Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley were wrestling in the crowd, seemingly forgetting they were wizards. Their fists were pounding each other, and it looked like they had been enemies for a long time...

"It's okay. They didn't use magic, so nothing will happen." Lycos patted Draco's shoulder and comforted him. "At most, you'll lose face in front of others."

"Even if it's embarrassing, it's not okay!" Draco became even more anxious. "The Weasley family already has that kind of image. It's embarrassing...but we, the Malfoy family, are different!"

"Then I have no choice." Lycos shrugged and pointed to the inside of the bookstore. "If you don't believe me, look at this. Your father has lost all face..."

Draco looked back and saw that Lucius Malfoy had knocked over another bookshelf and his eye was hit by a copy of "The Complete Book of Toadstools", which swelled up like a giant panda.

Draco: "..."

At this time, a big man who was twice as tall as the others and several times as wide walked over.

The man was wearing an oversized moleskin coat and a pair of boat-like leather boots.

"Disperse, gentlemen, disperse—" he shouted, easily parting the crowd.

"Hagrid, you're here?" Harry and Hermione not far away showed surprised expressions.

Hagrid nodded to the young wizards, then strode over, stepping over the books scattered on the floor, and pulled Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy apart in the blink of an eye.

Only then did the audience have time to take a closer look——

Not only were Lucius Malfoy's eyes swollen like pandas, but Mr. Weasley's lips were also broken into three pieces. Even after being separated, the two of them did not give each other a good look, with their fists opened and clenched, still looking ready to make a move.

Until this moment, Lucius still held Ginny's worn-out Transfiguration textbook in his hand.

He shoved the book into Ginny's cauldron, his eyes gleaming with malice.

"Here, little girl, take your book," Lucius said sarcastically, "I don't think much of it, but this is probably the best thing your poor father can give you..."

With that, he broke free from Hagrid's arm, waved to Draco, and rushed out of the shop.

"Draco, let's go!"

Draco also wanted Lecos to leave with him, but Lecos decisively refused.

"Your father is clearly in a bad mood. There's no need for me to go along with you and offend him." Lycos shook his head. "You should go first. We've almost finished buying things for next semester anyway."

Draco looked at him hesitantly, then nodded reluctantly and followed Lucius's quickened pace.

Lycos looked at Lucius Malfoy's departing back and couldn't help but sigh——

It has to be said that the head of the Malfoy family is quite tolerant. In order to divert attention and completely get rid of the dark magic products left by Voldemort, he even did not hesitate to get beaten.

"You shouldn't have paid any attention to him, Arthur."

In the messy Flourish and Blotts bookstore, Hagrid said as he reached out to smooth Mr. Weasley's robes, but almost lifted him up.

"This Malfoy guy is extremely bad, his whole family is bad, and everyone knows it. What the Malfoy family says is not worth listening to, their blood is bad..."

"Ahem..." Lycos coughed twice, interrupting Hagrid's complaints.

After all, Lycos is now Draco's good friend and elder brother. It's really not right for him to watch others say bad things about him...

"Oh, Hayden, you're here too." Hagrid waved to Lecos. The two had known each other before in Hagrid's hut because of the Fire Ash Snake. "Listen, you're a good kid. There's no need to get so close to the Malfoys."

"Actually, from another perspective, Draco is not a bad guy." Lycos chuckled and shook his head. "He's just a teenager at heart. Sometimes he wants to be in the spotlight and doesn't want to be rejected..."

"For Draco, Potter had already humiliated him on the first day of school, so of course he would confront Potter head-on... Besides, he was raised to be hostile to the Weasleys, and it's going to take time for him to change that mindset..."

"So it's normal for you to have conflicts. Just ignore him next time."

Lycos said a few words casually, and suddenly laughed with interest: "By the way, Potter, Draco was worried about your safety during the previous Quidditch match."

"Him? Worried about me?" Harry opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and even shuddered all over. "Forget it, it's weird just thinking about it..."

"I seriously doubt Malfoy is worried that Harry won't die from the fall..." Ron complained.

"Okay, okay, stop talking." Mrs. Weasley patted Ron's head and then said to Lecos, "Son, why are you still staying here? Don't you want to go with the Malfoys?"

"Oh, I have something else to do, so I won't join them." Lycos shook his head.

Then, he finally revealed the real purpose of his trip:

"Oh, I just saw... When Mr. Malfoy stuffed the 'Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration' into the crucible, he accidentally stuffed a diary inside."

"Really?" Mrs. Weasley took Ginny's cauldron with some confusion and pulled out all the textbooks inside. "Let me look... Hey, there's actually a diary... Is this what you're talking about?"

She took out a small, thin diary. The black cover of the diary looked tattered, as if it had been worn for many years.

"Is this really something from the Malfoy family?" Mrs. Weasley expressed some doubt. "This notebook is too old. Malfoy and his family will definitely throw it away... and it doesn't look like something from the wizarding world. It might be from the Muggle world."

She subconsciously wanted to open the diary, but was stopped by Lecos.

"Mrs. Weasley, please don't open it." Lycos said seriously, "This is actually my diary. I asked Draco to keep it for me. I don't know how it fell into the hands of Mr. Malfoy..."

"Oh, by the way, I picked this up from a corner of the yard when I was in the orphanage. That's why it looks so old... You're right, this diary is indeed from the Muggle world."

His tone was serious and his expression pitiful.

He looks like a child who grew up in an orphanage, has no parents, and no friends. He can only comfort himself by writing in a diary he picked up.

However, no one present knew that the reason why Lecos didn't want Mrs. Weasley to open the diary was because he didn't want her to see the name "Tom Riddle" written on the first page.

What if these die-hard members of the Order of the Phoenix accidentally told Dumbledore this name?

"Oh, poor child!" Mrs. Weasley immediately showed her maternal brilliance. "Don't worry, we won't read your diary."

She stuffed the diary into Lycos's hands and held Lycos's hand sentimentally.

"If you have any difficulties in the future, you can always look for Fred, George, and Ron. They won't mind helping you... If you have nowhere to go during the holidays, you can also come to our house. One more person means more fun!"

Lycos smiled awkwardly and didn't pull his hand away for a long time.

This is the downside of meeting a kind-hearted housewife like this... Lycos always feels guilty about cheating on honest people.

It would be better if he met some evil dark wizards like those in Albania, and then just use an Avatar to solve the problem...

"Mom, Hayden is not the poor child you think he is." Fred suddenly came over and said with a smile.

George also agreed: "Yeah, he's very mean, he was the one who started most of our pranks!"

"You two should shut up. Even if there is any, it was you who led Lycos astray." Mrs. Weasley glared at the twins. "If you can leave me alone and not cause me any more trouble, Merlin will bless you!"

"Okay, Mom! No problem, Mom!"

Fred and George agreed with a grin at the same time, but the smirks on their faces showed that they hadn't listened at all.

However, the twins diverted most of Mrs. Weasley's attention, and Lecos finally found an opportunity to pull his hand out of hers and quietly took two steps back.

"Ahem... I have nothing else to do, otherwise I'd better leave first." Lycos said, "Have fun!"

After saying that, he ran out of Flourish and Blotts.

Mrs. Weasley's voice came from the distance: "Don't forget to come and play with us often!"

"understood--"

Lycos waved his hand and disappeared at the end of the road.

He trotted back to the room he rented in the Leaky Cauldron, cast all the protective spells he had learned on the windows and door, and then took out the old diary with a black cover from his pocket.

The faded date on the cover suggested it was at least fifty years old.

Lycos secretly became alert, opened the cover of the diary and turned to the first page.

On this page, written in illegible ink, is a name—

T. Riddle.

It turned out to be Tom Riddle, Voldemort's diary from fifty years ago...

Lycos continued to flip through the pages, rubbing off the dry paper, and found that the diary was just as described in the original book, with each page completely blank, without any trace of writing.

If nothing unexpected happens, a Horcrux with its own thoughts is hidden in this diary.

Lycos thought for a moment, then took out a quill and dipped it in ink.

He unfolded the slightly wrinkled page and wrote a line of elegant words on it.

"Hello, Tom Riddle."

……

Chapter 110 Tom Riddle in the Diary

Ever since he discovered that he was not only an undercover agent for the Death Eaters, but also a double undercover agent for the Wiccan Party, Lecos's goal has not changed.

He had to get his hands on Tom Riddle's diary.

Not only to complete the task of destroying the Horcruxes assigned to him by the Witch Party, but also for the vast amount of dark magic knowledge contained in the diary...

Lecos has had enough of the scheming and intrigue of undercover life. He knows that the biggest reason why he is still in such dire straits is that he has no power!

If he had the same power as Dumbledore and Voldemort, would he still need to act according to other people's wishes?

It has been almost a year since he came to the magic world, and Lecos has a clear understanding of himself - with his unreasonable talent in black magic, the best way to improve his strength is to focus on black magic.

However, burying oneself in the restricted section of the library and studying relentlessly isn't the answer...

Although the second-year Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was easy to fool, he could easily get Gilderoy Lockhart to give him a sign for the restricted area.

However, if there is no one to guide you, you can only practice the spells in the book by yourself, which will always reduce your efficiency, and you may also encounter spells that are not fully explained in the book.

Simple spells were fine, but for something as difficult as Fire Shield, if it weren't for Dumbledore's casual advice, I'm afraid Lycos wouldn't have been able to learn it to this point on his own...

And Tom Riddle's diary is a ready-made dark magic teacher.

In the diary, Tom Riddle possessed all of Voldemort's memories before he was sixteen years old, that is, all the magical knowledge before he made his first Horcrux.

At that time, Voldemort was already a good enough master of the Dark Arts. He successfully created his first Horcrux with just a book called "Advanced Dark Arts Revealed" and a few words from Professor Slughorn.

This just proves Tom Riddle's ability in the Dark Arts...

That is also the ability that Lecos needs to acquire most.

……

The day in Diagon Alley was coming to an end, and the sky outside the window was gradually getting darker.

The setting sun cast its last rays of light onto the narrow alley, and Diagon Alley, which was bustling during the day, became silent and desolate, with only the faint chirping coming from the magical pet shop in the distance.

The afterglow of the sun shone down from afar, stained the glass with a yellowish color, passed through the old window, and poured onto the table in front of Lycos, illuminating the old black diary.

There is a line of elegant words written on the notebook: