Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Chapter 318 The Past (Part [-])

Mrs. Cole is a very serious person, and naturally she will not agree to Dumbledore's few words.But after Dumbledore played a trick with magic, this obstacle disappeared naturally.

And after Dumbledore conjured up a bottle of wine and two glasses, and had a drink with Mrs. Cole, the atmosphere became very harmonious.

"Can you tell me about Tom Riddle's life experience? He seems to have been born in this orphanage." Dumbledore asked while the iron was hot.

"Yes." Mrs. Cole poured herself another glass. "I remember it very well. I just came here to work. It was a very bad night, and a young girl knocked on our door."

"To be honest, there are too many such facts. We helped her in, and she gave birth to a baby in a short time, and then died in a short time," Mrs. Cole said.

"Did she say anything before she died?" Dumbledore continued.

"Not much. Her mental state was very bad at that time, but she still finished naming the child." Mrs. Cole took a sip of wine and said, "The name is Tom after his father, and the middle name is after her father. My name is Marvolo, and my surname is Riddle..."

After that, Dumbledore and Mrs. Cole talked a lot more, all about Tom Riddle.But mostly Mrs Cole was talking, and Dumbledore was just dropping in here and there.

Harry just stood quietly and listened, and also initially understood that Tom Riddle, that is, Voldemort, was a good person when he was in the orphanage, he would bully other children, and the whole orphanage hated me .

Before, Mrs. Harry took us to meet Cole Xi Shengrong, so that Hogwarts could not chat with me.Hogwarts told me a lot about wizards, about Xi Shengrongzi, but Cole showed a guarded, tyrannical and selfish character.The dialogue between us is not so much a chat as a quarrel.

Throughout the whole process, the young Cole Dumbledore kept trying to take the initiative of the topic, but I was basically Hogwart's opponent, and I was frightened by Hogwart's magic that set the wardrobe on fire.

"You think, there will be less difference there." Before the slightly younger version of Hogwart said goodbye to the younger version of Sean Dumbley, the old version of Hogwart suddenly said.Reaching out and grabbing Tom's arm, we were back outside the principal's office seconds ago.

"I'm much slower than you in receiving it. When Hagrid first told you, you knew it." Tom rubbed his head heavily, still digesting what he had just seen.

"Yes, as I said, I wish I was 'different'." Hogwarts replied.

"He knew at that time that I was..." Before Xi Sheng finished speaking, he was picked up by Xi Shengrong.

"The most sensible white wizard ever? Yes, you knew I would become what I am now." Hogwarts said, "You planned to return to Voldemorts and pay close attention to me. At that time, I revealed Some of the qualities of it make you less worried."

"He also heard that, like other wizards of my age, I can't control these abilities to a certain extent, and I don't use them consciously."

"My purpose is very weak. Using magic to deal with others, intimidate, reward and even control, it can be seen that I have not regarded magic as a pure tool to satisfy my own desires at this time."

Hogwart paused, and then said: "Cole is a very selfish person, I only doubt myself, and obviously I have no friends. I went to Diagon Alley by myself, and I need anyone's help , I am willing to do everything by myself, until now.”

"It can't be said that the Cole now is essentially the same as the Cole you saw for the first time. It's just that he has weak power now, and he will hide his desire a little bit like he did back then. Now, it is obvious that I have my own law." Xi Shengrong sighed and said, "Many Death Eaters claim to have Riddle's trust, but such people are extremely stingy with their own trust. In your opinion Come on, the tiny minority of Death Eaters have been fooled."

"Maybe not one or two are really trusted by me, but there is no limit. People like me need friends or something."

The magic wand stirred heavily, Xi Shengrong took out the memory outside the basin and put it back into the empty bottle, and continued: "First, you want him to notice one thing: from now on, I have no habit of collecting trophies."

"You see this box of stolen goods I have hidden outside the closet. These are all things that I think have no certain meaning. That is very important, Tom. You know from my previous contact, I am very indifferent for collecting these unique objects.”

"It's just that the harmonica and silver thimble are replaced by magic items..."

"Like Marvolo Gaunt's ring?" Tom interrupted suddenly, and Hogwarts smiled appreciatively.

I said: "You are very upset that he can think of that, Xi Sheng, it means that he really didn't listen to the lesson you gave him, and thought sloppily."

"So, Riddle put a spell under the ring, and he got it because of it? Like Katie?"

"Yes, he can't understand that at all." Hogwarts nodded.

"What magic did I cast down there?" Xi Sheng asked again, "Why did he go looking for this ring?"

Did Hogwart answer that question? I picked up the last bottle and shook it in front of Tom, saying: "You didn't have a chance to tell him that question before... It's not too late now, and you guys still have a chance to answer that question." Did you read the last memory?" After speaking, he poured the memory out of the bottle into the Pensieve.

"Is that still his memory?" asked Tom.

"Yes." Mr. Xi Shengrong shook his head, stirring the Pensieve hastily with his magic wand, and said, "No one agrees with you to do that, but you think it's important to plan ahead...not to mention, what you are facing now , but Riddle alone hasn't..."

"Ike!" Tom answered quickly, and Hogwarts nodded with a smile.

"Yes, Ike, perhaps the best student Voldemorts has ever had, and also the safest..." Mr. Hogwarts looked at Tom fiercely, his tone less serious, "And he is the same as Cole." Yes, your actual understanding of me is only limited to the time I was in Voldemorts. And even after studying and living with you for seven years, you still know what my real purpose is..."

"So, you found that." Master Hogwart shook the empty bottle outside his hand and sighed, "It was not difficult to get it. Like Cole, none of us has a kind of doubt My uniqueness. The only difference is that Mr. Strider hides his past better than Cole. When you find the memory owner, guess what you found?"

"What?" Tom asked sensiblely.

"The Forgetting Curse." Hogwart said, "The Forgetting Curse improved by me has almost sealed all the memories the memory master has about me."

"I did that!" Xi Sheng's face was full of anger, which reminded me of Gilderoy Lockhart, the thief who stole my memory.

"Yes, he got it wrong, Tom. In fact, the Forgetting Curse imposed on the memory master is more like a kind of protection, it will make those who want to explore the secret suffer backlash..."

"Is he hurt?" asked Tom, startled.

"Although I really want to deny it, but... there was a mistake. You lost some very important memories because of this, and you haven't found out what you lost until now." Young Master Hogwarts said, "Yes, it's true. Because of that, you also got that..."

"Come and see, all you can say is that those are very important..."

(End of this chapter)