HP: Wizards at Hogwarts

Chapter 224 Burning Soul Weapons

In order to successfully extract Lily's soul and memories from these props, Snape had indeed thought of many details.

Even Elaine had to admire the depth of his affection.

"Your judgment is absolutely correct!"

"The house where the deceased lived will indeed retain a large number of fragmented souls" and "memories".

"That's where my magic can be used to its fullest potential."

The Heavenly Dragon Slayer Magic has a move called "Dragon Slayer Secret Technique: Galaxy," which can gather the memories of the dead and briefly summon their souls.

Wendy once used this trick to summon the soul of a dragon that had been dead for over four hundred years.

If they can summon spirits from so long ago, it would be even easier for Lily, who has only been dead for twelve years.

Elaine took another inventory of the clutter in front of him and suddenly realized that something was missing.

"Where is Voldemort's wand?"

In the original story, Voldemort's wand was given to him directly by Peter Pettigrew during the Goblet of Fire. It is not clear where the wand ended up during the ten or so years in between.

Elaine was worried that Snape might not be able to be found.

Fortunately, it turned out that his worries were unnecessary.

"In Dumbledore's hands!"

Snape replied, "Back then, Voldemort was hit by Lily's spell, his body perished, and his soul shattered and fled. The wand was left behind at the scene. When I arrived, I retrieved the wand and gave it to Dumbledore, who later sent it to the Ministry of Magic for safekeeping."

"When Dumbledore went to the Ministry of Magic a while ago, he also picked up that wand."

The "some time ago" that Snape mentioned was two months ago.

At that time, Dumbledore and Newt took the Basilisk and went to the Ministry of Magic to exonerate Hagrid.

Elaine didn't know exactly what happened in between; in short, by the time everything had settled down, it was already 1.

It's been a month.

Fortunately, the situation turned out to be satisfactory in the end.

Faced with overwhelming evidence and pressure from Dumbledore, Fudge compromised, overturned the wrongful conviction, and shifted the blame from Hagrid to Voldemort.

After this incident, Hagrid's spirits and energy visibly lifted considerably.

Every time Elaine saw him, he would see him laughing heartily, because he could finally use his wand openly.

"So, everything that's needed is ready?"

"Yes!"

Snape looked at Elaine. "So now, we should start confirming whether you have the means to extract souls and memories. Voldemort's Horcruxes are all with you; you haven't lost them, have you?"

"certainly."

"This requires a quiet time and place. Let me think... how about the Room of Requirement, three nights from now?"

"Can."

Three days later.

Inside the Room of Requirement, Elaine, Snape, and Dumbledore were all gathered.

"Then let's see your power, Elaine."

Dumbledore and Snape stood opposite Elaine, looking at him intently.

What is about to happen tonight is no small matter; they must force themselves to be fully alert and not be careless in the slightest.

"Relax, professors."

"Since I dared to propose this idea, I must be absolutely certain of its success!"

Elaine took out a large ice cube from his bag, waved his right hand on it, and dispelled the outermost layer of ice demon-slaying magic.

After the ice melted, a wooden box was revealed.

Upon opening the wooden box, the Ravenclaw tiara, the Hufflepuff cup, the Slytherin locket, and the Gaunt ring were all prominently displayed.

"Where's the diary?"

"It's here; I put it separately."

Elaine took out his diary from his pocket and placed the five Horcruxes on the ground, lining them up in a row.

Snape frowned. "Why put it alone?"

Elaine didn't mince words: "Oh, it's nothing. I've been chatting with Tom a lot lately, and it's been quite fun."

"You're chatting with Tom?!"

Dumbledore's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "What did you two talk about? It couldn't be something earth-shattering, could it?"

He couldn't help but worry about this.

Who can blame them when Fairy Tail, the organization Elaine established in Knockturn Alley, has gained increasing influence in the British wizarding world over the past six months?

"Don't worry, I would never talk about that kind of thing with Tom."

"Do you really think his extreme, short-sighted terrorism can sway me?"

"Stop joking!"

Elaine waved his hand, and casually mocked Voldemort's pure-blood wizarding ideology.

Dumbledore looked at him resentfully: "I'm not worried at all that you'll be swayed by him; I'm worried about something else."

"What's wrong?"

What else could it be?

Of course, I'm worried that he'll be swayed by you, or that you'll use him to further solidify Fairy Tail's position!

"Alright, alright, forget about all that nonsense and let's get started."

Elaine nodded and opened his left hand.

A ball of black flame emerged from Elaine's palm.

Flame God-Slaying Magic!

Snape and Dumbledore's eyes twitched simultaneously, and their hearts jumped into their throats.

The color of this flame doesn't look like any kind of legitimate magic!

"I suddenly remembered something."

Dumbledore squinted and said, "Rumor has it that on the night you took control of Knockturn Alley six months ago, you used a special fire spell."

"Legend has it that this flame is black, possesses terrifying temperature and extreme malleability, and can not only be transformed into arrows for long-range shooting, into swords for close-range slashing, but can even condense into a torrent that can instantly burn buildings hundreds of meters away to ashes —"

"So this is it?"

Is there such a rumor circulating among the public?

Elaine nodded: "I think so."

Snape also offered his opinion: "It looks like some kind of modified Fiendfyre spell?"

Elaine possesses a high talent for spells and can easily improve and develop new spells, which is no secret at Hogwarts.

Snape had heard about it before.

In his view, since Elaine was able to develop strange spells such as the Lightshaping Charm and the Light-Absorbing Charm, it was perfectly normal for him to learn the Fiendfire Charm and improve upon it.

"However, I am indeed surprised that you can touch this flame directly with your bare hands."

"That's a matter of constitution!"

Elaine casually brushed the topic off, then manipulated the flames and smashed them onto the first Horcrux—Ravenclaw's crown.

The moment the flames touched the crown, it let out a piercing scream and spewed out a large amount of black mist, instantly filling most of the room.

The three of them looked up.

From within the black mist, a sinister and terrifying human face gradually emerged.