Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 45 Voldemort's Blame, I, Tom, Won't Take the Blame

Murphy: "The Arasaka Company searched every inch of the battle zone in the three days following Voldemort's death and discovered the Horcruxes."

"Then, they released the research video."

"It was a pendant box. The yellow sapphire on the pendant was engraved with many runes, and in the center was a snake-shaped S made of emerald."

"The Arasaka Company claims that this is a relic of Slytherin, one of the four oldest great wizards."

"And later, it was turned into a Horcrux by Voldemort."

"The Arasaka Corporation seems to know a great deal about Horcruxes. They say they are evil black magic items that can only be created by killing someone and splitting one's own soul."

"Those who possess a Horcrux possess immortality; as long as the Horcrux remains intact, they can be reborn indefinitely."

"Hearing this, a glimmer of hope arose within me. Perhaps Mr. Voldemort could be resurrected and return?"

"However, what the Arasaka Company excels at most is shattering people's hopes."

"Their purpose in releasing the research video was clearly not to glorify the power of wizards, but to prove that this ultimate wizarding creation was still utterly vulnerable to them."

"They first demonstrated the Horcrux's defensive capabilities, showing that it could not be harmed in the slightest by swords, axes, fire, or water. Even grenades and bombs could not destroy it."

"But the power of modern technology is too great. Humans can create high-frequency particle cutters that can cut steel like rotten soil, can create temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius that are tens of times hotter than the core of the sun, and can create hydraulic presses that can compress graphite into diamonds at pressures millions of atmospheres. No material can withstand this kind of destruction."

"In an instant, the high-frequency particle blade sliced ​​the pendant in two. A black aura shrieked out and was then vaporized by the laser at tens of millions of degrees."

"Arasaka Corporation said that they have verified that Voldemort made a total of six Horcruxes, five of which have been found and destroyed."

"Once the last Horcrux is found, the most powerful wizard, Voldemort, will be utterly killed. And the war between humans and wizards will come to an end. The Arasaka Company has offered a reward of one billion credits for the last Horcrux, and guarantees that whoever delivers it will rise to a high position within the Arasaka Company."

"Perhaps this is my only chance to survive."

"Because I might know the whereabouts of the last Horcrux."

"Perhaps it is this diary in my hand."

journal:"!!!!"

He was completely shocked.

The Horcrux was destroyed?

So easily destroyed by Muggles?

More importantly, he discovered that the diary was a Horcrux?!

And it seems he even wants to hand it over?

At this point, the diary had completely come to believe the story Murphy had written.

The existence of Horcruxes, their number, and what he plans to use as Horcruxes are his most core secrets, and he believes that his future self would never easily reveal such secrets.

But now this secret has been made public and is known to everyone.

He couldn't understand the situation except for believing Murphy's story.

Murphy: "Horregularities are not easily destroyed, and this notebook has never suffered any wear or damage since the day I got it. I even accidentally dropped it into the fireplace once, and it remained completely unharmed."

"I knew it was a magical item from that time on."

"I've tried to draw some strength from it to get out of my current predicament."

"However, no matter how I tried, I couldn't get it to work."

"It really does seem to be just a diary."

"In two days, I'll be sixteen. My magic is becoming increasingly difficult to control. They'll soon discover my identity, and then, death will be the only thing waiting for me!"

"The only way to survive is perhaps to hand over the notebook to the Arasaka Corporation."

"If I do that, I will be betraying my people."

"It will completely kill the Wizard King and destroy all the hopes of wizards."

journal:"……"

Yes, they can't hand me over!

I almost shouted it out from my diary!

He began to worry seriously; the Arasaka Corporation clearly had the ability to destroy Horcruxes.

Once it is handed over, it will inevitably be destroyed.

He was deeply worried, yet Murphy continued writing.

He seemed very conflicted and needed to convince himself in this way.

Murphy: "But perhaps, this is the fate of wizards."

"We were doomed to fail from the Wizarding Wars forty years ago."

"We used every means at our disposal: decapitation strikes, Imperius spells, time travel! We killed countless Muggles. At our most insane moment, the wizards launched a nuclear war, and we seized control of the nuclear launch codes, dropping 14,000 nuclear bombs on the Earth."

"The wizards hoped to destroy the surface environment, kill the vulnerable Muggles, and thus win the war."

"But we still failed."

"We killed billions of Muggles with nuclear bombs and radiation, yet billions of them still exist!"

"Individual Muggles are weak; any wizard could easily kill them. But there are too many of them, and too few of us. Even in any battle during the war, we maintained a casualty ratio of one hundred to one, yet it was to no avail."

"With the number of wizards rapidly decreasing, our defeat was inevitable."

"The man who started the Muggle wars was once regarded as a god by wizards, but now he has become a fool despised by everyone."

"In the past, Arasaka Company feared his power and kept his identity a secret. But now, as we are about to kill him completely, we all know his name."

"He is Voldemort."

"That fool who started the war!"

"That fool who led to our destruction!"

"Perhaps I should hand in this diary and put an end to this war."

journal:"!!"

It was me!

It really was me!

It turns out I really started this war!

However, upon closer reflection, this seems to make sense.

He despised Muggles and was even tempted by Grindelwald to join the Mafia, but at that time he was still researching the secret of immortality and was just a student. Not to mention that Dumbledore was watching him at school, so he couldn't do it.

However, the idea of ​​placing wizards above Muggles, having wizards rule over Muggles, and having himself rule over wizards had certainly crossed his mind quite often.

He could very well launch such a war in the future.

Unexpectedly, he even used weapons invented by Muggles, yet he still couldn't win.

Now they've fallen to the point of utter death.

No!

I can't let my present self be dragged down by the stupid things my future self does!

Voldemort's fault has nothing to do with me, Tom.

Thinking of this, I couldn't hold back any longer and started writing in my diary.

A line of cursive script appeared on the diary page.

"Wait! Don't betray your bloodline! Perhaps there's another way! The wizard still has hope!"

After a long time, he didn't know exactly how much time had passed, and he didn't even know if the other person had seen the message.

Perhaps a few days have already passed?

Perhaps he has already handed me over?

He waited anxiously, then another line of text appeared: "Don't you want revenge? Don't you want to control your magic? I'll teach you dark magic! We can escape!"

Another long wait, who knows how long.

Just when the diary was about to give up hope.

A line of text appeared before his eyes: "What can you teach me?"

(End of this chapter)