Chapter 311 Two Souls

It seemed that Voldemort's purpose in visiting Sir Stoker was the exact opposite of going to the North Pole to find Slytherin.

Sir Stoker had told him quite explicitly that the fundamental reason the pact, which Jon had got from the Tower and destroyed, had been created by his ancestor was to separate the consciousness of the human from that of the beast which was created due to the Maledictus blood curse.

Voldemort had coaxed Sir Stoker into making the pact with him to separate the two consciousness within him, allowing one to dominate.

He then went on to find the Slytherin portrait within the labyrinth beneath the Arctic ice and told a big lie to get this ancestor of his to help him to fuse the remnants of souls in the Horcruxes.

After deducing this outline, Jon just found it really messy.

It wasn't the logic of the matter that seemed messy, but the soul within Voldemort's body seemed too messy.

In the beginning, when he had left the tower, Jon had thought that the consciousness Voldemort had used the pact to separate was actually from the remnant soul of one of his defiant Horcrux.

But now, it was clear that Voldemort had known from the start that it would not be easy to get the split soul back, so he had gone straight to where the Slytherin portrait was and sought out a way to fuse the split souls back together alone.

So, what about the consciousness he wanted to segregate using a pact? What is it then?

Jon's face showed a mixture of reflection and disbelief, and Dumbledore had obviously thought of it as well.

The information they knew was shared with each other, so if Jon could think of this problem, there was no way Dumbledore couldn't figure it out.

"Mr Slytherin, the magic you taught Riddle to fuse a split soul, can it also be used to fuse his soul with another soul?" Dumbledore asked.

Slytherin shook his head decisively.

"There is no possibility of that, there is no possibility of two unrelated souls fusing together. If someone could really do that, then he would be equal to being invincible, a stronger soul would lead to a stronger wizard's 'will' and stronger magic, and to really be able to make incompatible souls compatible would mean that a wizard's 'will' could reach heights with no upper limit, something that is absolutely out of anyone's reach in this world."

Hearing his explanation, Dumbledore's face showed contemplation.

He actually knew more than Jon did, after all, on that night in the re-educational camp, although it was Jon who had destroyed the pact by shredding it on the sea, it was Dumbledore who had actually come face to face with Voldemort.

He had seen with his own eyes how Voldemort had behaved at that moment after the pact had been destroyed, and it was clearly the act of two different consciousnesses fighting for the right to control that body.

The consciousness that had been in control was threatened by the one that had been separated by the pact when the pact was destroyed, and it had even taken over part of Voldemort's body, hence his self-inflicted act of stabbing himself through the palm of his hand.

This means that the two souls in Voldemort's body were not able to merge, and the fact that they were not able to merge means that one of them must not be Voldemort himself

The information from the Slytherin end can at least confirm one thing, that is, the soul that has been in control of the body must be Voldemort's own, otherwise, he couldn't be able to fuse the soul fragments in the Horcruxes.

Only the one that originally belonged to him could be fused anew.

Then. Who is that soul that is not Voldemort's?

And is that soul a friend or foe to Dumbledore as well as to Jon and the others?

There was no plausible answer to that question for the moment, but the Slytherin portrait itself had more significance than simply giving them information about Voldemort.

As one of the four founders who had built Hogwarts Castle, he could well be described as a living fossil.

In the magical world, there is certainly no such thing as modern magic being definitely weaker than ancient magic, just like the evolution of the Unlocking Charm; from Open Sesame - Portaberto - to Alohomora, from violence to subtlety, it is a continuous process of progress, and the current ones definitely work better than the previous ones.

But before Hogwarts was founded and the schools became completely mainstream, wizards mainly passed on their skills in the master and apprentice format, which led to a lot of uncommon magic that remained undiscovered or poorly discovered in modern times being lost.

Slytherin would certainly know some magic like that, just as he was able to devise a detailed soul-fusion plan for Voldemort.

Secondly, it is about the identity of Hogwarts' orthodoxy.

With two Hogwarts existing in the wizarding world today, a magical portrait of Slytherin personally acknowledging the existence of one would be absolutely extremely significant.

To the point where it could even rival Hogwarts Castle significant in itself, as it was the four founders who decided to establish Hogwarts first before Hogwarts Castle came into existence, to begin with.

It's just that in the bet between Dumbledore and Voldemort regarding the upcoming Triwizard Tournament, there is a clause about the legitimacy of the one and only Hogwarts.

Now even with Slytherin standing up and claiming it, it still depended on the final outcome of the tournament, after all, as long as the blood pact is not broken, then only one Hogwarts will exist after this Triwizard Tournament.

It was at this point that Jon remembered something else, and looked at Dumbledore.

"Professor, so was it you who got someone to sign me up for the tournament last night?"

Hearing him ask about it, Dumbledore shook his head.

"Both students, and Minerva, had the idea of trying to slip your name into the Goblet of Fire, but I actually know that there was no need for that, the Dark Lord himself would let someone sign up for you."

Jon blinked.

"You mean he was sure I would die at the North Pole and as soon as he threw my name into the Goblet of Fire, that goblet would also pick my name for sure, and then when I was chosen and didn't get to play in the tournament, it would be one less person in a tournament that is supposed to consist of four people from two sides?"

Dumbledore replied.

"That's just one aspect, I guess that although he thought you wouldn't make it out of the North Pole, and even if he was wrong, it wouldn't have mattered to him whether you managed to come back alive or not; the tournament was held in Hogwarts castle, and he has plenty of time to make some small moves if he wants to deal with you later. It's just that what he didn't expect was that you not only came back alive, but you killed his most capable subordinate, even more so in front of him and so many others from all over Europe, and that's what angered him the most."

Voldemort's scheming and cunning were evident in every aspect, and most crucially now that he had learned of Jon as a person.

Dumbledore's voice became serious and heavy.

"So next, he will certainly try to kill you by any means possible, I will not leave the tournament grounds once the Triwizard Tournament has officially begun, but you must also be careful yourself."

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[Author;]

Seeing as there are quite a few misunderstandings, let me stress first that Voldemort is definitely not possessed by a transmigrator, that interpretation is the same as me forcing a private setting on this without any novelty or interesting bits, I certainly would never write it that way, the truth is bound to be something I've derived based on the original setting. Moreover, what Voldemort is doing now, even if it is clever, it is not something a normal transmigrator would do at all.

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