Chapter 277 Who Did You Offend?

"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..." At this time, Voldemort was already gnashing his teeth - as the Dark Lord who dominates an era, don't think that Voldemort is really as intelligent as set in the bad fan fiction of his previous life. A madman with low emotional intelligence.

He just became extremely arrogant because he thought he had defeated death, but he did not 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 during the battle of the Department of Mysteries.

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 latter people did 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 was cunning, 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 he spoke with an extremely light voice. The voice said: "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. What’s special?”

"Master, you don't know something. When this boy was still in the third grade, he had already written a book that was published and sold well. The story in the book is about how he faced the dangers alone without the help of any adults. Kill a thousand-year-old basilisk and uncover the mystery of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets that has been passed down for thousands of years in Hogwarts... The narrative in the book is very precise and flawless. I once asked my daughter who was studying at Hogwarts. ——”

Selwyn paused for a while, "According to what she said, the stories in the book are most likely true - at least neither the professors nor Dumbledore in the school have come forward to clarify the truth. With such deeds, besides being great And besides the distinguished master, who among you can do it at the age of 12?" He then added, "At least I don't think I can 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 alliance with the Ghost Society... and planned an attack on the boy..."

Voldemort had been listening quietly, showing no intention of interrupting. He knew 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..." Voldemort rarely interrupted, and 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 continued to develop in a direction we did not expect...First there was the incident in the Black Crime Square, which led to Dolphin being arrested and imprisoned...Then the entire 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 Monroe family - it was 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 them... 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 matter of 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 provoke is not a fourth-year student at all, nor is he the second son and second-in-line heir of the Malfoy family... He, he—"

"He's just a monster!"