Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

After saying this, without waiting for Lockhart, who was eager to show off, to say anything else, he took Lecos and Draco into the office and closed the door.

"Tell me, Mr. Hayden, Mr. Malfoy..." Dumbledore's expression changed slightly through the half-moon lenses. "You two look very unhappy. What happened?"

"Professor, Malfoy Manor has been taken over by goblins!"

Lycos hesitated for a moment, then spoke quickly.

Such a big event was not something a small wizard like him could interfere with, so he had to let Dumbledore know in time... So there was no need to hesitate, just tell him all the news he had learned.

The two young wizards integrated the information they had recently learned and told it all to the old white-bearded principal...

"I can't believe it." Dumbledore shook his head slowly after hearing this. "I didn't expect those guys to reappear after all these years?"

"Again? Reappear?" Draco opened his mouth, looking confused.

Lycos immediately thought of a major historical event—

Goblin Rebellion!

As the name suggests, the Goblin Rebellion is a series of rebellious movements launched by goblins, a species defined as "human", to oppose the discrimination and prejudice against them by wizards.

It's not common these days, but History of Magic classes teach about it... Goblin rebellions were quite common in the 17th and 18th centuries, and according to the Daily Prophet, goblin subversive groups still rebel against the Ministry of Magic to this day.

Draco had never heard of History of Magic, so it was normal for him not to know this knowledge.

Although Lycos did not attend classes on the surface, in order to ensure that he could acquire enough knowledge about the magical world, he read the textbook "History of Magic" compiled by Bathilda Bashat many times.

Therefore, Lycos is quite familiar with the important historical event of the Goblin Rebellion:

The goblin rebellion in history is often described in "A History of Magic" as a "bloody and thrilling" movement, stained with the blood of many wizards and goblins.

The earliest goblin rebellion began in 1612 near the village of Hogsmeade... At that time, a tavern in Hogsmeade was used as the wizarding headquarters, and a battle broke out between the Aurors and the goblins.

A History of Magic also mentions another goblin rebellion in the mid-18th century.

In 1752, there was a famous rebellion. Because the goblin Lala was too dirty, a group of young wizards forced her to bathe in the village pond...

Perhaps those young wizards did not expect that this bullying incident would become one of the triggers of the goblin rebellion in the 18th century, and Lala himself was the leader of this rebellion, and he himself was featured on the Chocolate Frog card.

These two important events are the focus of "A History of Magic".

The scale and degree of other goblin rebellions were slightly smaller, and not as representative. They were often only mentioned briefly in "History of Magic"... So Lycos didn't know the specific manifestations of other goblin rebellions.

"It seems you've already thought of it." Dumbledore seemed to understand what Lycos was thinking and nodded. "In History of Magic class, you should be more familiar with the two goblin rebellions in 1612 and 1752..."

"In fact, the most recent large-scale goblin rebellion took place at the end of the last century... Due to some special reasons, there aren't many records of that rebellion."

He raised his right hand to the side of his body, and a golden-red flame suddenly appeared. The phoenix Fawkes spread its wings in the flames and landed on Dumbledore's shoulder.

"Remnants of the goblin rebellion at the end of the last century have been on the run, and their influence has continued intermittently to this day... I suspect that organized and premeditated activities like this are likely the aftermath of that goblin rebellion a hundred years later."

"Don't leave too quickly, you two. Wait here for a while. I'll be back soon."

As Dumbledore spoke, Fawkes flapped his wings violently and disappeared in a dazzling golden-red flame.

Just go and don't stop.

Lycos and Draco stood in Lockhart's office, looking at each other.

"Relax, Draco, at least Malfoy Manor can be saved." Lecos comforted him.

Within two minutes, Dumbledore returned.

However, when Draco looked at the old headmaster with hope, he found that his brows were tightly furrowed, and he didn't look like he had solved the problem at all.

"Professor, is my family... saved?" He still held on to a glimmer of hope.

Dumbledore shook his head slowly.

"When I went there, there was no one in Malfoy Manor," the old headmaster said solemnly, "but they didn't have time to clean up the traces they left behind. It's safe to say it was organized goblin activity."

"Then my father..." Draco asked.

"It's not clear yet." Dumbledore sighed, "But you don't have to worry too much. A living Malfoy family patriarch is always more useful than a dead one. They won't kill him."

Having said that, his eyes became extremely sharp again.

"After lying dormant for such a long time, they suddenly launched such a large-scale incident. I guess a remarkable figure has emerged among the goblins, giving them a sense of confidence!"

"You two, come with me! If we can't find the main force of goblins, at least the ghosts left in Hogwarts can't get far..."

"Let's go and arrest Mean Misebaugh!"

After saying this, Dumbledore first summoned a silver phoenix patronus to transmit the message to all parts of the castle, and then strode out of Lockhart's office.

At the same time, almost the entire Hogwarts Castle was in motion!

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"Albus, this time it's my fault. I brought Misserbo into Hogwarts Castle without checking his identity properly..."

Nearly Headless Nick floated beside Dumbledore, his face full of guilt.

"It has nothing to do with you. No one would have thought that a special existence like a ghost would be used by those goblins." Dumbledore shook his head and asked, "Do you know where he ran off to?"

"I haven't seen him all day today. I feel like he got the news in advance and ran away." When Nick, who was almost headless, said this, he was obviously more guilty.

"Don't worry, he can't run far." Dumbledore's gentle blue eyes became particularly sharp at this moment.

The silver phoenix guardian was circling above the castle. The old principal's silver beard was blown by the breeze outside the window, and his long robe fluttered in the wind.

One after another, pearly white transparent figures came to Dumbledore and reported to him the clues of the ghost goblin. The ghosts that were originally in disarray and almost like a pile of loose sand seemed to have turned into a logically rigorous army.

"Mr. Principal, the mean Miseb left in the southeast direction."

Even the unruly Bloody Baron obediently followed Dumbledore's instructions and shared his findings.

"That guy, Miserbo, should have left early this morning." The fat monk floated over and echoed, "Ghosts move faster than wizards on foot, but no matter how fast they are, they can't be faster than a flying broom. He should still be in Scotland."

When he learned of the departure, Lycos glanced at Draco.

"Draco, when did Dobby come to see you?" he asked seriously.

"Um, it seems quite early, right?" Draco said uncertainly.

"I was still sleeping at the time, and even through the earplugs I could hear Crabbe and Goyle's snoring, I could still hear it from time to time. But I wasn't woken up by those two idiots, but by Dobby..."

"I even scolded Duobi a few times at the time...but since it's the weekend today, I usually don't get up early, so I'm not sure when he woke me up."

"But don't you have to go to Quidditch practice this weekend?" Lex asked doubtfully, "Didn't Flint rush into the dormitory to wake you up?"

"Oh, yes, I still have Quidditch practice!" Draco slapped his thigh. "Since Flint didn't call me when I woke up, Dobby should have been here before nine o'clock... We start training at half past nine."

Lycos was silent for a moment.

No wonder the Slytherin team couldn't beat Gryffindor... Gryffindor's Quidditch team, led by Wood, had to get up at six o'clock on weekends to train, and practiced all day long.

This level of hard work is obviously far from enough.

Of course, now is not the time to think about these things. At least from this point in time, it can be seen that Dobby also came to Hogwarts in the morning, which coincides with the time when the mean Misserbo left.

"The two of them arrived and left Hogwarts at about the same time. There shouldn't be such a coincidence."

Lycos thought for a moment and gave his own judgment: "In other words... the blasting spell that Dobby had previously tried to use inside Malfoy Manor eventually aroused the goblin's suspicion."

"Well, Lycos is right." Dumbledore looked at Lycos and nodded slightly. "That should be it. Using a blasting curse to test the enemy is likely to alert them... Goblins are not fools. On the contrary, they are quite shrewd."

"So after they became suspicious, they packed up their things and left Malfoy Manor as quickly as possible, even to the point where they had no time to clean up any traces of their presence..."

The old headmaster patted Draco on the shoulder and said to him, "So when I rushed over, they had already left."

Draco kept his head down, looking very sad, and didn't even resist Dumbledore's pat on his shoulder.

It's quite sad to say that the pure-blood families represented by the Malfoy family obviously hate Dumbledore, the pro-Muggle headmaster, the most...but when they encounter irresistible danger, the only one they can count on is this headmaster.

"If our judgment is correct, it means that the ghost fairy does have the ability to contact the outside world?" Lycos pursed his lips and continued to speculate.

"It must be the goblins in Malfoy Manor who passed the message to the mean Misserbo, giving him the signal to evacuate..."

Wait, the more this sounds, the more it sounds like something undercover agents and underground workers would do.

Lycos, being an excellent undercover agent, was not very happy.

What level are these goblins? How could they use the same identity as him?

When Lecos was an undercover agent himself, he was very clear about the difficulties of being an undercover agent and could deeply sympathize with the sadness and suffering of underground workers in those spy war dramas.

However, when those cunning goblins took over the identity of the undercover agent, Lycos instantly felt that his own style was lowered...

'No, I have to find a chance to kill them,' Lycos thought to himself.

He would never admit that he was interested in the gold coins and treasures in the goblin's hands.

Don't ask, the answer is that Draco's family was arrested, and he would risk his life for his good friend!

"We can basically determine the location of Misebo."

Dumbledore's voice interrupted Lycos's thoughts.

He turned to look at the old principal and found that the principal was also looking at him.

"Lex, hold on to Fawkes's tail, we are ready to go." Dumbledore said softly.

"Should I go too?" Lycos was stunned.

Although he really wanted to go there to broaden his horizons, he didn't expect Dumbledore to actually let him go.

Hasn't the old principal always been concerned about the safety of young wizards?

"It's okay. You'll have to go through this sooner or later. It'll be good for you to learn more about the goblin rebellion," Dumbledore said. "We're just going to catch a ghost this time. Your current abilities are definitely enough to protect you."

Lycos understood.

The old headmaster no longer regarded him as a normal little wizard, but was really considering letting him participate in various major events in the wizarding world.

After a long silence, Lycos took a deep breath.

"it is good."

He reached out and grasped Fox's feathers, which were surprisingly hot but not scalding. He felt the heat spread throughout his body, as if he had become light.

Just then, another hand reached out and grabbed Fox's other feather.

Lycos turned around and saw Draco gritting his teeth with a determined look on his face.

"Draco, you..."

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