[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring":3,"chapter-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-172":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting at Hogwarts, Logging into Elden Ring",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496396,1944,"Chapter 172: — A Useless Resurrection Stone, and the Grangers Begin to Notice","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-172",172,"\u003Cp>Voldemort had only ever regarded the ring as a Gaunt family heirloom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a black stone ring engraved with the so-called \"Peverell crest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't even know that Peverell was the surname of the legendary three brothers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, the symbol was merely some obscure emblem of the Gaunt lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again, that was hardly surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone like Voldemort would never bother reading The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a children's storybook meant for young witches and wizards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Voldemort turned the Resurrection Stone ring into a Horcrux and placed it back inside the Gaunt house, surrounding it with layers of powerful protective magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately for him, those protections were meaningless to Arthur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur didn't even need to force his way in—he simply walked straight into the Gaunt manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he could do so with such ease was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During his trip to the Albanian forest the previous summer, Arthur had obtained a large number of Voldemort's diaries, which conveniently recorded how to bypass or dismantle the enchantments placed upon this very house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This served as a valuable life lesson:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never write everything in your diary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better yet—don't keep one at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if your diary ever falls into the wrong hands, you're socially—and existentially—dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur found the Resurrection Stone inside a cabinet within the Gaunt house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After casually dissolving the Dark Magic Voldemort had left on it, he picked up the ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black gemstone embedded in it was a diamond-shaped octahedral crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the stone, one could clearly see the Peverell symbol—the mark of the Deathly Hallows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vertical line, a circle, and a triangle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They represented the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak, respectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur stared at the symbol and suddenly had a stray thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is the Resurrection Stone represented by a circle when the stone itself is diamond-shaped… while the Invisibility Cloak, which is a four-sided object, is represented by a triangle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly dismissed the thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some questions simply had no answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur stopped wasting time and smoothly extracted Voldemort's soul fragment from within the ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, the Dark Lord's remnant soul condensed into a black crystal, which Arthur stored away in his system space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur hadn't deliberately set out to oppose Voldemort, yet by now he had already destroyed four Horcruxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nagini was also currently in his possession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant that if Voldemort hadn't yet created his seventh Horcrux, then all he had left were Hufflepuff's Cup and Harry himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even that number might soon decrease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had long since set his sights on Hufflepuff's Cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't allow his collection of the Four Founders' relics to be missing even a single piece—especially when that cup might contain Hufflepuff's legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was a matter for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Arthur had a new idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Resurrection Stone could summon the souls of the dead…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what about someone who had been dead for hundreds of years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur put on the ring and attempted to summon Merlin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried the other Hogwarts founders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, only Rowena Ravenclaw responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet what appeared before him had no memories of her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the sorrowful, hollow expression on the summoned Ravenclaw, Arthur waved his hand and dispersed her form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that summoning a soul with the Resurrection Stone also had conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, the summoner needed a sufficiently deep impression of the person they wished to call back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had little concrete understanding of Merlin or the other three founders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Ravenclaw—because of the statue Rowena—was someone he had a tangible concept of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he had been able to summon her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as Arthur already knew, the Resurrection Stone didn't truly revive the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It merely summoned a presence that lay somewhere between illusion and reality—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not quite a soul, not quite a memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because Arthur's understanding of Ravenclaw herself was incomplete, what he summoned lacked even basic awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur removed the ring and snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, this thing was utterly useless to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He already wielded death itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he fully understood the principles behind the Resurrection Stone, he could probably mass-produce the damned thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur pocketed the ring and left the Gaunt house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before departing, he carefully restored every enchantment Voldemort had placed on the manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found himself genuinely curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Voldemort eventually returned, saw that all the protections were still intact—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet his Horcrux had vanished—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what kind of expression would be on his face?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Arthur failed to consider, however, was that in the original timeline, the first person to remember the Gaunt house wasn't Voldemort at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Dumbledore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the manor, Arthur didn't head home immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he went to a nearby graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was where Voldemort's father—Tom Riddle Sr.—was buried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur knew this from Voldemort's diaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After murdering his father and grandparents, Voldemort had framed his uncle, Morfin Gaunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the Ministry's investigation and judgment, they had even thoughtfully arranged proper burials for Tom Riddle Sr. and his parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As much as Voldemort loathed his Muggle father, he still had to bury them properly in public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ironically, Voldemort should be grateful he hadn't reduced his father's remains to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the ritual requiring \"the bone of the father\" would have been impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur's reason for coming here was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to add a little something extra to Voldemort's eventual resurrection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He located Tom Riddle Sr.'s grave and opened the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur left the remains themselves intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he used alchemy to fuse the bones of a pig and a snake into the skeleton—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all while perfectly maintaining the human skeletal structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Arthur, whose alchemy had long since reached its peak, this was trivial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the pig and snake bones merged seamlessly into Tom Riddle Sr.'s remains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If nothing went wrong, Voldemort would be resurrected sometime next school year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur couldn't help but feel a flicker of anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of surprise would Voldemort experience when he used these… enhanced bones?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the possibility of Voldemort being captured by Dumbledore in Albania?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur didn't even consider it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Dumbledore had truly caught him, Voldemort would have returned to Hogwarts long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur might not know all of Voldemort's talents, but the man was undeniably skilled at framing others and escaping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding someone in a massive forest was hard enough—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>finding a wraith-like soul fragment was practically impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For all Arthur knew, Voldemort had already reunited with Peter Pettigrew and fled Albania entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Arthur returned home, it was nearly dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione had already woken up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she saw him, she happily rushed over and pecked him on the cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her, Mr. and Mrs. Granger exchanged a glance, then both sighed with helpless smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since learning about the Philosopher's Stone, they had known this day would come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizards already possessed miraculous power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And their inner circle had gone even further—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>gaining access to the Philosopher's Stone and the promise of extended life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such circumstances, ordinary societal conventions held little sway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple had discussed Hermione's emotional future more than once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every discussion ended the same way:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione was never going to leave Arthur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what girl could resist a man who was powerful, handsome, gentle, capable of granting immortality, and endlessly protective?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a man couldn't be found with lanterns—or even with the sun itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that perspective, Hermione was incredibly fortunate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't need to search.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already right beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having reached that conclusion, the Grangers chose not to interfere and allowed things to unfold naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply hadn't expected Hermione to fall this quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since they had already decided not to intervene, all they could do now was accept reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur, far from emotionally clueless, immediately understood Hermione's intention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was testing her parents' reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his angle, Arthur could clearly see the resigned smiles on the Grangers' faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple noticed his gaze as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Granger raised a finger and tapped his temple—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clear signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connect via mental communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur's expression grew thoughtful as his spiritual power quietly reached out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To read 90+ future chapters, head over to Patreon:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FWhiteDevil7554\u003C\u002Fp>",1367,"2026-06-06T04:19:46.381Z",1,"novelbin.me","523feb323e65485dd8d0f1d77c2e102416ea5d5a1808a4c0aaab1996c78524a3","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-173","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-171",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-cover.jpg"]