Chapter 1237 Mantis oriole

 “You really don’t need me to go with you?”

Bella leaned on the door frame and looked sideways at Narcissa, who had used the compound potion to look like Pansy. She frowned slightly, obviously not trusting her sister's execution ability.

  Narcissa is too selfish, and almost all her thoughts are on her family.

 “No need, if you follow the past it will be more likely to cause bad things.”

 Narcissa arranged her school uniform, reached for the birthday gift on the table and stuffed it into the seamless stretch bag.

According to the information provided by Draco, today is Horace Slughorn's birthday, and Narcissa will approach him on the pretext of giving Slughorn a birthday gift, and by the way, make a request to buy the elixir.

If Slughorn still refuses to sell the elixir after Narcissa offers a high price, she will directly steal the elixir from the other party.

 In fact, Narcissa felt that it would be more successful to approach Slughorn by disguising herself as a member of the Slug Club, but their hair was difficult to obtain, and Draco could not control the other party's whereabouts.

Although the probability of two people meeting in the corridor is low, they still need to avoid such embarrassing situations.

Bella reached out and grabbed Narcissa's hand, stuffed the only bottle of Felixir into her hand, stared directly into Narcissa's eyes and said, "You must succeed, we have no other chance, only Deng Only when Bledo dies can Lucius return to you!"

"I know."

narcissa took a good measure and took a small sip, then handed the remaining elixir back to Bella. She only needed two or three hours of luck.

"how do you feel?"

Bella looked at Narcissa up and down and asked curiously. She had to make sure the elixir was effective first.

"Very good. I feel like everything can be successful now. When we get a large amount of Felixir from Slughorn, we will definitely be able to kill Dumbledore." Narcissa closed her eyes and felt the effect of Felixir. The changes he had brought about made him more convinced that this thing could allow Draco to repair the vanishing cabinet and ensure that he would survive the next action.

“I have a hunch that as long as Draco uses the Felixir, he will definitely be able to repair the vanishing cabinet tonight. I suggest you start gathering people to make preparations. Draco will contact you through the double mirror at that time.”

Bella was a little surprised by Narcissa's change. After reaching out and taking the double-sided mirror, she nodded and said, "Very good. I will notify Alecto and ask her to take someone to pick up the cabinet from Borgin's store. If everything goes well, we will We can sneak into Hogwarts and kill Dumbledore tonight."

"wait for my good news."

After Narcissa left the two-way mirror with Bella, she reached for the invisibility cloak placed on the chair and directly apparated to the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade.

The most direct way to quietly invade Hogwarts is through the secret passage. It is said that there is more than one secret passage in the school that can lead to the outside of the school. What Narcissa planned to use was the one provided by Snape: the secret passage from the Shrieking Shack to the Whomping Willow.

Perhaps due to the use of Felixir, Narcissa had a smooth journey. It took almost no effort to find the secret passage Snape mentioned in the Shrieking Shack, and it took her some time to pass through the tunnel and successfully exit the Whomping Willow. out of the entrance.

She put on the invisibility cloak she had prepared in advance and quietly walked through the gravel path to the front of Hogwarts Castle. In a deserted place, she took off the invisibility cloak and stuffed it back into the traceless stretch bag. Enter Hogwarts Castle as a character.

No students would pay special attention to Narcissa. Even if she met an acquaintance by chance, she could easily handle it. The Elixir of Fortune turned Narcissa into an excellent actress. She came to Slughorn with almost no obstacles. In front of the Potions Office, I had an extra portion of pineapple preserves purchased from Honeydukes Candy Shop.

She took a deep breath, reached out and knocked on the wooden door three times.

 “Who! At this time.”

Slughorn was wearing a green velvet dressing gown and a nightcap of the same color, still looking sleepy. When he rubbed his eyes and looked at Pansy, his expression was a little stunned.

“Parkinson?” he muttered, “What do you want from me? I usually get up very late on Sundays.”

 Narcissa smiled and handed out her gift and said quickly: "Happy birthday, Professor."

“Oh, thank you.” Slughorn took his favorite pineapple preserves and looked at Parkinson suspiciously. They didn’t have much friendship.

"My father wants to do a business with you and buy some more precious potions from the professor. Can I go in and talk about it?" Narcissa asked expectantly.

 “Want to buy potions from me?”

 After Slughorn heard this, his expression was a little stunned, but he would soon be relieved, and he had some speculations in his heart.

"The Elixir of Fortune is the magical potion you brought out in the first class. My father hopes to purchase some from the professor." Narcissa was prompted by the Elixir of Fortune to speak out her own medicine quickly. The purpose of his visit did not leave any time for Slughorn to react, "You probably don't know how much Felixir is produced and sold now. It is said that it is sold for hundreds or thousands of galleons. My father hopes to buy some. Just in case.”

 “You want to buy Felixir?”

Slughorn was not too surprised. He had also heard about the elixir.

"Yes, the Shabini and Belby families also want some. I think you should have heard about the unfortunate experience of Mr. Damocles. They think that using Felixir when necessary may allow us to avoid a disaster. In the words of her father: Galleons are not as important as safety." Narcissa lied without blinking, "Maybe the price may not be as exaggerated as the outside world, but it will definitely satisfy you."

"Of course, if you want to help with the cooking, we are happy to pay a deposit in advance." Narcissa's series of Galleons offensive really made Slughorn dizzy.

"This...if you want it, I can spend some time cooking it for you." Slughorn agreed. If they were spending galleons to buy Felixir, he wouldn't mind being one of the people who went along with them, and he could also get a lot of income, which was much higher than the salary at Hogwarts.

"I think my father will be very happy." Narcissa was quite satisfied with the current result. She took out the galleons she brought from her pocket and placed it on the table: "Of course, you also know that it takes half a year to brew the elixir. If you still have some leftover Felixir here, I hope you can sell some to us first. This part of Galleons is a deposit, and the rest will be given after the goods arrive."

"this…"

Slughorn stared at the Galleons, knowing that what the other party just said must be true. After all, he even brought Galleons, showing great sincerity.

 “Any questions, Professor?”

Slughorn's hesitation gave Narcissa a bad feeling.

"My reserves of Felixir were bought out by Dumbledore not long ago. You know he is the principal..." Slughorn felt helpless about this and felt that he had made a loss at the time.

 “Sold out?” The expression on Narcissa’s face suddenly fell.

“Don’t worry, I’ll write to someone to help purchase the materials for the elixir, and we should be able to start brewing it before the end of the month.” Professor Slughorn comforted him.

At this moment, the expression on Professor Slughorn's face suddenly froze, as if someone had cast a body-binding spell.

In fact, Slughorn was indeed cast under a spell, and the person who cast the spell was none other than Miss Pansy Parkinson. He couldn't understand why the other party did this. Was it because he heard that Dumbledore had bought the Felixir?

 But...why?

 After Slughorn said that he had no elixir of blessing, Narcissa felt that Slughorn was lying, or at least not telling the whole truth.

If you don't get the elixir from this adventure, it will be a wasted trip. This is something Narcissa can't tolerate, so she decides to adopt plan B.

 How to pry open Slughorn's mouth in a short time and get the Felixir from him?

 The solution given by Snape.

 So, instead of using the Cruciatus Curse to torture Slughorn, Narcissa resorted to a simpler method: Veritaserum.

Slughorn watched helplessly as Miss Pansy Parkinson pried open his mouth and poured three drops of Veritaserum into his mouth.

The next moment, Slughorn's consciousness began to blur, and a feeling of uncontrollable thinking emerged. He vaguely heard a voice asking: "Where did you hide the elixir?"

“In the wooden box in the drawer on the right side of the desk,” Slughorn replied in an emotionless tone.

narcissa was overjoyed and hurried over, only to find that the drawer was locked by a spell and could not be opened even by using the unlocking spell.

 “Where is the key to the drawer?” she asked angrily.

"In the right pocket of my cloak." Slughorn didn't hide it, and he couldn't. At this moment, his eyes were dull and his mind was blank. He could only answer the other party's questions reflexively.

When Narcissa found the key, she opened the desk drawer and took out the wooden box Slughorn mentioned. When she opened it in front of her, her expression suddenly froze because there was only the last vial of Fulin left in the wooden box. agent.

 “Where are the rest of the elixirs?” Narcissa asked sharply.

"It has been sold to Dumbledore. He is the headmaster, and the offer is not low. I can't refuse." Slughorn said, "The remaining bottle is for myself."

 “Damn it, **** it!”

How could Narcissa not be angry? After all the effort, they only got a bottle of elixir, which meant that the next plan was ruined.

As for the bottle of elixir in hand, naturally it should be left to Draco.

While Narcissa was erasing part of Slughorn's memory and preparing to leave, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Narcissa's face looked very ugly. When she was about to approach the door and look for an opportunity to knock out the intruder, she suddenly had a bad feeling.

Someone opened a hole in the wooden door, and a stun spell flew directly towards Narcissa. Fortunately, the blessing elixir reminded her to successfully escape the sneak attack.

 The wooden door suddenly opened, and Narcissa saw something flying towards her, which was hit by her spell and exploded.

It was a bottle of wine. When the wine was spilled on the ground, a figure suddenly appeared and launched a fierce attack on her.

 Several spells were deflected by Narcissa, blowing a big hole in the cabinet and sofa next to her.

 The two sides reached a stalemate.

Narcissa knew she had to get out of here. The sound of fighting would definitely attract others.

 Once she was stuck here, she was completely doomed. She had to leave before others arrived.

However, Harry Potter was more difficult than she expected. This guy was like an elite Auror and could easily block her attack. This made Narcissa feel bad. Fortunately, Narcissa had taken Felixir, He quickly thought of a way to escape.

She put on an invisibility cloak and used a smoke screen spell to release a large amount of mist from the tip of the wand. After the smoke obscured the sight of both parties, she quickly made a noise to attract the other party's attention, and then left the potion office while the other party was distracted.

Before Narcissa had gone too far, she felt the smoke being blown away by a strong wind. Fortunately, she was wearing an invisibility cloak, so Potter couldn't find her for a moment.

 She knew she had to leave.

 Following the prepared route, she met Goyle waiting in a hidden secret passage.

 “Pansy?”

Goyle was startled when Narcissa appeared out of thin air.

 “Send it to Draco secretly. This thing is too important to be lost.”

Narcissa handed Goyle the elixir she had obtained from Slughorn as planned, and quickly reminded: "Give it to Draco as soon as possible, and don't let anyone else know about it. He will tell Your reason."

After transferring the elixir to Goyle, Narcissa plunged into the secret passage. She had to leave before the commotion completely spread in the castle.

As for when to take action, I believe that Draco will be able to make the most correct judgment after taking the Felixir.

 The process of leaving the school went smoothly without any obstruction. Everyone was attracted by the commotion just now.

narcissa used branches to quiet the whomping willow, ducked into the tunnel, and soon left the scope of Hogwarts.

When Narcissa was about to come out of the tunnel, she found someone standing outside the trap door, which shocked her.

"it's me."

Avery reached out and pulled Narcissa out of the trap door.

 “Avery, why are you here.”

"I'm placing dementors in the mountainous stronghold outside Hogwarts. Bella asked me to come and take care of you." Avery looked at the trap door Narcissa came out of and muttered in a low voice, "I didn't expect that there was actually a trap here. The tunnel to Hogwarts."

 Narcissa glanced at Avery secretly, feeling that something was wrong, but she heard Avery ask: "Did you get the elixir of happiness?"

“I got it, but not much,” Narcissa said.

"It's okay for you to go back by yourself. I guess Bella will be very unhappy. I don't want to get into trouble with that guy."

After the two walked out of the Shrieking Shack, Avery immediately looked around to make sure there was no problem before turning back to Narcissa and said: "I have to stay to continue dealing with the dementors, and it's best not to delay the whole plan. It's not a good job to appease the dementors for too long."

“Draco should be able to repair the vanishing cabinet recently,” Narcissa forced a smile and reassured, “As soon as tonight.”

"That's best." Avery's tone seemed a little happier, "Then I'll leave first!"

"goodbye."

Just when Narcissa was about to apparate, her whole body suddenly froze on the spot, and an inexplicable fear spread in her heart.

The next moment, Narcissa felt Avery reach into her pocket and seemed to find nothing. She also used the flying spell, but there was no elixir flying out of Narcissa's pocket. Maybe there was no such thing from the beginning. of elixir.

"Damn it, didn't you say you got the elixir?" Avery's voice sounded furious, "Where is the elixir you grabbed? Where is the **** elixir?"

With that said, Avery seemed to vent his anger and slapped Narcissa twice, slamming her down to the ground. As if he was still not satisfied, he raised his foot and kicked her hard.

Avery blindsided Narcissa. She simply couldn't understand what was going on?

Did Avery betray them, or was he controlled by the Imperius Curse?

 Only these two possibilities can explain Avery's current behavior.

 Betrayal is a very distant word to any Death Eater, because betrayal means death.

Then there is only one possibility left, Avery is controlled by the Imperius Curse.

An unspeakable fear completely engulfed Narcissa, and she simply could not imagine what the subsequent assassination of Dumbledore would turn into.

Thinking of her son Draco, Narcissa was completely desperate. She desperately tried to break away from the spell and told Draco to give up the action. However, even after taking the Felixir, she still could not get rid of the spell. An inexplicable feeling Drowsiness suddenly came over me.

　　Narcissa was knocked down by the Stunning Curse.

 Looking at the unconscious Narcissa, Avery fell into a brief silence.

Then, he seemed to remember something, and took out a candy from his pocket. When he opened the wrapper, he found a capsule as big as a thumbnail inside. Avery opened Narcissa's mouth and broke the capsule, allowing the liquid inside to flow into her mouth.

The face that originally belonged to Pansy changed again and became unspeakably weird. This was a sequelae caused by using the compound potion twice in a row. What was even worse was that this sequelae was like Hermione turning into a cat, unable to follow her. restored with the passage of time.

 “What shall I do with you!” murmured Avery.

 There are two solutions in his mind, completely erasing the woman's memory, throwing her abroad to let her fend for herself, or using her as food for dementors.

Avery did not hesitate for long and finally chose the latter because it was easier and less troublesome. He raised his wand and changed Narcissa's outfit before dragging her away in Apparition.

In the mountainous area near Hogwarts, it's obviously spring, but the temperature here is still so cold that people can't help but shiver.

 There are a very large number of dementors entrenched in this mountainous area.

Avery threw the man he was dragging to the dementors, just like other dark wizards who helped the dementors catch their prey.

“Don’t let the dementors eat too much, otherwise it will be difficult for us to get them to obey orders and participate in the next actions.” Avery said to the dark wizard beside him.

In order for the Dementors to join the next operation, the Death Eaters also paid a price. They would actively provide some Muggles as rations and allow the Dementors to **** the souls of these Muggles. Then the Muggles whose souls were sucked away by the Dementors were turned into Inferi, and the waste was reused.

 (End of this chapter)