: He died so young?

Chapter 69: He died so young?

"...Why?"

Avada, standing in front of the book, stared blankly at the distorted "Why" in the notebook, and fell silent as well.

"Repentance" is clearly just a form of spiritual power, so why can it restore a torn soul to its wholeness?

What's even more chilling is that, even after the soul fragments have been taken away by the power of death, repentance can still restore the soul to its wholeness!

What exactly is the soul? Where does it come from? And why is it specifically associated with "repentance"?

Does a "Grim Reaper" truly exist in the world, silently guiding and judging all souls?

No, I can't think about this anymore, or I'll turn into Newton...

Avada shook his head vigorously, took a deep breath to calm his restless thoughts, and then continued to look through that terrifying notebook.

"Calm down, calm down. There must be some deeper reason behind this. Just as the root of the soul splitting is the power of death, the healing caused by repentance must also have its reasons... I will design an experiment to find out that reason!"

"..."

"fail."

"fail."

"Still failed..."

"...Alright, I admit I've run out of ideas. Unless I kill myself right now and let my soul see the afterlife for myself, I probably won't ever know the secrets of the soul and repentance in this lifetime."

"But I cannot give up. As long as I still possess the ability to explore the world, I will do everything in my power to move forward. Perhaps human eyes cannot look directly at the gods, but even so, I will take in everything that humans can see!"

"Since I cannot explore the principles of repentance, at least I should record more data. Perhaps a genius will emerge and glimpse a corner of the truth from the data I collect..."

"..."

"Thanks to the chaos caused by Gellert Grindelwald, I've been able to find a large number of dark wizards who are either mentally challenged or naive over the years. All I need to do is keep enticing them to create Horcruxes, and then bring them back, Horcruxes and all, for research. In this way, the number of samples has increased to hundreds, including some who have created multiple Horcruxes..."

"Although I've always thought that with Grindelwald's talent, getting involved in witchcraft would be a waste of his time, since he could have easily pushed forward the exploration of magic... I have to admit that sometimes the progress of magic also needs the support of the external environment."

"..."

"Finally, I've had an unexpected gain—through my previous research, my understanding of 'soul volume' has deepened. And by observing the changes in mental energy during 'repentance,' and then simulating the structure of mental energy using natural magic, I've developed a spell that can partially achieve the effect of 'repentance,' forcibly binding the main soul and soul fragments together..."

"But it's not very meaningful, since it can't truly heal the soul. However, it's a good start nonetheless. I also look forward to someone who can complete this magic and truly achieve soul healing purely through external force... That would be a major step in exploring the realm of the soul."

"In addition, I have also recorded some information about the fusion effects of different sized soul fragments and the main soul under this magic, hoping it will be helpful to those who follow..."

The next few pages were filled with densely packed charts and graphs.

"Hmm? Are these annotations left by Professor Baker?"

A few lines of familiar handwriting caught Avada's eye, prompting him to read on out of curiosity:

This article is one of the sources of my "confession" magic. The reason I say it's incomplete is because the issues raised in it remain unresolved.

After reading this article, you might marvel at the profound and wondrous nature of the spiritual realm and feel admiration for this wizard who was so dedicated to exploring the truth. To be honest, even I hesitated at the time about whether to spare his life, after all, the number of dark wizards who died at his hands was dozens of times greater than the innocent ones...

Ultimately, however, I chose to kill him. The author of this article was also a heinous dark wizard who, for his own research, murdered at least dozens of innocent people over a long period and actively lured many people who were not originally evil into becoming dark wizards...

[Through all this, I want to remind you: in the process of exploration, never forget that all magic and technology ultimately revolve around life; life is the fundamental purpose of everything.]

Never lose sight of life in the pursuit of truth, and never lose your reverence for life.

Of course, I believe you can do it; otherwise, you wouldn't have been chosen by Hufflepuff, and I wouldn't have given you this information.

Wishing you all the best.

"...I will."

Avada sighed softly.

He had to admit that he had been somewhat blinded by that bizarre phenomenon, and as he continued reading, even as he witnessed those horrifying scenes, he was only thinking about whether the author could find the secret of repentance...

It wasn't until just now that he remembered again—hundreds of samples of Horcruxes made in his way meant that hundreds of innocent people had been murdered!

Only then did this article, in his eyes, become as bloody and heavy as the first one.

However, a question still lingered in his mind: a guy who had lived with Horcruxes for an unknown amount of time, who could improve the method of making Horcruxes, who had an extremely deep understanding of the life realm, who could mock Grindelwald with a disdainful tone, and who could even capture hundreds of dark wizards with Horcruxes as his test subjects... such a terrifying guy, if not as strong as Dumbledore, should at least be as strong as Grindelwald, right?

Moreover, if he could support such a massive and complex experiment, then there must be a powerful force behind him...

How did Professor Baker manage to kill such a terrifying guy?

Moreover, if Professor Baker is so strong, considering his age, his strength should have been fully developed more than ten years ago. So why didn't he stay in Britain to fight against Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard in the world at that time?

"Forget it, let's put these things aside for now. There are more important things to confirm..."

Avada glanced at the complex charts again, then closed the large book, picked it up, and quickly left his private room. He paced back and forth three times outside the House of Requirement before opening the "hidden room."

Then, he closed the door, strode over to Ravenclaw's crown, and while examining the magical voids—the fragments of soul—he reopened the book, flipped to the pages of "Confession Magic Fusion Data Records," and pulled out paper and pen to lie down on the ground and begin calculating...

When the calculation results were presented on the paper, Avada's face turned deathly pale.

"The result is... insufficient volume, unable to be towed?!"

In his original plan, he wanted to use the Horcrux "Ravenclaw's Crown" as the core and set up a "Confession" spell at the end of the fourth-floor corridor, just like last semester, tailored to Voldemort's mental characteristics. Then, when Quirrell's body was destroyed by Harry's protective charm and Voldemort returned to his weakened wandering spirit state, he would activate the Confession spell to lock his main soul directly into the crown, sealing him away completely in one fell swoop.

Based on the experimental records and his calculations of Voldemort's mental strength and soul data, the soul fragments in the diadem were insufficient to draw Voldemort's main soul away; instead, they would cause the fragments in the Horcrux to return to the main soul...

And if he didn't intend to doubt the accuracy of the data researched by hundreds of dark wizards... his plan would just fall apart halfway through?

(End of this chapter)