Pompeii Cornelia.
It was located in Campania, at the southwestern corner of Italy's Apennine Peninsula.
It was an ancient city situated ten kilometers southeast of Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, roughly 240 kilometers from Rome and about twenty kilometers east of the Bay of Naples.
Perhaps many people were unfamiliar with this name.
But mention the Ancient City of Pompeii, the city destroyed by a volcano, and most people would likely remember it. After all, it was an exceptionally rare instance in human history of a natural disaster wiping out an entire city.
The Ancient City of Pompeii was founded in the sixth century BC and destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Once Ian realized that he was in a city fated to be destroyed by history, his heart churned like raging waves. He knew perfectly well that Voldemort would never casually choose a point in time.
Having fooled Ian with talk of replacing his past self, sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle had calculated everything. His choice to arrive in this era was certainly no coincidence.
A city destined for destruction.
What did it have?
Of course, it had ancient Pompeii residents whose deaths were already fated and who would have little impact on the course of history. There was no shortage here of lost souls, batch after batch.
They would all ultimately die, destined to perish here. Then, using those lives and souls for another purpose before they vanished would probably not stir much of a ripple in history—their deaths would merely take on a different path and outcome, while everything that followed in the present world would remain unchanged.
"Concealing evil deeds within a historical disaster and deceiving the entire world..." Ian gazed at Mount Vesuvius in the distance, gaining a few more insights into the young