The Soul Within the Snake, the Killing Curse Rebounded as Expected

Nagini seemed to sense the threat of death and curled up as it retreated.

Aaron raised Gryffindor's Sword, ready to destroy Voldemort's final Horcrux with a single strike.

But then he seemed to see something unbelievable and lowered the sword in surprise.

"What are you waiting for?" Neville asked in confusion. "Hurry up and do it!"

"Humanity." Aaron pointed at Nagini's cold pupils. "I saw fear and an overwhelming will to survive in its eyes."

"Isn't that normal?" Ginny said anxiously. "Any creature would be afraid when facing death.

This isn't the time to discuss that. Harry is still fighting Voldemort. We have to destroy this Horcrux."

"Calm down!" Aaron waved a hand. "I told you Voldemort can't kill him."

"But he can torture him half to death," Luna said.

At that, Ginny could no longer hold herself back. "If you don't want to do it, let me."

"Fear and the will to survive are normal. What isn't normal is humanity, and a desire for death stronger than the will to survive." Aaron's tone was meaningful, and his gaze then sharpened.

Under the gaze of Aaron's Eye, he saw through Nagini's soul.

A ferocious giant snake flicked its tongue, but inside its belly was a woman dressed in a black gown, her face deathly pale.

There was no light in her pupils, and she looked like a walking corpse. But at that moment, she noticed Aaron's gaze and laboriously moved her lips.

She made no sound, but her meaning was unmistakable: Kill me.

Aaron raised his brows, recalling a curse he had once read about in a book. It caused people to shift between human and snake, but eventually they would permanently become an animal, with no way to reverse it.

Logically, she should have forgotten every memory of being