Charms Class and the Number of Horcruxes

"Therefore, the wizard is a mysterious creature that symbolizes the number seven."

However, this is just my personal opinion.

Okay, any other questions?

A sudden thought flashed through Harry's mind.

He quickly raised his hand.

When did Professor Riddle's father ask this question?

"It was obviously during the Third Year."

After his first Ancient Runes, Professor Burbage adjusted his glasses.

"Riddle probably hadn't made Horcrux back then, right?"

Could there be seven Horcrux? Harry's mind was in turmoil.

As soon as class ended and they stepped out of the classroom, Ron couldn't help but complain to Harry, "I should have known better than to choose Ancient Runes."

I might as well learn it myself.

This professor only knows how to highlight key points.

There's Charms Class later.

However, Harry ignored him.

He was still thinking about Horcrux.

"If Voldemort really made that many Horcrux."

He must have modified the Horcrux magic.

He can create seven Horcrux without affecting his own power; on the contrary, he becomes subtly stronger.

This must be. Professor Burbage's seven deadly sins (pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust).

I can now confirm that what's in the Locket is lust.

I've experienced it myself, Bella.

"But the other Horcrux," Harry thought to himself as he followed the other students to the Charms Class classroom, which was also on the fourth floor.

Behind him, Ron followed, pouting and sulking.

Like a wronged little girl.

Soon, we arrived at the classroom.

Perhaps because Charms Class and Ancient Runes were consecutive courses (two courses in one class period), they saw Professor Flitwick as soon as they stepped into the classroom.

He was preparing to use the same trick again, hiding behind the table.

But Harry and his friends caught them.

So, he could only stand on the book with an embarrassed smile.

To cover up this embarrassment.

Before the bell rang, seeing that all the students had arrived, Professor Flitwick eagerly announced the start of the Charms Class: "Today we will be learning a Charm that is also related to Quidditch."

The Chaser gets even more frustrated every time he loses the ball, because he has to keep sprinting down to Quaffle.

So, the Quaffle was changed to red after the game.

Not long after the color change, the wizard Daisy Penid came up with another idea: to cast a spell on the Quaffle so that if it wasn't caught, it would slowly fall to the ground as if sinking in water, allowing the Chaser to catch it in mid-air.

This spell is called the Slowing Charm.

Its incantation is Arresto Momentum.

Please repeat after me, "Arresto Momentum!"

"Arresto Momentum!" x N times.

Have you ever heard of the Ballycastle Bats?

"I know," Ron raised his hand. "It's the most famous Quidditch team in Northern Ireland, having won the Quidditch League Cup 27 times to date, making it the second most successful team in Quidditch League Cup history."

The members of the Bat Team wore black robes with a scarlet bat on the front.

Their most famous mascot Fruit Bat Barney, is a household name and the star of the Butterbeer commercials.

"I'm just crazy about Butterbeer!" Michael, a loyal Butterbeer user standing next to him, repeated the advertising slogan.

"Very good, but unfortunately this is not my Flying Class."

The Ballycastle Bats' ace, Finba Quigley, is best known for his ability to jump off his flying broomstick after catching the Golden Snitch.

Then cast Slowing Charm on yourself.

It slowly landed on the ground amidst cheers from the audience.

Okay, you should know what I'm going to do.

"Are we going to the Quidditch Pitch?" Ron said.

He looked like he'd been hit in the head by a ball.

I was dizzy from the sudden surprise.

"I regret to inform you that this is not Flying Class."

This is Charms Class; you need to think about what I might create with magic.

Extension! (Undetectable Extension Charm)

"Cushioning Maxima!" Under Professor Flitwick's magic, the classroom returned to the state it had been in during the previous Charms Class.

"Alright, but this time you'll be practicing the Slowing Charm."

"Slow down your descent before you hit the ground," Professor Flitwick continued.

After class, the group, exhausted from playing again, reluctantly left the Charms Class classroom.

The Ravenclaw students were divided into two lines.

One group chose to go directly to the Great Hall on the first floor. They waited for dinner to begin.

The other group chose to go back to the lounge to take a shower first.

Harry and Ron were in the line heading back to the common room.

Neville, on the other hand, chose to go to the Great Hall.

Harry suspected he was planning to sneak off to see Hannah.

After finding out that Hannah was that girl.

He asked Ginny, and Hannah did indeed have feelings for Neville.

"Harry, why were you ignoring me just now?" Ron, who had just snapped out of his enjoyment of Charms Class, remembered what had just happened.

"Me?" Harry pulled Ron toward a corner.

He waved his wand, "Muffliato!"

Okay, now no one around us can hear our conversation.

Ron, however, clearly misunderstood something. "Could it be that Dumbledore communicated with you telepathically? (meaning that from a great distance, one's voice could be heard in another's mind.)"

Did he ask when you're going to his place for classes?

Hopefully it's not Sunday.

If so, you'll essentially have classes seven days a week!

(On Saturday, the instructor will teach Group Potion, War Magic, Alchemy, which will be used in the Triwizard Tournament.)

And Sunday is the day we go to Hogsmeade. We've never been there during the day before!

"It's a pity."

Dumbledore hasn't informed me yet.

Dumbledore probably hadn't studied the technique of telepathy either.

I've only ever seen it with Ryan.

Alright, what I'm going to talk about is the Horcrux —the secret to Voldemort's immortality.

So far, we have encountered two Horcrux —the journal (Professor Riddle) and Slytherin's Locket.

(He knew that there was another Horcrux —himself.)

But he wasn't going to tell Ron about it.

This is a secret known only to him and Ryan.

Dumbledore knew this, but perhaps Dumbledore wasn't planning to tell him.

I heard Draco tell me about the origin of the diary.

This is his father's pledge of allegiance to Dumbledore.

But do you know what Voldemort told Draco's father?

It is said to be a weapon, to be given to a Hogwarts student when necessary.

Clearly, he was very careless about the precious fragments of soul inside.

It's important to understand that the purpose of Horcrux is to safely seal away a part of one's soul, not to throw it into someone else's path and risk being destroyed—which actually happened: the diary became Professor Riddle, Voldemort's enemy.

What does that mean?

This means that Voldemort has likely already made—or planned to make—more Horcrux. "Harry said, barely containing his excitement.

"So, its number is—seven?" Ron thought of the question from Harry's Ancient Runes class.

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