Horcruxes and Vanishing Cabinets

Chapter 12 Horcruxes and Vanishing Cabinets

However, he didn't forget his main task. He temporarily stopped observing his surroundings and began to use his magical senses to search for the characteristics of something inch by inch in the vast ocean of magic.

Soon, he sensed a completely unfathomable void of magical energy.

"Found it!"

In his experience, magical voids represented intelligent life. But at this moment, he was the only one in the room. Therefore, that extra magical void must be the Ravenclaw crown, which contained Voldemort's soul!

He pulled out his wand and slowly walked toward the hollow, sweeping away a large amount of debris along the way. Sure enough, he came to a glittering and exquisite headdress, and then reached out and took it off the pile of debris.

There are no additional curses on the crown; it can be touched directly.

However, Avada dared not put it directly on her head yet, after all, it contained a real, evil soul. Considering what the Horcruxes diary had done, it was difficult to predict what would happen if she used it directly.

"The magic described above is too complex and profound; it's completely incomprehensible..."

"Even so, it is easy to discover that there are two completely unrelated spells on this magical item. One of them has a magical structure that is connected to the crown itself, and the structure is somewhat similar to human mental energy. It should be the Ravenclaw crown's ability to increase intelligence."

"The other spell tightly protects that magical void, which is the fragment of the soul, and its connection to the diadem itself is not as strong as the previous spell. Needless to say, it must be Voldemort's Horcrux magic."

He stared at the crown in his hand, his brow furrowed, and muttered to himself, "However, it seems feasible to forcibly use mental power to break open the structure protecting the soul fragments. This should be the correct way to destroy the Horcrux without harming the object itself."

"Given my mental strength and the complexity of this protection, if I don't eat, drink, or rest, and continue casting spells day and night... it will take me about six months to completely break through this protection."

Yes, that's amazing. If anyone else knew that a first-year wizard could theoretically decipher one of the world's most advanced dark magic artifacts, Horcrux, in six months, they would be absolutely astonished.

However, Avada doesn't plan to rely on stimulants and glucose IV drips to survive for six months before perishing with the Horcrux. So he intends to wait until his strength improves so that he can easily break the Horcrux's defenses before dealing with it.

While a Killing Curse or Fiendfire could achieve the same effect, that would damage Ravenclaw's crown itself, which is not something Avada Kedavra wants to see.

"Next target, the Vanishing Cabinet..."

Avada tucked the crown into his pocket, looked around, and soon found a large, tattered black cabinet that looked as if it had been splashed with sulfuric acid.

When he read the original story in his previous life, he felt that this thing should have been able to change the magical world.

It can instantly teleport objects regardless of distance, and the manufacturing technology is not complicated; even a sixth-grade student can easily repair it. It's cleaner than Floo Powder for traveling, and it's many times faster than an owl for sending messages—imagine if this thing could be miniaturized to the size of a palm, and then modified using Floo Powder technology so that it could connect to other Vanishing Cabinets like a fireplace, what would that be like?

At the very least, owls should be out of a job.

Avada could never understand why, given the almost miraculous advancements in the magical world's spatial technology—instant teleportation, the ability to create miniature worlds, spatial folding, and even the concept of a world within a box—they wouldn't apply this technology to transmitting information.

What, even owls get unemployment insurance?

"We must figure out its principles as soon as possible."

Looking at the somewhat broken magical structure on the Vanishing Cabinet, Avada secretly decided, "When I get back, I must speed up my self-study and strive to reach a level where I can study spatial magic as soon as possible. Perhaps I can also borrow a few books on Apparition for reference..."

Finally, he took a few more reluctant glances at the dilapidated vanishing cabinet before leaving the Room of Requirement.

"Let's reposition the Horcruxes first."

Avada tucked the crown into his robes, left the House of Requirement, closed the door, and watched it gradually disappear on the wall. Then, he focused his mind again and paced back and forth three times in front of that section of wall.

"I need a room that only Avada Kedavya can open, I need a room that only Avada Kedavya can open..."

The door reappeared, revealing a small, empty room, roughly a few square meters in size. Avada placed the crown in the corner of the room, checked the surroundings to ensure there were no hidden dangers, and then left reassured, heading straight for the school library.

He needs to quickly improve himself and acquire the ability to analyze the Vanishing Cabinet and decipher Horcruxes as soon as possible!

"The knowledge of the Vanishing Cabinet should be mastered by sixth grade, after all, Draco Malfoy repaired the Vanishing Cabinet in sixth grade in the original story."

"But the knowledge about Horcruxes is much more advanced. Before Voldemort was in his sixth year, he didn't even know the specific functions of Horcruxes. And the book that records detailed knowledge about Horcruxes, 'The Secrets of Dark Magic,' has been hidden in Dumbledore's office. If I dared to ask him for it, he would probably throw me into Nurmengard on the spot to keep Grindelwald company..."

"Anyway, I need to master all the knowledge from grades one to seven as quickly as possible, then try to sneak into the restricted book section and see if I can find any clues. The only problem is that my memory isn't that good. I remember that dragon claw powder can temporarily increase intelligence, so I might try to get some when I get the chance..."

"Oh right, there's another potion called Intelligence Potion that has the same effect, and you can learn it in fourth grade! I'll ask Professor Snape about it after Potions class tomorrow. I'm neither Harry Potter nor Gryffindor, so maybe he'll be a little more lenient than in the original story... right?"

Finally, after Mrs. Pins, who managed the library, reminded him that curfew was approaching, Avada, dizzy and disoriented, crawled out of the pile of books and staggered back to the Hufflepuff common room.

"Hey Ken, why are you so late?"

Avada's roommate, Shabi Nott, was sitting by the fireplace: "While you were gone, the upperclassmen gave us freshmen a Hufflepuff general knowledge lesson. I was thinking of calling you, but I couldn't find you anywhere in the Great Hall. Where did you go?"

"library."

Avada rubbed his temples, still feeling his head was spinning: "I only realized how little I knew about magic after I went to school. Plus, I'm a Muggle, so my foundation is even worse than my classmates from wizarding families. I have to work hard to make up for it."

"By Merlin, stop joking! You were the best player today!"

Shabi gave her a disdainful look, as if to say, "Don't bother with Versailles!" She continued, "You were the second to finish in Charms class, and the first to succeed in Transfiguration class. If you're considered 'poor in the basics,' then what about everyone else? Is the basics a trap?"

"Let me tell you about Hufflepuff. These are all experiences and customs passed down from senior students. You definitely won't see them in the library."

"Oh?" Avada realized that she had been so engrossed in her research that she had neglected her emotional connection with her home academy. "Tell me about it?"

Shabi smiled smugly: "Then let me mention some of the more traditional things. For example, every Sunday afternoon, if the weather is nice, the academy will choose a scenic spot to organize a picnic. If you're confident in your cooking skills, you can apply to your prefect to be a volunteer chef; and there's also the lounge tea party every Wednesday evening..."

"The kitchen is right next to the lounge entrance, right next to that oil painting of a big basket of fruit. If you scratch the pear, it will laugh and then turn into a doorknob. Pull it open and you'll find the kitchen..."

"The house-elves in the kitchen have a great relationship with the Hufflepuff students; you can borrow their kitchen utensils freely, and if you get hungry at night, you can go there for a late-night snack..."

(End of this chapter)