Chapter 1531: A Quietly Changing World (Happy Christmas Eve, Everyone!)
Slughorn stopped abruptly, refusing to continue.
"Sealed?, but what......" Riddle asked again.
"There's a spell, don't ask me, I don't know!" Slughorn shook his head like an old elephant bitten by mosquitoes, impatient and angry at Riddle's untimely questioning, "Do I look like I've tried? Am I like a murderer?"
"No, Professor, of course not!" Riddle said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend ......"
"Where, where, no offense. Slughorn quickly returned to his usual appearance and said in a gruff voice, "It's normal to be a little curious about these things, Tom, I can understand that talented wizards are always attracted to the magical side......"
"Yes, Professor!" said Riddle, "but what I don't understand is...... Is there any other way for a Horcrux to split than the one you mentioned? like being split by someone else with some kind of magic? not murder, but ...... Enter some strange world, meet the Grim Reaper or some powerful wizard, and then some of the soul fragments are split apart?"
"Do you mean dreaming, Tom?" Slughorn smiled again, "Haha, that doesn't happen in reality, and I think you're too stressed to think about it, after all, this evil magic shouldn't be a taboo for us to understand." ”
"Maybe. Riddle said, "Professor, is there any other way to split souls?"
"There is only one way to split souls, and that is the one I just told you. Some evil dark magic can drain a person's soul from the body, but that is a disservice and contrary to the purpose of making Horcruxes in the hope of immortality, and no one can use any magic to directly help others make Horcruxes. But well, wait, I suddenly remembered a legend......"
"What legend?"
"It's about Horcruxes and Salazar Slytherin. "It's an old legend, or rather a rumor, and you've probably heard that Slytherin left a secret room inside this school." ”
"Yes, Professor, I've heard about it, the great Slytherin is said to have left a weapon for his heirs in that Chamber of Secrets to purify Hogwarts and drive out wizards of impure blood. Riddle was visibly interested, "But what does this have to do with Horcruxes?"
Evan was also focused, which was information he didn't have.
According to the theory of time magic, the content of this conversation is something that did not happen before the incident of Hogwarts a thousand years ago, that is, after Evan changed history, Riddle gave birth to the first Horcrux, an accidental Horcrux, because of Slytherin's magic, so he asked Slughorn about this, and it was in his inquiry that Slughorn told him about the Horcrux and the Chamber of Secrets.
As Riddle was curious, so was Evan, what was the connection between Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and Horcruxes?
Based on the time, Riddle should have found information about the Chamber of Secrets by this time. It wasn't long before he would open the Chamber of Secrets and release the Basilisk, causing a series of vicious events such as the death of the weeping Myrtle, Hagrid's expulsion, and the murder that led him to create his first Horcrux: Riddle's Journal.
In that secret room, in addition to the basilisk left behind by Slytherin, there are also secret treasures left behind by the four founders.
The Chamber of Secrets is the entrance to the treasure, but there is nothing related to Horcruxes inside.
Or was there something that Slytherin had left behind, and Riddle took it after opening the Chamber of Secrets?
Evan was still the same idea, and Salazar Slytherin was the most troublesome of the four founders, and at the same time dangerous.
This powerful wizard has some crazy ideas that are unusual to ordinary people, he obviously knows the information that Voldemort made Horcruxes from Aven, but he also deliberately left the information, magic and more dangerous magic related to Horcruxes to Voldemort, what the hell does he want to do?
Is it because it's not difficult enough? Or is it because it's not chaotic enough?
With his help, Evan and their difficulty in defeating Voldemort directly increased several times higher.
"Slytherin left a secret room, but I'm not sure if there's a weapon in it that can purify the school. I know what you mean by purification, but it's good to talk to me about this later, and don't let Professor Dumbledore hear it, Tom, he won't like this kind of thought, and it will not be good for your future development in the Ministry of Magic. Slughorn said kindly, "I heard the legend that what Slytherin left behind in the Chamber of Secrets had something to do with Horcruxes. Hmm, I guess it's magic, not the magic of making Horcruxes, but the magic of becoming something higher than Horcruxes. Horcruxes are just the beginning of this magic, Tom. ”
"Beginning?!, you mean, some kind of magic that transcends immortality and immortality?!" Riddle's tone visibly became more greedy.
"I guess so. "But it's just a legend, no, it's better to describe it as a rumor, after all these years, no one has ever found that secret room in the school......"
Ai Wen suddenly realized that an existence higher than a Horcrux wouldn't be talking about an evil god, right?
The secret room left by Slytherin that Slughorn was talking about was not the one with the entrance to the bathroom on the third floor, but the one inside the eight-eyed spider's lair, that is, the underground ruins that sealed the "eyeball monster" of the evil god's body.
It was another Chamber of Secrets that Salazar Slytherin had left behind at Hogwarts.
Slytherin left behind the magic of becoming an evil god there, but Voldemort did not discover the place in the end.
It was only after Hagrid released Aragog into the Forbidden Forest that the chamber deep in the bottom line was found by the spiders.
The walls of the chamber are carved with magic on how to become an evil god, and the first step is to collect the souls of other people, which Slughorn probably wants to say.
But what does it mean that Horcruxes are just the beginning of this magic?
Things started to go in strange directions, and new information reappeared in comparison with the information of the past, and a lot of information was related to each other.
Because of the magic of time, many things have changed, when all those who have witnessed it have not noticed.
For example, at this moment, the young Tom Riddle in Slughorn's memory does not have so much information, he does not have a clear understanding of the world that has quietly changed, and he is still moving forward according to the inherent trajectory, but many things are still changing.
Perhaps it was because of Slughorn's reminder that he went to open the Chamber of Secrets shortly after......