumbledore. If they stay here to ambush, Voldemort, who is not in good condition, may be directly beaten back to the wandering spirit.
State. So Voldemort took a lot of risks. The greater the risk, the greater the benefits. Voldemort, who succeeded in taking the risk, received a great reward: he successfully captured Azkaban.
Without the support of Tom's organization and Dumbledore, the Ministry of Magic's garrison personnel had not yet been put in place, and Azkaban's defense was at its weakest moment. The dementors were no match for Voldemort, and they were easily dispersed.
, exposing the prisoner to Voldemort.
Fortunately, the order Tom gave in Azkaban is still valid, that is, when someone wants to successfully rob the prison, the dementors can kill the prisoners.
So after Voldemort defeated the dementors, the defeated dementors did not escape outside, but fled deeper into the prison, broke into the cells along the way, and gave the prisoners the Dementor's Kiss.
After Voldemort endured the pain and defeated the Dementors, he was already exhausted. He didn't even notice that the Dementors were executing prisoners at first!
When he realized what was happening in the prison, at least two digits of prisoners had been executed by the Dementors.
"Damn it!" Voldemort waved his wand, summoned his Patronus, and rushed straight into the depths of Azkaban...
With the help of Voldemort, he rescued many Death Eaters who had not had time to be executed. It was not until Dumbledore arrived that Voldemort stopped the prison robbery. But it was too late. Voldemort laughed maniacally and turned into a burst of black smoke and disappeared.
At the edge of the sky, Dumbledore was left standing there, staring angrily in the direction where Voldemort was leaving, with Aurors from the Ministry of Magic emerging one after another around him.
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Reading the report in the Evening Prophet, Tom felt a surge of anger rushing to his forehead.
"I'm going to see Professor Dumbledore." He picked up the newspaper and ran towards Dumbledore's office.
"I'll go with you!" Hermione followed without saying a word.
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Two in one 4,000-word chapter
Recommend a book: "The Masked King"
This new book by an old author must be very interesting.