Hogwarts: When the live Q&A goes live

Chapter 98 Dumbledore Wants You to Die, I Need You to Die Too
When you see that huge yellow eye reflected in the small pool of water on the ground.

Lockhart's first thought was doubt.

And then... no more.

Even if Lockhart, who had turned into a statue, had other thoughts, he couldn't say it now.

Walking in front of Lockhart, Tom was also unnaturally relieved.

"It's time to deal with you, Lockhart...Professor!"

He picked up his wand and was about to move the three bodies outside when Tom froze at the sound of a whimper.

"Professor Dumbledore's Phoenix?!"

He raised his head, his face was full of surprise, and he was a little unsure if he had an auditory hallucination.

But then another cry like this made him realize that he didn't have auditory hallucinations.

Dumbledore's phoenix has arrived in the Chamber of Secrets.This also means that Dumbledore may arrive at any time.

Tom lowered his head, looked at the three people in front of him, thoughtful.

The arrival of Phoenix has two meanings, one is to warn him, and the other is to show his sincerity.

It was Dumbledore's greatest sincerity not to come in person.

But he had no doubt that once he attacked Lockhart, Harry and that girl, Professor Dumbledore would suddenly appear in front of him and cast some spells on him.

Putting away his wand, generally speaking, he will not take action against these few people who have lost their force.

"It seems that today, I'm leaving here, leaving Hogwarts?"

"It's really heartless, Professor. After you found me, you didn't even want me to stay here for a day."

Tilting his head slightly, Tom looked at a fiery red phoenix flying towards him, and looked at him with a puzzled look. Tom's face was a little weird, and the corners of his mouth would twitch from time to time .

He put away his wand, bent down and bowed very respectfully to the fiery red phoenix, expressing his respect for Dumbledore.

That's right, Tom is still at Hogwarts, he hasn't reached the final step yet, and he was Dumbledore's student, so he should...

Tom suppressed the smile on his face, and walked slowly towards the Slytherin statue.

A hiss came out of his mouth, and the basilisk behind him hissed back with the same sound, and slid down the wall all the way, following behind him.

Tom held a wand in one hand, and the wizard's robe of justice appeared on him at some point.

The white robe, with two big blood red characters tattooed on it, gave off a very majestic feeling.

After wearing this cloak of justice, Tom's feeling has changed.

He didn't turn around, because he was smart enough to know that if he turned around, he would meet the eyes of the basilisk.

Then...it would be really embarrassing.

"I thought I would stay for a while before leaving Hogwarts, but I didn't expect this time to come so soon."

"And what I didn't expect was that I would find my new ideas and dreams in Hogwarts, the hope that I could give everything for it."

"so good!"

Tom said a few words with emotion, and looked up at the statue, as if he was looking at Slytherin after a thousand years.

"I'll prove you wrong."

He just murmured softly.

"Because the new era must be started by me!"

There is not much movement, no one will notice here, no one knows what a little boy said under the witness of the Slytherin statue.

The proud Tom cut his palm with his wand at this moment, and the blood dripping from it flowed to other directions along some lines on the ground.

Blood with magical powers is only the first step in starting the ritual.

He had prepared the ritual long before the question-and-answer space existed.

What he thought at the time was to use a young wizard to resurrect himself, and then let the basilisk who was loyal to him slaughter and purify all the numb students in Hogwarts.

This kind of thinking appeared in the question and answer space, and after he experienced it himself, it disappeared without a trace.

Soul Condensation Pill replenishes and perfects his soul, which is equivalent to giving him a new life.

The cloak of justice allowed him to wake up from the influence of the Horcrux and the bewitchment of Voldemort's main soul, and for the first time really think about the meaning of his existence and where he should go in the future.

He was the most innocent and beautiful part of Tom Riddle.

Even the influence of Voldemort's main soul and the subconscious deflection of the evil side of the Horcrux led to his previous thoughts.

He thinks that his biggest task is to revive and purify all the bastard students in Hogwarts.

What does it feel like to wake up?

Tom couldn't tell.

It was a very special feeling.

My head is very clear, and there is no longer a voice that keeps chanting in my head, yelling to be beaten and killed every day.

There are no more sudden negative emotions and boring thoughts.

so good!
He can also live for himself once.

It's called Tom Gaunt, not Tom Riddle or Voldemort.

Existing only as himself, a new individual.

If someone came to take this opportunity away from him, Tom felt that he would do everything in his power to make that person pay the price.

How could he be reconciled to having such an opportunity after so much difficulty?
So after coming out of the Q&A space, he changed his ritual.

Because he knows it better than anyone else.

Dumbledore can bring him back to life, no one knows himself better than him, and after he understands his changes, he may understand that he can also exist as a natural ally to stop Voldemort.

But the premise is that he has to pay some price for what he did to Hogwarts by releasing the basilisk before.

Fortunately, he didn't kill anyone before, and the only two victims were petrified because they were too unlucky.

As for Lockhart... that was an accident, wasn't it!
It's just that Dumbledore will not let him take it away, and he is not allowed to take it away.

Because that was the price he had to pay when he came back to life and was about to leave Hogwarts.

That is... it can only be a basilisk!

so……

"I'm really sorry!"

"But Dumbledore needs you to die, I need you to die, and you have to die too!"

Lowering his head, Tom watched a little blood from his palm drip into the patterns.

Suddenly, he felt his whole body loosen, as if struggling out of something.

(End of this chapter)