Lucius frowned slightly and cast his eyes confusedly at the vaguely familiar shabby notebook in Elena's hand.
The tattered cover doesn't look like the common parchment books at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, but more like a pulp book bought from a Muggle store.
etc!
This, this is?!
The next moment, a bolt of lightning suddenly pierced Lucius's mind.
He knew where his sense of familiarity came from, the blank diary that the Dark Lord had given him for safekeeping more than ten years ago!
Just a few months ago, Draco was tricked into breaking into his personal collection room and stealing this damn thing from inside!
"This, this shouldn't be Dumbledore..."
Lucius Malfoy's eyes narrowed sharply, and he looked at Elena with a mixture of shock and anger.
"Is it you?!"
"Well, it seems that you know this diary - well, this diary was indeed given to me by Professor Dumbledore."
Elena raised her eyebrows, a cunning look flashed in her eyes, and she followed Lucius Malfoy's words and answered naturally.
Judging from the actual handling process, the last handover of "Tom Riddle's Diary" occurred between Dumbledore and Elena.
In order to prevent accidents to the greatest extent, the old wizards worked together to block all the "interfaces" of this special Horcrux, leaving only the basic writing interaction function.
As for whether this answer would arouse old Malfoy's suspicions, Elena had no doubts - today's core goal is to recover Lucius, and the most important steps are to try to dispel his desire to surrender to Dumbledore.
It is highly unlikely that the best way to stimulate Lucius Malfoy is to hint that Dumbledore is secretly attacking his family.
Just as Elena expected, with her answer, Lucius Malfoy's face darkened almost instantly.
Now the time, characters, events, motives, logic, all the links are aligned one by one!
You know, before this he had suspected Dumbledore of planning all of this.
Glancing at the old Malfoy who was hesitant to speak, Elena's cunning eyes became more and more clever.
The bait has been successfully bitten and now it is time to close the net.
"So……"
Elena stopped tapping, unfolded the shabby diary in her hand, and threw it towards Lucius.
"So do you know how to use this diary and what it is?"
"...This is the Dark Lord's diary when he was in school, but there is nothing recorded in it."
Lucius Malfoy subconsciously stretched out his hand to catch it. Sure enough, he read it correctly. This was the notebook given to him by the Dark Lord.
In the past few months, he would think about this stolen thing from time to time, worrying that one day it would turn into an evil spirit that would take away his family's peaceful life.
However, Lucius Malfoy never expected...
This "dark devil's relic" that he had been looking for for months unexpectedly returned to his hands in such a random way.
The middle-aged wizard's eyes were filled with deep confusion and uneasiness, and he kept looking back and forth at the thin, tattered book in his hand.
"A few months before the Dark Lord lost power, the Dark Lord gave me this diary and told me to keep it well..."
"Some time ago, Dumbledore tried to steal it from my house. I didn't expect that it would end up in your hands, so what's so special about it-"
"This is one of Tom Riddle's Horcruxes."
Elena replied calmly, and after thinking for a while, she added an additional explanation quite seriously.
"You can understand that there is a fragment of Tom Riddle, Voldemort's soul, lodged here."
Soul, Horcrux?!
Is there a fragment of Voldemort's soul in this?!
Following Elena's words, Lucius's right hand shook violently, and he almost couldn't help but subconsciously throw away the thin diary in his hand.
"I assume Tom Riddle has claimed victory over death numerous times before you, right?"
Elena said softly and casually, casually fetching the iced juice next to her, and took a sip happily.
"This is how he defeated it - he divided his soul into many pieces and hid the secrets in various objects, just like an earthworm cut into many segments."
"Of course, compared to cute little creatures like earthworms, Tom Riddle's idea of mass-producing Horcruxes is vicious and too crazy. By the way, Mr. Malfoy."
Elena paused for a few seconds, looked meaningfully at the middle-aged wizard with a surprised look, and continued speaking with her left hand gently cupping her chin.
"Do you know how a Horcrux, such as the diary in your hand, can be 'resurrected'?"
"What is it?"
"Sacrifice a wizard's life and magic."
Elena said softly, a dangerous light flashing in her lake-blue eyes.
"Even if it's just a student who has just received the notice from Hogwarts, as long as he sacrifices a wizard, it can obtain the entity."
"...sacrifice, a wizard." Lucius Malfoy trembled all over and quickly threw the diary in his hand onto the workbench next to him.
"Don't worry, Mr. Nico Flamel, my grandfather and several others worked together to seal this Horcrux. Now it can no longer actively draw magic power from the outside world."
Elena chuckled and shook her head. While explaining, she raised her right hand and waved it lightly.
The next moment, a quill and half a bottle of ink appeared on the workbench.
"Don't you want to ask yourself why Mr. Tom Riddle gave such dangerous and precious things to the Malfoy family for safekeeping? The pen and ink are right there. All you have to do is open the diary and write on it.
Just post your question, and the remnant soul of the Dark Lord hidden inside should give you some response after seeing the question."
"...response?"
Lucius Malfoy was silent for a moment, then gently opened the diary on the workbench and looked at the blank first page.
He picked up the quill, dipped it in ink and placed it on the blank page, with the expression on his face constantly changing.
After a long time, Lucius shook his head slightly and put down his pen.
"No need, I know the answer."
Regarding the Horcrux, although he didn't know whether it was true or false for the time being, there were some things that would be easy to investigate once he knew about them.
If nothing else, most of what Elena just said should be true. If so, then there is no need for him to ask.
If you think about it carefully, in the magic world, if you want to find a magic family that is suitable for storing "horcruxes" and at the same time ensuring the conditions for the activation of "horcruxes", the Malfoy family is obviously one of the most suitable options.
After all, although they have always claimed to be a pure-blood family, they are actually smarter than most traditional magic families in terms of continuing their descendants and bloodline.
According to the truth that Lucius Malfoy knew, the blood of the Malfoy family was actually mixed with the blood of many marrow wizards.
Then, the reason why Voldemort placed the Horcrux here is obvious - Tom Riddle, the evil dark wizard, hopes that one day he can draw magic and life from the descendants of the Malfoy family to continue what he calls
"The Immortal Myth".
"Dumbledore sees us as stains that cannot be wiped away, and Riddle sees us as fertilizer..."
Lucius Malfoy said slowly, gently spinning the quill in his right hand.
"So, dear Miss Kaslana, what do you think I would be?"
"A partner who knows the art of assessing the situation, pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages."
Elena smiled sweetly, pulled out a contract, and floated forward under the pull of magic.
"Mr. Malfoy, I have several 'magic industry chains' that I would like your help to run."