The Ideas Brought by Baron

Chapter 74 The Ideas Brought by Baron

Fate is truly wondrous—the story he recounted earlier, so reminiscent of Ariana Dumbledore, was entirely based on his own personal experience.

When Avada first discovered his magical senses, his memories of his past life hadn't fully returned, and his thinking wasn't yet rational or mature. The memories that had already surfaced in his mind told his immature mind about the complexity and reality of the world, causing him panic and confusion. Combined with the effects of his magical senses, this contributed to his introverted and timid personality at the time.

It was indeed those children from back then who planted the seeds of kindness in him when he was still young. And when his memories returned and he realized that he was in the world of Harry Potter, that seed took root and sprouted in his heart, guiding him to see this familiar yet strange world from a different perspective.

This is probably why he was chosen by Hufflepuff.

As for what Avada saw in the Mirror of Erised, it wasn't complicated at all—just a peaceful and tranquil life: in the mirror, he was drinking afternoon tea while talking on the phone with a friend, his smile sometimes serene, sometimes unrestrained…

……

Finally, after thanking him for providing the information about Nicolas Flamel, Harry donned his Invisibility Cloak and left. Dumbledore, after a moment of stunned silence, also vanished. Avada was left alone in the room, replaying the events in his mind.

"What I said should have moved Dumbledore, and he personally confirmed my sincerity through Legilimency. In that case, he shouldn't harbor any suspicion or prejudice towards me..."

"However, I might get more of his attention in the future, so it has its pros and cons."

"And the prophet's identity has been revealed, so next year we can target that diary without any hindrance. But what should we do with the basilisk? Should we let it sleep in the secret room until it dies, or drag it out and stew it... cough, kill it..."

"However, there's still one thing that's puzzling—why does Harry's Invisibility Cloak's magical structure resemble that of a Thestral?!"

"I remember the Elder Wand's core was made from the tail hair of a Thestral. If that's the case, at least two of the three Deathly Hallows are related to Thestral... What's going on?"

"Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it for now. The most important thing right now is dealing with Voldemort."

"In the end, I couldn't bring myself to tell Harry about Voldemort's existence to scare him away from the Philosopher's Stone... Although it was somewhat unfair to him, he was, after all, the only one who could guarantee his absolute safety in front of Voldemort..."

He cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself and obediently walked back to the Hufflepuff common room.

If you want to go to the restricted section next, you'll have to be careful—if you go today, you can find a reason to wait for Harry, but if Harry doesn't come anymore and you still want to go, and Dumbledore finds out, how will you explain it?

Fortunately, his "Closer Than a Boundary" spell allowed him to observe the outside environment from within the spatial interlayer; otherwise, this would have been truly difficult. As long as Dumbledore didn't live in the Forbidden Books area, he could always find an opportunity to sneak in and browse the books. Moreover, he could simply take the books into the spatial interlayer and use their glowing lights to examine them, completely avoiding the problem of being unable to perceive changes in the outside world due to focus…

So the next day, when he tried to sneak into the forbidden book area again, he indeed saw a large cluster of bright spiritual energy through the spatial interlayer. This made him suspicious every time he sneaked in for the next few days. After getting the book, he would immediately hide in the spatial interlayer and read it through the "Bubble Body Spell" while it glowed. This caused his efficiency to drop sharply.

During this time, Harry also dragged Ron over to see the Mirror of Erised. In the following days, he couldn't help but come over a few more times on his own, but he didn't seem as obsessed as in the original story. Each time, he would stay for only ten minutes or so before leaving.

However, this did not stop Dumbledore from stepping in to save face, giving the savior a set of psychological counseling, and taking away the Mirror of Erised.

Ultimately, by the end of the Christmas holidays, he still hadn't come up with any new ideas for magic, but he had accumulated a lot more miscellaneous knowledge of dark magic.

Baron returned to school the day before it started, and that very evening, with a gloomy expression, he dragged Avada into the Room of Requirement...

"So what exactly happened?"

Avada looked at Baron, who still seemed furious, with a puzzled expression—could it be that the intelligence booster he gave him had gone wrong?

No way, he checked it carefully with his magical senses, the quality should be pretty good.

Baron sneered at Avada's innocent and confused gaze.

"After I got home this time, I found the prophecy ball that Professor Baker gave me last year and used it once."

A sudden sense of foreboding arose in Avada's heart.

"And what I predicted was: how dangerous would it be for me if I were to investigate Professor Quirrell's background in depth?"

Then he pulled the black crystal ball out of his pocket and shoved it forcefully in front of Avada's eyes, almost touching his nose, making him roll his eyes: "This is the result."

Avada took a step back, and only then could she see the image on the crystal ball clearly—

Six stars.

Extremely dangerous.

Professor Baker added a prophecy function to the crystal ball, which can be used once a month. This allows the user to foresee the danger of what they want to do, and the danger is presented in the form of stars, with one star being the safest and seven stars being the most dangerous.

The reason it wasn't given a full star rating is probably because Baron is a pure-blooded Slytherin, or because Voldemort was too weak and dared not make any rash moves under Dumbledore's nose.

"So, you just put yourself in a six-star level of danger for an entire semester?!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it..."

"Is this a matter of hiding it or not? Six stars! According to the manual, that means your life is in danger! And this is just an investigation! You've been right next to him for a whole semester! No matter what you know, or what you're planning, how little do you value your own life?!"

"..."

Looking into Baron's angry eyes, Avada gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.

"...Voldemort."

"What?"

"Voldemort, the guy who disappeared more than ten years ago, is now hiding on Quirrell."

If it were anyone else, he certainly wouldn't have revealed Voldemort's existence. But since Baron already knew that this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was extremely dangerous, not explaining things to him would only make things more likely to cause an accident.

"You knew? And you still dared to..."

"I have a chance to completely ruin him this year."

Avada's words left Baron speechless for a long while. Then, he looked at Avada with a strange expression, his lips moving for a long time before he could only manage to squeeze out three words:

"...Are you crazy?"

"On the contrary, I am more clear-headed than ever. Remember what Professor Baker said? I have some little secrets, and those secrets are exactly what can counter Voldemort's current weakness. I have spent half a year confirming this."

"Besides, Professor Dumbledore is aware of my actions, so there's no need to worry too much. This matter isn't that dangerous for me."

"Professor Dumbledore knew about it too?"

Upon hearing Dumbledore's name, Baron seemed slightly relieved, but still somewhat worried: "But that's Voldemort! What was Professor Dumbledore thinking, letting a second-year student like you face him alone?"

"Don't worry so much, we definitely have a well-thought-out plan..."

While comforting Baron, Avada inwardly grumbled about why Professor Baker had bothered to install such an absurd function in his crystal ball. Didn't he consult the oracle before his own soul was absorbed into it?

……Um?

Put the main soul into the soul artifact?

Horcruxes?!

That's right! How come he didn't think of that before! Since the principle of soul merging can't be used to guide souls, why not just put the soul into a Horcrux?!

"Thanks, Baron!"

The moment he figured it out, Avada immediately took off running towards his dormitory—he wanted to jot down these inspirations as quickly as possible and then start studying them right away!

"Hey, why are you running away...?"

(End of this chapter)