The shadow of death is getting closer.
After Cyrus walked out of time and returned to reality, he immediately went to find Herbo's Horcrux and destroyed it outside of time.
Only in this way can history remain unchanged and a completely new time and space will not be created.
The only problem now is Death.
"The God of Death who has already obtained two souls will not give up the third soul." Cassandra rarely showed up during this period. She was so busy that she was almost flying, but the benefits were also significant. Her constant speeches allowed more wizards to understand Cyrus's ideas.
The wizarding world has steadily begun to understand Muggles.
In fact, the pace cannot be too fast, it must be done slowly like boiling a frog in warm water.
The law of confidentiality is like a scar, which cannot be opened violently, otherwise only a bloody wound will be exposed. But if it is removed slowly, only tender new skin will be exposed to the air.
It is not necessary for everyone to accept Muggles right away, nor for them to face Muggles right away. Now they just need to understand.
The same is true for Muggles.
Lockhart's superb writing style and Rita's extreme publicity and promotion made the novel "Harry Potter" extremely popular for a time. All the children longed for the gorgeous magical world and hoped to receive an owl letter from Hogwarts on their tenth birthday.
They don't believe they are Muggles, but the moment they believe in magic, they are no longer Muggles.
"You're right, He will come again," said Cyrus.
If the prophecy is true, then he and Harry both meet the requirements of an "immortal" soul, and the God of Death only needs three souls to break free from the restrictions of the world of death and come into reality.
This means that Cyrus and Harry are the next targets of the Grim Reaper.
"I can stay sane for long periods of time and never give Death a chance," said Sellers.
He is extremely powerful, and no one in this world can compare to him. Moreover, he has obtained the three Deathly Hallows. No matter how powerful the power of the God of Death is, it will never be able to hurt him if he cannot come to the real world.
"But Harry is different."
In fact, Harry has grown a lot since Dumbledore's death. This growth is not only reflected in his magical knowledge, but more importantly, his wisdom - he began to learn to think like Dumbledore, instead of acting rashly.
But the problem is that he is only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child after all.
If we change to the timeline in the original book, Harry is still angry with Dumbledore because Dumbledore has always refused to have a good word with him; he is still complaining about why he is not a prefect, and he is happy for Ron, but also very jealous.
He thought he was no longer valued by Dumbledore and felt like an abandoned animal.
But now, he has already faced death.
And calm enough.
But even Dumbledore himself sometimes makes mistakes. When he saw the Resurrection Stone, he couldn't help himself and fell into Voldemort's trap.
What about Harry? "If the God of Death wanted to take the last soul, he would definitely start with Harry," said Cyrus.
"But you can't be with him all the time," Cassandra said, "or the girls will be sad."
"Of course I won't," Cyrus said. "I won't wait for the god of death to come to me. I should take the initiative to find him and put an end to everything."
His words stunned Cassandra. After the words passed through that beautiful brain, Cassandra realized what Cyrus said.
Then she could no longer maintain her elegance:
"Are you crazy?"
"You want to go find the Grim Reaper? He's just waiting for you or Harry to take the bait!"
Looking for Death?
What's the difference between this and committing suicide? No! This is committing suicide!
Because the god of death exists in the world of the dead, which is a place that the living cannot reach. If you want to go there, you must die first. Cassandra thought of the story:
"In the end, the third brother took off his invisibility cloak at the end of his life, and left the world together with the god of death as if he was welcoming an old friend."
It seems that Cyrus's plan at this moment is no different from the third brother in the story.
"It seems that the prophecy is going to come true again." Cassandra concealed her sadness at the moment. She thought that Cyrus' behavior was a little too whimsical. How could a living person meet the god of death?
"It's not a prophecy, but my own choice." Cyrus shook his head and said, "If Harry is taken away by the Grim Reaper, then I'm afraid I won't be able to resist the Grim Reaper who has obtained three souls."
"Now, we can only take the initiative to attack while His power is still not complete."
"But how are you going to find Death?" Cassandra finally asked, "You can't really die once, can you?"
Hearing this question, Cyrus laughed mysteriously.
"Of course I don't. I know there is a road that leads to the world of death. But before that, I need to make some preparations."
He returned to Hogwarts.
McGonagall temporarily gave him the headmaster's office.
So, Cyrus sat on the chair, with Dumbledore's portrait and the ancient Sorting Hat in front of him.
"Well, your method might work." The Sorting Hat said, "To be honest, Gryffindor wanted to try it before. But he gave up later because he knew that his power could not match that of the Grim Reaper."
Then, he paused for a moment and said, "If the four founders combined their powers, there might be a chance, but by that time, Slytherin had already gone against him."
"Is there such a thing?" Dumbledore in the portrait expressed surprise. "I have never heard you say that."
"I'm not a nostalgic person, no, Hat," said the Sorting Hat, "otherwise I wouldn't compose a new song every year. Besides, you don't talk to me about these things very often. You have enough to worry about in the wizarding world."
"In short, you'd better take their relics with you."
"But they are all destroyed," said Dumbledore, "unless you can travel back in time and find relics that have not been destroyed."
"I don't think it's necessary." The Sorting Hat said, looking at Cyrus seriously, "I think you can make those things yourself now, right?"
"Whenever I want." Cyrus smiled.
In other words, he no longer needs the inheritance.
Whatever he thought of, he could get! The power of those magic props, in his case, could be realized with just a thought.
"In that case, there is no need to prepare," said the Sorting Hat, "but that is a place that even Gryffindor has never been to. No one knows what that world is like, nor what kind of enemies you will face. You may never come back."
His enemy, of course, is Death! "When do you plan to set out?" asked Dumbledore in the portrait.
"I don't like grand farewell ceremonies. It's better for me to go alone," said Cyrus.
He didn't want to make everything too sad. Even if everyone believed that he could return victorious, there would still be some worries. So he planned to leave secretly, preferably without anyone noticing.
"Although this may sound a little inappropriate," Dumbledore reminded, "you must be prepared to fail. It is best to think carefully about who can take over from you and become the one who stops the god of death if you lose."
This may sound a bit cruel, but it is not so uncomfortable coming from Dumbledore.
After all, he was the one who planned his own death in the original novel.
"Of course, I'm not acting rashly," Cyrus said. "If I lose, Bella and Cassandra will inherit my career and won't let the riots happen. Every student who graduates from Ilvermorny will understand Muggles, and this trend will slowly sweep the world. As for the Grim Reaper..."
"If I lose too,"
Cyrus paused when he said this. His tone was calm, but everyone could hear, or imagine, the despair.
If even he loses, who else can win? If even he loses, there is no need to talk about the future.
But Cyrus abruptly broke through this despair——
"If I lose, there's still Harry!" he said with a smile.
"Do you think Harry can win?" asked the Sorting Hat in surprise.
Not only him, the portraits of other headmasters on the wall also expressed doubts about Harry's abilities.
"Come on, he can't even get 12 Os." Principal Black was the first to shake his head.
"I know what you want to say, and I know that Harry is far from the best one, but sometimes you have to admit that he can always burst out with strength that we can hardly imagine at the most critical moment."
"Because he has a selfless and kind heart." Dumbledore said with a smile.
He was the only one who believed in Harry as much as Cyrus did, but he was still puzzled by Cyrus's decision: "I thought you decided not to let him take the risk."
"I don't want to, but children always have to grow up." Cyrus said, "It used to be you, and now it's me, but there won't always be someone standing in the front. If I lose too, then there will be nothing between death and him."
“He had no choice.”
Of course, Harry has a choice, but Cyrus and Dumbledore both know what he will choose. Just like Cyrus now chooses to face it alone, if there really comes a day, Harry will also take all the responsibility on his shoulders.
Finally, Cyrus asked:
"Is there anything else you would like to say, Dumbledore?"
"The only thing I can say is this: The last enemy to be defeated is death," he said. "Defeat it, don't run away from it."
"Of course, I think you will know, because I find that you always know a lot of things, and you know everything that I don't know." Dumbledore smiled.
At the same time, Fox said his final farewell to Cyrus intimately.
Because of Cyrus, it stayed in Hogwarts after Dumbledore's death, but now, it finally flew away.
"I have to go, too."
Cyrus left.
night--
Department of Mysteries.
Cyrus walked on the ground that was dark enough to glow, his shadow reflected everywhere, his footsteps echoing in the lonely space, as if thousands of troops were walking together.
Fudge is old school.
The Ministry of Magic, which had been destroyed once, did not change much after its reconstruction, except that in the Department of Mysteries, several ancient magics had disappeared.
He once again stood in the disc with the blue flames on it. There were thirteen doors here, and behind each of them was an innate magic.
Cyrus looked at the doors turning non-stop, and seemed to have some understanding in his mind, but he still found it elusive.
He didn't have time to think too much, because he heard a clear but vague call in his ears -
He immediately realized that this was the call of death.
Whenever someone is about to die, a voice will be heard from the archway of the Hall of Death. It is the voice of the deceased and the call of death.
Cyrus took a deep breath, raised his hand, and put an exquisite crown on his head. The Slytherin pendant hung on his chest, and the sword of Gryffindor was on his waist. He held the Elder Wand in his hand, the Resurrection Stone on his fingers, and put on the invisibility cloak.
He disappeared.
But the door of the Hall of Death was opened.
Wisps of fine dust rose from the ground as he stepped onto the stairs leading to death and stopped in front of a dilapidated archway shrouded in white curtains.
At this time, the call became louder.
The curtain fluttering without wind brushed against Cyrus' cheeks like a pair of kind hands.
Obviously, the god of death has been waiting for a long time!
The archway of the Department of Mysteries represents death, and no one who walks in can come back. People always hear the voices of people who have passed away here. The death is like the water grass in a deep lake, which looks shaky, but once it grabs people, it will drag them into the abyss.
Cyrus was about to pass through the door now.
"The magic of the invisibility cloak will prevent the arch from harming me," he thought.
This is a holy weapon that can prevent death. Wearing it can prevent all fatal attacks and allow one to face death safely.
At the same time, the Resurrection Stone is his guide back home, if he still has a way to go back.
In the end, the Elder Wand would be his ceremonial weapon in his battle with death.
Even though it was just a branch that the god of death broke at random, it should still be invincible!
As long as the magic of the Elder Wand is not ineffective, the God of Death will not be able to create a wand more powerful than it - because from the moment the legend began, it was destined to be the most powerful, otherwise the God of Death would break His own promise.
Now, go and cross death! (End of this chapter)