Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

"Okay, it's getting late, let's not talk about these trivial matters for now..." Regulus said while looking at the time.

Then he took out a long, thin object from his pocket and handed it to Lycos.

"Mr. Bareborn asked me to give this to you." A rare look of envy appeared on Regulus's face. "Remember to keep it close to you. It might save your life at a critical moment."

Lycos was stunned for a moment and looked down at the palm of his hand.

It was like a long, slender black feather, warm in the palm of my hand, and the fine hairs seemed to be burning with black flames.

"This is……"

"You don't need to know what this is for now," Regulus said. "You just need to know that, apart from Mr. Barebon, there may be only one like this in the entire wizarding world!"

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Chapter 104: To the Albanian Forest

The next day, Lekos said goodbye to the old men and women in the core circle of the UMNO and embarked on a journey to Albania.

But he wasn't going to go look for Voldemort directly.

Because if you follow Voldemort's instructions and go looking for him, he will only regard you as a loyal lickspittle, and lickspittles will not end well -

Quirrell is a lesson for us!

So Lycos decided to do something big to put Voldemort in a serious crisis, and then he would act like a god, forcing Voldemort to ask him for help!

In this way, Lycos completed his counterattack from a bootlicker to a benefactor, and it became a natural thing for him to make some requests to Voldemort.

Of course, even if Voldemort turned into a residual soul again, not just any small shrimp could affect him. He had to find some heavyweights...

So, Lycos appeared outside the Owl Post Office in Hogsmeade.

"Jingle Bell--"

As the sound of wind chimes rang, Lycos pushed open the red door and walked into the post office filled with owls.

You can't tell from the outside, but the interior of the post office is quite large and tall, and there are probably two or three hundred owls inside, from large snowy owls to small little owls, all kinds of owls.

"Little guy, do you want to send something?" A uniformed witch, who had just finished cleaning up a piece of owl droppings with a cleaning spell, turned around and asked Lycos.

"Yes, I need to send a letter, long-distance expedited." Lycos said.

"If you want to expedite the process remotely, the cost will be quite high." The witch looked at Lycos with suspicion, thinking that a cheaply dressed little wizard like him was not someone who could afford the cost of expedited delivery.

Although he looks handsome, being handsome can't make a living...

Without a word, Lycos pulled a handful of Galleons from his snakeskin wallet and threw them on the counter.

Thanks to the help of the wealthy woman Cassandra, he is now not short of money at all!

Lycos clearly saw that the clerk's eyes became gentle because of this handful of gold Galleons... He couldn't help but sigh that whether in the Muggle world or the wizarding world, money is really a magical thing.

"Do you have any letter paper?" Lycos gave the clerk a harmless smile.

"Ah, yes, yes!" The clerk immediately took out a stack of parchment for Lycos, placed it on the counter, and also thoughtfully prepared a feather pen dipped in ink.

"Where are you going to send the letter, handsome boy?" She even changed the way she addressed Lycos. "Let me help you find a suitable owl."

"Brazilian rainforest." Lycos spread out the parchment and said as he picked up the quill.

He wrote a line at the top of the parchment -

"Dear Mr. Scamander..."

That’s right, the heavyweight that Lekos is looking for is Newt Scamander, the most famous and outstanding magical zoologist in the wizarding world!

Since Voldemort has once again turned into a remnant soul, he has to suck the lives of small animals in the forests of Albania, which is likely to cause the death of a large number of animals.

This phenomenon easily attracted Newt Scamander's interest.

While still at 12 Grimmauld Place, Lycos told Regulus what help he needed and asked them to help him find Newt's whereabouts.

After hearing about Lycos's needs, according to Regulus, Ms. Rosier got angry... because Newt Scamander had a serious conflict with her decades ago.

However, the people in the Witch Party still knew that the overall situation was more important. Regulus used the Black family's network of connections to help Lycos find Scamander.

Mr Scamander now lives in Dorset, but rarely returns home, and is currently studying fire slugs in the Brazilian rainforest.

"Brazil...that's really far away." The clerk thought for a moment and whistled above the post office.

A huge tawny owl flew down from the sky. Even though it was just a bird, Lycos felt that it was very big and had sharp eyes. It was much more imposing than those silly little snowy owls.

"This is an eagle owl. It has magical animal bloodlines, is large in size, and has great endurance, making it perfect for long-distance travel," the clerk explained. "If you want to send a letter across the ocean to Brazil, this is the only one you can choose."

"No problem, this is it." Lycos, who was not short of money, nodded and paid the bill on the spot.

After sending the clerk away to continue cleaning up the owl droppings, he dipped his quill in ink and continued to scribble on the letter paper -

Dear Mr. Scamander,

I'm a young wizard from Albania and will be going to school in two years. I particularly enjoy your book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. My future dream is to become a magizoologist.

My family lives on the edge of the forest. We are very poor and often have to hunt in the forest to fill our stomachs.

But recently, my father suddenly didn't dare to go out hunting. I cried and made a fuss, and pestered him for a long time before he told me the truth -

It turned out that a terrible monster had appeared in the forest near my home. Every day, various small animals were sucked dry of blood and their bodies were thrown into the wilderness. Among these animals, there were even big and powerful ones like tigers and big bears.

My father was worried that some terrible magical animals might appear here, so he didn't dare to go into the forest to hunt anymore.

But, Mr. Scamander, I haven't had a full meal for many days!

You are the best magizoologist in the world. Can you come to Albania and help us catch that terrible magical animal? I will definitely repay you when I grow up!

Sincerely, the Little Albanian Wizard

August 21th, 1992

After finishing the letter, Lycos took up the parchment and read it with satisfaction.

With such a poor, helpless and hungry little wizard who yearns for the magical creature industry writing a letter to Newt, and the "magical creatures" that he is most interested in living in the forests of Albania, how could the caring Mr. Scamander not go to Albania to find out?

However, after reading the letter he wrote, Lycos felt a little guilty for deceiving an honest person.

Because he knew that there wasn't a young wizard who loved magical creatures on the edge of the Albanian forest, and there weren't any magical creatures in the forest that Newt was interested in. There was only Voldemort, who had turned into a residual soul and was sucking life force everywhere...

"Erase the mailing address." Lycos sighed and instructed the witch clerk.

In the end, he still didn't change his mindset. Otherwise, how could a double undercover agent have so many mixed emotions? Of course, everything was for his own safety and the ultimate mission goal.

Lycos suddenly lost interest in wandering around.

After sending the letter, he embarked on a journey directly to Albania...

……

In the wizarding world, no geographical distance can hinder people.

No matter how far the distance is, you can reach it with just one Apparition... If one is not enough, then try a few more and you will soon reach where you need to go.

As for wizards who are not good at Apparition, or underage wizards who have not yet learned Apparition, most of them will choose transportation such as Floo Network, flying broom, Knight Bus, and Portkey.

If one wants to cross the vast distances of mountains and rivers and arrive in Albania from the UK in western Europe, ordinary means of transportation will be of little use.

The Floo Network is the internal transportation network of the British Ministry of Magic. It has few connections with other countries, and even temporary connections require complicated applications... A young wizard like Lecos will obviously not be allowed to go abroad alone by the Ministry of Magic.

Flying brooms and Knight Buses are not an option either. After all, the route has to cross France, Switzerland, Germany and half of the Mediterranean Sea. Flying on a broom would probably be too tiring. Knight Buses only operate in the UK, so there is no possibility of cross-border travel.

So for Lycos, the only mode of transportation available was the portkey.

In fact, the production of portkeys is also a patent of the Ministry of Magic. If you want to use a portkey, you need to get approval from the Ministry of Magic...

However, unlike the Floo Network, the production of a door key only requires a relatively simple spell - "Portus". Many wizards who have specialized in this spell can make door keys.

Therefore, some underground portkey sellers emerged in the wizarding world, using black keys to send wizards to other countries.

It’s just that some black keys are crudely made and can easily cause problems during flight, resulting in casualties.

However, these are naturally not a problem for the Wushu Party, which has been living underground!

As underground workers, the members of the Witch Party were very familiar with these black market merchants. Regulus easily helped Lecos get the door key to Albania and was able to guarantee the quality of the goods.

"You're the one going to Albania... huh?"

When Lycos arrived at the agreed meeting place, a short, fat, bald middle-aged man widened his eyes in surprise.

"Are you going alone? No one else is coming with you?"

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask, uncle," Lycos glanced at him, "You're a bit incompetent as an underground businessman."

"I understand, I understand. We can't ask for a customer's information." The bald uncle nodded quickly. "It's just that in all my years of doing business, this is the first time I've seen a kid who just started school go abroad alone..."

He muttered as he handed Lycos a tattered pair of sneakers.

"The distance to Albania isn't very close, and the flight time won't be too short..."

Apparently because of Lycos's age, the bald uncle gave him a few more instructions: "Remember, hold on to this shoe tightly during the flight. Don't let go!"

"If you let go midway, you'll most likely fall from the air at an extremely high speed, and there's probably no chance of survival..."

Lycos nodded to show that he understood.

"If you are ready, tell me and I will activate the portkey," said the bald uncle.

The uncle's tone made Lycos a little nervous. After all, this was his first time using a portkey. He was afraid that instead of dying as an undercover agent, he would be killed by the portkey because he didn't hold it well...

Lycos took the sneaker, found a suitable place to grip it, and held it tightly in his hand.

Then he took a deep breath and nodded to the bald uncle.

In the blink of an eye, Lycos felt himself being pulled hard, as if there was a hook inside his lower abdomen, hooking forward with irresistible momentum.

The next moment, his feet left the ground and he felt like he was flying.

Driven by the door key, Lycos found himself flying forward like a gust of wind. The strong wind whistled past in front of him and he could not see anything clearly.

Lecos thought he would be tired of grabbing the shoes all the way, but it turned out that he was worrying too much - his hands were tightly stuck to the shoes all the way, as if the broken sneakers had a magnetic force.

I don’t know how long I flew in the air, but finally, the wind in the sky died down and the flying speed slowed down.

The broken sneakers slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground with a "pa" sound.

Lycos subconsciously used the flying magic he learned from Voldemort, and landed lightly and steadily on the ground in a gray fog.

In the sky, the sun cast a few faint rays of light, which shone through the gaps between the leaves, forming dim spots of light.