Chapter 217: Old Man (3)

When the wizard appeared, there is no way to know for sure. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info where the wizard learned magic, this is also a matter of opinion. Some wizards insist that ancient Egypt is the origin of all witchcraft, some wizards believe that the former Atlantean civilization is the common ancestor of wizards, and the more bizarre statement is the legend of the primeval continent: in the primeval era, the wizard was the inhabitant of the only continent in the primeval world, and then an unimaginable disaster broke out, and the only continent in the primeval world was completely torn apart by powerful magic, and the era of wizarding civilization ruling the world ended.

Wizards who adhere to the lineage of primeval wizards can find evidence of their opinions in myths and legends from all over the world, the ancient shamans of the Far East, the lost civilizations of the Amazon in the Americas, or the strange petroglyphs of Europe, all kinds of legends are plausible, but the only thing in common is that wizards are a very old group, this group is not clones, not cyborgs, not aliens or other groups that have just emerged through Muggle technology. The history of wizarding is even longer than the history of Muggle civilization.

The structure of such a long-established group is also extremely complex. From the witch gods ruling the entire tribal civilization in ancient times, to the underworld worship civilization built by the powerful shaman elite in the Egyptian era, to the mysterious wizard organization that is slowly declining in the revival of European culture, many of the stories and ups and downs have been completely forgotten, and the remaining clues have slowly disappeared under the deliberate cover of well-intentioned people.

Queen Anne, such a powerful witch, before she was sealed out of time, her wizarding sect could only be regarded as a small branch of the hidden wizarding power. And the soul sect where Queen Mary is located is one of the main wizarding sects in the ancient inheritance.

At all times, curiosity about the soul, as well as fear of the underworld, is one of the most important goals of a wizard studying magic. The focus of the Soul Sect's research is on these aspects: the study of the soul of the wizard, the relationship between spells and souls, the sources of magic, and a series of spells, magic, and phenomena related to the soul.

In the eyes of the Soul Sect, the body of a wizard is only a dispensable container, and only the soul is eternal. Powerful souls can reside in different vessels, including the current wizard body.

The origin of the Soul Sect is uncertain, and now, after the establishment of the Ministry of Magic, the entire wizarding world has begun to move sharply towards the so-called civilization and harmony, wizards have begun to be strictly limited to various laws and regulations, and the study of souls has also been arbitrarily determined to be black magic, and any experiments in this regard are considered evil, cruel, and crazy. So much so that many wizards of the Soul Sect no longer openly claim their affiliation.

But in Queen Anne's opinion, the Soul Sect cannot be wiped out like this, on the one hand, this sect is indeed too powerful and has a long history, and on the other hand, according to Queen Anne's knowledge, the Soul Sect may have broken through the barrier of time, and the strongest of them may exceed the realm of demigods.

Although she doesn't know why such an ancient sect is getting weaker and weaker now, Queen Anne can be sure that at least for now, the wizards of the Soul Sect still exist in this wizarding country.

"There's no information about the Soul Sect, and I've never heard it mentioned by any other wizard. Under such circumstances, it would be too difficult to find the master of the Soul Sect. Xie An thought about it again, and was sure that he had never heard of this sect from anywhere other than from Queen Anne.

"Can you save your mother by finding a wizard like that?" asked little Barty when he heard that his mother's affairs were not yet completely hopeless.

"Well, as far as I know, the Soul Cult's research on souls, and the magic they have mastered, is enough to save souls on the verge of dissipation. Queen Anne said.

"But where to look? Wizards don't like to live in groups, and now there is no unified registration system among wizards, so we can't verify the status of wizards one by one. Xie An said with a frown. Although the number of wizards in the world may be far less than the number of Muggles. But wizards are much more difficult to fathom than Muggles.

Sorcerers who like to live in seclusion, who may be neighbors with snowmen in the snow-capped mountains of western Tibet, may be tribal shamans in the primeval jungles of the Amazon, or may be sunbathing with Indians in the Rocky Mountains, in such a situation, it is too difficult to find a shaman from all over the world.

Queen Anne was not worried, she said, "Andrew, you have overlooked an important matter. ”

Xie An looked at Queen Anne suspiciously, and the Empress handed the soul gem to Xie An, "Soul gems are not something that ordinary wizards can make. I've heard you talk about a form of magic called Horcruxes, and I've seen the notebook you showed me. That is a kind of soul magic, which is different from the soul gem in front of you. ”

"Are you saying that as long as you follow the clue of the soul gem, you may be able to find the wizard of the soul sect?"

"Yes, the wizard who mastered the magic of making soul gems must have a deep connection with the soul sect. As long as you follow this clue and follow the vine, you can finally find the wizard we need. The lineage of the Wizarding Sect is different from that of the family. Wizarding lineages can now be divided into two categories, one is the school lineage like Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the other is the lineage between wizarding families. But in my time, denominational transmission was the most important means of transmission. I think that even now, the Soul Sect has declined, but the inheritance should not disappear yet. ”

Queen Anne's reminder made Xie An react. Even if you can craft soul gems, then at least in terms of the use of soul gems, you must be very good. In this case, finding the source of gemstones has become the primary consideration now.

Xie An looked at little Barty, who thought for a while before saying, "When I was very young, the soul gem was in my house. My mom told me what this gem does, and I really don't know where it came from. ”

"So does your dad know?"

"I don't know. Old Barty was always busy, I didn't say a few words to him as a kid, and I don't even know if he knew he had such a thing at home. ”

"In that case, things are still a bit difficult to do, why don't we visit your house now and see if we can ask. Xie An said.

"I'm afraid it's not a good idea, I'm running away from home, I'm afraid to see that I'm back to normal, and old Barti would rather give me an Avada Curse than tell us what he knows. Barty Jr. said angrily.

After thinking about it, according to Little Barty, Old Barty is a ruthless careerist who does not hesitate to sacrifice everything for his future, Xie An had no choice but to say: "Speaking of which, I still don't know the situation in your family, what is going on with you, and how you escaped from your house, you can tell me everything." "Let's take a look at the situation and see if there's any other way.

Little Barty had a new hope at this time, and suppressed the sadness in his heart, and after a little silence, he took out his wand, transformed his mother's corpse into a ring, and solemnly wore it around his neck.

Queen Anne conjured up a chair, and little Barty sat down tiredly, thinking for a moment before talking about herself.

The story is actually quite simple. Barty Sr. is an ambitious politician who wants to become the first Minister of Magic in the history of the Crouch family. I work late every day and don't have time to spend with my family. Such workaholics brought the Crouch family more and more prestige, but made young Barty feel like a child without a father.

With this dissatisfaction and anger, Barty Jr. enters Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The wizarding population in Wizarding Britain had already begun to decline, and Barty Jr. was classmates with Potter, Sirius, Snape, Lupin, and Frank Longbottom.

Curiously, Barty Jr. was not assigned to Slytherin House like his father, but to Ravenclaw House. After entering the school, little Barty wanted to gain his father's attention through study, he was excellent in character and learning, excellent grades, and was a rising star in the eyes of all professors.

Barty Sr. was also proud to have such a child, but this attention only lasted for a few years, and soon Barty Sr. began to take it for granted that his son should be so good, and instead focused more energy on his career.

Realizing that his father had given up on him again, little Barty felt infinite disappointment and sadness, which soon mingled with the rebellion of adolescence and turned into terrible anger and a desire for destruction.

At this time, the entire Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had also been divided by the war of the wizarding world. Most of the students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry joined the Death Eaters with ambition and ulterior motives, including most of the Slytherins who insisted on pure-bloods, some Hufflepuffs who insisted on the supremacy of wizards, some Ravenclaw who believed that the wizarding world really needed to be reformed by powerful people, and even a very small number of incomprehensible Gryffindors.

Little Barty, who has a haughty personality and is not social, originally had no plans to join any organization, but after discovering that Barty Sr. had become the director of the Executive Department of the Ministry of Magic and was responsible for dealing with the Death Eaters, Barty Jr. chose to join the Death Eaters!

When they arrived here, both Xie An and Queen Anne sighed secretly. Little Barty, who was originally from a wealthy family, can spend his life peacefully. But such a strong child, in order to get his father's attention and praise, finally joined the Death Eaters step by step, and it is difficult to determine who is right and who is wrong.

In short, after joining the Death Eaters, Barty Jr. relied on his excellent magical talent to soar all the way, and soon became the backbone of the Death Eaters, and even Voldemort knew about this subordinate and once gave him special courtesy.

Feeling that his worth was unprecedentedly affirmed, Barty Jr. began to agree with Voldemort's theory from the bottom of his heart, believing that only Voldemort's rule was the only way for the wizarding world to regain its strength. Barty Jr.'s fall was like a rocket, and within a few years, his madness and twisting surpassed almost all Death Eaters, and the only one who was crazier than him was Bellatrix Lestrange.

With Voldemort's unexpected downfall, Bellatrix Lestrange and Barty Crouch Jr. are the only wizards who still want to save their masters. When the other wizards thought about how to escape, he and Bella frantically tortured the Longbottoms, trying to find out Voldemort's whereabouts from the Longbottoms.

Until he was exposed by Igor Karkaroff, Barty Jr. was still trying to operate within the Ministry of Magic, hoping to determine Voldemort's whereabouts through the means of the Ministry of Magic. Eventually, at a hearing at the Ministry of Magic, he was denounced by the shameful traitor Igor Karkarov and arrested and imprisoned.

Both Xie An and Queen Anne are extremely tough-willed figures. As a powerful witch, Queen Anne had seen a lot of joys and sorrows, and when she heard little Barty's tortuous and crazy youth, she couldn't help but sigh.

Xie An has lived on the verge of life and death since he was a child, and if he hadn't been saved by his master, he would have died in the harsh environment of the apocalypse. At this time, hearing about other people's youth, Xie Anxin felt an indescribable sadness. This grief has little to say about little Barty, but about the poor children who died for no reason, and the forgotten who eventually had to succumb to the wings of death, the female warrior of death, the female judge of Doom, and so on the twisted souls. Xie An couldn't put more emotions into this kind of regretful wizard grief, and the picture of hell in his mind never dissipated one day.

Little Barty doesn't have much clear memory of what happened next. He was thrown into the wound of the world Azkaban, where he waited to die. The guards of Azkaban robbed him of his sanity, and he was in a coma for most of the time, rarely awake. This continued until his mother rescued him from Azkaban through a polyjuice decoction.

After more than ten years of house arrest, little Barty, who has been living under the control of the chaotic Imperius curse, spent most of his youth in the secret room between the dimensions.

"It's good that my mother left Sparkle, I think if it weren't for Sparkle's meticulous care, I would have been killed by old Barty by now. After all, he wished I had died, and then maybe no one would stand in his way. Little Barty gritted his teeth and said angrily.

Queen Anne looked at Xie An in silence, but Xie An lowered her head, and when she heard Little Barty's words, she hurriedly asked, "The sparkle you are talking about, is it a house elf?" Only the elf will use the uncommon name "Twinkle".

Barty Jr. nodded.

"I think we can find Twinkle and ask, elves have a long lifespan, and the average family elf is passed down from generation to generation, maybe she knows the origin of the soul gem. ”