Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 512 Confirming whether it is safe
When Charles arrived at Farbaton Castle, Erica had been waiting here for a long time.

In Hogwarts Castle, it was inconvenient for boys to frequently go to the girls' dormitory, so when Erica wanted to suck blood, she would come to Charles' room, and everyone would turn a blind eye.

"You must be very tired recently. Even the taste of blood is affected."

Erica smacked her lips, worry evident on her face.

Charles smiled and said, "It's okay."

He has too many things to do, and they are all difficult, so it is inevitable that he will be tired.

Erica took the medicine bottle and carefully rubbed the medicine on his neck, then pulled him up and said, "Come on, take a hot bath and relax."

Charles could relax, but Voldemort felt a little pain in his head at the moment, so much so that Harry was also affected a little.

Voldemort's base is now located in the old house of the Lestrange family, and a big drama is being staged.

It costs a lot of money to feed a large group of people, and all the cash in the house had been taken away by Draco. Today, Bellatrix and Rodolphus went to the Lestrange family's vault in Gringotts to withdraw money to buy food, and then saw that the vault was empty.

The vault robbery incident was completely suppressed by Gringotts. Dumbledore didn't even have time to think about it, and Fudge didn't bother to report it to the police when he saw that no one had reported it.

When the goblins at Gringotts saw that all the owners of the vault were imprisoned in Azkaban and there were no heirs outside, they repaired the vault and made a false record of anonymous withdrawals on the day of the robbery. The account was balanced in this way, and since no one checked in the future, they just pretended nothing had happened.

The goblins never expected that the Lestranges would escape from Azkaban twice, and come to collect money after the second escape.

At that time, the goblins wanted to call for Aurors.

It doesn't matter that the money was stolen, but the problem is the golden cup that Voldemort gave to Bellatrix for safekeeping, which is fatal.

Now it was Bellatrix and Rodolphus' turn to call the Aurors.

At this time, the two remembered that Lucius had been to Azkaban, and Bellatrix still remembered that he had asked her about the vault.

Thus, the Lestranges and the Malfoys confronted each other in front of Voldemort.

Lucius said with disdain: "How much money can there be in the Lestrange family's vault? How could I possibly steal it?"

He had the confidence to say this, but Rodolphus felt greatly insulted.

The Lestrange family is not as rich as the Malfoy family, but they are not just any nobody who can be looked down upon.

This is a matter of family honor. Rodolphus sneered and said, "No wonder the Malfoy family's vault has to be emptied. It would be bad if someone found out that there were things missing from other families in it one day."

You say I'm a poor bastard, and I say you're a robber, and we're going to hurt each other.

Lucius said coldly, "I emptied Gringotts' vault to support my master's career."

After he finished speaking, he saluted to Voldemort, saying that everything he did was the work of the Dark Lord.

Rodolphus sneered and said, "Who knows where you have hidden those things now?"

That day Lucius said that no one knew about the treasure house in his manor. But the next moment, not only the treasure house, but even the peacock disappeared. It was no use calling a moving company.

Some people secretly murmured that Lucius was actually moving his money to another place and hiding it so that Voldemort wouldn't need it.

Now Rodolphus expressed everyone's speculation.

Lucius naturally fought back and accused Rodolphus of doing this.

However, Voldemort ignored their verbal attacks on each other, wondering whether this theft was for wealth or for his own Horcrux, the Hufflepuff Cup.

Now that Voldemort's power has not recovered, it has allowed him to think more calmly. If it is just for money, then it is easy to deal with. There are specific channels for selling stolen goods, and through these channels, it is very convenient to determine where the Hufflepuff gold cup was sold.

If the other party is coming for the Horcrux, then the problem will be extremely serious.

Voldemort felt that the most important thing now was to ensure the safety of his Horcruxes, and other things could be put aside for the time being.

The Horcruxes are placed in several places. The most troublesome one is the Ravenclaw Diadem in the Room of Requirement, which requires sneaking into Hogwarts.

It is almost impossible for Death Eaters to enter Hogwarts now, so they can only look for people who are already inside.

Voldemort already has someone for this task, so he doesn't need another one.

Next is the Resurrection Stone in the abandoned house of the Gaunt family. Although Lucius had seen it, that was a long time ago, so he had to ask someone to confirm it again.

Lucius must not be assigned the same task again, lest he slack off.

Voldemort suddenly spoke: "Everyone go out, Rodolphus stay."

The quarrel between Rodolphus and Lucius escalated rapidly in a short period of time. They were about to draw their wands to fight, but maybe it was because of the bad weather today that they couldn't pull out their wands, so they could only continue to talk nonsense.

Bellatrix and Narcissa did not join in the verbal battle.

It is enough to have men on the front battlefield. If they join in, it means that the Malfoy family and the Lestrange family will completely break off relations.

So the two of them just stood aside, in case one of the husbands accidentally pulled out the wand, they could step forward and find an excuse to put it back.

Now Voldemort suddenly asked Rodolphus to stay and everyone else to go out. The Lestranges were delighted, as it seemed that the Dark Lord was on their side.

Rodolphus stood in front of Voldemort in high spirits, bowed and said, "Master, what do you want?"

Voldemort gave him instructions: “Go to the abandoned residence of the Gaunt family in Little Hangleton, and when you get there you do this, this, and this…”

Rodolphus immediately patted his chest and promised to complete the task.

It's just taking something back, a piece of cake.

Once the task is completed, the Dark Lord will have an excuse to reward himself and make Lucius suffer.

Lucius came in next.

At this moment, Voldemort remembered that he had lost the Horcrux notebook, and anger rose in his heart, so he gave him the most dangerous task.

"Lucius, go to a cave by the sea... and then blah blah..."

Lucius took the order with a more proactive attitude than Rodolphus. If he failed to handle the matter well, and Rodolphus handled it well, then the blame for the theft of the Lestrange family vault would fall on his head.

Bellatrix came in next.

Voldemort had to make all kinds of plans, so he asked Bellatrix to go to Knockturn Alley and other places to look for clues about Hufflepuff's gold cup. It just so happened that she had seen it before and would not make a mistake.

Finally it was Narcissa's turn.

Voldemort said, "Narcissa, contact Draco. I have something for him to do."

He didn't trust Draco, but he believed that Draco would do whatever Narcissa said now. It would be no problem for him to go to the Room of Requirement. If he was discovered, he could just find an excuse to get away with it.

(End of this chapter)