Hogwarts: I am Voldemort.

Chapter 177 The Lost Diary
Voldemort, who was in the restricted area, had no idea what was going on outside.

Day after day, he merged his soul in [Secret of Time], and his progress was very gratifying.

"Perhaps it won't take a month for me to fully integrate the soul I absorbed this time, as well as that annoying thorn." While resting in the dark corridor, Voldemort made such a guess.

And the fact is indeed the case, as he became familiar with the inner space of [Secret of Time], he found a way to leverage this space.

Using the magic power absorbed from the Hogwarts magic pool in the diary to impact the world in [Secret of Time], he successfully mastered the control of the book.

To a certain extent, he subdued this Horcrux.

The benefit of this result is that he can use the restoration spell independently in this world.

And with Voldemort's understanding of the Restoring Curse and his mastery of ripples, the fusion of his soul accelerated again.

"At most three days, all the souls can be fully integrated... No, if we work harder, maybe two days will be enough."

Voldemort, who made such a judgment, devoted himself to it without any hesitation.

A day and a half later, with his tireless efforts, all the souls were fully fused.

At that moment, he even felt the sublimation of his soul.

And the view of the whole world has also undergone a complete change.

Lin Zuo's soul will is far behind that of the 11-year-old Riddle.

This made his personality change immediately after the soul fusion.

This did not surprise Voldemort.

Before crossing, Lin Zuo lived a smooth life, and the biggest difficulty he encountered was just being poor without worrying about food and drink.

This meant that he could only have the willpower of an ordinary person, without particularly strong desires and greed.

But Riddle's experience is completely different. He has experienced everything that ordinary people have never experienced since he was born.

He lives in "hell", and the will to fight against the strong is far stronger than Lin Zuo.

In Lin Zuo's memory, he once saw on the Internet that Harry and Riddle had roughly the same experience, and the former chose justice, while the latter resigned himself to depravity.

Voldemort before, although he didn't think this was completely right, he didn't think it was too wrong either.

But when he really understood all this, he suddenly felt that those statements were ridiculous.

Harry had also been hungry and had been tortured by Dudley, but compared with everything Riddle had endured, it was nothing compared to what Riddle had endured.

There is a saying in "To Kill a Mockingbird": You can never really know a person unless you walk around in his shoes and consider the problem from his perspective.

The moment the fusion was completely completed, Voldemort knew that he had found his former "shoes".

"It's good to kill decisively, but if you stay in these evil thoughts for a long time..."

Although the "shoes" are beautiful, the current Voldemort is not the former Riddle after all, and Lin Zuo's soul always occupies a place.

He is not willing to sink into evil thoughts, he is the new Voldemort, he is the combination of Lin Zuo and Riddle, not just Riddle.

Looking at the lower left corner of his sight, even in [Secret of Time], his skills are still there.

After thinking for a while, he ignited [Spiritual Moment], and then stored the evil thoughts in his heart without hesitation.

Slowly, two words appeared in 【Spiritual Moment】—evil thoughts.

The endless stream of evil thoughts was stored in his skills. When he felt the heaviness in his heart disappear, he let out a comfortable breath.

"Although I still can't get rid of the desire to sink into the darkness, it is finally not as heavy as before." Feeling his own heart, Voldemort murmured.

Voldemort, who refused to sink into the endless darkness, began to look forward to Ginny's arrival.

He couldn't wait to enter the secret room again, enter the magic pool, and absorb the few remaining Riddle's souls.

There are only five years of memory, from the age of 11 to 16, in Voldemort's view, it is the most critical.

Nothing to do with mind, nothing to do with will, not even talent, the only thing that matters is magic.

Those were the first five years when Riddle was exposed to magic, and those were the five years when he really showed his talent and learned magic.

Recovering those five years really indicated that he had recovered his own strength.

However, after waiting for a long time, he did not wait for Ginny.

……

Hogwarts, library.

Ginny flipped through books casually in the library, and glanced at Mrs. Pince in the distance.

After confirming that Mrs. Pince was not paying attention to her, she took small steps towards the depths of the library, where the restricted section was.

She has done this action countless times before, and she is familiar with all of this.

however……

"Warning, some students have broken into the restricted area..."

"Warning, there are students breaking in..."

"warn……"

Terrified, Ginny took a step back, but the voice was still loud.

She hurriedly turned around to leave, but Mrs. Pince had already come behind her.

"It's you again, Ginny." Mrs. Pince stepped forward and grabbed the wizard robe on the back of her neck and said, "Follow me to see Professor McGonagall, and I will let her put you in confinement."

Ginny was extremely aggrieved, she had no idea that Mrs. Pince had placed magic in the restricted area in order to guard against herself.

"I just want to find some advanced transfiguration books, Mrs. Pince, what's wrong with that." She told the lie she had woven long ago, but Mrs. Pince didn't care at all.

"Go and talk to Professor McGonagall, she will give you an answer if she is fair," said Mrs. Pince.

Professor McGonagall is fair. She not only deducted Gryffindor credits for this, but also apologized to Mrs. Pince for Ginny's repeated admonitions.

"Transfiguration in the Restricted Section is not something you can touch now, Ginny."

Professor McGonagall said with a stern face, "I will count your confinement in the study of Transfiguration Potu, but I hope there will be no next time, otherwise I will drive you out of Potu research."

Ginny nodded helplessly, but her eyes rolled wildly, obviously she still wanted to go.

"Don't think I'm joking, Ginny, Hermione will join Porto's research soon, she has more experience than you, you know that," Professor McGonagall warned.

"I know, Professor, I will obey." Ginny replied, but she didn't give up in her heart.

How could she give up on the handsome brother Jerry who only belonged to her.

Even, she has already figured out where to start - she only needs to deal with the useless and flamboyant Gilderoy Lockhart, and she will be able to get a pass to enter the restricted area.

Hey, it seems that I have to read through his masterpieces, and most importantly, I have to memorize all his favorites... Ginny thought painfully.

Professor Gilderoy Lockhart has been seen through by most of the students. He is a colorful peacock whose biggest hobby is to show off his bright feathers.

But any student with a little brain knows how to get everything he wants from him.

Ginny, on the other hand, happens to belong to the student with brains.

(End of this chapter)