Chapter 216: I Was Chosen Again...

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Chapter 216: I Was Chosen Again...

Harry was starting to put the pieces together in his head.

Early on, during his original life, he became the owner of the three Hallows.

First, the cloak was given to him as a Christmas present, then… the Stone of Resurrection was left behind by Dumbledore after his death and he finally got his hands on the Elder Wand when he defeated Voldemort during the battle at Hogwarts.

Shortly after, he destroyed the wand, thinking it was too dangerous to keep. Something he would come to regret later when the Dark Lord made his return.

But what mattered was that, at that moment, he must have become the Master of Death, or at least a candidate… even if he didn't know it.

Later in life, he did learn that his magical capacity was much higher than any normal person.

He was the only one capable of using the 'Seven Arkstone Array' they had created. No one else in his group could channel that tremendous amount of energy through their bodies without dying in the process.

Even Neville, who was at this point, one of the most powerful wizards alive, could only withstand a three-stone version that Hermione modified for him.

Luna always told him that she felt there was something different about him… something that no one else had.

He attributed these oddities to being the 'Boy Who Lived', the 'Chosen One' and all that… he never gave it much thought. He had been an odd one during his entire life after all.

But perhaps, some of these anomalies were caused by the Hallows after all.

He had been experiencing some of the effects, but they only started to show their true potential the moment he died.

Not even Albus Dumbledore could explain how he ended up here. Because it was not something caused by mortal magic.

The effects of this 'resurrection' had been severe enough to destabilize the entire multiverse and kickstart the collapse of countless timelines, centuries before it should have happened… an anomaly indeed.

Only an entity with a level of power comparable to a God, could do such a thing.

And although, until now, he didn't truly believe that the entity of 'Death' existed. He did know beyond any reasonable doubt that beings of such power do in fact… exist.

At the very least, there are twelve of them, after all… he carries the brand of one of such beings.

'Perhaps I should consider myself as marked by two, after all. Even though 'Death' didn't place any visible brands on his body.

He looked at the empty table, where the three Hallows had been resting moments ago and he finally understood something.

If Death as an entity was real, then… there could only exist one. A Godlike being such as that, would be unaffected by the myriad of timelines and alternate universes being constantly created.

And if the Master of Death is some type of 'Chosen one' for Death. Then it stands to reason that it will also be… unique.

That would at least offer an explanation of why the Hallows had stopped working and lost their power.

The cloak lasted a year because that's what a normal invisibility cloak would last but he was sure that the other ones had lost their power the moment he awoke in this timeline.

He was unsure about the exact reason for this occurrence, but it was definitely related to him.

"What am I supposed to do with this?" Harry asked.

"What do you mean?" Xeno asked.

"I mean… I don't know why I was given this …'thing'. Was there a reason behind it or was it just a coincidence that I ended up fulfilling all the requirements to become this Master of Death? What does that even entail?"

"I can understand your confusion. But I can assure you one thing… it wasn't by accident nor coincidence that you were able to reunite the three Hallows. These artifacts have a mind of their own and would only fall into the hands of those who were deemed worthy. The fact that all three of them ended up in your hands...it was meant to be. There was no coincidence on that."

"So I was chosen then…." Not that it was the first time this happened but he did not like the feeling of being controlled or manipulated. He had enough of that already.

"I suppose you were. Death and Destiny always run close to each other, like brother and sister. As for the reason you were chosen… I wouldn't dare to guess, but there must be an important one. I am sure of that."

'If it wasn't random, that would mean that I was sent to this particular timeline for a reason.' Harry concluded.

But he didn't have a clue about why… not for now at least.

'The only thing I can do now is continue with my initial plans. If there is something that this Death wants from me… we'll see about that.'

"So…" Luna got closer to Harry and gave him an intense look. "Does this mean I have to start calling Harry as Master?"

"Please don't…" If his sister heard Luna addressing him like that, she was going to draw the wrong conclusions.

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Harry spent the remainder of the Christmas break at the castle.

At least he now had a motive for his recent boost in power.

He made good use of his time and worked as much as he could on fine-tuning his magic control.

It appears that the failed ritual also had the unintended effect of accelerating his magical maturity.

Usually, wizards and witches had to wait until their fifteenth or sixteenth birthday for that.

But at the age of thirteen, his body had already reached this point.

This was truly a blessing. With his magic now completely stable, he will be able to fight at his full potential without fear of suffering some backlash.

A.N- I wanted to clarify something about what happened in this Chapter. Yes, there are many other versions of Harry Potter in the multiverse who have also acquired all three Hallows, like Canon Harry for example. The idea is that among all those different versions of Harry out there. The MC Harry is the first one who dies after becoming a candidate for Master of Death. 

There could be other Harrys who died before him but did so before collecting all three Hallows and others who collected all three Hallows but lived a much longer life. 

So, among all the candidates, the MC was the first one to fulfill all the conditions and thus, was the one chosen. 

At least, that is the idea here. I hope that makes it more clear.-

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