Dumbledore paused for a moment and, omitting some details, continued, "Anyway, what I mean is that apart from the Sword of Gryffindor, I don't have much of a fondness for the lost treasures left by the other three founders of Hogwarts, let alone any special fondness for them.
Since the magic effects of Love Protection cannot be transferred, I'm unable to apply strong Love Protection magic to those lost treasures. Therefore, it's even more impossible to use this magic to protect the lost treasures (which are also Horcruxes) from Voldemort's soul fragments.
Moreover, Voldemort's soul fragments are closely attached to the Horcruxes themselves. They have a self - preservation instinct and contain powerful dark magic.
Even if we want to apply Love Protection magic to the Horcruxes, we must bypass the instinctive resistance of Voldemort's soul fragments.
This is different from Harry's situation. Harry first received Love Protection magic from Ms. Lily and then was struck by Killing spell. As a result, he merged with Voldemort's soul fragment and became a Horcrux.
The difficulty levels in these two situations are quite different. That's why I asked Snape to develop a potion that can anesthetize the soul fragments.
If the potion Snape develops is effective enough, we might not even need to consider applying Love Protection magic to the three lost treasures. Instead, we can take advantage of the time when Voldemort's soul fragments are anesthetized and use other methods to quickly separate or destroy them.
I've had an inspiration and asked my old friend, the alchemist Nick Flamel, to figure out a way.
Although this might be quite an imposition on this old friend who is planning to end his long life at the end of this year, for the sake of resurrecting our loved ones and those who shouldn't have passed away, I have to swallow my pride and ask this old friend for help.
By the way, how's the progress on your side?"
"Just hold on a moment. There's so much information. I need to sort out my thoughts," Dudley said. After silently listening to Dumbledore's long speech, Dudley began to summarize Dumbledore's words. "Do you mean...
To apply sufficiently strong Love Protection magic to the three lost treasures, namely the Hufflepuff Cup, the Ravenclaw Diadem, and the Slytherin Locket, we must find someone who has enough affection for these three treasures to cast this magic.
Moreover, before casting this magic, we have to anesthetize Voldemort's soul fragments in the three lost treasures first. This is to prevent the soul fragments from instinctively resisting when we cast Love Protection magic, which might lead to the soul fragments destroying the three lost treasures first.
In addition, you want to skip the step of casting Love Protection magic and directly separate Voldemort's soul fragments from the three lost treasures through some alchemical items after anesthetizing the soul fragments?"
"Exactly! You've summarized it very accurately," Dumbledore said, highly approving of Dudley's summary.
Dudley thought for a bit and then seriously shared his thoughts, "First of all, I think Love Protection magic is a safety net. It's better to cast it."
Otherwise, if there's the slightest mistake in the subsequent process of peeling off or destroying the soul fragments, we won't even have a second chance.
If Voldemort's soul fragment riots and damages the three lost treasures themselves, all our previous efforts will be in vain, and the resurrection spell will be hopeless. We can't take this risk!
Secondly, I think that to add Love Protection magic (a special magic that uses love as a source of protection) to the three lost treasures doesn't necessarily have to be based on our love for the treasures themselves. Or perhaps, we can utilize the deeper love behind this affection.
When a person loves an item because of its objective factors such as shape, appearance, material, and value, the love generated won't be very strong. Even a senior single - category collector is the same.
However, if an item is entrusted with other precious emotions, the affection will be quite different. For example, the relics of relatives, the old collections of loved ones, the items entrusted by comrades - in - arms... and so on.
When such an item is loved by someone, the love has gone beyond the item itself and has become a spiritual sustenance.
Using such love to cast the Love Protection magic is worth trying and may be able to resist the invasion of Voldemort's soul fragment and protect the lost treasures themselves."
Dumbledore kind of got what Dudley meant. All of a sudden, he had an idea and blurted out:
"Dudley, are you suggesting that we use our love and memory for the founders of Hogwarts to cast the Love Protection magic on the three lost treasures?"
"Not only that! There's also the love and recognition of their own houses from Hogwarts teachers and students." Dudley added.
Hearing this, Dumbledore's eyes lit up. He quickly stood up and walked briskly to the low stand where the Sorting Hat and the Sword of Gryffindor were placed.
He took out the Elder Wand, pointed it at the Sword of Gryffindor, gathered his emotions, and slowly said, "Love Protection!"
A powerful and gentle white light immediately emerged from the tip of the Elder Wand. Then it merged into the Sword of Gryffindor.
The Sword of Gryffindor flashed with light and then returned to silence.
Dudley immediately focused his attention on the Sword of Gryffindor. The appraisal information from the System immediately appeared in front of him in the form of a panel.
[The Sword of Gryffindor (SS - Rank) Strengthened by Love]
[Item Description: Specifically, a precious magic item forged by the goblin clan a thousand years ago. After being purchased by Godric Gryffindor, one of the founders of Hogwarts, it was modified, and his brave character was infused into it.
The Runes of Godric Gryffindor's name are engraved on the sword.
This sword is extremely sharp, never gets dirty, and always looks brand - new. It has strong magic resistance and can immunize most spells.
It can absorb powerful substances or energy to gain stronger characteristics.
It can sense the call of a truly brave person from Gryffindor House. When needed, it can be transported through the Sorting Hat and appear in the hands of the recognized brave to assist them in their mission.
Currently, it has been blessed with the Love Protection magic cast by Albus Dumbledore, and its magic resistance has been further enhanced.]
"Dudley, I can feel that my magic was successful. Your idea works!" Dumbledore said excitedly.
Being able to attach a protective magic to the heirloom of Gryffindor with his reverence and fondness really put the old man (Dumbledore) in a great mood.
Although he was the headmaster, it would be a lie if he didn't have an emotional bias towards his own house.
During this school-year's Sorting, the famous Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor. The old man and Professor McGonagall couldn't hide their smiles.
Dudley was well aware of this, but he shook his head at the excited Dumbledore.
"The idea is workable, but you alone aren't up to the task!"