Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Horace did not come empty-handed, he brought many gifts to Bourne.

Before coming to Hogwarts, the old wizard asked the house elf Momo to take a VIP membership card and make a special trip to Honeydukes to spend a lot of money.

However, thanks to his "goods", all the little wizards who stayed in Madam Pomfrey's infirmary yesterday, as well as Neville and Seamus, each received a candy gift package.

Even Mr. (Ms.) Granger, who is a dentist, happily accepted a gift box from Honeydukes, which contained several classic magics including Ice Mouse, Pepper Naughty, and Honey Honey Candy. candy.

After about half an hour, it was confirmed that the little wizards were in good health. At the urging of Madam Pomfrey, the parents of the students who came to visit the patients were also "gifted" out of the medical room.

Professor McGonagall invited them to have tea in his office, but Horace went to the eighth floor of the castle alone.

It was estimated that Grandpa Horace would have to have a "long talk" with Principal Dumbledore. Feeling that he was clumsy and tongue-tied and unable to help, little Bourne slipped away to the library. Firstly to fulfill my duties as a librarian's assistant, and secondly to find some books to read.

He now had a new doubt.

Today is Sunday, and there were some disturbances yesterday, so there are only a few students borrowing and reading books in the library.

Mrs. Pince simply left all the work to Bourne, and she took a book on the appreciation of magic portraits and sat on a seat near the window of the library to read to herself.

It didn't take long for Bourne to finish the work at hand and walked to the Mirror of Erised with that doubt in his mind.

He recalled the scene he saw in the cave last night: the holy light ignited the monster's suitcase, burning all the magic books and magic notes she carried with her, and then a group of skeletons emerged from the ashes. A head-like black mist; and when this black mist rushed toward him, it hit the barrier formed by light and melted into something else...

"It was because I absorbed this kind of thing that the form of Magus Astartes changed into Primaris. I can understand this result, but what is that skull-shaped black mist? It melts and turns into What?"

As Bourne thought, the dark surface of the Mirror of Erised began to ripple like water waves, and then formed a constantly rotating vortex.

A book appears in the mirror.

"The Secret of Cutting-Edge Black Magic"

When he saw the title of the book, Bourne couldn't help but scratch his head, because just by looking at the title, he knew that the book must be kept in the restricted area.

If you want to borrow books from the restricted section of the Hogwarts library through normal means, you will not be able to get a note approved by the professor alone. You must also obtain Mrs. Pince's consent when borrowing books.

And just when he started to think about what he should do, the "purity mark" that he had attached to the frame of the mirror (which he had never taken off) suddenly flickered, and the vortex on the mirror surface also rotated faster.

Immediately afterwards, the book "Advanced Black Magic Revealed" was thrown out of the whirlpool of the mirror, and landed just in time in Bourne's outstretched palm.

"Praise the Emperor!"

And with this prayer in his heart, the pages of the book started to turn on their own, and he turned directly to the page where the "Horcrux" was recorded.

"Horcrux?"

Naturally, Bourne immediately thought of Voldemort and Professor Quirrell, but the explanations in this book allowed him to learn more about Horcruxes.

Horcrux is an object created by dark wizards to store soul fragments in order to make themselves immortal.

In order to create Horcruxes, wizards must murder innocent people of their own kind - and this is one of the most evil acts committed by mankind.

The process of making a Horcrux requires a total of more than a hundred different spells, and the making process needs to be carried out immediately after the murder.

Therefore, even if an average dark wizard has this idea, he does not have such ability.

Because Horcruxes are very precious to their makers, they must take some protective measures to protect their Horcruxes.

From the most common spell-breaking spells and curses, to choosing special and difficult-to-break Horcrux materials (to prevent Horcruxes from being stolen or damaged), some dark wizards in history have made many different attempts.

The reason why the method they tried is known to others is because in the history of wizards, once a wizard who dares to make a Horcrux is discovered, almost all knowledgeable people in the magic world (even the not so kind ones) will immediately ) will become their enemies.

The most powerful wizards will quickly unite to find the dark wizard and the Horcruxes he created and completely destroy them together. The most common method of destroying Horcruxes is to use the Fire Curse.

The unnamed author of "Advanced Black Magic Revealed" also suspected that the Fire Curse, a spell classified in the field of black magic, was probably invented to destroy Horcruxes.

As for why knowledgeable people in the magical world are so hostile to Horcruxes, the unnamed author put forward several speculations.

The most reasonable one and the one he admires the most is: Just like the Latin root of Horcrux "hor-" means "time, hour", the process of making Horcrux is essentially the dark wizard intercepting a small section of the long river of time. and save it.

In other words, Horcruxes made in this way are equivalent to an act of playing with time - those who play with time will be punished - those wise wizards are worried that the entire wizard community will be betrayed by the wizards who made Horcruxes. dragging them down, so they jointly encircled and suppressed them.

This does make sense. However, Bourne was actually more interested in another guess he also listed, or in other words, Bourne's intuition told him that that humble guess might be right.

The earliest known wizard to create Horcruxes was the famous dark wizard "Despicable Herbo" from the ancient Greek era. The latter also invented many kinds of black magic and cultivated many kinds of black magic creatures.

The despicable Herbo was an ancient Greek. If he or a wizard who lived earlier than him invented the Horcrux, then it would obviously be unreasonable to explain the word Horcrux in Latin.

Its name is more likely to come from an ancient Egyptian myth: There was a god in ancient Egypt who overthrew the rule of his uncle, unified Upper and Lower Egypt and somehow resurrected his father god. This way was taught to mankind.

This is one of the speculations about the origin of Horcruxes.

In the world of Harry Potter, wizards do not believe in gods. Wizards generally believe that gods are actually magic controllers who lived in ancient wizards or older races. Muggles don't know magic, so they worship them as gods when they see that they can do things they can't.

The "ancient Egyptian god" taught humans how to resurrect from death. In the eyes of wizards, there is a high probability that he is hiding his own little one. After all, the magical knowledge that can resurrect the dead and make people immortal is undoubtedly very valuable, and no one will teach it to others for free.

Therefore, no matter whether the Horcrux is someone's conspiracy or a conspiracy, a knowledgeable wizard does not want his idea to come true.

I forgot to mention that the reason why Bourne is more inclined to the latter guess is actually somewhat subjective.

Because that god’s name is Horus.

"If we go by this guess," Byrne thought silently in his mind: "Those who make Horcruxes according to the evil methods taught by the god with the same name as the traitor are definitely some people who are traitors to the traitor, and they really deserve to die. "

Bourne may not have noticed that with the slight change in his mood, clusters of weak electric light flashed in his hair.

“The magic book that the monster (Madeline) obtained from unknown sources may be like the diary Voldemort made for himself, and it may also be a Horcrux left behind by a certain dark wizard in history.

After burning it, the remnant soul naturally ran out, only to hit the loyal energy barrier and be annihilated.

After the remnant soul melted, the dark wizard's soul was also broken into certain... basic particles of the soul, and then melted into my then Astartes Magus body through the energy barrier blessed by the Emperor.

And because the wizard's soul and body are consistent, after the soul absorbs some 'nutrients', the body in the form of Astartes Magus also needs to be 'upgraded', and this is where the following principle emerges. Casting changes. "

After understanding the knowledge related to Horcruxes, the inference made this time can be logically consistent. Bourne feels that he is right. Not only that, he also had some other ideas.

For example, since he has absorbed the soul power of an unknown remnant soul and his Astartes Magus has completed the Primaris Forge, if he can find more Horcruxes to purify them all, will it still be possible? Will there be other improvements?

Of course, the main purpose is purification.

Eradicate everything related to "Horus", even if the state church priest or the inquisitor of the Inquisition, who is always known for being critical (too much trouble), appears here, he will have to praise Bourne with all his heart (honestly) One sentence - "Loyalty!"

Horcruxes such as the vampire Madeline's magic book are almost rare to find, because the mainstream attitude towards Horcruxes is "total destruction" throughout the entire history of wizards.

But Bourne knew that there was a person who claimed that "I have gone further than all my predecessors on the road to eternal life." That guy divided his soul into seven soul fragments and made six Horcruxes for this purpose!

Moreover, that person's remnant soul is now in Hogwarts Castle, possessing Quirrell, the "annual disposable" Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

"Isn't this a coincidence, Mr. Voldemort?"

A sincere smile appeared on Bourne's face. For the first time, he felt that he and the Dark Lord were actually quite destined. The latter's coming to Hogwarts to cause trouble was not necessarily a bad thing. At least it made it easier for Bourne.

And just when the little wizard was reading with excitement in the library, a certain professor who had been forced to sleep on his stomach with his face buried in the pillow recently opened his eyes.