The Dementor still stood quietly before him.
But Zhang Xiao sensed a sudden, violent fluctuation in her emotions, as though the name he had just mentioned had reminded her of something.
Was... was this Slytherin's wife?
Zhang Xiao stared at the Dementor in disbelief. No matter how hard he tried, he could not reconcile her with the woman whom Hogwarts' secret records described as a beauty to rival Rowena.
The lovely Orasia Slytherin.
He lowered his head and looked at the parchment in his hands.
"To whoever reads this letter... I am Orasia Slytherin, wife of Salazar Slytherin.
I imagine you have learned what happened from the notes my husband left behind.
There are some things I need to tell you here.
As a mother, I hated him beyond measure when he apologetically told me that, for the sake of the whole world, he had to leave me and our child behind to save it.
But as a wife, I was proud of my husband.
So I came. This road was destined to be lonely and painful, but I thought he needed me.
And in fact, I was right.
Even though he constantly altered his own flesh, the accumulated malice and distortion were so powerful.
So powerful that they drove one to despair, even after my husband stripped away his emotions, changed beyond recognition, and became a monster.
Even after he no longer recognized me, after he became something without any memories.
He remained on the verge of collapse...
In his one hundred and twentieth year as a vessel, my husband... could barely hold on anymore.
Yes, he needed me...
I used the research my husband left behind to transform myself, but I could not follow his path. Even with another vessel, we probably could not bear this contamination.
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