"I'm fine."
Harry reached up to rub the scar on his forehead, frowning, and said, "Did any of you encounter anything strange just now?"
"No." Vivi said to Harry, "After you mentioned that the Black Family Mansion could become a trap set by Kreacher, you suddenly passed out."
"Passed out suddenly?" Harry asked in shock, "But I clearly remember that the sky suddenly darkened, and both Little Sirius and Professor Lupin had drawn their magic wands to prepare for battle..."
"Maybe it was an illusion." Sirius asked with concern, "Dark Magic can do that, and Voldemort, skilled in beguiling minds, is even better at it... Perhaps he invaded your consciousness?"
Invaded consciousness?
Harry hesitated and nodded, thinking that Sirius might have a point.
"Haven't you learned the Mind Sealing Spell?" Sirius asked again, "Logically, someone as talented as you in the Quidditch Match should have already mastered the Mind Sealing Spell..."
Upon hearing Sirius's words, Vivi and Cassandra exchanged a glance, both blushing and looking out the window, avoiding looking at Harry on the bed.
Why hadn't he learned the Mind Sealing Spell?
In truth, Cassandra had forgotten. She had planned to teach Harry the Mind Sealing Spell during their fifth year but it got left hanging after a sudden fallout between them.
As for Vivi...
She simply didn't want to teach him.
Ugh, if I taught Harry the Mind Sealing Spell, whose mind would I read then?
Hermione and Ron failed to grasp the key point and asked confusedly: "Quidditch Match? What's the relation between being good at Quidditch and the Mind Sealing Spell?"
"It's my poor description, what I mean is..." Sirius considered his words, "Harry can defeat so many Dementors on the Quidditch field with one spell, but can't manage a simple Mind Sealing Spell; it's quite illogical."
As he said this, Sirius, always with a keen sense of smell, suddenly had a revelation.
Could it be...
That these two evil Slytherin women deliberately didn't want to teach him?
As he looked at the two girls who seemed guilty, Sirius confirmed his suspicion.
Ha!
Evil Slytherins! I should have let Harry see your true colors sooner!
Ah, Miss Swedding is so much better...
Sirius glanced at the concerned and innocent-looking girl, thinking to himself, Hufflepuff really would make the best daughter-in-law!
But...
Sirius was also mulling over the situation in his mind.
If he said something, it could backfire.
Harry seems deeply attached to those two Slytherin girls, and it's clear that a godfather alone couldn't change his mind.
Looks like it needs someone with more sway to step in.
Isn't Dumbledore reportedly searching for the Resurrection Stone?
Then let's wait until Dumbledore finds the Resurrection Stone to summon Lily and let Lily, as Harry's mother, persuade him not to get entangled with those two Slytherin women!
His plan was indeed well thought out, but it missed the most crucial link—something he would never know in this lifetime.
"So that's it..." Ron said, suddenly enlightened.
Cassandra folded her arms, looking down at Harry, speaking in an unquestionable tone: "Since that's the case, the task of the Dueling House from now on is to practice the Mind Sealing Spell, and I will give you special training—Potter."
Hmm?
Vivi suddenly grasped the point, Cassandra giving Harry special training?
She rolled her eyes, an amusing thought surfacing in her mind.
Harry didn't know what Vivi thought, he just looked up at Vivi. Seeing her nod, he agreed: "Alright then, we will practice the Mind Sealing Spell together."
He didn't mind practicing the Mind Sealing Spell with Cassandra, in fact, he even looked forward to it.
"By the way." Harry said again, "I also saw Voldemort, who said he wanted to cooperate with me, and tell me where the Diary Horcrux is, asking me to help him destroy that Horcrux..."
He recounted everything that had transpired, and after hearing his description, everyone fell into deep thought.
"This is definitely one of Voldemort's schemes!" Sirius stated categorically, "The Black Demon is inherently deceitful, he won't miss any opportunity to trick others, you should all be aware of that."
"Not necessarily." Vivi suddenly said, "We all know that Horcruxes are made through a very vile act, causing a wizard's soul to split, taking part of the soul out of the body and placing it into an external object, this object being the Horcrux—but Voldemort's first Horcrux, the Diary, was made in 1943 when he was just sixteen."
"As it was his first time creating a Horcrux, he might not have been very skilled, and perhaps that soul fragment was the largest one he tore off—this is evident from how the Diary wreaked havoc among the Slytherins, you may recall that Cassandra's great-nephew was once beguiled by that Horcrux..."
Cassandra narrowed her eyes slightly.
What on earth does Grindelwald mean?
Why not just mention Draco's name directly? Why insist on saying "Cassandra's great-nephew"?
"Cassandra's great-nephew?"
Except for Harry and Pabi, everyone present was puzzled.
How could Cassandra, clearly a seventeen-year-old girl, have a great-nephew?
Where did he come from?
As the Master of All Things, Hermione was the first to voice the burning question.