HP in the name of Slytherin

Early the next morning, Catherine went out and met Severus. She didn't know how long the little wizard had been waiting. He and Halbo seemed to have reached some kind of secret agreement. Halbo didn't even wake up Catherine, and just let the little wizard wait. Waiting at the door.

Fortunately, the fireplace and thermal circle in the cellar were of high quality, otherwise Catherine would have been afraid that the thinly dressed Severus would fall ill.

Last night, she asked Donut to find a new set of winter wizard robes, put a traceless stretching spell on the pocket, and stuffed 3000 gold galleons inside.

Seeing Severus at the door, she went back to get the wizard's robe and put it on the little wizard directly, "Christmas gift, I may be busy in those days, so I gave it to you in advance."

Even if he gave a Christmas gift out of politeness, there was no reason to return it, not to mention that Catherine was still his "master".

Severus was at a loss for a moment, but he accepted the offer obediently. His most despicable memories have been read by Catherine, what else is there to hide... Instead of dwelling on these external things, it is better to remember Catherine's kindness to him and do things for her more piously in the future.

With that in mind, Severus was still a little numb when he touched his pocket with both hands and discovered that a Traceless Stretching Charm had been used there, and there were more gold Galleons inside than he could touch for a long time.

"Miss Catherine..." The master must have a deep meaning, she is not someone who stuffs money around!

"That's right, don't be nervous about everything, just relax." Catherine was very satisfied with the little wizard's well-behaved behavior at the moment. It's better to ask questions than to be bored. "This is one of the early investments in the potion shop. You The living expenses can be deducted from it. When the time comes, you can make clear accounts and make up for it when the profits come back."

Severus breathed a deep sigh of relief and said in a somewhat excited tone, "Okay, I will use it properly!"

It is true that magic medicine is a hugely profitable industry, but it also comes with high investment. In addition to the hard-to-find pharmacists and potion masters, various magic medicine materials also require large sums of money to buy, and some of them are even impossible to buy if you have money. .

If it is an investment in a potion shop, this 3000 is not much at all.

But who is Severus? He immediately thought of a suitable potion. Winter is cold and colds and fevers occur frequently. There are medicines to treat colds and fevers in the Muggle world, but they are not as effective as potions, and wizards are even more disdainful to take them. Muggle medicine.

The cost of these potions is very low, but they are easy to sell in winter and easy to make.

All he had to do was think about how to get out... Following Catherine's upward footsteps, Severus had to think of a nasty person.

——Teenage-looking Tom Riddle.

...It’s not necessary to go out and buy more potion materials. It’s okay to supply them every month. He can study a vending magic. People outside will give money and the potions he needs will be produced inside.

Dumbledore was waiting there for a long time on the eighth floor. He was not surprised to see Catherine and Severus coming. He exchanged a few words and expressed concern about whether they had had a good rest and how their breakfast was. Catherine would have to walk the rest of the way alone. .

"You take Severus back first. I am going to build a potion shop and let him manage it. Please make it convenient for him." Catherine said to Dumbledore.

"I know, I will have a good communication with Severus and wait for you to come back in the office." Dumbledore was not annoyed with this friend who "used" him whenever he found an opportunity. He knew that the Severus family Circumstances, it would be nice if Catherine was willing to give him a chance to make decent money and support himself.

Catherine knew that Severus didn't like Tom. Since she knew, it wasn't necessary for Tom to do it, so she didn't need to embarrass Severus.

Besides, with Tom’s personality, if he wants to hurt others, how can others escape...

Catherine watched the old and young leave, took a deep breath, and paced back and forth in the corridor.

The mysterious door emerged from the wall. She placed her palm on the cold door and slowly pushed it open.

As soon as people walked in, gorgeous red roses bloomed in the brand-new classroom, and a bunch of flames shot up from the ground.

bang——

Exploded in mid-air, forming a line of words like fireworks.

Happy December 12nd, Catherine.

Like a small silver star, it flickered and paused for five or six seconds before extinguishing.

Catherine curled her fingers and felt a little bit of Salazar's dissatisfaction, which faded away like impatience. She felt a little embarrassed.

Only Haierbo, with his mouth half open, watched the fireworks blankly, sniffing his little nose, and said to Catherine blankly: [Master, is this a magic horse? 】

Catherine pressed its head and pushed it back into her pocket, "Don't learn boring things." 】

[Hmm... um...] Haierbo wants to say it's pretty good-looking, but it can't sense souls, especially the souls hiding in the notebook, and it doesn't remember seeing Tom here yesterday, so it thought it belonged to a stranger. Performance.

I really want to brag.

Catherine didn't want the little basilisk to howl and regret, and said to the notebook: "Come out, Tom."

The notebook opened in response, and a black-haired young wizard wearing a Hogwarts wizard robe floated out of it. He hurriedly tried to run towards her as soon as he landed.

"My..."

"Stop," Catherine stretched out her hand to stop him from running over, and stopped what he was about to say. "Call me Catherine."

Tom Riddle in his soul state blinked his beautiful and passionate black eyes, and pursed his lips a little aggrievedly, "Catherine."

Reciting her name, he started to care about himself and became happy again, "What a nice name, my Catherine."

Catherine was a little irritated, and frowned: "I heard that you know exactly what you did, and you still want to talk to me like this, Tom?"

Tom lowered his head in despair: "I know I made a serious mistake. No matter how you punish me, I deserve it. I love you. Really, no matter what you do, as long as you don't leave me, don't abandon me." , Catherine, please.”

After being deceived into the magic circle by Tom, Catherine discovered how many lies were hidden under Tom's sweet words. Everything he did now made Catherine realize how selfish and terrible he was.

He had no love for others, and in his vindictive declaration, Catherine realized that he might be a cold and cold person by nature... None of what he said at that time was angry, and it was completely from the heart. This is true now This was completely clear in Tom's memory.

Such a person can actually peel off a soul full of positive emotions.

In order to make the stripped "Catherine" "perfect" enough, the settings of Tom's magic circle were biased towards the stripped soul.

Make it younger, make its soul more stable, and retain its maximum magic talent and upper limit.

This was a toy that Tom built for himself, so he was naturally willing to spend a lot of money, but he didn't expect that the toy he would peel off in the end would be himself.

If the soul is also divided according to proportion, Tom's soul fragment is stronger than all the current soul fragments of Voldemort combined. This was designed when he was created.