From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 65 Diary

Lucius Malfoy is a cocky idiot.

Or rather, the Malfoy family's arrogance was almost inherited along with their light golden hair.

As a wizarding family that advocates pure-blood supremacy, the Malfoy family's past history is actually not as "pure" as they claim.

Long before the Statute of Secrecy was promulgated and implemented, the Malfoy family relied on annexing Muggle land to become one of the few large landowners in Wiltshire. Later, they even completely integrated into the Muggle upper class. Lucius Malfoy I was even a suitor of Queen Elizabeth I.

Initially, they strongly resisted the implementation of the Statute of Secrecy, but soon the Malfoy family completely cut ties with Muggle society and declared themselves to be pure-bloods who hated Muggles.

From this point alone, we can see that the Malfoy family has a long history of changing with the times.

After the 18th century, the wizarding community entered a policy of complete separation from Muggle society, and the Malfoy family began to seek greater influence in the wizarding world with the wealth accumulated over the centuries.

At the same time, in order to prevent the family from having dangerous inbreeding within the small circle of pure-bloods, and thus decline or become unstable like a few fanatical families such as the Gaunts or Lestranges, many half-blood wizards also appeared in the Malfoy family tree.

They relied on fraud and "tracing their roots" to fabricate the appropriate "pure-blood" origins for many half-blood wizards. Although this practice was different from the more extreme Gaunt family or the Black family, the Malfoy family still did not lose the respect of those pure-blood families.

In the 20th century, Voldemort led his Death Eaters in a massive wizard war against the British wizarding community. However, Lucius, the patriarch of the Malfoy family, for some reason abandoned his family's usual practice of hedging their bets and devoted himself to the task of eradicating Muggles.

Although Lucius Malfoy managed to escape the Ministry of Magic's liquidation after Voldemort's downfall, they clung to their impossible "pure-blood style" for more than a decade thereafter, and even fell out with the greatest white magician of the 20th century because of a nonsensical fable that "promoted the union of wizards and Muggles."

Lucius even used "insulting words" to describe Dumbledore's sanity, background, and personal hygiene in a private letter to him. This was simply a way to get himself killed.

If the ancestors of the Malfoy family, who were always adapting to the situation, knew about this in the underworld, they would probably be so angry that they would die.

Just like Ivy concluded at the beginning - Lucius Malfoy was an arrogant idiot.

But Ivey likes dealing with idiots, because with proper guidance, even idiots can play a significant role.

Ivy needed to make him afraid, make him suspicious, and make him sink deeper and deeper into suspicion and anxiety, so that he would never betray again.

The Dark Mark, Voldemort's legacy, is Ivy's best entry point.

You are also the Dark Lord, and I am also the Dark Lord. There is no reason why I cannot play with your methods.

Ivey both thought so and did so.

As a master of black magic and curses, Ivy fully understood the workings of the Dark Mark with just a simple touch.

Those should be the leftovers that Voldemort produced when he was making the Horcruxes. Through the fear of others, he nourished the magic that he planted in the bodies of the Death Eaters, thus creating a two-way communication channel.

But now Voldemort was blown away by the "love" magic on Harry's body, leaving only a shadow and a ball of steam. So no matter how much Ivy stimulated the Dark Mark on Lucius's hand, Voldemort on the back of Quirrell's head would not be able to sense it, because he didn't even have a body that could produce consciousness.

When Ivy scorned Lucius for his actions to antagonize Dumbledore in the banquet hall of the Malfoy family mansion, Lucius Malfoy suddenly felt a great fear. Would the Dark Lord who had disappeared for 11 years and was destroyed by his destined nemesis really never come back?

You have to know that he named his men Death Eaters, people who were determined to conquer death.

If the Dark Lord returns one day in the future, will the Malfoy family, which decisively cut ties with him when he fell from power, still have a good ending?
Lucius was pessimistic about this issue, because he knew very well how cruel and narrow-minded Voldemort was.

It was precisely because of his strict demands for loyalty that the Malfoy family, who had always been betting on both sides, was forced to completely turn to Voldemort.

Now, due to Lucius's own confusing operations, the possibility of the Malfoy family joining the White Lord's army has been completely eliminated.

If Voldemort returns and the two evil lords of black and white repeat the grandeur of the wizarding war, will the Malfoy family still be able to survive? Can the same routine be successful twice against the same opponent?

Even if you use your toes to think, you know that this is completely impossible.

Lucius could not gain Dumbledore's trust, nor could he protect himself from Voldemort's harshness. The only thing he could hope for was that Harry Potter really killed Voldemort completely.

The Dark Mark still burning on his left arm told Lucius that the Dark Lord could never just disappear like that.

Regardless of whether the young man in front of him named Ivy Doom was Voldemort himself, or a young dark wizard with more potential than Voldemort, Lucius would not allow himself to remain indifferent.

Whether it was to regain Voldemort's trust or to put the safety of his family back on another "Dark Lord", Lucius knew he had to take action.

The other party had no intention of accepting the olive branch that was previously extended. Perhaps the Malfoy family had to hand over something more substantial.

For example - Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

When Lucius was one of Voldemort's most capable Death Eaters, he once received a diary from Voldemort.

His master hatched an evil plan, hoping that Lucius could put the diary back into Hogwarts at the right time, use it to open the Chamber of Secrets, release the Basilisk to eliminate the Muggle wizards in the castle, and thus undermine Dumbledore's prestige as the headmaster.

Unfortunately, before the plan could be implemented, Voldemort was killed by his own "Avatar".

Therefore, Lucius secretly kept this dark magic prop that could open the Chamber of Secrets for 11 years, until Arthur Weasley led his men to raid Malfoy Manor and search for dark magic items.

The diary undoubtedly had a better place to go now. Regardless of whether Ivy Doom was Voldemort or not, Lucius believed that he would be happy to see this dark magic item with unusual magic power and meaning.

"Mr. Doom." Lucius stood up from behind the dining table and extended an invitation to Ivy, who was still stroking the scales of the little dragon on the other side. "I know Draco has promised to give you a few dark magic items, but I believe you must be interested in other collections of the Malfoy family. Why don't you follow me to the basement and appreciate them together?"

In the flickering light of the fireplace, Ivy's eyes quietly lit up.

(End of this chapter)