Rooster Eggs and the Killing Curse
Snape's tone was perfectly imitated, but his expression was so sarcastic and full of a strange, unsettling feeling.
Madam Pomfrey raised an eyebrow and looked at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore momentarily speechless, glancing at the night sky outside the window. "Poppy, it's getting late. You should get some rest too..."
"Guess who woke me up in the middle of the night?" Madam Pomfrey sighed. "You should all get some rest too! Now, I need to close the door."
Dumbledore didn't leave; instead, he smiled and said, "Poppy, I'd like to chat with Harry for a while longer."
Madam Pomfrey glared at him. "He drank the Skele-Gro; his bones will grow back tonight! Come back tomorrow morning!"
Seeing Dumbledore's discomfiture, Snape's lips curled into a cold smile...
When Wizet regained consciousness, she was still in the Chamber of Secrets that belonged to Salazar Slytherin.
However, Dumbledore and Snape were nowhere to be seen around him.
Just then, a wizard dressed in a dark green robe appeared, holding a large ancient book in his hands.
The wizard's features were deep-set, perhaps because he was often engrossed in his research and rarely went outdoors. His skin was as pale as paper, with hardly any color in it, as if it were coated with a layer of white glaze.
"Two roosters were raised in a purely stone-built basement... and after waiting for a full six months... no rooster eggs appeared... and the subsequent hatching process of the toads could not proceed..."
Based on the wizard's research and the location of the Chamber of Secrets, the wizard's identity can be confirmed— Salazar Slytherin.
Clearly, Wizet's appearance in the memories belongs to Salazar Slytherin's memories.
This memory should be very valuable because it concerns the birth of a Basilisk.
According to the library's records, the birth of the Basilisk is very magical. First, it requires a male egg, and then it needs to be hatched by a toad.
However, the problem is how to get a male egg.
This is also Salazar's question, as he is trying to create a male egg.
Wizet was equally interested in this question.
He also wanted to know how to create a male egg that could give birth to Basilisk through magic.
The experiment continued, Wizet followed Salazar's memories, watching Salazar's pens write and formulate experimental plans round after round.
[The twelfth experiment: magically combining the body structures of a rooster and a hen... stimulating them with Potions... for a seven-day rearing period...]
[The thirty-sixth experiment involved using magical suggestion on the rooster... manipulating its daily routine... causing chaos... and maintaining its vitality with Potions...]
[In the seventy-eighth experiment, garnets possessed "fertility" properties... It was placed inside a rooster... and fed with Mandrake mashed into a paste...]
Salazar's experimental plan, in addition to a series of related contents such as Ritual Magic, Transfiguration, Dark Magic, and Mental Magic, also introduced another kind of magical knowledge - Bloodline Magic.
Wizet had very little exposure to this kind of magical knowledge, so he could only memorize it all and study it slowly later.
The Chamber of Secrets was filled with more and more things. In addition to the usual bookshelves, desks, books and notes, there was even a chicken coop.
Finally, Salazar combined his previous experimental plans and designed an extremely comprehensive experimental plan that incorporated a large amount of magical knowledge, including Ritual Magic, Alchemy, and Bloodline Magic.
[The 181st experiment: Extracting all the essence from the rooster... and placing it in a garnet container...]
[The sunstone, flint, sulfur, magnetite, and ferrous sulfate are then used in an alchemical process, placed within a garnet container... and sealed with Mandrake root mud...]
Seven days later, an egg-shaped object appeared inside the garnet container. Fresh blood from a Thestral was injected into it, and the egg-shaped object was transferred into a rooster's body for further cultivation over seven weeks...
[Irish Phoenix was introduced and allowed to live among the roosters... The other roosters were eliminated with Killing Curse... The Irish Phoenix was eliminated with Killing Curse... The roosters seemed to be showing signs of laying eggs...]
Salazar made a final observation, watching the brightly colored rooster gradually fade until it turned to ashes, leaving only an oval rooster egg.
Rooster eggs are a pale, ashen white, with red lines covering the shell that look like blood vessels, and they may even pulsate occasionally.
Salazar nodded in satisfaction and continued taking notes.
The rooster successfully laid its first egg.
Wizet has very little knowledge of Bloodline Magic and can only try to understand the entire process of making rooster eggs by relying on her knowledge of Ritual Magic and magic-making techniques.
Whether it's the blood of the Thestral, the Irish Phoenix, or the constant casting of the Killing Curse, it's all part of the process of giving the male egg the characteristic of "death."
The final effect is already evident in the Basilisk — Basilisk not only possesses deadly fangs but can also kill by staring at people.
Every single one of them is permeated with the characteristic of "death".
Indirect contact with the Basilisk's gaze will result in a petrification curse, likely related to items such as garnet containers, sunstones, and flints...
The entire process of Salazar making rooster eggs is something Wizet can relive repeatedly.
As he continues to accumulate magical knowledge, he will surely be able to experience even more of its mysteries.
Salazar's experiments also broadened Wizet's horizons.
Having witnessed the Killing Curse so many times, he unknowingly mastered how to Killing Curse.
When the Killing Curse is cast, it releases a dazzling, chilling green light, along with an extremely faint, almost inaudible whisper.
The whispers were not only urgent but also filled with malice, like the murmur of Death.
Wizet had to watch Salazar and cast the Killing Curse again and again before she could confirm the existence of the whispering voice.
Like the Killing Curse, the Imperius Curse is Unforgivable Curses.
The two Unforgivable Curses have in common that casting Killing Curse is actually quite simple; you just need to recite the incantation correctly to release it.
There are also differences between them. For example, to successfully cast Killing Curse, one needs to imbue the incantation with emotion, a strong desire to send the other person to their death.
This is why the Killing Curse is listed as Unforgivable Curses. If the Killing Curse can be successfully cast, it means that the caster is filled with murderous intent.
In addition, the wand will vibrate violently when the Killing Curse is cast, so the caster needs to be especially careful to hit the target accurately.
This was a characteristic that Wizet deduced from Salazar's wand-holding posture through repeated observations.
When Salazar casts the Killing Curse, he usually grips his wand tightly, and the veins on the back of his hand may even bulge out.
Even so, when the green light suddenly appears, the tip of the wand will still rise slightly...