Loki deeply and clearly remembered the pattern the corruption took when he was affected by it. He remembered the web-like structure that felt almost like it was turning his soul over to the domain of an unholy creature waiting for him.
The constant feeling of unburdening his desires, the constant feeling of respect and infatuation towards the sensual voice in his head while feeling disdain towards those outside, the deep sense of love and regret that followed as he continuously denied himself the relief of listening to the voice.
It all made him think about a single thing.
The person who had corrupted him was probably the Primordial Demoness.
Loki could continuously feel that as long as he was not the owner of the Sefirah Castle, he would've been consumed and drowned by the torrential emotions of pleasure and love he felt towards the source of his corruption.
But that wasn't all that Loki used to confirm for himself about the two True Gods that were involved in this matter.
No. Suddenly everything happening around the castle started to make more sense.
Students snogging with each other in broom closets, the startline rise of discarded cigarette packs, the lazy feeling that Loki infected the entire castle with each time he tried to free Salazar Slytherin all pointed towards one of the two deities.
The impromptu sickness everyone was given was likely because of the abilities of a Demoness of Despair who had let out a 'weak' plague that sapped everyone's spirituality. The constant tumbling of students into degeneracy also probably indicated the realm of the True Creator.
Given how Loki had previously concluded that the two gods were likely trying to find a way to cure their madness, Loki assumed the sudden attacks at the school were likely just them acting out under madness.
The troubles that the students might've faced could've been greater, but Loki was sure the professors and Dumbledore himself probably took the brunt force of the attacks and softened the blow through several means, both Beyodner and Magical.
But Loki didn't stop there, with a theory on what was going on at Hogwarts this year, his mind started to form bits and pieces of a plan that would help him get rid of the corruption that had taken hold of his body.
Except for his plan to be of any help, he needed to know the exact date that the 'Gods' play would begin.
And to figure this out he took a rather risky step that he wasn't willing to take before.
"If I am going to die sooner rather than later, I'd rather do it having tried every means of escaping, rather than die afraid and regretting the things I didn't do."
And so Loki took the coin that he was given by Mr. X, and sacrificed it to the Sefirah Castle.
With the coin inside the Sefirah Castle Loki finally took the risk of examining it and laid it bare in front of himself, prying open all its secrets by wrapping it in his spirituality while making sure to protect his mind with the concealment rune.
And to his mighty relief, he didn't get corrupted any further as he was expecting it to do.
Perhaps the coin didn't corrupt anyone who would just wrap their spirituality around it because otherwise, it would corrupt whoever made it too, or maybe there was a different reason that Loki didn't know about yet, but he was relieved nothing happened.
And he was glad he did this because it gave him a lead, a direction to further dig into to understand what he was dealing with.
Through his extensive exploration, Loki discovered something peculiar, the coin had an expiration date on it. Whoever had made the coin, had only put in enough spirituality to last for a month more.
'So One-eyed Jesus will descend in a month?'
'He'll probably descend to try and force 'Adam' into helping him regain his sanity by taking students hostage, but that's not the main point.'
'No, I need something else to make sure this date isn't just a fluke or a mistake.'
To validate this information, Loki recognised a new way he could experiment. And the object of this new experiment was none other than-
Himself.
To be more precise, it was the seed of corruption that had been planted into him after the blade scratched him.
Paying close attention to the seed of corruption over the next half month, he quickly extrapolated from the data he collected from its rate of dissolution into his body and came to find the exact date the corruption would fully meld with his body.
He'd figured out the exact date it would make him fully lose control and surrender to the Primordial Demoness.
The date was the same as the date the coin would go out of commission.
It was May 31st.
There was a peculiar thing about this date that furthered Loki's potion digestion by twenty per cent.
The date May 31st was roughly nine months since September 1st, the day the school had opened. Enough time for a baby one-eyed Jesus to create a decent vessel for his descent.
With their plans and motives unravelled, Loki concluded a maxim for the Cryptologist Sequence, 'The world is a stage, with all its actors involved in their own schemes and selfish desires. My role is that of the actor who uncovers the trajectory of all their fates.'
With that in mind, Loki worked on a plan that would guarantee his safety and help him get rid of the corruption in his body.
The five key pillars of this plan were his acting skills, the charm he had gotten from Salazar Slytherin, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger.
Each one for a different reason, was responsible for helping him successfully complete each section of the plan he had created.
'Harry should have gotten the little gift I sent for him already.'
'I wonder how much longer it'll take for them to notice that he's missing. I hope I didn't drink the exhaustion potion too early. It would be awkward if I did.'
Loki looked out of the window of his future-telling room, his view was directed right at the Whomping Willow, a strange gleam in his eyes that trembled in anticipation at the plan he had created.
'Will it work?'
*BANG*
"Loki!!!"
"Loki!!!! Help me!!!"
Hermione walked into the room with an exaggerated look of fear on her face. Her hands were trembling and she was taking rapid breaths.
'She ran here?' Loki thought as a flicker of anticipation arose in his mind.
"What happened Mione?" Loki asked calmly, grabbing the girl by her shoulders to calm her down. He wasn't faking much since he was already quite worried about his plan working.
"It's Harry!! Harry-" Hermione started but paused to take a deep breath to fill her burning lungs with some air.
"What happened to Harry?" Loki asked, looking right into her eyes, empathising with her but remaining calm so that Hermione wouldn't become more worried than she already was.
"Harry's gone missing!!! I think Sirius Black has gotten him!!! Could you use your divination to find him Loki!? Please!!!" Hermione rambled while Loki put on a simple smile on his face.
'That's what makes me the most dangerous, doesn't it?'
'If I'm the actor that knows the trajectory of all their fates, I can manipulate them to behave exactly as I want them to.'
"Calm down, Mione, I'll do it, just calm down for a second."
Hermione finally calmed down a little, taking deep breaths since Loki's admission of help comforted her.
Sitting down on his chair, Loki closed his eyes after muttering a sentence seven times.
"Where is Harry Potter currently located?"
"Where is Harry Potter currently located?"
"Where is Harry Potter currently located?"
…
"Where is Harry Potter currently located?"
While his eyes remained closed, Loki suddenly found beads of sweat started to form on his forehead as if he was carrying out a particularly difficult task.
Within moments he violently rocked on his chair as he opened his eyes with a deep *GASP*, trying to swallow air like he was just being drowned.
Hermione's complexion paled since she had never seen such an adverse reaction from Loki.
"What happened Loki!?"
"...this is not good Mione."
"What happened!? Just tell me!!"
"Harry's been put under the Imperious curse. He's being controlled by Sirius Black, he's guiding him to the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade. There's a pathway under the whomping willow that goes there!" Loki revealed with wide eyes.
Before he could even blink his eyes, Hermione shouted a "THANKS FOR THE HELP LOKI!!!" and rushed out of the room to find a professor.
While sitting on the chair, Loki smiled.
'All according to the plan.'
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