Besides, betting on Harry really was an excellent idea. It was also one of the few opportunities their Malfoy family had to gain independence...
If Harry really could finish off the Dark Lord when the time came, a terrifying dark shadow would no longer loom constantly over their Malfoy family...
Sigh, who could have imagined that the legendary Dark wizard, once so magnificent and imperious, would end up in such a sorry state...
Everyone had thought she would become a myth among Dark wizards, surpassing such legends as the Villain, the Fiend, Goldlock, and Grindelwald to become the greatest Dark wizard in history.
Unfortunately, she had fallen short at the last hurdle.
Who knew what Dark Magic ritual Ms. Riddle had performed? In any case, she seemed to have lost her reason a little...
Of course, her individual strength really had reached an unprecedented peak.
But perhaps that peak was no glory for pure-blood wizards and Dark wizards...
Their esteemed Dark Lord had not only lost her hair, but her nose as well...
What was more, certain mysterious Dark Magic rituals had left her mind deranged and her moods unpredictable. She liked to punish her subordinates with the Cruciatus Curse at the slightest provocation...
If Lucius and Narcissa had not still been sheltered by Abraxas Malfoy's lingering influence, he would probably have suffered the Cruciatus Curse regularly too...
Sigh, forget it. Lucius did not really blame his father.
Honestly, never mind Abraxas Malfoy.
Any ambitious young Slytherin who met Voldemort in her youth, saw her air of looking down upon the world and that vast, baseless confidence, would have been dazzled...
Following that magnificent Dark Lord to accomplish something earth-shattering, change the Wizarding World, and surpass Grindelwald would surely be wonderful, wouldn't it?
Following a master like that naturally promised