"I came to help you!" Sensing Link's thoughts, the boy said with a cheerful smile.
Upon hearing this, Link's expression also changed slightly. Because he suddenly discovered, that kind of mind-reading ability the other had, he actually had it too.
This seemed to be a passive ability that came with this void world. And judging from the result of reading thoughts, this little brat wasn't lying.
"But... why?"
"Because, big brother, you are just way way way too amazing compared to me!" The boy stretched his arms out to draw a huge circle, seemingly trying to express the meaning of those three "too"s to Link.
"Actually, at the beginning I was quite scared of you too, after all, you were someone who suddenly broke into my body."
"But later I discovered, whether in learning or in socializing, you're way better than me! Ever since you came, Mom and Emily's faces have had more and more smiles!"
The boy suddenly stood up with a whoosh, put his hands on his waist and laughed brightly, "So I decided, instead of continuing to make Mom and Emily sad, I might as well let you control this body!"
Hearing this, Link nodded. What the boy said was the truth.
But soon, another question emerged. This little brat, by what method was he going to help him?
You had to know, the opponent in front was a powerful enemy that even Link himself couldn't defeat.
"Hehe..." At this moment, the boy suddenly laughed out loud.
And Link also sensed from his mind the thing he was about to do.
This method would indeed allow Link to instantly reverse the situation, but the cost was... the boy's life.
"Hey! Wait!" Link instinctively stretched out his hand, trying to stop the boy's next action.
But the boy lightly dodged away. "Big brother, you really are a good person. But..."
While speaking, the boy straightened his face, and seriously struck a pose resembling Diga Ultraman's transformation stance.
"A partner of justice! Must stand up at this kind of crisis moment!"
Buzz!
The boy turned into light.
That dazzling light instantly filled the entire void world, dyeing all of Link's vision into a sacred white.
At the same time, the memories belonging to the boy were also poured into Link's mind.
Countless images used the white in front of Link as a screen, playing rapidly.
Most of the content were scenes of young Link together with Madam Flamel and Emily, of course including the scene where the boy risked his life to save Emily.
This gave Link quite a lot of feelings, because right now that boy was doing the same thing to him. But what truly caught Link's attention was the image at the very center of the "screen."
From the playback speed and its central placement, this should be the boy's most treasured, or most unforgettable memory.
———
In the image, the boy was vowing in front of Madam Flamel and Emily, saying that when he grew up, he would definitely get the Order of Merlin, and then host a grand, unmatched award ceremony, just to make Madam Flamel and Emily genuinely happy.
After speaking, Madam Flamel immediately hugged the boy into her arms, while saying things like, "I believe in you, you can definitely do it,"
and gently stroked the boy's head.
Emily was standing to the side, pitifully watching the two, looking like she wanted to join in the warmth but didn't dare to.
So, the boy quickly crawled out from Madam Flamel's arms and went over to comfort.
———
Seeing this heartwarming scene, the corners of Link's mouth also curled up into a bit of a fond "auntie smile."
And perhaps because his most important memory had been seen, the boy looked a little embarrassed.
Link had barely finished smiling before he noticed everything around had dimmed.
Link had returned to reality.
The green light once again filled Link's vision. But different from before, at this moment he was surrounded by a ring of silver-white flames.
These flames were not burning fiercely, but they contained a sacred power beyond compare.
That green beam of light in front of him, was as weak as a child. The moment they touched, the Killing Curse was instantly erased into nothingness.
In the distance, Riddle was staring at Link in stunned disbelief.
He could never have imagined Link would come back to life again, like some unkillable cockroach.
Emily also wore almost the same expression.
But unlike Riddle, after a moment of being stunned, she instantly fell into wild joy, struggling and shouting Link's name.
Hearing the voice, Link looked toward her and gave Emily a reassuring smile, only then did he look toward Riddle.
The flames burning on him now were in fact the soul-fire that had burst forth when the boy voluntarily ignited his own soul.
But rather than "soul-fire," Link preferred to call it, "Flame of Nobility."
Because it was precisely relying on the boy's noble character that such flame held the power to burn away all evil.
Things like Horcruxes, naturally fell within its burning scope.
Link took a deep breath, then rushed out violently.
Riddle sensed the danger coming too, and began crazily firing off all kinds of spells.
But in front of the Flame of Nobility, none of those spells had any effect at all.
In the end, Link's arm fiercely plunged into Riddle's chest.
That pure white flame burst out at once, instantly turning Riddle into a living torch.
But strangely, inside the flame, Riddle didn't scream or resist. He just stood there silently, looking at Link with a strange smile.
The black mist was slowly burned away, and within it, the diary was burned so badly it became unrecognizable.
Countless sticky black liquids flowed from the cracks of the diary, seemingly trying to extinguish the flame, but unfortunately, it was all in vain.
Puff!
The diary, almost entirely burned, finally lost all of its magic and dropped out of the flames.
At the same time, Riddle's figure also completely vanished.
Everything was over.
But Link didn't feel happy. He always felt that Riddle's final smile still contained some kind of hidden meaning.
But before he could think deeper, Emily, like a cannonball, flew into his arms.
"Link! Link!"
Emily kept rubbing her cheeks against Link's chest, her voice full of sobbing.
Yet, the flame of nobility that could burn all evil did not bring Emily any harm. It just quietly used its tongues of fire to gently lick Emily's cheek. As if it were comforting, and also as if it were saying farewell.
Seeing this, Link sighed and hugged Emily tightly.
The two embraced for a while, and then Link suddenly seemed to remember something, lifted his head and looked to the side.
There, the basilisk Arkam, who had regained its own consciousness, was secretly peeking at him.
"Come here, Arkam!" Link shouted using Parseltongue.
Upon hearing it, Arkam hesitated for a while, but in the end still crawled in front of Link.
"I... I'm sorry, I..." Arkam lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong.
But hearing that, Link shook his head, covered Arkam's mouth with his hand.
The reason he could still move now was entirely because of the existence of the Flame of Nobility.
But now, he could feel that this flame was almost burned out.
That also meant, his time was almost up.
"This wasn't your fault."
Link said softly, then the light in his hand flowed.
The special Transfiguration spell given by Dumbledore was finally activated, turning the basilisk Arkam from the giant serpent back into a small snake only about ten centimeters long.
And after doing all of this, Link finally fell down along with the extinguishing of the Flame of Nobility.
In a panic, Emily barely managed to catch Link, letting him lie down on the ground face-up in a relatively gentle posture.
Right after that came a series of shouts and questions.
But unfortunately, Link's consciousness was already fading.
Link could feel Emily constantly calling his name, could feel Arkam anxiously slithering all over his body.
He could even feel the ground lightly trembling, as if many people were quickly approaching this direction. But he no longer had the strength to respond.
The sky had already begun to pale, yet the crescent moon still stubbornly hung in the sky, refusing to disappear.
Gazing at the horizon, Link suddenly felt that the curved waning moon was smiling at him, as if praising him for putting on a great show.
This made Link suddenly, like Emily, begin to dislike the moon.
'Stupid moon!'
He cursed in his heart, and finally fell into a deep sleep.
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