"Hello, hello? Can you hear me?"
The Lumos of the Magic Wand flickered in front of the woman's eyes, then an emotionless voice came from above, "123321, are you awake? Seems like you are. Alright, I'll ask and you answer, are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere? Does your head hurt? Is it a dull pain or a sharp pain? Is there anyone speaking in your head? You..."
"... I'm awake, other than feeling a bit dizzy, there's nothing else."
Nagini, who opened her eyes, rubbed her slightly stiff neck and sat upright again. Her gaze was somewhat vacant, and after dazedly lingering for a while, the woman finally continued, "Was it successful? Because I truly didn't hear anyone speaking in my head..."
"Damn Demon! What have you done to me?!"
"...Ah, now I hear it."
"We all hear it."
Having sat for a long time, Professor McGonagall's waist was somewhat uncomfortable, and she also sat back in her seat at this moment. She looked complexly at Nagini, who had two different-colored eyes, one gold and one black, and could clearly produce two voices from one mouth. She asked unconsciously, "Is this... normal?" Her query was directed at William, who was retracting his Magic Wand behind Nagini.
"Do you think your situation before this was better than hers? You just didn't speak simultaneously with that guy."
William shook his head, signaling to the self-blaming headmaster to stay calm. As he spoke, he casually pulled a chair out of thin air, sat grandly to the side of the two, and wore that habitual relaxed smile that made people somewhat irritated at just a glance—
"How is it, ladies, satisfied with the new accommodation? Rest assured, the security measures inside are very comprehensive—"
Upon hearing William's teasing, Hecate tried to raise her hand to make a disdainful gesture, only to find her body unusually sluggish. She couldn't completely suppress the other soul in this body as she did with Professor McGonagall's body before—damn, who exactly is this person?
"My name is Nagini."
Obviously, Nagini "heard" the innermost thoughts of Hecate.
"I didn't freaking ask you!"
The "goddess" finally couldn't hold back and cursed. She took a deep breath and looked at William, "How should I help you..." But the moment she said the third syllable, her face contorted uncontrollably, and her pale gold left eye flickered violently, like a malfunctioning light bulb.
A flash of extreme astonishment passed through the woman's eyes, soon turning into unconcealed panic, "Ugh!"
As if startled by something, a short scream escaped from Nagini's mouth, seeing this, the smile on William's face grew thicker—in his perspective, a massive three-colored ice cream was floating above Nagini's head, pale yellow belonging to Nagini herself, pitch black belonging to Hecate...
And an olive green belonging to a certain little snake.
Though this very fierce little creature had been suppressed to a corner of the mind by William's magic, it was still not something to be trifled with. Just now, Hecate obviously intended to replicate the process of eroding McGonagall's soul in Nagini's mind, but apparently, the security captain, awakened from "hibernation," immediately noticed this uninvited guest.
Thus, following its instincts, it sprang from the shadow of Nagini's soul and bit ferociously at the "newcomer."
This attack was not only sudden but directly acted on the soul level. As a soul brought forth by the Blood Demon Curse, having overpowered Nagini's soul for decades, controlling the body's initiative, being bitten by this creature was not as simple as imagined.
In that instant, Hecate's dark spiritual light turned grey briefly, though she quickly adjusted, but the scene made William even happier.
He nodded, his tone sarcastic, "What did I just say? The security measures inside are very comprehensive, ensuring the safety of every occupant."
However, Hecate ignored him, merely breathing heavily. Several seconds later, the dark light finally stabilized again, but the arrogance had completely disappeared, leaving only a lingering fright and deep dread as she looked at William, her gaze complicated beyond words—
This guy, could he have known about my existence all along? Otherwise, how could everything have specific countermeasures just in time?
"...You knew all along."
Her voice carried a subtle tremble.
"What else?"
William did not realize they were not on the same wavelength, he merely nodded, "Now, can we have a proper conversation?"
Hecate was silent for a moment, "...She needs power."
Finally, the woman spoke, her voice low and carrying a resigned weariness, "In that 'Secret Vault' lies an emotional and Magic Power aggregation close to the source of magic, vast, unowned, she needs this power— to rule this world, to create a new master of Olympus."
"Nagini" raised her eyes, a strange glimmer flashed in the golden pupil on the left, "She wants to use its power, to consume Zeus."
"Rule the world?"
William raised an eyebrow, this answer was somewhat unexpected, sounding more like a script for a superhero theme. But thinking further, Voldemort's goal seemed to be world domination as well, perhaps it made sense, and of course, more captivating for William was the latter part of the woman's account—
"Consume Zeus? What kind of consume? Are you all cannibals? So, the family conflicts have escalated? Evolved from throwing shade to this level?"
"Cannibals... no, of course not, that's just a metaphor."
Hecate shook her head, now appearing to have entered a state of speaking without reservation, "The Divine King fears awakening, Zeus has cast the most secure prison for himself, fearing the passage of time, choosing to confine himself in the deepest crevice where we cannot reach, only immense energy can forcibly break through that barrier..."
"Then..."
"Then, our respected Celestial Empress."
Hecate's tone was filled with irony—"will devour the still-weak Zeus completely—you might not understand, but we aren't sealed in statues in flesh, rather in a form of a soul, though this method isn't perfect, otherwise, I wouldn't have chosen this way to seek resurrection—"
She paused, continued, "Rather than staying in Athena's puppet, I still hope to have a real physical body."