Headmaster Dumbledore moved his fingers slightly, watching the circling whirlpool rise in his teacup, his brows faintly furrowing. "The appearance of this phenomenon made me realize something..."
"'Death is but another great adventure' was not actually an original saying of mine, but a conclusion I drew from the books I had read before."
"I believe that conclusion should not be a lie. It ought to be the normal state of the world... or rather, for a very long time, it should have been a normal state, which was why it was recorded."
"However, the appearance of my father, my mother, and Ariana, as well as their strange behavior back then—first being controlled by 'The Master,' then regaining clarity..."
His brows knitted even tighter. "It proves that 'The Master' does indeed possess the ability to intercept souls, and even to control them."
"If we analyze the saying 'Death is but another great adventure' together with the strange behavior of those souls, then combine it with the Magic Principles of 'similarity' in Sympathetic Magic..."
"Then we can arrive at this explanation: 'The Master' used some magical talent he possessed to interfere with the concept of 'death.'"
"Since the Elder Wand comes from 'The Master,' 'The Master' is naturally also the embodiment of the concept of 'death'... If he wanted to interfere through his own magical talent, or rather magical property..."
"Then there should be only one possibility..." His tone grew grave. "The 'Misty Illusory Realm' we saw was merely a 'front hall' contaminated and occupied by 'The Master.'"
"By occupying this 'front hall,' 'The Master' captured the souls that arrived in the Misty Illusory Realm, treating them as his collection like a hunter preserving specimens."
"The core reason 'The Master' did this should still be that one... to prevent new 'sparks' from