[HP] The Power of Love

One is born, the second is cooked.

This truth is vividly reflected in Voldemort - this time it only took him a little time to successfully integrate the soul piece in the diary.

Now he feels more than just a cup of coffee after a late night - he feels like he hasn't woken up for the past few years!Although the effect of strength enhancement has yet to be verified...

Voldemort looked thoughtfully at the three almost identical cubes before him.But after looking at it for a long time, I feel that the hole on the third cube seems to be a little bigger than the first one——

He put them away with satisfaction.

— Let's stop here!thought Voldemort.Combining these few should be enough.

After all, he still planned to keep a few Horcruxes just in case.

Thinking of this, Voldemort silently counted his remaining Horcruxes:

The ring - the treasure of the Slater family, must not be touched.

The locket - the treasure of the Slater family, must not be touched.

The diadem - Ravenclaw's keepsake, can't... Well, it's not that important, is it?But he's got it at Hogwarts, and it won't be easy to get it out... He has no reason... There's no way Dumbledore would welcome him to the castle... but Regina could...

——No, forget it!Voldemort interrupted his thoughts.

Three is a solid number.Three horcruxes are safer.

And Voldemort suspects that the fusion of soul pieces will also bring some side effects.For example, it would cause the most powerful Dark Lord in the world to suffer from soft-heartedness—after receiving a few letters from Regina expressing her miss to him, he actually began to want to see this little bastard who knew how to piss him off It's - Merlin, it must not be true!

Regina jumped for joy when she received Voldemort's letter.

Severus, who was sitting next to her, raised an eyebrow and looked at her questioningly.

It was breakfast time at this time, and several classmates turned their eyes from the plates full of food in front of them to her in surprise.

Finding herself the center of attention, Regina smiled sheepishly and sat down again.

"Uncle." She handed the letter to Severus.

Although Regina had deliberately lowered her voice, the Slytherins sitting in the seats closest to her—many of them now knew who Regina's uncle was—still listened. arrive.They exchanged a look of fear and envy in silence.

Severus gave it back to her after a quick glance.

"Eat," he urged, not intending to discuss the contents of the letter with her right away—a restaurant was not the right place. "You're going to be late."

They didn't find an opportunity to speak privately until late in the afternoon.

"The Dark Lord is going to take you to a...Death Eater... event," Severus mumbled the word "Death Eater" under his tongue. "Why did he do that?"

"I don't know," Regina said, "maybe he thinks it's time for me to join them?"

"And you haven't even graduated yet!"

"I'm an adult, aren't I?" Regina said excitedly. "Think about it! He might take me with him and teach me himself. Sev," she turned to her fiancé, clutching his sleeve longingly. said, "Do you think he's going to make me an evil dark wizard too?"

"..." Severus' mouth twitched, "I don't know if he will teach you himself." He looked her up and down, imagining an "evil Regina" in his mind, turning into Bella Trix's smoky makeup, waving his wand and screaming with a shrill grin: "Crucio!"... Severus shook his head violently, as if chasing away an annoying fly.

"We'll see," he said finally, conservatively.Facing Regina's expectant eyes, Severus couldn't bear to say something that hurt her.

This exciting day is scheduled for the next Hogsmeade weekend.

Voldemort himself came to Hogsmeade to meet her and handed her an exquisite silver mask as soon as they met.

"Put it on," he said.

When Regina took it, her hands were shaking with excitement.Silver mask, black cloak, isn't this the standard equipment for Death Eaters to travel?Voldemort even drew his wand, removing the Slytherin crest from her school robes.

——Uncle is so thoughtful!

To Regina's surprise, the Dark Lord also generously offered her his right arm.

"Surely you haven't passed your Apparition exam yet?" he said, "then allow me to do you a little favor—hold my arm tight."

Regina immediately held him tightly.

Then she felt as if Voldemort's arm was about to break free from her grasp, and she held it tighter with experience.After a journey that seemed to be squeezed through a very narrow rubber tube, Regina found them standing on a weedy hillside.

Frightened screams and screams came from not far away, accompanied by the flames and billowing smoke that were clearly visible dozens of feet away.The pleading and hysterical cries made Regina frown involuntarily, and tightly held Voldemort's arm.

"It appears they have already begun," said Voldemort grimly in his high-pitched voice.

He dragged Regina closer to those who also wore silver masks and black cloaks.They were dangling several terrified Muggles in the air with their wands, and one of them, a dark-haired witch, laughed nervously and shrieked, and took turns lashing out at them with streaks of Cruciatus.

The Death Eaters found Voldemort and Regina, and stopped their "work" one after another.

Although Regina's face was hidden behind a silver mask, her long blond hair and school-style robes - even though there was no sign of Hogwarts on them - and her tight arm around Voldemort's right arm hands (that position has been vacant for decades), have betrayed her deeply.

Bellatrix—that is, the dark-haired witch—was the last to recover from her game.She glared at Regina jealously, her dark eyes blazing with madness.

"Master. Miss." The Death Eaters came over and bowed to them.The Muggle suspended in mid-air fell down and fell heavily to the ground, its skin ripped apart and blood flying everywhere.

"Don't mind us," Voldemort said, waving his hands in a good mood, "you go on." He could easily feel Regina's trembling from the place where her body was close to hers.

——she must have been terrified by this cruel scene!But he was willing to assure her that this was just the beginning—he was going to show her more, bloodier scenes until she got used to them.

Although he had been trying to kill her for so many years, even in the beginning, Voldemort never doubted for a moment that Regina's feelings for him were sincere.This trust has become more indestructible since he successfully used her love to fuse the soul piece.He even gradually felt that it would be good to just train Regina to be his right-hand man.At least her loyalty is unquestionable.

——For the sake of the soul, Lord Voldemort can allow her not to kill with her own hands, but she must train a sufficiently cold heart.

Sensing that Regina stopped trembling, Voldemort, who had vowed not to look into her brain again, decided to see how she felt in order to formulate her next training plan according to the specific situation.

However, he soon tasted the bitterness of this reckless action—although the initial fear and unbearable feeling in Regina's heart were true, they were quickly covered up by another stronger thought up.

—Oh, Merlin, how childish they are!I thought bullying the weak was only reserved for underage students in Hogwarts!I didn't bother to do it when I was in first grade.Moreover, they were so bored that they came here to play with Muggles in broad daylight... Isn't there anything else to do?As the subordinate of the Dark Lord, shouldn't he be busy fighting wits and courage with the white wizards all day long?Or help take care of the Dark Lord's property, infiltrate the Ministry of Magic, etc... At least you should think about inventing some more powerful black magic, right?Even Severus invented a better Fuchsia when he was in fourth year, and they still use the crude Levitation Charm... Is it really okay to give them the Dark Lord's cause?

—Poor uncle!Let me tell you, he is so busy, why does he still have to do magic experiments by himself like my father who has no other job... I can't believe that I can see these things with my uncle's eyes... Uh, um... …

Regina suddenly seemed to understand something.

——Actually, although uncle looks evil on the surface, he must be very gentle in his heart!To support such a group of stupid subordinates, and to be responsible for their childish behavior, and at the same time to study the profound black magic to protect them... It's really not easy, uncle!No wonder he was always so pale—it must be tired!

Regina looked at Voldemort sympathetically, filled with admiration and emotion.

Voldemort: ...

After fusing two soul pieces, he was already less prone to lose his temper.But now he still itches so much that he can't help but want to give her a "cruciatus"!

A thought popped up from the bottom of his heart, and it became stronger and stronger.

"Regina."

"what?"

"Let me teach you 'Occlumency'!"

Regina was always happy to learn new magic.

After she nodded cheerfully, Voldemort didn't want to wait for a moment, left the Death Eaters who were doing what Regina called "childish things", took her Apparated, and returned to his own manor.

They stood still in the study, and Regina looked at him excitedly and expectantly.

Voldemort took a deep breath to calm his complicated mood.

"Perhaps you've heard of the magic 'Occlumency'."

"Yes. Papa told me it protects the mind from the intrusion and influence of magic."

"Very well, this way we can speed up our progress." Voldemort showed a meaningful smile, "After you learn it, I will allow you to close your own brain in front of me..."

"No, no, no," Regina hastily expressed her loyalty to him, "I will never use Occlumency on you!"

Voldemort was silent for a moment.

"...you should use it!"

A few minutes later, Voldemort walked out of the study with a livid face.

——He should have thought of it earlier!He was so stupid that he wanted to teach her "Occlumency" himself! ...Using deep "Legiliency" on her?After being tortured countless times by her weird thinking? !

Voldemort felt that he had to calm down, otherwise either he had a brain congestion, or he couldn't control it and beat Regina bloody all over her face.

——No, we can't kill her yet.If one day in the future, he wants to fuse another soul piece, he still counts on her to continue to help him.

"Are you all right, uncle?" Regina poked her head out of the study door timidly.She didn't understand why her uncle, who was teaching her magic, suddenly overturned his desk, kicked open the door and walked out.

"It's nothing," Voldemort took a deep breath, and said stiffly, "I suddenly remembered something that must be dealt with immediately. That's it for today. I'll take you home." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to hold Regina, Can't wait to Apparate.

Seeing that it was getting later and later, Regina never came back.Severus, who was worried about her participating in Death Eater activities for the first time, hurried to Hogsmeade, intending to wait for her here.

Fortunately, Voldemort had Apparated with her almost as soon as he had reached the location Regina had told him about.

"Sev!" Regina looked delighted to see him.

Severus took a quick look at her, seeing that she looked healthy both mentally and physically, before bowing politely to Voldemort.

"My lord," he said respectfully.

Voldemort, who was in a bad mood, gave him a cold look, let go of Regina's hand, raised his wand again, and wanted to leave here as soon as possible.

However, he stopped suddenly after making half a circle of Apparation.

Voldemort turned around and gave Severus an ugly smile.

"Do you want to learn Legilimency?"

When Severus had just learned Legilimency, he excitedly thought it was the Dark Lord's appreciation and reward for him.

After a while, he still thought so—but he slowly realized that not all good intentions lead to good results.

Like how he can't stop peeking at Regina's mind lately -- people have to understand that, after all, there's no boy in love who doesn't struggle with not knowing what their girlfriend is thinking.

Although every time he saw it, Severus wished he'd never done—

——I really like Sev's greasy hair!

That's what Regina often thought as she propped her chin on his head and stroked his hair obsessively.

Severus twitched his mouth resentfully and went back to wash his hair.He has washed his hair three times a day since then.

——I really like Sev's poisonous tongue!

Regina thought that every time Severus couldn't help being sarcastic about her.And she was even happier when he sprayed the venom on someone else.

Severus' brilliant speeches often end there.Although he likes to complain, it doesn't mean that he also likes to be watched inhumanely by people who are curious about him when he complains.Even if that person is his girlfriend! ...It would be fine if he was scolding others; but when he was lecturing her, her focus was not on her own mistakes, but on his choice of words and sentences. What's the matter with this weird situation? !

Severus had almost completely lost the courage to speak in front of her now.

This is not over yet.

What pained Severus the most was that Regina loved to rub his face and chest when they were making out.

——I really like Sev's sallow complexion and his skinny body without muscles!

... All of a sudden, the charming atmosphere disappeared, is there any reason? ! !

He has a bad complexion and underdeveloped muscles, mainly due to malnutrition since childhood.Severus didn't care about these things at first, but since then he worked tirelessly on research and finally concocted a potion that could improve the physique of wizards!

He drank it proudly—although the muscles didn't take effect so quickly, at least his complexion is much better now.

After a while, Regina couldn't take it anymore.she said to Severus tearfully.

"Sev, can you change what I like about you?"

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