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Chapter 463: Method of Atonement

"Five."

Looking sideways at Little Barty, who was rubbing the tip of his cane with his fingertips and muttering to himself, Wenxiu Lord grabbed his wrist and warned him, "Don't do anything stupid."

His wrist was grasped back, Wenxiu Lord pulled his hand away, and smiled when he saw the gloomy and sickly face.

"Why would I do that? He's going to die sooner or later anyway. I was just thinking about how to make him die faster. Could it be that you can't bear to part with him, Senior?"

The words became softer and colder as he spoke. Feeling more and more eyes cast on him, Wenxiu Lord raised his hand and patted little Barty's cheek twice, then spoke indifferently.

"Why would you be reluctant to part with a heartless guy who can turn against you at any time?"

The clear voice was like mist, ethereal and elusive. Dumbledore watched in silence, with mixed feelings.

If a performance can be felt to be real by everyone, including those in the know, how could the actor not have put in a bit of sincerity?

It is only instinct and a firm goal that force the actor to deceive himself.

Blinking twice, all his emotions were gathered into the sea, and Dumbledore gave a kind smile to break the depressing atmosphere.

"So to prevent him from making a comeback, we must first destroy his Horcruxes."

Remus took a sip of black tea to suppress the obscurity in his heart, then lowered his eyes to stare at his reflection in the cup.

"Including his main soul, there are six in total. He is really crazy."

"No wonder Lo... Voldemort's temper has become more and more violent and murderous over the years."

"Five Horcruxes are so many, where can he hide them? He can't carry them with him."

Suddenly, several eyes were focused on him. James raised his hand and scratched the tip of his nose. "Our goal now is to find those Horcruxes and destroy them."

Vinciu Lord broke free Sirius who was clinging to his back and returned to his original position while walking and saying, "So far, I have only found the locations of four Horcruxes. The Hufflepuff gold cup and Slytherin's locket are next to him, and the whereabouts of the other one is unknown."

He glanced at the people who were looking at him, "Don't look at me like that. I was the one who revealed the information about the golden cup and the locket to him. It's normal for him to tamper with them."

"So, why did Wen Xiu help him collect Horcruxes?" James asked, revealing two wrinkled patterns on his suit pants. "If Wen Xiu wanted to hide them, he wouldn't be able to find these two founder relics."

His expression froze, and Wenxiu Lord calmly explained, "He will never give up his goal of making a Horcrux. If he fails to find these two relics, he may try to make a Horcrux from other items. Wouldn't that make him even more uncontrollable?"

"But these are two lives after all."

"There is still one Horcrux that has not been found. If he made a Horcrux without our knowledge before then, who will bear the consequences? You? Wouldn't it be two lives? It's just two lives. The two people that Voldemort killed when he made those two Horcruxes were at least selected by me and sent to him. They were all people who deserved to die. Isn't it considered making the best use of them?"

His silver-gray eyes were as cold as a glacier. Wenxiu Lord looked at his friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time and tried to refute but couldn't, and put on a fake smile.

He slowed down his aggressive tone, crossed his legs, and propped up his chin with the back of his hand on the table.

"James, sacrifice is inevitable. If you don't kill those two damned people, other people will be killed, most likely innocent people, and it will also increase the uncontrollability. Do you want your child with Lily to live in this endless darkness in the future?"

"Children should live in the sunshine, not adapt to oppression, and should not worry every day about whether their blood is pure or not."

Seeing James lower his head in silence, Wenxiu Lord continued, "James, do you remember what we agreed upon at Hogwarts? You said you would give Lily the most grand and romantic wedding."

After taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat which was a little dry from talking too much, Wenxiu Lord lowered his eyebrows, and a hint of just the right amount of sadness appeared on his handsome face.

"For us to have a better tomorrow, even if you blame me and want to report me after Voldemort's death and put me in Azkaban, I will never regret it."

The long eyelashes drooped, casting two tear-like shadows under the eyelids. These two tear marks completely opened the door to the fall of the gods, allowing everyone to see the haggardness beneath the exquisite splendor.

The sadness was a mixture of truth and falsehood, and no one could tell whether his words were sincere or meant to deceive James Potter.

Only he himself knows how sad he is, because of his own changes and because of his friends' misunderstanding.

Staring at his own white palm with a faint cherry color, the pink in his sight gradually distorted and deepened.

It turned into thick scarlet blood, dripping down his legs, endlessly flooding the room and swallowing his feet.

Regardless of whether he did it out of his own will, he had his hands full with the blood of too many innocent people. Now he could still deceive himself and survive by using the news that Voldemort was not dead.

What happens next? How can he atone for the innocent souls who died at his hands?

Voices of begging for mercy and screams echoed in his ears one after another. Wenxiu Lord clenched his fists, and the sounds disappeared, replaced by countless tearful faces of innocent people whom he had failed to save.

They looked at him with hatred, they cursed him with fear, and in order to give their children and family a chance to escape, they took the initiative to bump into the evil curse fired from his side.

"Wen Xiu, Wen Xiu Lord!"

An ethereal voice entered his ears, and Wenxiu Lord's eyes refocused, and a hand appeared in his sight.

Looking up, Regulus opened his palm, revealing a small piece of candy in his hand.

The person beside him used a handkerchief to carefully wipe the cold sweat from his face. Wenxiu Lord turned his head and saw Severus' thin lips pressed into a straight line, his eyes full of worry.

He took the candy from Regulus, opened it and put it into his mouth. The light sweetness was completely unable to cover up the bitterness spreading from the depths of his soul.

Wenxiu Lord forced a smile, "Thank you, Regulus."

Feeling a tugging sensation on his cheek, Severus said, "Don't laugh if you don't want to."

With his eyes slightly widened, Wenxiu Lord seemed to see the young Severus in a trance. He stood in the shadow leaning against the wall, turned around and walked into the light.

"Is it ugly?"

"Oh, it's ugly." The corners of his mouth were upturned, but his eyes and eyebrows showed that he was crying.

"I'm sorry, Wen Xiu, I..." James's voice full of guilt sounded, but was interrupted ruthlessly by Lucius.

"Shut up, Saint Potter. You and your idiot Black brothers are the least qualified to blame Wen Xiu. If it weren't for your reckless decision, how could the members of the Order of the Phoenix be captured by the Death Eaters? Wen Xiu wouldn't have..."

"Lucius." Lucius' wrist was grabbed. He shook off Regulus' hand and looked in the direction of the voice. Wenxiu Lord was looking at him.

Lucius stopped talking and took a deep breath, then glared angrily at James, who looked guilty.

"So why did he attend this meeting? Let's see what a real good person looks like?"

As early as when James refuted Vince Lord, Severus had already locked his eyes on James with a bad look. Now that he had the chance, even if he couldn't cast a spell on him, he would at least mock him.

"Why can't it be that Mr. Dumbledore wants Mr. Potter to ruin our plan?" Little Barty licked the corner of his lips and stared at Dumbledore with a gloomy look.

Remus, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up, "If there hadn't been this meeting, what would Mr. Dumbledore and Wenxiu have planned?"