Draco Compromises

Ever since Godric's Hollow, the Death Eaters, who had once stirred up trouble throughout the wizarding world and flaunted their presence everywhere, seemed to have fallen silent overnight.

Voldemort had not shown himself in public again either. No one knew where he had gone to play the shut-in.

But that was not Voldemort's nature. He could not possibly stay this quiet.

Most people paid it no mind, however. Even the Ministry of Magic believed that they had suffered devastating losses at Godric's Hollow and had no choice but to recuperate for a while.

But was that really the case?

Seventy Death Eaters was certainly no small number, but it was not enough to truly cripple them. Besides, those people had all been brought by Bellatrix. Most of them were cannon fodder, with only a small fraction qualifying as elites.

That much was clear from the number of people who had hunted Kyle down. At the time, there had only been around a dozen Death Eaters capable of using the Killing Curse proficiently.

And the Killing Curse happened to be the best measure of a dark wizard's strength.

Kyle did not believe that losing those cannon-fodder Death Eaters would leave them unable to function.

He had always wanted to know what Voldemort and the Death Eaters had been doing during this time, but he had never found a way to learn.

Snape probably knew, but he only answered to Dumbledore. There was no way he would share that information with Kyle.

But Draco Malfoy's appearance this time gave Kyle an opening. This Death Eater, not entirely good but not wholly evil either, happened to fit his needs perfectly.

So, after coming up with a plan, Kyle had not left Knockturn Alley the moment he was discovered. Instead, he had gone around