Chapter 458: Ivan's Decision

It was really terrible, it was very problematic.

As long as Harry existed as a Horcrux, Voldemort would never die.

Ivan intended to find a way to remove or destroy Voldemort's Horcrux in Harry's body without harming him.

But so far, his research in this area had made no progress.

He had pinned his hopes on the Secret Treasure left behind by the Four Founders. Obviously, Ivan was making the wrong bet here.

Finding the Secret Treasure turned out to be far more complicated and problematic than dealing with Voldemort himself.

Whatever the Founding Four had left in it, he couldn't count on using it against Voldemort.

As for what was revealed of the secret treasure hunt, it was completely beyond Ivan's imagination.

Now, come to think of it, he was naive enough to think that the Four Founders were actually concerned about the state of Hogwarts a thousand years later, and left behind some weapon to take on Voldemort, a descendant of Slytherin.

Now it seemed that it was far from that simple, and it was likely that the four had been planning it for a long time.

There was a prophecy, and some ancient spell connected to it, that had existed since the time of the ancient wizards.

Ivan shook his head, and since he couldn't find a way to destroy the Horcrux in Harry's body, it was all back to square one.

Now, with the powerful help and the statue of the evil god with Voldemort, there was no point in delaying it any longer.

Continuing with the previous plan would even make things worse, and he had to make new plans as soon as possible.

It seemed a good choice to let the Triwizard Tournament go according to plan.

Voldemort wanted to return, he would definitely choose that spell, the one that used his father's bones, the flesh of his servants and the blood of his enemies to resurrect.

Not surprisingly, there was no doubt that he would insist on getting Harry's blood to complete the spell; Voldemort's pride made Harry his only choice.

Ivan knew it, and so did Dumbledore.

When Harry's blood was integrated into Voldemort's body, the blood curse cast by Harry's mother was broken to some extent.

But the spell was very powerful; it still protected Harry.

This was reflected in the fact that as long as there was a place where Harry's family existed, he could not be harmed by Voldemort.

Another thing was that, as long as his body was fused with Harry's blood, Voldemort could never actually kill him.

If Voldemort wanted to kill Harry, he could only destroy his own Horcrux in Harry's body.

Dumbledore's double insurance was to give the Elder Wand to Harry, making him the true master of it.

The Elder Wand would not kill its master, which in turn implied deep magic in wand science.

Dumbledore would lure Voldemort into learning the secret of the Deathly Hallows and make him believe he had acquired the Elder Wand.

But he would get nothing and end up with only shame and death.

Ivan sighed. It seemed to be the only option until there was a better way, to bring Voldemort back to life with Harry's blood and, at the last minute, let him kill Harry himself.

Only then could they completely destroy Voldemort, who would think he had been victorious.

This seemed crazy, but it was Dumbledore's plan.

To him, this did not seem to be a problem.

In Dumbledore's life, lies and secrets coexisted. He knew the meaning of life and could choose death at the critical moment. Even his own life could be abandoned at any moment, for the greater good.....

This was the main reason why Ivan always felt that Dumbledore was terrifying. He told himself that he couldn't do this no matter what.

In the eyes of the common people, each of these talented wizards was a madman.

Dumbledore had already spoken to Ivan about this implicitly, asking him to prepare himself mentally.

Voldemort was delivered to Harry and Ivan was responsible for the other enemies, especially those evil gods. He had a feeling that destroying Voldemort would no longer be the end, but probably only the beginning.

Of course, judging by the current situation, all this was a long way off.

What had to be decided now was that the Triwizard Tournament should proceed according to the established plot, and that Ivan should also take part in it.

Only in this way would he be able to ensure that no accidents would occur and he would make correct judgments in time.

With this in mind, Ivan was determined to put his name on the Goblet of Fire.

As for the original Hogwarts warrior, Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff, Ivan didn't feel guilty about replacing him.

Diggory was strong, but only within the normal range of young wizards.

He still lacked the right mentality and, in the face of a true dark wizard, might not have the ability to defend himself. In the original book, Peter Pettigrew killed him easily.

"Yes! I should take his place and save his life."

Ivan decided to prepare for the competition while Harry and Ron continued to pester Sirius.

They were waiting for him to tell them what great projects Hogwarts would be hosting.

Sirius didn't say anything, but the topic was slowly being noticed in the World Cup finals.

They kept moving forward, not to look for water in the middle of the pitch, as others did, but turned in an off-field direction.

"Wait, are those my eyes or has everything turned green?" Ron suddenly said.

It wasn't just Ron's eyes - Ivan saw an ocean of green before him too! They had entered a patch of tents that were all covered with a thick growth of clover, so that it looked as if small, oddly shaped mounds had sprouted from the earth.

Smiling faces could be seen under those with open flaps.

Then, from behind them, they heard their names: "Professor Black, Ivan, Harry, Ron!"

Looking back, they saw that it was Seamus Finnigan, their Gryffindor roommate like Harry and Ron.

He was sitting in front of his own clover-covered tent, with a sandy-haired woman who had to be his mother, and his best friend Dean Thomas, who also smiled and called out to them.

The only impression Ivan had of Seamus was that he was exceptionally talented with explosions.

Whether it was in Snape's Potions class or Professor Flitwick's Charms class, or even Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class, he had acquired a brilliant track record. It was using his magic to make his wand or a cauldron explode.

This alone was not something an average person could do.

Even if she did it deliberately, it was very difficult to achieve her record.

Ivan's "Hogwarts Magical Diary" once had a special report on this matter. According to incomplete statistics, the frequency of explosions caused by Seamus remained constant three times a week, which was, in a way, amazing!

If Neville hadn't been behaving worse and worse, the title of cauldron killer would have definitely belonged to Seamus.