Dumbledore and His Three Dark Lords

"Everyone's saying so..."

Malfoy stared at Andy in utter confusion... What's going on with you, man? Weren't you the one who wanted to take down Dumbledore?

Andy was completely stunned! Everyone was saying so?

Everyone knew?

I'm the only one who doesn't? Andy began questioning his life. What exactly did I miss? What happened to this world? Is this the Mandela Effect? "Is this what you wanted to tell me on the train?" Andy asked in shock.

"Yes!" Malfoy nodded.

"Whew—"

Andy took a deep breath, settling his chaotic thoughts before reconsidering Malfoy's words.

The so-called "everyone" probably did not include the Phoenix Society. Otherwise, Harry and Ron could not have failed to reveal even the slightest hint.

George and Fred clearly did not know about it either.

That made this "everyone" rather intriguing.

"Oh, right. There's one more thing."

Malfoy continued, "Mysterious Man already knows about the Deathly Hallows. He's after them too."

Andy fell silent for a while.

"Tell me everything." Andy felt it was necessary to understand how this whole thing had happened.

"Okay."

Malfoy thought back before saying, "About three days ago, some Death Eaters who were close to my father suddenly came looking for him... They wanted to get away from Mysterious Man."

"Get to the point!" Andy cut him off impatiently.

"Uh... Anyway, they revealed some information."

Malfoy said, "Collins... That reporter named Rita Skeeter, she works for you, right?"

Well...

If he put it that way, it was not exactly wrong.

Andy pondered without speaking.

Malfoy continued, "She wrote an article accusing Dumbledore of being the mastermind behind all this... Mysterious Man suspects that you were the one who instructed her to do it."

Andy: "..."

No! That was slander.

Andy was dumbfounded.

What an outrageously deep pot to be saddled with.

Still...