Since leaving England, Lucius has realized what life is.
Here, he entered the Magic Congress and rediscovered the joy that power and authority brought him!
In Britain, because of his former identity as a Death Eater, Lucius could not get in touch with the center of power. Every time he wanted to do something, he had to use his money ability.
Fortunately, Fudge is a profit-seeking person, otherwise his influence would be even less.
But now, everything is different.
Under Cyrus's arrangement, Lucius became a key figure in the financial management of the Magical Congress of the United States of America. Not only was he responsible for maintaining the balance of revenue and expenditure of the Congress, but more importantly, he was responsible for completely controlling the economic lifeline of the American wizarding world.
Unlike the tiny country of Britain, the influence of the United States Magical Congress is huge because Ilvermorny recruits students from all over North America. In comparison, the wizarding world in Canada and Mexico is not only chaotic, but the magical regimes are also weak.
In addition, many wizards from these two places are likely to stay in the United States after graduating from Ilvermorny. Therefore, such a huge economic system is more regularly controlled than the British wizarding world.
Controlling gold galleons means controlling the circulation of magical materials, the production and types of potions, and the rest, such as magical plants, magical animals and animals... are naturally under control as well.
Of course, there is a more important aspect for Lucius.
That is, he and his family were much safer after leaving Voldemort's control.
In the past, when he was with Voldemort, he was like a tiger to the emperor. Even after the mysterious man fell, Lucius did not dare to move easily, for fear that the Dark Lord would come back one day. But now, there is no need to worry about these.
Besides, Muggle stuff doesn't seem so bad.
After Cyrus secretly allowed those who followed him to control the Magic Congress, he naturally did not intend to strictly abide by the Statute of Secrecy as before.
In fact, he has been unilaterally promoting the integration of Muggle technology and magic.
The Statute of Secrecy may not be broken for the time being, but wizards cannot rest on their laurels. The biggest advantage wizards have right now is that they can use the knowledge and technology of Muggles, while Muggles know nothing about wizards.
Before, magic firearms were just a simple attempt. Now, the Magic Congress has set up a special department to understand the Muggle world and study what kind of technology is useful for wizards.
The modified Golden Snitch, or magic drone, used in this competition combines drone technology, projection broadcasting technology and magic.
At the beginning, this proposal was not actually well received.
Wizards have always rejected items from the Muggle world. The UK is even stricter about not allowing the use of flying carpets, as the Ministry of Magic believes that carpets are a product of Muggles.
The laws of the Magic Congress are not that outrageous.
Although the Rappaport Act strictly separated the wizarding and Muggle worlds for a long time, the Magical Congress was much more relaxed about the modification and use of Muggle items, especially after the law was repealed in 1965, the Magical Congress and Muggles became closer.
"Lucius, the renovation of the Floo Network and the Muggle telephone communication network that I mentioned to you last time may require another round of funding."
Lucius was still counting money in the office when a wizard in a suit strode in. He looked excited and spoke a lot of professional terms:
"I feel like we've made a lot of progress. If this works, wizards won't need owls or post offices anymore!"
Lucius didn't even look up.
He has seen such people too many times during this period. In fact, they are still a long way from producing research results, but these people always make it seem like they can produce something immediately if they get more money.
"This research is not a high priority, Mr. Paris." Lucius mercilessly stamped a red rejection on the application Paris handed him. "If wizards want to contact each other, why don't they just call directly? Muggles have been using mobile phones since 1973. You should keep up with the times."
"But No-Maj cell phones have great limitations..."
"Two gold Galleons can be used to communicate by text. All it takes is a Transfiguration spell. Or have you never heard of a two-way mirror?" Lucius asked coldly. "As for the Floo Network, I think you should wait until you have realized the portal before you come to me! Ah, I forgot about it. Guess what? It turns out that wizards can Apparate. What do you think?"
He said sarcastically, causing Paris to blush.
Then Lucius didn't care about the other person's thoughts, he stood up from the chair and pushed him away: "I have to get off work, sir. Come to me for money next time when you have a good idea!"
In fact, in Lucius's opinion, the magic phone is not completely useless, but isn't it a serious problem to combine the Floo Network with the mobile phone?
Do I have to sprinkle a handful of powder every time I use it? Besides, some things don't need to be modified, and it's unnecessary to modify them by force.
As Lucius was thinking about this, he planned to go to the No-Maj cinema with Narcissa to watch a movie after returning home.
Less than half a year after arriving at the Magic Congress, under the guidance of Cyrus, he had already become interested in many things in the Muggle world. Looking back now, he didn't know how he had spent the previous decades of boring days.
However, Lucius stopped just a few steps after walking out of the gate of the Magic Congress.
At this moment, he was trembling all over, as if he was shrouded in death again.
And at the end of his sight, stood a man he was very familiar with - Barty Crouch Jr.
"It looks like you're doing well here, Lucius." Little Barty smiled from afar, "Come with me, the master is waiting to see you!"
Lucius had thought of this thousands of times in his mind in an instant, and the thoughts in his brain were constantly changing.
Of course he knew that Voldemort had resurrected again, and no one was more concerned about the tournament than him. But he didn't expect that Barty Jr., who asked him to be an undercover agent at Cyrus's place, would come back so soon.
And from Barty Jr.'s tone, it seemed that Voldemort had come to see him in person? At this moment, Lucius thought of thousands of possibilities in his mind, but he still tried his best to keep calm.
At least, Lucius felt that Voldemort would not let him assassinate Cyrus, right? —— "I want your son, Draco Malfoy, to assassinate Cyrus!"
In a secluded hut, Voldemort sat on a chair and spoke to Lucius, who was kneeling at his feet.
"This..." Lucius was sweating profusely. He didn't understand, but he also knew that even if he really asked Draco to assassinate Cyrus, it would not succeed. Voldemort's request made Lucius wonder if his identity as a double agent had been exposed, so Voldemort deliberately used this method to kill his family.
But even so, Lucius had to find a way to plead for his son.
"Master, Draco is useless..."
"He is the only one who is most suitable!" Voldemort said with red eyes, not allowing any refusal.
He actually had no suspicion that Lucius had betrayed him.
"You have done very well during this period, Lucius. Cyrus trusts you very much, even though he asked you to do some - incomprehensible things!"
Voldemort called Cyrus's plans to "learn" from Muggles and to use economic means to control the wizarding world nonsense.
Now he didn't understand Cyrus's idea, but he thought it was totally unnecessary. As long as you have strength, money and power will come to you.
In a sense, his idea was not wrong.
Magic is power! "But Draco can't succeed." Lucius said tremblingly as he lay on the ground.
But Voldemort crossed his hands, his fingers were so slender that they looked like long and thin wands.
"Ah, Lucius, my good friend, I don't really want Draco to kill him. We all know that's impossible. Even if I want to defeat Cyrus, it's not that easy. I just need Draco to work for me and do something very simple - cast a spell on him, any spell, as long as it succeeds..."
The Voldemort who came back from time knows more about the Elder Wand than the Voldemort in the original book.
He now knew that in order to change the Elder Wand's ownership, he didn't need to kill the man, he just needed to defeat him.
There are many ways to defeat a person, such as -
"Draco can ask him to teach him some magic. How about the Disarming Charm? It's a good spell that he can always use."
Voldemort actually did not give Lucius the right to refuse. Now, apart from Draco, he really had no other suitable person to do this. Coincidentally, Draco was brought to Hogwarts by Cyrus...
"I see..." Lucius could tell that Voldemort's tone was starting to get unhappy, so he nodded and agreed, "I'll tell Draco."
Voldemort left.
Lucius did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately returned to England through the Floo Network, then went to Hogwarts and told Cyrus everything truthfully.
"I don't know what the mysterious man wants to do, sir..."
"Don't worry, Lucius, I know it very well." Cyrus smiled, "Just do as he says. Don't worry, Draco will be safe."
It can be said that Voldemort's plan was guessed clearly by Cyrus and Dumbledore. He had to find a way to regain control of the Elder Wand, otherwise he would not dare to show up again.
The only problem was how to trick Voldemort.
Unlike Voldemort in the original book who never obtained the power of the Elder Wand, this Voldemort knew clearly how powerful the Elder Wand was.
He could easily tell whether he had control of the Elder Wand, just like when he noticed the Elder Wand changing hands in the Department of Mysteries.
This was the key to the plan, but Cyrus and Dumbledore already had an idea.
Now, just let it happen and go with the flow.
"This is a rare opportunity, Lucius. It just so happens that I can teach Draco a lesson. The Disarming Charm is a bit too low-level. How about Occlumency? He still has a chance to cast a spell on me."
So, in the following days, Draco became Cyrus' student.
All this was seen by little Batty who had transformed into Maxim.
Of course, he didn't know what happened in the carriage, but Draco would show off in front of Harry. On a certain morning, Maxim already knew about it.
The days passed one by one.
Almost in the blink of an eye, this school year is coming to an end.
The Ministry of Magic had completed its reconstruction not long ago, and there were fewer people in the school. Harry had discovered that Hagrid was missing not long ago. In the past few months, the Care of Magical Creatures class was taught by an old man named Newt Scamander.
I have to say that Newt's teaching is much better than Hagrid's. Compared to Hagrid who always uses his thick skin and flesh to come into contact with magical creatures, Newt's teaching method is more suitable for ordinary people.
And there are always many good things in his box that can't be seen in Hogwarts.
For example, one time he used a bell to summon a cicada that looked like both a tiger and a lion. The tuft of golden hair around its neck could emit electric light, and its tail was red, like a long ribbon.
It flies fiercely, but in Newt's hands, it is as cute as a cat.
Later, there were ocelots, horned poisonous beasts, horse-shaped water monsters... and even a Qilin! Speaking of Qilin, the Chinese Qilin that Cyrus saw a long time ago finally had offspring.
This is also thanks to Hagrid.
Newt and Hagrid finally met after Cyrus introduced them in a letter. Hagrid, a breeding expert, immediately began to force a pairing and found several Japanese girls for the Chinese Qilin.
Now several of the Japanese Kirins are pregnant, but it is still uncertain whether they can give birth to a pure-blooded Chinese Kirin.
Of course, compared to these unimportant things, Harry was more concerned about why Cyrus suddenly came to him again.
He walked out of the castle, across the Quidditch pitch, and onto the path that led to the carriages.
Today, the two dragons were not beside the carriage. In fact, most of the time, the two dragons lived freely in the forbidden forest. It was not a comfortable thing for the dragons to be imprisoned in a small place.
Harry was halfway there when he saw Malfoy talking to Cyrus in the distance.
When he got closer, their conversation seemed to be over. Cyrus turned his back to Malfoy, and Malfoy actually raised his wand and pointed it at Cyrus' back.
He was going to attack Cyrus? Harry was apparently stunned for a second.
He was a little confused as to why things had turned out like this. Hadn't the Malfoy family betrayed Voldemort and joined Cyrus? Or was it just a conspiracy from the beginning to the end, and Malfoy had always been the evil Malfoy! (End of this chapter)