Chapter 61: Souls and Horcruxes
"You say it again?!"
In the study, Duke Friedrich looked at Wilhelm with undisguised surprise.
"What did you find in that room?"
"It's a room of responsiveness, father. While exploring Hogwarts, I stumbled upon this magical room.
It can change into different forms depending on the needs of the person entering the room. ”
"That's not the point, go ahead and say what did you find in the house?"
"I found a worn-out tiara that looked a lot like the one that Lady Ravenclaw had lost.
From above, I felt an extremely powerful soul wave.
It felt a lot like it was when I faced Quirrell, so I thought the soul on it had something to do with Voldemort. ”
During these months of constant correspondence, the Duke also learned about some of the major events that took place at Hogwarts.
For example, in the case of the troll invasion, the Duke was shocked and relieved that William was able to easily defeat an adult troll on his own.
Just now, William also ignored the anomalies he had discovered about Quirrell and Dumbledore, and told his father.
"What does that bad old man Dumbledore think? How did you allow such a dangerous person to stay at Hogwarts? The Duke's tone was full of anger,
"You're right, I don't know what he thinks, but there's no doubt that Dumbledore is playing a big game.
You were doing well, William. It's too complicated for you to be involved in right now.
Why don't you transfer to Durmstrang? I always have a hunch that Britain will become more and more chaotic in the past few years, and it will be safer to have the protection of the family over there. ”
The duke admonished earnestly, and it was obvious that he was still a little unwilling to make William's choice at that time.
"Don't worry, father. I enjoyed my time at Hogwarts.
Moreover, the situation is not so chaotic that I need to run away, and if there is really something that cannot be done, and there is a big change, I will listen to you. ”
Then William talked about his discovery in the Room of Requirement, which really frightened the Duke, he didn't expect that what he said casually at that time actually happened!
William, he actually found a soul fragment!
Or Voldemort's soul!
The Duke looked at William with a serious gaze, waved his wand, and a mysterious, complex detection spell fell on William's head, which he had never seen before.
"This is a spell used to detect the state of the soul, if you want to learn it, I can teach you later." Noticing William's puzzled look, the Duke gave him a brief explanation.
"Thankfully, your soul is still in a normal state, how can you be so risky?
To get close to a soul like that? Did you know that if you don't handle it well, your soul will also be assimilated! The Duke's tone was serious, and it was clear that he was also frightened enough by William.
He then cast several different detection spells, and finally determined that the current William was all right.
"Actually, I didn't get too close to the crown, I just felt it a little from a distance."
William also understands his father's worries about him, in fact, William is a cautious person, and he will not touch unfamiliar things.
That means that the soul has not yet been activated, and is still asleep.
Otherwise, the distance you are not enough to reach at all, and the scope of influence of that powerful soul is beyond your imagination.
You know so little about souls, do you know what a Horcrux is, William? ”
Of course I know, Voldemort made seven more, but I can't say I know!
"Horcruxes? What is that? The name sounds unabashedly evil. William began to play his acting skills again.
"Horcruxes are a rather evil form of dark magic, and only mad wizards who have been hopelessly thrown into the darkness would choose to make them.
It is said to have been first invented by an ancient Greek wizard, the dastardly Helmpo, a name you may have heard of, who was one of the earliest dark wizards recorded in modern magical history.
The production of Horcruxes is quite complex, the most crucial of which is to split one's own soul and hide a part of it in an object outside the body. ”
"What's the use of splitting one's soul like this?" William pretended not to understand anything and continued to ask.
"Did you know, William, that after a person's complete death, his soul will go to another world and begin the next journey. This is the cycle of life, so death is something that everyone will have to face.
However, another prerequisite for going to another world is to have a complete soul.
If your soul is split into parts and placed in a Horcrux, then even if your body and main soul are destroyed, you will not go to another world.
Instead, you will continue to remain in this world in the form of a ghost, because your soul is incomplete. ”
"Isn't that eternal life?"
"No, not eternal life. You're like most people think, William, and they've made Horcruxes with the intention of wanting to live forever. ”
"What's that?"
"Not eternal life, but immortality. As long as the Horcrux exists, then the person cannot be completely killed.
But what happens to the remnant souls over time? Will it really last forever? No one really knows the answer. ”
"And what about the despicable Helbo? What happened to him? ”
"There is no evidence that Helbo's Horcruxes were destroyed, and in fact no one was able to defeat him at that time.
In fact, if he had found a way not to let his soul get lost in the long river, he might still be alive by now. ”
William knew this wizard because he had invented many evil spells, and in fact, most of the evil spells in modern dark magic were contributed by Helpo.
In addition to this, he was also the first wizard to discover that using toads to hatch eggs could hatch basilisks.
Perhaps, the basilisk that Slytherin bred may have learned from him!
Like Slytherin, Helmo is a parseltongue, which allows him to control the basilisk with ease.
William didn't expect that Helmo was the first wizard to successfully make Horcruxes. Merlin is on top! Did he really live to this point?
In such a comparison, Voldemort is not a dish in front of him at all!
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