"Lucius Malfoy..." Voldemort's voice became lower and lower, obviously trying to control his anger.
The Malfoy family is the most powerful among his followers.
In the years since his downfall, I even heard that Lucius had successfully established a very close relationship with Fudge, the Minister of Magic, and had also become the Chairman of the Hogwarts School Board and the Chairman of the St. Mungo's House Board of Trustees. His betrayal was a big blow to Voldemort, who had just returned from resurrection.
"How dare he..." Voldemort was already gnashing his teeth at this time - as the Dark Lord of an era, don't think that Voldemort is really a lunatic with low emotional intelligence like his colleagues in previous lives. He just became extremely arrogant because he thought he had defeated death, but he didn't really lose his IQ and EQ——
He is just too lazy to plot and scheme, preferring to convince others with force.
The biggest evidence is that in the original work, after his resurrection, he only tortured Avery, but only used words to beat Lucius, McNeil, Goyle, Crabbe and others, indicating that he had already After seeing through the clumsy thoughts of these subordinates who acted according to the circumstances, he did not really punish them. Instead, he reused Lucius as the commander-in-chief of operations in the battle of the Department of Sacred Affairs.
He understands the principle of giving both kindness and power. Majesty is important, but he also doesn't want to lose people's hearts, especially when he has just been resurrected and is in the midst of employing people.
Lucius, Goyle, and Crabbe were not the only ones absent tonight. For example, the Carlo brothers and sisters, Karkaroff, and Snape didn't come either.
However, the absence of these people could not make him truly angry at all. Being good at people's hearts, he had already guessed that there would be betrayal by Death Eaters in the years after he lost power, and he had already made the decision to execute these traitors personally in order to show his incompetence to these subordinates. A method of clear rewards and punishments, and vigorous and resolute action.
However, in his heart, Lucius, who was accustomed to relying on strong men, had outstanding vision, and cunning thoughts, did not come. Moreover, according to Selwyn's description, Lucius had most likely betrayed him. This was really true. It was very unexpected.
"He -" Voldemort stared at the empty seat closest to him in the circle, which originally belonged to Lucius. The empty seat belonging to the Lestranges was still lined up to the right of this seat, and said softly: " Does he really think that giving birth to a genius son is enough to compete with me?"
The Death Eaters fell into silence, broken only by an occasional shiver or two.
Mr. Selwyn continued to lower his head and said in a deep voice: "Master, don't underestimate Lucius's second son. This boy is very precocious, and he also showed that he is far more powerful than an underage wizard in the Triwizard Tournament. He has the necessary magical strength, and...he has many secrets that no one can see through..."
"Oh? To be praised like this by the dignified head of the Selwyn family, it seems that he is more extraordinary than I thought..." Voldemort stared at Selwyn and said coldly, "Tell me what he is like. What’s special?”
"Master, you don't know something. This boy has already written and published a book when he was still in the third grade. The story is about how he killed a thousand-year-old basilisk and uncovered the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets that has been passed down in Hogwarts for thousands of years. The mystery of the book...The narration in the book is precise and flawless. I asked my daughter who is studying at Hogwarts——"
Selwyn paused for a while, "According to what she said, the stories in the book are most likely true - at least the professors in the school and Dumbledore have not come out to clarify the truth... With such deeds, what else can I ask? Apart from the great and noble master, who among you here can do it at the age of 12?" He then added, "At least I think I can't do it..."
"This boy's reputation within Slytherin was so great that my daughter, the Lestrange boy, the Blackie boy, and several senior students planned a public duel in an attempt to suppress His arrogance... As a result, the Lestrange boy was neatly defeated by him, which in turn pushed his reputation to a higher level..."
"So, under the leadership of my daughter, they formed a certain degree of alliance with the Ghost Society... and planned an attack on the boy..."
Voldemort had been listening quietly, showing no intention of interrupting. He was aware of the power of his reputation to intimidate these Death Eaters. What Selwyn wanted to tell him was definitely crucial information, and there was no way he was wasting his precious time by talking about it here.
"The attack plan failed...Lucius's precious son was attacked. Of course he would not give up. He came to the door the next day to argue with us. But at that time we wanted to suppress the arrogance of the Malfoy family. We almost The large pure-blood families united and formed a short-term unified alliance, which included Selwyn, Yaxley, Rolle, Avery, Carlo, Nott, and Lestrange, a total of 7 family……"
"Although Lucius is aggressive, he also knows that he will never get any benefits if he fights forcefully. Although he is reluctant, he can only give up..."
"Wait a minute..." Voldemort interrupted with a rare interruption. He said slowly: "In the alliance you just mentioned, among the seven families are Carlo and Nott?"
"Yes." Selwyn replied, "The attack occurred in March last year. At that time, the boy was only in the third grade... We definitely did not expect that in less than a year, the situation would arise. There have been changes that none of us expected..."
"Not long after this incident, that is, during the Quidditch World Cup last August-" Selwyn's voice turned slightly cold, with a hint of hatred, "It was at that time that the Lestrange family We were attacked at the World Cup camp. Except for an underage family member who was bitten by a werewolf and turned into a werewolf, the rest of the family were slaughtered by werewolves..."
"Since then, the situation has been developing in a direction we didn't expect...First it was the incident in the Black Crime Square, which led to Dolphin being arrested and imprisoned...Then the Rohr family was wiped out..."
"At that time, we didn't associate these things with the Malfoy family at all..." Selwyn said, "After all, we all know how much energy is needed to make things happen to this extent... Lucius absolutely cannot do it. With his prudent and self-protective character, he would not be so determined to fight against us..."
"Then the Triwizard Tournament at Hogwarts began... It seems that because of the incident in the Square of Crime over there in Knockturn Alley, under the instructions of 'that', the German Hohenheim family and the French Monro family all appeared. The situation has become more and more out of control, it can be said that it is completely out of control..."
"According to my daughter's report, the action was mainly carried out by the ladies of the Monroe family -" Selwyn continued: "They first made an attack on the night of the Yule Ball, and almost succeeded -" He shook his head , to express his disbelief about this, "Unexpectedly, that Malfoy boy actually awakened some kind of blood talent and blocked it..."
"It is even possible that the truth is," he paused before saying, "this boy has mastered these talents a long time ago, but he hid them very well. It was not until the Christmas ball that he was forced to reveal his trump card in public... …”
"After that -" At this point, Selwyn suddenly stopped. He seemed to have recalled some bad memories. His whole figure seemed to be shaking uncontrollably, and it even made people feel that he might Just sit down on the ground.
But it didn't happen in the end. With Voldemort's aura locking him in front, he finally succeeded in stabilizing his body with strong willpower.
"I'm very, very sorry, my master, I lost my temper..." Selwyn's voice trembled slightly, showing the unease in his heart, "After that, there will be the Triwizard Tournament in February. My My daughter participated in the operation planned by the Monro family - an attack on Malfoy at the bottom of the Black Lake. Although their purpose was to control him with the Imperius Curse, my daughter once told me that they actually made a decision. If you are determined to kill... you can just blame the mermaids at the bottom of the lake afterwards... Anyway, the Ministry of Magic hates these mermaids and it is not a day or two..."
"Then -" Selwyn said: "Obviously, the operation failed -"
"The Malfoy boy is still alive and well at Hogwarts -" Selwyn clenched his fists tightly, took a deep breath, and struggled to remain calm. In a tone of voice, he spoke again: "But my daughter, my only daughter - Irina Selwyn, has just disappeared and never appeared again..."
"Also missing is the last bloodline of the Lestrange family, the boy who was turned into a werewolf, Gallup Lestrange -" he said slowly: "and the core of the Foley family. The direct descendant Hector Foley, the direct daughter of the Slughorn family Lucida Slughorn, the youngster of the Blige family Miles Blige..."
"We finally figured out—"
"The person we provoked is not a fourth-year student at all, nor was he the second son of the Malfoy family... He, he—"
"He's just a monster!"
