Obscure at Hogwarts

While studying at Hogwarts, Louis made many friends, such as George, Fred, and Galen who lived in the same dormitory. They were undoubtedly friends who talked about everything.

but

It is true that closer friends can talk about anything, but that does not mean that they can inquire about everything casually.

For example, in Louis' eyes, asking about a friend's family situation without authorization to satisfy his curiosity is considered to be a behavior that crosses the line and leaves people with poor sense.

Therefore, unless the chat between friends ended there, Louis never deliberately inquired about any friend's family situation or family history.

of course.

Regarding the history of the Smith family, Louis estimated that even if he asked Galen, he might not be able to tell much about Galen's actual situation.

On the contrary, Silas, who was mentally read by Louis, was indeed the castle steward before Vayne. He knew the history of the Smith family in extremely detail and could directly trace it back to the time when the Smith ancestors founded the family.

And the reason Silas betrayed the Smith family

It is also a historical legacy from that period.

The ancestor who founded the Smith family was named Lucian Smith. It can be said that he became a blockbuster with the resurgence of blood. He was extremely obsessed with the study of blood. Unfortunately, he failed to make any achievements in the study of blood throughout his life, so he had to cultivate the best blood. The dream is placed on future generations.

However, when Lucian's life came to an end, he made a lot of preparations in advance in order to allow future generations to focus on his research dreams.

It's like creating a castle for the Smith family, supplemented by a magic circle to protect the reproduction of blood descendants.

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Collect various experimental materials for bloodline experiments.

These experimental materials were apparently the first batch of servants loyal to the Smith family, and the ancestors of Vayne and Silas were among them.

However, few people know that in addition to the identity of experimental materials, the servants who followed Lucian also have another identity.

named

Prisoner!

Lucian, the ancestor of the Smith family, considered himself a principled wizard. His principles for selecting experimental materials were very similar to Louis's, and he never set his sights on innocent people.

However, according to the results of Louis' use of spiritual reading, Lucian is truly a small-minded person.

If you look at the crimes of the first generation of servants of the Smith family who were labeled as prisoners by Lucian, you can see how precise Louis' wording is.

among them.

Most of the prisoners were charged with offending the great Mr. Smith. They may have insulted Lucian, they may have said something that made Lucian very angry, or they may have just looked more in the crowd. He glanced at Lucian, making Lucian feel disgusted.

Anyway, it was precisely because of such small mistakes that Lucian would sneak into their home that night and sneer and say:

"Humph"

"You have offended the abbot and you still want to run away?!"

then.

These people were forced to sign a slave contract with Lucian, not only to dedicate their entire lives to the Smith family, but also to dedicate the lives of all future generations.

Exactly.

Where there is oppression, there is bound to be resistance.

After knowing what Lucian had done to collect experimental materials, Louis obviously felt that Silas's betrayal was excusable. Besides, his ancestor was one of the few special beings among the many prisoners?

The crime of persecuting wizards was that Ancestor Silas became a prisoner. He once personally lit dozens of torture racks with torches and burned to death young wizards who had just awakened their magical talents.

Therefore, on the one hand, Lucian wanted to punish Silas's ancestors, and on the other hand, in order to complete his bloodline research work, he planted an extremely vicious curse on Silas's ancestors.

It is the blood curse in the old magic system!

When he was only three years old, the blood curse in Silas's mother broke out, and he killed his father with his own hands in a state of madness. Later, thanks to Galio's father's timely discovery, Silas was not eaten by his mother as food. .

After becoming an orphan under the influence of the blood curse, Silas was lucky enough to awaken his magical talent when he was five years old. He gained the attention of Galio's father and was selected as a servant to serve Galio. He gradually became the castle steward. the throne.

just.

No one, including Galio, knew how many days and nights Silas had been tortured by the blood curse, almost turning into a dehumanized beast like his mother.

No one knew that Silas had planted the seeds of hatred in his heart as early as the first time he was completely transformed into a beast. When he was the steward of the castle, he secretly contacted Mir and wanted to take revenge on the Smith family for causing him a life of pain.

Mir, who went to seduce Ron, said that he was right to lift the shackles of Silas, because he was the mysterious wizard who broke the blood curse for Silas.

To Louis' slight regret,

Silas's memory has no content related to Mir's identity, and he doesn't even know what the shackles that restrict Mir are. This makes Louis have to use a mental reading on Mir later to learn more about the two people's years of conspiracy. disk contents.

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What is worth mentioning is the resurgence of Silas’ bloodline.

In the long course of history, the probability of magical creatures becoming extinct is higher than that of ordinary creatures. For example, many magical creatures that Lucian once used for experiments were for which Louis could not find information in the Hogwarts library.

The blood magic that Vayne mastered after her bloodline was resurrected was also thanks to Louis looking through Silas's memories and knowing that it originated from an extinct magical creature. It was barely a close relative of the Thestral and had a peculiar ability called "Soul Walking". Ability, in the soul walking state, can only be seen by rare "destined people".

If Lucian wasn't one of the special ones, he might not be able to capture that kind of magical creature.

Silas, who was under a blood curse, was able to revive his bloodline, which must have happened after breaking the blood curse with the help of Mir and devouring the soul of the blood cursed beast.

The blood magic he masters also comes from an extinct magical creature. It is the messenger of death in ancient legends. It specializes in capturing the souls of the dead with chains woven by magic.

But the legend is generally accepted as having very low credibility.

The chains Silas used to weave with magic power did not have the ability to arrest souls at all, but only had the effect of devouring the magic power of other wizards.

Moreover, whenever Silas used the chain to swallow part of the magic power of a wizard, he could directly use the magic that the wizard had used. This was because Joselas had previously used the chain to swallow part of the magic power of the third-turn Obscurus. , the real reason why he can imitate Louis and open a magic shield.

However, although the blood magic that Silas inherited from magical creatures seems to be very powerful, it actually has many drawbacks. Every time it is used, it must suffer extremely serious magical backlash.

Therefore, when Louis secretly thought about the similarities between modern and ancient magic, he suddenly felt a little confused.

The idea of ​​improving the old days and blood magic!

Followed by.

Withdrawing his contemplative gaze and casting it back to the empty front, Louis asked Vayne with a smile:

"Aunt Vayne, can you tell me more about blood magic?"

"I am very interested!"