"Exactly!" Catherine gently lifted the lid of the box, revealing the Horcrux inside.
It was a lavish, glittering diadem set with countless sparkling jewels. Along its lower rim was engraved Ravenclaw House's famous motto—"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure."
"This bracelet can indeed imprison ghosts and malevolent spirits. I remember my great-uncle Gregory Fawley often using it to catch annoying ghosts and frighten me when I was little. But that's only a small part of what it can do. It was designed and created for far more than that. It holds much greater power."
As she finished speaking, Catherine quickly picked up an alchemical dagger covered in inscriptions. It was clearly no ordinary blade. Without hesitation, she plunged it into the enormous gemstone at the center of Ravenclaw's Diadem.
A sharp crack rang out, like a mirror shattering. An inky-black, oily substance slowly seeped through the cracks and drifted into the air. Jerry fought to suppress the stirring within him, terrified that he would unconsciously devour it as he had in the Chamber of Secrets and fall into another prolonged slumber.
Fortunately, it did not linger in the air for long. The thick mist formed by the soul substance flowed like water, rushing into a milky-white gemstone on the bracelet. The gem absorbed it all, gradually turning from milky white to a deep charcoal gray.
At the same time, the soul fragment's influence on Jerry vanished completely.
"This is the bracelet's true power!" Catherine solemnly handed it to Jerry, a hint of deeper meaning in her eyes. "After a Horcrux is destroyed, it can serve as a second vessel for the soul fragment, containing the fragments that would otherwise drift free. Unfortunately, the bracelet cannot become a new Horcrux, nor can it allow the Horcrux's original owner to remain