Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"It hurts, Zoe. The pain is about to split, save me." Dumbledore staggered towards her. With every step he took, his body shattered and the fragments came from the old man's body. The surface peeled off and was scattered in the blood on the ground.

Not to mention stopping such a strange scene, Zoe lost even the idea of ​​running away.She trembled and watched Dumbledore in front of her gradually collapse, leaving only deep darkness in the stripped hole.

In the end, what stood in front of her had completely lost its human nature, and became a twisted shadow that simply maintained a human form."You killed the one you love, for the greater good." The black mist wrapped around the girl's neck, like two arms waiting for an opportunity, but Zoe had no time to take care of it, she just stared blankly Focus on the darkness in front of me.

"You are a selfish child, just as ruthless as your mother. Do you feel satisfied, take the lives of others, dominate the fate of others, do you always want to do this? You are Max’s doll, this It’s your nature."

The black mist condensed into a solid squeezed Zoe's neck fiercely, making her unable to breathe."Nothing can change a person's nature, you are a murderer, you can only die."

Yes, that's it.Zoe thought in a daze, she let go of her hand holding Hei Mist, I should...

"Zoe!" Snape grabbed Zoe's robe and chanted a spell in a low voice. A gentle light flooded into her body. "You're sober!" He stared at the dazed girl.

Zoe looked away from Snape's face blankly, her palms were wet, but not blood as expected, and there was only dust on the floor.Tears blurred her vision, and she could still see Dumbledore's figure lying in the chair faintly, but couldn't see the facial features covered by tears, nor the expression on his face.

She could no longer maintain a standing posture. She sat down on the ground without strength. The wand of life as a wizard was thrown aside casually. Zoe buried her face in her knees, and the sobbing bass reverberated in the principal's room. Snape Seeing how fragile she was, she didn't care at all.

"I can't do it... can't do it..."

"You have to do it. This is something that only you can do." Snape clenched his fists. He somewhat expected a similar situation. Even if he had the means to subvert death, he could not restrain the crime of killing his loved ones. Feeling that such a crime is unbearable even for the strongest adult, let alone she is just a child.

"Don't forget that you made the decision yourself, you decided to embark on this path. It's too late to quit now, you can only keep going." Snape gripped her shoulder firmly. , Forcing Zoe to look at him, "Don’t forget, this was originally part of the plan. The next steps we have to take are the focus. Now is the best time to witness the hope you bring." He glanced at it. Zoe's smooth arms, the marks of magic are no longer visible.

"What if the ceremony fails?! If the key to the whole plan went wrong, or I understood it wrong from the beginning, what should I do if he can't come back?!" Zoe pinched her arm uncomfortably, although she was in the front Time has conducted many successful experiments in the Forbidden Forest, and he has indeed mastered the skills, but watching Dumbledore die in his hands, only the fear of failure remains in Zoe's heart.

"Then you will be guilty of killing Dumbledore and continue walking with scars." Snape said coldly. "If the chips you brought were not too attractive, you think I would agree with it. This kind of chaotic plan? But since you decide to fight, I will no longer treat you with the attitude of treating children. Even if you are very confused now, you must calm down and then complete your mission. Even if you want to give up on yourself , And you have to wait for all of this to be done... Or is your so-called enlightenment such a fragile thing?" The corner of Snape's mouth curled up with contempt.

Zoe almost bit her lip and bleeds. For the first time, she turned her hateful eyes on her teacher: "You are really a man without blood and tears, Professor Snape. You certainly don't understand the pain of losing a loved one. Well, I sometimes even think, you really know how to love—"

"That's it." Snape's cold voice didn't have a trace of emotion. "I admit your sacrifice and tolerate your gaffe, so I will give you one chance, the only one, but I will say it from your mouth next time. If you insult me, I will treat you as an enemy."

"I feel that only I have tasted the taste of loss? But this is war. Some people will sacrifice and die humble. I never believe in your mother, but I believe in my students and believe that you can change the future in your hands. I believe that your existence can save more people, so I will fight with you...so I ask you one last time, do you decide to fight or give up?"

Snape turned around and carefully used magic to float Dumbledore's body.He stared impatiently at the old man who was sleeping peacefully. Although he didn't want to desecrate the corpse, he really wanted to shatter Dumbledore's broken nose.

From behind, there was a soft sound of cloth rubbing and the sound of chanting spells. The blood on Zoe's face had not yet recovered, and the look of breathlessness looked pitiful.She was waving her wand, and another Dumbledore corpse soon appeared on the floor, staring hollowly at the ceiling. Although Zoe did not dare to look at it, he did not stop chanting the spell.

Snape also kept silent about the conflict just now, and helped her put the fakes behind her desk."That's all right?" He let it play with the doll's posture to make it look more natural.

"This is one of the techniques handed down from Grandpa. It is enough. Unless they destroy its body, do you think someone will do it?" Zoe's tone was not friendly, and her anger at Snape was not yet calm.

Snape snorted and took out a roll of parchment from his arms. In order not to make a mistake, Dumbledore borrowed the map of the point of life from Harry."I solemnly swear that I didn't do a good job." Snape's expression looked like he had eaten a lot of earwax-flavored peas, especially the names he hated popped up from the parchment.

"Let's go." He reminded, looking at the small dots on the map, planning the most suitable path.

"Fox, goodbye." Zoe said softly.She knew that after Dumbledore's death, Fox had no reason to stay.

The phoenix screamed lowly on the perching branch. It did not show hostility to Zoe, but lowered its head slightly, as if saying goodbye. Then it opened its flame-like wings and flew away from the principal’s room, across the deep night. I will never see it again soon.

Chapter 57 Reversal Ceremony (Part 2)

With the help of the live map, the two left Hogwarts quietly.In the middle of the night, the village of Hogsmeade couldn't even hear a little movement, the moon was hidden in the clouds, and the outline of the house was looming in the night.Walking through the winding alleys, it is reasonable to say that it is impossible for anyone to notice the two people's tracks, but for safety, they not only tightly hid their faces with cloaks and hoods, but also maintained the phantom spell.

The old decoration of the Pig's Head bar seemed even more dilapidated at night, and Zoe stepped forward and opened the door carefully."What's the matter? You are much later than the scheduled time." Aberforth walked out from behind the counter with the oil lamp. "And why not walk down that secret road? Don't do anything worrying. thing!"

"It's my fault, Mr. Aberforth, I was a little stunned before..." Zoe lowered his head apologetically, Aberforth didn't see a flash of her face when she heard the secret passage The blushing, "The House on Demand cannot be used now. Someone occupied it in advance."

"Huh, plans are always unsatisfactory, are they?" Aberforth said, patted Zoe on the shoulder, glanced at Dumbledore who was floating in the air after being released from invisibility, and turned to Go upstairs, "Let's go, I will take you upstairs."

They followed the crunchy wooden stairs to the hotel on the second floor.The largest room is ready for the ceremony, the floor is as clean as new, there is no dust at all, the cobwebs in the corners are also cleaned by Aberforth, and more than that, all the furniture in the room has been moved to other places.

But as long as outsiders enter this tidy room, they will still stand in place with their mouths open.On the ceremonial array that Zoe had painstakingly drawn, the halo of runes and magic circulated shallowly, although weak, it was enough to replace the light source.

The magic circle depicts complicated patterns that are not well known. This is a secret that has not been passed down by books.Probably only fragmentary and ancient rumors and crimes that have been buried in family history and have been gradually forgotten are left to prove its truth.

Snape placed Dumbledore's body in the center of the circle."I'll guard the gate for you." Aberforth disappeared behind the door.

"I'll leave it to you." Snape said softly, leaning against the corner.

At this point, Zoe has gradually recovered his composure from the panic. Instead of worrying about the possible ending, it is better to try his best to do what is in front of him. This is better than regret caused by mistakes.

"Just now... it was just an illusion." Zoe sighed.Anyone who saw the look on Dumbledore's face would not think that he died with hatred.

Zoe waved his magic wand, as if responding to her, the dim array on the ground began to glow rapidly, as if a life with wisdom, the runes in the circle floated and rotated around the edge of the space, Zoe Her robes slapped her ankle, perhaps as a result of the surroundings being too bright, and her body began to glow.

She aimed her wand at Dumbledore in the center of the circle.

Good weight.

Just lifting it, the hand has begun to tremble uncontrollably, when the imaginary scene has truly become a reality, only the fear of the unknown remains.

These are all hallucinations, she told herself.

Do not be afraid……

"Avada...return to soul!"

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"It's impossible..." Zoe paced irritably around the roots of the giant tree. "Whether you are called a genius or a lunatic... That is the most mysterious of the Unforgivable Curse, and you are by no means the first to try Study it! Why do you prove that your results are not accidental and will not go wrong?"

"It's really hard-headed, you have seen everything, but you just want to understand and pretend to be confused?" Max laughed at her, "I want to ask you, why would you take it for granted that the Avada Spell cannot be like other spells? Can’t we have another possibility if we are improved? It’s just the mutual comfort of some idiots who stopped thinking...having doubts about what they see, because everything is imperfect, this is the right attitude ."

"I didn't come to you to argue about this kind of thing." Zoe stopped. "What I want is evidence to prove it."

"The evidence has already been shown, you just can't believe it." Max said, "But since I am defeated by you, I can't resist your instructions... If you think about it, there are obviously thousands of people killed. This way, why do we have to create a spell specifically to take away the lives of others?"

"If you change the direction of thinking, is the original intention of the Avada Mantra created just to kill people conveniently?" When it comes to this matter, Max seems to get excited, "Or, killing is just It is a by-product of the spell, but the real purpose has been forgotten, so later people just treat it as a death spell?"

Zoe opened her mouth, and she found that she couldn't refute it at all. Max was using words to restore her suspicion in her memory.

"I've been thinking about the killing principle of the Avadaso Curse. Unlike many killing methods, it does not leave scars on the human body, whether it is external or internal injuries. I have dissected many corpses that were killed by the curse, if you say The soul curse manipulates others by casting strong hints and hypnosis, while the heart-boring curse is to inflict pain on the spirit for a long time, and eventually cause the mind and the body to be destroyed and blown together... Then it can quickly and quietly take away life , But did not cause any harm, there is something that can cause similar results, you remember."

"You mean..." Zoe opened his eyes wide, "but... the dementor kiss doesn't..."

"So this is just my guess, but I have basically assumed that it is the truth... The wizard who created the Avada Spell, probably only got it the moment he saw a certain dementor take the soul of someone else. Inspiration, the giant sickle like a god of death fell silently, stealing the soul lodged in the body quietly, but unlike the dementors, the end of these people who have their souls taken away by the death curse is death."

"The next question is, when a wizard works so hard to create a spell that can take away the soul, is it just to make the dead go more dignified?" Max watched Zoe's twisted face with interest.

"...On the contrary, it can only be used for selfish interests, to blaspheme the souls of those innocents, and to achieve crazy delusions." Zoe said to himself.

"So he will definitely create another method, a spell or a ritual that can liberate the soul from the bondage. This is the truth of the Avadaso Mantra. After all, it is just a tool for research. "

"But there is one thing I did lie... When I had the conjecture just now, I thought of the same thing as you... Crazy, ruthless, paranoid, and abnormal. When it comes to such a wizard, the first thing you see What kind of image has emerged?"

No need for Zoe's answer, Max chuckled."Yes, apart from the surname we all carry, I can't find anyone more suspicious than it. The facts have also proved that my conjecture is correct. My research results on the Summing Curse are just inherited. One’s path should not be regarded as something one has gained."

All that is left is endless silence."It's all here, do you want to deny all this?" Max asked calmly.