In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter

Chapter 295: Bronze Door (2 in 1)

The way the two couples Rodolphus and Bella get along with each other is very strange.

Even in the eyes of the vast majority of other Death Eaters, it can be felt that they are more like a titular couple, and in fact, there is basically not much of a husband and wife relationship between them anymore.

That is also indeed true.

Even in private, Bella never gave her husband a half-hearted smile, even though this was the first time she had met with Rodolphus since learning of her brother-in-law Rabastan's death.

"The Lestrange family cannot afford to disappoint our lord again, and you should know that better than anyone."

Deep in the labyrinth of ice and snow, in front of a huge bronze door, Bella said coldly.

Rodolphus still had that silent look, ever since the death of his own brother, he was obviously much more decadent than before.

"Why is our lord certain that this place is no longer important?"

He asked in a hoarse voice, while looking up at the bronze door at his side, which looked ancient and worn, yet seemed to be completely welded into the whole ice sheet, and did not budge at all.

Bella's face had little expression.

"It's not that this place is not important to our lord anymore, it's important. But he knows that no one in the world can push this door open beside him, not even Dumbledore himself."

"So this is actually a decoy?" Rodolphus inclined his head to look at her.

"Lord at first did not expect this bait to work, because they are not that stupid, couldn't even spot such an obvious bait, and would still send people to die."

Bella's gaze was icy as she met Rodolphus' eyes.

"That's why I've been saying all along that this is a chance for you, a chance to make up for your previous failure. We can't deduce why they were willing to let that evil student come here when they knew it would be bait, but once he enters this labyrinth, his only goal will be nothing more than what's behind this door, otherwise, there's no point in him coming here at all."

"Stay here and kill him, this is the only chance you and the Lestrange family have if you want to regain the trust and favour of our lord."

Bella paused at this point for a moment, before continuing.

"You also do not want, Rabastan to die such a meaningless and worthless death."

There was no visible change in expression on Rodolphus' face, but the hand that was holding his wand in was clenched tightly at some point.

He certainly did not want it to become worthless.

Not only the death of Rabastan but also their previous infiltration mission in the French Ministry of Magic, rendering such feats worthless.

Only by redeeming their mistakes here, they can regain the rewards and value of those feats, otherwise, without Voldemort's trust, all that the Lestrange family had done so far would become a complete joke.

A joke created by a teenager, a laughingstock.

"About that gem, have you asked our lord about it?"

After a moment of silence, Rodolphus raised his head again and looked at the inconspicuous blue diamond-shaped gemstone embedded in the ice not far from the bronze door.

Since they found the gem, they had thought of many ways to try to take it out, but all ended in failure.

Unless they could destroy the entire ice layer attached to the bronze door, there was no way to get the strange gem out of it, but the ice layer itself was unbreakable just like the door.

"This is something that only I know, and I remind you once again that it is currently not possible for our lord to manage these things." Bella said with an icy face.

"Otherwise, why do you think he didn't come here personally when he pays such attention to that boy? He is not in such a good state as others can see and simply does not have the energy to care about other things, he is preparing for another more important matter, and that is why he has given you and me such full authority! If everything needs to be done by him personally, then why should we still be here? To suck his blood like leeches?"

After saying that, she stared hard into Rodolphus' eyes.

"Remember to keep all the words I said to you in your heart, we have been in France for so long, that you should know what words can be said, and what words should never come out of your mouth in this life!"

Rodolphus did not utter any promises, he just nodded wordlessly.

He had nothing to complain about, and he really shouldn't have anything to complain about when Bella said something in a rare tone of voice like a family member who said something that only she should have known.

But inexplicably, he just felt a burst of sarcasm without a reason, she said as if it was normal for her to say these words to himself without any reason.

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Jon did not proceed any further forward.

After approaching the target with less than a mile to go, the number of Death Eaters patrolling nearby grew significantly larger.

Wearing the cloak of invisibility, he stopped in a corner, grabbing Gabrielle's hand and staring at a bunch of Death Eaters walking past them not far ahead, and his breathing, which had been restrained, slowly relaxed.

Within the cloak of invisibility, Jon reopened the map, he looked at where the marked spot at the end of this straight path and whispered.

"Obviously, this location is not only the location where that gem is located, but also the key area guarded by the Death Eaters, it is likely that this is also the final destination of the dark lord when he came to this labyrinth back then."

Gabrielle tilted her small face and looked at Jon.

"So what should we do now?"

This question also made Jon ponder.

The labyrinth's pathways are too narrow, and although it's not impossible to continue forward with the aid of a cloak of invisibility, the probability of something going wrong would also become higher.

In this short few hundred meters, Jon has seen no less than three waves of Death Eaters squad passing him by, which means that once he is discovered, then these people can assemble to surround him at the fastest speed.

And with such a situation, Jon simply could not afford to go any further, he could only use Fawkes' feather to summon him over to take them away from here.

He could not think of any other safer methods, and this situation could not be solved by any strategy, except for relying on pure strength to break through, otherwise, there would be no other better way.

Jon thought about it and finally decided to give it a shot while calling Fawkes.

He wrapped up the cloak of invisibility, let Gabrielle always hold his arm at his side, and in that hand, he is holding the feather of Fawkes.

He wants to see how far he can sneak in using the cloak of invisibility, and once there is an accident, he will directly crush the feather in his hand, and will not stay for half a second.

Jon is well aware that if he takes a risk, he will not only put his life on the line but also the life of Gabrielle who is with him!

In addition, he put the still-hard Nick in front of his body again, after being petrified Nick is a perfect shield, he can block the killing curse while not being destroyed by the curse itself, which provides a great guarantee to Jon's safety.

After doing all this preparation, Jon took Gabrielle and continued to start moving forward with great caution.

They will stop as soon as they encounter Death Eaters and wait until this group of Death Eaters has passed before continuing their steps.

After moving slowly for about two hours, they finally came across a fairly open area compared to the rest of the labyrinth.

About a dozen Death Eaters were stationed here, and tents were pitched in the open space, as if they knew in advance that Jon would come here, and had been prepared in advance in anticipation.

Jon did not risk entering this open space, instead, he first hid at the edge of the labyrinth passageway, observing the people who stood guard there.

The first thing that caught his eye was undoubtedly the "old acquaintance".

Rodolphus was sitting by a burning fire heating up his hands, compared with when Jon saw him on the sea, now his beard is scruffy, and his complexion is a kind of ugly pale and haggard, obviously, he had a bad time during this period.

The next person who attracted Jon's attention was a woman with wavy black hair, black nail polish on her nails and a gloomy face and sharp eyes.

Although it was the first time Jon saw this woman, from the qualities she had, coupled with the identity of a female Death Eater, Jon was compelled to associate her with someone, a woman who was famous in the original story.

Bellatrix Lestrange!

One of Voldemort's most loyal underlings, who is also known for her cruel and despicable fanatical behaviour.

She and Sirius are also related, but she was the one who killed the big black dog with her own hands.

Jon did not expect her to come here, but when you think about it, it does not feel strange, Rodolphus is already a failed once, so even if Voldemort is willing to give him another chance, it is not possible to be so assured to let him alone again in full charge of this matter.

And although Bella is Rodolphus's wife, with the master-servant relationship between Voldemort and her, the so-called husband-and-wife relationship can be said to be worse than dog shit.

After seeing Bella, the vigilance in Jon's heart was raised once again.

He knew very well that this woman, even if she is known for her lunacy, can also be said to be the most astute and capable person under Voldemort.

After the fall of France, Dumbledore has found that the person pretending to be the Chancellor "Roland" is Bella, the biggest contributor who ultimately brought the whole of France into the hands of Voldemort is also her, and at the beginning, even Dumbledore was also fooled by her.

In addition to Rodolphus and Bella, the couple, what attracted Jon's attention was the door opposite him, which looked like it was built entirely of bronze.

The door looked very ancient, a vague pattern could be seen carved on the surface of the long door, and it was difficult to find out what those reliefs actually are.

Jon frowned as he looked at the door, his intuition tells him that the Death Eaters are actually guarding it, and it may be the place where Voldemort stayed when he once came to this labyrinth.

But the door gave Jon a very unusual feeling as if the huge bronze slab was embedded directly in the ice instead of a closed door.

Then his eyes wandered, and when he saw the ice wall on the left side of the bronze door, Jon's pupils shrank slightly!

A blue diamond-shaped gemstone, small, small enough to fit five of them even if they were embedded in the ring.

The gemstone seemed to have completely blended into the ice layer and could not be distinguished from it.

Jon suppressed his inner excitement and turned his head to wink at Gabrielle.

Gabrielle nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice, in this situation, she did not even dare to breathe a breath and always acted according to Jon's command.

Wearing a cloak of invisibility, Jon brought Gabrielle and began to walk out of the labyrinth passage with incomparable caution, he has long been padded the bottom of his shoes with a layer of thick cotton cloth so that when he stepped on the ice surface there would not be a single hint of sound emitted.

He held his breath, sticking close to the wall, and a Death Eater who was bringing a teapot to Rodolphus passed close to his face, and then he barely crossed the two tents that were close together, and finally approached the gem-encrusted ice surface.

Jon did not immediately rush to try to pull the gem off, knowing full well that things would not be that simple.

If the gem can be so easy for him to take away, then Adrien will not leave it here, he came all the way to the Arctic for this thing, and even if he did not have the means to use it, it does not make sense that he could not find a way to take it away.

And these Death Eaters, they are not blind, although this gem is inconspicuous, it is not that inconspicuous that nobody who stays here can not find it.

Such a strange gem, Jon does not believe that the Death Eaters have not tried to take it out of the ice, but now it is still here, proving that neither Adrien nor the Death Eaters have succeeded.

Watching what the others were doing around him, after making sure no one was paying attention to him, Jon took the ring off his finger with great caution, and then slowly approached the gem on the ice with the missing groove on it.

But even though he had completely pressed the ring close to the blue gem, the gem didn't budge at all and didn't embed directly into the ring.

This made Jon a little disappointed, but it was kind of expected.

He stared at the gem for a long time, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the gem is completely integrated with the surrounding ice, unless it is possible to blow up this entire ice wall, it is not possible to take it out.

Such a discovery made Jon even more puzzled, such a tightly bound gem, how did Adrien craft it here at that time?

Suspicions did not stay in his mind for long, and soon Jon gave up the idea of forcibly taking the gem away for the time being.

Although he couldn't get it now, it didn't mean he couldn't get it later, anyway, he already knew this place, and the Death Eaters couldn't send someone to guard here forever, there would be plenty of time for him to come back and try again.

And right now his main target should be the guarded door!

Jon stared at the bronze door and narrowed his own eyes.

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