Chapter 142 142. Medea's self-exposure
Scott felt that Medea at this moment was exactly the same as Helena in the portrait in the Room of Requirement, and she didn't know why she became talkative.
It turned out that Medea was moved after she found the original purpose of this music room in the notes left by Slytherin.
The magic contained in Hogwarts Castle is too powerful.
Slytherin himself is a legendary wizard, so he just uses the powerful magic of the castle to do some experiments.
But Medea, who is not that powerful herself, is extremely envious of the powerful magic contained in the castle.
She has been studying how to use this magic to strengthen herself, catch up with the great father, and gain his recognition.
After countless days and nights of careful research, she seems to have finally seen a glimmer of hope-
She found an ancient oath signing ceremony that requires a huge source of magic power from the collection of books left by Slytherin.
This oath has no other function, but follows the principle of equal exchange, and can be traded with anyone.
What is traded is not money and objects, but magic, talent, and even intangible things such as life span.
This discovery made Medea ecstatic.
If she could exchange enough magic power and talent, she could become a genius like her father!
But after calming down, she was not satisfied with it.
The oath follows the principle of equal exchange, which means that you must lose something if you get it.
Medea just wants to become strong, she doesn't want to lose anything.
Later, she began to study and transform it with great effort, and had some ideas.
This is also the reason why she suddenly wanted to regret the marriage.
She confidently felt that she had found a way to become stronger, and getting married was no longer her best choice.
So she asked for help from the other three founders who were friends of her father, and from her friend Helena.
But everyone politely rejected her.
According to the rules, no one can interfere with the marriage contract made by Slytherin himself unless he shows up in person.
Although Medea was a little discouraged after failing to regret the marriage, she quickly cheered up.
Marriage could not change her desire to become stronger.
She began to devote herself to her research wholeheartedly, wanting to improve the ancient oath.
She didn't want to be a party to the transaction witnessed by the oath, but to be the controller of the oath.
But she failed.
This oath didn't seem to be as useful as she hoped.
The oath can only rely on a huge source of magic power, and as a wizard, she can't really control it.
On the eve of graduation, Medea, who was about to get married, chose to leave her achievements unwillingly.
Since she couldn't control it while she was alive, she would wait until she died to complete it.
She remodeled the oath, set her sights on the distant future, and sneaked into the music room to further transform it.
Then, she tried to persuade Ravenclaw with conditions, and finally agreed to some harsh conditions proposed by Ravenclaw and completed the signing ceremony of the transformed oath.
Listening to Medea's continuous revelations, Scott felt that she was a genius.
He didn't understand why a witch who could do these things was said to have mediocre talent...
Is talent only in magic?
In Scott's view, Medea was simply knowledgeable and talented.
Medea did not explain in detail the process of her research and transformation of the oath, but Scott could not understand even a few words.
He glanced at Dumbledore, and the old headmaster listened with great interest, his eyes shining.
Scott clearly realized the huge gap between himself and wizards like Dumbledore.
Although he knew that the gap was huge, it was the first time he had such a clear understanding.
The knowledge alone was already very different!
Medea was still talking.
After signing the oath, her mentality seemed to have changed again.
Although the content of the oath gave her hope of achieving her goal after her death, the harsh conditions of the oath made her dare not die like that.
After graduating from Hogwarts, she seemed to have figured it out and compromised.
She got married obediently and lived the stable life that Slytherin once hoped she would live.
In her long and trivial life, she seemed to have perfectly integrated into the life of the Gaunt family, becoming an ordinary wife and an ordinary mother.
The vow to stay in Hogwarts was like an unreachable dream, which only witnessed her struggle with all her strength when she was young.
She seemed to have let go of her mood at that time.
Until she was old, she began to think of her youth and the dream of staying in Hogwarts unconsciously.
She finally recognized herself.
She did not love her husband, nor did she like her children that much.
She never let go of her obsession in her youth.
She even forgot her father's face, but still wanted to get the recognition that she had never gotten.
After thinking about these, she could no longer bear the mediocre life.
Thinking of her life experience, she was almost suffocated by despair.
Even the old husband and grown-up children in front of her became more and more hateful in her eyes.
She acted quickly.
She made a doll that looked exactly like her when she was young, killed her increasingly hated husband, and turned the doll into her own Horcrux.
"..."
Scott stared at Medea who kept exposing herself.
He was stunned by the miraculous operation of the old lady!
This old lady, you are really not a good person!
Could it be that your descendants, who are separated by countless generations, are also inherited by Voldemort to make Horcruxes?
Also, what did your poor husband do wrong!
It's miserable!
Dumbledore was no longer calm when he heard about the Horcruxes.
"Horcruxes." He said solemnly, "That is an evil spell. I didn't expect you to do this."
Medea said disapprovingly: "You should have some guesses, Mr. Headmaster."
"Indeed." Dumbledore nodded, "But I'm not sure."
Medea laughed, "Don't worry, Mr. Headmaster, this is my only Horcrux."
Dumbledore didn't speak, and didn't express belief or disbelief.
Medea began to continue telling her story.
After making the Horcruxes, she pretended to be dead and returned to Hogwarts without anyone noticing.
She sneaked into the music room, left some decorations, and ended her life.
To be precise, she used a magic ritual to sacrifice everything she had.
To be honest, Scott didn't quite understand.
Perhaps Medea sacrificed her true body to bind her Horcrux doll to the oath.
She made a huge gamble, betting everything, leaving only the doll made into a Horcrux.
As long as the conditions of the oath can be met - a blood descendant sacrifices his soul at Hogwarts, she can wake up.
This kind of awakening is unreasonable. As long as the conditions are met, the oath can wake her up.
And judging from the harsh conditions of the oath, the chance of her waking up is actually pitifully small.
