Seeing this scene, Riddle panicked. He continued casting the Cruciatus Curse on Irina at his feet, trying to use the excruciating pain to force her to release her grip on the diary.
However, he still failed. He had underestimated her willpower.
Even though Irina was starting to lose consciousness under the torture of the Cruciatus Curse, she firmly remembered her mission to protect the diary from Riddle. Her knuckles turned white from how tightly she gripped it.
Seeing Irina nearly unconscious but still holding onto the diary, Lynn couldn't help but feel a flash of distress in his dark red eyes.
Ignoring Riddle, who was screaming madly at his side, he placed his left hand on the corner of the diary held in Irina's arms. With his right hand, he gripped the basilisk's fangs and plunged them forcefully into the diary.
At that moment, a horrifying, piercing scream erupted from the diary. The high-pitched sound caused the entire small chamber to tremble.
Under the influence of this sharp cry, Lynn's head tingled, making him involuntarily shiver.
Irina, who had already been tortured to the point of losing consciousness, fell into a coma as a result.
Once the terrifying screams faded, black ink began to pour from the diary, staining Irina's magical robes and covering the red blood on her body.
Riddle, who was a being of energy, writhed and struggled, his arms flailing wildly before he eventually turned into a mist and exploded. The life force originating from Ginny also vanished with the destruction of the Horcrux inside her.
Soon, Ginny, who had been lying motionless on the floor like a corpse, suddenly awoke.
She saw the small, mysterious square, saw Lynn and the unconscious Irina, and also noticed the basilisk's decapitated corpse in the distance. She screamed and burst into tears.
"Irina... I'm so sorry... wuwuwu..."
Ginny thought Irina was dead and cried.
Lynn stood up, cradling the unconscious Irina in a princess carry.
His magical power was unleashed, probing both Irina's body and soul. After confirming that Irina's body was gravely injured but her soul was still safe, Lynn sighed in relief.
Fortunately, he had prepared alchemical defense products in advance, which made Irina immune to the soul damage from the Cruciatus Curse. Even the physical damage from the curse was greatly mitigated.
Otherwise, Irina, a second-year student, might not have survived the basilisk's attack and the torture, and she could have died.
"Fool..." Lynn muttered quietly.
He understood why Irina had waited until he obtained the basilisk's fangs before taking the diary from Riddle. But she had already done so when Lynn was being attacked by the basilisk.
That's because the diary was Riddle's physical form. Once Irina took it, Riddle would direct all his hatred toward her and wouldn't have time to deal with Lynn, who had no time to fight the basilisk. The basilisk helped attack Irina, making Lynn's battle much easier.
Irina had paid the price to protect Lynn from Riddle and the basilisk's attacks.
"Are you... Lynn? Why..."
At that moment, Ginny saw Lynn holding Irina in his arms and stuttered.
Looking at the crying Ginny, Lynn said indifferently, "Follow me."
With that, he cradled Irina and quickly walked in the direction from which they had come.
Although Ginny was a little confused, she understood that this secret room was definitely not a place to talk. She picked up her magical robe and followed Lynn.
After returning to the back of the tunnel in the secret room, Lynn waved his wand, drawing magical energy from the magic stone. He cast a powerful Levitation Charm, which caused the three of them to float in the air and follow the tunnel toward the bathroom.
During the flight, Ginny noticed that blood was still oozing from the surface of Lynn's skin. She was a little scared, but she didn't dare to say anything to Lynn.
In fact, after overloading the magic stone's power many times earlier, Lynn's body had reached its limit. Now, although he was only using the magical power of the stone within a reasonable range to cast the Levitation Charm, the immense magical energy still affected Lynn's damaged meridians, causing secondary trauma.
But still, Lynn endured the pain in his body and cast the spell to return to the bathroom.
He understood that no matter how much pain he felt now, it was nothing compared to the suffering Irina had just endured from the Cruciatus Curse.
Once they returned to the bathroom, Lynn held Irina and quickly made his way to the school hospital.
However, on the way to the hospital, they encountered Professor McGonagall, who was patrolling the castle.
"Mr. Rowe and Miss Weasley? Oh, Miss Lowell, what's going on? What happened?!"
Professor McGonagall looked at them in surprise, her tone full of disbelief.
Lynn calmly replied, "Professor McGonagall, I need to get Irina to the school hospital first. As for what happened tonight, I will tell you the truth, alright?"
Hearing this, although Professor McGonagall wanted to know what had happened, she understood the priority of the situation. She nodded and accompanied them to the hospital.
"Oh my goodness, are these traces of the Cruciatus Curse? What happened? Why was this innocent girl tortured by the Cruciatus Curse?"
After examining Irina's injuries, Madame Pomfrey exclaimed in disbelief.
Hearing Madame Pomfrey's words, even Professor McGonagall, who had seen much in her time, couldn't control her emotions.
The Cruciatus Curse is one of the three Unforgivable Curses, and now, a young witch in Hogwarts Castle had been attacked with it. How could this be tolerated?!
"Mr. Rowe, tell me what happened! This is a very serious incident!"
Professor McGonagall said with great seriousness.
At that moment, after seeing Madame Pomfrey treating Irina before her eyes, Lynn relaxed, and his expression softened.
Lynn turned and looked Professor McGonagall in the eyes. "I want to see Dumbledore, Professor, and I'll tell him the whole story."
Professor McGonagall frowned. "Professor Dumbledore has been temporarily suspended by the school board and is not in the castle right now."
Upon hearing this, Lynn chuckled softly, shook his head, and replied calmly, "It's enough to deceive the other students with those words, Professor."
Professor McGonagall opened her mouth to say something, but Lynn interrupted her.
"Actually, he didn't leave, did he?"
Lynn stared intently into Professor McGonagall's eyes as he said this.
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