Chương 163: Chapter 160 - Death of Arcturus (2)
Only Asterion's footsteps echoed in the room, holding Arcturus in his arms as you descended the spiral staircase.
"Grindelwald has asked me to succeed him." Asterion whispered to the frail old man in his arms.
Arcturus frowned at his great-grandson's words, but relaxed again. "Remember Asterion, just go on without looking back, regret is a cruel poison that runs through your mind and destroys your determination."
Arcturus knew he couldn't help Asterion for much longer, especially when his death was getting closer with every step his great-grandson took.
But he wanted to help Asterion clear up some doubts in his mind. After all, his great-grandson was just a boy who, with the blessing of his ancestors, would outlive himself.
"I know, but what he's being offered is too tempting." Asterion sighed, commenting on the Dark Lord's proposal. Even he felt his heart race at what he would gain by succeeding Grindelwald.
The smallest gain was the colossal power of the Dark Lord's organization - the Acolytes.
The greatest gain was to personally possess all the knowledge that Grindelwald had amassed. This was not just knowledge, but hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years of research into witch gods and other beings beyond human comprehension.
This was the most attractive thing to Asterion, this knowledge was so tempting to him to create a god that he almost accepted Grindelwald's proposal on the spot. Fortunately, he said he would think about it, and then the two of them would meet in a certain place.
"You already know your answer, you just need a nudge to accept it." Arcturus laughed when he heard Asterion's helpless tone.
Asterion rolled his eyes and didn't deny his words, he already knew his decision.
"You have to be careful Asterion, taking on something like this makes you a Dark Lord in the eyes of the world, your image that you've created so much will crumble like a sand castle. Your enemies will use this to undermine your foundations and destroy everything you've built so far." Arcturus closed his eyes and said in a gentle tone that he would not influence his great-grandson's choices. Everyone must bear the consequences of their actions. That's what he taught Asterion the first day he came to Black Manor.
Asterion answered in silence after a while. "I know, I'll try to control the acolytes from the shadows, I am going to be a Dark Lord in the shadows and a Light Lord in the daytime."
"If that doesn't work, I'll steal all the knowledge Grindelwald has accumulated and be a good boy in the eyes of the world." Asterion finished with a laugh.
A laugh Arcturus shared. "Fooling Grindelwald will never be so easy, you impertinent brat."
Asterion nodded and fell silent.
Arcturus asked with a smile. "How is your relationship with Daphne?"
"It's going well, but she wants me to marry Rose." Asterion commented, remembering what Rose was like, the woman was not at all feminine, but she was pleasant to live with, with her bold aura.
"Henry's great granddaughter." Arcturus laughed as he remembered the white-haired girl, or at least what he had heard about her from his great-grandson Asterion. "Henry was a good man, unlike me, maybe that's why his political career was a complete mess. Especially after he took his Pro-Trouxa stance. His son and grandson inherited it from him, it seems his spirit still lives on in his great-granddaughter."
"Accept the marriage, having a witch of special rank at your side when the chaos of this world begins will be precious." Arcturus finished, hearing Asterion finally stop in front of the old metal door.
"I just think my life will be a complete mess with two completely different women." Asterion sighed at his words.
"At least it will be a fun life." Arcturus commented with a weak laugh.
Asterion didn't answer and said quietly. "We have arrived."
"Yes, we've finally reached that point." Arcturus replied in a calm tone. At his age, after living between life and death for so long, death never seemed frightening to him.
He would gladly let death come for him, he was a bad husband, his wife had been waiting for him for a long time.
Asterion bit his lips and opened the iron door, which moved with a loud creak, revealing a stone chamber of dark stone, lit by torches.
In the center of the stone chamber was a red pentagram, and in the center of the pentagram, a coffin lay cold on the cold floor.
Walking over to the pentagram, Asterion crouched down and gently placed Arcturus' frail, skeletal body inside the coffin.
Asterion smoothed out the wrinkles in his great-grandfather's clothes and made them perfect. Arcturus wore an elegant black suit from the last century, shoes and his favorite pocket watch.
As he looked up at the ceiling where his ancestor Corvinus Black had looked when he was about to die, Arcturus whispered with a peaceful smile. "I am in the same place where all my ancestors came before me."
For some reason, something so simple brought a sense of peace to the dying Arcturus.
"Asterion."
"Don't hesitate any longer."
"Do it."
Arcturus said, looking at his great-grandson beside his coffin.
Asterion gritted his teeth and made a cut on his wrist, he reached out and red blood ran down his wrist and dripped onto Arcturus' forehead.
When the drop of blood hit Arcturus' forehead, the entire pentagram lit up.
"I, Arcturus Black, third of my name, Patriarch of House Black, like my ancestors before me, pass on the sacred and honorable right to lead House Black to my great-grandson, Asterion Black, from this day forward." Every word that left Arcturus's lips seemed to add weight to Asterion's shoulders.
"I, Asterion Black, like my ancestors before me, accept the sacred duty to honor and lead House Black forward."
Hearing his great-grandson's words, Arcturus closed his eyes in satisfaction and smiled softly as the red light of the pentagram began to expand, forming a ball of red light that covered the entire coffin.
"Melania, my love, I have finally come to find you. Let us burn in the fires of hell together." Arcturus, seeing the red light, seemed to see his beautiful sword for a moment and murmured with a peaceful smile on his face. His heart beat less and less, until finally the last beat of his heart stopped and his heart no longer beat.
Asterion wanted to cry as he watched the scene, but he felt that if he cried, he would dishonor his grandfather, who had faced death so bravely.
Suddenly, thousands of cursed ghosts emerged from Arcturus' body, all released when House Black's Innate Technique was undone.
One skeleton in particular was a cursed spirit of a special degree. It emitted its terrifying aura and spread throughout the Black House.
However, whether it was him or the other cursed spirits, none of them managed to escape from the pentagram, all of them seemed trapped and unable to be truly free.
Asterion showed an unparalleled coolness when he saw this, he waved his hand and exorcised them all at once, his simply unparalleled magical energy rising into the sky like a pillar of blue light, attracting the attention of every witch and wizard in England at that moment.
Rose, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and all the wizards and witches of the Special Grade raised their heads and looked at the blue pillar rising into the sky with thoughtful expressions.
"Another of my generation has died, I seem to be getting lonelier and lonelier." Dumbledore muttered as he watched the pillar of blue light cross the clouds in the sky.
He raised his wine glass to the pillar and muttered. "Go in peace, old rival."
Arcturus Black was a difficult political rival to defeat, Dumbledore didn't know how many of his plans had been thwarted by the cunning fox's mind.
Rose, standing by the window, looked at the magical energy and knew almost immediately that it was Asterion's. She clenched her fists and stared at the pillar without saying a word.
In the library, Daphne looked up at the pillar of light in the sky with a worried and sad expression. She knew that Arcturus had died, and looking at her fiancé's hand, she couldn't imagine what Asterion was feeling right now.
"I'll be there as soon as I can, Asty, I won't leave you now." Daphne muttered as she hurried out of the library.
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