Chapter 117 "The Secret of the Soul" (Modified)

The first thing Allen thought of was naturally the Room of Requirement, and Allen was already very good at going to the Room of Requirement to do what he wanted to do.

With the idea of ​​"I need a comfortable and quiet place to read", Allen walked three times on the eighth floor of the castle, in front of the tapestry where the troll beats Panama with a stick, and a door suddenly appeared in front of Alan. in front of Lun.

Walking in, the Response Room becomes a forest bookstore, which is a breathing reading space: green plants are spread throughout the space, and you can see different trees, flowers and landscape sketches. Allen was very skeptical that the designers had moved a corner of the Forbidden Forest into the Room of Requirement.

A bookshelf in the shape of a giant green tree is filled with books.

Allen randomly picked out a book, and the title on the cover turned out to be "Merlin Loves Me"! Allen flipped through it casually, and stuffed the book back on the shelf dumbfounded. Which boring wizard wrote this fantasy romance novel?

Unwilling to give up, Allen walked to another branch in the opposite direction, and pulled out a book-"Cold Steel". Turning a page at random, rows of poems burst into Alan's eyes:

Heaven is always imprisoned in our misery,

Hell is lost in our Paradise.

...

Three devils should not have died like that,

You have seen my markup,

See you my friend!

It's a collection of poems! Allen shook his head, stuffed the book back on the shelf, and gave up the idea of ​​treasure hunting here. Let's turn our attention back to "Secret of the Soul" first.

Holding the book in his hand, Allen looked away from the bookshelf, looking for a suitable place to read.

I saw round rattan cushions scattered on the lush and soft grass, and there was a white rattan swing by the wall on the right, "Next time, it seems that I need to add a setting that is more suitable for male readers before entering... "

Fortunately, Allen found that on the log floor on the left stepping on the grass, there were extremely comfortable leather armchairs and a large reading table. Above them, a round crystal chandelier casts moderate soft light. Beside the table, there is actually an old-fashioned bronze trumpet-shaped phonograph, and some records are neatly stacked aside. All these have created a quiet and comfortable reading environment for Allen.

"The fly in the ointment is that there are no drinks. Next time you come in, you have to bring some tea." Turning his eyes, Allen sat comfortably on the leather armchair and spread out "Secret of the Soul" on the reading table.

In an instant, a shrill, creepy scream pierced the peaceful silence—the book is screaming! Allen slammed it shut, but the screaming didn't stop, a high-pitched, constant, deafening tone.

"Silence!" Allen drew out his wand, and cast the spell at an astonishingly fast speed. This book seemed to be choked by someone, and the shrill voice stopped abruptly. But his arm hit the miscellaneous ornaments on the table, and the shards flew all over Alan's cuff.

Allen used the restoration spell and cleaned it up to restore it to its original state. Since this book was placed in the restricted area, there is a reason why it was banned. Although the really too advanced and dangerous black magic and Horcrux production methods have been banned Lido took it into the principal's office.

After sitting down with sufficient psychological preparation, Allen gently turned the pages of the book, and the blessing of the powerful silent spell prevented Allen's ears from being abused. Allen read the text and pictures in the book calmly. In it, Allen found that although the chapter about the Horcrux had been artificially torn out, only some relevant contexts were left behind. After reading it carefully, Alan found to his disappointment that in the book, he did not introduce more things beyond Alan's knowledge, and did not introduce specific implementation methods at all.

After flipping through the book briefly, Allen found that, in addition, the book also introduced knowledge such as "second soul", "salvation of soul", "where does life come from, and where does death go" and so on. Interestingly, a lot of knowledge is similar to the idealist philosophy of the Muggle world.

In addition, this book is also very literary. After the author introduced the black magic of the soul, he still had Yaxing to write a few comments.

For example, in a short poem apparently made for Horcruxes, the author writes:

Alcohol is best at deceiving people,

Death is the most dramatic.

Immortal treads on the brink of death,

Withered lives wept one after another.

Hatred rejects the justice of God,

Darkness forgets everything

...

It wasn't until his stomach made a gurgling sound that Allen realized that he was addicted to the book and missed dinner. It was probably almost curfew time, and now he had to go back to rest.

This book must have a suggestive and hypnotic effect on the soul, making people addicted to it unconsciously. Allen was secretly startled and raised his vigilance towards this book.

Allen took out some snacks sent by Mrs. Harris from the system storage compartment, and filled his stomach with black tea. Afterwards, he threw "Secret of the Soul" into the storage space and hurried back to the dormitory. Sure enough, Edward had gotten used to the brief disappearance of his roommate, and had already fallen into a sound sleep.

After washing, Allen also threw himself into the soft bed, put aside all his thoughts, and fell asleep.

However, this night, Allen did not have a good sleep, the Muggles who were tortured to pieces; the magical creatures crying bitterly, who would rather die than die; Horrible dreams engulfed Allen mercilessly.

And with Alan's mental power, he knew it was a dream, but he couldn't get rid of it. At this time, a sentence from the book came to Allen's mind, "If you can't look up at the starry sky and embrace the light, please fall into the boundless darkness with me!"

Suddenly, a clear stream flowed from the mind to the heart, and all the confinement collapsed in an instant, turning into snowflake-like fragments, flying away and dissipating, and the dream disappeared without a trace.

Allen didn’t feel disgusted by the mechanical and sharp system siren, but was full of gratitude—it was the system that pulled him out of the boundless nightmare, otherwise he didn’t know where he would be in that frustrating scene after another. How long does it take to wake up after sinking in the horror images of different creatures and the tragic experiences encountered by different creatures.

But what does this mean? Is it that everyone who reads this book will be invaded by the consciousness of the book, or will the consciousness have the conditions to filter the invasion?

In this regard, Allen is more inclined to the latter, otherwise, if a strong man like Albus Dumbledore reads this book and is eroded by the dark power, the world has long been in chaos. The mutual non-aggression and peaceful coexistence of wizards and Muggles, although Allen felt that Getler Grindelwald’s attitude towards the secrecy law was to a certain extent after reading some old newspapers and related books collected in the family. He was right, he did predict something, but unfortunately he was born a little earlier. After the Internet really developed, Allen didn't think wizards could hide as easily as they are now.