[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

"Undoubtedly, a former Horcrux."

Albus Dumbledore put the diary that had been torn apart in the middle on the table in the Phoenix Society meeting room, and tapped the two halves of the wreckage with his wand, and a faint light shone on them. He looked at the people present other people.

"Extraordinary strong magic fluctuations." He said, "When I got the locket more than ten years ago and the broken crown a year ago, I conducted research on the two situations of the existence and disappearance of the soul of the horcrux. , To be sure, this diary used to be one of the carriers of Voldemort's soul, but now, it is no longer."

"A diary sold at a Muggle newsstand." Sirius said with a slightly strange expression. "Voldemort's vision for selecting Horcruxes is shocking. He could think of such a thing."

"I think it has something to do with his previous experience, and it's not without reason." Dumbledore said calmly, and briefly said something about Voldemort's experience in the orphanage, "This probably represents his perception of the past, We can tell from the known Horcruxes that he was a treasure collector who was keen to show off, and this diary may be the only carrier representing his youthful state, which is consistent with the picture Harry saw."

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy Voldemort.Everyone nodded silently, agreeing with this statement.

"Then the good news is that another fragment of Voldemort has been wiped out without us even needing to do it." James said excitedly, trying to ease the tense atmosphere, "But there is also one bad news. It's another Voldemort. What makes them suddenly lose their minds and start killing each other, the reason behind it is confusing, if only there was a chance to do an interview with Voldemort, let us learn about his whimsical novel What's going on in your head?"

Several people laughed silently at his words.

"I don't know if I have seen too few Horcruxes." Eli frowned slightly, thinking, "Whether it is a locket or a crown, when they are destroyed, obvious damage can be seen on the Horcruxes." There are some traces, and some of them can see the cause of abnormal destruction at a glance. But this diary is a bit strange, it looks like an ordinary notebook that has been torn in two, but we all know that Horcruxes cannot be easily damaged , even Voldemort himself should not be able to, so what method did he use? Can he have special experience in this regard? And why did he destroy himself? I don't think much about it."

Dumbledore pondered for a while, and everyone else in the conference room stared at him closely.

"You seem to have a guess of your own, Albus." Alastor Moody said sharply, "Share it and let us all listen. No matter how incredible the guess is, we all need a direction. All these things are too bizarre, far beyond everyone's normal thinking logic."

"Yes, I have a bold conjecture, Alastor." Dumbledore nodded, looked around, and said calmly, "A conjecture that is completely conjecture without any evidence or basis—I think that in the previous few days During the first encounter, at least one Voldemort has begun to realize that the idea of ​​​​split into several parts of a complete self is wrong. This weakens him from the soul level. Once someone who can destroy him from the soul level appears, he He will fall into the predicament of being broken by each, and he may have regretted it a little, and wants to make up for this, and reunite the split self."

"Can it be done?" Marlene McKinnon asked in amazement. "He can split his soul, create a Horcrux, and knead himself back together again? Can he—I mean—do he do it? Is there no price for doing so many bad things and making so many mistakes?"

"As far as I know, there is one and only one way to make the soul complete, and that is sincere repentance and painful self-salvation. But I don't think Voldemort can do it at all, or if he has really started Repent, stop doing bad things, and start to atone for the evil deeds you have done, then how many Voldemorts exist in the world is completely irrelevant to all of us."

Dumbledore shook his head and said solemnly: "So I guess, the matter should be another situation - he used some kind of black magic to forcibly devour another part of his soul, which made the Horcrux in front of us It ended its mission in a somewhat weird way, and lost its original effectiveness."

long silence.

"The situation is a little beyond comprehension, Albus." Eli exhaled slowly, frowned tightly, thought for a while, and then asked, "What's the difference between merging souls and devouring souls? No one has seen it before." In either case, trying to tell the difference between the two is kind of abstract."

"It can only be said in a literal sense, there should be some essential differences between the two." Regulus said in a speculative tone, "Soul fusion can make the soul complete again, but devouring the soul is different, forcibly accepting it." Another part of the soul can only be said to be in a superimposed state, and it is not really repairing the soul?"

"Then will this method make Voldemort stronger?" Kingsley asked rationally. Everyone glanced at each other and finally at Dumbledore.

"I think so." Dumbledore said cautiously, "and what we must pay attention to is that the strength of each Voldemort's soul fragment is different, and one of them can kill the other in a short time. Now we seem to be Knowing a piece of cold knowledge about soul fragments, when people split their souls, they cannot be controlled into two parts of the same size, and black magic cannot do this either."

It was cold enough indeed, and apparently none of them could use that knowledge.Sirius twitched his lips, and Eli frowned.

"Yes, it can be clearly seen that different Voldemort Horcruxes have different strengths." He said, "This diary Horcrux is doing evil outside the scope of Muggle activities, and that Crown Horcrux is from Hogwarts. Ciner manipulates the basilisk. And the foreign Voldemort we saw before has even changed his mind, united with Muggles, and brainwashed normal wizards. The booth is very large and the ability can keep up. Remus and I both You have a lot to say about this matter.”

"That's right." Remus nodded, his eyes serious. "I suspect that Voldemort abroad is the strongest one. He has already gone ahead of everyone in terms of research progress, and I think the same is true in ability."

"Is he the murderer this time?" James asked. "I don't know if it's appropriate to call him the murderer of this matter. There is no law to say that I killed another myself. But anyway, he must be That’s right, the murderer. So is it him? Or the one we haven’t had direct contact with yet, the one who was defected by Barty Crouch Jr.?”

No one could answer his question. After a brief silence, Eli spoke and broke the silence.

"I don't think it's him." Eli said calmly. "As for where the two Voldemorts in the UK are, even we who have been looking for them have no news. Unless Voldemorts have special telepathy, they have no information." The truth is found faster than we are. And then again, even if they have some kind of perception of the same kind, I think they will choose to actively block this function."

"Why?" Remus was stunned for a moment, and asked inexplicably.

"After one of them has murderous intent on the other self, he will realize that it is unwise to let others know his whereabouts, so he must shield himself from others." Eli said simply, "And None of the Voldemorts are naive and optimistic boys, and they will certainly follow suit when they realize it, so only the Voldemort who takes the initiative can find the traces of others first, because he acted earlier. And from our foreign countries According to the Voldemort I met, his development direction is different. He prefers to go to the upper echelon and attract believers, and he is not in a hurry to do something to others. If he really takes action, he should be the one with the most advantage .”

"So you don't think it's him?" Sirius asked, "Is there any basis other than guesswork?"

To their surprise, Eli said, "Yes."

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and Eli looked at James: "On September [-]st when Harry started school, are you sure that Voldemort from abroad is abroad, James?"

"Sure." James was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "I should have had a brief contact with him that day, although I quickly avoided it, but even if Voldemort wants to appear on the Black Lake in Hogwarts What takes time and effort cannot be done casually."

"I think so too," Eli said calmly, "then it's clear that Voldemort is not the one who claims to awaken the sleeping Horcruxes at Hogwarts. From this diary, he's naive and can only be in the Muggle area." Judging from the situation of guerrilla warfare, it wouldn’t be him either. He was probably also awakened by that Voldemort. Just like our first guess, Barty Crouch Jr. escaped from the house, found one of the Voldemorts, and awakened him The Voldemort who was awakened first was the one who had mastered the resources of the British Death Eaters ten years ago, and was hiding behind the pure-blood family and the Ministry of Magic, with Barty Crouch Jr. beside him."

This conjecture was extremely bold and imaginative, but it seemed quite reasonable. Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling a chill rise from behind.

"An awakened Voldemort is scary enough, he even has a little Barty Crouch." Sirius muttered, "Well, I have to say that the twelve O's in OWLs are indeed quite valuable, Barty Crouch Jr. hasn't been found by us yet, so he does have some abilities."

"Obviously someone hid him well," Regulus said, looking at Eli. "So what are we going to do now, Eli?"

Eli thought briefly.

"Talk to someone who might have a clue," he said.

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Thanks to Hagihara Kenji and Li Zeyan for the cat's grenade~