350 Blood Magic, Offspring, Deathly Hallows Cloak, Enemy
Karan has never understood where the special non-beings in the Forbidden Lake ruins came from, and how Salazar Slytherin transformed them - the female ghost whose screams are no longer lethal, and the one who can see through the Occlumens. The special boggart that scares you inside.
This is really unbelievable, Karan has never seen such a magical existence.
And now - in Linfred's memory, Karan finally knows all the reasons.
It's because of [Tiao Tiao Pan].
A creation from the dark ages - [Tiao Tiao Cauldron]!
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In the laboratory on the ground, Linfred was still staring out the window blankly. He had no idea how to explain the scene that just happened in front of him.
But Regulus, who was out of memory, suddenly came back to his senses. He asked anxiously: "Do you still remember what the potion in the crucible is? That may be the key to dealing with Baiget when we get out!"
Under Regulus' gaze, several people shook their heads with ugly expressions.
"I don't know." Sirius said in a deep voice: "We entered this memory period too late. We did not see the entire preparation process of the potion, and we do not know what the formula is."
Steve bit his finger and murmured: "Maybe... it's just because the potion doesn't matter? No matter what's in the jumping cauldron, the Boggart will turn into a Bagot?"
No one speaks.
Although they had roughly guessed that these memories of Linfred did not appear for no reason, they still did not understand the real purpose of Linfred's memories, and they did not know whether these memories were for Prepare to deal with Baiget.
This is mainly because there are too many things that they don't understand - these three memories from hundreds of years ago are enough to subvert their understanding of magic - especially the mysterious blood magic, which can be followed along the way. The blood curse continues to be passed on through the wizard's bloodline - that is, the blood curse...
At the end of this memory, everyone still failed to see how Linfred concealed this terrible secret.The scene ends with Linfred turning around. He holds the jumping cauldron in his arms and walks back into the dark secret passage.
Only this time, Linfred's lonely back gradually straightened up.
Then the scene in front of them shattered, and everyone came to the fourth memory.
It was daytime, it seemed just after noon.
The location was a laboratory on the ground. Linfred was standing in front of an old long table. He was slowly stirring the potion in the jumping cauldron.
Judging from his face, it seemed that several years had passed, but Linfred looked the best this time, better than before.
Two children of about the same size were lying on the long table, staring directly at Linfred's actions with four eyes.
"How long will it take?" the boy complained.
"It's almost ready." Linfred said with a smile. He put the potion in a cup, handed it to the boy, and then said another person's name.
"This will cure his chicken pox," Linfred said.
The boy carefully held the cup in his hand. He and the girl left the laboratory together and disappeared quickly.
"Slow down, Hadwin, and Iolanth." Linfred shouted.
James silently stared at the backs of the two children younger than himself. He also noticed someone busy in the medicine yard outside the window - it seemed to be Linfred's wife.
These people are his ancestors.
Now, it seems that Linfred no longer rejects helping the Muggle villagers.
Tiao Tiao Cao stayed peacefully on the hot flames - it always looked like this when no one needed help.
Linfred carefully cleaned the Tiaotiao pot, and the ingredient cabinet on the side was pushed open silently.
"Your changes are really huge."
The middle-aged Ignotus leaned against the door frame and said, with nostalgia in his eyes: "I thought you would decide to get married and have children later. And the nearby Muggle residents, for so many years , you have helped them a lot, but the number of complaints has become less and less."
"Perhaps this is what Headmaster Slytherin wants to tell me." Linfred raised his head and said, patting the jumping cauldron with his wrinkled palm: "With other people at Hogwarts, Before the breakup between the three founders, he was less hostile to Muggles, like his good friend Gryffindor."
Ignotus shook his head helplessly: "It would be great if it was true. It's a pity that we were not able to witness the reconciliation between the two deans - they died too early, which is really a pity. .”
As time goes by, the two seem to have become much closer.Linfred mellowed, and Ignotus no longer despised him.
After staring at his wife outside the window for a long time, Linfred said: "Let's go."
He picked up the jumping cauldron and walked into the secret passage with Ignotus. Everyone outside the memory quickly followed, and the ingredient cabinet was silently closed behind them again, as if nothing had happened.
Flames burned out of thin air on both sides of the dark secret passage, illuminating the inside.
As he gradually walked into the first section of the corridor, Karan saw Antioch pointing his wand at a pile of chains on the ground. He cast a spell, and the chains immediately rose into the sky and hung at an unknown height. On the ceiling, there is also a terrifying stone eye that has chased everyone hanging at the end.
"That's enough." Antioch clapped his hands and said, "The stone eyes, coupled with the Forbidden Demon Corridor, are enough to make any uninvited guest suffer a lot."
He still had the same proud and rough demeanor, and Linfred's face immediately changed. He nodded gratefully to Antioch.
Ignotus was unaware of Linfred's changes and had no intention of exposing him.It's just that he and Antioch didn't say anything, not even making eye contact - the conflict between the two seemed to be getting deeper and deeper.
After seeing this weird scene, James' eyes finally became a little strange - what is this?Ignotus and Linfred teamed up to scare Antioch?
Then the three people in the memory walked side by side towards the second section of the corridor - the Forbidden Demon Corridor, but it seemed that because Antioch was still there, Stone Eyes did not attack them.
"Blood magic?" Regulus, who was following the three of them, asked: "Stone Eyes didn't attack them. Could it be because of blood magic? Because of the blood in Antioch's body?"
"Then why did Stone Eyes attack Karan?" Steve asked, "Aren't you a descendant of Antioch?"
Several people have already recognized this fact. After all, Karan and Antioch look so much alike.
"I don't know why..." Karan shook his head and said. He looked down at the elder wand in his hand and did not continue.
After passing through the Forbidden Demonic Corridor, everyone inside and outside the memory finally arrived at the final secret passage laboratory. Cadmus had been waiting there early. Now he was pacing back and forth restlessly, as if he had long been gone. patient.
After seeing the three people appear, he immediately asked: "How's it going? How long do I have to wait? The group of lunatics from the Wizard's Council finally agreed to let us go to the Curtain Arch—"
His face is the oldest among the three brothers, and it seems that he has never gotten over Elsa's death.
"Soon, soon." Antioch interrupted, and he was finally willing to look at Ignotus.
"Let's get started." He said, with a hint of madness and excitement in his eyes.
Ignotus did not hide the disgust on his face, and he hated his brother even more for his desperate pursuit of power.
Linfred placed the jumping cauldron on the Gubrian fire between the two of them. At the same time, Ignotus also frowned and reached out to take the silver knife that Antioch had prepared. He made a severe scratch on his palm, and then let the blood drip into the jumping cauldron.
Linfred, who was standing opposite him, made the same move, and two streams of blood slowly flowed down along the lines of his hands.
Then the two of them tightened their wands with their intact hands.
"The blood of our fathers fights against the curse of the dark ages." Ignotus said.
"The blood of future generations will continue to contain protection in the blood." Linfred continued.
The two chanted obscure spells at the same time. Karan stared at the scene closely, trying to memorize the spell, but he found that he could not hear what the two were chanting, and even the scene in front of him began to become blurry. stand up.
Steve and Regulus both looked at Kahlan. They were used to asking Kahlan about the puzzles in his memory.
Karan frowned and explained: "The memory has been tampered with. Linfred intentionally did not let this memory be fully displayed."
What could be the reason?
Just when Karan was puzzled, he suddenly discovered that there was an inexplicable figure in the inexplicable scene in front of him - this strange figure happened to be standing between Ignotus and Linfred, floating in the air. On top of the crucible.
The opponent's slender arms are slowly raising to both sides, and the spike-like fingers are slightly curled up, about to come into contact with the two of them!
"Hurry up!" Antioch suddenly shouted: "Don't let those ghosts of the Dark Ages affect you!"
He and Cadmus also saw this strange figure. They both raised their wands in a defensive posture, but they didn't know where to start. They could only watch the figure's arms rising higher and higher. The higher!
What the hell is this?
Everyone outside the memory was frightened and took several steps back. Steve and Regulus hid behind Dougal, tears appeared in Kreacher's eyes, and James and Sirius slowly widened their eyes.
"Is it because of it? Because of this inexplicable ghost thing?"
Karan's expression was extremely solemn. He didn't know what to call this ghost, and he couldn't see his face clearly. He could only vaguely see a mist-like whirlpool.
But in the next second, Karan immediately thought of what happened in the secret room when the werewolf attacked - he had cast a humanoid restoration spell on the werewolf Professor Kettleburn, and it was at that time that he felt something The figure stood in front of him, and the other party also wanted to touch him!
"These two figures...are both from the Dark Ages?! How is this possible?! How did they appear again?!"
Karan finally figured out why the memory would become blurred - if the strange figure in front of him really came from the dark ages and reappeared, even if it was just in memory, it would be difficult for everyone not to be noticed by each other.
This is unknown and terrifying magic, and Linfred is actually protecting them!Protect those who have access to memories!
At this moment, what Linfred and Ignotus are casting seems to be some kind of ancient magic - the spell is really long!Fortunately, the two of them had already made preparations. With the arms of the strange figure raised higher and higher, Ignotus suddenly took out something from his pocket - a pile of cloth like flowing water was placed in his hand - this It's an invisibility cloak!
Karan recognized it right away!
Then Ignotus hurriedly threw the invisibility cloak to the feet of the strange figure, and fell into the boiling blood of the jumping cauldron.In the blink of an eye, all the blood melted into the invisibility cloak, and nothing strange could be seen at all.And the strange figure finally disappeared, blown away by the breeze that came from nowhere, like quicksand.
Ignotus and Linfred fell to the ground sweating profusely. They didn't even have the strength to stand up.
"It's over..." Linfred said with relief.
Cadmus was still watching this scene blankly, but Antioch had already ignored the two people who were slumped on the ground. He hurriedly took out the invisibility cloak from the jumping cauldron, spread it out and inspected it carefully. He didn't care at all that his palms were turning red from the heat.
"Perfect creation."
The madness in his eyes became even more intense: "What a perfect creation! An unprecedented alchemical item! This is blood magic! Blood magic of the Dark Ages!"
"This is...the Deathly Hallows!"
James was stunned. He couldn't help but look at his pocket - the invisibility cloak was in there.
He has gradually realized that Antioch's perfect creation is the invisibility cloak that the Potter family continues to inherit.
"Dark Ages, Dark Ages..." After naming the Invisibility Cloak as the Deathly Hallows, Antioch murmured in a low voice, and he gradually moved his gaze towards Ignotus.
Ignotus was also staring at him silently, his eyes full of fear and disgust.
"It's such a desirable era. Blood magic is indeed the right path..." Antioch hissed, as if he was admonishing or talking to himself.
The eyes of the two were crazy and calm, and the tension continued to spread. Even Cadmus couldn't help but hold his breath.
"Give it to you."
Antioch said suddenly. He seemed to have no regrets about the Deathly Hallows in his hands. He threw it directly into the arms of the pale Linfred, who grabbed him tightly.
"How can the blood of future generations be more powerful than the blood of enemies?"
"This Deathly Hallows is just an ordinary invisibility cloak to me."
After saying these two words that made Ignotus frown again, Antioch chuckled at him.
"You know where to find me."
Then he waved the wand in his hand, turning it into a rising black mist, and the phantom disappeared.
There was silence in the laboratory for a moment. Cadmus suppressed the impatience in his heart and whispered: "Ignotus, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that Elsa-"
"I know."
Ignotus sighed helplessly: "I understand, too, and I will help you, Cadmus."
He had long since given up admonishing his despairing brother, and gradually got used to the alienation between the brothers.
Ignotus stood up with difficulty, and looked down at Linfred, who was still holding on to the Deathly Hallows Invisibility Cloak.
"You know what to do next."
He said: "I will leave the invisibility cloak with you for now, and I will take it away when I come back...if I can still come back alive."
Karan watched this scene silently - the development of things was somewhat beyond his imagination. At this time, the two of them did not seem to have thought that the two families would merge together and eventually become the Potter family.
The three brothers seemed to have been prepared to die in advance before going to the Wizards' Council.
"Let's go."
Ignotus said that he no longer had the strength to disapparate, so he could only let Cadmus help him walk out the door.
"I thought you said you wanted to return the parchment?" he asked.
Cadmus nodded slightly: "I came up with this idea after knowing that Dean Slytherin was trying to protect Elsa. At least I can't let his inheritance be cut off. I will return to Hogwart in a while. "Come on, hide the parchment in the secret room - this is the secret Elsa told me before she was alive. Then we will go to the Wizards' Council together."
"Are you sure?" Ignotus asked, "Will the principal let you wander around the school?"
"Do not worry."
Cadmus seemed to have planned everything.
"[Beedle] Principal will not embarrass me."
The voices of the two gradually faded away, but everyone outside the memory heard Cadmus's last words clearly.
"Beedle?" Steve's eyes widened: "Beedle? The Beedle from "The Tales of Beedle the Bard"?!"
Regulus was even more surprised than Steve: "He actually served as the principal of Hogwarts?!"
Karan lowered his head and added: "From a time perspective, it is very likely that he will be the first principal after the founders died..."
The story of the three brothers...is this how it was written?
At this time, Linfred, who had been slumped in memory for a long time, also stood up. He firmly grasped the invisibility cloak in his hand, as if it was the most precious treasure in the world.
"It's finally over..."
He couldn't help but sob softly, and then slowly put the invisibility cloak on himself.
The invisibility cloak with blood magic covered Linfred's figure, which also blocked the connection between him and the jumping cauldron.The footprints approached the door hesitantly and tentatively.Every time Linfred took a step, he would look back at the jumping cauldron.
Finally, the footsteps stopped outside the door, and the door was gently closed, saying a silent goodbye.
Everyone looked at the jumping cauldron, but it remained motionless.
The curse is lifted.
"That's why I'm going to change Hadwin's last name to Potter."
The sudden words startled everyone. Linfred, who had just left, appeared again in the laboratory in the secret passage at some point. He was selecting materials in front of the ingredient cabinet, and then walked to the jumping room that had tortured him for many years. Before jumping into the pot, sprinkle the ingredients into it.
"Idlers."
He slowly raised his head, his eyes fell on the shocked James, and he said in a gentle tone.
"This is my blessing to all of you."
"child."