Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

"Moreover, finding a suitable incantation that matches one's own soul is actually an incredibly difficult thing..."

Dumbledore's expression grew increasingly serious, prompting Wizette to wonder, "Headmaster Dumbledore, could it be because of 1945...?"

Dumbledore waved his hand gently. "You should go back and rest, recharge your energy... See you at midnight."

Seeing that Dumbledore didn't want to say more, Vizet didn't press further.

It should even be said that Dumbledore's failure to give a direct answer to the question was, in effect, an answer given indirectly.

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After taking a sip of water infused with a soul-soothing agent, Vizet slept soundly and woke up refreshed before midnight.

As agreed with Dumbledore, he went down the moving staircase to the room where the obstacle had been set up and the Mirror of Erised had been placed.

Dumbledore was already waiting again. In the center of the room was a tall mirror, the ornately decorated Mirror of Erised.

Wizette stepped forward and greeted him, "Good evening, Headmaster Dumbledore!"

"Good evening!" Dumbledore nodded and said softly, "I've brought it here again to recreate the scene."

Vizete nodded and stood in front of the Mirror of Eris.

The image in the mirror was still divided into three parts. He remembered the situation from the previous school year. The image on the left was a pitch-black chaos, with flashing red light and the Black Magic Mark appearing at the same time.

The situation is different now. The left side of the screen is pure black, without the ashen red light, and the Black Magic Mark has changed into a "?" shaped python pattern.

The other two scenes are the same as last school year: a sea of ​​books in the middle and a pure white, warm, and flawless scene on the right.

Now that I have obtained the command, does it mean... I have passed Salazar Slytherin's test?

With that in mind, Wizette tried to recreate the scene from the previous school year.

He used his magical eye to look at the Mirror of Eris, staring at it for a full five seconds, but the Mirror of Eris did not change in the slightest.

“Let’s begin!” Dumbledore reminded him from the side, “Try to empty your mind…resonate with the ritual magic circle beneath your feet.”

The fact that the Mirror of Eris did not react indicates that Vizet has not yet truly completed the test.

Perhaps similar to the trials in the Mirror World, the Command is just one of the rewards. Only after truly defeating the Basilisk can one re-enter the Mirror World.

Vizette used the Guardian Meditation Technique, following Dumbledore's guidance, to try to resonate with the ritual magic circle.

After a while, Dumbledore asked, "No response?"

Vizette nodded. "I can vaguely feel something like a heartbeat, but it's extremely faint..."

“There’s a reaction, but not much?” Dumbledore guessed. “Perhaps because… it’s derived from the Dark Mark?”

Following Dumbledore's train of thought, Vizette continued, "Headmaster Dumbledore, so you shouldn't focus on yourself, but rather recall the Fallen Demon and add some memories related to him?"

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“You can try that.” As someone with experience, Dumbledore pondered for a moment before giving an affirmative answer to Vizet’s guess.

"Then let's adjust our mindset, still clearing our heads... try to recall the events of the end of last school year... recall our encounter with Voldemort..."

To make it more accurate and realistic, Vizette picked up her wand and used mental magic to recall memories from the end of the previous school year.

As these memories surfaced, the ritual magic circle on the ground suddenly lit up.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The pounding sound filled her ears, causing Vizette to instinctively press her hand to her chest—it was the sound of her heart beating.

The drumbeats spread, the light of the ritual magic circle spread, and his consciousness spread as well...

When he came to his senses, he found himself in Salazar Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

He seemed to be the secret room itself, able to perceive the entire secret room, and even the swirling dust and green mist within it;

And, a young man dressed in Hogwarts school uniform.

……

The young man's school uniform had a silver snake embroidered on the chest, indicating that he came from Slytherin House.

It could even be extended further, to Voldemort, who once studied at Hogwarts.

The young Voldemort had pale skin, deep-set features, and eyes and hair that were the same black color.

Compared to Voldemort at the end of last school year, the two are not even in the same league in terms of appearance;

The young Voldemort looked quite handsome, while the Voldemort of the previous school year... looked much more human.

A basilisk emerged from the corner of the secret chamber. Compared to the scabbard that Vizet had seen, it was clearly much larger, with a length of at least fifteen meters.

The young Voldemort remained unfazed, his eyes already closed, and hissed in Parseltongue, "Come! Make the pact! I'm ready!"

Vizet sensed that the moment the Parseltongue was uttered, a magical connection was established between the young Voldemort and the Basilisk.

The basilisk slithered and crawled, circling around the young Voldemort clockwise, eventually wrapping itself around him.

As the basilisk tightened its grip, young Voldemort's skin lost its whiteness and turned a bluish-purple color, similar to bruises.

Despite this, the basilisk persisted until blood began to seep from the young Voldemort's skin, at which point it finally stopped.

The basilisk flicked out its long tongue and licked the pearl-sized drops of blood.

Seemingly satisfied by the taste of blood, it suddenly opened its blood-red maw and bit the young Voldemort around the waist.

The basilisk's fangs were like recurved sabers, cutting through skin and flesh like hot knives slicing through butter, making a dull "plop plop" sound.

The young Voldemort had most of his body bitten, but he showed no sign of pain. Instead, he wore a triumphant smile, like a flame that had been lit, brilliant and manic.

His smile faded, replaced by an extremely cruel expression. He hissed in a Parsleyan voice, "Take it! All that's left of me!"

"Take it all! I don't want it anymore! That most despicable thing, that fig leaf used to cover up reproductive instincts! I'm offering it all to you! Take it all!"

This time, the basilisk finally responded briefly with a hissing sound, "Okay!"

As the basilisk raised its head, its body, which should have been torn to shreds, remained completely undamaged.

The basilisk's mouth contained a ball of white light, about the size of a fist, which looked both warm and bright.

It raised its head high, swallowed the white light, and slightly narrowed its large, vertical yellow pupils, revealing a deep sense of satisfaction.

The magical connection between man and snake now materialized, revealing itself as a colorful pattern resembling the scales of a basilisk.

These colorful patterns, following the blood droplets on the young Voldemort's body, slowly seeped into Voldemort's body, dyeing his skin with an extremely similar color.

The vibrant colors gathered on his forehead, transforming into a familiar symbol "?". This symbol, as if capable of meandering and moving, continued to crawl across his forehead, turning into a new symbol "?".

"Petrification... lethal... so they are two different properties?" Young Voldemort narrowed his eyes slightly. "No! Petrification... useless! I want the ultimate death! Pure death!"

The question mark disappeared, and even the vibrant colors faded away, turning the young Voldemort's skin black, a murky and chaotic black.

The question mark on its forehead seemed to have a heartbeat; with each beat, the chaotic blackness dissipated a little, and the question mark absorbed this blackness, becoming deeper and deeper...

A realization dawned on Vizet: the curse Voldemort had acquired possessed the property of "death."

At the end of last school year, Vizet destroyed Voldemort, leaving behind the empty shell of the "Death" command, which is the "Dark Mark".

When Vizette came into contact with the basilisk's molted skin, the "Death" command's body resonated with the molted skin, subsequently constructing an empty shell capable of containing the "Petrification" command.

The reason it was just an empty shell of a spell was because what he came into contact with was only the molted skin of the basilisk, which was essentially the basilisk's "empty shell".

If he wants to truly obtain the "Petrification" command, he needs to make direct contact with the basilisk to fill the empty shell of the command and truly possess the "Petrification" command.

Furthermore, the white light that was torn from Voldemort's body when the basilisk bit him was the price to pay for obtaining the "Death" command.

It's not some kind of contract that must be fulfilled, but rather... an emotion;

Based on Voldemort's statement that it was "a fig leaf to cover up the reproductive instinct," we can infer that the emotional price Voldemort paid was "love."

When the Basilisk devoured "love," it meant that Voldemort had lost "love," which also meant that the curse contract had been completed...

Therefore... the spells that Vizet now possess no longer require fulfilling any contracts or paying any price.

After realizing this, Vizet opened her eyes and murmured in disbelief, "Is there really such a good thing?"

“Vizette, what good news are you talking about?” Dumbledore stepped forward quickly and asked with concern, “What price will you have to pay?”

“Headmaster Dumbledore, I… don’t need to give anything in return,” Vizzett explained with a smile. “Because Voldemort has already given, he gave his feelings of ‘love’.”

“Love?” Dumbledore frowned slightly. “What did you just see?”

"Memory transfer!" Vizette raised her wand, casting a mental spell to extract the memories from just now. "Headmaster Dumbledore, this is what I just saw and heard..."

"Based on this memory, I can be certain of two things: first, my spell is special and does not require fulfilling any contract or paying any price."

"Secondly, my command is still an empty shell. I need to make contact with the basilisk to fill the empty shell and obtain the command with the 'petrification' property."

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"This is truly an unexpected result..." Dumbledore was both amused and relieved.

Vizette raised her wand slightly, the memory threads on it shimmering. "Actually, I can't guarantee the accuracy of my judgment..."

"Headmaster Dumbledore, I'd appreciate your help with the Command Spells. After all, you have more experience and should be able to make a more accurate judgment."

"Good!" Dumbledore raised his wand, picked up the memory thread that Vizet had extracted, and placed it in his temple to feel the contents of the memory.

After a long while, Dumbledore put down his wand, a hint of joy in his eyes. "This memory has been very helpful to me...it has resolved many questions."