I, the Dark Lord, will definitely be a good principal!

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Lucius remained in the same position, his gaze extremely complex, and it remained fixed on Angel's face.

Ever since that trip to Diagon Alley, he had been paying attention to the child, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Perhaps because he hadn't paid enough attention to him before, Lucius immediately noticed the problem after this careful observation.

He's so unlike a child.

He has developed a level of self-discipline that most adults cannot achieve.

I would appear in the kitchen at almost the same time every day, eat bread on my way to the library, and then spend the whole morning reading without any distractions...

Lucius studied the books he had read. Although they were all rather advanced material for children, they were all books that could be found in the open areas of the Hogwarts library.

So at that time, although he was somewhat surprised, he did not connect Angell with the Dark Lord.

After all, how could the Dark Lord not know those things...?

But Ollivander's words lingered in his mind.

He knew Angell's background, so it was understandable that he sometimes felt Angell's eyes resembled that person's.

But Ollivander certainly knew nothing about it before.

So Lucius, who still felt something was wrong, went to Diagon Alley again and met with Ollivander, but this time, Ollivander did not offer any opinion.

After returning to the manor, Lucius went to the place where his parents' photos were kept, and there was another person in the photos as well.

Tom Riddle.

Then, he went to the place where the diary was kept. Lucius didn't actually know what the diary was, but he had a feeling that the diary was alive, and that the consciousness within it... was the Dark Lord!

"It's been a long time, my friend." The words appeared in the diary.

Lucius felt parched. He took a deep breath and wrote down his question—

"I think there's something wrong with my learning methods, which is causing my progress to stagnate. If you were in my shoes, what would you do?"

As he looked at the words appearing in the diary, Lucius slowly pursed his lips.

Establish rules, set times and locations...

Exactly the same eyes, exactly the same habits...

……

As Lucius watched the boy walk towards him, a feeling of fear slowly began to grow in his heart.

He saw the boy laugh, but there was a cold light in his blood-red eyes.

But in the blink of an eye, his eyes were veiled in the warm hues of dusk, as if all his previous feelings had been an illusion.

"How should I address you? Aren't I just Angel?"

"Or……"

He stopped when he was very close to Lucius, looked up at him with a wicked smile.

"Whom is Father looking at through my eyes?"

"And who do you wish me to be?"

Lucius couldn't help but shiver, but then he realized that the Dark Lord wouldn't be so slow in doing things.

If he wants to kill someone, he can just do it directly; there's absolutely no need to waste words with people.

He breathed a slight sigh of relief, but he still couldn't accept that Angell was just his adopted son.

There is another possibility...

Just as he and Narcissa had discussed before, the Dark Lord was still the Dark Lord, only he no longer possessed that power. Now, he was just a child whose power far exceeded that of an ordinary little wizard.

Yes, that's very likely the case.

“Angol, I’m sorry things have turned out this way… but could you let me and Narcissa first confirm Draco’s safety?”

Lucius was trying his best to maintain a calm demeanor.

Angel shook his head without hesitation: "Impossible. If I tell you his location, I'll be in danger."

After saying that, he looked around: "Where is Narcissa? Why are you the only one here?"

Lucius pressed his lips even tighter.

He sighed heavily. "Let's talk in the drawing room. Narcissa has prepared tea and refreshments and is waiting for us there."

Angell smiled indifferently. He actually wanted to reach a deal with just a few words, but it seemed that the Malfoys didn't share his idea.

Following the familiar path, I entered the reception room, where Narcissa was indeed already waiting.

She looked even more haggard than Lucius, and her usually meticulously styled hair was slightly disheveled, though it was still clear that it had been taken care of.

He looks like he's obsessed with saving face.

“It’s also possible that they’re certain you’re using Draco as a hostage and that you can’t kill him,” Vold suddenly said.

"..."

"After all, if we really had the power of the Dark Lord, the correct thing to do in this situation would be to kill the Dark Wizard, kill Draco, and then wait for Lucius and Narcissa to come back so we could kill them together."

"Kidnapping hostages to threaten others... while clever, it's a way of indirectly implying that one's strength is inferior to the other's."

"..."

"Why are not you talking?"

“Shut up... Narcissa is using Legilimency on me.”

"No, what I mean is, could you show her some scenes that fit the image of the Dark Lord, instead of showing her how you repeatedly rendered Draco speechless?"

Angell: "Cough cough..."

As expected, Narcissa's expression gradually became strange.

Angell turned his head and winked at her: "Mother, even if you are still my guardian, it's not a good habit to pry into other people's memories without permission!"

Upon hearing his words, Narcissa's face turned pale instantly.

When she saw those images, she already realized that Angell must have used Occlumency, but she just said it outright...

Angell sat down in the leather chair, crossed his legs, and looked at his adoptive parents sitting opposite him with a helpless expression.

"I'd like to know how you discovered something was wrong with me—did you tell me, or did I come to see for myself?"

That's what they say, but Legilimency was already activated before Lucius and Narcissa could respond.

"Well, anyway, they started it..."

Angor's current magical power is still far from that of an adult wizard, but his mental strength has already reached a terrifying level.

1+1+1并没有发生质变，但不管怎么说，3都是大于1的。

Like Occlumency, Legilimency is a form of magic that relies heavily on mental strength. In terms of this, Angor felt that he was not much weaker than the real Voldemort.