The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 263 Luo Zhen Talks about Horcruxes (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
After Luo Zhen and the others left, Ryan quickly got up and packed up. Ten minutes later, he was already sitting at the dining table.

He was really hungry because he hadn't eaten for three days. After a full meal, Ryan began to talk to Teacher Luo Zhen about the details of making the doll that day. But before chatting, Luo Zhen called out the doll hidden behind him.

"Didn't you keep asking your brother why he didn't wake up a few days ago? You were so concerned about him then, why are you shy now?"

After saying this, the little doll came out from behind Luo Zhen, and then gave Ryan a very ladylike skirt-lifting salute and said, "Rose Crystal greets Brother."

"Rose crystal?" Ryan asked in confusion.

"Yes, a child must have a name when he is born. Since you are in a coma, we have to name him. This is the name Alice first thought of." Luo Zhen responded. "Don't you think it's bad?"

"I think it's very good." Ryan thought about the name Xiao Zi, which was the first name he thought of when he saw the doll, and felt that it was not something that a person like him who was not good at naming could do, so it would be better to use the name given by Alice. Although Ryan felt the power of the world's will from this name.

Of course, what made Ryan breathe a sigh of relief was that the doll called him brother instead of dad. After all, being a single father is really a very hard role. He is not married like Luo Zhen, and is not ready to raise a daughter alone.

After feeling Ryan's genuine love, the doll called Rose Crystal walked over and sat on his shoulder, then held Ryan's head and listened quietly to the conversation between the two.

"By the way, I have something important to tell you. Each person can only make seven of these dolls at most, because our souls can be split up to seven times when making dolls. If they continue to split, all the dolls will lose their sanity." Luo Zhen warned Ryan with a serious face.

"Seven times?" Ryan suddenly remembered something very important. "Why does this sound so much like Voldemort's Horcruxes?" Because in the original text, if Harry is included, Voldemort made a total of seven Horcruxes and split his soul seven times. Although Ryan has not read the work of Rose Maiden, he also knows that Luo Zhen made seven dolls in the end. What do these two things have in common? Is it just a coincidence?

"Horcrux, what is that?" Luo Zhen asked curiously, because he had never heard of it before. After Ryan gave a brief explanation, Luo Zhen thought for a while before speaking. "I think I know what it is. It is very similar to a magic that originated from ancient Egypt. You know mummies, right?"

Ryan nodded. Mummies are important supporting roles or even protagonists in a large number of literary and film works. He naturally knew about such a famous thing.

"In fact, mummies originated from a method of escaping death. At that time, someone invented a method of cutting off a small piece of their own soul to make a life box and keeping it in a safe place, so that they could be reborn when their lives were in danger. The Horcrux you mentioned is very similar to this life box." Teacher Luo Zhen explained.

"In the magical explanation, the method of removing the stomach, intestines, liver, and lungs in separate jars while leaving the heart is actually a metaphor for cutting off a part of your soul when making a phylactery, but remembering that the soul in your body is the most important, and never putting the cart before the horse. However, as time went by, ordinary people who could not master magic also got this method, but they just followed the literal meaning, and as a result, this method became world-famous as a method of preserving corpses."

"If the cultural backgrounds of our two worlds are not much different, the Voldemort you mentioned making Horcruxes is actually splitting souls to make phylacteries." "But what about Voldemort saying that making Horcruxes can keep him away from death?" Ryan asked further, because there is no book about Horcruxes in Hogwarts. So since Mr. Luo Zhen mentioned something similar, he wanted to ask clearly, so as to understand what Horcruxes are from the side.

"It's very simple. On the one hand, with a phylactery, it is very difficult to die no matter how fatal the injury is. On the other hand, each phylactery will provide the owner with a lifespan equal to the original body's lifespan. If the person you are talking about made seven Horcruxes, it means that he has eight times the normal lifespan. You know, even for a person who has mastered extraordinary powers, living for nearly 1000 years is a very long time. Of course, this is the conclusion I came to in my world, but based on my observation of you, your world should be similar. However, if you can get a sample of a Horcrux, I can conduct a detailed analysis."

Luo Zhen continued after analyzing Voldemort's Horcruxes. "But just like the rules of the world, no matter how powerful a transcendent is, he can only split his soul seven times at most. According to the records of those who made the phylactery, once this number is exceeded, a person's self-consciousness will disappear. Even if the soul still exists at this time, he will no longer be himself at that time."

Having said this, Luo Zhen paused and warned.

"Not only that, when we make dolls, separating the soul is just like cutting nails and hair. This can be restored. Even if it happens too many times, it will only affect our creations, not ourselves." Hearing this, Ryan felt that Rose Crystal's strength in holding his head suddenly increased a little. However, Luo Zhen did not notice this scene and continued to speak.

"But if you want to save your life by cutting off your soul, on the one hand, it is much more dangerous and complicated than our method of making puppets. On the other hand, it requires cutting off the main body of your soul, which is equivalent to amputation surgery for ordinary people. It will also cause some irreversible problems to the damaged soul. Most importantly, the longevity brought by this method is actually achieved by consuming the power of the soul itself. It will cause their soul to disappear completely. And the disappearance of the soul is actually extremely dangerous and terrible for extraordinary people, even worse than death itself."

"But I'm not completely sure what the Horcruxes in your world are unless you can let me see a sample." At this point Luo Zhen looked at Ryan with a thirsty look.

"I think I know where a Horcrux is. I can get it for you when I have time." He said to Teacher Luo Zhen.

"Don't worry, I'm just researching. I will never use such stupid methods that harm the soul. After all, those who have reached the top of alchemy can naturally gain eternal life." Luo Zhen solemnly promised after hearing Ryan's answer.

Ryan remembered what Dumbledore said in the original text: "Death is nothing but a great adventure." It seems that the consequences of the damage to the soul caused by the Horcrux are far more serious than he imagined. After all, even Mr. Luo Zhen, an alchemist who can touch the origin of the world, and a great professor like Headmaster Dumbledore have pointed out the importance of the soul, so there must be something wrong with wantonly cutting the soul.

"Okay, that's what I want to tell you. You must pay attention to the importance of the soul in your future life." After saying that, Luo Zhen stood up, and when he walked to the door, he turned around and said, "In order to celebrate the joining of the new members, I decided to hold a party for Rose Crystal tonight."

"Thank you, teacher!" At this time Ryan also stood up and respectfully saw Luo Zhen off.

Everyone had a great time that night. Three days later, when Ryan felt that the wound on his soul had been completely healed, he said goodbye to Teacher Luo Zhen and his daughters and returned to the Wanjie Grocery Store with the rose crystal.

(End of this chapter)