Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

Thinking of this, Lecos snapped his fingers lightly.

"Dobby," he called softly.

With a "pop", Dobby's short figure appeared in the air.

"Mr. Hayden, Dobby is very happy..."

Before he could finish his words, Dobby, who had just Apparated, was left far behind by Buckbeak.

Dobby was startled and quickly Apparated again, appearing precisely in front of Lycos. Lycos also reached out and placed Dobby on Buckbeak's back to prevent it from Apparating again.

"Mr. Hayden, what are you doing?" Dobby stood steadily behind Buckbeak's neck, looking at the surrounding scenery in surprise, "Have we left Hogwarts?"

"Obviously." Lycos glanced at Dobby. "I remember you know the location of the Volley family, right?"

"Of course Dobby knows!" Dobby patted his chest confidently, "Mr. Hayden, are you going to Worley Manor now? Dobby can lead the way!"

Talking to the house-elf was convenient. There was no need to explain why I left Hogwarts, or explain the situation of riding on a magical beast, or why I went to Worley Manor...

Just a casual mention and the house-elves will treat the wizard's arrangements as instructions that must be followed and complete them meticulously.

"What are you waiting for? Show Buckbeak the way." Lycos smiled and patted the broad back of the Hippogriff beneath him. "By the way, it would be even better if you knew the cushion spell. Help me improve my flying experience..."

"After all, I'll probably be staying here for a long time..."

In the slanting autumn sunlight, the picture gradually zooms out from the combination of a young man, a monster, and an elf, and expands to the boundless forbidden forest and the sky above the endless black lake.

The towering castle stands where the azure sky meets the lake. The gray marble brick walls are illuminated by the slanting sunlight, coating half of them with golden color.

The principal's office is on the west side of the dark gray top of the main tower.

In the shadows where the golden sunlight could not reach, Dumbledore still stood in front of the window, his deep blue eyes gazing for a long time at the distant sky, in the direction of the black spot that had long disappeared.

"Albus, can you bear to let him go like this?"

An elderly voice suddenly rang out from the quiet principal's office.

"Lex is very smart. We can't keep him in the dark forever." Dumbledore seemed accustomed to this sudden voice, and looked out the window calmly.

"But at least keep it secret for a few more years and deal with Voldemort's problem, okay?" the old voice said gravely. "We only have one covert agent like Lycos, and we can only train one."

Hearing this, Dumbledore's eyes narrowed and he finally turned around.

Standing in front of him was an old man with reddish-brown and silver-white hair.

If Lycos were still here, he would surely be shocked... because this old man looked exactly like Mr. Barebone, whom he had met at 12 Grimmauld Place!

"But have you ever thought, Aurelius, that this imposed task is actually unfair to Lycos?" Dumbledore stared at the face in front of him and said softly, "He is not Harry. He was not born with a fate entangled with Voldemort. We can't ask for anything..."

Without waiting for the old man opposite to refute, he continued speaking without stopping -

"What's more, the situation in the wizarding world has become increasingly complicated. No matter how great the threat posed by Voldemort is, we have already made various response plans... But what about those goblins? I hadn't even graduated from Hogwarts when Lanlock was active. We knew nothing about them..."

"Also, you're starting to lose control of Gellert's men, aren't you? I heard the American Witch Party has slipped beyond your control and is becoming increasingly powerful."

As the old man's face became increasingly pale, Dumbledore walked up to him and sighed.

"Under these circumstances, isn't the Volley family a hidden danger to the wizarding world? Perhaps releasing Lycos would calm things down a bit..."

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Chapter 237 Whereabouts Exposed

"Are you sure the Volley family is going to move forward?"

Looking at the bay in front of him, Lycos fell into deep thought.

After many days of trekking, a man, a beast and an elf have arrived in Dumfries and Galloway County in the northwest of England. In front of them is the Irish Sea, which objectively separates the British Isles.

Looking across the bay, the island of Ireland was right across from them.

"Yes, Mr. Hayden!" Dobby stared at the other side of the river with his tennis ball-sized eyes for a while, then said, "Dobby remembers that Worley Manor is on the island of Ireland, and it seems to be on the bank of a river on the island."

"Although, is this still England?" Lycos rubbed his face, which was dry from the sea breeze. "Cassandra didn't tell me she was Irish..."

"But, Mr. Hayden..." Dobby looked a little confused, "Ireland is the UK..."

Lycos was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead.

"I almost forgot about this," he said. "Although Ireland is divided among Muggles, the same is not true for the wizarding world... It seems that the other side is still under the jurisdiction of the British Ministry of Magic."

This is good news, and perhaps bad news, for Lycos.

If Ireland is also under the administration of the British Ministry of Magic, then Lycos's "smuggling" behavior on the Hippogriff would not be considered an illegal border crossing, and it would not be a big problem even if he was discovered by the Aurors.

But at the same time, Lecos is also a rebellious little wizard that the Ministry of Magic is looking for.

Ever since he "accidentally" took Buckbeak away, the magical creature execution plan of the Department of Control of Dangerous Creatures of the Ministry of Magic has been declared a failure. They must find Buckbeak back to maintain their dignity.

And Lycos's whereabouts are actually very obvious——

How could the combination of a little wizard and a hippogriff not be obvious?

The reason why the Ministry of Magic couldn't catch Lycos for so long was because of the tracking threads - they relied on the tracking threads to locate the whereabouts of underage wizards and monitor their spellcasting activities in real time.

But Lycos had already figured out the rules of the Trace.

Before each holiday, he never let himself come into contact with the notice with the trace magic attached, so naturally there was no trace on his wand.

As for why Buckbeak's body shape was so obvious and no one noticed it - it was naturally because Dobby always maintained the Disillusionment Charm, blending Buckbeak's body with the sky.

In the judgment of the Ministry of Magic, as a young wizard of low grade, even if Lecos had the good fortune to learn an advanced spell like the Disillusionment Charm, he would not be able to maintain it all the time and would easily be discovered by patrolling Aurors or even local Muggles.

But they would never have dreamed that a poor little wizard from an orphanage would be accompanied by a real house-elf all the time!

"Forget it, let's not think about it for now. Let's take care of dinner tonight before we talk about anything else." Lycos waved his hand and walked straight to the shore. "I'm going fishing."

Buckbeak was burying his head under the beach, digging out crabs and clam shells buried in the sand to eat. When he heard Lycos's voice, he stood up and followed him to the rocks on the seashore.

"Let me see if there are any fish I can catch around here..."

Gray fog surged up, and Lycos easily flew to a reef protruding from the sea level and looked around.

"Accio Fish!"

He waved his wand, and a large salmon jumped out of the sea and flew in front of Lycos with a splash.

"Incarcerous!"

Another binding spell fell, and the salmon was tied up tightly with the rope and held in Lycos's hand.

Dobby sat on Buckbeak's back and watched the scene, his little face expressionless, as if he was no longer surprised by Lycos's "fishing" method.

"Dobby, this fish is for you!" The gray fog rose again, and Lycos flew back from the reef and threw the salmon that was still flapping in his hand into Dobby's hand.

Dobby was used to this, so he used a fire-making spell to light a fire on the spot, and then began the dazzling cooking.

Even after watching it many times, Lycos couldn't help but sigh that the house-elves were truly experts in doing housework. Fortunately, Dobi was with him all the way, which saved him a lot of trouble...

"Wow--"

The waves kept hitting the rocks.

Lycos and Buckbeak sat around the fire, eagerly awaiting the grilled salmon.

Just then, a rustling sound of footsteps came from the distance.

"Has the Muggle-Repelling Charm been set?" Lycos looked at Dobby.

Hearing this, Dobby nodded.

"Every time he stops to rest, Dobby remembers to use the Muggle Repelling Charm."

"That's troublesome." Lycos frowned.

Since Dobby did not forget to cast the Muggle-Repelling Charm, the person who came here could only be a wizard.

He stood up, his wand sliding expertly from his sleeve into his hand.

"Hide for us first and see if we can avoid it." Lycos said softly, and temporarily put the grilled fish in Dobby's hand into the snakeskin wallet cast with the Traceless Extension Charm.

Buckbeak seemed a little unhappy that he didn't get to eat the grilled fish, but with Lycos's comfort, he gradually calmed down and allowed Dobby to extinguish the fire and cast the Disillusionment Charm on a man, a beast and an elf.

Soon, they merged with the beach and the sea.

Unfortunately, as Lycos watched, several uniformed Aurors approached from a distance.

"Captain, it seems someone is casting a Muggle-Repelling Charm here." One of the Aurors immediately spotted the traces of the Muggle-Repelling Charm and reported to the captain beside him.

"I see." The Auror Captain said, "Please keep your eyes peeled for the Hippogriff and a young wizard of about fourteen years old... According to the information from headquarters, they are either in neighboring South Ayrshire or right here with us."

Hearing this, Lycos's eyes suddenly fixed.

He looked at the footprints on the beach that he had not yet cleaned up, and his heart sank completely.

It seems that after walking for so long, it is impossible not to leave any clues, and the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic are never idle...

"Get ready for battle," Lycos whispered.

Then, before the Aurors noticed the footprints in the sand, he took the initiative -

"Expulso!"

Instead of attacking the Aurors, they hit the beach, sending sand flying all over the sky.

The Aurors, who had not taken this mission seriously and thought it was just to capture a third-year student, were stunned. They had lived for so many years, but had never seen such a large-scale flying sand and rock curse!

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Chapter 238 You seem to need help?

"Ventus!"

After casting the flying sand and rock spell, Lycos quickly followed up with a hurricane spell, blowing the raised sand and dust around.

As evening fell, the sand on the west coast of Dumfries and Galloway almost obscured the sky.

The purpose of Lycos doing this was not to attack——

He and Buckbeak were already on the Ministry of Magic's wanted list, so exposing their whereabouts wouldn't be a big deal... but there was also a house-elf accompanying them.

If the Ministry of Magic discovered Dobby's footprints, they would definitely increase the alert level and take corresponding measures to restrict the house-elves;

Not only that, as the exclusive house-elf of the extremely high-profile Malfoy family, if Dobby's identity was discovered, it would alert the Ministry of Magic to conduct further searches.