Chapter 210 Discussing Horcruxes with Horcruxes, exploring the office again, and reading banned book

Someone with some special talent?

This statement was a bit strange. Harry always suspected that Mikel knew something and kept asking him.

"What special ability can you hear that kind of sound? Please tell me clearly."

Mikel shrugged, "I don't know, I just said it casually. Whether you believe it or not is up to you."

After he finished speaking, he returned to bed and went to sleep, leaving Harry and Ron looking at each other.

Ron shook his head, lowered his voice and asked, "Did you have a conflict with him? Why do I always feel like he speaks a little strangely?"

Harry also shook his head in confusion.

He and Mikel had a good relationship at the beginning of last semester, but in the second half of the semester, Mikel stopped moving with them.

And this semester, he stopped eating with them and had friends of his own.

It wasn't that Harry felt sad, he had other good friends too.

But Mikel's sudden change of attitude made him feel strange.

The next day, during class, Harry told Hermione, Lin Xia and Draco about the noise he heard in Lockhart's office last night.

Lin Xia asked curiously: "Strange sound, what sound do you mean?"

Harry recalled that sound, and until now, every time he recalled it, goosebumps would appear on the skin of his arms.

"A very cold, slightly sticky sound, as if all the evil in the world were gathered together, making people feel suffocating and dangerous."

Harry said with great certainty: "I am very sure that the voice did appear. It echoed in my mind over and over again and was extremely clear. But Professor Lockhart said that he couldn't hear it. I don't think he was lying."

Hermione thought for a while and said, "Did you feel anything unusual when you heard this voice?"

Lin Xia also thought of something and asked: "For example, feeling a little dizzy, feeling unwell, feeling irritable, etc.?"

Harry nodded and shook his head, with a confused look on his face: "I don't know if this is discomfort, I feel the scar on my forehead is a little painful."

Seeing that they couldn't guess, Draco suggested a solution.

"It's so simple. Just go to Lockhart's office again and see if you can hear that voice again."

Lin Xia glanced at the lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead and had other thoughts in her mind.

At first she thought that what Harry was experiencing was vague gibbering.

Although at present, vague murmurs are only likely to cause confusion at night, and those who are approached are all wizards with relatively powerful abilities.

Ordinary little wizards would not be found, otherwise the whole Hogwarts would be in chaos.

But Harry had a special physique, so he might have been affected by the vague babble in advance.

But once it comes to the scar on his forehead, it's a different story.

This scar was left when Voldemort attacked him.

Lin Xia had a hunch that the scar had a deep connection with Voldemort. Perhaps the voice Harry heard was conveyed to him in disguise by Voldemort through some method.

Lin Xia gently touched the small leather bag that she carried with her.

Tom Riddle's diary was also in the small leather bag.

Voldemort's skills in making Horcruxes are very exquisite, and each Horcrux is independent of each other and not related.

Even if two Horcruxes appear in Hogwarts, the two Horcruxes will not sense each other and will only do what they should do.

So she had another guess: Could it be a Horcrux made by Voldemort that conveyed the voice to Harry?

Although the Horcruxes are not related to each other now, there is no guarantee that there will be other means to have additional effects.

Lin Xia patted the small leather bag. Instead of thinking about this matter, she would be better off asking Tom.

…

This class is about the history of magic.

The little wizard dozed off while listening. The ghost professor's voice was so hypnotic.

Lin Xia also opened the diary and asked Tom about the Horcrux.

Tom: [Horcrux? ? ? ]

The ink stains of the question marks are deeply carved, enough to show Tom's inner peace.

Tom: [I don’t know where you heard these two words. According to what you said before, many banned books at Hogwarts are no longer available for students to borrow. You shouldn’t know about Horcruxes]

Lin Xia: [I am an excellent student, and I have permission to read banned books. I just found this banned book and read it. I am very interested in the eternal life mentioned in the book. What do you think? ]

Tom: [If this is the case, you may indeed see it, but little wizard, I want to solemnly declare to you that Horcruxes are a double-edged sword. If you want to go to eternal life, I don’t think this is a way. Very good road? ]

Lin Xia: [Tom, you are going a bit far. I just asked you whether Horcruxes can be related to each other, rather than discussing with you which method to achieve immortality.

Besides, why don’t you think this is a good path? Are there any flaws? ]

Tom: [Don’t worry, my friend, I will answer your questions one by one. I have also read books about Horcruxes. At first, I thought this was a good way to achieve immortality.

But later, as I kept discussing immortality with you, I felt that Horcruxes were not actually a perfect path.

As the spirit continues to be split, even if the split souls are souls from different periods, each soul carries different memory fragments.

And as long as there is a Horcrux, the body will be resurrected and restored to its previous state.

But there is a problem here. Once a Horcrux is destroyed, the split soul dissipates. Even if it is resurrected by another Horcrux, that part of the soul is permanent but missing.

As more and more Horcruxes are destroyed, the effects of resurrection will become worse and worse. Those who are resurrected also need to continue to collect Horcruxes and get back the memory fragments placed in them to complete themselves. ]

Lin Xia asked thoughtfully: "What if it fails to be completed?"

Tom: [Look how many Horcruxes that man made and how many souls he split.

I can tell you clearly that as more and more Horcruxes are made, more and more souls are split, and the souls will become more unstable.

If after that person is resurrected, he cannot find all the Horcruxes where the split soul resides, or if many of the Horcruxes have been destroyed...

Then, he will most likely become a psychopath! Suffering from soul-splitting neurosis! ]

Lin Xia: […]

Suddenly she didn't know how to continue the conversation with the diary. If she told the truth now that Tom was one of the Horcruxes——

Will Tom also be troubled by the fact that his main personality is mentally ill?

Tom: [Going back to your first question, whether Horcruxes can be related to and interfere with each other.

In principle, the two Horcruxes are not related, but I think they are essentially the same.

This question can only be answered by a real Horcrux. How about you find a Horcrux and ask? ]

Lin Xia lowered her head silently.

Isn't she asking now?

But even the Horcrux itself doesn't know that it is a Horcrux.

Time passed by and we came to the end of the History of Magic get out of class.

Just as everyone was thinking about how to get to Lockhart's office, suddenly, they ran into Lockhart head-on.

Lockhart had just finished a Defense Against the Dark Arts class and just came out of class.

When he saw Lin Xia, Harry, and his fanatical fan Miss Hermione Granger, he greeted them warmly.

"Hello, little wizard, did you enjoy your class today? It's a pity that your class is not available. I can't wait to meet you in the next class."

Hermione touched Harry, trying to get him to ask.

But Harry stood there in shock, his mouth seemed to be sealed, and he didn't know how to ask.

It was Lin Xia who spoke when Lockhart was about to leave: "Professor, do the words you said to me during the Nature Wand launch event last Saturday still count?"

Lockhart's eyes flashed slightly, and in front of the other young wizards, he said happily: "Of course it counts. If you need it, come to me anytime."

Lin Xia: "I happen to have a need right now, why don't we go to your office to talk."

Lockhart nodded: "Okay, let's go, but what you just said was, us?"

Lin Xia smiled: "They are my friends. They accompany me to your office, but mainly I communicate with you, and they just go to visit."

Lockhart suddenly realized and showed his big shining white teeth.

"If you want to visit, tell me early. I welcome you little wizards to come at any time!"

In this way, the group arrived at Lockhart's office smoothly.

Except for Harry, everyone else came here for the first time.

There was no doubt that everyone except Harry was dazzled by the countless picture frames.

There were countless Lockharts, big and small, all greeting them.

Ron blinked several times, thinking he was going to faint!

In several portraits, Lockhart is painting a picture of himself.

——Picture within picture!

The little wizard couldn't help but wonder, how much does Lockhart like his portrait?

Professor Lockhart said enthusiastically and cheerfully: "Come on, come on, you can visit whatever you want to see. I welcome little wizards to come to my place and communicate with me.

Besides you, there is another student named Mikel Bain, right? He often comes to me to discuss the true meaning of magic.

I like this kind of students who have extremely positive learning attitudes. You can also come to me at any time like him. "

When Ron heard this, he couldn't help but lower his head and whispered to Harry:

"No wonder I can't find Mikel recently. It turns out he often comes to the professor's place."

Lockhart's gushing voice came to my ears again: "I would like to teach the little wizard, but I am really too busy."

He pointed to a large pile of fan letters on his desk, as well as published books and unpublished manuscripts he was writing, and said in a proud and extremely regretful tone:

"I have to finish all this before I can teach students."

Seeing that Lockhart wanted to continue speaking, Lin Xia said: "Professor, your time is precious, why don't we talk about business first."

Lockhart came to his senses and said, "Okay, let's talk business first. What about the other little wizards?"

Lin Xia stretched out her magic wand and waved an anti-eavesdropping spell.

"Professor, we can start talking now. They can't hear us. I cast an anti-eavesdropping spell."

Lockhart said: "Okay, okay." He did not forget to praise: "Originally I also wanted to cast this spell, but I didn't expect you to beat me to it. You are indeed a research player, and your mind is very smart."

When Lin Xia was talking to Lockhart about something.

Harry and others are also taking action.

Ron looked up at the ceiling. He suddenly realized that in Lockhart's office, the ceiling was more pleasing to the eye and less eye-catching.

"Harry, did you hear that voice?"

Harry carefully sensed it and shook his head: "No, I can't sense anything."

Hermione suddenly thought: "Maybe the position is wrong, where did you hear it?"

So Harry moved to the place where he wrote a fan letter to Lockhart before, sat down, recalled the action at that time, and felt it carefully.

On the other side, while Lockhart was talking with Lin Xia, he kept an eye on the other three little wizards.

Seeing Harry walk to the fan letter, Lockhart moved his feet.

But his attention was quickly pulled back by Lin Xia, "Professor, I hope you will allow me to read five banned books every week."

Lockhart was stunned, and then shook his head decisively: "No, even as a professor, I can only borrow three scriptures every week, how can I give you 5 books?"

Lin Xia immediately changed his words: "Then 3 books."

Lockhart hesitated: "But I also need to read banned books, I can only give you one every week-"

Lin Xia interrupted: "Professor, I have also read banned books, I know it is risky, Hogwarts had a ghost incident some time ago, and I don't know what will happen in the future.

You might as well save some strength and deal with more crises in the future, and leave the opportunity to read banned books to me. If something unexpected happens, I will bear it myself."

The banned book quota that Lin Xia asked Lockhart for was naturally not the kind of borrowing in the secret key.

The borrowing of banned books in the secret key is very strict, and auxiliary items to refresh the mind and prevent mumbling pollution are also required when reading.

This kind of banned book is the real banned book.

After reading it once, wizards can significantly improve their strength.

But in addition to this kind of banned book, Hogwarts has another kind of banned book, that is, the banned book in the library.

This kind of banned book is the banned book displayed in the open.

Although it is not as dangerous as reading the physical banned book in the secret key, there is still a certain risk.

Reading this kind of book will definitely gain more than reading ordinary magic books.

Lockhart thought about it and raised a charming smile: "You are right, but the borrowing rights three times a week are too..."

He paused deliberately.

Lin Xia also smiled back.

"Professor, you will have my friendship." She paused for a moment, "You will also have the friendship of the Malfoy family."

Lockhart's smile became more sincere, "For such an excellent student like you, I will certainly strongly support you. I will give you a note, and you can borrow three banned books every week."

Lin Xia also said sincerely: "Professor Lockhart, you are the most generous professor I have ever seen. May your wisdom spread throughout Hogwarts."

Lockhart felt that Lin Xia, the little wizard, was his soulmate!

Why didn't he think of this kind of language before?