Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 235 Looking back

Voldemort, this nickname sounds very sinister, and it is actually the same.

Compared with the notorious "Voldemort", the young Tom Riddle was actually more cunning than a snake.

At that time, because he had not yet developed enough magic power to create multiple life-saving Horcruxes, he always liked to do things step by step.

Commonly known as: keep one hand.

For example, when researching how to make Horcruxes, I first figured out how to absorb emotional power by harming magical creatures, and then developed "plug-in" equipment suitable for my own physique.

For another example, before setting up a "Death Eater Organization" with a stick and a flag, he had already researched such evil things as the "Dark Mark" and had already figured out how to use it——

When Voldemort fell for some reason, Yaxley had clearly cut ties with his colleagues and completely betrayed the other Death Eaters.

However, after receiving the communication spell from Peter Pettigrew, this guy regained his "loyalty" to his master.

Is this also done willingly?

Or is it true that Britain, a three-thirds of an acre of land, is as rich in loyalties as the legend has it?

Obviously, that's impossible.

The reason why Cobain Yaxley changed his mind so quickly was entirely because this guy was originally a Death Eater, and he was marked by Voldemort with the Dark Mark, which contained powerful curses and confusion spells.

It was Tom Riddle who secretly influenced his mind, first manipulating him to hibernate in the Forbidden Forest, and then letting him meet Lockhart.

Then, what is more interesting, and also shows the sinister character of Tom Riddle, is that the diary Horcrux immediately caused Corbain Yaxley to attack Gilderoy Lockhart, knocking the parallel professor unconscious past.

Next, Tom Riddle asked Yaxley to brainwash Lockhart, making him completely forget about the diary and the attack.

[Don’t worry, everything is going according to plan]

The Forbidden Forest, which had just rained, was wet everywhere, but the diary held by Coban Yaxley in both hands was still extremely dry, except that a ball of ink seemed to seep out from the depths of the paper, forming some words.

[Everything I need you to do will be done soon, and you will soon be able to go back to where you came from]

"No, no, no, great master! That's not what I meant. It is an honor to serve you. I have absolutely no..."

Yaxley still wanted to explain.

However, before the nervous guy could finish telling the story, new writing quickly appeared on the diary.

[Quiet, don’t panic, I don’t blame you. 】

[You have changed Gilderoy Lockhart's memory, and followed my request - found bird and snake eggs from the depths of the Forbidden Forest, and made props for him that can disguise his poor magic - next, All you have to do is wait here and hand the diary back to him. 】

Tom Riddle's words seemed to have a strong commanding magic. Yaxley almost instinctively quieted down and followed his inner choice to perform the task according to his master's orders.

Even though Tom Riddle didn't actually explain why he went to so much trouble to first change Gilderoy Lockhart's memory, and then thoughtfully gave him a set of plug-in equipment.

"A tool is a tool, and there is no need to have the ability to think." Tom Riddle, the Horcrux living in the diary, thought to himself, but these words were not translated into words. “When necessary, tools can be put to their best use as long as they are useful.”
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"It's really useful."

As soon as Gilderoy Lockhart stood up, he immediately used his wand to cast a spell on himself, a very simple waterproof and moisture-proof spell.

However, if it were before, it would be extremely difficult for him to use any magic spell except the Forgetfulness Curse.

Even if it can barely be used, there will probably be an accident.

But after accidentally digging out the pearl chain from the Defense Against the Dark Arts office and hanging it on his wand, everything got better.

Well, why is there a chain that I have never seen before in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office?

A souvenir from a previous trip to Scandinavia?

Or was it something left behind by the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?

When Lockhart thought of the chain, some doubts arose in Lockhart's mind, but then he thought deeply...whatever, as long as it works.

Even if someone else had left that thing behind, would he still foolishly return it? It's not like he hasn't done similar things before.

My heart felt relieved, and I suddenly felt that the world was wider. Even, because of this realization, Lockhart also forgot to think about why he didn't sleep tonight even though he had a good bed, and sneaked into the secret passage that had been found by several young wizards in the middle of the night, and then sneaked out all the way. Arriving in the Forbidden Forest.

Well, he doesn’t understand why either…

And in this stunned moment, a magic spell suddenly shot out from the dense bushes nearby.

Although this spell did not have any eye-catching and exciting light and shadow effects, it still caught an adult wizard like Lockhart instantly.

Yaxley walked out of the bushes, regardless of how wet he was - because he had just cast a new spell, so he had to remove the waterproof and moisture-proof spell on his body - and kept pointing his wand at Lockhart. , with trembling lips, he kept chanting the spell to maintain the effect of the spell.

"Imperio (soul out of body)..."

This spell is the Imperius Curse.

As an average Death Eater, he was obviously not as skilled in using the Unforgivable Curse as the martial arts faction in the organization, so he could only recite the curse constantly to ensure success.

However, things look very good now. Gilderoy Lockhart is no longer conscious under the control of the Imperius Curse.

[Give Lockhart the diary]

A new line of text appeared in Tom Riddle's diary. Not only that, this sentence also sounded in Yaxley's heart.

This means that after so many days of companionship, Cobain Yaxley has been completely "pickled" by the diary.

"Okay, okay, okay, master." Yaxley replied with a stutter.

He held the diary very obediently and walked to Lockhart, who was standing blankly. He moved his hands up and down, trying to find a suitable pocket to put the diary in.

Yaxley even lifted Lockhart's wizard robe, and Tom Riddle finally couldn't help but said something: "Idiot, it's in his hands." After being scolded, Yaxley hurriedly followed it. , but just when he put the diary into the hands of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, an accident happened suddenly.

Yaxley's hand touched the diary, and Lockhart's hand also touched the Horcrux - which seemed to trigger some kind of protective mechanism - Lockhart's hand holding the wand suddenly raised , facing Yaxley in front of him with a "Petrified Everything". Unprepared, the latter was naturally struck and was petrified with a look of astonishment on his face.

This is not over yet.

When Yaxley was temporarily unable to resist, a black smoke suddenly rose from the diary and completely enveloped it.

A series of inaudible chewing sounds came from the black smoke, as if there were thousands of small mouths eating something at the same time.

As the chewing became more and more intensive, the black smoke, which was as fluffy as marshmallow, began to "leak out" and quickly began to collapse and tighten inward, quickly condensing into a vague human shape.

When the black smoke of this human figure gradually faded away from its strong color, the distorted smoke on its face also slowly and quickly outlined a young and handsome face.

Wow…

Like dumping cinders, a large pile of steaming slag suddenly shook out from under the black mist that had basically taken shape. If you look closely and examine it carefully, you may be able to find some leftovers from suits inside.

After absorbing the life essence of a living wizard, Tom Riddle's body shape has been manifested.

However, just like the legendary djinn, only his upper body is a complete human form at this time, while his lower body is a mist-shrouded smoke ball.

"The bones of my father, the flesh of my servants, and the blood of my enemies." With a mouth, he could already speak human words.

After not speaking for a long time, he couldn't help but stumble when he spoke, and it seemed that he needed a period of rehabilitation.

The ink contained in the diary was mixed with old Tom Riddle's bone meal, and Yaxley "voluntarily" filled in the flesh, leaving only the last condition to meet the requirements for resurrecting from the Horcrux. three elements required.

"I'll keep you for now. After all, I still have to go back to Hogwarts to find something."

Tom Riddle said to himself.

In just a few seconds, after just adjusting, his voice returned to its youthful state.

Floating in the air, Tom Riddle looked greedily at Lockhart, whose hair had turned a little whiter. Obviously, when he first absorbed the life force, Tom also "accidentally" absorbed part of it from this guy.

The young Voldemort knew how to exercise restraint.

He twisted his neck, stretched out his palm, palm facing down, and a wand suddenly jumped out from the pile of bone and flesh debris on the ground between his fingers.

This was Yaxley's new wand. It had just been bought from Ollivander's a few weeks ago, and it was not very tame in Yaxley's hands. But when Tom held it, it immediately became extremely calm and seemed so well-behaved and cute.

The young Dark Lord exhaled a long-held breath, took another deep breath of air, and then returned to the diary. Before the last few fingers retreated, he made a crisp snap of his fingers.

"Crack-!"

With a soft sound, Lockhart, who was standing still, immediately woke up - or to be more precise - regained some of his consciousness.

"Hey, why am I here?"

The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor looked at the surrounding environment curiously, then looked at the diary in his hand, and felt that everything was normal.

"Maybe I'm too tired. In order to find a place where no one is around to practice my spells, I have to sneak out in the middle of the night. Alas, there is no other way. Even a genius like me has to be so diligent."

While talking about some nonsense that he was very sure of, Lockhart shrugged his shoulders without realizing anything was wrong.

Then, he turned back to face the ground and said a long series of "Sibi haha" that he still didn't realize the problem. A thick water pipe soon appeared on the ground, and Lockhart walked in naturally.

It's already so late. You've finished practicing the spells. Is there anything wrong with going back to the castle to rest now?
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"No problem? Could it still be my problem? It's impossible."

Peeves felt like he was just like the guys in the Headless Horseman Club, completely confused.

He walked in and out of the wall for a long time, and had confirmed that the wall in front of him was like most places in Hogwarts, and he could pass through it smoothly.

However, the Lockhart just now clearly opened a secret passage in this wall, walked in and disappeared.

So it stands to reason that he, Peeves, would be able to enter the secret passage just by drilling through the wall.

But the actual situation is that Peeves went back and forth several times and still couldn't see any trace of the secret passage. There was still a wall behind the wall.

However, just when Peeves was so anxious that he was about to hit the wall, the wall suddenly twisted and spun again into a hole.

Lockhart slid out of the pipe and slid out of the pipe, his feet thrashing before he could stop the car with his soles.

Wiping the sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand, he looked around again to make sure there was no one. Then he muttered in a low voice: "It scared me to death. You can't go back on this secret passage. You have to go back and forth." No one can survive playing on the slide for more than 10 minutes."

He muttered, but he quickly stood up from the floor. After all, it was a basement, and the floor was paved with large bluestones, and Lockhart didn't want his old back to get exposed. He had just been to the hospital wing tonight. Although Madam Pomfrey's medical magic is good, many of the potions she uses to treat illnesses are made by Snape. Not to mention how good they taste, they can only be said to be quite unpleasant. .

"I've exercised, and now it's time to go back..." Lockhart began to whisper to himself again.

He hadn't yet realized that as long as he carried Tom Riddle's black diary with him, he would always be guilty of this problem.

"...Well, yes, now is the right time, it's time to go look for something.

What are you looking for?
Of course it's to find Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

I don’t know which bastard reversed the location of the entrance to the secret room. But it doesn't matter, I will always find that guy.

They don't know that Hogwarts is not a place you can change just because you want. This magic castle will only belong to me, to the descendants of Slytherin. This is a precious treasure left to me by my ancestors! "

Lockhart seemed to be playing another person, speaking "lines" that were completely inconsistent with his identity.

However, the speaker was unintentional, but the listener was very thoughtful: Peeves, who was hiding his figure and staring at him, was so surprised that his eyes widened after hearing these words.

(End of this chapter)