Su Er read for an entire day, only coming out of the thin booklet when he heard Aberforth coming downstairs, his face flushed red.
Looking through the grimy window, Su Er realized with a start that it was already pitch-black outside. He took a deep breath and stretched, his bones cracking after staying in the same position for so long.
"You've been reading that booklet this whole time?" Aberforth looked utterly astonished, then asked hopefully, "Well? Will it help Ariana?"
Su Er rolled his eyes at the old man, shook his head silently, then hesitantly nodded.
"It'll help?" Aberforth's old eyes immediately lit up. "Whatever you need me to do, just say the word."
Did you not see me shaking my head, old man? Su Er sighed.
"I'm not sure."
"Do you know of anything that can increase a wizard's soul power? Lady Hufflepuff said that we need to increase the wizard's soul power, and we'll also need a considerable amount of magic."
"The magic is easy enough. Quite a few potions can do that." Aberforth sank into thought. "A way to increase a wizard's soul power..."
He hesitated for quite some time before saying, "I know quite a few kinds of Dark Magic that can extract souls. How about..."
"I catch a few dark wizards and extract their souls for you to study?"
Against the backdrop of the Hog's Head, Aberforth looked particularly like an archvillain as he said this...
Su Er shuddered and shook his head. "No."
You've got to be kidding! If Professor Dumbledore found out, he'd definitely take the Elder Wand and humanely put me down.
"It's nothing. Those dark wizards are scum, vermin. Nobody cares whether they live or die," Aberforth coaxed.
Su Er shook his head firmly.
It wasn't that he was being a