Wizette recalled Voldemort's plan and speculated. "Voldemort's backup should be blood magic... Also something he truly mastered only after leaving school."
"Blood magic?" Dumbledore's tone revealed curiosity. "When he devoured that soul fragment, he used blood magic?"
"Tell me the process in detail! When I returned to Hogwarts, first dealt with several threatening magical creatures and couldn't arrive here immediately."
"Alright!" Wizette recalled the situation. "Tom Riddle wanted to use blood magic to escape Horcrux constraints and become independent individual."
"Tom Riddle originally believed this magic came from Parkinson family and based on this magic's approach, created a body capable of movement and spellcasting."
"Truly present and past Voldemort!" Dumbledore sighed. "Voldemort can see through Tom Riddle's thoughts, but Tom Riddle can't necessarily see through Voldemort."
Wizette nodded but still couldn't help smiling. "Between them... Quite good at infighting—both want to devour the other to become sole existence. If they could cooperate..."
"I think they won't cooperate." Dumbledore's eyes flashed. "Voldemort is very proud..."
"Tom Riddle should look down on Voldemort and would think Voldemort did too poorly—clearly possessing such power yet actually defeated by infant..."
"Voldemort likewise—he'd think Tom Riddle's power too weak, unworthy of matching himself, might as well directly devour and thereby strengthen own power."
He sighed long and seemed to think of something. "Perhaps some can reconcile with past and even cooperate... But Voldemort? Definitely not that type!"
Wizette nodded. After all, things already happened—no need to dwell on this question.
Dumbledore was completely right—otherwise Tom Riddle and Voldemort's thoughts toward each other wouldn't both be mutual devouring.
Even when Tom Riddle later faced absolute disadvantage, he didn't choose compromise but instead wanted Patronus Priori Incantatem method, attempted summoning maggots to devour himself, and not let Voldemort succeed.
Wizette returned to previous topic. "I speculated it's blood magic because it involves blood and flesh. Later Tom Riddle mentioned needing Harry's bone..."
"Combining these together—blood and body relationship plus Voldemort's special soul state exactly constitutes all blood magic elements."
"Blood, flesh, and bone." Dumbledore frowned slightly. "Very clever combination. Your judgment correct—indeed like blood magic. What materials did he use for final guidance?"
"Pure mother-child blood, freely extracted, can rebirth the soul..." Wizette repeated the incantation tone. "Here used pregnant unicorn blood."
"Innocent one's flesh, deliberately severed, can preserve the soul... Here used many snakes plus several Runespoor eggs."
"If using Harry's bone..." Dumbledore deliberated possible incantation. "Incantation should be... Hated one's bone, specially taken, can anchor the soul..."
"Truly trap-filled... This blood magic extremely unstable—very suitable for extracting souls but cannot create sufficiently strong body. Materials used all too dangerous!"
"But this gives us warning—Voldemort truly attempting resurrection..." Dumbledore looked toward unconscious Harry, eyes revealed contemplation.
"To obtain powerful body, can use powerful materials in early potion brewing... But guidance materials best can trace origins..."
"Trace origins?" Wizette took out notebook and recorded these words.
He instinctively associated with original incantation and suddenly somewhat understood why Dumbledore looked at Harry.
Now seemed Harry was the so-called "hated one."
If Voldemort continued actions next, Harry would become key link.
Thinking this, he tentatively asked. "Headmaster Dumbledore, do we need to..."
"Need long-term planning..." Dumbledore waved hand. "This blood magic very crucial—like double-edged sword..."
"I need to reweigh before determining next approach... Short-term protection perhaps cannot truly solve certain matters..."
Wizette nodded agreement. Dumbledore wasn't wrong—Voldemort himself was problem's root.
So-called blocking inferior to channeling—even continuing to strengthen protection would still have possibility of oversight. Still need to find way to solve Voldemort and only then end everything triggered by this.
Dumbledore exhaled and smile appeared on face. "Then what happened next? Previous incantations and guidance no problem..."
"But actual situation—Tom Riddle was devoured by Voldemort. What happened in between? What was final incantation and guidance?"
"Thread tracing origins, waiting to be cast, can make soul whole again..." Wizette recalled that incantation. "According to this incantation, he put silver thread into cauldron."
"Professor Snape told me—ancient wizards judged materials based on color, appearance, shape characteristics and thereby summarized what these materials were."
"I also based on similar judgment—first judged this silver thread as memory, then extended further. With technique Lockhart taught me, successfully completed leverage."
"Facts proved I didn't judge wrong—that silver thread indeed was memory. Their commonality, what could trace origins, could only be memory."
"Very clever—being cautious always right!" Dumbledore stroked beard. "This is why I'd say that blood magic extremely unstable."
"Voldemort used two actually existing materials plus one ethereal memory—instantly changed blood magic's nature."
"Ethereal memory... Actually existing materials... So there's such consideration!" Wizette suddenly understood and hurriedly wrote this point in notebook too.
"Headmaster Dumbledore, can I say similar materials can form stable structure and improve blood magic success rate?"
"You can understand it that way." Dumbledore nodded. "But still need to judge based on actual situation and make most appropriate judgment."
"Understood!" Wizette nodded. "Only by knowing enough can make effective judgment..."
"If everything relies on intuition and talent, very easy for accidents to occur—Professor Snape mentioned this to me."
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