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Chapter 499: When Has the Dark Lord Ever Been Normal?
Chapter 499: When Has the Dark Lord Ever Been Normal?
Sirius Black remained silent for a long time, feeling very uneasy. The emotions he had suppressed for years finally burst forth in this moment.
Taking advantage of the others' distraction, Sirius Black turned his head to wipe away the tears from the corner of his eyes. Regulus's death was great, giving them the opportunity to end Voldemort's reign. He said, his voice slightly choked with emotion.
"All these years, I misunderstood him! Or perhaps I never truly understood him."
Beside him, House-elf Kreacher was already sobbing uncontrollably.
After a while, sensing the heavy atmosphere, Lupin quickly changed the subject. "Now that we've destroyed the Horcrux, Voldemort no longer has immortality. The next time we meet, we can finally kill him!"
"Right! We can tell Professor Dumbledore about this. He'll be very happy!" Harry said.
"I suspect Professor Dumbledore already knew about the Horcruxes. Eliminating Voldemort won't be that easy", Ivan said, shattering their hopes with a glance at the determined faces around him.
"Why do you say that?" Lupin frowned, looking at Ivan in confusion.
"I should have told you before. At the end of my first year, I destroyed two similar things at Hogwarts", Ivan reminded them.
"So, Voldemort's Horcruxes aren't just one?!" Lupin immediately grasped the implication, his face showing shock.
Sirius Black couldn't help but speak up. "Is he mad? Who in their right mind would split their soul into so many pieces?"
The book *Advanced Dark Magic Decoded* clearly stated that splitting the soul was an extremely evil act, accompanied by indescribable pain.
So far, they knew of three Horcruxes that had been destroyed, and who knew how many more were still out there.
"When has the Dark Lord ever been normal?" Ivan shrugged, remarking with a touch of sarcasm.
He had seen Voldemort's appearance when he was in his fifth year.
Such a handsome face, truly a pity. Even if he wasn't as good-looking as Ivan, he was close.
If it were Ivan, he would never have sacrificed his looks to gain power.
Thinking about this, Ivan shook his head and recounted the conversation he had with Dumbledore after emerging from the Chamber at the end of the previous school year.
"I think Professor Dumbledore clearly saw through the true nature of the Diary and the Crown. That's why he praised Tom as the most outstanding student in Hogwarts's history.
At the time, I didn't fully understand the meaning behind the Professors' words, but now it makes sense!"
Ivan spoke half-truths and half-lies, glancing at Harry with a sidelong look.
Four of Voldemort's Horcruxes had already been destroyed. Apart from the Hufflepuff's Cup stored in Gringotts and Nagini, who hadn't been created yet, only Harry remained!
And this was the most difficult Horcrux of them all!
Because Harry wasn't an enemy but one of Ivan's closest friends. Ivan wasn't ruthless enough to use any means necessary to achieve his goals.
After all, Harry had never wronged him. Sometimes, his generosity made Ivan feel ashamed.
He still remembered when they first met in their first year. When Ivan lacked money to buy the materials for the Bloodline Fusion Potion, Harry offered to lend him over a dozen Galleons without hesitation, helping him through the tough times.
Even after Ivan politely declined, Harry remembered and gave him ten Galleons as a Christmas gift on Christmas Day.
This school year, he had also relied on the Invisibility Cloak borrowed from Harry to easily deal with Bogrod and those Death Eaters.
Ivan was not the type to repay kindness with ingratitude, so he could only hope that Dumbledore would come up with a solution.
Although Sirius Black and Lupin were not aware of this, they also fell into worry upon learning that Voldemort possessed multiple Horcruxes.
A Horcrux could be anything and hidden anywhere, with an uncertain number. Finding and destroying each one was like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Thinking of this, they felt a wave of helplessness.
"Actually, we can look at it from a different angle. At least we've made a step closer to success, haven't we?" Harry suddenly said.
Harry's words snapped Lupin and Sirius Black out of their pessimistic mood, reinvigorating them.
"You're right, Harry! At least we now know Voldemort's secret to immortality and have destroyed several Horcruxes. We're very close to success!" Sirius Black patted Harry's shoulder with a sense of relief.
Lupin also smiled. They had all endured the difficult days when Voldemort had dominated the Wizarding World.
Now, Voldemort was merely hiding in the shadows, clinging to life, and could only watch as they destroyed the Horcruxes one by one. The situation was already in their favor.
"Kreacher, do you remember how to get to that place? The place where Regulus obtained this Horcrux", Sirius Black hesitated for a moment before turning to Kreacher and asking.
"Of course, Kreacher will never forget", the elderly House-Elf trembled, his voice choked with emotion.
Ever since he witnessed Regulus being dragged into the lake by countless hands, that scene, accompanied by deep regret, had been etched into Kreacher's mind, haunting him every time he closed his eyes.
"Sirius Black, why are you asking this? The Horcrux was already taken out by Regulus", Ivan frowned.
"I want to bring Regulus's body back!" Sirius Black sighed.
"Do you know the risks involved? What if he has already been turned into an Inferius?" Ivan did not agree with Sirius's idea. If Regulus's soul was still there, it would not want them to risk their lives for a corpse.
"That's exactly why I must do this! A person turned into an Inferius will never find redemption. I can't just leave him there!" Sirius Black said firmly.
When he learned that Regulus was alone in the icy lake, surrounded by countless Inferi, Sirius Black's heart was in torment.
Fetching Regulus's body was the only thing he could do for his brother now.
Ivan shook his head helplessly. There was another possibility he was reluctant to mention: Regulus might have been torn apart by the Inferi, his bones possibly dissolved.
But putting himself in Sirius's shoes, Ivan could not tolerate the desecration of a loved one's body, so he did not try to dissuade him further. Instead, he suggested:
"Since that's the case, we should inform Professor Dumbledore! If you truly want Regulus to rest in peace, or do you expect us to handle a lake full of Inferi?"
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