Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

After Hermione and Lin Xia found their respective opponents, Draco also used Apparition to arrive at a marginal area.

This place was not in the suburbs near the woods, nor was it in an obviously remote area of ​​Hogsmeade village, but rather a slightly empty villa area.

Draco's figure suddenly appeared on the street. He looked up and saw that his surroundings were no different from what he had imagined.

He nodded slightly, extremely satisfied with this use of Apparition.

This was a complete transfer according to the location he had constructed in his mind.

Draco's target was not the Death Eaters, but O'Connor whom he had met before.

He is aware of his strengths and weaknesses. He has a stronger physique than ordinary wizards, which makes him fearless in casting spells during battle, and he is much more maneuverable and flexible than other wizards.

But he also knew that he was still too young and the magical power in his body was not accumulated enough.

If he really came face to face with the Death Eaters, he could only hope that the Death Eaters would underestimate him because of his young face, and he would seize the opportunity to turn the tables.

So Draco had an idea.

He didn't have to take the initiative to look for Death Eaters, but instead set traps in advance in places where Death Eaters might go.

After Lin Xia's secret reminder, Draco began to feel more confident.

He was not satisfied with just saving people from Death Eaters, but hoped to be able to take the lives of Death Eaters through strategy.

If doing so can not only enhance his magical foundation but also help his cultivation, then why not do it?

Draco had been to the villa with Lin Xia before and found that the structure inside was quite clear.

Although he did not use the invisibility cloak this time, Draco believed that with his skilled invisibility spell, the house-elves should be able to avoid finding him.

Draco cast a levitation spell on himself, allowing his body to float up and easily pass over the corner of the villa's high wall.

He cautiously approached the defensive magic array set up outside the villa. After a careful comparison, he found that this array was no different from the last time he came here.

The house-elves did not make any changes to the formation.

Draco felt a little relieved and recalled the method Lin Xia used to break the formation, and replicated it one-to-one.

Ever since he practiced the "Purple Gold Mysterious Records", he found that his memory improved every day.

Especially when he reached the "late stage of foundation building" as described in the exercises, Draco felt more like a humanoid machine storage device.

As long as he is willing to remember something, it will be stored clearly in his mind like a photo or a video, and he can look it up at any time.

At that time, he observed Lin Xia's techniques very carefully, and when he thinks back on it now, it is still vivid in his mind.

Draco was quite capable and he used Lin Xia's method to crack the defense magic array on the outer layer of the villa in a short while.

After successfully cracking the code, he did not immediately use the levitation spell to reach the open balcony on the second floor of the villa, but first reactivated the ineffective magic defense array.

At that time, he and Lin Xia were afraid of being discovered, so they did the same thing.

After finishing the work, Draco floated to the second floor and entered the villa through the balcony.

This time he chose the right time.

As soon as I walked out of the room on the balcony, I ran into two patrolling house-elves.

The state of these two house-elves was not as serious as the ones he and Lin Xia met last time. Instead, they were a little restless, with a hint of uneasiness on their faces.

"Do you think their idea will succeed?"

"I don't know. When the time comes and we start taking action, we'll know if it will be effective."

"Aren't you nervous at all? O'Connor has already gone out to contact the insider. Aren't they afraid of being discovered by the Death Eaters?"

Another house-elf was silent for a moment, then whispered, “If they are discovered, that will be their fate.

Just like us, why would we join such a humble race as house-elves, if we were normal human wizards."

This silenced the other house-elf as well. Its large eyes suddenly filled with tears, and it said in a sobbing voice:

"Ivan, if I die, will you build a tombstone for me?

I love white daisies the most. If you come to visit me, bring me some white daisies to put on the tombstone, I will be very happy. "

The house elf named Ivan said helplessly: "You are dead, do you think I can escape? And how can we have a tombstone?

I heard that many noble wizards like to torture house-elves and take off our skulls to use as wine cups. Maybe our bodies will be collected by those nobles and displayed as trophies or collections."

These words inexplicably alleviated the sadness of the two house-elves. They even jokingly discussed with each other which organ in their body was suitable for collection and which organ was suitable for making sharp weapons...

Draco followed them silently, wanting to track them to find more house-elves and find out more useful information.

It would be great to hear from them where O'Connor plans to deal with the Death Eaters.

There is also an internal response...

Draco's expression became serious. What kind of wizard was willing to cooperate with humble house-elves and become their accomplice?

As a wizard who was born and raised in the magical world, Draco could not empathize with the plight of house-elves, nor did he think there was anything wrong with their efforts.

So he couldn't understand even more why there would be wizards cooperating with house-elves?
This shouldn't be the case.

Draco even had conspiracy theories. Could it be that the wizard who was the accomplice actually wanted to use these house-elves as cannon fodder?
O'Connor's revenge plan was also carried out under the planning of an insider.

Maybe in the end the spies will turn against the Death Eaters and sacrifice these house-elves to the Death Eaters!
The more Draco thought about it, the more likely this seemed to be the case.

He felt a little startled and became more alert.

He decided to leave the villa immediately after collecting the information he wanted, so as to avoid encountering Death Eaters coming and launching a large-scale investigation.

I originally thought that these two house-elves would patrol inside and outside the villa, taking a lot of time to wait for their turn and return to their resting place.

But Draco was really lucky, as he just happened to catch the group's trip back to rest.

So Draco followed them smoothly and came to another underground lounge in the villa.

This was a place he and Lin Xia had never been to, and the entrance was also very complicated.

House-elves are extremely gifted in magic, especially household magic.

Therefore, most of the various mechanisms they set up in the villa were related to household magic. The two house-elves were discussing enthusiastically which part of their bodies was more popular with wizard nobles and what they hoped to be made into. As they walked to a place, they stretched out their hands and snapped their fingers.

There were mechanisms ahead, and they passed through them by snapping their fingers continuously and casting cleaning magic.

The first mechanism requires the accurate use of "clear spring water" to transform it into a uniform stream of water that falls into the corresponding hole.

When you are judged qualified, the door at the back will open.

The second mechanism requires the correct use of the "Foaming Spell" to transform it into a "foaming agent" specifically for cleaning.

Use foam to clean the dirty ground to create a clean and tidy passage. Follow that clean path and you will reach the door of the second mechanism.

Although the cleaning spell is not difficult, it will still be a bit unfamiliar to use if you have not learned it specifically.

Draco's talent was not in spells.

If it were Hermione, perhaps she would be able to follow the house-elf without any pressure and pass all the levels.

In order not to waste time, Draco could only follow the house-elf closely, trying to lighten his breathing so as not to be detected by these sensitive creatures.

After finally passing the second level, I came to the third level.

Draco looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but be frightened by the house-elves' cautious and complicated level.

The third level is related to high temperature rays.

Warm ray is one of the more difficult household magics.

Elves usually use the high-temperature water vapor evaporated by high-temperature rays to bake clothes to make them dry quickly.

Taking into account that the clothes and materials worn by wizards are different, such as precious silk, the required high temperature will be lower.

Cotton, linen and the like have another temperature.

And if the high temperature ray spell is practiced well, it can also be launched as an attack spell.

When Draco arrived at the third level, he saw that the room was filled with high-temperature rays, densely packed in every corner.

There are fixed high-temperature rays, and there are also those that are ejected at any time and anywhere.

The two house-elves had to walk all the way to the door at the end of this chaotic place.

Draco looked at the chaotic lines in front of him, feeling a little dazed for a moment. He didn't know how the elf would overcome this difficulty.

He observed carefully for a while and suddenly realized.

It turns out that the difficulty of this level is not the high-temperature rays, but the low-temperature rays!

When passing through an interception net composed of high-temperature rays, the house-elves must simultaneously shoot out a low-temperature ray to offset the heat of the high-temperature ray until the power of the ray disappears, and then walk all the way to the end.

For house-elves, this level is not difficult.

They are used to doing housework, so when high-temperature rays are emitted, they can judge the temperature of the rays at a glance and shoot out a low-temperature ray to offset the temperature.

This tests the house-elf's eyesight.

But the business ability of every house-elf is honed through thousands of times of tidying up and cleaning.

So this level is not difficult for them. No, to be precise, these three levels are not difficult for them.

Draco originally wanted to follow the house-elf closely and get through it like he did with the previous two levels.

But he soon discovered that this method didn't work, because the rays didn't just spit out those lines based on how many house-elves entered.

Instead, they will be randomly generated whenever a house-elf steps into the level.

It could be shot from above, or from the left, right, or behind.

Sometimes the house-elves have to face three rays that suddenly appear, and they have to quickly shoot out three low-temperature ray magic to offset the power.

In this situation, even if he followed closely behind a house-elf, he would most likely be attacked by sudden rays.

If one is not careful, the rays will burn a hole in its body.

Seeing that the two house-elves had already entered the checkpoint and were three steps away from him, he would miss the chance to keep up if he didn't catch up.

By then, even if he came up with another way to deal with this level, he wouldn't know how to enter the door of the third level.

Draco thought, if nothing unexpected happened, the elves' lounge should be behind this door.

There are many elves in the lounge. No matter how confused they are, it is impossible for them to see the door suddenly open without any reaction.

Draco gritted his teeth, thought quickly, and cast several "Armor Protection" spells to protect himself from head to toe, and then followed closely behind a house-elf.

The house-elf seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly stopped and asked another companion:
"Did you sense an unusual magical fluctuation, very different from the cryogenic rays we emitted?"

My companion was concentrating on dealing with the level and didn't dare to be too distracted. He said:
"You must have sensed it wrongly, is there anyone else in this villa besides us?
Perhaps other elves came here to rest and were going through the first and second levels, and their magic fluctuations were captured by you."

The house-elf who raised the question thought about it and agreed with that. He stopped dwelling on the issue and continued to deal with the sudden high-temperature rays.

After getting serious, they passed faster.

This just happened to be convenient for Draco.

He just wore the armor that was arranged at the beginning, held the wand tightly, and passed the level quickly without replenishing magic.

The door to the third level was finally opened.

Draco saw a completely different scene inside and couldn't help but feel relieved. He finally succeeded in getting in!
There were many house-elves moving around inside. The moment the door was opened, all the house-elves stopped what they were doing and looked over.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

They stared straight at the person who was coming, and when they saw that it was a familiar companion, these house-elves withdrew their gaze and resumed their usual laughter and play.

Draco followed the two house-elves and blended in, feeling somewhat relieved.

His judgment was correct. The only way to succeed was to follow these two house-elves and blend in.

Without the guidance of the house-elf, no matter how powerful his invisibility spell was, he would be at great risk of being exposed.

Draco followed the house elf to a sofa and heard the news he wanted to hear. (End of this chapter)