Welcome Home, Regulus

Harry and Sirius Black served as referees again, but this time, the result was somewhat unexpected.

Vincent and Dumbledore repaired the walls and ceiling at nearly the same speed, finishing almost simultaneously.

"Professor, weren't you giving it your all?"

Dumbledore merely smiled without answering.

Vincent stared eagerly at the Elder Wand in his hand.

Since it was a competition, fairness had to be ensured.

Dumbledore had definitely held back. Their age gap was right there, and their magical abilities could not possibly have been completely equal.

The reason it had ended in a draw was probably because Dumbledore had deliberately kept his magic at Vincent's level.

Regardless of whether the legend of the Deathly Hallows was true, the Elder Wand had always provided the strongest boost to magic.

The Serpent Staff's enhancement was already formidable, and after being amplified a second time by the locket, it could rival the Elder Wand.

Once Vincent understood, the locket in his hand suddenly felt incredibly heavy.

A magical boost on the same level as the Elder Wand—no wizard could easily resist that temptation.

The locket was a relic of Salazar Slytherin and an heirloom passed down through generations of the Gaunt Family. Used together with the Serpent Staff, it could greatly enhance its holder's magical power.

Still, there did not seem to be anything wrong with keeping it for himself.

The Snakewood used to make Vincent's Serpent Staff had come from the Snakewood Tree at the entrance of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, while its Basilisk Horn core had come from Jormungandr, a thousand-year-old Basilisk. Both had deep connections to Salazar Slytherin.

Besides, Voldemort was the only descendant left of Slytherin and the Gaunt Family. He already possessed the other heirloom, the Resurrection Stone, so adding one more locket seemed perfectly reasonable,