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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 103: Last Shred of Humanity
"I can sense a great deal of power emanating from that thing."
Harry didn't need to turn around to know who was behind him. Abbadon had the terrible habit of appearing anywhere he pleased while inside his home.
"It is called an 'Arkstone'. A magical crystal capable of storing magical energies from its surrounding area. Small crystals can be used to empower magical artifacts."
"And this one?. It's the one you stole from that school, yes?." The demon asked.
"Large arkstones are normally used to power the enchantments in magical constructions, like houses, castles, or…a fortress like this one." Harry explained.
"I see…Then I bet those humans are going to miss it."
Harry scoffed. "Tsk, what can they do about it?. I have a much better use for this one."
"Ohh, and what devious idea did you have in mind?." The demon asked with interest. He had met many evil humans in the past, but none were as deranged as the one before him.
"Remember the magical circle that I used to summon you?." Harry saw the demon nod. "I'm going to make a much bigger one, but something like that will require a massive amount of magic to activate, much more than I can provide by myself," Harry said.
This piqued the demon's interest. "And how big is this city that you plan to destroy?."
Harry took a moment to think about it."Mmmm…I believe that the current population of London is about seven million."
Abandon laughed. "Devious indeed!."
Harry shrugged. "This will just be the beginning of the end. I have something much better planned out for later."
"I can't wait!" The demon said with anticipation.
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Before even opening the door, Harry was already hearing the screams and curses coming out of Pansy Parkinson's mouth.
Once inside his bedroom, he spotted Luna and Susan attempting to restrain the angry girl.
"Let me go!" Pansy shouted while kicking Susan off the bed.
"Ouch!" Luna yelped when Pansy took a bite off her arm, forcing her to release her grip.
Harry sighed and pulled his wand. "Seriously… can't you handle one simple thing…" As he said this, he conjured several ropes that tied around Pansy's body and quickly followed this with a silencing charm to shut her screams.
"Urggg…" Susan could barely stand up again. Not so much because of the damage caused by Pansy, but the damage previously done by Harry himself.
The Cruciatus Curse still made all her limbs ache, and his kicks had fractured a couple of her ribs.
"She bit me," Luna complained.
"Just go to the infirmary and get yourselves sorted out. I will handle the girl."
The infirmary was something left behind by the aurors who had been occupying his home. Of course, there was no healer to attend it, but it was still filled with all kinds of healing supplies, so Harry decided to leave it alone, just in case he needed it.
Luna and Susan left his bedroom as fast as they could, and he finally turned his attention to Pansy Parkinson, who was now staring at him with her beautiful black eyes.
"My apologies for the previous treatment. I haven't been the best host tonight. "Harry had recovered his usual good mood.
The loss of his most useful slave had hurt him, but after having some time to think about it, he had come up with a way to make something useful out of it.
"I am now going to remove the silencing charm from you, but let me warn you that I have little patience for loud noises." He pointed his wand at her. "Scream once, and I will make you experience some intense pain."
Once he finished his warning, Harry dispelled the silencing charm, as well as removing the ropes.
Pansy glared at him with unmasked hatred for a long while before she spoke again. "Potter…what do you want from me?."
"Not much, really. There was a time when I thought I had become obsessed with a woman who looked just like you. Her name was Helena." Harry sat down on a chair as he reminisced about his past mistakes.
"Helena…you called me that before," Pansy recalled. At the time, she had no idea why he was calling her that name.
"Indeed, you have the same face…you look so much like her that I even thought you were her reincarnation or something. She was a princess, you know?. It's quite the compliment." Harry said.
"A princess…" Pansy repeated. "I don't know anything about any princess."
"No, I suppose you don't." Harry pulled out the slavery collar he had taken from the workshop.
"What's that?." Pansy asked while looking at the object.
"This?. It's something called a slavery collar. Once it's on you, it emits a compulsion as powerful as the Imperio Curse. It will turn you into my most loyal servant, who will follow every order with no complaints." Harry explained.
"You…" Pansy had to make use of all her self-control not to shout at him. She moved back onto the bed, but there was no escape. Harry was sitting next to the only door that led outside. "You want to put that thing on me?...make me a slave?."
"That was my intention," Harry admitted. "But the more I look at you…The more I started to realize something…"
This obsession he had with that woman ended up costing him everything in the end, and he will make sure that won't happen again.
To avoid failure, he had to discard those old feelings. Leave them behind so he can become something more.
"I need to be better than that." Harry threw the collar away and raised his wand.
Pansy felt shivers when seeing this. "W-wait…what are y-"
"Avada Kedavra." Harry didn't give her any time to scream or beg for mercy.
The killing curse hit her body, and she went completely limp. Her corpse was now lying on his bed.
"What I should have done back then..."He continued to look at her with cold eyes.
This was something he would never have done in the past. He was a cruel man, but always had a soft spot for beautiful young girls. They had been his weakness.
It was also his last shred of humanity. And now it was gone for good.
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