Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

"Hermione, what should we do next?" Seeing that Ron was no longer reliable, Harry cast a helpless look at the trio's only support. "Now that we can't get into Hagrid's room, are we just going to let Snape find Fluffy's weakness?"

"Can't we trust Hagrid to keep his mouth shut?" interjected Ron, who had just transformed back into a human from a chocolate egg.

Harry and Hermione looked at him at the same time, the meaning in their eyes was self-explanatory.

If Hagrid could keep his mouth shut, then Snape was a bottle opener, ready to pull the lid off no matter what.

"Maybe we can't find a solution today." Hermione thought for a long time, and finally shook her head helplessly, "Let's go back and think of other ways."

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Chapter 77: The punishment for confinement is a night tour of the forbidden forest?

As a reliable undercover agent, Snape successfully extracted the weakness of Fluffy, the three-headed dog, from Hagrid.

Voldemort expressed great admiration for Snape's ability and gave him great affirmation. He was more inclined to believe that this former capable subordinate really still cared about the Death Eaters.

However, even though things are moving in a good direction for Voldemort, another bad thing is gradually becoming serious...

……

On Friday morning, Lycos received a note on the dining table:

Your detention begins tonight at eleven o'clock. See Mr. Filch in the hall. —Minerva McGonagall

"Are you going to be put in detention?" Draco sat next to him, biting into a sandwich, smiling with some gloating. A few crumbs flew out of his mouth and landed on Crabbe's plate.

"It looks like this." Lycos moved his stool back with some disgust and responded casually.

If he hadn't received the note from Professor McGonagall today, he would have almost forgotten that he had been placed in detention by Snape.

"I'm clearly speaking well of Snape, yet he doesn't appreciate it. What a proud old bat!" Lycos thought to himself.

"Didn't you say that Professor Snape gave you detention?" Draco asked curiously, "Why did Professor McGonagall send you a note?"

"Who knows?" Lycos shrugged. "Maybe the professors are sharing students who need confinement with each other, and assigning them to wherever there's a labor shortage..."

He had no interest in eating, so he stuffed a piece of bread into his mouth hastily and left his seat with the snakeskin wallet cast with the invisible extension charm.

When they left, Lycos also dragged Draco away, and Draco also dragged away Crabbe and Goyle who were still obsessed with breakfast...

The day's ordinary classes ended quickly.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Lycos said goodbye to Draco in the common room, then walked a long way down the dark stairs to the lobby in front of the Great Hall.

Filch was waiting there—as were Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Lycos was stunned for a moment, then nodded politely to them.

He almost forgot that the four of them were put in detention by Snape at the same time, so it made sense to arrange them together.

"Everyone is here now, right?"

Filch was wearing a brown, moldy-looking coat, with a hunched back and his sagging cheeks trembling as he looked at the four little wizards with a sinister grin.

"Come with me."

He lit a lamp and led them out, saying sarcastically as they walked, "I think... you should think twice before breaking the school rules again, right... huh?"

Filch glanced sideways at Lekos and the others with a smug look.

"Oh, yes... If you ask me, hard work and suffering are the best teachers... It's a pity they've done away with the old-fashioned punishments..."

"Hang you by your wrists from the ceiling for days. I still have those chains in my office. I keep them oiled. Who knows, they might come in handy someday..."

He seemed to be lost in fantasy, his hands waving wildly in the air, making the movements of chains and hanging the little wizard from the roof, which looked very strange.

Lycos, Harry and other four little wizards looked at him silently, wondering if the castle manager was suffering from some kind of delusion.

"Ahem...Okay, let's go!"

It was unknown how long it was before Filch realized that he had made a fool of himself again. He coughed dryly and spoke in a cold tone.

"Don't even think about running away. If you do, you'll be in big trouble!"

Lycos and the others followed Filch, striding across the dark grounds.

Hermione was in detention for the first time and was very uncomfortable, sniffing constantly; Harry and Ron were whispering about what punishment they would receive.

Lycos vaguely heard Ron judge that this detention must be very terrible, otherwise Filch's tone would not be so cheerful.

But Lecos himself didn't feel anything. After all, compared with the cruel and capricious Voldemort, the things Hogwarts used to punish students were nothing but child's play.

As night fell, the bright moon hung in the sky, emitting a cool light and illuminating the area around the castle.

Suddenly, a dark cloud drifted over, obscuring the moon, like a black hand mercilessly snuffing out the light in the night sky. In an instant, the grounds near the castle were shrouded in deep darkness.

Fortunately, there was a small window in the distance that was still reflecting light.

It seems to be... Hagrid's Hut?

"Is that you, Filch? Come on, I'm leaving." Then a shout came from the distance.

Harry, walking beside Lycos, became visibly excited.

"You thought you were going to have a blast with that idiot, didn't you?" Filch said sarcastically, as if he saw what Harry was thinking. "Think again, boy—you're going to the Forbidden Forest!"

"I just don't believe you can come out of the Forbidden Forest safely. There are so many dark creatures there..."

"Pfft."

A sudden laugh interrupted Filch's threat.

Filch turned his gaze to Lycos, his face dark.

"What do you mean? Do you look down on the Forbidden Forest?" he asked darkly, feeling that his dignity as a forbidden forest guide was challenged.

"I don't mean to look down on the Forbidden Forest." Lycos shook his head seriously, "I just suddenly thought of something happy."

He suddenly thought that the Forbidden Forest had been regarded as an amusement park by all kinds of brave young wizards. However, Filch, a Squib, still believed Dumbledore's lies and thought that the Forbidden Forest was a very dangerous place.

In fact, there are indeed many dangerous magical animals in the Forbidden Forest, but most of them have a certain tacit understanding with Hogwarts.

Just like the cold and aloof centaurs, they would never harm the so-called "foals", that is, young wizards; those slightly larger beasts rarely attack humans because they have all been warned by the half-giants.

Even the extremely dangerous magical beast of level 5X, the Acromantula, its leader was raised by Hagrid himself, and there is still a glimmer of hope for the young wizards in its hands.

So the Forbidden Forest is dangerous, it is indeed dangerous, but it is unlikely that young wizards will encounter life-and-death crises.

Just as Filch was about to continue questioning, Hagrid strode towards them from the darkness, followed by the Hound Fang.

Hagrid carried his huge crossbow and a fully loaded quiver slung over his shoulder.

"It's about time," he said, "let's go."

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Chapter 78 The Unicorn's Attack

"I've been waiting half an hour now," said Hagrid. "How does it feel to be here at night, Harry?"

"You shouldn't be so polite to them, Hagrid," said Filch icily. "After all, they're here to be punished."

"So you're late, huh?" Hagrid frowned at Filch and clenched his fist. "It seems you've been lecturing them the whole time? This isn't the place for you to lecture people."

"Your mission is complete. From now on, I'm in charge!"

Hagrid was particularly tough when facing Filch.

Filch looked at Hagrid, who was several times bigger than himself, and felt a little guilty for a moment. He staggered back a few steps so that he could barely see Hagrid's head by looking up.

"I'll be back at daybreak," he said in a timid tone, "to clean up their mess!"

With that, Filch turned and walked towards the castle, and the lamp swayed and disappeared into the darkness...

"By the way...Hagrid, did you tell Snape about Fluffy's weakness?" After Filch left, Harry leaned over to Hagrid and asked in a low voice.

"What does this have to do with you?" Hagrid tugged at Harry's hat with his big hand. "Okay, stop asking. This is top secret, understand?"

"But Snape wants to steal it. We really didn't lie to you." Harry said, "If you tell him the three-headed dog's weakness, the Philosopher's Stone will be lost!"

"I'm telling you, there's no way Snape would steal the Philosopher's Stone," Hagrid said rudely. "And Dumbledore asked him to come to me. I have no reason not to tell him!"

Harry slapped his forehead.

"It's over, Snape really knows the three-headed dog's weakness." He sighed.

"Wait, Hagrid," Hermione suddenly asked, "Did Dumbledore send Snape to ask for Fluffy's weakness?"

"Of course he has Dumbledore's note!" muttered Hagrid. "I don't know what you're all suspecting."

The three little ones looked at each other, and then sighed helplessly.

"It must be a note written by Snape imitating Dumbledore's handwriting." Harry gave his own judgment.

"Yeah, Dumbledore is so powerful, how could he not be able to deal with a dog...even if that dog has three heads." Ron said, glancing at the hound Fang, "Unlike this coward."

"Woof! Woof woof——"

Fang's sudden cry startled Ron so much that he jumped and nearly fell into the mud puddle at the door of the shed. Only Harry pulled him in time to avoid becoming a chocolate egg again.

"Is this dog crazy?" Ron glanced at the mud puddle and moved his feet in fear.

Yaya yelled a few more times in anger, and only stopped when Hegra pulled her back.

Although it didn't know what Ron had just said, it could see the contempt in his eyes, so it barked at the red-haired little wizard to express its warning.

Lycos stood by with his arms folded, watching the show.

Apart from the naive Hagrid, he was the only one who knew that the note from Dumbledore in Snape's hand was most likely real.

As a double undercover agent, Snape could have come up with a response strategy after communicating with Dumbledore.

Therefore, Dumbledore might have instructed Hagrid to reveal the three-headed dog's weakness, in order for Snape to gain Voldemort's trust and sow the seeds for his subsequent plans.

Lecos, who is also an undercover agent, is even a little envious.

Although Snape was an undercover agent, he was not restricted by an unbreakable oath. All his actions were guided and backed by the wisest and most powerful white wizard, Dumbledore.

In contrast, Lycos can only keep the secret in his heart and cannot trust anyone around him...

"Come, let me talk first..."

By this time, Hagrid had begun to speak.