From Azkaban

"grown ups"

Just as the other Death Eaters were stretching their bodies, moving around, and gathering in groups of two or three to talk in low voices, Rodolphus took the initiative to walk up to Locke and bowed his head respectfully.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with you?"

Locke turned his head slightly and looked at the Death Eater who came to him on his own initiative. He had an impression of this guy.

"This guy is quite capable, and should be a good Death Eater. He has the best understanding of floating except for Sirius."

Locke did not know Rodolphus. During this period of time, Locke had never asked these Death Eaters' names, nor did he reveal his own name to them.

"Sir, I wonder if I know your name."

After Rodolphus said this, his heartbeat began to gradually quicken. Because Locke was sitting, he had not straightened up since he greeted him. He had been bending over and lowering his head, so he could not observe Locke's expression and reaction at the moment.

"Oh, what's your name?"

Hearing that this person actually came to ask for his name, Locke smiled slightly. His name was not a taboo, so he could naturally say it. He didn't say it before just because there was no need, mainly because no one asked, so he was too lazy to say it.

"Rodolphus Lestrange, my lord."

Rodolphus heard the smile in Locke's tone and his heartbeat immediately quickened, but now it was because of excitement.

"The Lestranges. I've heard of you, Bella's husband."

Locke looked up and down at the person in front of him, and he didn't expect that he was the famous cuckold in the original book.

"My pleasure, sir. Thank you for forgiving Bella's disrespect to you before, but now I am with her..."

Rodolphus and Bella actually don't have much affection for each other. They got together because of family interests, and they didn't have much emotional foundation.

In addition, Bella's undisguised obsession with Voldemort and her complete disregard for her husband Rodolphus completely destroyed their already limited affection.

So when Rodolphus heard Locke's words, he panicked. His smart mind started to work very fast. He first flattered Locke with Bella, and then decided to cut ties with Bella.

"Stop, I'm not interested in your marital problems. I just mentioned it casually. Don't take it too seriously."

Without giving Rodolphus a chance to demonstrate, Locke raised his hand to interrupt the spell, signaling Rodolphus not to say anything more.

"Is it an adult?"

Rodolphus lowered his head and body, and in a panic, he put all the blame on Bella. He had a perfect start just now, but because of that crazy woman, he was also implicated.

"Don't be nervous, raise your head. Bella is Bella, and you are you. Since I didn't do anything to her, I will certainly not do anything to you."

"Thank you for your mercy and forgiveness."

Hearing Locke say this, Rodolphus felt relieved and raised his head slightly.

"I have been in contact with you for some time. Since you asked, I will formally introduce myself."

Ignoring the fact that Rodolphus still hadn't raised his head, Locke raised his hand and tapped twice on the round table.

"Dongdong~" Ling

The crisp knocking sounds reached the ears of every Death Eater, but he didn't need to knock because the Death Eaters were always paying attention to Locke.

As the absolute core figure present, how could the Death Eaters completely divert their attention away from Locke?

Therefore, the Death Eaters had already noticed Rodolphus's move as soon as he started to approach Locke.

"Everyone"

All the Death Eaters immediately adjusted themselves to face Locke, slightly bending down and lowering their heads as if listening.

"Just now, Mr. Rodolphus Lestrange came to me and asked if he knew my name. I agreed."

Locke's voice echoed in the hall. Upon hearing this, the Death Eaters widened their eyes. They didn't expect that Rodolphus would actually ask this question. Is that guy so brave!

"Rodolphus was not punished. It seems that these Death Eaters have passed his initial test and are in his eyes."

Sirius, who was standing not far from Locke, had a blank expression on his face, but his mind was full of active thoughts.

"Well, everyone, let's formally introduce myself here today. I am Locke, Locke Kazir. You can call me Locke or Kazir. I don't mind it."

Locke Cazier, this was the name of his predecessor, and Locke had no intention of abandoning or changing it. After all, his predecessor was a lonely man just like his previous life.

"Locke Cazier"

Hearing Locke's name, all the Death Eaters began to search frantically in their minds, trying to find information about this wizard family.

"Kazier, is there such a family in the wizarding world? I have no impression of it. Could this guy be a Muggle wizard?"

Sirius searched through all the information in his mind but couldn't find any relevant news, which made him think in other directions involuntarily.

"Don't think too much. I'm not a Muggle wizard, but I'm not from any family either. I am a pureblood, but I'm just a loner now."

Locke couldn't tell what these Death Eaters were thinking, so in order for them to continue to cooperate with him and not make trouble in the future, Locke took the initiative to explain. It was just a matter of one sentence, and Locke didn't want to make the issue too tense, as that would be detrimental to his acquisition of the Death Eaters' knowledge.

Volume 1: Chapter 23: Connection of Knowledge

When the Death Eaters heard that Locke was a pure-blood wizard, they slowly felt relieved.

As long as they are pure-blood, it's good. Although they are willing to give everything as long as they can be taken to Azkaban, they still find it difficult to accept Muggle wizards. After all, Death Eaters are all supporters of pure-blood supremacy.

Although the essence of maintaining pure blood is to protect their own interests, they have been doing this for almost their entire lives and it has become a habit.

As for the fact that Locke's family was not prominent, none of the Death Eaters cared about it.

There are so few people in the British wizarding world nowadays. Basically, as long as one is a pure-blood, he or she must have some relationship with other pure-blood families. You can easily find a list of relatives from pure-blood families.

Besides, what's the point of having a distinguished family background? If the person present didn't have a distinguished family background, would it be useful? He was still imprisoned in Azkaban.

After all, the wizarding world is all about strength. If you have fists, you have power. For someone like Locke, he doesn't need any prominent family background. He himself is the most prominent person.

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After knowing Locke's name, the Death Eaters' sense of urgency was greatly relieved.

The Death Eaters had discussed Locke's real name many times before, and finally concluded that the reason Locke had never revealed his name was because he had not yet acknowledged them, the losers.

There is no need and no qualification for an unrecognized loser to know his name.

Twenty minutes passed in a relaxed atmosphere, and as the last grain of sand in the hourglass fell into the lower half of the hourglass, all the Death Eaters took their seats again.

"Okay, the break is over. Next, let's discuss what you are best at, the black magic."

Seeing everyone seated, Locke, who was sitting in the main seat, smiled slightly, and his words made the Death Eaters look happy.

"finally"

Sirius' eyes lit up when he heard Locke's words. He was like, how could this guy not be involved in dark magic.

"I don't know much about the Dark Arts, but I have always heard of the Unforgivable Curses, so let's start with Fiendfyre. I am very interested in this magic."

Locke was speaking the truth. He really didn't know much about black magic. After all, he had always been in a learning state, and since he was learning, he certainly couldn't act like a big shot.

If you don’t know, you don’t know. You just have to accept it with a learning attitude, so that you can learn better.

In fact, Locke had never concealed his situation. He came up with a learning attitude and asked whatever he wanted to learn. He even spent time organizing the knowledge he had learned in front of the Death Eaters.

It was just because the Death Eaters were so cooperative that they answered whatever Locke asked, so he was happy with it and didn't waste any more words.

Then, because the Death Eaters had preconceived ideas, they thought that what Locke asked was a test for them, and that Locke was organizing his knowledge to judge their level based on his own standards, so it turned out like this.

Just like at this moment, Locke's words of truth sounded like he was just being modest to others. After all, how could a wizard with his strength not know anything about black magic?

"It's still two minutes. From left to right, let's start."

As Locke finished speaking, the hourglass in the center of the room flipped over, and the sand inside began to fall and flow away at a speed far exceeding that before.

Two minutes was a very short time. As the sand in the hourglass had all flowed out, a crisp sound was heard and the Death Eaters who heard the sound opened their eyes one after another.

Let’s start with Rodolphus on the far left. This time his expression is much more confident than before, and his voice is more confident.

"Sir, based on my many years of experience, the use and control of Liehuo is actually......"

Rodolphus talked eloquently, and he had many unique insights and feelings about Fiendfyre and black magic.

Fiendfyre's discussion did not end as quickly as the levitation spell, as each Death Eater's inventory far exceeded the previous one.

Such a beautiful situation is undoubtedly what Locke wants to see most, so starting from Rodolphus, the smile on his face has never stopped.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Wonderful, truly wonderful. Your insights into Fiendfyre and the Dark Arts are truly profound and thorough. I have learned a lot from them."

As the last Death Eater finished his passionate narration, Locke gave his applause and praise generously.

The knowledge Locke gained this time far exceeded the previous levitation spell. It can be said that he is worthy of being a master of dark magic. Every Death Eater has his own unique insights and feelings about Fiendfyre.

After talking to a circle of Death Eaters, I found that except for some very basic parts, there were very few repetitive parts in the overall knowledge.

To put it another way, if we regard these Death Eaters' insights and insights on Fiendfyre as a paper, the plagiarism rate of these papers with the same topic is only about 8 to 9 percent. How about that? Isn't that outrageous?

To be honest, Locke himself felt incredible when faced with such a result, and was quite surprised at how hard these Death Eaters worked.

It was for this reason that Locke was so happy and applauded them directly. He was really too full this time. The word "full" is not an adjective, but a literal meaning.

Locke now only feels that the large amount of new knowledge in his brain is constantly surging and jumping, connecting and colliding with the knowledge he has learned before, promoting his understanding while also bursting out some new insights and inspirations from time to time.

The magic in this world is a complete system. Both black magic and white magic belong to the same system.

So this means that these magics may be very different in their effects, but at the knowledge level, they can still find many common and complementary points.

This is Locke's situation now. As his knowledge of magic begins to be completed, his insights and understanding of magic are also constantly improving.

"It's getting late, let's stop here for today."

This discussion lasted a long time, nearly four hours. According to Locke's biological clock, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

"Sir, please take care."

The Death Eaters and Locke stood up together, and then the hall quickly turned back into an aisle. As the aisle became longer, the Death Eaters distanced themselves from each other and did not crowd together.

Locke turned and walked towards the stairs. The Death Eaters just watched him. It was not until Locke was completely out of sight that someone noticed that the flaming lotus that Locke had conjured up before was still floating in the air.

This was Locke's reward to the Death Eaters. Locke was very satisfied with their knowledge this time, so in return, he improved their prison conditions.

"Fiercefire...it seems that it can be used with more than just Transfiguration. It seems that it can also be used with Weather Charm. Not only that, with my control, it seems that the Armor Charm may also have room for operation!"

On the way downstairs back to the cell, all kinds of inspirations began to appear in Locke's mind.

Volume 1: Chapter 24: Curse

Locke's idea is not groundless. As the saying goes, wind helps the fire, and wind and fire have always been two things that are highly correlated.

The magic of weather spell affects natural celestial phenomena, among which wind is a large category.

Taking into account the nature of the Fiery Flame that burns everything to strengthen itself, and the fact that it cannot be extinguished except by some special means or the user's active extinguishing, this magic will be absolutely terrifying once it is successfully combined with the weather spell.

"According to the knowledge I gained from the Death Eaters, the magic of Fiendfyre contains not only fire, but also a curse."

Locke returned to his nest and divided the cell into two. To avoid accidents, Locke would practice Li Huo in the small space.

The curse in the Harry Potter world is a very special thing. Not only is it very difficult to deal with, but many cursed products themselves are also difficult to destroy, such as Fiendfyre.

Thinking of this, in addition to Fiendfyre, Locke also thought of the Horcrux that Voldemort made by tearing apart his own soul.

Considering the bloody ritual-style production method of the Horcrux, Locke felt that the Horcrux should also have a certain curse element.

He even felt that the thing was most likely using the pain and everything of the killed people to complete an unknown curse ritual.

After the ritual is completed and the curse is born, the curse is used as the main body combined with the torn soul of the caster to complete the creation of the Horcrux.

"If the entire process of making a Horcrux is considered a bloody ritual magic, then according to the basic logic of ritual magic, in this case involving a spellcaster, the spellcaster himself must also be part of the entire ritual, so the step of tearing the soul apart should also be part of the entire ritual."

Locke also has some understanding of ritual magic, but it is only a basic understanding, because his predecessor had a rough understanding of this type of magic when he chose to make up for it, in order to prepare for future choices.

It's a pity that my predecessor chose weather spells and various high-level spells without any hesitation, and ultimately failed to learn them.

"From this perspective, can we regard Voldemort's Horcrux as a constant and stable curse ritual? He uses the ritual to merge his soul with the curse, and then uses the characteristics of the curse to forcibly retain his soul in the world."

"Hiss, if this guess is true, then the guy who created this magic is really a genius. He actually thought of transforming his soul into a cursed object and relying on the characteristics of the curse to live forever in the world."

Locke's thoughts were scattered, and for a moment he even forgot that he was preparing to practice Lihuo.

"The Fiendfyre can destroy Horcruxes, is it because it carries a curse, just like the fangs and blood of a basilisk?"

The basilisk is a creature that is full of curses. In the history of wizards, the basilisk is believed to be the hand of the despicable Herpo, and the method of its birth is full of ritual magic.

"The basilisk was hatched from a rooster's egg by a toad"

Herbo, who bred the basilisk, is considered one of the earliest known dark wizards. He is extremely good at using and inventing curses. He is also the first dark wizard to successfully create a Horcrux and the first Parseltongue.

"He is probably an expert in ritual magic. After all, curses are always closely related to rituals."

At this point, Locke stopped his divergent thoughts in time. He was now here to study and practice Fiendfyre, so he could just think about ritual magic, ancestral spells, and Voldemort.