Chapter 424 422 Voldemort's Choice

Chapter 424 422. Voldemort's Choice

There was a kind of scrutiny in Barty's eyes, as if he was patiently waiting for what choice Voldemort would make for this condition.

Voldemort's face showed a little surprise when he heard Dumbledore's words, obviously he did not expect him to put forward such a condition.

But soon that surprise disappeared, and he became cold and gloomy again.

"Do you think I will only compromise again and again? Dumbledore!"

Dumbledore looked at him quietly. The previous Voldemort would never say such a thing if he encountered such a situation.

If he had more than 50% of the strength to beat Dumbledore, he would not hesitate to turn the table over and talk about it after the fight. If he felt that he did not even have a 50% chance of winning, he would use some more clever means to put forward other more tempting conditions so that Dumbledore had to give up this request.

Or simply put on a play and let Barty and Snape make the choice of sacrifice willingly.

Faced with such conditions, Voldemort could have chosen many situations, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that what he said now was actually a threat to Dumbledore: This is enough, he will agree to this condition, but this is the only one.

"Just like you took the initiative to propose the Triwizard Tournament, you must also pay more. Now that you still want peace, you also need to pay more conditions."

"How much do you mean by some?" Voldemort said coldly, "If you also ask me to surrender, do I have to accept it?"

Dumbledore shook his head seriously.

"I promise this is the last one. As long as you agree, you can take your people away from here. At the same time, how about I make another promise? As long as the British Ministry of Magic belongs to you, I will not take my students back to this castle."

Jon knew that Dumbledore was actually playing a little trick here.

Now according to the bet of the Triwizard Tournament, after they won, Hogwarts Castle would of course belong to them, but the castle is not like a carriage that can go around, it still belongs to the UK, and now the UK is still Voldemort's world.

If the entire Hogwarts is moved back to Hogwarts Castle, Voldemort can find too many opportunities to infiltrate it, and can also use too many opportunities to attack the castle. Because the main forces are in France, Dumbledore can't send too many people to Hogwarts Castle, and even he himself can't stay in the castle for a long time, and he still needs him to preside over the overall situation on the wizarding front.

So for them at this time, the ownership of the castle is actually very useless, and the only claim to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the most important.

Using the condition of an empty castle to pry Voldemort's heart, this deal is undoubtedly very cost-effective.

Facts have proved that Dumbledore was undoubtedly right, and Voldemort no longer hesitated and hesitated about the condition he added later.

He looked at Barty Jr. and Snape, as if he was examining and measuring them.

Every molecule in the air seemed to stop moving until Voldemort's voice reached everyone's ears again.

"Severus."

When he said this name, the masked Death Eaters behind him all seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and the tense atmosphere was relieved.

According to the standpoints of these pure-bloods, they certainly stood on Barty Jr.'s side without any suspense. As for Snape, he was isolated from the power of Voldemort from beginning to end.

Not only because he was the only half-blood in a high position, but also because everyone knew that it was because Voldemort agreed to his request that he could not kill the woman named Lily no matter what, which led to the loss of many Death Eaters.

Therefore, no one likes Snape. Even Voldemort No. 1, who now controls the body, has no good feelings towards Snape because he knows some inside stories that were unknown to outsiders. Choosing Little Barty and abandoning him just suits his heart.

After saying Snape's name, he didn't have any more extra words, and he didn't need to say anything more. The meaning expressed in this way is already quite obvious.

Little Barty's face didn't show the kind of surviving a disaster that others imagined. On the contrary, when he looked at Voldemort, his eyes were even weirder, as if he was seeing his master for the first time.

Even now, Snape's face has not changed at all, as if he is a dead man carved out of stone.

After getting the result from Voldemort that was not unexpected, Dumbledore waved to the wizards on the wizarding horizon, and then Kingsley and the others made way for a passage for only one person to pass through.

The Carrows, Half-Blood Dean Greengrass and a group of former Hogwarts professors walked out of the encirclement one by one. Before leaving, their wands were also confiscated to prevent Voldemort from going back on his word during the exchange of prisoners.

Voldemort also released the Muggle-born students he had detained and the members of the Wizarding World captured in France. Ironically, when the Muggle-born students were released, many of them actually knelt on the ground and begged the pure-blood master not to abandon them.

All they got were the ruthless spells of the Death Eaters, which forced them to approach the people of the Wizarding Line.

The other Aurors had already started to line up and leave, but Lucius was the last one.

He looked at John with a complicated look, then at Dumbledore, and then slowly put Draco, who was still unconscious, on the ground.

If he handed his son to others, even if it was disobeying Voldemort's decision on the spot, Lucius would not dare to do it, but if he handed it to Dumbledore and his friends, not only he but also his wife Narcissa would not have too much to worry about.

If they stayed in the UK, if the war between Voldemort and Dumbledore was not going well, it was not impossible for Voldemort to go crazy and force students who had not yet graduated to go to the battlefield, but if it was Dumbledore's side, even if all the people of the Wizarding Line died, they would not hurt these students.

"He is just a child and has not done anything evil. I hope you will not be angry with him because of me."

Lucius whispered this sentence, and then followed the large group of Aurors, and took a last look at Draco before leaving.

It's just one chapter divided into two chapters, not a make-up chapter. I took a day off yesterday and will make up for it later.