349 Blood Magic, Descendants and Enemies, Obscurus, Wizards' Council, Non-Existence

349 Blood Magic, Descendants and Enemies, Obscurus, Wizards' Council, Non-Existence

Elsa is dead?

Slytherin's daughter actually died?

Although he had expected this, Karan's eyes couldn't help but move to the jumping pot after scanning around the laboratory.

What's going on?Didn't Antioch say in the previous memory that he would use the jumping cauldron?Did they fail after years of trying?

"I'm very sorry."

At this time, Linfred looked tired and whispered. His appearance had changed the most among the people. His old face had many wrinkles. It seemed that he had not lost his memory in the years of disappearance. He was less harassed by jumping pots, and he was less likely to solve problems encountered by his Muggle neighbors.

Karan suddenly realized that Linfred was very similar to the character "Son" in "The Wizard and the Hooper" - in the original story, the son inherited the old wizard's legacy, and among them was the Hooper. .But the son never paid attention to this inexplicable thing, and he was also puzzled by his father's actions of helping his Muggle neighbors.It was not until the end that his son could no longer bear Tiao Tiao Chun's harassment and decided to help the Muggle villagers as well, in order to make Tiao Tiao Chun obedient.

This is a fairy tale close to Muggles - and the old wizard in the story is somewhat similar to Salazar Slytherin.

Although Linfred was not Salazar's son, he was a student of Slytherin House.

"I'm really sorry, Cadmus..." Linfred continued.

After seeing his ancestor's humble appearance, James couldn't help but clenched his fists. He didn't understand why he wanted to see this scene with his own eyes, and he never wanted to continue watching.

"Stop talking." At this time, the gentlest Ignotus began to persuade: "We have seen everything you have done for so many years, but you have not-"

"To shut up!"

Cadmus suddenly roared like a wild beast. He suddenly turned his head and glared at his brother Ignotus: "Shut up!"

"And you!"

Cadmus suddenly stood up. He grabbed Linfred's collar across the long table and lifted his body up. The wand in his hand was still poking Linfred's chin vigorously. A series of sparks suddenly appeared from the tip of the staff.

"Why don't you understand?! Why?! I have long said that he is a waste, we should kill him! Only in this way can we really get the jumping cauldron! Elsa will also have more chances to be saved! But you... why?!"

Cadmus went crazy and seemed to kill Linfred in his hands in the next second.But he did not look at Linfred, but kept questioning Ignotus.

As for the tightly held Linfred - he didn't seem to be worried about his life at all, he just looked lost and lost, and kept saying: "I'm sorry..."

Karan didn't even understand whether Linfred was really feeling guilty, or whether he didn't want to continue living due to the curse of Tiao Tiao Cao.

Steve and Regulus had long been stunned, Sirius quietly turned his head, and James was just like the ancestors in front of him - his heart was filled with despair.

"Calm down!" Ignotus immediately pulled Cadmus' arm tightly. He turned around and wanted to ask his eldest brother Antioch for help - but Antioch avoided his sight. Before that, , there was still a trace of dissatisfaction in Antioch's eyes.

Antiochus seemed to be on Cadmus' side.

He also thought about killing Linfred and taking the Tiao Tiao Cauldron as his own.

"You -" Ignotus was so angry that he could not speak. He simply gave up asking Antioch for help. Then he met Cadmus' angry gaze and said in an extremely sincere tone: " Of course we can't kill Linfred, don't you understand, Cadmus? Don't you understand after looking at the parchment in the locket? Murder will tear your soul apart, even if Even after death, you will suffer endless pain!"

Slytherin's locket?And parchment? !

Karan's mind was in unprecedented confusion - there were only two parchments he could think of - the treasure parchment in the secret room, and the Marauder's Map in his hand.

Coupled with what Ignotus said - murder will tear the soul apart, this is the price to pay for making a Horcrux - and this is also the unique magic of the treasure parchment Voldemort obtained.

It turns out the treasure parchment was originally inside the locket!

Karan knew that Slytherin's relic was not simple - it obviously had to be opened using Parseltongue, so how could it be empty inside?

As for the reason why the three brothers knew about the existence of parchment - it must be because Salazar Slytherin's daughter - Elsa Slytherin, who inherited her father's Parseltongue, can naturally open her father's relics.

But why did the treasure parchment appear in the secret room later?Is it also because of Elsa?Does she know so many of her father's secrets?

"I'm very sorry......"

When many others outside the memory were confused, Linfred once again murmured in silence: "I'm sorry..."

It seemed that this was all he had left to say.

Cadmus was still silently confronting Ignotus, but Antioch became much more serious with an inadvertent glance.

Is it because of Legilimency?

Karan immediately thought of Antioch's ability in the previous memory - he seemed to see something in Linfred's eyes.

"You haven't finished your sentence yet."

Antioch directly concluded: "Are you sorry? But you are not just sorry for us..."

"Say it!" He threatened directly and roughly.

Karan frowned involuntarily - compared to himself, Meadows was more like their ancestor - they were all equally unreasonable.

Linfred's lips trembled under the gaze of everyone inside and outside the memory, and two lines of tears suddenly flowed from his eyes.

"It's blood." He sobbed and said, "It's because of the blood that Tiao Tiao Cao keeps pestering me. It's because of the blood flowing in my body!"

"That's not all..."

At this moment, Linfred was even crazier than Cadmus: "Blood will be passed on to the next generation, and so will the curse - even after I die, the jumping cauldron will continue to haunt my children until I All descendants died."

"This is the magic...and curse of the Dark Ages."

James was stunned.

This was the real reason why Linfred lost his soul - he really didn't want to continue living, and he didn't want to pass on the curse of Tiao Tiao Cao to his descendants.

Antioch was still thinking carefully about Linfred's discovery, but Ignotus suddenly grabbed Cadmus's hands in excitement, and he shouted loudly: "I understand! Dean of Slytherin It’s not that he doesn’t want to see Aisha! He’s been wary of the curse on Tiao Tiao Pot, so that’s why he refuses to meet Aisha!”

"Because Elsa has the same blood as Dean Slytherin's body, Tiao Tiao Cao will not let her go!"

After hearing Ignotus's words, Cadmus's pupils shrank suddenly. He involuntarily tightened his palms, and Linfred fell weakly on the seat.

"Blood...?" Antioch squinted his eyes and murmured: "The magic of the Dark Ages, and the blood of descendants... So, can we use the blood of other people, for example, Enemy blood?”

He stared closely at the jumping cauldron on the flame, and then his eyes swept across the people outside his memory one by one, and finally landed on Ignotus, the only one who was awake in his memory.

The two looked at each other silently.

This was the first time Antioch had seen such disgust in Ignotus's eyes.

"The blood of the enemy?" Ignotus asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Of course it is magic." Unexpectedly, Antioch did not hide his ambition in front of his own brothers: "Of course it is the great magic of the Dark Ages. Is there anything wrong with this? Ignotus, you Tell me, what’s wrong with pursuing magic and the blood of your enemies?”

"Or do you want me to exchange the blood of my enemies for the blood of my descendants...or my brothers' blood?"

This scene seemed to have happened many times. In the face of Antioch's threat, Ignotus suddenly spat in disdain.

Antioch fiddled with the wand with his fingers, and Ignotus also straightened his posture slightly. Just when Karan meant that they were about to duel, Linfred suddenly raised his head and asked: "Do you have any idea? Is there a solution to the blood curse?"

"There will be." Antioch stared at Ignotus with a warning and said: "Linfred, there will be a way."

"Otherwise, how do you think Elsa, the Obscurial, has lived for so long?"

"Am I right, Cadmus?"

He slowly walked up to Cadmus, and Ignotus sadly retracted his hand, letting Cadmus be hugged by Antioch.

"That's right." Cadmus seemed to still be immersed in the tragedy that Slytherin was unwilling to see his daughter in person. He said numbly: "Thanks to your help, Antioch, thanks to you... ..”

Antioch suddenly laughed loudly, Linfred looked at him expectantly, and Ignotus opened his mouth.

But this time, just like last time, he continued to persuade him without any advice.

The scene in front of them suddenly became dark. Except for James, everyone was secretly glancing at Karan, but did not dare to look at him.

"That's just my ancestor." Karan whispered: "Don't you think that he and I are the same kind of people?"

"Of course not!" Steve immediately shouted back.

"Me...me neither!" Regulus looked a lot more panicked. His acting skills were not as superb as Steve's.

Dougal and Kreacher each hid behind them, trembling constantly.

Sirius didn't say a word. He just pulled the absent-minded James to his other side with a wary expression, so that the two of them stood further away from Callan.

"You..." Karan shook his head helplessly, but even he was horrified by Antioch's desperate pursuit of magic.

And there's blood magic...aka blood spells.

And Elsa, the Obscurial... It's unbelievable that there are other Obscurials living for such a long time besides Ariana.

While Karan was thinking, the scene in front of him had become a third memory.

It's still a laboratory, but this time they are no longer on the ground because there are no windows - but in a secret passage underground.

This secret passage has been established by them. Through the open door, you can still see that Antioch is arranging something in the corridor outside. Under the jumping cauldron is the immortal fire of Gubulai - —Cadmus, Ignotus, and Linfred, who looked significantly better, sat around.

"Blood magic..." Ignotus stared at the potion dancing in the jumping pot and said, "Have you really decided to give up?"

Linfred immediately shook his head: "This is the beginning of all disasters, the magic of the dark age... let's forget it. I just want to get rid of the jumping cauldron as soon as possible."

Compared to Linfred, Cadmus seemed much more melancholy. Elsa's death hit him hard, and he has not fully recovered until now.

"Have you heard about Helena?" Cadmus lowered his head and said: "She turned into a ghost and returned to Hogwarts with Barrow, who also became a ghost - didn't she want to Went to see the Head of Ravenclaw for the last time, only to be killed by Barrow."

There was a brief silence, and Ignotus looked at his brother worriedly.

"I can't learn blood magic."

Cadmus continued: "Whether it's the enemy's or what's in my daughter's body, let it end here."

Helena's incident deeply touched Cadmus, which made him dare not learn blood magic related to future generations, lest tragedy happen again.

"I understand." Ignotus nodded and said after sighing softly.

"But I still hope to resurrect Elsa." Cadmus said suddenly, staring closely at Ignotus: "After learning blood magic, Antioch promised to help me. He already has a complete What about you? Ignotus, will you help me?"

"What did he tell you again?!" Ignotus said angrily: "Do you know what you are talking about? Resurrection from the dead is an impossible miracle! There is no such magic. , after Elsa’s death, her soul has been—” Ignotus slowly opened his eyes.

"Antioch...what did he tell you?" He asked in disbelief: "We swore an oath - the first time we got the parchment inside the locket God, we have made an unbreakable oath and will never use that evil soul magic!"

"Relax." At this time, Antioch finally finished his work in the secret passage. He walked in slowly: "Ignotus, you are too nervous. I am not stupid enough to break my unbreakable oath. Let alone It was impossible to persuade Cadmus to do so.”

Ignotus spat in disgust. After deciding to study the blood curse, the relationship between him and Antioch seemed to be getting worse and worse.

Antioch also laughed contemptuously: "This has something to do with the Wizards' Council, that group of crazy people who are talking about each other. It is said that they have made some discoveries that may be able to help Cadmus - don't think that I am the same as you. , I don’t dare to do anything, I only know how to be timid.”

"Wizards' Council?" Steve looked at Karan in confusion.

"That was the predecessor of the British Ministry of Magic." Karan frowned and explained: "Judging from what Antioch said, those blabbering lunatics sound a bit like the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic... ..Could Antioch be talking about the curtain arch that represents death, right?" He murmured in a low voice at the end.

It is the only thing associated with death in the Department of Mysteries - the chamber itself is known as the Hall of Death.

And Karan still remembers that the Department of Mysteries was established long before the Ministry of Magic. After that, a minister wanted to shut down the Department of Mysteries, but he was ignored by everyone without any surprise. In the end, he died because of physical problems. Resign.

In addition to this - it is said that the Ministry of Magic was built because of the Curtain Arch - because it is there, the entire Ministry of Magic is built around the Curtain Arch.

Ignotus was still angry at Antiochus's decision, but Antiochus did not continue the stalemate with him.

"Okay." He said calmly, and took out a sealed box from his pocket: "Look what I found? A Boggart. I should have expected that there would be a Boggart here - these Gadgets like dark and damp places best.”

"By the way, this potion must have failed, right?"

Before Linfred could stop him, Antioch casually threw the box into the jumping cauldron.

"Wouldn't it be nice if you could make another pot again later?" Antioch frowned and said, "Don't forget who is helping you solve the blood curse, Linfred."

Linfred suddenly didn't dare to say anything anymore. He stood up helplessly and was about to pack away the pot of potion that was destined to be wasted.

But at this moment, Linfred saw the wooden box being dissolved, but even the Boggart inside did not jump out again as he imagined, but merged into the potion together.

"Why are you still wasting your time?" Antioch sat unceremoniously on Linfred's seat, and asked with suspicious eyes: "What? Do you still want to drink the potion inside? Or give it away? For your Muggle neighbors?"

"No..." Linfred lowered his head deeply: "Just wait for me for a while."

Karan had a vague premonition in his heart. Several people outside his memory looked at each other silently, and then they immediately started running in the secret passage with Linfred's figure in their memory.

The dim torch reflected the flickering expression on Linfred's face. He whispered resentfully to himself: "Fortunately, I secretly learned Occlumency..."

He hid the scene he just saw and did not tell this astonishing discovery to Antioch, a greedy guy.

Just after Linfred ran out of the secret passage and returned to the potion preparation room on the ground, the potion in the jumping cauldron had dried up at some point, and there was a dark shadow inside.

Then the shadow suddenly flew out, and he ran towards the window in the sight of everyone inside and outside his memory. Before he was about to escape, he turned back and took one last look at the jumping cauldron with his white eyes.

Linfred suddenly stood there.

Steve stretched out a trembling finger, pointed at the fleeting black shadow outside the window and shouted loudly: "That's Baiget! Baiget hundreds of years ago!"

Karan, on the other hand, made a murmur that was not heard by anyone.

"The special non-existence in the Forbidden Lake ruins is actually related to the Tiao Tiao Cao..."