Shadow of the Beautiful World

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Outside the destroyed Malfoy Manor, at the entrance of the smoke-filled valley, Merlin threw the dying mad witch to the ground.

After being fed 5 bottles of healing potion in a row, Bellatrix Lestrange was still in a bad state.

After all, she had just suffered the explosion of a tactical missile head-on.

Although there are various magical means to protect themselves, how can they survive the attack that destroys everything without paying some price?

Wake up.

Merlin knelt down and patted the witch's smudged face with his black gloved hand.

When the Dementor's Kiss made by Merlin touched the witch's skin, she, who had almost lost consciousness, seemed to see a real hell, and her chaotic eyes suddenly widened.

But the next moment, before she could make a sound, Merlin's fingers grabbed her burned neck.

Probably because of the double-edged sword effect of the Dementor's Kiss glove, under the surge of negative emotions, Merlin's expression and actions are much colder than normal.

It was as if the dark part of the soul had finally been exposed.

Ah, ah

She whimpered twice, her eyes were full of fear and pain, and Merlin strangled her neck, she was already speechless.

This insane witch who was extremely arrogant before, this torturer who was injured and stained with the blood of innocent people, has probably never been in such a mess since she was born.

Hermione told me that you have been imprisoned in Azkaban for more than ten years.

Merlin pinched her neck, he looked at the suffering person in front of him with a calm and cold gaze, and he whispered:

Then you should be familiar with the abilities of dementors

He raised his wrist, looked at the time, and looked out again. He turned his head and said to the witch who was being swallowed by negative emotions bit by bit:

We may still have ten minutes. I can bring a corpse back, or I can hand you over to the Order of the Phoenix. Maybe they will save your life. I mean, the choice is up to you.

He saw complex emotions in the eyes of the demented Death Eater Bellatrix.

There is hatred, fear, anger, pain, and madness, but there is also a trace of nostalgia and worry that cannot be concealed.

This witch is not as cold and ruthless as she appears. Apart from her morbid attachment to Voldemort, she must have other things in this world that she can't let go of.

Perhaps in normal times, those emotions that Death Eaters considered weak could be well hidden, but now, at the moment of dying, at the most vulnerable moment of life, that emotion could no longer be concealed.

What do you want from me?

Bellatrix leaned against the hot stone, she was breathing hard, her condition was too bad, magic could no longer protect her now, even breathing the air full of gunpowder smoke would make her feel to pain.

Merlin took off the necklace Carol left from his neck, put it on Bellatrix's neck, and tapped it lightly.

The next moment, the life-support mask generated by the Kerry technology was placed on Bellatrix's face. After the bad air was isolated, her expression became much more comfortable.

Merlin squatted in front of her, he looked at the witch, he said:

I was going to look for something in Voldemort after I killed him. But I heard that you are one of his most trusted followers and you are very close, so I guess you know some other people who don't. know the secret

Where is Voldemort's Horcrux?

Merlin asked coldly.

This question didn't seem to exceed Bellatrix Lestrange's thinking and imagination, and she let out a deep laugh, like the sob of a dying beast.

She glanced at Merlin, then closed her eyes, as if waiting to die.

Clearly, she knew what a Horcrux meant to her beloved Voldemort, and she would rather die than reveal the secret to Merlin.

And what she meant, Merlin could also understand.

He stood up and patted the dust off his arms. He looked at the witch under his feet. He took off his glasses and pointed to his ember-like eyes. He looked at Bellatrix who was waiting to die. .Lestrange said:

These eyes, from the darkness. They can tell me a lot of things that ordinary eyes can't see. You may think that your twisted love for Voldemort will help you overcome the fear of death, but that won't work, poor Bella. Trix.

Merlin bent down, as if bowing, and whispered in a voice that only two people could hear:

I discovered your 'little secret' when I saw you for the first time tens of minutes ago.

Ah

Bellatrix Lestrange let out a disdainful snort. She seemed to think Merlin was just cheating on her.

Merlin's expression didn't change, he still said softly:

Normal people, I mean, the vitality of a normal wizard is like a rolling river, driven by magic, flowing in a faster, smoother and larger way in the body. My eyes can see the vitality changes to determine the health of that person.”

Witch, your vitality is abnormal. Under the fullness of the surface, there is an abnormal weakness, just like a big river diverging into a small stream. I have seen this situation before, and I know what it means.

Merlin seemed to be telling a riddle, and after a few seconds, he spoke the answer in a softer voice.

You just gave birth, right?

If I'm not mistaken, it should have been just a few days ago. I want to congratulate you, ma'am, you have a pure blood wizard bloodline, and you have a successor.

Bellatrix Lestrange's tightly closed eyes opened immediately at this moment, and she waved her hands frantically in a ferocious gesture, clawing at Merlin like a cat.

There was a ferocious and weak cry from her mouth, like a mother animal trying to protect her cubs.

Her biggest secret has been revealed!

Snapped

Merlin clasped the struggling Bellatrix's neck with his black gloved right hand, and he lifted her into the air. He tilted his head, looked at the struggling witch in front of him, and said:

Your child is not in the manor, right? Otherwise, the moment you wake up, you will desperately fight with me. What a lucky child, he was sent away just before the catastrophe.

Merlin let out a strange chuckle, his eyes looked at the crazy witch in front of him without any emotion, and he said:

Tell me all the secrets about the Horcrux, and I promise you that I will keep the secret of that child's existence. You see, it's reasonable to exchange with each other, right?

He let go of his fingers, and the extremely weak Bellatrix Lestrange fell to the ground.

She lay on the ground, sobbing in pain, no longer the madness and indifference she had when she was a high-ranking Death Eater.

She longs to lose affection for everything in the world like her master and lover, but from the maternal nature in a woman's soul, she still retains love in her heart

It is never fear but love that can defeat the heart's defenses the most.

You should think about your own children.

Merlin squatted down, stretched out the fingers of his ungloved left hand, and lifted Bellatrix Lestrange's smudged chin. He looked at the evil woman whose face was disfigured by the flames, and said softly explain:

Who is his, or her father? Let me guess, Voldemort, right? The lunatic who claims to conquer death and override everything, finally exposed his animal desires. Is there really love between him and you? ? Forget it, I don't care about that.

Think about it, Voldemort and your child, what will happen to her life if the secret of his or her parentage is revealed?

Merlin sighed and said:

I have never been a father, but I can probably guess that the best gift a mother can give a child in this life is the starting point of life that is as pure as paper. What kind of life do you want to give your child? Bei Ms. Latrix, we still have a few minutes, why don't you think about it.

do not talk!

Bellatrix Lestrange almost screamed and interrupted Merlin's words. Those gentle voices were like knives piercing her heart fiercely.

Perhaps in the past, these words could not shake her cold will and crazy spirit, but at this moment, at her most vulnerable moment, these voices and words disturbed her soul.

Is it the Dark Lord who chooses his master, the one he loves?

Or choose your own child, your only flesh and blood relative?

For a mother, this issue probably does not require much consideration.

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With great difficulty, Bellatrix took off the blackened ring on her finger and threw it to Merlin.

She said with a dead face:

Everything you want is there, but I don't know all of it. I can only tell you that one of Voldemort's Horcruxes has been destroyed by you, the big snake Banerjee, and that is one of his Horcruxes , now he only has 2 horcruxes left.

Just kill me.

Bellatrix Lestrange leaned weakly on the stone behind her, and she said in a low voice:

I have betrayed my faith, I have betrayed my master, I am a coward who does not deserve to live. You have got what you want, now, give me the death I want and don't let me fall into the hands of the Order of the Phoenix up, seeing them makes me want to throw up

Come on, ma'am.

Merlin looked at the ring in his hand, it was a very delicate alchemy creation, its emerald decoration seemed to store some information. This is how some wizards, who distrust paper, keep their diaries.

He took off the ring and the gloves of Dementor's Kiss, and put them in his pocket. He drew out his wand, and in the dark red light at the tip of the wand, he looked at Bellatrix Lester. Lankey said:

Although it is very likely that you will be imprisoned in Akazban and spend the rest of your life alone and miserable in order to repent of your past sins. But how should I say it? Live strong, ma'am.

A trace of pity flashed in the eyes of Merlin who returned to normal, and he said softly:

Maybe, you will see your child again one day.

No! Kill me! Kill me!

Bellatrix Lestrange saw Merlin's wand dancing, she guessed what Merlin was going to do, she cried out with the last of her strength, begging for death.

But the next moment, a spell flew out of Merlin's wand and landed on her scarred body.

Obliviate! (Forgetting Curse)

Five minutes later, the backup team led by Agent Gartler rushed into the valley in several wheeled chariots. They saw Merlin from a distance, and the comatose, extremely miserable mad witch Bellatrix Lestrange under his feet.

She can still survive?

Gartler looked at the witch with horrible burns all over her body in amazement. The woman in front of him refreshed his understanding of magic again.

It was pure luck that she survived.

Merlin pointed to the ruins behind him, and explained to Gartler:

They arranged an unimaginable magic barrier in this manor, and that barrier offset part of the explosion damage for them. She should still have a lot of magic items for body protection, but even so, the rest of her life Even living the life of an ordinary person is a luxury.”

Merlin shook his head. He chatted with Gartler with a normal expression, then turned around and looked at the little witch Hermione standing behind him with a complex expression.

He reached out, patted Hermione on the shoulder, and said:

Girl, I have revenge for you.

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Hermione looked at the smile on Merlin's face, and she looked at Bellatrix Lestrange, who was leaning on the stone, who was dying. After a few seconds, the little witch took a step back, and she said :

I hate her, Merlin. She tortured me and threatened me to hurt my parents. I even thought of killing her myself. But seeing her now, I don't hate her anymore. She has been punished.

She touched her wrist, the engraved scar seemed no longer painful.

Merlin shrugged. He took a step back and stood beside Hermione. The taller and the shorter turned their heads and watched the agents, led by the wizards of the Order of the Phoenix, search the ruins. After a while, Merlin said:

It's okay. It's okay to forgive your enemies. It shows that you have a kind heart and you have done something that many people can't. After all, forgiveness is much harder than holding grudges.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said:

The surprise was that the explosion destroyed Voldemort's fifth Horcrux, and now you only need to find the remaining two.

Looking down at Hermione, he said:

Of course, Gartler and I will continue to help you. This war will not end until Voldemort is completely down. I will walk with you.

Dididi

Before Merlin finished speaking, the cell phone in his pocket rang quickly.

He picked up his phone and glanced at the number, then frowned.

Hello, Fury? Is there something urgent?

On the other end of the phone, there was a hint of anxiety and solemnity in Fury's voice, and he said to Merlin:

Give Gartler all the work you are doing, and go to London immediately, there is a plane waiting for you.

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