Chapter 200: Substitutes

Lu Yunkai thought that at his age and with the various recovery potions in the system, he would be able to bounce around vigorously in two or three days.

But he was wrong.

Summoning an unknown thing from nowhere is far more dangerous than what he knows.

He stayed in bed for more than half a month.

It wasn't until August, halfway through the summer vacation, that he could barely get out of bed.

So much so that Irene, who had never cared much about Lu Yunkai's private life (mainly because it was inconvenient to care too much), became worried when she saw him appear again.

Not to mention Daphne.

For more than half a month, the worry on her face has not disappeared.

However, Lu Yunkai couldn't help it. Seeing Daphne so worried, he wanted to reply quickly, but his body really didn't listen to commands.

But this is not necessarily a bad thing. At least after all this trouble, Lu Yunkai's idea of ​​"summoning it from time to time to learn something from it" was completely abandoned by himself.

It doesn’t seem like a good deal either.

While he was lying in bed for more than half a month, Lu Yunkai also carefully checked the origin of the thing he summoned.

Most of the things used in this summons are related to the legendary king, and the story of King Solomon can be found everywhere in the Muggle world.

In particular, it mentions two names.

When he could walk on his own again, he had already figured out what he had summoned that afternoon: it was said to be the summoning demon god who had signed a contract with King Solomon.

However, this did not help Lu Yunkai eliminate his wariness about the ritual to dispel magic.

Lu Yunkai was reluctant to experiment with Daphne.

And as the time came to August, the Hogwarts owl also reminded Lu Yunkai that he and Daphne were still just students, and there was no need to be too anxious about some things.

And wait.

It would be better to find an opportunity to try it on others first, and then use it to help Daphne lift the curse after confirming that there are no side effects...

As for the potion knowledge that the summoned demon god named Walliver taught him, Lu Yunkai planned to refine it into potions one by one to determine whether they were reliable or not.

Therefore, after getting up from bed, Lu Yunkai entered the state of buying materials from the system, processing them himself, and then selling them back to the system to "make up lessons during the summer vacation" and to "enrich the system's product library."

Originally, Lu Yunkai thought that this summer vacation should be passed peacefully, but some people would not allow him to be so peaceful.

Not even a week had passed since Lu Yunkai was eating, sleeping, refining potions, chatting with Daphne in his free time, and even going fishing on the coast outside his home, when the big snake appeared outside Lu Yunkai's house again. In the grass.

Lu Yunkai, who saw the snake, naturally understood that Voldemort was looking for him.

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Following Orochi, Lu Yunkai returned to the castle where he met Voldemort last summer.

It seems that he has put aside his worries about the hiding place being exposed because Crouch Jr. was exposed.

And Voldemort, who had become weak again after a "long journey", actually needed Lu Yunkai to help him get unicorn blood.

Voldemort, who drank the blood and regained some strength, still wanted to remind Lu Yunkai not to forget to help him resurrect. Lu Yunkai said that based on his correspondence with Harry, so far, the Ministry of Magic has not Without relaxing his monitoring of Harry, he could only wait until the time was right...

They were all the same old polite words, and Lu Yunkai was a little impatient when he said them.

And Voldemort was helpless.

If there was anything new, Lu Yunkai took what Snape told him about the Ministry of Magic's intention to directly intervene in the management of Hogwarts, processed it, and told it to Voldemort.

"The Ministry of Magic is not very satisfied with Dumbledore's previous protection of Harry, so it is said that in the new school year, people will be sent to the school to serve as teachers to carry out comprehensive rectification and management of the school. It is estimated that the strict protection of Harry will be at least It’s been going on for two or three years.”

Lu Yunkai said to Voldemort.

Of course he knew that it was obviously impossible for Voldemort to accept staying the way he was now for two or three years.

He just wanted to defeat Voldemort's army. Sure enough, Voldemort couldn't sit still when he heard Lu Yunkai said that the Ministry of Magic had directly intervened in Hogwarts, and that there was even a possibility of a dragon protecting Harry Potter.

"I need people, more people."

Voldemort said so.

And this was exactly the result Lu Yunkai wanted.

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"Meow, are you too brave?"

On the balcony on the second floor of the home. Lu Yunkai, who was sitting on a chair drinking tea, looking at the book in his hand, humming a song, seemed to be in a good mood.

Chris, who was eating a fish on the table, had some appreciation in her tone.

Chris supported Lu Yunkai's "daring actions" most of the time, not to mention this time, what Lu Yunkai wanted to try sounded interesting.

"Little Crouch was just imprisoned in Azkaban and sentenced to life imprisonment before. This time, instead of escaping from prison, he was directly sentenced to a dementor's kiss and became a walking zombie!" Lu Yun started. He turned a page in the book inside and said while reading: "I think if those Death Eaters stay in Azkaban, something will happen sooner or later. It's better to lure the snake out of its hole... Well, this is from the East. Strategic wisdom, you don’t understand.”

"Meow, but how do you plan to organize this Azkaban prison break?" Chris's tone was full of curiosity, "Although Dementors are useless, they are not without any deterrent power. Those Death Eaters imprisoned inside have little combat power..."

"How could it be!!" Lu Yunkai shook his head, "It's not that they don't have combat power, they just don't have weapons!"

"Yeah! Without a wand, you can't use magic, naturally... meow??"

Chris instantly understood Lu Yunkai's idea.

If there are no weapons, send them! !

It's not like Lu Yunkai doesn't have a way to send things into Azkaban... Chris himself! !

"Why, are you willing?"

"No." Chris shook his head, "I've been to that broken place Azkaban once, and I don't want to go there a second time."

"You!" Lu Yunkai smiled and sighed. He didn't take Chris's words seriously at all.

Can you not go if you don't want to? Lu Yunkai doesn't want to have anything to do with Voldemort! But he is not the only subordinate Voldemort can use now! This matter is ultimately because of Chris!

"Then what if the Death Eaters succeed in escaping prison?" Chris seemed to understand this, so she just complained, "That's very dangerous."

"I don't think you understand the saying that there is no leader." Lu Yunkai rolled his eyes at Chris, "With Voldemort's current character, even if the Death Eaters are deeply afraid of him, their attitude will more or less change. If Crouch Jr. was in Voldemort's heyday, would he dare to go to Hogwarts and attack Harry on his own initiative?"

"Meow, if I hadn't happened to see him kill Crouch Sr. in the Forbidden Forest, he would have hidden very well! And he was just a little bit away from success..."

"That's the problem!" Lu Yunkai nodded, "Without unified command, they will fight on their own, everyone has their own little calculations, little thoughts, and then do their own things. Without collective wisdom, no matter how much a person thinks, it is still easy to make mistakes. If there are mistakes, they will be targeted and dealt with... This It's called a group of dragons without a leader, understand?"

"Meow, I don't understand." Chris shook her head, "But... I still don't agree with you helping Voldemort organize people. After all, you are going back to school soon. If this group of people really come out and you are not there, you will be very embarrassed at that time! You were so worried before because you were afraid that someone under Voldemort would not need you!"

"Of course I remember." Lu Yunkai nodded, "So I haven't rashly told Voldemort that I plan to help his men escape from Azkaban! I was thinking, can I arrange another person to Voldemort before this, so that he can help me control the situation when I am not there."

"Meow, who? Lucius Malfoy?" Chris shook her cat head, "You can't control people you don't have a handle on, and Voldemort won't believe it if you have a handle."

"I can't command Lucius either." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "I have to think about it..."

"Meow, actually I have a suggestion."

Chris glanced outside the front yard.

In the bushes, the big snake was sleeping soundly.

Ever since Lu Yunkai followed the big snake to find Voldemort last time, Voldemort arranged for the big snake to follow Lu Yunkai instead of staying by his side.

In name, it can help Lu Yunkai solve some problems.

In reality...

Voldemort himself didn't believe that he was not here to monitor whether Lu Yunkai tried his best to help him.

"Nagini? Don't make a fuss, it's Voldemort's pet..."

"Meow, it's not just Voldemort's pet." Chris shook his head, "Have you forgotten, I always feel that it has a human soul."

"I always think you are wrong."

"Maybe! But how do you know if you don't try!" Chris's eyes flashed.

"Try? What to try?"

"Meow, if it was once a person, but became like this... why?"

"Why else! It was under a spell... Oh! Oh oh oh oh!!!" Lu Yunkai jumped up directly from the chair.

"Meow, kill two birds with one stone!" Chris nodded with satisfaction when she saw Lu Yunkai's surprised reaction.

"Yes! Kill two birds with one stone! Um... But wait a minute, if what the demon taught me really works and helps it remove the curse on its body, it will naturally be the person Voldemort trusts the most, right? How can I control it?"

"Meow, if you are a person, because of a spell, you turned into an animal, and then were forced to be someone else's pet for a long time, and finally recovered, would you still be willing to continue to be someone's pet?" Chris asked Lu Yunkai, "And if one day Sophie suddenly turned into a human, would you dare to trust it?"

Quiet.

"This is a gamble!" Lu Yunkai muttered.

Yes, what if Voldemort trusts it, and Nagini is willing to continue working for Voldemort?

"Then you won't lose! Anyway, let the snake do the dangerous things, you just keep an eye on Harry Potter... I don't think Voldemort will have any objections to this."

"Hmm..." Lu Yunkai touched his chin, and seemed to be a little unsure.

"Even if we take a step back, there is a person who can help Daphne detect the existence of the magic circle, why don't you use it?" Chris changed her way of expression.

"... Makes sense!" Lu Yunkai jumped directly from the balcony to the yard.

……

Lu Yunkai jumped over the wall in the yard and jumped outside. The big snake sleeping in the bush woke up almost immediately.

Then it swam quickly to his side.

It raised its upper body and looked at Lu Yunkai.

It seemed to be waiting for Lu Yunkai to say something.

"Can you understand what I say?" Lu Yunkai squatted down, so that his eyes could look at the big snake, and then asked.

The big snake did not move.

"... I don't understand." Lu Yunkai sighed, a little disappointed, "Then stay here and don't move."

Lu Yunkai warned the snake, and then pulled out the magic wand.

The big snake watched Lu Yunkai's movements, but did not react.

It seemed that it understood that Lu Yunkai was not its enemy, so it had no defense against Lu Yunkai's actions.

After pulling out the magic wand, Lu Yunkai wrote a few ancient magic words around the snake, and then called out Xueli, asking it to take out a fish, a chicken, and a rabbit from the kitchen and throw them all into the circle.

However...

"Don't eat it!! This is not food for you!!"

Lu Yunkai looked at the big snake speechlessly, which immediately opened its mouth to catch the living creature he threw in.

The big snake looked up at Lu Yunkai.

It didn't seem to understand why Lu Yunkai yelled at it.

Helplessly, Lu Yunkai could only let Xueli take it and throw it into the circle again.

But the big snake still didn't understand Lu Yunkai's words, and insisted that Lu Yunkai might think it was too hard outside and was feeding it...

Repeated five times.

Until the sixth time Lu Yunkai threw something in, the full big snake finally stopped attacking the sacrifices.

Seeing that the sacrifices were finally placed next to the big snake alive, Lu Yunkai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's okay. If the snake's appetite is better, Lu Yunkai will have to arrange Xueli to buy new ingredients. The stock at home is now basically in the big snake's stomach.

And the full big snake didn't rush to hide. Seeing Lu Yunkai placing three more foods around it, it thought this place was the nest Lu Yunkai prepared for it. It tightened its body, ate a plate, closed its eyes and began to digest the food.

This was a rare opportunity for Lu Yunkai.

He bought seven-color crystals from the system as quickly as possible, piled them around the snake, and then drew a circle with the magic wand to enclose all the offerings and crystals.

The offerings were in place, and the magic circle was completed.

The exciting moment should have arrived...

However.

Nothing happened.

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