The Hard-to-Invite Sister-in-Law, Three Hundred to One-The Advantage Is Mine

"You're playing me?" Voldemort flew into a rage, his scarlet eyes turning even colder.

He had thought the immortality he had longed for was right before his eyes, only for Aaron to tell him it was nothing but an illusion. How could he possibly be happy about that?

"I didn't lie to you, nor could I.

I take contracts very seriously. They would never allow me to deceive anyone with falsehoods." As Aaron spoke, he waved his wand, transforming a fallen leaf on the ground into the shape of the Dog Talisman and suspending it in midair.

"This magical talisman that can grant immortality to its bearer does exist. I have even seen it with my own eyes. I just don't know where it is now."

Voldemort calmed down and stared at Aaron with some displeasure. "Is that all you're going to tell me?"

"Heh!" Aaron could not help but sneer. "The Dog Talisman doesn't require you to split your soul, and it has no side effects whatsoever. Isn't that a more perfect form of immortality than a Horcrux?

The contract only required me to tell you about another path to immortality. It never said I had to give you immortality. I don't have that ability.

Just like decades ago, when you asked Professor Horace Slughorn what a Horcrux was. He gave you the answer, but that didn't mean he had to help you make one."

Voldemort's face twitched. "So... the contract is fulfilled just like that? All I get is one clue?"

"Yes." Aaron nodded solemnly. "You still have one Horcrux intact. That means you have enough time to search for the Dog Talisman.

Ten years, decades, even centuries. As long as you find it, you will possess an undying life."

"That does sound interesting." Voldemort gave a vicious