Chapter 278 Provoking the Demon King

"So -" Voldemort's pupils flashed with a shrewd look, "Lucius's son sounds really capable... If I can use such a person, it will be just around the corner to restore the glory of the pure-blood family and create a glorious era dominated by Death Eaters... What a pity..."

Voldemort sneered a few times, and his laughter was a bit like the call of a night owl in the moonlit forest, sharp and creepy, "It's a pity that Lucius is ignorant of the times. If he can bring his son to me, his betrayal in the past 13 years can be forgiven by me. I will not blame him, and even reuse him, giving him a position second only to me in the Death Eater family..."

"What's wrong?" Voldemort's sharp eyes suddenly cast towards someone in the Death Eater circle. Just when he mentioned Lucius, the Death Eater's figure had shaken unnaturally. Voldemort narrowed his eyes slightly, and a dangerous look flashed faintly in his eyes. He said coldly: "Fley, do you have any opinions about my handling of the matter?"

This Death Eater is Claude Foley, a bastard from a branch of the Foley family.

When Foley was accused of being a Death Eater in the early years, the Foley family had already severed ties with him on the surface, but in fact, the two sides still had dealings in secret. This is the tradition of the Foley family-maintaining a bright and upright image in front of people, but going in a profitable direction when no one sees.

When Grindelwald began to wreak havoc in Europe, the Foley family was unlucky enough to get involved in the hot potato of the position of Minister of Magic. Therefore, the Foley family actively organized British Aurors to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Grindelwald by European governments on the surface, but secretly they were passive and lazy, preserving their strength, and constantly dragging down European countries.

This case is the most suitable to describe the principle that the Foley family has always adhered to - betting on both sides and taking both black and white. Even when their dirty little actions were discovered, there was no lack of ruthlessness to abandon the car to save the general and cut off the arm of a hero. Claude was only accused of being a Death Eater, and even before he was convicted, the family cut off ties with him as quickly as possible.

Since the disappearance of the direct heir, the Foley family has spent a lot of money but still found no results. They have long identified the Malfoy family as the culprit behind the scenes, but they just have no evidence - plus the Malfoy family has a close relationship with the Ministry of Magic. If there is no real evidence, even if the four families whose children disappeared at the same time unite, they cannot make the Malfoy family pay any price.

Since the means on the surface cannot be used, then they can only use dirty hands.

Therefore, Claude Foley, who had joined the Death Eaters, was secretly summoned by the Foley family and was given the task of "stirring up the relationship between Voldemort and the Malfoy family" on the same day.

Since the family and the Ministry of Magic could not deal with the Malfoy family, let the Death Eaters, who belonged to the dark and disorderly camp and had no rules to worry about, take action on their behalf. As long as the operation was done properly, with Voldemort's ruthlessness, the Malfoy family would be in trouble.

So Foley's body had that kind of reaction when he heard Voldemort's words just now. He was responsible for the family, and he was worried that if Voldemort really had a love for the second young master of the Malfoy family, then Voldemort would eventually choose to let bygones be bygones, and it was not impossible for the Malfoy family to return to the Death Eaters -

In this case, Master Hector's revenge could not be avenged, and the family's mission could not be completed. This must not happen!

But he did not figure out how to intervene to prevent this from happening. Unexpectedly, Voldemort noticed his abnormality first and questioned him.

Claude lowered his head, trying to control his emotions so that his thoughts would not be easily seen through by the Dark Lord, and then he slowly said: "Master, although the Malfoy family is rich and powerful, that is only because their ancestors were very good at making money."

"Seriously speaking, the Malfoy family has always been small in number, and is not good at fighting. We have never heard of any powerful warriors from their family. I think..." Fuli pondered for a while, as if thinking about how to continue the conversation, and then said: "Lucius has the courage to betray the master, I am afraid he has other reliance."

"Master," Selwyn spoke, "I agree with Fuli. The Malfoy family has risen too fast in recent years, so fast that it is a bit unreasonable, especially many places are mysterious and weird..."

"In Unusual personnel changes have occurred frequently within the Ministry of Magic, and almost all of us have smelled something wrong..."

"The head of the Blackie family was suddenly demoted for no apparent reason, and was transferred to a sinecure at the Centaur Liaison Office - he is my right-hand man, and is ranked at the top among my vassal families. His loss of power is a big blow to me, but this is not the worst -"

"Among Selwyn's vassal families, the Vankanda family, which was originally ranked first in power, actually turned to the Malfoy family without telling me..."

"The betrayal of the Vankanda family was something I had never expected. This family has been attached to Selwyn for six centuries, and the interests are extremely solid and close. Who would have thought that they would betray me just like that..."

"The most incredible thing is that after they betrayed, they were like riding on the back of Zou Wu. The whole family developed in the business and political circles at an incredible speed. In less than a year, their power was almost enough to keep pace with the 28 holy pure-blood families, and even stronger than the last few..."

"With the successful example of the Wankanda family as such a bright banner, the whole British wizarding world suddenly surged - first the Bones family, then the McLaggen family, and then the Runcorn family... These families stood up and publicly stated their positions and attached themselves to the Malfoy family, especially after the Greengrass family and the Carrow family, who were also the 28 holy pure-blood families, followed suit -"

"The Malfoy family's trend is set." Mr. Selwyn's tone was no longer fluctuating, and it was obvious that the emotional instability caused by his daughter's disappearance had been suppressed.

"The weird thing is -" Mr. Selwyn raised his head, his pupils full of coldness, "Forget about the other families -" No matter how hard he tried to maintain the calmness in his tone, everyone present could hear the hatred contained in it, "Master, we just mentioned that in the process of suppressing and fighting the Malfoy family, our seven families once formed a short-term alliance, which also included the Carrow family and the Nott family..."

"But - at this time we suddenly discovered -" Mr. Selwyn said in a deep voice: "I don't know when it started... Carrow, Nott... these two families... actually got involved with the Malfoy family behind our backs..."

"The few of us left in the alliance can't figure it out. With so many profit distribution and cooperation agreements agreed upon at the beginning... these two families actually turned to the Malfoy family without looking back..."

"The only explanation we can find is -" Mr. Selwyn took a low breath.

"Sharin Malfoy." Selwyn said softly, "The genius demon of the Malfoy family..."

"Only his existence and his fame can explain all this..."

"In the long history of the British wizarding world, even from a thousand years ago to now, the Malfoy family has probably never reached this height... Lucius, the old guy who is cunning but lacks courage, has no such ability..." Selwyn said slowly: "So, we suspect-"

"Those large and small families who are scrambling to join the Malfoy family camp like a snowball, there is a great possibility-" Selwyn said, "Not rushing to the Malfoy family, but rushing to the fame of the boy Sharin Malfoy..."

"To be able to do this, it is not just as simple as magical talent and outstanding strength-" Selwyn said, "This boy, he is probably more powerful and more terrible than we imagined... So terrible that it reminds us of someone-"

"That is, Master, your nemesis-Albus Dumbledore."