The Handsome Dark Lord[Comprehensive]

On the first day of school, Slughorn appeared at the dinner table just a little bit, and Dumbledore had already sat in the middle seat one step ahead of time, and there happened to be the only remaining vacant seats on either side of him.

However, his legendary favorite student did not show up.

In other words, one of the remaining two positions belongs to the mysterious person.

Slughorn stretched his clothes and coughed lightly, attracting Dumbledore's attention.

"Horace, here you are. I was about to announce the start." Dumbledore greeted.

Slughorn bent his almost invisible waist slightly, and greeted with a smile: "I thought everyone was here, Ri... isn't Professor Riddle coming?"

"You sit first." Dumbledore pointed to the seat next to Professor McGonagall. "I'm afraid he will only be there for a while. Let's just start."

Slughorn breathed a sigh of relief, carefully sat down in the position Dumbledore pointed out, and kept a respectful distance from the other vacant seat.

Dumbledore took out his wand and knocked on the small bell in front of him, but the thick voice swayed and echoed around the entire auditorium, attracting everyone's attention.

"Welcome back to Hogwarts." He said with a slight smile, "Before we start the meal, please allow me to introduce some new colleagues for the second half of the semester."

The students below have long been talking about it.Harry had noticed the strange face of Slughorn, the absence of Voldemort and Snape.However, Voldemort has always hated such occasions presided over by Dumbledore. It is not uncommon to release pigeons. Snape will not be able to return to Hogwarts in a short time. Knowing these inside facts, it is not difficult to guess Slughorn's identity.

Strangely, Hermione, who was sitting next to him, didn't say anything, and Dumbledore was still flipping through a few pages of the newspaper when he spoke.Ron sat opposite with a sulky face, and Ginny was beside him. Dean didn't sit down, and Harry heard Ginny whisper angrily, "We all broke up, what else do you want?"

"Why did you tell Mom that? Harry didn't come for Christmas because of me?" Ron said angrily, "Dean is stupid and weak. You should have broken up."

"I didn't say that!" Ginny growled, "and you...Harry is sad because of you...don't you feel self-conscious at all?"

When Harry heard his name, he asked suspiciously, "What's so sad? Are you talking about me?"

Ron pouted, held his breath, and said, "Look, Harry doesn't even know why he's upset!"

"Shut up, brother!" Ginny said bitterly, but she avoided Harry and stole a glance at Hermione.

Harry followed him to see that Hermione was absorbed in reading the newspaper, frowning, muttering something, and ignored them at all.

"Harry... Harry..."

Just as Harry was about to ask, Hermione grabbed his arm and asked anxiously in a low voice.

"How long do you think...I mean, the mysterious man...can endure it?"

She pointed out some headlines in the newspaper to him.

[Families of protectors were attacked one after another, Kirtland accused Carlo of atrocities again]

[Auror Minister Scrimgeour applies for a criminal arrest warrant for the Carroll brothers and sisters]

[The Ministry of Magic formed the strongest arresting team to arrest the Carlo brothers and sisters with all their strength]

Before Harry finished reading it, Hermione turned out some unremarkable comment boards.

"These are news and comments scattered in different newspapers at different times, but I believe you can also see their connection..."

She pointed to a few headlines without noticing Ron's increasingly gloomy expression.Harry was also attracted, and couldn't help leaning over to read.

[The shadow of the exonerated Death Eaters is looming]

[Azkaban Prison Escapers Tracking: In addition to those who were caught, how many people are still at large? ]

[Secret of the pure-blood wizard who can do whatever he wants]

"Public opinion is against the Death Eaters, and the actions of the Ministry of Magic have also become stronger. I don't think the mysterious man will just sit idly by." Hermione looked up at the staff table, then came back and said in a low voice, "Originally I I thought I would hear the bad news before school started, but I didn't expect the last few days to be calm... But he hasn't shown up today, could it be..." She pursed her lips, and said in another way, "You know he is now Where are you? Are you at school?"

Harry frowned slightly. The last few days when Voldemort was with him were of course calm, but it was hard to say today. "He was still at school yesterday and had a private conversation with Headmaster Dumbledore..." Harry analyzed, "I think his absence may have something to do with it."

The auditorium suddenly burst into warm applause.Harry and Hermione's conversation was interrupted, they heard the sound, and Slughorn was standing up and waving to everyone.It turned out that Dumbledore had introduced the new Potions professor to everyone, and the students were welcoming him.

"The old bat is really unpopular," said Ron gleefully.

It just occurred to Harry that he didn't know Snape's true position yet, and maybe he should find a chance to tell him.

"Don't say that, Ron." Hermione advised vaguely, "He's pathetic enough now."

"Poor him?" Ron said sharply. "He's the only one who finds fault for the New Year's dinner. If you don't like what my mother makes, go make it yourself. Who will you show your face to? Do you deserve him?"

Harry quickly interrupted him and asked, "Did you spend the New Year together?"

"Harry, Snape is hiding at the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix," Ginny said softly to him.

Hermione glanced at her, moved her lips, wanted to say something, but couldn't.Ginny didn't seem to see her expression, and continued to ask: "Did you receive my gift?"

Harry was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "A golden snitch model, very beautiful, thank you."

Ginny smiled slightly, "I also like your broom lotion very much."

Harry felt that something was wrong and wanted to change the subject, but fortunately Dumbledore suppressed his applause, and continued to announce the upcoming arrangements for the World Cup qualifiers.

"...This year's Quidditch Cup competition will not be contested for the third or fourth place, so the schedule will end in April. At that time, officials from the Ministry of Magic will accompany inspectors from the World Cup Committee into the school for inspection. If all goes well, the school will At the end of the period there will be a World Cup qualifier between England and Bulgaria."

Dumbledore said with a smile, which easily aroused the audience's ebullition. The news of the World Cup qualifiers can always excite the young students who are full of blood.

Hermione's head was aching from the jubilation all around her, but even Harry was unabashedly excited, joining Ron and Ginny in high fives.

"Now, I know everyone can't wait, there is one last thing left, let's leave it until we finish eating." Dumbledore waited for the cheers to pass, blinked, and announced with a smile, "Now, enjoy Let's eat!"

Exquisite food appeared on the long table as usual, Hermione had no choice but to put away the messy newspapers. Harry wanted to take a closer look, but now it was inconvenient, so he had to eat first.

"How was your holiday, Harry?" Ginny asked naturally. "It's lonely at school."

Hermione looked up at her, and turned to Harry, only with a more meaningful look.

"Not bad," Harry replied, giving Hermione a ok look, "What about you? What did you say about me and Ron?"

Ginny glanced at Ron cryptically, just as Ron was secretly looking at her, caught him, and immediately asked her angrily, "What are you looking at me for?" Then she turned to Harry, "She told mom that you weren't coming The Burrow celebrates Christmas because I'm having a fight-"

"That's not what I said!" Ginny glared at him. "Besides, when are you going to stop fighting? Harry and Hermione have been putting up with you!"

"What?" Ron was so angry that his nose was crooked. "It's your turn to point fingers! I haven't said anything about you and those boyfriends!"

"I only have one boyfriend, Dean!" Ginny exclaimed, "and it's broken up! When will you stop making rumors about me?" Her eyes were slightly red with anger, "It's unbelievable! You know how to treat others How disgusting it is to point fingers!"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Harry hurriedly interrupted them: "Wait, Ginny, why did you break up with Dean?"

Ginny looked at him with red eyes: "It's nothing, Harry, it's my problem."

There seemed to be a deep resentment in those eyes.

Hermione suddenly grabbed his arm and pinched it hard, then quickly withdrew her hand.

Before Harry could react, a familiar black notebook blocked Ginny's eyes and fell on the table with a bang, accompanied by the sound of gasping from all around.

"As long as you know, Miss Weasley."

Harry looked in shock at Voldemort who appeared behind Ginny - he was slowly withdrawing his hand, looking down at Ginny's stiff back condescendingly.

There were gasps of wonder at what he was wearing, which Harry could understand, as no professor had ever appeared in a Great Hall in a Slytherin uniform - although that made him young and handsome.

But what shocked him was far more than that. It was the change in his appearance-very subtle, but with Harry knowing him well, it was immediately obvious-he was a little shorter, still thin, but his cheeks There is some meat on the face, which makes the overall facial features plump, and even looks a little gentle and youthful. If it is the first time to meet, you will definitely think it is a senior Slytherin senior.

No, Harry knew that notebook, it was Riddle's diary from his second year!

He thought of something instantly, and looked back and forth between him and the diary in surprise.

The diary in front of Ginny has no trace of being pierced by fangs, and it looks as if it has been restored to its original state.Ginny, who had been with it for a semester, recognized the diary earlier than Harry, and the mysterious man's voice was unmistakable. Even if she didn't look back, she knew who it was, and the shadow hung over her head. He Xinjian made her feel cold all over, and turned her head little by little almost mechanically.

After seeing the boy in Slytherin uniform behind her, a trace of confusion flashed across her face, but she was immediately shattered by his greeting.

"Long time no see... Or, first time meeting, Ginny Vera."

Ginny Vera is Ginny's official name, which is rarely used by people, but when she first entered Hogwarts, it was written by the soul in that diary countless times.It is obviously a more alienated title, but as their conversation deepened, it revealed a hint of intimacy that has changed.But when he called out at this moment, it was as if a shuddering torrent ran down her spine, making Ginny's face turn ashen.

Voldemort—or Tom Riddle, indifferent to the shock he caused, lowered his head as if no one else was there in a wave of surprise and shock, looked at Ginny word by word and asked, "Can you take it for me?" Is that the notebook?"

Those eyes were black, like a bottomless abyss.

Ginny could barely turn her head. She stiffly picked up the diary from the table and handed it to him with a slight tremor.

Dumbledore stood up from his seat and walked down the high platform with a serious expression, but Riddle had already got the diary first, smiled slightly, and handed it to Harry who was full of hesitation.

Harry froze, looking at him suspiciously, "Tom...Tom...Riddle?"

He thought it was impossible. Whether it was Dumbledore or Voldemort, they had personally said that the diary was "dead", but the scene in front of him was so weird that one had to doubt it.

Riddle curled his lips, and only tilted the foot of the book slightly, "Huh?"

Harry hesitated for a moment, then reached for the diary, "You...?"

He didn't finish, because Riddle didn't let go, but followed the force of the notebook and pulled him forward.

Dumbledore had already reached the long table in Gryffindor. Riddle squinted at him, then swept over Ginny like ice, bent down in his own way, propped the center of the long table, and leaned close to Harry's ear, He ordered like a whisper of love: [Protect me, Harry. 】

Then he let go of his hand and let Harry take the diary away, showing him a captivating smile.

Harry's heart trembled, and he looked at him without blinking, and there was nothing left in his mind for a while.

Unknowingly, he grasped the hard-covered diary in his hand.

"Tom." Dumbledore arrived at this moment, interrupting their gaze, his voice full of majesty, "What did you do to Miss Weasley just now?"