Mastering the Obscurus!

Sean nimbly withdrew his right hand from the Obscurus core, the madness, cruelty, and violence that had filled him with negative emotions vanished without a trace.

The method Riddle left behind is quite useful...

Sean smiled slightly and looked at Obscurus in front of him.

Obscurus did not undergo any changes. It was originally Magical Creatures containing pure dark power, and this negative emotion had no effect on it.

The dark red light in its core flickered twice, looking somewhat puzzled.

"How do you feel?" A thought reached the core of the Obscurus.

"I don't feel anything... but it's strange... you... seem very kind..."

The thought Obscurus reached Sean's mind.

Sean smiled and sat back down in his chair.

The methods Riddle taught him when he seduced him were indeed effective...

He and Dave had many conversations, and Sean eventually came to a bold conjecture. The method Riddle taught could allow a wizard to communicate with another life form—a communication at the soul level—and because their hearts were open, a sense of trust and intimacy, like that of family, would quickly develop between them.

This is why Dave treated Sean as his family as soon as he hatched, because they had already been honest with each other—on a soul level.

Even Sean had to admit that Riddle possessed a talent that was beyond the reach of ordinary people at such a profound level as the soul. This also confirmed one thing for him: Riddle was definitely not dead.

He is likely living in some kind of broken soul state, and Sean has never forgotten one thing— Riddle's body has never appeared.

During the Academic Exchange program with Newmontgard, Tom Riddle, who came to Hogwarts, actually used Quirrell's body; his true self never appeared.

One thing that needs to be taken seriously, but there shouldn't be too much to worry about inside Hogwarts Castle... Sean secretly came to a conclusion.

He looked up and smiled at Obscurus.

"Is this your first time communicating with someone?"

"It is... strange... but comfortable..." Obscurus's thoughts were conveyed, but whether it was due to the limitation of her wisdom or the rigidity of her thinking caused by never having communicated with anyone, Obscurus's ability to express herself was stiff and awkward.

"It's okay, you can chat with me more, and I can teach you anything you want to know."

The core of the Obscurus flickered twice rapidly, finally managing to utter, "... Thank you."

However, now is not the time to chat. Sean looked down at the ground. When his negative emotions surged just now, which was when Riddle's Residual Soul fragment invaded, he was somewhat dazed, but he still noticed the movement coming from a certain depth.

The feeling was strange, like a resonance, or like a collision brought about by another surge of thought.

That ' Pride ' must be here... Sean muttered to himself silently.

In the magma beneath the Sky Island, the enormous Sean, who had been gazing upwards, slowly lowered his head. The expectation on his face vanished, replaced by his usual indifference.

"Ha..." His enormous head swayed slightly, letting out a barely audible sigh of regret, before finally sinking back into the lava.

In the dormitory, Sean opened his eyes as he stood in front of the full-length mirror. In his lake-blue eyes, the gentle Obscurus was quietly spinning.

The black vortex gradually disappeared, but the thought remained.

"I can borrow... If you want them all... that's fine too... but remember to return them... otherwise, I'll die." Obscurus's thoughts were conveyed.

Sean smiled slightly. Sure enough, once the two could communicate at the soul level, everything became much more convenient.

He had been puzzled as to why Obscurus had only reached a cooperation agreement with him. Now it seemed that Mo Mo Ran was just worried that he would not return the power after borrowing it.

Because the Obscurus's power consists of two parts, and the boundary between them is difficult to define, Sean calls the power that does not affect the Obscurus's survival "Manifested Magic" in order to distinguish them.

The Manifested Magic is immense and difficult to control. This power can only be instinctively manipulated by the Obscurus itself; unless Sean transforms into another Obscurus, he will never be able to control the Manifested Magic.

The other part of the power is the Source Magic, which is the foundation of the Obscurus's existence. The Obscurus itself does not know where the Magic Power Source, but if this part of the power is exhausted, it will completely dissipate into the world.

At the same time, this Source Magic is the only one that Sean can control. Although its power is not that great and it requires more practice and experimentation to master, Sean can instinctively gain the Obscurus's magical abilities when he borrows it.

Like this...

Sean raised his left hand, lifting and lowering his five fingers back and forth. With the fluctuation of magic, his left hand became ethereal from the wrist, and then the entire left hand disintegrated into black particles.

The scene inside the dormitory was slightly strange. Sean was missing a hand, and thin, black particles gradually swirled throughout the room. With Sean's manipulation, the particles sometimes transformed into a tiny, pure black Swooping Evil, and sometimes into an indescribable black monster.

Sean, caught up in a playful mood, waved his bare wrist. The black particles seemed to be an extension of his body, which he could control at will, whether it was picking up a water glass or folding a blanket.

Of course, the Obscurus's abilities cannot be just that simple and gentle.

With a thought, Sean instantly transformed the black particles into a viscous, oil-like substance. The black, oily substance seeped into the cracks of the cabinet and then burst out from a dark corner.

It clung to a brand-new parchment, and once the black, oily substance loosened, the pale yellow parchment had completely lost its luster. The once tightly packed surface had turned a withered, pale black, covered with charred, twisted marks resembling those of insects crawling across it.

Sean walked over and gently blew on it, and the parchment crumbled into pieces like autumn leaves.

Pure dark power—that is the essence of the Obscurus.

Sean blinked, and instantly his pale blue pupils turned pure black. If he wanted, he could disintegrate his entire body into black particles.

Unfortunately, a large part of his current control comes from the enhancement of the ' Dark Sleeper '. With his original abilities, disassembling a left hand like he just did would be his limit.

Sean has a long way to go before Aurelius.

Just as he was preparing to test some abilities again, a premonition came to him.

Sean withdrew his Obscurus and returned to his original form. At that moment, the dormitory door was opened.