Following Voldemort's instructions, the vortex formed by the Dementors spun even more violently. Like a disturbed hornet's nest, restless Black Mist churned within it, as though they might swarm out at any moment.
Yet the Dementors' agitation stopped there; they took no further action.
As though he understood something, Voldemort lowered his eyes to the Dementor vortex circling beneath him. "Just as I told you before... Vizet Lovegood is dead!"
When he spoke the name "Vizet Lovegood," the vortex of Dementors visibly stalled, as if they had all shuddered in fear.
Ignoring the Dementors' abnormal reaction, Voldemort continued coldly, "I can guarantee it! So you have nothing to fear!"
"Hogwarts will be nothing but your hunting ground! Do I really need to tell you how full and vibrant those students' emotions are? Don't you want to experience them for yourselves?"
The Dementors' extreme fear of Vizet was something Voldemort had never expected.
When Herpo had brought the Dementors before him, he had mentioned this particular trait of theirs.
Dementors were an exceptionally peculiar form of "Non-Being." Although they could be communicated with through magic, communication was all it amounted to; completely controlling them was out of the question.
Only through a series of observations and every possible attempt at communication had Herpo confirmed that the Dementors feared Vizet.
After repeated observation, combined with layer upon layer of Dark Magic inducement, Herpo had barely confirmed one thing: the Dementors possessed an almost instinctive fear of Vizet.
As for the source of that fear, the Dementors had kept it hidden all along, utterly unwilling to reveal even the slightest detail.
According to Herpo, the Dementors' attitude toward Vizet was like that of England's Wizards toward Voldemort: he was one whose name could not even be spoken.
They could not even say the