"Lord Dark Lord...and all distinguished guests, welcome back."

"This is Kreacher, the butler of this mansion." Voldemort said, "Oh, by the way, John, you should already know the origin of this mansion, right? After all, I heard that you were also involved in taking over this mansion.

It took a lot of effort.”

John nodded and said:

"The old Black family home."

Voldemort said:

"Yes, Michael dedicated him to me to use as the headquarters of the Death Eaters."

Michael shrugged and said:

"This is part of the collaboration."

While the few people were talking, they had already walked into a long passage under the leadership of Kreacher.

There is a troll-legged umbrella bucket placed in the passage, and a row of wrinkled heads are gathered on the decorative panel of the stair wall next to it.

After John looked carefully, he realized that they were all the dried heads of house elves.

"This is an ancient custom. House elves who have served the Black family for generations will have their heads removed after death, preserved and hung on the wall.

For the house elves, this is a great honor, which means that they have been recognized by their master!

Except for the eternally pure Black family, very few pure-blood families still retain this noble custom!"

A slightly sharp and hoarse voice suddenly sounded.

John heard the sound and went out, only to find that there was a huge magic portrait hanging on the wall of the passage opposite the foyer.

An old lady wearing a black hat is standing in the portrait.

Her complexion was yellow, and a pair of slightly crooked eyes were staring at them unblinkingly.

"Good evening, Mrs. Black."

Little Barty smiled and saluted the portrait.

Voldemort just nodded slightly towards the portrait and then said:

"You just go and rest first. We will discuss the rest tomorrow. Well, Michael, you and John will live in the east room on the fifth floor. As for Miss Lopez, she will live in the north room.

Oh, by the way, Kreacher, take Wormtail to the utility room to heal, don't let him die."

After saying that, Voldemort gave John a cruel smile, and then went upstairs accompanied by Nagini.

The house elf Kreacher touched his bald head and followed behind, dragging his mud-like worm tail.

John and others watched Voldemort leave.

It wasn't until Voldemort's back completely disappeared that Barty Jr. said excitedly:

"John, the master really values ​​you! That's a room on the fifth floor! The master lives next door to you! But this is normal, after all, you are also a descendant of Salazar Slytherin!"

Hearing this, John just nodded without much reaction.

Michael and Alice suddenly focused their attention on John.

Obviously, they were very curious about John's sudden transformation into a Slytherin.

It's a pity that John didn't mean to explain to them.

The most exciting thing at the scene was the portrait.

"Merlin! This...this is also a descendant of Salazar Slytherin?"

Mrs. Black in the portrait said excitedly.

"Of course! This has been certified by the master himself! We have all seen it, and John just used a snake accent!" Little Barty said excitedly, "In addition, John is a genius! A real genius! He can kill him by himself.

We killed a whole team of Aurors and rescued our allies!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Black's breathing became rapid.

She bowed respectfully to John and said:

"Welcome, little gentleman! Your arrival will make this place shine!"

John nodded as a return gift to Mrs. Black.

Then he looked at Barty Jr. with some doubts.

"This is Mrs. Black, the original owner of this mansion." Barty Jr. whispered, "His son was also a Death Eater, and he was the most loyal one."

John frowned slightly and said:

"You mean Xiaotian..."

Little Barty interrupted hurriedly:

"Hush! Don't mention that name in front of Mrs. Black, she'll go crazy!

In fact, Mrs. Black has two sons. The one I just mentioned is Regulus Black!

He was a very good young man! It's a pity that he died later.

Poor Mrs. Black, all she has left is another traitor son who is extremely stupid!

Forget it, don’t mention this anymore.

Come with me, let's have a nightcap and chat.

I have good news for you.

Just this afternoon, Gringotts was attacked!"

Upon hearing this, Alice was stunned for a moment, and a strange smile appeared on her face.

John said to the excited little Barty somewhat speechlessly:

"In fact, the attack you mentioned was caused by Alice and I."

As soon as these words came out, Michael was stunned.

Little Barty's eyes widened and he said in disbelief:

"What did you say? But... how is this possible? Didn't you go to rescue Michael today? Why..."

Halfway through, Barty Jr. suddenly paused.

He seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes towards John became more and more intense.
Chapter completed!