The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 597 Ideas

After sorting out her thoughts, as night fell, Loila sat back down in her chair and nodded gently as she looked at the light switch that sat quietly on the table in front of her.

According to his father, if his guess was correct, the magic circle of the Deluminator could be used to find Horcruxes if it was improved.

The principle is quite simple: first, create the container, then extract Voldemort's soul from the locket. Because it was originally part of Voldemort's soul, it would especially crave to merge with Voldemort's other souls.

Then we can use this soul to find Voldemort's other Horcruxes —

Very reasonable!

The most difficult problem before was how to restrain the soul, but now it has been solved thanks to Dad's magic circle—could Dumbledore have given himself the Deluminator for this reason?

Loila frowned slightly as she thought about this—was Dumbledore really that smart?

That's a bit scary—but thinking about it carefully, it seems unlikely—after all, he probably never knew he had a Horcrux in his possession.

Ahem—After briefly organizing her thoughts, Loila felt that perhaps it was time to begin.

First, of course, is the part about engraving the magic circle. Loila needs to extract the restraining part of the magic circle from the extinguisher first.

This was quite simple for Loila. She thought about it carefully and took out a small compass from the drawer.

She had bought this in the Muggle world not long ago with Miss Hilo—out of curiosity at the time, but now it seemed perfect for engraving magic circles.

Using the pointers above to find Horcruxes or something — um! That sounds pretty cool!

Loila nodded gently, then carefully disassembled the compass. She then picked up a quill and lightly dipped it in ink mixed with Veela blood to engrave on the back.

Engraving magic circles was not difficult for Loila; it was just like searching for a painting, even if the binding magic circles were extremely complex.

While inscribing the magic circle, Loila was also thinking about what to do next.

The magic circle item for finding the Horcrux will probably take more than a week to complete, and by then it should be Christmas—should I go home for Christmas this year? Or should I go to Luna's house?

Although Mr. Lovegood is a very strange person, I have to say that I always feel very happy when I go to Luna’s house — or should I go back to the UMNO party with Miss Shiloh?

After all, she had already promised Miss Hero—but things had been delayed because of Hogwarts—and she had heard that Miss Vida wasn't feeling well lately—

The thought of this made Loila, who had been somewhat happy about the restraining magic circle, feel down again.

It felt like she had just met Ms. Vida yesterday, but now she was already old—a strange feeling that was hard to describe.

This made her a little scared.

Death is the longest separation, and Loila has witnessed the deaths of many people—her father, her mother, Muller—and now it may very well be Ms. Vida.

So she didn't know whether she should go or not. If she went, she would definitely feel sad—but Ms. Vida was only slightly unwell.

Loila sometimes dislikes herself for always thinking the worst—what if Ms. Vida is just not feeling well lately, right?

Thinking this, she paused her work slightly and then sighed.

Alright—I need to get my mind back on business. This tendency to overthink is a major obstacle to creating magic circles.

Loila carefully engraved the magic circle, but left the ancient magic runes at the core of the circle unengraved.

After all, if she simply copied her father's magic circle, what she would create would just be a Delight 2.0. What she needed was a magic circle that could bind souls, not just a simple one that could bind light.

This requires a completely new ancient rune as the center of the magic circle—Loila also had some ideas about this ancient rune.

She gently opened the spatial expansion book and carefully took out a locket from it.

This was the Horcrux he had promised Kreacher to destroy—and now it lay quietly before him.

It has to be said that the unique scent of Horcruxes is truly quite special — Loila twitched her nose slightly, then waved her wand to close the doors and windows.

Just by looking at the Horcrux, she could feel the darkness accumulating within it—Voldemort's soul was inside—she had to be careful not to let its soul escape.

Loila didn't take out the Horcrux just to play with it late at night, but because the creation of the Horcrux itself was related to ancient magical runes.

The earliest creator of Horcruxes was the despicable wizard Helbo from ancient Greece. Besides stealing Dumbledore's despicable nickname, the most evil thing he did was invent Horcruxes that split souls.

Although the relevant content in the Hogwarts book had been lost, Royla still clearly remembered the contents of that page.

The text clearly describes how to make Horcruxes, the first requirement of which is ancient runes.

Ancient runes about the soul — Roy gently tapped the locket, and a faint blue light emanated from it, revealing countless tiny, densely packed ancient runes surrounding the Horcrux.

Voldemort was indeed a genius—at least in terms of ancient magical script—and he also had some talent in magical arrays—the Horcrux in front of her was made with great precision, and Royla couldn't help but sigh that some people are just born to do bad things.

This doesn't seem like much of a compliment—but Voldemort might be pleased to hear it.

After careful examination, Loila found the ancient runes related to the soul; they were in the shape of a skull that looked very evil.

Loila carefully copied it onto her magic circle exactly as it was, and then made some simple connections and modifications.

As the quill pen lightly engraved, a brand new magic circle slowly appeared on the compass box.

Perhaps he shouldn't have engraved it directly on the compass—only after finishing did Roy realize it was a bit rash—he should have engraved a sample on paper first—

But in the end—looking at the magic circle in front of him that had begun to emit a faint blue light, Roy realized a problem.

How can I tell if the magic array has been successfully completed?

After all, I don't have a soul to use for experiments!

Loila tapped the locket with her wand, causing the Horcrux containing Voldemort's soul to sway.

Do you have any ideas, Voldemort?