Hogwarts: Oops, I'm Voldemort - Chapter 235

c235 Who is the real owner of the Elder Wand?

“I never thought this stupid plan could work, Lucius.”

Voldemort laughed, even if he didn’t get his soul back, Voldemort would not be stupid enough to think that Draco could accomplish anything big.

Whether it was to assassinate Dumbledore or Cyrus, Voldemort never expected to succeed.

The former was just a punishment, but now that Draco and Lucius had shown their loyalty, there was no need for punishment, but it was just a foreshadowing of his plan.

“Let me explain to you, Lucius,” Voldemort seemed to be in a good mood and generously explained to Lucius and Draco.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Lucius did not choose to step across the flames when Cyrus defeated him, and that after seeing Draco’s memory just now, Voldemort believed that Draco was also very loyal.

All in all, Voldemort now quite trusts the Malfoys and his son.

In the past, such treatment was not their turn, but now most of Voldemort’s Death Eaters have been taken away by Cyrus, and several Lestranges who are trustworthy and capable of taking on the overall situation have been taken away by Cassandra. Della was done.

“Where should I start?” Voldemort lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then he seemed to have thought of a good starting point, “Let’s start with Dumbledore’s powerful secret.”

“The secret of Dumbledore’s power?”

This topic indeed aroused the curiosity of Lucius and Draco.

Albus Dumbledore is still regarded as the greatest wizard of the twentieth century.

Everyone knows that he is powerful, but where does his powerful magic come from? What makes his magical power unmatched by anyone is a mystery so far.

And now, the Dark Lord has actually revealed that he knows the secret of Dumbledore’s power. How can this not make people curious?

“All great power comes from a legend -” Voldemort’s eyes stayed on their faces and said slowly, “A wand, an invincible wand!”

Lucius and Draco are both pure-blood wizards with pure blood. As soon as they heard the beginning of Voldemort’s words, they immediately thought of the story of Death and the three brothers.

“You mean, the Elder Wand?” Draco couldn’t help but ask.

Voldemort was not angry that his words were interrupted. On the contrary, he was happy that someone “ignored the rules” and continued.

“You’ve heard the story, haven’t you, Draco?”

“I have heard of it, but…” Draco said hesitantly. He glanced at Voldemort cautiously, as if he was afraid of this man’s sudden anger.

“But this is just a fairy tale, right?” Voldemort took over the second half of Draco’s sentence, and then he laughed and shook his head, “This is not just a story, the Elder Wand does exist. ”

Voldemort stood up from his chair and walked back and forth in the room under the surprised eyes of Draco and Lucius. They did not dare to look into Voldemort’s eyes or cheeks, and their eyes could only move back and forth on Voldemort’s footsteps.

“When I travel through time in order to be resurrected, and travel through different time and space in order to restore my original power, I can’t help but wonder, I am already so strong, why can Albus Dumbledore’s magic always compete with me? ?”He said.

“I followed time and searched for every grain of sand in the long river, and finally I discovered the reason–” Voldemort stopped, and he opened his hands as if to show his great achievements, “-The Destiny Stick ”

In his hands, a wand shaped like a finger bone appeared out of thin air.

“This is Dumbledore’s wand…”

Lucius recognized the wand’s appearance at a glance.

“Yes, you know it, don’t you Lucius?” Voldemort said in a long tone, “In the past few decades, he has used this wand to fight against us more than once. How many of our friends have been defeated by it? Even Even I can’t do anything about it——”

Voldemort seemed to be reminiscing about the past, with a sad expression on his face, but this expression was disguised. He did not feel sorry for those “friends” who were killed at all.

But Lucius was very discerning, and he knew what to say now to make Voldemort happy.

And at this moment, Lucius didn’t feel that Voldemort was lying.

“But now you have it! Dumbledore is no longer your match!”

“You’re right, Lucius, I conquered it!” Voldemort held the end of the wand with his slender fingers and raised the wand up. Looking at it this way, the Elder Wand looked like a tower.

Voldemort didn’t care to tell about the Elder Wand now.

He is not worried about others’ covetousness, because the powerful wizard himself knows that the legend of the Elder Wand is not just a rumor. On the other hand, the wand is power and a kind of public opinion!

He conquered the legendary Elder Wand, just like Sun Monkey was called the Monkey King after jumping over the Water Curtain Cave, naturally some people will bow to him.

According to legend, the Elder Wand will only bow to the strong, and conquering it is proof of its power.

Voldemort’s fingertips traced across the undulating body of the Elder Wand, with a trace of anger and unwillingness in his eyes.

“I conquered it, but in the Department of Mysteries, Cyrus played a little trick and made me lose it again…”

“But, it’s in your hands now…” Draco said strangely.

“Don’t you understand, Draco, it doesn’t matter whose hands it is in, and it doesn’t prove anything.” Voldemort said, “The wand chooses the wizard. This is a stupid idea, but sadly, even this A magic wand can’t tell what true power is. It abandoned me, who has stronger magic, and chose Cyrus just because of the other party’s little trick.”

Now, Draco understood.

“That’s why you asked me to attack Cyrus, because once my attack is effective, I will become the master of the Elder Wand?” Draco asked.

He remembered that every turn of the legendary Elder Wand was filled with blood and killing. But in fact, there is no legend that can definitely indicate that the previous owner of the Elder Wand must be killed.

“It’s a pity that I succeeded, but another Harry showed up…” Draco said regretfully.

“You made a mistake again, Draco.” Voldemort turned around and corrected him, “If it weren’t for Harry, you wouldn’t have succeeded. In other words, you were defeated by Harry in the end, it was Cyrus and Dumbledore. Want to show it to us.”

As one of the people who has held the Elder Wand for the longest time in the past hundred years, and possibly in history, Dumbledore must know far more about the Elder Wand than the average person.

Even if Cyrus knew nothing about the Elder Wand, he only needed to briefly review the battle with Dumbledore in the Department of Mysteries to immediately guess that the wand in Voldemort’s hand would change its owner. I guessed that Voldemort would definitely try his best to obtain the ownership of the Elder Wand.

“So, the memory in my brain is false?” Draco asked.

Now Lucius and Draco understood everything.

From the very beginning, when Voldemort asked Draco to attack Cyrus, he had already expected that Cyrus and Dumbledore would play into their trap.

They led the result to the picture that Voldemort wanted to see – the Elder Wand changed ownership, and Cyrus no longer had the ownership of the Elder Wand, but Harry obtained it. In this way, Voldemort would set his sights on Harry. body.

Lucius and Draco are being exploited by both sides in this plan. They are not the key from the beginning. The key lies in how Cyrus and Dumbledore deal with it.

Draco lowered his head and his eyes flickered.

‘Because it’s not important, there’s precisely no danger. ’

He now understood why Cyrus had asked him and his father to follow Voldemort’s orders to the letter.

Draco’s mind flashed back to a few months ago, when he first learned Occlumency from Cyrus. He remembered that Cyrus had told him all the plans and emphasized that he could back out if he was afraid. Cyrus would protect him and his family.

But Draco refused.

He wants to prove himself.

At this moment, most of Draco’s memories were locked in the diary by Cyrus using magic, and even Voldemort could not see through the truth. Voldemort thought Draco was loyal, but in fact Draco was like Snape at the moment, using Occlumency to pretend to be loyal.

“So, Harry is a trap.” Draco took a deep breath and continued according to what Cyrus taught him.

Thanks to Cyrus teaching him Occlumency, Draco behaved very calmly and did not reveal any flaws.

“Or on the contrary,” Voldemort seemed to disagree with Draco, “They hope to make me think that Harry is a trap.”

“I don’t understand, Master…you said that the memory in my mind is false…has been modified…”

“Yes, your memory has been modified, and the method is so clever that ordinary people cannot see the error. But Dumbledore and Cyrus will not treat me as an ordinary person, they will know that I can definitely detect errors in memory…”

“After repeatedly observing that memory, I finally found something unusual. They will think that I am suspicious, because…” Voldemort did not say the second half of the sentence, he muttered silently in his heart.

Because I’m afraid of death.

Everyone knew that Voldemort was afraid of death.

He founded the Death Eaters, saying he wanted to defeat death, but in fact, he pursued immortality. This was not defeating death, but escaping death.

“Amidst all these doubts, the ownership of the Elder Wand seemed to be in the hands of Harry Potter by fate. They must have thought that I would be suspicious and that Harry could not be the owner, even if he really was. If you become the owner of the Elder Wand, will you lose ownership again…”

The possibilities are many.

Even little Barty didn’t think so much.

He thought that this was all a scam. For a sacred instrument as powerful as the Elder Wand, there was no reason for Cyrus and Dumbledore to hand it over to a useless person like Harry.

If it were in the past, Voldemort would have thought so, because he would never let go of an artifact like the Elder Wand.

His greed makes him think that others are just as greedy as him –

But now, Voldemort felt that this might not be the case.

For something as uncertain as the Elder Wand, unless there was no other way out, Dumbledore would most likely not put all his hope in it. It would not be safe for Cyrus to fight Voldemort as the owner of the Elder Wand.

The Elder Wand could accept Cyrus or abandon him.

The battle is changing rapidly, and if Cyrus makes a small mistake, the Elder Wand will change hands again.

Don’t forget, no matter who is the owner of the Elder Wand, the Elder Wand is now in Voldemort’s hands.

Compared to letting Cyrus retain the ownership of the Elder Wand, it is better to directly transfer the person who really owns the Elder Wand away from the center of the struggle, so that Voldemort will never be able to master the magic of the Elder Wand again.

And Dumbledore and Cyrus will have a greater chance of winning if they join forces.

“So, what you mean is that Harry Potter is now the owner of this wand?” Little Barty asked.

At first he thought Harry was just a bait released by Cyrus or Dumbledore, but unexpectedly Voldemort said that this memory was false; then he subconsciously thought that Harry would not be the owner of the Elder Wand, and Cyrus still controlled the Elder Wand, because in this way, Cyrus and Dumbledore were the owners of two Elder Wands at the same time, and no one could defeat them together…

But Voldemort said he was wrong again.

Because the identity of the master of the Elder Wand is not only useless to Cyrus, but also a time bomb, because no matter who is the master of the Elder Wand, the wand is now in Voldemort’s possession.

So, the question has gone around in a circle and returned to the beginning.

– Is Harry Potter the master of the Elder Wand?

If Dumbledore and Cyrus were a little worse, perhaps they could let any unknown wizard inherit this identity. In this way, who would know who the real owner of the Elder Wand is?

“Of course he is!” Voldemort nodded with 100% certainty.

“It’s destined!”

“I thought you didn’t care about the prophecy anymore.” Little Barty said subconsciously.

Because of his loyalty and achievements, he now has a transcendent status among the Death Eaters, and is even more favored than Snape. Voldemort can tolerate many of his careless offenses, such as now, Little Barty once again talked about the prophecy.

That ridiculous prophecy caused Voldemort to suffer so many failures, and it turned out that Harry Potter was just an ordinary kid.

All his extraordinaryness came from the great Voldemort.

“I don’t believe it, but someone does.” Voldemort grinned.

He recalled the past.

Now he finally realized one thing.

It was not that he foolishly believed in a ridiculous prophecy that was irrelevant, but that Dumbledore chose to believe that prophecy.

Think about it, the greatest wizard of the 20th century said that the prophecy was true, so even if the prophecy was ridiculous, Voldemort would find it difficult to ignore it.

“Well, let’s focus on that little guy again.”

“Maybe this is fate, Harry Potter. Only one of us can survive…” Voldemort said with a smile, “I want to ignore this prophecy, but…”

“Someone wants you to die!”