At that moment, the atmosphere in the hall was suffocatingly oppressive. Several Death Eaters who had only recently joined were holding their breath nervously.
"You don't know who did it either?"
Only after Voldemort spoke did everyone finally dare to breathe again.
"Master..."
Voldemort raised a hand to stop Bellatrix from speaking and continued, "It seems someone is deliberately provoking me. Who do you think unleashed the Fiendfyre?"
How could they possibly know who had done it?
Perhaps it was one of Lucius's enemies. Besides, shouldn't they be asking the victim? Naturally, none of the Death Eaters dared say such things aloud. In any case, it had nothing to do with them.
Quite a few of them were secretly delighted by Lucius's misfortune.
"It may be related to Scrimgeour. That man deliberately had rumors spread, claiming Malfoy Manor was burned because Lucius betrayed you, Master, so..." Yaxley did not finish, but his meaning was already clear.
"Scrimgeour is indeed troublesome, but it is unlikely that he ordered this." Voldemort did not believe Scrimgeour was involved.
"Master, this has nothing to do with the Order of the Phoenix, but I think Dumbledore may know something." Snape calmly laid out the information he knew before the Dark Lord. "That night, Dumbledore wanted me to find out as soon as possible whether Lucius's wife and son were still alive. Judging from his reaction, I felt he had probably guessed something."
"Oh, how surprising." Voldemort stared at Snape. "Severus, who do you think it was?"
"This fire was most likely Albert Anderson's revenge." Snape named someone who surprised even the Death Eaters.
"You mean that damned Mudblood did it?" Bellatrix immediately fixed Snape with a stare, demanding a more definite answer.
"As far as I know," Snape said, glancing at Bellatrix, "the Malfoy family