Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

"Snape must be asking Hayden to help him find out how to deal with the three-headed dog! Students are always smaller targets than professors, so it's easier for them to conceal their intentions."

Harry stood up excitedly.

In fact, their guess was very close, except that Quirrell's role was replaced by Snape.

And little did they know... these suspicions were exactly what Lycos wanted to achieve.

Because Lycos knows very well that

If you want to drive away Voldemort, you must borrow the power of Harry Potter!

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Chapter 56: There are people in the magical world who read Shakespeare?

In the Slytherin common room, Draco had already packed his luggage and hung them all on the chubby backs of Crabbe and Goyle.

"Lex, do you really want to stay in school?" He asked casually while leaning against the dormitory door, holding only a snakeskin wallet.

Crabbe and Goyle were both covered in packages and were as tired as two bulldogs, panting heavily.

"Well, if I don't stay at school, I have nowhere to go." Lycos smiled and waved to Draco, "Merry Christmas in advance."

"Honestly, you can come live at my house," Draco said.

Although he was initially afraid of Lycos because of the Killing Curse, he recognized him as his boss.

But after spending a whole semester together, given the forgetfulness of young people, we finally developed some friendship.

So Draco invited Lycos.

"Forget it. Just because your parents are obsessed with pure-bloods, am I going to go there and be laughed at?" Lycos shrugged. "Besides, I have some things to do at Hogwarts, so I just need to take care of them."

"Okay then." Draco didn't force it. "I'll send you a gift when the time comes."

After saying that, he pushed the chubby Crabbe and Goyle out of the dormitory and headed towards the carriage at the north gate of Hogwarts, ready to go home to spend a happy Christmas holiday.

So, Lycos was the only one left in the dormitory, which was empty.

Lycos shivered as the cold wind blew in from the door that was not closed tightly.

In the cold winter, the dark black lake is dotted with sparse, lazy fish. Only the faint sunlight blocked by the lake water penetrates through the window, and the dim candle emits a faint light in the corner.

The remaining three beds were piled with messy clothes, which Draco and the other two had sorted out and did not intend to take away, waiting for the house-elves to come and clean them up for them on time.

A pile of slowly burning firewood was lit in the fireplace by the wall, with ashes scattered at the bottom of the stove. The flames jumped intermittently with slight sounds, which further highlighted the quietness of the environment here.

"Hiss... I'm suddenly alone. Why am I so uncomfortable?"

Lycos stood up from the bed, stretched his limbs, picked up his wand and used the fire-starting spell to re-ignite the fireplace.

The room seemed to be slightly warmer.

Without Crabbe and Goyle, two big fat guys who constantly radiate heat, it feels noticeably colder here... Thinking about it this way, even their usually extremely annoying snoring seems less annoying.

Humans are indeed social animals. In this age without QQ and WeChat to chat with people in real time, it still feels a bit lonely to be alone.

Lycos thought for a moment, then raised his wand again:

“Clear water like a spring (Aguamenti).”

A stream of water gushed out, extinguishing the fire that had just been lit, and the heat that had just risen dissipated in an instant.

Lycos stomped his feet on the thick carpet, turned and walked out of the dormitory.

Unlike the other three houses, Slytherin has almost no students of Muggle origin. Most of the students' families are in the wizarding world and their conditions are generally not bad, so the number of students staying in school during Christmas is the least among the four houses.

Lycos walked past the dormitory doors and found that most of them had their lights off, leaving only a few doors with candles burning. Most of the students inside were packing their luggage and might leave the school with the main group in a few minutes.

After walking for a long time, I didn't find any classmates who stayed on campus to talk to.

Of course, having fewer people wasn't all bad. At least he could easily occupy the more comfortable sofas and armchairs by the fire in the common room.

Lycos didn't stop and walked straight into the common room.

He planned to sit by the fireplace and read a spell book to while away the time, or lie on the sofa and reminisce about the past to prevent himself from completely forgetting those already vague memories...

However, just when Lycos wanted to grab the most comfortable and softest sofa, he suddenly found that there was already a little blonde witch lazily lying in the sofa.

Golden hair fell on the little witch's shoulders. She leaned lazily on the sofa, holding a book in her left hand and stroking a smooth skull ornament on the table with her right hand.

She was not wearing shoes, her legs curled up on the sofa sideways, her green skirt rolled up over her knees. Her eyes, the same color as her sleeves, were fixed on the pages of the book, her brows slightly wrinkled, and she looked very focused.

"Cassandra?" Lycos walked to the fireplace and looked at the little blonde witch on the sofa in surprise.

"Well, good morning." Cassandra raised her eyes from behind her book and glanced lazily at Lycos. "I'm so sorry for taking the biggest sofa."

But there was no hint of embarrassment in her tone.

"The train is about to leave, right? Why haven't you packed your luggage?" Lycos sat in the armchair opposite the sofa and took a bite of a piece of bread. "Could it be that you're staying at school too?"

"Why, are you the only one allowed to stay after school, and no one else is allowed to stay?" Cassandra said calmly, "If you want to occupy the common room, perhaps setting it on fire would be more efficient."

"No, I'm just a little curious." Lycos shook his head. "Draco told me that the Wally family is a pretty big pure-blood family... I thought you would choose to spend Christmas back home."

According to Draco, Cassandra's Volley family was originally unremarkable. When the twenty-eight holy families were first selected, they were just a small and weak family.

However, in recent years, they have made rapid progress, almost catching up with the largest pure-blood families...

If there is another selection of pure-blood families, the Volley family will definitely be among them.

"Not interested." Cassandra's words were still as concise as usual.

Lycos was too lazy to make himself bored, so he picked up the snacks next to the fireplace and started eating them as breakfast.

He leaned back in his armchair with a piece of bread, filling his stomach and occasionally glancing at Cassandra.

The blonde girl leaning on the sofa and reading quietly is, if nothing else, pleasing to the eye.

As if noticing Lycos's gaze, the little witch put a book in front of her face.

Lycos looked at the cover of the book in Cassandra's hand with some curiosity, wanting to see what book it was that made her read so seriously.

The next moment, his eyes widened.

There is a line of words written on the cover of the book——

"Romeo and Juliet".

Does anyone in the wizarding world actually read Shakespeare?

Lycos rubbed his eyes and looked at it again and again before he finally confirmed that he was not mistaken.

"Well... Cassandra, wait a minute..." He couldn't suppress the strong curiosity in his heart and asked.

"Where did you get that book in your hand?"

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Chapter 57 Romeo and Juliet

"It's just a book for entertainment..."

Cassandra tilted her left hand slightly, lifted the book from her eyes, and met Lykos's gaze across the page.

"Is it strange?" She blinked her emerald green eyes slowly, and then raised her slender eyebrows slightly: "Could it be... you have heard of this book?"

Lycos couldn't see the expression on the lower half of her face, but he could tell from her eyes that Cassandra was smiling and seemed very interested in the question he asked.

Lycos' heart skipped a beat.

Oh no! Considering my upbringing, having lived beside Voldemort since childhood, I shouldn't have had the opportunity to learn about Muggle dramas like Romeo and Juliet...

But the next moment, his mind changed again.

That's not right. According to the fake identity Voldemort arranged for him, he should be an orphan from the Muggle world, and he might have heard of classics like "Romeo and Juliet" from hearsay.

Still, some caution is advised.

Thinking of this, Lycos smiled slightly at Cassandra.

"The name sounds familiar," he said, "but in my impression, this doesn't seem to be a book about the magical world..."

Not speaking too much is consistent with the little wizard from the orphanage's experience with Shakespeare's works; even if he encounters Voldemort, he can make an excuse by saying that he just happened to hear the little wizard from Muggle origin talk about it.

"Really?" Cassandra nodded noncommittally.

Her long eyelashes drooped, lightly covering half of her gem-like eyeballs, like two slightly closed shells.

"In fact, many Muggle books are much more interesting than those in the wizarding world, like this Romeo and Juliet..." Cassandra spread out the book and placed it on her curled up thighs.

"It tells the story of two young people from feuding families who fall in love with each other, but are forced to separate due to family conflicts, and ultimately commit suicide for love..."

Lycos listened to her familiar story inattentively, lowering his eyes to look at the book, but his gaze was involuntarily attracted by a pair of smooth knees and calves.

He coughed lightly and quickly pretended to look at the green fire beside him, his eyes wandering.

After an unknown amount of time, Cassandra suddenly raised her voice, interrupting Lycos's chaotic thoughts.

"Do you think..." she asked, "is there really any possibility for two people born into feuding families to be together?"

"Ok?"

Lycos was stunned for a moment, then he realized that the little witch opposite was asking him a question.

"Oh..." He thought for a moment and answered casually, "That's not impossible, right? These two protagonists are well-matched, both from aristocratic families..."

"From the story's perspective, this matching of spirit and material is the emotional foundation for their quick love for each other... I'd say both families wouldn't be fools to have developed to that point."

"As the saying goes, temporary enemies are eternal interests. If the two young men could remain calm and persuade the two families to cooperate and achieve a win-win situation, the two families could have become friends instead of enemies. There would have been no need for them to die..."

"Look, after the hero and heroine committed suicide for love, the two families reconciled in a frivolous way, didn't they?"

Lycos spread his hands and picked up a glass of milk from the plate by the fireplace to moisten his throat which was a little dry after eating the bread.

Only after he took the cup away from his mouth did Lycos realize that the little witch opposite him was looking at him with a smile.

"You seem to know a lot about this book?" Cassandra smiled faintly.

"No, I'm just taking advantage of the situation." Lycos's expression remained unchanged and he looked calm.

However, the ripples in the milk in the cup also meant that his mood was not as calm as he appeared.

Too hasty, Lycos thought.