"I'll sneak in alone. If nothing happens, wait quietly and move with the main force."
Voldemort scanned the castle windows, thinking through possible ways in as he spoke. "If there's a huge commotion, stage a feint outside and create some chaos."
"Remember, you don't need to fight to the death. They can't do anything to me."
The people who had followed Voldemort nodded. Only Bellatrix seemed to want to say something but held back.
"I'll use Porto to sneak in. Until you've learned Porto, you can't come with me."
After giving Bellatrix's feelings some consideration, Voldemort turned and leaped upward.
After rising a meter, his body had already broken free of gravity and begun to fly upward.
Another meter higher, he slowly disappeared, transforming into a streak of purple-gold light.
But that wasn't the end.
Under Voldemort's adjustment, the light slowly turned ivory, blending almost completely into the island's mist.
Even though the others below watched closely, they lost sight of it once the pale glow slipped into the fog.
"It looks like the master's understanding of Porto has already surpassed what's in the Headmaster's book," Malfoy said, watching the light fly toward the castle and vanish into the mist.
The books Dumbledore had written about Porto had become the most popular works on magic in recent years.
Few had mastered much of it, but plenty of people had read about it.
Perhaps not every wizard owned a copy, but at least half of them had one at home.
The book also included a brief account of the Porto Golden Body.
Dumbledore had even speculated about the spell's potential future development.
But none of his ideas involved changing the spell's color.
At first glance, Voldemort changing the color of the Porto Golden Body seemed like a simple adjustment to its