How to assassinate Dumbledore was no longer just Draco Malfoy's business.
Especially after Snape pushed himself forward, Voldemort almost acquiesced to their actions and allowed Draco Malfoy to use the power of other Death Eaters to get rid of his lifelong enemy, Albus Dumbledore.
As for punishing the Malfoy family, it was nothing compared to killing Dumbledore.
Because once even Snape failed, it would be impossible for Voldemort to get rid of Dumbledore in a short period of time and complete his comeback against the Ministry of Magic.
That meant his situation with the Death Eaters was going to get worse.
No one can guarantee that the Death Eaters will continue to be loyal to him and not collapse after enduring a high-intensity siege.
It has been only over half a year since Scrimgeour took over as Minister of Magic, and the former Death Eaters have suffered heavy losses under the attacks of the Ministry of Magic.
Even though the Death Eaters have moved into secret operations, the current situation is still not good. After all, their enemies are not only the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix, there is also a more sinister and vicious Master of Prophecy who is secretly targeting them. Some of the dark wizards who had originally come over have already fled after seeing the situation was not good.
Although Voldemort did not care about the departure of those fence-sitters, nor did he care much about the casualties of other Death Eaters, he had to pay attention to the power he had built. Once he lost the support of the Death Eaters, it would mean that he would become alone. When facing the entire huge British wizarding world, he could only hide himself carefully like a rat in a sewer.
This was also the main reason why Voldemort allowed other Death Eaters to provide assistance to the Malfoy family and allowed Snape to join the assassination attempt without authorization.
However, unlike Snape's confidence and calmness, others were not optimistic about the assassination.
After all, the target is the famous Dumbledore. Even if that old man is really old, he is still the nightmare of countless Death Eaters. No Death Eater would be stupid enough to think that Dumbledore is too old to lift his wand.
Even if other people gave up joining this action, it would not have much impact, but Narcissa Malfoy was a rare exception. Although she did not join the assassination of Dumbledore, she was very worried about it. Whether the Malfoy family could be reunited alive depended on whether the assassination of Dumbledore could be successfully concluded.
If Draco's assassination failed, even if he could survive Dumbledore's hands, the Dark Lord's wrath would completely engulf their family.
Even Lucius, who was imprisoned in Azkaban prison at this moment, could not escape his fate.
To this end, Narcissa always took a lot of time to help Draco think of ways to try to increase the success rate of the plan. She even spent a lot of Galleons to let Bella invite reliable partners to join the assassination.
After ending her contact with Draco, Narcissa carefully put away the two-way mirror, stood up from the chair, left her room and walked towards the hall to seek help from her sister Bella.
Ever since Narcissa's husband Lucius was imprisoned in Azkaban, her sister Bella has become the person she consults with.
"Bella, I need your help!"
Looking at the empty hall, Narcissa gradually slowed down her voice. She quickly searched all the rooms in the base, but still couldn't find Bella.
Did she go out for something
Narcissa was the only one left in the stronghold, which made her feel inexplicably irritated. She kept looking at the wall clock and kept thinking about what Draco had just said to her.
Draco needed Felicis.
But where can she get the elixir of life
Looking for Snape
No, Draco had said he had asked Snape for help when he contacted her through the two-way mirror.
But Snape didn't have any Potion Felix Felicis at all, and even if he started to brew it now, it would be too late, because it would take at least half a year to brew it, and Draco didn't have half a year left.
There are only a few months left until the end of this semester!
When Draco first mentioned Felicis Felix to her, Narcissa had tried to spend a lot of money to buy it on the black market, but no one sold Felicis Felix on the black market. Even if she was willing to pay several times the Galleons, it would only attract a group of scammers.
Narcissa had encountered tricksters more than once, and they had mostly given those annoying guys the harshest punishment.
This is actually quite normal, because ordinary pharmacists are not qualified to touch this stuff, and few qualified pharmacists go back to make the Felixir. Because if the brewing fails, the economic loss will be extremely painful, which leads to the extreme scarcity of the magical potion, which is priced but not sold.
As Narcissa was pacing back and forth in the hall impatiently, there was a noise at the door of the stronghold, waking Narcissa up from her deep thought.
Narcissa drew her wand and walked towards the door, and saw several people, led by Bella, walking into the base by grabbing a witch's hair.
"You are..."
Narcissa looked at her sister in confusion, wondering why Bella wanted to capture the young girl.
"This guy is that Mudblood's classmate!"
Bella threw the woman to the carpet in the hall, pointed her wand at her and said to Narcissa, "I bet she knows something about the mudbloods."
“I… ah!”
As soon as the young witch opened her mouth, she was overwhelmed by a piercing pain and her screams echoed in the living room.
Bella looked at the witch screaming in pain under the torture of the Cruciatus Curse with pleasure, and her originally bad mood became cheerful, as if that was not a shrill scream, but a beautiful song.
Ever since Bella's husband died in the last failed ambush and she herself was disfigured, this cruel female Death Eater has become more and more insane, and she even likes to use the Cruciatus Curse to torture others more than before.
"Tell me, where is that Mudblood hiding? Where is the headquarters of the Defense Association!" Bella moved her wand away, reached out and grabbed the hair of the curled-up young woman, pulling her up from the ground.
"No, I really don't know," the young woman cried.
"Lie!" Bella growled sharply, "You can't deceive me."
"Let her finish her words, Bella. If you turn her into a lunatic, we won't get any news." Narcissa hurriedly stopped Bella's crazy behavior, lest she use the Cruciatus Curse to torture the woman in front of her into a lunatic.
"Weislai did invite me, but... I refused at that time!" The young witch sobbed painfully, "I really don't know anything, nothing!"
If Angelina were here, she would definitely recognize at first glance that this woman is her former roommate Claire.
A pure-blood witch.
However, this poor pure-blood girl did not escape the disaster because of her bloodline.
"Go on."
Narcissa realized that Bella might have caught the wrong person.
"I have no connection with Anderson. We are not familiar with each other at all. You should go find Shanna, Shanna Wilson. She is Anderson's good friend. You should go find her. She must know Anderson's whereabouts."
Claire couldn't understand why he had to endure such misfortune, and he couldn't understand why this crazy woman wanted to arrest him. Was it just because she was in the same class as Albert Anderson
But there were so many students in the same class as Albert Anderson, why did she have to look for him
In fact, Bella arrested her because she was in the same class as Albert Anderson.
Another reason is that Bella doesn't know Albert and can't find any other friends besides Fred and George.
So, Bella tried her luck by capturing a student from the same class. Even if she captured the wrong person, she could still dig out more information she needed from him. And Claire was the unlucky guy.
A red light suddenly hit the young witch, causing her to faint.
"Narcissa, what are you doing!?"
Bella suddenly turned her head and looked at her sister, very dissatisfied with her behavior.
"She didn't lie. It's useless to kill her!" Narcissa lowered her voice and said, "I want to discuss something with you. It's very important."
"What's up?"
Bella glanced at the dark wizards around her and signaled them to take the person to the dungeon.
"Draco wants some Felicis Felix. His repair of the Vanishing Cabinet is not going well. He hopes to use the Felicis Felix to fix it." Narcissa told Bella the reason why she was looking for her after all the dark wizards had left.
"That sounds ridiculous, Narcissa. Where do you want me to get the Felicis Felicis?" Bella sneered sharply. She felt that her sister was too fond of Draco and was simply daydreaming.
Since the last time Draco mentioned this, they have tried to use the polyjuice potion to disguise themselves as other people and sneak into the black market, but in the end there was no gain.
"No, Bella, we need Felicis Felicis." Narcissa looked into Bella's eyes and said seriously, "If we can get some Felicis Felicis, the plan to assassinate Dumbledore will definitely go much more smoothly."
"You really think that thing can bring us good luck." Bella thought her sister was crazy.
"Yes, I heard from Snape that Dumbledore would distribute Felicis Felicis to the members of the Order of the Phoenix and let them use this potion when they are in danger." Narcissa said confidently: "I dare say that Felicis Felicis will definitely increase our chances of success."
"Okay, maybe you are right, but no one sells Felicis Follicles on the black market. You should know how rare Felicis Follicles is. This potion needs to be brewed for half a year, and no one will sell it." Bella was very dissatisfied with Narcissa's trust in Snape. That guy was just using them and was not trustworthy at all.
"Others may not have any, but Slughorn must have some left. Draco once said that he saw Slughorn take out a small bottle of Felicity Potion as a reward for Harry Potter." Narcissa said in a low voice.
"But the old guy has been staying in Hogwarts all the time. How can we get the Felicia Felix from him?" Bella looked at Narcissa with a sneer on her face. "Do you think we should break into Hogwarts and rob an old man of his potion? Maybe you should let Draco try it himself."
"No, I want to visit other potion masters first to see if they have Felicis Felicis." Narcissa shook her head and stated her plan, "Damocles, Eltida or Hertog Dagworth."
"What if there's still nothing?" Bella didn't think those people would stockpile Felicis.
"Then go to France or other European countries. I think we can always buy the Felicis Felix for a few Galleons." Narcissa was determined to get the Felicis Felix. Compared to her family, those few Galleons were nothing.
"We don't have that much time, you know." Bella said impatiently, "Besides, we may not be able to..."
"No, we have time." Narcissa looked at her sister and pleaded, "Killing Dumbledore is more important than anything else. You know that the Dark Lord wants Dumbledore dead."
"Even if we get the Felicia Ricci, we may not be able to kill Dumbledore, right?" Bella certainly knew what Narcissa was thinking.
"Snape is confident, and I believe he will succeed, but we hope to increase the probability of success with the help of Felicis Felix." Narcissa knew how to convince Bella, "Don't you want the plan to go more smoothly? Don't you want to gain the Dark Lord's forgiveness?"
"As long as we kill Dumbledore, the Dark Lord will forgive us," Narcissa continued to persuade, "Also, once we lose Dumbledore's protection, the Dark Lord will surely be able to control the Ministry of Magic smoothly. By then, we will surely have other ways to deal with the Mudblood who has lost his helper."
"You're right. As long as I kill Dumbledore, the Dark Lord will forgive me. He will forgive me." Bella murmured.