Volume 5: The Burning Golden Flame Chapter 412: Eat the Castle
"A balance maintained through a brief verbal agreement cannot last long. The same is true for me and my other self. So, since I can't do anything to him and he can't do anything to me, we must find a way to resolve the current situation. Otherwise, if we continue to fight among ourselves, Dumbledore will benefit in the end."
Voldemort said loudly.
The words that came out of his mouth were still the same as Draco's, but the accent and tone were something Draco could never say.
"So, I chose to take a step back and leave my body to him who had been coveting it for a long time, while I tried to find another way out."
He looked at Jon, amusement on his face.
"I've already said this. Can you guess what kind of solution I'm going to find next?"
Jon turned his head and looked at the Triwizard Cup behind the wooden door. Although this matter was obscure, it was actually not difficult to guess considering the cause and effect.
"After you separate, even if there is no conflict for the time being, you will not be as strong as when you merged, so you must want to keep your strength from decreasing, or even go further. But I think this kind of soul fusion is not something that can be merged together casually with two different souls, otherwise you would not want to eat your other self instead of looking for others, combined with what you did in Hogwarts Castle before, and Hogwarts Castle has its own consciousness..."
Jon looked deeply at the man standing in front of him and talking to him in the appearance of Draco.
"You were preparing for a backup plan when you took control this school. If you didn't succeed in eating yourself, you would eat this castle."
“Ahaha!”
Voldemort laughed and snapped his fingers.
"That's right! I think Dumbledore would be troubled after knowing that I have always wanted to become the real owner of this castle. He would doubt what I want to do by doing this, because according to normal thinking, this castle would be of no use to me even if it really belongs to me."
A bright smile appeared on his face, an expression that Draco had never shown before.
"A castle formed by the gathering of countless young magic powers and the influence of thousands of years to form consciousness. This is bound to be a very delicious meal, isn't it? Jon, as long as I can eat it, what does the other me matter? The short-sighted idiot who split his soul and was now reunited by me could not see such long-term benefits at all! Magic is emotion, and emotion is soul! Dumbledore has been emphasizing his love, because according to his cognition, he only understands that love is the strongest emotion, but he ignores the power of the soul itself! Even if there is no love, so what! As long as my soul is strong enough, as long as I can eat this consciousness that has gathered for thousands of years! I am God!"
"The whole world! Wizards and Muggles, land and sea, God of all things!"
His spirits were high, but there was no sense of ridiculousness or madness in him.
Because he expressed it so seriously, his words were neither fast nor slow, but slow and measured, telling Jon everything he had done and prepared, allowing Jon to understand how terrifying the Voldemort before him was.
He had prepared for his own failure more than ten years ago, and began to restrict the castle bit by bit, in preparation for the failure of the fusion of his two selves in the future. At that time, Dumbledore had not yet formed the Wizarding World, and John himself had not yet traveled through time. At that time, he was at the peak of his career in Britain and even in the whole of Europe.
Now all his arrangements have been used, and everything has come to the final step as he planned. Even if John guessed in advance that it was him in Draco's body for other reasons, it would not have the slightest impact on the current situation.
"But it's not that easy to eat the castle's consciousness. If it were that easy, you would have done it directly instead of preparing it as a backup plan."
Jon took a deep breath.
"So you have set your sights on me. Besides delaying the Triwizard Tournament, another purpose is to drag me into the trap you designed."
"You are absolutely right."
The better John performed now, the happier Voldemort's expression became.
"Your name was chosen in the Goblet of Fire because I had someone throw it in. After I knew that you tore up my contract and killed Rabastan, I chose you, Jon. Bella and Rodolphus were just a bonus, letting them test you. If they really kill you, it proves that you are nothing special. I can just choose another target. If you succeed in killing them, it will be a big surprise. This means that you are the most suitable choice, but for you as the most suitable candidate, I also need more preparation."
"I'm going to create a series of illusions to make you and Dumbledore think that I really want to kill you. This way, I can not only win the Triwizard Tournament directly, but also prevent future troubles. That's why there was the dragon riot, and that's why I agreed to Barty's honey trap. I put myself in your shoes and think about what you would think. I must not have any reservations and do my best to kill you. Only in this way can I deceive you and that old man who is never easy to deceive."
"Not only that, I will also guide you to discover my arrangements in the castle. Dumbledore cares about this castle more than anyone else, because it was he who lost it and became the biggest sinner among all the headmasters in history. Therefore, this is even easier. I just need to pretend that I have made some omissions and let you discover the secrets in the castle. You will think that I care about this castle very much, and then infer that I care about the final result of this game very much, because the castle is also one of the bets. Only in this way will you do your best to win the championship of this game and complete this puppet show that I personally set the stage for you and directed!"
Voldemort opened his arms and looked extremely happy.
"So, Mr. Jon Green, you are smart and clever, can you guess why I spent so much effort and time setting up this trap just to make you think that you have gone through so much hardship and won the championship through your own efforts?"
