In the silent temple.
The area-of-effect Divine Sense sensed that a creature was approaching, attracting the attention of Allen, who was holding Luna, and the sound of a rustling snake could be heard.
Ellen followed the sound, and a moment later a huge serpent, about twelve feet long, appeared at the door of the shrine. Inquisitively, it thrust its huge tongue in, spat out its forked tongue at the broken twigs of the corpse of the monstrous wizard, then retracted it back into its nose-aid to analyze the odor. Then, its sense of smell and its heat-sensitive tongue caused it to raise its head and fix its gaze on the dais with its two poorly sighted eyes - and with a curl and a roll it began to flee in the direction it had come from.
Allen indifferently retracted his gaze and saw that Luna was still asleep. She wasn't alarmed, so he didn't plan to go to Dori to meet Nagini. He touched Luna's hand and found that it was a little cold. He unfolded the cloak behind him and firmly wrapped Luna and himself.
After a few minutes, there was a hissing sound. Nagini's cold and hoarse voice floated in from the sect. "Sss … Magus … Voldemort … Where is he?"
"He's gone to meet the Grim Reaper …" Allen was surprised that the snake would try to communicate, so he replied with the snake's voice. He sounded impatient. "I don't have time to argue with you. Run for your life."
There was the sound of Nagini's scales rubbing against the floor as it wriggled its body. Allen could tell that it was moving very fast. He retracted his gaze and heard Nagini's hissing voice coming from the door, "Wizard, here … Wait a minute … Please …"
Allen was alerted. He waved his hand and set up some defensive spells around him, but he did not summon his doppelgangers. He was curious to see what the snake was thinking. It obviously knew him, but it did not take the opportunity to escape. Instead, it kept talking to him. It sounded like it had something to ask of him.
Not long after, the rustling sound rang out again. Najini's huge snake head appeared at the entrance with a basket in its mouth. When it entered the entrance, it hesitated. In the end, its thick and long snake body twisted and wriggled through the thick layer of dust on the broken floor, bypassing the areas stained with blood that had already turned black and the broken limbs scattered on the ground.
Allen turned his eyes away from the snake's head to the basket. There was a baby girl in the basket. Her face was red as she waved her little arms and legs. Her big round eyes stared curiously at the distorted world in front of her.
Najini placed the basket in his mouth on the floor of the room. Then, he contracted his muscles and moved back a little. As if to show that he had no hostility, he hissed, "… Please raise her … I can't do it …"
Allen's gaze swept across the giant snake's body again. He knew that it was indeed taking care of such a small baby in such a form. However, although he had explored its brain and knew the truth, because the other party's way of thinking and memory was basically that of a snake and not a person, there was no way to understand it too clearly.
Allen could not hide his surprise. "You're willing to come see me like this for this child?"
"Last time, you let go of … Bella …" Nagini stuttered. Even when it communicated with the Lord Voldemort, it was more used to listening rather than speaking. It tried to express its meaning with short words. Its cold snake eyes were fixed on Allen. "You cured the Gringlass family's Blood Curse."
"That kind of cure … To be exact, it's just avoiding it. And it can only happen when you can still change back to your human form …" Allen shook his head and asked with interest. "I'm Tom's arch-enemy … I'm sure you know what kind of status you're in. I know that very well … But if that's the case, when the other two Tom were alive, you weren't a Soul Vessel yet. No wonder you didn't swap with them …" Allen raised a pale and slender hand from the cloak wrapped around his body. He pointed at the baby on the floor and waved at Nagini. "If you want me to adopt her, you should at least send her to a place where I can hook her, right?"
Upon hearing that, Nagini's snake tail could not help but slap the ground. It stuck out its tongue and stayed in place for a while, staring at Allen and the basket. Finally, it lowered its head and moved closer to the basket. "I'm a Soul Vessel … You adopt her … You promised … You don't have to teach her magic."
After that, Nagini opened its mouth and held the basket in its mouth. Then, it straightened its upper body and climbed higher and higher until it reached the altar. The baby in the basket seemed to have woken up. She started to giggle when she saw the familiar snake.
"Oh, you can't use Phantom Shift. You know you can't escape. You think you're not the only Soul Vessel of the Lord Voldemort … And you think I have a bottom line, so you think it's better to exchange yourself for … Oh, her name is Delphi … You want to exchange yourself for Delphi's life?" Allen stared at it and used words to provoke it so that he could understand more. "I do know a little about your past. Back then, you weren't a girl who would eat people … But now, your way of thinking is similar to the one I know …"
The giant snake did not speak. It only moved at a much slower speed than before. It was similar to Lord Voldemort's heart after it left his body. But in the end, it climbed higher and higher until it reached the top of the altar. It placed the basket beside Allen.
"Very good. Let's solve the problem of Lord Voldemort's Soul Vessel first." Allen placed the staff that was taller than him on the side. Then, he extended his index finger and slowly approached Nagini's head.
"Remember … what you promised … wizard." Najini roared. He closed his eyes and remained motionless, waiting for death to descend upon him. In the basket, Delphi, who was also a snake boss, heard the snake speak. She floated up skillfully and rubbed against its cold and soft neck.
Strange magical waves reverberated in the room. Strands of red and black mist floated out from Nagini's forehead. Slowly, the strands of aura filled with order and evil gathered together. It spun and gathered in the air and compressed into a strange, red and black gemstone. It fell into Allen's palm. The face of Lord Voldemort, who was over 60 years old and still had a human face, flashed across it.
Nagini quickly opened its eyes when it felt the cold sensation on its forehead. Allen had already stuffed the gemstone into his pouch and continued to rummage through it.
"I didn't promise you everything … Because I have to teach such a genius spells … I can't waste this little one's talent." Allen said as he took out a red gemstone from his pouch. He gestured at the snake's head. "Don't move your head around. You can watch her grow up …"
Then, the Enslavement Gemstone was pressed on Nagini's forehead. The gemstone quickly activated and embedded itself into Nagini's skull, taking root in its brain. Nagini was stunned for a moment before it understood the enslavement effect of the gemstone. It should have been angry when it realized that it was being controlled. However, whether it was because of Delphi or because it escaped death, or because of the gemstone itself, it chose to obey in the end.
"Speaking of which, I'm curious. Is your current condition related to Credence?"
"Hiss!" The giant snake hissed angrily, but the flash of the gemstone stopped it from attacking.
"Alright, alright. Calm down! I'm getting dizzy … It's fine if you don't want to tell me now. I'll find out in two or three years … "Allen shrugged and turned his attention to the floating baby. (Author's Note: Due to the pandemic, the movie will only be released in 2022. We'll only find out the story after that. I won't set it up here to prevent the officials from forcing the fandom to its death. Also, I'm going to complain about Warner firing Depp, but Aimee can still play Mera. That's a bit ridiculous … I don't think anyone can replace Depp to play the middle-aged Grindelwald.)
Allen stopped paying attention to the giant snake and hugged the baby. He pulled open the cloak covering himself and Luna, revealing a small gap. He wrapped Delphi in his arms and started practicing how to take care of a child.
(End of chapter)
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