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Chapter 1088: Special Horcrux
🕑 Added 2024-04-21 06:23:31 +0000 UTC"Is it the magic left by Salazar Slytherin?"
An idea flashed in Evan’s mind, and clues appeared quickly.
Undoubtedly, Salazar Slytherin had once possessed the ring and the Resurrection Stone.
He was also very proficient in the method of making Horcruxes, a magic created by Herpo the Foul.
Considering Slytherin's experience, it could be said that no one in the world understood this magic better than Herpo himself.
Because of Evan, Salazar Slytherin already knew about Voldemort's existence.
At the same time, he also learned about his descendants, the possibility that the last of them might eventually become an evil Dark Wizard and create Horcruxes.
When these factors came together, things were no longer that simple.
With Slytherin's personality, it was hard to imagine that he would do nothing and leave it all to Evan and Dumbledore.
Just like the other three Founders, he left a secret treasure to Evan.
Especially since Evan was not a pure-blood, this was what he disliked the most...
Slytherin might have anticipated that Voldemort would find the ring, so he used the properties of the Resurrection Stone to leave a magic in it to split Riddle's soul, to help him make a special Horcrux...
This idea suddenly appeared in Evan’s mind. The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, but it was also a bit unbelievable.
The biggest issue here was the difficulty of doing this. For a normal wizard, this was just like a fantasy and impossible to do.
But considering Salazar Slytherin's abilities, this was hardly a problem.
For him, there was no such thing as impossible; the key was whether he wanted to do it!
Although there was no direct evidence, Evan could be sure that Slytherin would not miss such an opportunity.
Following this line of thought, he could assume that this magic was left by him. He used the properties of the ring, Resurrection Stone and Horcrux to split the soul of Riddle or, more accurately, the descendant who met the various conditions he left behind, to help this descendant make a Horcrux.
This was very likely. The question now was; what was his purpose in doing so?
Slytherin couldn't simply be helping his own descendant create Horcruxes to make him more corrupt and evil; he must have had his own agenda.
In other words, the Horcrux before him, made by fifteen-year-old Tom Riddle, was unusual.
Evan couldn't tell what was so unusual about this guy. In his eyes, Riddle was a young man with a bad personality, and very dangerous. He was good at disguising and seducing others. He was no different from the one he had come into contact with in the diary.
Maybe the only difference was that he was not that evil yet, because he hadn't killed anyone... perhaps, he didn't do it not because he didn't want to do it, but because he didn't have the chance.
Before killing his father with his own hands, he had already been split.
In a sense, Salazar Slytherin did indeed save him.
Before fate took its course, did Slytherin's intention involve saving his own descendant?
After a brief silence, Dumbledore asked calmly, "Tom, what happened after you became a Horcrux?"
Evan had just thought about all this; he didn't know if he had considered it or if there were thoughts closer to the truth.
"You already know that, don't you?" said Riddle, with a smile on his face again. "After I split off, he woke up again, and then according to the plan, he killed that man with the wand without hesitation, putting the blame on..."
"No, I mean his thoughts at the time, what was he thinking?" said Dumbledore.
"Thoughts?!" Riddle paused, his eyes widening slightly, as if Dumbledore's question was strange.
"Yes, was it pain, sorrow, or excitement?"
"I don't know," said Riddle honestly. "I don't know what he was thinking."
"As far as I know, there is a connection between the Horcrux and the main soul," said Dumbledore. "You can definitely feel his emotions."
"I have never felt that way," said Riddle, a look of recollection on his face, and he shook his head slightly. "There is nothing to hide. I wish I could sever my relationship with him now so that you can let me go. In short, after splitting from the main soul, I never felt his emotions or thoughts again. You could say that although we're the same person, we have two completely independent souls; I have nothing to do with him in this regard, which is also what makes me different from other Horcruxes. There must be something wrong with the magic of Death; it is not the normal way to make a Horcrux..."
Evan frowned, this was indeed strange, and it was one of the unusual things about this guy.
According to his research on Horcruxes, the soul fragments in Horcruxes were split from the main soul, possessed all the memories, emotions, and thoughts of the main soul, acted according to a specific trajectory, and were connected to the main soul. They could feel each other.
Because of this, Harry could use the soul fragment in his head to know what Voldemort was thinking.
Because Voldemort had split his soul too many times, his main soul had become extremely chaotic. Unless under certain circumstances, he no longer had the ability to contact other Horcruxes. However, as the number of Horcruxes decreased, he would find out sooner or later.
It could be said that both the main soul and the soul fragments were the same entity, with only a distinction between main and subordinate.
But the Riddle in front of him and Voldemort were completely different entities, which was very abnormal.
Without this connection, would he still be a Horcrux?!
The only way to verify this was to eliminate all Horcruxes and Voldemort except him.
If he still existed by then, it would really prove that he was completely independent from the main soul and had nothing to do with Voldemort.
It was too difficult, dangerous and uncertain to do this. From Evan's perspective, it might be better to just eliminate him directly.
It would stick to the original plan of defeating Voldemort without such unexpected complications.
He looked at Dumbledore, who was looking attentive, and sighed.
It was certain that the headmaster decided not to do so.
As long as there was a one in ten thousand chance, he would try to save this Tom Riddle and find out the truth.
Of course, this would be while everything was still under control. If things were out of control, he would definitely destroy the Horcrux right away without hesitation.
"It's strange. What were your thoughts at the time …" Dumbledore continued, "after meeting your mother, and when you saw him killing your father with your own eyes?"
"No special thoughts, I was eager to do it, that man brought it upon himself.”
"Very well!" Dumbledore seemed to have gotten the answer he wanted and did not continue to ask.
He nodded slowly, as if thinking about something.
