The Cause of "Death's Curse"

Xiwen frowned and softly read the title written in Runes on the spine of the book.

"The Tale of the Three Brothers."

Whether it's just a coincidence or not, its name is exactly the same as the last story in the "The Tales of Beedle the Bard".

Moreover, according to the Dark Knight's narration, the Tale of the Three Brothers, even if it has been embellished for artistic purposes, is a true story that happened—the story of the Peverell Brothers' struggle against Death!

So why did the Greengrass family place this legendary story in the center of their library, in such an important position?

Xiwen took the book "The Tale of the Three Brothers" down from the bookshelf.

The book is a dull grayish-brown color, bound with thread, giving it a very old and worn appearance. Because thread-bound books are prone to tearing at the page turns, they are usually laid flat when displayed or stored. However, this one has not been well preserved; instead, it stands upright on the shelf like a perfect-bound book.

Therefore, when Xiwen took the book off the shelf, he saw that some of the strings had broken and come loose.

The book wasn't thick, and the top was covered in dust, as if it hadn't been read in a long time. Xiwen opened the book, and with the yellowed pages that came into view, a musty smell wafted out.

Unsurprisingly, the entire book is written in Ancient Runes, and the content is largely the same as the stories in the "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," but with many added details.

It turns out that the Death not only left marks on his many followers to borrow power, but also on his descendants to inherit power. This gave the families of the most loyal Death the ability to borrow power from the Death!

According to the records in the book, it can be concluded that this mark is not something that every descendant of those families can inherit. It is usually determined every few decades that the family will choose the most talented young wizard from among the children of the corresponding family to inherit the power of the Death's Mark, and gradually transform the wizard's physique from a young age through the power of the Death.

Xiwen turned to the last page of the book and stared blankly at the numerous families recorded there, families that had once been considered faithful believers by Death.

Most of those families have long since vanished into the annals of history, but one familiar name stands out— Greengrass.

It turns out that the so-called "Death's Curse" does not only refer to the difficulty of curing the Blood Curse inherited by the Greengrass family, but also, in a literal sense, points to the mark left by Death!

Silently, Xiwen opened a Dimensional Gate and traveled back and forth between the libraries of every Pure-blood families under his control, as well as the Restricted Section of the Hogwarts Library and the small library left by the Grey Lady in the Room of Requirement. He spent more than half a month consulting the family registers recorded in many of the "The Tale of the Three Brothers".

Following the various materials and information he had gathered about the Death, as well as the historical records left behind by the various families under the Death, Xiwen gradually pieced together a truth long buried in the river of time—

In the early Middle Ages, more than a thousand years ago, in the era of the Dark Knight, Death invaded the world.

The Death's power is far beyond what humans can contend with. Furthermore, he can use Necromancy to control all living beings in the world at will, making it even more difficult for humans to resist. Those who oppose him are often cruelly turned into unforgivable imps, eternally suppressed on the Death's cloak.

Therefore, most humans at that time did not even have the thought of resisting this Demon God.

Even those ancestors who upheld the inviolability of human heritage and fought against Death with noble character, while saying that we will surely achieve final victory, never dared to hope for true success in their hearts; when they sacrificed themselves one after another, they never knew whether their sacrifice would bring the desired result.

Given the backdrop of global collapse, achieving victory seemed like a pipe dream!

Driven by this despair, more and more people, driven by the instinct for survival, choose to become believers or servants of Death, becoming subservient slaves, as if this would save their lives.

Death is also very generous, leaving a mark on its faithful servants and believers so that they can borrow its power and then use that power to defeat those who are fighting desperately.

Just when everyone had lost all hope of victory and thought that human society would fall under the rule of Death, the Three Peverell Brothers suddenly appeared and displayed tremendous power.

The three won the Death's praise with their extraordinary abilities and obtained very high positions under Death.

In fact, after years of observation, the Three Peverell Brothers realized that it was difficult for humans to defeat the powerful Death on their own. So the three of them infiltrated Death Grim Reaper's ranks and, taking advantage of the loopholes in the power that the Death, created or modified three Deathly Hallows.

The difference between what the Dark Knight said and what actually happened is that those who were truly rebelling and lurking under Death's banner were not just the Three Peverell Brothers, but also many ancient families.

Among them, the Greengrass family, an ancient clan that rose from a green meadow in the England, along with many other ancient families, reached a consensus with the Three Peverell Brothers. On the surface, they obeyed Death's command and turned their blades against their own kind. In reality, however, they endured humiliation and hardship, dedicating everything to the future of humanity!

Finally, a large portion of their families gained the trust of Death, and a small portion even received the Death's Mark that could be passed down to future generations.

Finally, one day, the Three Peverell Brothers produced the Deathly Hallows. The eldest, Antioch, used the Elder Wand to cast spells within the Dark Barrier that suppressed Death's magic; the second, Cadmus, used the Resurrection Stone to awaken the former consciousnesses of the controlled humans and ghosts, causing them to turn against the tyrannical Demon God; and the youngest, Ignotus, used the spatial abilities of the Invisibility Cloak to seal Death in another dimension.

With the cooperation of various ancient families, humanity persevered and achieved the final victory in its struggle against Death.

However, after the Death was sealed, his power could no longer be transmitted from the other dimension. The descendants of those families who had the Death's Mark in their bodies that could be passed down could no longer receive the Death's power. The mark still existed, but the power was gone. So those marks began to draw on the power that the bloodline of the family's offspring possessed, to the point that they formed something like Blood Curse.

This is the cause of the "Death's Curse".