Hogwarts: I am Voldemort.

Chapter 196 Tom Riddle: Eternal Soul Eater
There is no wizard who doesn't want immortality, they just fail on the road to immortality.

[Soul and Magic] This sentence in the last chapter seems to have knocked on the door of Riddle's heart.

For a moment, he thought of the first wizard card he got:

Nicole Flamel Wizard Card.

At the closing ceremony of the fourth grade, all he could think about was how to live forever.

And this summer, he spent all his time looking for Nicole Flamel, for which he mobilized all resources.

"Nicole Flamel?" Abraxas Malfoy looked at him in surprise, "No one knows where he is, Tom, he has protected himself very well."

"Protection?" Riddle asked puzzled.

"Yes." Abu smiled wryly, "If he dares to announce his location, I can guarantee that besides thieves, he will also invite murder."

Riddle suddenly realized that he was so busy studying magic that he forgot about human nature.

"Albus knows, your Transfiguration professor."

Abu's father, Old Malfoy, came out and said, "He is also a great master of alchemy. I heard that Mr. Flamel invited him to study alchemy together."

An unexpected answer, but it did allow Riddle to find a possibility of immortality.

He couldn't wait to write a letter to ask his professor, but there was only a tactful refusal in the reply.

The professor didn't want him to meet with Nicole Flamel, and he didn't even intend to introduce him. He refused in a tactful manner but directly.

Riddle was a little angry, but he could accept the result.

No one will help you for no reason, not even your relatives, who have already experienced all this.

"Perhaps, we need to use that method."

No Nico Flamel to be found, but magic was never just one way to the end.

In fact, the book [Soul and Magic] records a method of immortality called Horcrux production:

The ancient Greek Parseltongue wizard Haierbo is one of the best black wizards who combined soul magic with alchemy. His invention of the [Horcrux] production method is undoubtedly a success.

But from the point of view of its disappearance in the long river of history, this is not the method of immortality, but it can obviously prolong life, so that we have more time to explore the way of immortality for wizards.

The last chapter of [Soul and Magic] is about the production of Horcruxes, but Riddle didn't want to choose this method before.

As stated in the book, Haierbo himself has disappeared into the long river of history, which has proved that his method can only prolong life, not immortality.

And Nicole Flamel's hundreds of years of life have also verified the efficacy of the Philosopher's Stone.

The first choice must be the Sorcerer's Stone.

But Dumbledore didn't give him a chance. If so, choose longevity first, and then pursue longevity.

With this in mind, Riddle began to start the plan to make Horcruxes.

As the first step in this plan, he needs to find an entity that carries the Horcrux.

After barely thinking for too long, he locked his target on his diary.

It was the only first-hand item other than the wand that he bought when he was 11 years old.

He has been using it for four years now.

For this reason, Riddle used a lot of magic on it so that it could be used forever.

"This will be my first Horcrux. In addition to storing my soul, it will also store my wisdom."

After selecting the entity to carry, the next step is to learn the magic of making Horcruxes:
【Soul Eater Eternal Life】

By devouring other people's souls, they can divide their own souls into two and achieve eternal life.

Riddle had memorized this spell a long time ago, but he never practiced it.

For the rest of the summer vacation, he has been proficient in this magic.

This is an ancient magic, so it needs to mobilize magic power to complete, not simply reciting spells and waving wands.

To this end, he spent the rest of his summer vacation on it, but it didn't let him finish the magic before school started.

As a last resort, he could only go to Hogwarts to continue studying.

Returning to Hogwarts, Dumbledore met him specially and talked about the topic of eternal life.

And Riddle, who had already made up his mind, didn't tell him too much.

"It was just a child's fantasy, Professor, and I've forgotten it."

He answered Dumbledore like this, and then deliberately avoided him.

In addition to learning magic, he also re-read the production content of [Horcrux] several times.

There is a part of speculation in it, which makes Riddle find it very interesting, that is how to make the soul complete.

In Haierbo's discussion, no result was given, but Slytherin, the author of "Soul and Magic", speculated that sincere repentance may restore the soul to its integrity.

But he also writes below:

Not to mention how the malicious murderer confessed to the innocent life, nor what kind of spiritual pain the penitent had to endure during this period.

Just talking about how two souls who have been separated for many years face each other is a question worth pondering.

Perhaps, destroying and devouring each other is already the best result.

As for confession, leave it to the hypocrites.

The reason why Riddle thinks this passage is funny is that Slytherin vaguely pointed out that the split soul and its subject are already two people with separate personalities.

After finding it fun, Riddle also began to think about setting some shackles for the severed soul.

"It's not easy to create another self, so should he be my brother, son, or enemy?"

He was joking with himself like this, and then devoted himself to the study of magic.

Easter, Christmas Eve, Christmas... The days passed quickly, and Riddle began to plan for the Horcrux.

He needed a soul, and it wasn't difficult, there were hundreds of wizards at Hogwarts, enough for him.

But if there is a murder case here, how can I rule myself out of suspicion?

Riddle, who had become a prefect, looked at a big man—when he entered school this year, he found that this big man had brought several small pets over.

I like to keep pets, so is there any danger in this?

With a little attention, Riddle discovered the secret of this big man. He raised a spider that was almost as tall as a person.

There is a scapegoat, magic is learned, the means of killing... Riddle doesn't want to do it himself.

As a result, the basilisk in the secret room was awakened.

On June 1943, 6, Riedel officially launched operations.

He and the basilisk hid behind a bathroom separated by a wall, and attacked a visitor to the bathroom.

Elizabeth Warren, a Ravenclaw student who asked questions like him.

While the basilisk was attacking her, Riddle had time to think, a man who didn't seem very popular in Ravenclaw.

He couldn't remember exactly why, but it didn't matter.

"Eternal life by devouring souls."

Instead of using a wand, he casts spells without a wand.

The magic rushed out, trapped Elizabeth Warren's soul, and pulled the strand of soul towards Riddle's head.

"boom."

It felt like a sap, his eyes went dark, and Riddle fell into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)