Cyrus' voice reached Voldemort's ears.
The former Dark Lord couldn't help but look at Cyrus again. In the darkness, his captivating golden eyes were so dazzling that he looked like a god! Voldemort felt mixed emotions.
This was his past, but also his non-existent future! He had to admit that Cyrus was better than before. He was resurrected only last year, and according to his physical age, he was not even old enough to graduate, but the power he possessed was immeasurable!
With time, it is not impossible for Cyrus to even surpass his peak.
But that will take time.
At this moment, Cyrus is still far from Voldemort's strongest.
You have to know that Voldemort at his peak was an existence that even Dumbledore, who possessed the Elder Wand, could not kill! As one of the Deathly Hallows, the Elder Wand makes anyone who possesses it invincible. In history, almost no one who holds the Elder Wand has ever lost to someone else in a head-on duel. Most of the changes in the Elder Wand were due to assassinations, sneak attacks, etc.
Even though Dumbledore possessed such powerful strength, he was unable to completely defeat Voldemort. Even though Voldemort had disappeared for so many years, people still had not forgotten his terror.
Therefore, Voldemort thought that it would not matter even if he gave up the magic book first. As long as he could be resurrected, everything would return to his hands sooner or later.
And this day is not far away! The shadow of a yellow mouse was reflected in Voldemort's eyes.
Due to the fear of death, one of his disloyal servants took the initiative to find him. Now, he only needs to wait for the servant to offer Harry Potter's blood. At that time, he will return to this world again in a complete posture!
No--
He glanced down at the ugly body he currently occupied.
At that time, he will show a stronger attitude! "Okay, I'll do as you say!"
Cyrus returned to Hogwarts with the books left by the four guardians.
At this time, the Quidditch game seemed to have ended. The young wizards began to return from the playground one by one, and a cold rain was falling from the sky.
Without the obstruction of the Dementors, Harry seemed to have won the game this time. Although Cedric was also an excellent seeker, there was still a slight gap between his broom and Harry's.
There were so many people around that it was difficult for Cyrus to return to the Room of Requirement, so he simply turned into an eagle and left Hogwarts.
Now he needs to find a place to stay. Cyrus had been disguised as Dawlish for a long time, but after the battle of Gringotts, he returned Dawlish's body and modified some of his memories.
Therefore, it is not appropriate to go to Delish’s house now.
But there was one place he could go. Malfoy Manor.
This is a historic mansion, and it is also very classical and luxurious.
Lucius was very busy during this period. After Cyrus wrote to him to attack Gringotts, he was very busy. But the effect was also very significant. Under the influence of public opinion, Gringotts' credibility was greatly reduced.
He immediately seized the opportunity to set up a new wizarding bank. Of course, the bank counter was very small at the moment.
On the one hand, the reputation of Gringotts has been reduced, and Malfoy's reputation is not much better. Fortunately, although the Malfoy family has a mediocre reputation, it still has influence. In order to curry favor with him, many half-bloods and pure-blood wizards from families other than the 28 Sacred Pure Bloods have handed over their gold Galleons to Malfoy.
It’s hard to say how much they gave, but at least they announced to the outside world that a vault had been opened here in Malfoy. The main point was an attitude!
In addition, Malfoy paid a large sum of money out of his own pocket to Fudge in order to get the current Minister of Magic to express his opinion and promote him.
As a result, Malfoy Bank became more and more famous.
He changed the name of the bank to "Wizard Bank" and vigorously declared in the Daily Prophet that he would replace or even take over Gringotts. This naturally caused dissatisfaction among the goblins. However, after the Battle of Gringotts, the goblins were no longer a force to be reckoned with.
Bodrick became the second sinner in the history of goblins. Lanlock only took away the goblin armor, while Bodrick almost wiped out all the goblins capable of fighting in Britain. Without the ability to resist, there is naturally no right to speak.
Even if the goblins protested at the entrance of the Ministry of Magic, no one would pay attention to them.
At this time, Lucius gave another powerful tip.
He announced that opening a vault in the Wizarding Bank not only did not cost any money, but also earned interest if the deposit reached a certain amount. The wizards were excited.
You have to know that Gringotts has never mentioned the matter of interest. It is more painful to expect these guys to take a penny out of their pockets than to kill them. Not only does Gringotts not pay interest, it even charges a portion of the storage fee every year.
Now many wizards could not sit still, even the Weasley family, who had always been at odds with Malfoy, were a little tempted.
But even if you empty their family's savings, you won't be able to find a few Galleons.
Even Weasley was tempted, not to mention the others, so more and more people took money from Gringotts. Seeing the wealth constantly decreasing, even if this wealth did not belong to them in the first place, the goblins found it unbearable.
So they had an idea and refused to let in those wizards who came to withdraw money, which made Gringotts' reputation plummet to the bottom.
When Lucius heard that those goblins were being so ridiculous, he almost burst into laughter.
At this moment, a creepy voice suddenly sounded from behind him.
"You seem to be in a good mood, Lucius?"
Lucius shivered violently as if a large basin of cold water had been poured over his head.
He turned his head stiffly and saw Cyrus leaning against the doorpost, looking at him with a half-smile.
"Master..." His lips turned pale in an instant.
Lucius realized that he was probably too complacent. No matter how successful his wizard bank was, the real owner of the bank would not be him, but the young man in front of him who looked like a student.
But in fact, Cyrus does not value the bank itself. What is important is to grasp the lifeline of the wizard economy. It does not matter who the bank belongs to. He just needs to control the person who owns the bank.
Cyrus walked comfortably to Lucius' side. Lucius Malfoy looked like he was standing naked in the snow, frozen to death.
"Don't be nervous, Lucius. I just want to stay here for a few days. You won't be unwelcome, right?"
"It's my pleasure, sir..."
Faced with Cyrus' request, Lucius naturally did not dare to say any words of refusal.
In fact, he's even gotten used to it.
In the past, Voldemort loved to hold meetings at Lucius's house.
In the wizarding world, Voldemort is like a drifting duckweed with no place to stay.
Although the Riddle family's mansion was luxurious, Voldemort felt embarrassed because of their Muggle identity. Although the Gaunt family had noble blood, their family situation was extremely poor - the old house was even worse than a pigsty in the countryside.
Lucius found it a bit strange that Cyrus came here so late after escaping prison, but he never dared to ask too much about the "Dark Lord". Now, he just needed to do what Cyrus told him to do, and hope that the "Dark Lord" would not be as unpredictable as before.
And protect your family...
Just as Lucius was thinking this, a woman dressed in black and with pale skin walked in.
Narcissa's yellow hair was tied up behind her head. She was always a little melancholy and serious, but today she couldn't help but smile a little. The establishment of the wizard bank is crucial to the future development of the Malfoy family. Now Draco is just a pure-blooded young master of the Malfoy family, but in the future, his identity will become more noble!
"Lucius, today—"
However, as soon as she stepped into the door frame of the living room, her face, which was originally slightly smiling, froze, her words were stuck in her throat, and fear replaced joy.
"Owner……"
"Hello, Narcissa." Cyrus greeted her warmly.
Narcissa was not actually a Death Eater in the strict sense, at least she was not qualified to bear the Death Eater's mark. However, since she was Lucius' wife, she was naturally very aware of Voldemort's cruelty and power.
When he saw Cyrus at this moment, he immediately panicked.
Although Cyrus at this moment was almost completely different from the Voldemort in her memory, and judging from his appearance alone, Cyrus did not look scary at all, the name "Voldemort" itself was enough to bring fear.
Cyrus had no desire to explore the mental journey of Narcissa and Lucius. He just wanted to find a safe place to digest the fragment of Voldemort's soul and then study the book he got from the Pavilion of Knowledge.
But unlike what he thought, the book did not seem to record any content about ancient magic.
Cyrus frowned.
"Voldemort won't lie to me, will he?" - "How dare he lie to me!"
Voldemort pinched the ring in his hand into a small piece of iron, and in a rage he twisted the head of a goblin off!
The ring was indeed the same ring from that year, but the soul inside the ring had disappeared without a trace!
Voldemort, who had never heard of the Deathly Hallows, didn't care about the disappearance of the prismatic black stone, but the destruction of the Horcrux still sounded a wake-up call for him.
"Will he destroy all my Horcruxes? Just to destroy me?" Voldemort's eyes flickered.
Indeed, there only needs to be one Voldemort in this world!
"But the only one who stays is me!"
There will be more updates later, but I don't have much saved so I can only code now. Maybe I have to wait a little longer, I'm going to have a meal first (end of this chapter)