Lucas walked side by side with Professor Snape in the dark corridors of the castle.
The lights of their wands woke up the people on the portraits that were about to fall asleep.
Some grumpy guys didn't care who it was and the cursing words immediately resounded in the corridor.
Then more portraits were awakened and the corridor suddenly became lively.
It was not enough that the portraits were arguing with each other, some even moved to other portraits to fight.
However, none of this affected the two who were heading to the Headmaster's office.
"Professor, what of the thing I asked you during the summer vacation?"
"A poison that poisons people but doesn't kill them? I think it's an interesting challenge, and I'll give it to you before the Triwizard Tournament is over."
Lucas nodded lightly: "Don't worry about the ingredients of the spirit purification potion, I will bring you the blood of the dragon before Christmas."
Professor Snape nodded too.
After that, the two of them stopped talking until they came to the door of the Headmaster's office on the seventh floor.
…
"Sit down, Lucas."
Dumbledore got up and ushered the two of them to the sofas and the round table.
"You confronted Alastor at the dinner party, you must have discovered something?"
In fact, the school opening feast was just a play performed by the three of them.
When Lucas fought the fake Moody, Dumbledore sensed that something was wrong.
That's why there were reprimands and detention in order to deceive others. The real purpose was for the three of them to get together and talk.
Lucas took out a piece of parchment from his robe.
Professor Snape, who had seen the Marauder's Map, immediately thought of something.
"Is there a problem with Alastor Moody?"
"Yes, I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
Lucas' wand tapped the parchment, and the ink quickly outlined the floor plan of Hogwarts.
He pointed his wand at the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.
"Look here."
The eyes of the two looked at the map at the same time, only to see two names in the room.
One is Alastor Moody, and the other is Barty Crouch.
"Barty Crouch, what is he doing there?" Professor Snape looked surprised.
Dumbledore was also a bit surprised, considering he would know if someone entered the castle in the official way thanks to the wards, so unless Crouch entered through one of the secret passages, which sounds really suspicious, he would already be aware of his presence in the castle.
Both looked at Lucas at the same time, waiting for his explanation.
Lucas cleared his throat and said, "I've been wondering about Mr. Crouch's behavior since the Quidditch World Cup."
"He actually let his house elf take his seat, but he didn't show up until the end of the game."
"So I asked someone to investigate and found a very interesting thing, Mr. Crouch's son and his wife died successively."
Snape frowned and retorted: "Crouch's wife was seriously ill, and it's not surprising that she died after learning that her son died in Azkaban."
"That's right." Lucas nodded, "But no one saw his wife's body."
"Dementors use people's emotions to judge their location. They can't see people's appearance."
"The seriously ill wife and the son, dementors don't care and won't even notice if they change places, as long as one prisoner stays."
"Unlikely" Dumbledore shook his head.
"Barty wouldn't do that kind of thing, he even sent his own son to Azkaban with his own hands."
"Since he could send him in by himself, why can't he also take him out by himself? I heard that Mr. Crouch is a man who loved his wife a lot."
"What if it was his wife who begged him when she was seriously ill?"
Lucas took out another piece of parchment and placed it in front of the two of them.
"This is the transaction record I found from Knockturn Alley. Borgin and Burke's Antique Store has sold a lot of invisibility cloaks over the years."
"In this list, Mr. Barty Crouch is the one who buys the most, which is strange. What does he need this invisibility cloak for?"
Facing so many doubts, Dumbledore and Snape became silent.
They had never thought that Barty Crouch, this stern guy, would actually do such a thing.
"Then what do you think Crouch Jr. is impersonating Moody for?"
Seeing Dumbledore staring at him.
Lucas thought for a few seconds before answering: "I'm afraid it has something to do with Harry, we all know that Voldemort has returned to England."
"But one thing for sure is that Crouch Jr. doesn't want to kill Harry, at least for now."
"If I'm not mistaken, he should want Harry to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, and then achieve some purpose that we don't know yet."
For Lucas' analysis, the other two nodded in approval.
Lucas then asked Dumbledore to find out if there was any way to create a human body.
He believed that this is something very simple for the learned Dumbledore.
Although Lucas knew the process of Voldemort's resurrection, it's not easy to say everything, knowing too much will make people suspicious.
As for Professor Snape's mission, it's still researching poison.
The two nodded to accept the task, and Dumbledore suddenly asked: "Then what should we do next?"
It can be seen from his eyes that the wise old man had plans.
Lucas smiled and said four words: "It's up to you."
Seeing the smile in Dumbledore's eyes, he knew they were thinking the same thing.
"Originally, Crouch Jr. was in the dark, and we were in the light, but now he is in the light, and we are in the dark, and it is the best way to play tricks, as long as Harry is well protected..."
Lucas suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
Seeing his frown, Dumbledore and Professor Snape were very puzzled.
[Ding, it is detected that the host triggered a new series of achievements: the champion of the Triwizard Tournament; the host has to win the first place in points in the first two magic competitions, and each victory can get a platinum lucky draw opportunity.]
[Reach the final task as the number one scorer, and successfully win the Triwizard Tournament. After completing this achievement, you will get ten diamond draws.]
Lucas didn't expect to trigger a series of achievements at this time, so his plans need to be changed a bit.
Seeing Dumbledore and Professor Snape looking at him curiously.
Lucas coughed lightly and said, "I thought about it just now, if Harry really participated in the Triwizard Tournament, we would never be able to protect him all the time."
"So I decided to take part in the Triwizard Tournament as well, to protect Harry's safety."
The office suddenly became very quiet.
Dumbledore thought for a long time, thinking that what Lucas said made a lot of sense.
"But how do you make sure you compete? Confusing the Goblet of Fire?"
Lucas shook his head: "Of course we just need to let Crouch Jr. do this for us."
"Through the big moves made by the Saints Group after the Quidditch World Cup this time, it can be proved that I am a great threat to Voldemort."
"If I had a few encounters with Crouch Jr. before Halloween, with his character, he would definitely want to get rid of me."
"The Triwizard Tournament is a very good opportunity. After all, it is normal for the participants of the tournament to die."
"Crouch Jr. must be very happy to accomplish their goal against Harry and also take the opportunity to get rid of me, a formidable opponent."
"Of course, just to be on the safe side, I hope Professor Snape will keep an eye on him. If the plan doesn't work out, I'll just throw my name into the Goblet of Fire."
Dumbledore heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this: "Did you already plan it when you were in the great hall?"
Lucas nodded calmly.
Of course he didn't plan it then, it can only be said that Dumbledore was thinking a little too much.
But that didn't stop Lucas from acting like he had everything planned.
Dumbledore's eyes turned serious.
Lucas believed that his weight in the old man's heart was much heavier.
Then the three made some plans for the Triwizard Tournament.
At the same time Lucas also learned from Dumbledore that Harry has been seeing Voldemort in his sleep recently.
And when he woke up, the scar on his forehead hurt like he was being burnt.
Lucas knew that this meant that Harry had made a connection with Voldemort's soul now that he has his babymort body.
Allowing him to see something through Voldemort's soul fragment inside him.
When asked where Dumbledore got the news from, he honestly revealed that Sirius provided it. That stupid dog had indeed been hidden by Dumbledore.
With plans for the Triwizard Tournament finalized, the three of them ended this conversation and went to prepare their own tasks.
…
The next day.
The storm that lasted for two days finally calmed down.
Lucas and his three girlfriends were sitting at the long Ravenclaw table having breakfast.
Hermione looked at the class schedule for this school year seriously.
Since withdrawing from several useless elective courses, she has plenty of free time for more important matters now.
"Oh~ In addition to herbology in the morning, there is also Defense Against the Dark Arts. It's really rare to take Defense Against the Dark Arts on the first day of school."
Thinking about the class on the unforgivable curses, Lucas frowned slightly.
Just when he was about to say something, more than a hundred owls flew into the great hall.
Lucas had just opened today's Daily Prophet when he suddenly heard Draco's voice coming from behind mocking Weasley.
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