Hogwarts: From Luna's family to god

Chapter 46 This man made a Horcrux?

"What are you careful about?" Cornelius Fudge turned around and immediately saw a shadow rushing over.

He hurriedly took a step to hide to the side, but he missed a step and rolled down the stairs.

Flying faster than him was the top hat tucked under his armpit, which drew a curve in the air and flew to the middle of a group of students in front.

He rolled from the marble stairs to the flat ground, and the pain all over his body made him wail.

Hagrid seemed to be supported by something, but he stood firm on the marble stairs;

When he saw Fudge rolling down the stairs, he still waved his hands in horror, "I didn't hit him, he fell down by himself! I really didn't hit him!"

"Oh... Minister Fudge, what's wrong with you?" Lockhart's tone was exaggerated with worry, and he didn't know when he appeared in front of Cornelius Fudge.

With Lockhart's help, Cornelius Fudge struggled to stand up, hurriedly tidied his robes, took the hat handed by Lockhart, and put it on his head.

He took two breaths and shouted at Hagrid who had already walked down the stairs: "You saw it all! Attacked me in public! You'll spend your whole life in Azkaban!"

Harry suddenly stiffened his neck and shouted, "Hagrid didn't touch you at all!"

His voice seemed to open Pandora's box, and the students around him whispered, and the argument was basically the same as what Harry said.

Cornelius Fudge's face turned red, but his eyes were no longer erratic, as if he had made up his mind.

"This is Hogwarts now..." Parkinson's face was full of obvious disgust, "It has lost some basic respect..."

"They are just stating the facts." Dumbledore's smile faded, "We can't always consolidate things that shouldn't be consolidated by framing others."

"The last admonition of the former...Hogwarts headmaster, isn't it?" Yaxley sneered, "Cherish the last bit of time in Hogwarts..."

Dumbledore's tone was slow and firm, "Only when everyone abandons me, I will be considered to have truly left Hogwarts."

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Looking at the backs of Cornelius Fudge and his group going away, Anthony vowed: "Lockhart's appearance must be intentional!"

Vizet nodded in agreement. He was just observing the expressions of those people.

When Lockhart came out, Parkinson and Yaxley looked over, and their expressions became a little subtle.

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Anthony's guess was soon verified.

A few days later, the Daily Prophet published a statement from the Ministry of Magic, announcing the restart of the investigation into Hogwarts;

It even made it clear that the main targets of the investigation were Rubeus Hagrid, the "murderer" of the Chamber of Secrets incident fifty years ago, and Dumbledore, who had just left the school.

The discussion about this statement was unanimous, at least within Hogwarts, and everyone felt that Dumbledore was slandered, and that Hagrid was not the real murderer.

There should be many wizards outside Hogwarts who hold similar views, and at least the sales of "The Quibbler" have increased slightly again.

Xenophilius is even considering whether to publish a bound volume to collect the previous speculations and evidence about Cornelius Fudge into one issue of "The Quibbler" for publication.

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Vizet came to the mirror world again, and Salazar Slytherin did not continue to sleep, but recovered from the statue state and stood in front of him.

Salazar Slytherin sat on the basilisk and looked Vizette up and down. "I can feel that you seem to have changed a lot..." Vizette nodded. "I have a deeper understanding of the soul through Animagus." While Salazar Slytherin was observing him, he was also observing, "Dean Slytherin, your condition... doesn't seem to be very good?" The simplest proof is that when the two met for the first time, Salazar Slytherin could see through what he was thinking and what he had experienced. Now this ability to see through everything seems to have disappeared, and Salazar Slytherin can only "feel" that he has grown again. "I can already feel this step..." Salazar Slytherin nodded, "I can see that there has been great progress, and your growth is beyond my imagination." After getting a positive answer, Vizette hurriedly asked: "Dean Slytherin, is there anything I can do to help you?" "Help me?" Salazar Slytherin blinked, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He looked at Vizette deeply and shook his head, "It's good to have this kind of heart. My situation is very complicated and it's not so easy to solve."

"Let's get back to the point! You came here to find me. In fact, I was vaguely aware of it... Then tell me your intention... Are you in trouble?"

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Hearing this, Vizette understood.

Salazar Slytherin should not have fully recovered. I'm afraid they won't have much time to talk.

"Dean of Slytherin, I met such a person last year... He can possess others, influence others, and force others to do things they don't want to do..."

"It can even extract the vitality of others to gain more power and make itself more capable of action... What kind of magic can achieve this effect?"

"That's right! He was defeated more than ten years ago, and many wizards thought he was dead... But according to the current situation, he is still alive!"

"Extracting vitality and possessing others?" Salazar Slytherin raised his eyebrows, "He was defeated and died more than ten years ago... but now he is back?"

"It's really a very unique situation, and he can also possess..." He stroked his beard gently, looked at Vizet and asked: "The person you are talking about... Did he create a Horcrux?"

"Created a Horcrux?" Vizet chewed on this word, combining the concepts and principles of compound magic and black magic that he knew, to speculate on the effect of this thing.

"Something else...important things..." He frowned, "Dean Slytherin, the Horcrux you mentioned... is it a magic item that can leave the body and preserve the soul?"

"Yes, you can simply understand it this way." Salazar Slytherin nodded, "Tear the soul apart... and then seal the soul up. It's a very interesting magic item, isn't it?"

"Tear the soul apart?" Vizet couldn't help but take out his notebook and asked while recording, "If you do this... won't there be any negative effects?"

"It seems that you have understood that the soul can be changed..." Salazar Slytherin looked at Vizet's actions and nodded with satisfaction.

"Of course there will be negative effects... Usually, after a wizard tears his soul apart, his soul will become unstable..."

Chapter 47 Horcruxes and Soul Summoning Box

"The soul becomes extremely unstable..." Vizet murmured, but couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked another question, "Headmaster Slytherin, what consequences will this lead to?"

Salazar Slytherin asked back, "Have you read a story called 'Hairy Heart'?"

"The story of 'Hairy Heart'?" Vizet thought briefly, "If it is 'The Hairy Heart of a Wizard'... I have read it."

Salazar Slytherin nodded, "Yes, that's the story."

Try to let Vizet speak and think, which can effectively prolong his awake time.

Vizet also understood this. He immediately searched his mind and read 'The Hairy Heart of a Wizard' again, trying to understand the side effects of the Horcrux by reading and summarizing this story.

The wizard in "The Hairy Heart of a Wizard" believes that emotions are extremely fragile, so he uses black magic to separate emotions, store them in his heart and then lock them in a crystal box;

This is very similar to Horcruxes. Voldemort should be trying to avoid death, so he uses black magic to tear his soul apart and store it in a magic item to make a Horcrux.

The wizard in "The Hairy Heart of a Wizard" became cold-blooded and ruthless because he lost his heart that condensed his emotions. He could trample on other people's lives at will, so he killed his fiancée;

Voldemort is also cold-blooded and ruthless, even with a crazy temperament, and he blames all the faults on Dumbledore, thinking that it is because of Dumbledore that he has become like that;

At the same time, he is just using Quirrell and doesn't care about Quirrell's life or death at all, so he will not hesitate to extract Quirrell's vitality so that he can have more mobility.

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After analyzing these two key points, Vizet said: "Dean Slytherin, that is to say... after making the Horcrux..."

"Their humanity or emotions will be deprived, and they will become numb and even show a crazy side, right?"

"Yes!" Salazar Slytherin affirmed, "You have extracted the most important points. It seems that the person you are talking about did make a Horcrux. Do you have any other questions for me?"

Vizet asked while taking notes: "Dean Slytherin, I don't know how similar the Horcrux is to "The Hairy Heart of a Wizard"..."

"But I saw one thing from it, which seems to be quite different from some of the situations I am currently facing."

"Oh?" Salazar Slytherin raised his eyebrows, "Tell me about it!"

"Dean Slytherin..." Vizet drew a few strokes on the notebook, "Using "The Hairy Heart of a Wizard" as a prototype to consider the Horcrux... Under normal circumstances, it lacks the ability to act independently."

"Only when it realizes the danger is coming, it may resist, just like what is said in "The Hairy Heart of a Wizard", the hairy heart is unwilling to return to the crystal box, right?"

Salazar Slytherin raised his eyebrows, with a hint of mockery in his tone, "You mean... you encountered a Horcrux that can act independently?"

"I'm afraid so." Vizet nodded, "Compared to the person I met last year, the person I met now... he seems to be more calculating."

He recalled his previous conversation with Dumbledore, "According to Headmaster Dumbledore, there may be a second soul... a younger and more calculating soul."

"Is there such a stupid person?" The mockery in Salazar Slytherin's tone became more obvious, "It seems that when making the Horcrux, the sense of proportion was not grasped."

Vizet followed Salazar Slytherin's words and asked tentatively: "So this happened because he tore too many souls?"

Salazar Slytherin waved his hand, "If this person can't die, then he is likely to have made a Horcrux."

"If there is a soul in action and there is a clear difference, then it is likely that too many souls have been torn apart."

"Of course, this is also based on your description and the judgment made. I can't guarantee that it is accurate. You have to understand this."

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"Because there are many types of magic... there are also many special cases." Wizette nodded to show his understanding, "Dean Slytherin, how should I solve this soul?"

Now that the matter about Voldemort has been sorted out, it is time to consider a solution.

Although he is also interested in Horcruxes, it is not the time to study in depth. Salazar Slytherin obviously does not have that much energy.

"Use the spell..." Salazar Slytherin murmured, "plus a soul-like container..."