Snape was too late in the Potions classroom today, and it was almost curfew time when he came out. It must be too late to go to the Muggle Studies Office. He took two steps in the direction of the Slytherin dormitory not far away, thinking Thinking or not, Signus stayed by himself, went back to the classroom, took a bottle of invisibility potion, and walked in another direction.

With the potion of invisibility, Snape swaggered through the middle of the corridor and arrived at the Muggle Studies Office smoothly.He had the password here, and wanted to go in directly, but before he could make a sound, there was another sound of chaotic footsteps deep in the corridor.

"Hey! You stepped on me."

"Sorry, but you can keep your voice down."

"Keep your voices down, both of you."

Those few people thought their voices were very low, but the empty corridor couldn't give them any cover, and they were very unfriendly to provide them with natural amplification.Snape looked at the four pairs of feet stumbling out of the dimness with a blank expression, and backed away from the office door.

The invisibility cloak was lifted, and Potter was the first to reveal his face to catch his breath, followed by Sirius.

"Signus!" A few of them went crazy, came here during curfew and knocked on the door and yelled. Snape stood aside and watched, wanting to wait for Signus to open the door and send them away.

However, with such a big commotion, the door of the office remained closed.The portrait at the door was so disturbing that they were finally willing to help to go in and have a look, but they were told that there was no one inside.

no one?

Snape frowned, and immediately thought of going to the Room of Requirement, but then he heard Sirius' voice.

"I said it was him. Look, he's not there."

Potter was puzzled: "What is he doing at Black Lake at night?"

"How would I know. I'd like to see, he's a very dangerous Squib out there at night."

Both Potter and Lupine agreed, and the little Snape who was with them couldn't remember the name, anyway, he could see that he had no right to object, so Ai Ai followed them out of the castle.

Snape frowned at them, and instead of following, he walked toward one of the secret passages that Signus had told him about, which was closer.

By the Black Lake, Signus didn't know how long he had been sitting here.In fact, when he puts on the crown, time is out of his perception, as if entering a world he has never seen before.

There was only darkness around, and Signus always felt that he had walked a long way without encountering anything.The space is vast, as if he is in the boundless universe, but facing this unknown, Signus does not feel uneasy, as if he is sure that this space will not harm him.

He stopped and thought for a while, then raised his hand instinctively, and then the surroundings lit up, and the space changed, gradually forming the appearance of the Muggle Studies Office.He turned around in the room and pushed open the door. The outside was not the corridor of Hogwarts. In the empty white, a boy in school uniform looked at him from afar.

"Hello, Blake," the boy said, and Signus couldn't see him clearly, so he walked over to him.

The closer he got, the more familiar the face of the other party looked. When Signus stood still in front of the other party, he already remembered who this person was.

Unexpected.

Since the battle at the Dark Lord's Manor, Signus had never thought he'd see that face again.He thought the man was dead.

This is indeed no ordinary dark magic item.He thought he had destroyed all of the Dark Lord's Horcruxes on Christmas night in the seventh year, but the truth was that there was still a fish that slipped through the net at Hogwarts.The Dark Lord must have been hiding here when he was a student, and he hasn't been back since he graduated.Signus couldn't help being speechless, the Dark Lord really knew how to find a place to hide the Horcruxes in his old opponent's territory, who could have imagined that, no wonder he was caught off guard now.

However, although Signus realized that he was facing something more dangerous than ordinary dark magic items, he did not feel nervous like facing the Dark Lord in the past.Perhaps it was because the other party was too young. Compared with the Dark Lord who made the whole of Britain tremble decades later, the young Horcrux could not make people feel threatened.

"How are you going to restore my magic power?" Signus asked directly.

The other party probably thought that he couldn't wait, so he smiled and said, "The source of your magic power has not been destroyed, as long as it can be activated..."

Signus waved his hand: "I know that, what I want to ask is how to activate it."

"It needs nourishment." The boy on the opposite side said and approached him: "Are you willing to pay the price?"

……

By the Black Lake, when Snape arrived, he saw Signus sitting quietly with a crown on his head and his lips were pale with cold.He ran over to try to wake him up, but no matter what he did, Signus never responded.He took off the crown, and Signus still did not wake up.Snape hardened his heart and put the crown on his head, while Signus remained silent.

The four of Gryffindor also came at this time. Seeing him here, Sirius was the first to sneer: "Merlin, I read it right, the lady's crown? Didn't expect you to have such a hobby?"

Snape put away the crown expressionlessly, looked up at the four stupid Gryffindor children, and reluctantly endured it considering that now was not the time to clean them up.

"What are you doing here?" Potter asked.When he saw Snape, he thought it might be Slytherin's nerves to go out on a date to watch the stars in such a cold day, but Signus didn't seem to be in a normal state.Under normal circumstances, even if Signus didn't like him very much, he would still respond to Sirius when he saw him.

"It has nothing to do with you." Snape said coldly.

"This is my brother, it has nothing to do with me." Sirius came over and knelt down in front of Signus.Snape frowned immediately: "What do you want to do?"

"I can still hurt him!" Sirius jumped, then frowned, with a rare serious attitude: "What's going on with him?"

Snape hesitated, and finally said, "Because of this." He took out the diadem, "It's a dark magic item."

At this moment, Signus didn't know that he was surrounded by people, his consciousness was deep in his mind, and the Horcrux was devouring each other.

Signus understood the Dark Lord, being a squib was meaningless to him, what the lunatic wanted was immortality, he needed not only magic power, but also pure and powerful magic power.So it wouldn't make sense for Crown to acquire his body, unless there was actually a way to restore his magic powers.

And as the crown's intent to consume him became clearer, Signus finally figured out what it was doing.As Snape said, the source of magic power is not destroyed, as long as it can be activated, the power can be restored.Signus and Snape thought that to activate the source of magic power would require years of recuperation and the help of potions. This direction may not be wrong, but it must be very troublesome.Crown's method is much more brutal. It intends to use Signus' soul as nourishment to "feed" the source of magic power, and after he recovers, this empty shell that has lost its soul can just be taken over by a new owner.

What's even better is that Signus' excellent affinity for black magic is just right for him to nourish his incomplete soul, and it's also suitable for him to continue his great cause of immortality.His pure-blooded body was also more satisfying than his original one.

But there is one most important problem that the crown doesn't know. Signus's Animagus form was a demon hound, which means that he has a strong affinity for black magic and is not vulnerable to black magic.In addition, there are probably not many wizards in the entire UK who can match his ambition.

Seeing the diadem, he rushed towards Signus's soul, and the two consciousnesses were fighting in his body. From the outside, Signus was just falling into a deep sleep, and he couldn't wake up no matter how he screamed.Snape frowned in thought, Sirius was helpless, sweating profusely in the cold weather, and finally left his friends and rushed to the principal's office.

Without Sirius' nonsense, the lake was immediately quiet and the sound of needles falling could be heard.The atmosphere was awkward, and Lupine seemed to say something to ease it, but Snape was obviously not in the mood to talk to them.

"Let's go back first." Peter suggested in a low voice.

Potter and Lupine glanced at each other without answering.Who knows what's going on with Signus' current state, Sirius is not here, they'd better stay here and watch, in case Snape is useless by himself, they can help.

Sirius was already very uncomfortable because of his brother's affairs, if something happened to Signus in front of them, wouldn't Sirius blame himself to death.

"Lupine?" Peter whispered again, not daring to say Potter's name, but Potter turned and gave him a glare, telling him to shut up.

In the cold wind, Signus' forehead suddenly oozes fine and dense sweat.Countless black dust rushed out of his body, and surrounded him in a circle.Startled, Potter immediately drew his wand, but Snape stopped him.

"Don't move."

"He..." Potter wondered, "What's going on?"

Snape frowned, "I'm not sure."

Potter was going crazy: "Not sure? Not sure you just look at it?"

Snape gave him a strange look, not understanding what he was in a hurry for, but for the sake of his good intentions, he explained: "Using magic rashly may not help, so don't move around."

When Dumbledore came in a hurry, the darkness around Signus was about to overwhelm him. Sirius looked terrified and hoped that Dumbledore would help quickly, but the old headmaster just sighed when he saw this scene.

"I'm afraid I can't help much." He glanced at the crown Snape handed him: "This kid is too bold."

"What's going on?" Snape asked.

Dumbledore's face was complicated, he first explained the identity of the crown, and then said: "Since this thing is staring at his body, there must be a way to restore his magic power. I guess Mr. Black wants to use himself as a bait to let him say A way to restore the magic power, and then kill it."

This is similar to what Snape speculated, he nodded, and continued: "He doesn't have magic power now, and he didn't know how to deal with this thing. Why don't we meet it in the state of a soul, instead, we can take the initiative."

Sirius probably understood, so he was even more anxious, for fear that if he was not careful, Signus would be swallowed by that crown.

Snape glanced at him, very disdainful of his appearance: "I have a little confidence in him."

"What?" Sirius turned his head sharply.

"He has carried so many things by himself, and now he is just a Horcrux." When talking about a person, Snape deliberately emphasized his tone, and looked at Sirius specifically: "He is not so easily bewitched." , if you really can't bear it, you can stay away, I am here to accompany him enough."

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