Luna's Troubled Fate

Dumbledore always wanted to resurrect Voldemort.

Draco's words instantly connected a thread in Harry's mind.

Harry, unaware of the properties of Horcrux, began to have wildly absurd thoughts.

Dumbledore may have initially intended to capture Voldemort.

However, in that room on the Third Floor Corridor, Dumbledore seemed to have discovered something and used an excuse to let Voldemort go.

At that time, Voldemort was trapped in Quirrell's body, all because of Harry's magic within Quirrell's body.

Dumbledore said that Voldemort's escape was due to the lack of Harry's magic within Quirrell.

Even Voldemort would believe that excuse.

Harry's spell was a miracle beyond the existing realm of magic, and could not be explained by common magical knowledge.

However, after recalling the events, Harry, as the one who cast the spell, realized that the magic he left in Quirrell's body had never been able to restrain Voldemort in the first place.

Dumbledore merely used Harry's magic to create a delusion in Voldemort.

However, Dumbledore could have taken the opportunity to defeat Voldemort.

He has that kind of skill.

But in the end, Dumbledore, having discovered something, still let Voldemort go.

Perhaps Draco's guess is correct; only Voldemort with a physical form can be killed.

So Harry immediately told Draco and the others his thoughts.

Meanwhile, Ryan, who was petting the cat in the lounge, was completely bewildered. "You can do that?"

Even more outrageous, they guessed almost exactly right.

Dumbledore initially intended to use the Philosopher's Stone as bait to capture Voldemort, but plans changed.

In just one school year, Dumbledore discovered that Quirrell's head was Voldemort's, that Voldemort didn't know Harry Potter was his Horcrux, and that Voldemort had many Horcrux.

Therefore, his plan changed, and indeed, just as Draco had guessed, he wanted Voldemort to be resurrected in his weakest state.

For this reason, Dumbledore even destroyed the Philosopher's Stone.

Dumbledore couldn't actually catch Voldemort, who had so many Horcrux.

With the most Horcrux in history, Voldemort is practically invincible—as long as the Horcrux are not destroyed.

Harry's guess—that only Voldemort with a physical form could be killed—was undoubtedly wrong.

Voldemort will only die if all the Horcrux are destroyed, regardless of whether he has a physical form.

However, in the current timeline, there is now a diary named Tom that has also taken over the position of the main soul.

In this way, as long as Tom kills Voldemort who has a physical form, Voldemort will really be defeated.

So Harry and Draco's guesses were ridiculously correct.

"Who's the main character, you or me?" Ryan wondered as he pulled Luna aside and began explaining Newt's "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."

"The Erumpent is an Africa, gray-bodied beast that resembles a rhinoceros and can weigh up to a ton."

"This is a Fantastic Beasts with extremely high abilities. Its skin is very thick and can resist most curses and spells. The Erumpent also has a long horn and a long, thin tail."

"Africa shamans are both cautious and respectful towards them. This is because Unicorn attacks are usually deadly—its horn can pierce skin and metal, and the deadly liquid inside can cause anything injected into it to explode."

"Although they only attack when provoked, you'll never know if it will be provoked just because you sneezed on it."

"Little Luna, don't you believe it? Poor Wilford Elfick can attest to that."

"He was born in the 12th century and was the first wizard in the world to be stung by Erumpent." Ryan took Luna's small hand.

Luna felt a warm current flow through her hand, and a 3D model of a Unicorn appeared in her palm.

It is so lifelike, its tail waving like a propeller.

"That's a sign that it's getting angry," Ryan whispered in Luna's ear.

Luna snuggled closer to Ryan. "Its horns look a lot like those of the Crumple-Horned Snorkack."

"My dad has one, it's in our living room. It was my Christmas present, and I'll see it when I go back next month for Christmas. The Crumple-Horned Snorkack is a very rare and Care of Magical Creatures in Sweden, and my dad recently got his hands on one of its horns." Luna said, shaking her head excitedly.

"Don't move, you're pressing down on my tail," Ryan thought to himself.

But the next second, Ryan regained his composure and looked at the silly girl in his arms.

The reason he told Luna about Unicorn today was because of the so-called horn of the Crumple-Horned Snorkack.

In the original timeline, it would have been that only the Quibbler published an article believing Harry's claim that Voldemort had been resurrected—then the Quibbler became famous— the Lovegood family became wealthy— Luna's father urgently acquired the horn of Erumpent as a Christmas gift for Luna when Voldemort made a comeback.

Then Luna was lucky enough to be captured and escaped the tragic fate of being killed by her father's Christmas present.

Harry and Hermione came to Luna's house in search of the Deathly Hallows, found the horn, and detonated it.

This allows Luna to escape the fate of being rescued from the Malfoy family manor, returning home, and then being killed by the gift sent by Lovegood.

In this current timeline, Rita Skeeter once published a report on Ron's fabricated story—that he, Harry, and Draco rescued the Phoenix and the Demiguise from Ravenclaw Tower, and that the enemy was a poacher hidden among the upperclassmen.

She used this opportunity to criticize Hogwarts' education, questioning why a school would produce Care of Magical Creatures hunters, and listed several Muggle-born upperclassmen who were good at Care of Magical Creatures as suspects.

This report has clearly opened the minds of some wizards, especially since there are no relevant laws in the Britain Ministry of Magic regarding the smuggling of Care of Magical Creatures from other countries back to the UK for sale; as long as taxes are paid, no one cares.

Therefore, from that time onwards, materials for various Care of Magical Creatures flowed into Britain in large quantities, forming a large market in Knockturn Alley.

This sudden increase in income is what caused Fudge to become arrogant prematurely, and then he was defeated by the teenage version of Voldemort.

Luna's father also made a fortune from the "Elder Wand" reports.

So, he bought an Erumpent horn five years in advance.

He sent his daughter to hell ahead of time.

Ryan, having discovered this, wanted to subtly let Luna know about the danger in that corner before Luna returned home for Christmas in December.

But Luna truly lives up to her Luna.

They found nothing, but still firmly believed that the Christmas present they had only seen a picture of was the horn of the Crumple-Horned Snorkack.

Without Ryan, and without the influence of any other third party.

If things continue this way, Ginny will discover the news of Luna's death after Christmas.

The next chapter will be posted later.

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