Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse...

Chapter 340 The Experiment Begins

"I came back here to completely resolve your problems."

Seeing that Harry and Ron were already in shock, Avada immediately pressed on, saying, "You have a fragment of Voldemort's soul residing within you, which means that your very existence will keep Voldemort alive and prevent him from completely perishing. And before today, there was only one way to destroy a Horcrux: to destroy the entire vessel containing the fragment of soul along with it..."

Harry swayed slightly.

"This problem troubled Dumbledore and me for a long time—of course, neither of us was so ruthless as to intend to kill you outright, otherwise I wouldn't have waited until today to tell you about it. Ever since you revealed your Parsley ability two years ago, we had already roughly guessed the truth."

"so,"

Ron steadied the unsteady Harry with one hand, and pointed with the other to the instruments around Avada, his voice filled with caution: "You just said that before today there was only one way to destroy Horcruxes... You've found a new solution? One that won't harm Harry's life?"

"Not only will it not harm his life."

Speaking of this, Avada couldn't help but feel a little proud, gently patting the device he had assembled himself beside him: "I can now basically guarantee that he won't even lose a single hair—this is the culmination of several years of my hard work!"

"basically?"

"Because no experiments have been conducted yet."

Avada Kedavra turned back and bent down to continue adjusting the ring, while still answering Ron's questions: "But don't worry, Harry doesn't need to be involved in the experimental phase. Besides, the theoretical calculations have already been done countless times..."

"That's good."

Ron seemed slightly relieved, and Harry's face gradually regained some color. In fact, after experiencing several major events together, Ron still trusted Avada to a considerable extent. It was only because what Avada said this time was too horrifying and concerned the safety of his friend Harry that Ron couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

But then he asked with some doubt, "But if that's the case...why didn't you just call Harry over? Why did you have to bring me along too?"

"...What do you think?"

Avada rolled her eyes: "If Harry knew something this important, do you think he would tell you later? And if you found out I hadn't come back for a long time after taking Harry away, wouldn't you come looking for me right away? So I might as well have just brought you both over from the beginning—it's Christmas, after all, and at other times I might have had to bring Granger along too…that's about right."

He suddenly straightened up again, walked to the side, picked up the black crystal ball, and went to the center of the instrument: "Now we can begin the experiment. The process may take a while, about half an hour. You can stay and watch if you want, or leave if you get bored..."

"How could I possibly be bored?"

The two said in unison, "Are you kidding? This involves the mysteries of the soul, an experiment that will ultimately end Voldemort's life! Others may never have the chance to participate in such an experiment in their entire lives, so what reason do they have not to stay and witness it?"

"……Oh well."

Avada shrugged. "Then please remain quiet, do not cast spells, and do not touch anything here."

Having said that, he ignored Harry and Ron's reactions, waved his wand and made the black crystal ball float steadily in the very center of the nested ring structure, then walked to the side, stood next to the groove that held the Resurrection Stone, placed his finger on it, and then forcefully pushed it...

To Harry and Ron's astonishment, a hazy yet bright, mist-like radiance emerged from the ring, coalesced in mid-air, and slowly drifted toward the black crystal ball, eventually merging completely into its interior.

"This is……"

"Shhh."

Harry quickly nudged Ron with his elbow, silencing him before he could even utter a cry of surprise.

In fact, he was even more shocked than Ron, because he had seen almost the exact same scene before—three years ago in the room at the end of the fourth-floor corridor, the black crystal ball had absorbed half of Voldemort's soul in the same way!

Next, he saw Avada approach the black crystal ball, which had just completely absorbed the light, and begin chanting a complex and cumbersome incantation. As the incantation was chanted, his wand began to emit an indescribable radiance, swirling around the crystal ball in layers, seemingly penetrating it, yet also seemingly merely engraving it onto its surface.

And whether it was his imagination or not, Harry felt as if the light shone directly into his heart, making every cell in his body feel warm and comfortable, so much so that he wanted to fall asleep immediately...

And for some reason, I felt an urge to cry.

As the light continued to appear, Avada's expression grew increasingly grim, and beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead. Maintaining the spell seemed to be quite a challenge for him. Harry and Ron were understandably worried, but dared not speak rashly, lest they inadvertently disturb his casting. Fortunately, this situation didn't last long—after less than five minutes, the light gradually dimmed, and Avada himself breathed a sigh of relief, putting away his wand…

He had just recreated part of the protective charm left on Harry entirely through his own magical skills.

That spell truly lived up to its reputation as a soul magic that could only be unleashed at the cost of one's life. Even though it merely simulated the spell's effect on the soul and didn't perfectly replicate its complete effect, the process of constructing it had exhausted Avada—and this was even with his considerable mastery of the mysteries of the soul. If it were him before entering the timeline, he wouldn't even have been qualified to cast the spell, unless he was prepared to sacrifice his life to protect that crystal ball…

However, this is also the most difficult step. After completing this magic, all that remains is a relatively short period of waiting and observation.

Just now, Avada Kedavra first used the Resurrection Stone to create a soul, then transferred it into the black crystal ball that originally contained fragments of Voldemort's soul, thus simulating the coexistence of two souls; then he personally cast an incomplete but identical protective charm on the soul to ensure the maximum possible replication of Harry's current soul state, and to guarantee the reliability of the experiment's results...

"One last check... Hmm, everything's fine."

"Alright, let's begin the experiment!"

Avada took a deep breath and slammed her wand hard against the edge of the magical instrument.

(End of this chapter)