Chapter 185: The Patriarch's Ring
"Tsk tsk," Armand's face changed slightly. He slightly put away his contemptuous expression, and his face looked a little solemn. He said, "It seems that you have doubts in your heart. You came here tonight prepared, right?"
"Hehe, even so," he snorted twice, and his voice suddenly turned cold, "Are you too confident in yourself? Aren't you afraid of capsizing in the ditch?"
"Draco must also know that the moment I was selected as the champion of the Triwizard Tournament, he had no chance..." Xie Lin's tone was a little heavy, "That is to say, our brothers' ideological struggle should have ended. Based on my understanding of my father's character, no matter how much he supports pure-blood supremacy, he is unlikely to do anything that will harm the interests of the family. So-"
"It's time for me to figure out what your goals and motivations are. According to my understanding of Draco, the so-called pure-blood supremacy and family honor are not the reasons for our brothers to fight. There must be deeper reasons behind them. In order to understand this..." Xie Lin said lightly: "I think it's worth it even if I risk my life. .”
“Besides,” Xie Lin showed a confident smile, “I don’t think a truly strong person can be trained by soaking in books all day, or hiding away to study magic all day—”
“You are very strong, I can feel that,” Xie Lin’s tone was firm and steady, and his eyes were burning with unprecedented fighting spirit, “But, you haven’t even held the magic wand in your hand yet, you don’t really think I am an ant that you can control at will, right?”
“Interesting…” Armand slowly raised his left hand, “I am in your eyes Seeing the will to fight to the death, you actually came here with the determination to die... You are treating me as a whetstone to sharpen your own knife... Are you using the pressure of a strong enemy to push your limits? You are really young and formidable. "
"To reward your courage and your strategy, let me show you this." Armand's left index finger slowly emerged from the void with a ring engraved with a black dragon logo. Sherin was not unfamiliar with this ring. This was the ring that Lucius used to wear. It was the proof of the identity of the head of the Malfoy family. It was called the "head of the family ring" in the family!
"So that's it..." Sherin narrowed his eyes slightly, and in an instant he figured out many key points.
For example, when he had his first magic riot, he had seen black air on Lucius, but no one else in the family had this situation. At that time, he thought it was because of the Dark Mark. After all, Narcissa and Kakaro also knew black magic, but they didn't have these abnormalities.
Now think about it carefully, Snape, who also has the Dark Mark, doesn't seem to have these abnormalities. I have always ignored this small detail. If this black energy comes from the ring of the head of the family, then everything makes sense.
For example, why did his father and Draco suddenly change their attitudes towards him? He has always wondered, does a dispute of ideas require Draco to practice black magic to enhance his strength? Given Draco's current age and temperament, would such a move be a bit radical?
"So, Draco has been designated by my father as the next head of the family. No wonder... hehe..." Xie Lin smiled a little bitterly. He felt mixed emotions at the moment, "They underestimated me too much. How could my vision and ambition be limited by a mere family... family, family, and family again..."
To be fair, Xie Lin has never coveted the position of head of the family. In his opinion, Draco is the eldest son. According to the historical tradition of the pure-blood family, unless Draco is expelled for committing some intolerable mistakes, the position of head of the family should have fallen into Draco's hands.
And given Schelling's own personality, he probably doesn't like to be a person in power, worrying about the interests, development, and survival of the family every day.
The Malfoy family may have the blessing of their ancestral legacy, which is enough for the family to continue to prosper for a century or two, but these wealth will be consumed sooner or later. Don't say that the money of a pure-blood family is endless. Didn't you see that Lucius was reluctant to buy even a Firebolt for his only son in the original book?
As the head of the family, if you want to lead the family to continue to prosper, you must have foresight, leadership, and long-term planning and execution capabilities. This is not a question of whether Schelling can do it, but he doesn't want to take on such a responsibility and live such a life.
Every day, you can receive passive income from well-invested industries, sleep until you wake up naturally, travel around and adventure in your spare time, study magic at home, or cultivate some hobbies to pass the time, and live a shameless life with a few girls. Isn't this good?
"If father just wanted Draco to inherit the position of head of the family, he could have told me directly. He didn't need to hide it from me because I have no interest in it at all..." Xie Lin's voice gradually became cold, "But you-"
"How brave!" Xie Lin's eyes also began to sharpen, "You dare to show me the location of your Horcrux, do you really look down on me so much?"
The Horcrux is the container where Armand's residual soul resides. As long as the Horcrux is destroyed, no matter how powerful he is, his soul will be scattered. How arrogant is it for Armand to casually expose the existence and location of the Horcrux!
Armand ignored Schelling's words. He seemed to be activating the Patriarch's Ring with all his strength. The black light on the ring was flickering, as if a black electric arc was attached to it, with electric tongues splashing and sizzling. Every time the ring flickered, the black air on Armand's body would become significantly thicker. Schelling knew that this was the Horcrux trying to absorb Draco's vitality to make himself closer to the state of resurrection.
The principle of the Horcrux is to seal part of the caster's residual soul in a magic container through an evil ritual, so that the caster's soul can be anchored in the world. Even if the caster's body dies, the soul can still escape the harvest of the "God of Death" in the form of a residual soul, so as to avoid being forcibly detained in the netherworld and the world of the dead.
Making a Horcrux is a very evil and difficult process. There are only a few wizards who can do this throughout history. Even if most wizards really make a Horcrux, they will only make one, because splitting the soul more than once will make the soul extremely unstable, distorting a person's appearance, personality and reason. In short, it will lose part of its humanity. People who split more than once like Voldemort can basically no longer be called "people".
Assuming that Armand only made one Horcrux, after his physical body died, the biggest possibility is that his soul will be directly forced to transfer into the pre-set Horcrux, rather than wandering in the wilderness as a residual soul like Voldemort.
The easiest way for a residual soul that has lost its body to revive is to seduce a person who has been in contact with the Horcrux for a long time, and let that person open his mind and defense by deceiving and seduce, and then take the opportunity to enter that person's mind, and slowly erode that person's soul without that person knowing it, and finally seize control of that person's body in one fell swoop, just like what Tom Riddle did to Ginny in the second grade.
Thinking of this, Xie Lin had to complain about Lucius's stupidity. He was already an adult when he became the head of the family, and he had also experienced the baptism of the First Wizarding War. In addition, he had practiced black magic, so he might have enough strength and willpower to resist the erosion of Horcruxes, but Draco, who was only 14 years old, was far from him in any aspect at this time. Draco obviously did not have this strength and did not have enough mind.
In Xie Lin's view, Draco was still just a little kid to some extent. Can Horcruxes be given to children to play with casually?
Unless——
Lucius didn't know that this was a Horcrux at all! He thought it was just a token of the head of the family's identity! At best, it was a magic artifact that could assist in learning black magic and increase the compatibility with black magic power!
A gleam of light flashed in Xie Lin's eyes. He seemed to have figured out something very remarkable, which might be the key to the success or failure of tonight!
Regarding how the protagonist guessed the relationship between Walpurgis and Black Sin Square, Chapter 85 "Human Transformation" has been modified.