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Voldemort currently has six Horcruxes. The seventh, Nagini the snake, has yet to be created according to the original storyline.
The first, Tom Riddle's diary, was destroyed after being drained by George.
The second, Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem, is hidden in the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.
The third, Marvolo Gaunt's ring, is located in the Gaunt family's old shack.
The fourth, Salazar Slytherin's locket, is inside the Black family mansion at 12 Grimmauld Place.
The fifth, Helga Hufflepuff's cup, is kept in the Lestrange family vault at Gringotts.
The sixth and final Horcrux is Harry Potter himself. When Voldemort cast the Killing Curse on Harry, a fragment of his soul unintentionally entered Harry, turning him into a Horcrux.
George knows the location of all six Horcruxes, and with his current power, he could easily destroy them.
Even the soul fragment inside Harry Potter could be extracted using a soul-extraction spell he learned from the world of wizard apprentices.
However, he doesn't intend to destroy all of Voldemort's Horcruxes just yet.
First of all, to him, Voldemort no longer poses any threat. Even if Voldemort were to resurrect, he would be no more dangerous than an average wizard — easily dealt with.
Second, George doesn't see Voldemort's existence as entirely negative. If Voldemort occasionally stirs up trouble, George could use the opportunity to earn some fame, climb the ranks in the Ministry of Magic, and eventually secure the position of Minister.
If he destroyed all the Horcruxes at once, Voldemort would likely be terrified and wouldn't dare show his face again anytime soon.
But if he destroyed just the diadem, Voldemort would probably become enraged, anxious, and try to accelerate his resurrection plans.
Pettigrew had already been sent to Azkaban by George, so no one would be going to Albania to help resurrect Voldemort. Stirring up Voldemort a bit might even lure him out of the forest and prompt him to cause some trouble.
In short, this was just a convenient task for George. Once the idea occurred to him, he decided to act on it.
That evening, George arrived at the eighth floor under the cover of invisibility.
The eighth floor was expansive. It housed the Headmaster's office, the Ravenclaw Head's office, the Divination professor's office, the entrance to the Divination classroom, the corridor of the Fat Lady, the entrance to the Gryffindor Tower, the entrance to the Ravenclaw Tower, and the entrance to the Room of Requirement.
The Room of Requirement had a distinctive marker: a tapestry.
This tapestry was well-known on the eighth floor. It was titled The Wizard Barnabas the Barmy Tries to Teach Trolls Ballet.
The tapestry always depicted a wizard being chased and beaten with a club by a troll, because this eccentric wizard named Barnabas had attempted to teach trolls how to dance ballet.
George quickly found the tapestry and approached the wall opposite it.
"I need the place where things are hidden!"
Picturing the Room of Requirement filled with discarded items, he walked past the wall three times. A smooth, seamless door appeared before him.
Pushing the door open, he entered a chamber as vast as a cathedral. The scenery resembled a cityscape, with towering walls made up of countless objects stashed away by generations of long-departed students.
"Advanced Transfiguration Charm, Undetectable Extension Charm, Legilimency, Soul Awakening Spell, Anti-Tracking Charm…"
Upon stepping into the Room of Requirement, George didn't immediately search for the diadem. Instead, he began examining the room itself.
If you asked which room in the entire Hogwarts castle was the most fascinating, it would undoubtedly be the Room of Requirement.
Apart from food and water, it could provide anything without magical properties that you desired — and it was untraceable by the Marauder's Map.
"The wizard who created this room must have been a master alchemist!"
After observing for a while, George couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
This Room of Requirement could definitely be considered one of the most advanced alchemical creations. It incorporates dozens of spells, most of which are extremely complex and difficult to perform.
To be honest, with his current level of alchemy, George could only understand how it worked. Recreating a Room of Requirement with the same capabilities was still far beyond his reach.
However, the Room of Requirement had given him a great deal of inspiration.
Although he couldn't replicate it for now, he could certainly study its underlying principles over time and combine them with the technology behind the Marvel world's training rooms to create something similar—or perhaps even better.
The training room at the school in the Marvel universe was built by the mutant known as Beast, who used advanced technology to simulate battle scenarios and enemies. It was a room designed to help the X-Men improve their combat skills.
George had previously enhanced it with magic, but that only involved expanding the room with an Undetectable Extension Charm.
Now, inspired by the Room of Requirement, he realized he could merge the best of both worlds and create an enhanced version: a Room of Requirement-style simulated living and training space.
As he walked along the narrow path winding through heaps of discarded objects stacked like mountains, George released his spiritual energy and quickly located the position of Ravenclaw's diadem.
It was resting atop the head of a male wizard bust wearing a wig.
He reached out and removed the diadem. As he felt the curse and soul invasion radiating from it—clearly the residue of Voldemort—George smirked coldly. Then, with a sudden motion, he clutched at the space surrounding the diadem.
"Soul Extraction!"
A powerful force surged from George's palm. Voldemort's soul fragment, brimming with dark power and curses, screamed as it was forcefully pulled from the diadem.
"What are you…"
Before Voldemort's soul could finish its question, George opened his mouth wide and released a stream of tricolored flame, instantly incinerating the soul fragment, annihilating it completely.
He didn't destroy the diadem itself. In his eyes, it was a top-tier magical artifact, and destroying it outright would be an unforgivable waste.
Ravenclaw's diadem was created by Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the four founders of Hogwarts.
Rowena Ravenclaw was revered for her supreme wisdom and creativity and was considered one of the greatest witches of her era.
She believed, "The students we teach must possess superior intellect."
As a result, Ravenclaw House only admitted students who were intelligent and wise.
The diadem she created was her most powerful magical item, said to possess the miraculous ability to enhance one's wisdom.
As long as you wore the diadem—even if you were a fool—you would become an ordinary person; if you were already ordinary, you would become a genius; and if you were a genius, you would become a super-genius.
With Ravenclaw's diadem in hand, George could now learn magic and alchemy at an accelerated pace.
Moreover, if he could decipher the enchantment that granted the diadem its wisdom-enhancing power, both his true self and his avatars could use that magic to temporarily boost others' intelligence—or even craft magical items that permanently increased wisdom.
(End of Chapter)