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She took off the resurrection stone ring hanging around her neck and placed it on the wooden table.

"You should know what this is," said Nora.

"The last time was two weeks ago." Dumbledore showed no surprise, "You came to ask me about this ring. You look much better than you did then."

"What did you tell me?"

"Its origin," Dumbledore said, "one of the Deathly Hallows, the Resurrection Stone, most of the people who wear it are addicted to fantasy and die. Few people can resist this strong temptation. I am ashamed. No exception. So when you ask me if I can destroy it, I can only shake my head."

Nora remembered that two weeks ago, she had brought the ring to seek Dumbledore's help.The memory came to her again.

"Yes...I know...the Resurrection Stone..." Dumbledore's eyes sparkled, he reached out to touch the ring, and Nora pulled it back.

"It's all fake! Professor!" Nora screamed.

Dumbledore was startled, the light disappeared from his eyes, and he said, "The Resurrection Stone Ring."

"The Resurrection Stone? Is that what it's called?" Nora said. "But it doesn't bring people back to life. Nothing can bring the dead back to life."

"I could hardly resist the temptation," said Dumbledore softly.

"It's not your fault," said Nora, "because you have love in your heart."

Dumbledore let out a long sigh: "This is what he gave you." Dumbledore picked up the ring and looked at it: "Very ominous power."

"Can you destroy it? A great wizard like you must have a way." Nora asked.

"It has an extremely powerful black magic on it," said Dumbledore, "but its real power lies in the Resurrection Stone. If you can't break the temptation of that stone, you have to pay a considerable price to destroy it. But if you can, one is enough A powerful jinx can destroy it too."

Dumbledore put down the stone: "Forgive me, I can't destroy it."

When Nora withdrew from her memory, she found Dumbledore watching her quietly.

"It's not just one of the Deathly Hallows, it was made into a Horcrux." Nora said excitedly, "A kind of extremely terrifying black magic that splits one's soul through murder."

"In pursuit of immortality," said Dumbledore.

"Now, do you still think he has love in his heart?"

Dumbledore paused for a moment. "I hope so," he said. "Every soul deserves a chance at redemption." He looked out the window, at the gray sky, far to the north.

"You are a noble man, Headmaster Dumbledore," said Nora sincerely.

"Noble? No, it's just my own selfishness," said Dumbledore.

"Is there really no way to destroy it?"

"The solution is in your mind, Miss Nora Gray," said Dumbledore. "I think your time is running out."

His eyes behind the lenses seem to be able to see through time.

"I understand." Nora stood up and smiled, "I already know what to do, thank you, Professor."

"If you need help, you can come to me at any time. I will be happy to help you." Professor Dumbledore said with a smile.

Nora ran into Riddle as soon as she walked out of the principal's office.She screamed inwardly that it was not good, but immediately used all her acting skills to put on a face of joy, and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Tom." She took his arm affectionately, "I got off work early today, and I was going to find you, but I didn't expect to meet Principal Dumbledore first."

A lie that can be debunked with a little inquiry.

"When do you leave work?" she asked.

"Maybe it will take a while." Riddle said, with a calm expression, as if he didn't realize that his prying magic had failed. "Would you like to sit in my office for a while?"

The calmer he looked, the more shuddering Nora felt.She followed Tom through the unpredictable corridors of Hogwarts.

Students passing by looked at them curiously.

Just a few months ago, she was one of this group of students.

"Mr. Riddle." People kept greeting him, even many Gryffindor students.

It's no rumor that Tom Riddle is popular.

They went into a dark, dank basement.Voldemort has always been associated with places like basements.

Nora sat on Voldemort's sofa, drank the black tea Voldemort brought, and looked at Voldemort's office.

Ordinary Death Eaters don't enjoy the treatment.She thought bitterly.

It was here that Nora broke up with Tom Riddle for the first time, sitting on the couch as she is now, and the man in the picture winked at her.She said, "Hey, Tom, I think, let's break up."

Her tone was like suggesting they have apple pie instead of potato salad today.

Tom Riddle's movements paused, and he raised his head: "Why did you say that all of a sudden?"

Nora had her hair cut and she looked more boyish.

"Because you don't love me, Tom," said Nora. "We can be very good friends, but we won't be lovers."

"Love? Of course I love you, Nora."

"No, not that kind of love," said Nora, "you don't have love, love for lovers. You don't want to kiss me, you don't want to hug me. The only reason you're with me is to deceive Headmaster Dumbledore, you Want him to see a fine young man in perfect condition - there's nothing like showing your fairness to a Muggle-born girl. You've planned everything, you know Dumbledore loves revolving restaurants, So we can always run into him there from time to time. Including this picture, you don't like to look at my face every day, you just need to let one person see it, and that person is Dumbledore."

She spoke quickly because the words had been repeated a thousand times in her mind.

"It's part of the reason, I admit, but only a negligible part. You should know that I could have chosen anyone else," said Tom. "It's not a real reason, as you just said. "

"I...I'm scared," Nora said. "In fifth grade...that's what you did, right?"

Tom sighed softly, and admitted frankly: "Who else but me? Does Hagrid have the brains to hide from everyone's sight and kill them without anyone noticing?"

"It's murder."

"It's just giving them the punishment they deserve," said Tom grimly and unquestionably. "You know very well that the Ministry of Magic will never send them to Azkaban for killing a snake, only with some shady Only the means of light can achieve the goal. Otherwise, why did you choose to hide everything?"

"Do you know why I'm hiding it?" Nora asked back, and she answered herself, "Not just because of Nagini, but because of... stupid love."

"But I can't lie to myself over and over again," said Nora, trembling. "Murder is murder, for whatever purpose, and no one can judge a person's life or death. Not only that." Thing... I've heard about your organization too... Death Eaters, your pure blood... I think it's about time we..."

Tom leaned over and pressed her shoulders: "Calm down, Nora, let's talk about these things slowly tonight, okay? I don't think you want Professor Grayhorns or any of the Hogwarts students Hear our conversation."

Memory fragments here.

What Nora vaguely remembers is that they finally failed to break up, and not long after, Tom gave her the resurrection stone ring.

"Why did you come here suddenly?" In reality, Tom in front of her asked

Nora held a black teacup and stared intently at the mist in front of her: "Because I suddenly want to see you."

He still has love in his heart.

Dumbledore's words echoed in her ears.

She would have preferred Dumbledore to tell her how hopeless this man was.That way she wouldn't hesitate to poison his teacup, or shoot him when he wasn't prepared.Although it is likely that she died first.

There was a knock on the office door, and someone asked, "May I come in, Mr. Riddle?"

Tom looked at Nora, who nodded at him.He said loudly: "Of course, please come in."

"I still have some questions about the love potion..." A Ravenclaw girl came in. She looked at Nora suspiciously, and then realized that she was the photo on Riddle's desk. girl in.

Nora didn't want to think in a certain direction, but the girl's eyes were too sharp, looking her from head to toe, trying to pick out every flaw.

Well, this is also common.After all, a young and handsome teaching assistant suddenly came to Hogwarts, where the teachers are aging seriously, so that it is difficult for the young girls not to think about it.Besides, it's not a big deal to talk to the teacher about the love potion.

etc!Love Potion!Nora almost jumped up when she remembered something.She stood up restrained.

"Don't disturb your work, I'll go first."

"Wait for me at home, Nora," said Tom. "You will, won't you?"

His eyes were dark, and Nora's footsteps paused.

"Well, of course." Nora said with a stiff smile.Then he walked to the fireplace without looking back.

"Mr. Riddle, about the love potion..."

Ravenclaw students always have a kind of persistent spirit, which should be a good quality, but in the eyes of Tom Riddle, fools never have any good qualities.

What else can you expect from a Ravenclaw?They are nothing but a perfect score.The real mystery of magic lies in its application, and this group of bookworms will never understand the essence of magic—because the most subtle magic is often forbidden black magic.

Assistant Professor Riddle's face was within two inches of her.The girl couldn't help blushing, she said: "A successful love potion can make people smell the breath of their lover."

"That's right." Assistant coach Riddle said patiently.

The girl's face turned even redder, but she still asked the question: "Whose breath did you smell?"

In fact, the answer is obvious. Everyone knows that Assistant Professor Riddle has a girlfriend whom he has known since he was a student. The two have a stable relationship. Professor Grahorns even joked that he would officiate the wedding for them.

"I've forgotten." Riddle said, "It's been a long time since the last time I prepared a love potion."

But he also demonstrated the steps of preparing the love potion in class last week.Girls are a little confused.