Since the Hogwarts incident, the British wizarding world had unexpectedly enjoyed a rare stretch of brief peace. Perhaps even the Death Eaters had realized that if they kept making trouble, not only would they fail to gain the upper hand in their contest with Albert, they might somehow get themselves killed instead. So they settled down and kept quiet.
Of course, another reason was that Voldemort had remained abroad searching for the wandmaker Grigoriovich. After suffering repeated losses, the Death Eaters dared not continue causing trouble without him there to lead them.
No one thought they had lived too long.
As for the main reason Voldemort had not returned to England, Grigoriovich had stopped hiding, while some brave and fearless Dark Wizards who had drunk Polyjuice Potion were still active across various European countries.
Even though Voldemort had realized that he had most likely been played, he still had not given up searching for Grigoriovich and information on the legendary Deathstick.
As a result, things were not going well in the countries of Europe. People died every few days. Although there was no evidence that Voldemort had done any of it, everyone was more than happy to pin the blame on him, because Voldemort would never come out and deny it.
Voldemort, the ultimate scapegoat. Everyone who used him knew how useful he was!
After doing so many good deeds, Voldemort had finally become somewhat famous throughout Europe.
Everyone was trying to figure out what Voldemort was looking for as he wandered all over Europe.
The figure of the wandmaker Grigoriovich had entered the public eye.
Newspapers had even openly reported on it, and everyone was curious why Voldemort was looking for Grigoriovich.
Unfortunately, no one knew where Grigoriovich was hiding. Otherwise, wizards from the various countries' Ministries of Magic