Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

"So much has happened over the years. My Kevin is amazing. He can actually stand up to that notorious Voldemort."

In that white space, Kevin stepped into his parents' little house and chatted with them for a long time, feeling the love of his parents that he hadn't felt in a long time.

Kevin asked them a lot about what happened to his parents back then, and also told them a lot about what he had experienced over the years.

Throughout this time, the mother held Kevin's hand, a smile in her eyes, and never took her gaze off Kevin.

Kevin felt a little uncomfortable listening to his mother's praise.

After all, I've never talked to my mother before, and I've never been praised like a child, so I feel a bit embarrassed.

But what about her mother? She passed away not long after Kevin was born, before she had even learned how to be a good mother or how to communicate with her child.

Therefore, their conversations would occasionally be interspersed with awkward small talk.

There was no communication barrier with his father. When Kevin heard about his experiences, his father would laugh and say that like father, like son, and that he was proud of him.

However, his mother, who was standing nearby, contradicted him, complaining: "If you were a tiger father, we wouldn't have died back then."

The father could only awkwardly scratch his head.

He leaned close to Kevin and whispered, "I died before your mother. After I died, she suffered a lot on her own to give birth to you, and I wasn't by her side. That's why I've been holding a grudge all these years."

Kevin felt ashamed after hearing this.

At the same time, it felt incredibly magical.

His parents had been dead for more than ten years, yet they could still appear so vividly and lively before his eyes.

According to her parents, they have been staying in this place for more than ten years, just waiting for Kevin to appear.

And what is this place?

The father has already explained it to Kevin.

This is not the present world, but the boundary between life and death, a world that belongs only to them.

As is widely known, after a person dies, their soul goes on to reincarnation.

However, the bracelets they once wore will retain traces of the wearer's soul. The bracelets can preserve this trace of the wearer's soul, giving them a temporary haven and freeing them from the cycle of reincarnation.

It sounds a bit like a Horcrux, but it's not the same.

This kind of lingering is merely an ideological lingering, somewhat similar to those portraits in the wizarding world that can chat and have memories.

They retain their memories and independent consciousness, and can even transmit messages and answer questions, but they cannot interfere with the real world like Horcruxes.

Therefore, parents cannot be resurrected like Horcruxes.

However, they can enter the cycle of reincarnation on their own, so there will be no scenario where they are trapped here for hundreds of years.

As for why we haven't seen any earlier successors to the bracelet, is it because no one could bear the torment of being trapped in one place for decades or even centuries and voluntarily went to reincarnation?

No.

This is because at most, only the remnants of the ideology of the bracelet's successor can be preserved here.

Whenever a new successor dies completely, the previous successor is forced to go through reincarnation.

Therefore, there is no possibility that the longer you stay, the more lively the place will become.

As for why Kevin is here...

Because he didn't truly die; his soul was just temporarily absent from the mortal world.

The Killing Curse does not destroy the soul, but banishes it.

Once the soul is banished, consciousness cannot be preserved either, and thus a person dies.

However, Kevin's soul was protected by the bracelet and was temporarily sent to this place after his exile.

It's not like what Grindelwald originally described, where a portion of the soul of the other wearer of the bracelet is used to block a soul attack.

Of course, this does not rule out one possibility.

Normally, the Killing Curse wouldn't hit Kevin's soul.

Instead, it will strike the small part of Hermione's soul that exists within Kevin's body, protecting Kevin's soul.

However, the Death God buff kicked in, allowing the Killing Curse to bypass Hermione's soul protection and strike her soul directly.

If that's the case, Death must be frantic, waiting for my soul on the road to the underworld for ages.

That's why Kevin felt a visceral pain, as if his soul had been ripped out, after being hit.

Because that was truly drawing his soul out...

"Dad, why couldn't you be resurrected by the power of the chains after you passed away?"

At this moment, Kevin looked at his father and asked, "The bracelet does indeed have the effect of a pseudo-Horde weapon; Grindelwald didn't lie to me about that."

Moreover, the parents were also aware of this ability, so in theory, they shouldn't be so easy to die from.

That's why he wondered why his father, who died first, didn't come back to life.

"Because I died in the flesh, although part of my soul was in your mother's body, she was being hunted by Death Eaters at that time, so she didn't have the chance to resurrect me."

"Besides, she didn't know how to extract my soul or the secret method of resurrection, so I wasn't resurrected."

The father seemed to take it all in stride, shrugging as he spoke.

They've all been dead for over a decade, so they've long since come to terms with death.

"What do you mean? Is it my fault?"

At this moment, the mother grabbed the father's ear in dissatisfaction and asked sternly.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant."

Although he couldn't feel any pain, the father still begged for mercy.

Looking at his parents, who still had the energy to flirt, Kevin felt both nostalgic and speechless.

But more than anything, it felt warm and comforting.

However, this was destined not to last.

"Mom and Dad, I'm so sorry, but I think it's about time for me to go."

Kevin slowly stood up and calmly addressed his parents.

"There, the girl I like is waiting for me."

Hearing Kevin's words, the parents quieted down.

The father stood up, put his hand on Kevin's shoulder, didn't say anything, looked at Kevin seriously, and finally gave him a big hug.

The mother's expression was once again filled with reluctance.

She wiped away her tears and smiled, "It's time to go back. I'm already content just to have seen you grow up."

"You're not allowed to come back again, okay?"

Kevin reached out and wiped away his mother's tears, smiling as he spoke.

"I can't say for sure. Maybe I'll miss you guys someday and come back."

"You brat! This is no joke!"

Kevin's mother patted his head and gave him a serious lecture.

Kevin listened obediently to his mother's nagging, a smile playing on his lips.

His soul is currently in a state of exile; he must either find his way back on his own, or someone will come to take him away.

Kevin could sense that the people who were supposed to pick him up had arrived.

"Kevin!"

"Kevin!"

A faint call came from outside.

"Could it be our daughter-in-law? Let's go take a look."

Upon hearing this call, the mother immediately turned from sorrow to joy and quickly pulled the father outside.

I want to see what the person my child likes looks like.

Kevin followed him out.

A warm breeze carrying the fragrance of flowers brushed against Kevin's cheek.

At the end of the sea of ​​flowers, there stood Hermione.