Dark Lord Dumbledore - Volume 1 Chapter 33

Of course, before Chad fed Quirrell’s soul to the Stone, he cut a piece off for testing. So far, he had only consumed Voldemort’s soul pieces and didn’t dare experiment with muggle souls in fear of turning himself into a Squib. There was also valuable information about Hogwarts and the current staff in Quirrell’s memories, not to mention possible loot that might be hidden.

Since the bits of Voldemort needed to be stored for a later date and the pressure of holding onto his main soul was worse than a full muggle’s soul, Chad needed to deal with the sliver he kept of Quirrell quickly. Relevant memories were scanned and transferred into the quarantined pile of holodisks, and the fragment of soul purged of any contaminants that could influence his own soul.

Without further ado, the soul remnant that was even smaller than the Voldemort piece that was initially in his head was swallowed. The power boost was negligible because of its size, but much more comfortable to absorb. Maybe he wouldn’t have to store Voldemort’s butchered soul for very long if he could continue to consume them this easily, he was expecting at least a bit of discomfort by increasing his soul capacity.

From the quick scan of Quirrell’s memories concerning his wealth, it seems the Quirrell family trusted in their ability to guard their Gringott’s key and had no other protections on their bank vault. The key that had been collected when Quirrell had been stripped and was sent off with a house-elf to empty the goblin protected strongroom.

He just needed to instruct the house-elf to change into rags first to not draw attention to himself. With no reason to stay here any longer, Chad had his ninja elves loot the house entirely and then burn it down along with any evidence that may have been left behind.

Now, he only had to concentrate on eating bits of soul to take the pressure off from containing another’s essence in his mindscape. It was funny how a Legilimency probe would not stifle a mindscape with stress, but a defeated soul remnant could. It probably had to do with the size or being unanchored, since a mind-probe was not the complete soul. But anything soul related was guesswork thanks to the purge of any information on the subject. Most likely to stop evil immortal wizards from appearing or threatening the Ministry’s power.

Instead of reapplying Dumbledore’s tracking spells, Chad decided to leave them on Dudley for the next couple of days while he enacts his plans before leaving for Hogwarts and being under the direct supervision of the Dark Lord. They were not essential but would make things more manageable in the future regarding Dumbledore’s hold over him. But that could be taken care of after he expanded his soul and willpower capacity and relieved the burden of holding onto a foreign soul.

Three days later, and a lot more powerful after eating half of the stored Voldemort, Chad decided it was time to act before he ran into unforeseen problems. Since he was still tracking spell free, he might as well do it now. He already had his elves investigate his target’s movements, and where they lived. It was just a matter of capturing and brainwashing them. With the orders given to his elite ninjas, he had Boppy pop him to a temporary excavated base for the operation. Ten minutes later saw the first target appear bound and gagged in his sleepwear.

The was Rudolph Emersmitt, a low-level lackey in the tax department. Although there were many houses concealed from the muggle world, they were not hidden in the magical one. They were required to at least register with the Ministry of Magic for tax purposes and compliance to the Statute of Secrecy. For a community where the majority of jobs were centred around the Ministry and had their education and medical care subsidised, they needed accurate tax collecting measures to pay for everything. Even in the magical world, nothing can be said to be certain except for death and taxes.

Since necessary living costs like shelter, utilities, maintenance, and food were nearly non-existent thanks to magic, their only expenses were luxury goods and entertainment. Thanks to their medieval culture and small population, status played a big part in their lives. It made sure that money was pumped into relevant departments to continue a neverending chain of spending and employment in a world where everyone wanted to be nobility or at least like them.

That’s where Rudolph Emersitt came into it. He was responsible for maintaining the registry detailing assets and income of every wizard and witch. Chad wanted to find out what assets or property the Potter House owned before he was orphaned or if he still held it or not. This low levelled pleb was just the guy to check for him without having to go down to the Ministry and cause a scene. With no mental defence, Chad programmed him into a loyal minion with orders to find out.

The next person to pop in via elf transport was someone responsible for a lot of grief for the original Harry Potter. Rita Skeeter was a British witch and journalist who specialised in writing poison-pen stories. These stories tended to be based on false information and misreported interviews while she worked for the Daily Prophet, as well as authoring a few tell-all biographies. You would think that with her ability to acquire information as an unregistered beetle Animagus, she would have a lot more truth in her stories.

But as much as Chad dispised the witch, he had to admit that she was devastatingly effective in tarnishing even the most loved and noblest of characters, like the self-sacrificing Harry Potter, to the sheep of the wizarding world. Chad naturally wanted her on his side before she started actively working against him. Not to mention she was in pretty good shape for a forty-year-old career woman. The blonde-haired, green-eyed woman would make an excellent addition to his team.

Particularly after some cosmetic work and fashion changes. S.e.x appeal worked just as well as spying in some cases, not to mention increasing her follower base with some well-shot wizard photography under her articles. A s.e.xy witch journalist reporting controversial stories would get lots more attention. And since there were only two newspapers in the wizarding world, having a famous journalist on his side would be instrumental to his plans.

Rita Skeeter was also vulnerable to mind magic, and being bound and gagged only made it easier to morph her into the perfect media tool to increase his public image. A detailed interview of Harry Potter to be released the day he caught the Hogwarts Express was also added to her mind. An interview about meeting the clueless, yet fascinated orphan exploring Diagon Alley to learn more about his newfound culture will be just what the curious wizard sheep desired.

It would be very damaging to those involved with the Potter heir’s disappearance from the wizarding world, alluding to a Ministry plot to keep the boy ignorant so they could control his legacy. It would also mention how he found out he was a wizard by being bombarded with hundreds of letters and the need for Dumbledore’s half-giant to take him shopping. But the most crucial part would be the mention of the still genuine threat against his life.

After all, the reason Harry Potter was ripped from the magical world was for his own protection against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. The fact that the Ministry forgot about him and that no Aurors visited him to update him on the current security or threat level would be the icing on the cake. Chad planned to use the excitement about his reintroduction into the magical world to his advantage. The publicity would also be his shield against Dumbledore and Fudge in case they decided to act personally in a more direct manner.

After he was finished with his late-night brainwashing, the site was cleaned up, the targets returned to their sleep, and Chad was off to visit Ollivander to select the best materials for his custom wand. The process was rather simple and over in thirty minutes. Chad was once again baffled why all wands were not custom-built if a few spells and handling some materials was all it took. In the end, Chad waited for a couple of hours while watching Ollivander construct the wand to his specific demands, he was taking no chances.

The finished product was a fourteen-inch ash wood with a dragon heartstring core. The handle had been shaped for better grip but was not decorated in any way. He prefered functional over appearance, especially if mishandling your wand could lead to your death. The Ministry’s trace was left on the wand as Chad wanted it to be legitimate, he had plenty of others if he needed to cast a spell while remaining incognito. It was also the one that was registered to the Ministry, there would be no links to Voldemort that could be used against him!

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