[HP] Riddle's Spirit Behind

Eleanor didn't go back to the previous old house, but went straight to Avery's house.

Cloris was surprised by her appearance, but she still said that Eleanor could stay there until the baby was born.

The next day, she visited Uncle Tim, who was still in the hospital.She didn't appear in front of him hastily, she just lingered near the door of the ward for a while and then left.

She heard from the nurse that Uncle Tim is recovering well and will be discharged soon.So, she finally planned to wait until the day she was discharged from the hospital to meet her uncle. She didn't want to scare him while he was recuperating.

The days at Avery's house were peaceful until a few days later, Avery's father suddenly fell ill and was admitted to St. Mungo's Hospital.Cloris had to take time to go to St. Mungo's Hospital to help Avery take care of old Mr. Bourne, and Eleanor took the initiative to take care of little Eleanor.

This afternoon, she and little Eleanor were alone at home.She was telling little Eleanor a story from a Muggle fairy tale book, and little Eleanor was biting her fingers while staring at her half-understanding, giggling from time to time because of Eleanor's exaggerated and funny expressions .

While talking about the gypsy trick, Elinor suddenly heard a slight noise from near the porch.Just when she was about to stand up and take a look at the situation, she suddenly heard a strange but somewhat familiar voice chanting a spell.

She suddenly felt her eyes go dark, and she didn't even have time to exclaim.The last thing she saw was a man striding past her and looking down, handing the little girl an orange lollipop.

Tom was pacing restlessly about the room.

Over the years, he has developed quite a loyal following.Most of them are dark wizards, of course there are werewolves and vampires, and even some goblins have begun to join his camp.

His power is quietly expanding, even beyond his original expectation-he doesn't want to develop his power so fast now, because he hasn't fully controlled those people yet.Gradually, he realized that someone among them seemed to be secretly contributing to the flames.

And among those people, the ones he couldn't trust the most were those dark wizards who originally followed Grinwald.

Since Greenwald was defeated by Dumbledore and imprisoned a few years ago, many dark wizards fled to England to avoid the pursuit of the Aurors and hide their identities.Obviously, many of them are still eager to move, hoping to reproduce the glory of the Greenwald period.

Knowing that he might accidentally become a pawn used by some ambitious guy, Tom has always chosen his cronies very carefully.

Today, he lost contact with one of his confidants.He has been letting that person secretly protect Eleanor, of course to monitor her actions.It was impossible for him to let her out of his control anymore.

That person would send news every once in a while, but there was no news today, and no news has been delivered until now.

Tom knew something must have happened.

He used tracking magic, hoping to know Eleanor's location, but found nothing.Only very powerful magic can block the effect of this tracking magic, and the person who can do this can only be a very powerful dark wizard.He suddenly remembered what happened before Eleanor left, and he couldn't help feeling a little ominous.

He cursed, pursed his lips, walked over to the fireplace, grabbed a handful of Floo powder and sprinkled it on.

"Let Steadman come and see me." He leaned into the fireplace and ordered coldly.

A few minutes later, Steadman appeared in the fireplace.He is one of Tom's confidants. He just graduated from Slytherin last year. He is a young man who is very passionate about black magic.The task Tom gave him was to investigate a dark wizard who had followed Greenwald.

The dark wizard was one of the first to join.That guy is proficient in black magic, has a wide network, and has connections with many black businessmen and smugglers.He quickly gained the trust of most people, but Tom always had doubts about him.

"Tell me how your investigation is going," Tom asked straight to the point, because he had no time to waste.

"I didn't get any clues from the potion. You can buy it from any shop in Diagon Alley." Steadman replied, "Besides, I have been following the man for several days, but I have found nothing. Said In fact, he doesn't look like a betrayer at all, Tom."

"Obviously, you didn't follow him today. Do you know where he is now?" said Tom coldly.

Steadman felt Tom's anger, and he replied cautiously: "He said he would stay at home today and negotiate a business with a businessman from Poland."

"Go and make sure, understand?" Tom waved impatiently.

A few minutes later, Steadman returned.

"No, he's not in," said Steadman nervously. "He must have been out in the morning. I'm sorry, Tom, I thought—"

"Shut up, I don't want any excuses," Tom snapped, and Steadman flinched -- he'd always been a little scared of Tom.

Tom then took a deep breath and said calmly: "Well, it's not your fault, because my original purpose was not for you to follow him."

But Steadman was not relieved, he asked cautiously: "Are you looking for him now, Tom?"

"No. You go first." Tom said coldly.Steadman immediately nodded his head like a pardon, turned and left.

After Steadman left, Tom used tracking magic again.

But this time, a line of words appeared on the parchment.It was a very odd address, showing it was in a mountainous area in western Romania.Tom went there once, in search of Ravenclaw's diadem.

Eleanor was the only person who knew this address besides Tom herself.Tom was sure that the address must be correct, but he also knew that Eleanor would not be alone, and she was probably held hostage.

Tom frowned. He knew he had to go - although anyone with a brain could see that it was a trap.

Eleanor was walking in the wind howling woods, her mind was in chaos, and her only thought was - to move forward.

The little bit of consciousness she still had told herself that the man was following not far behind her, pointing at herself with his wand.

A few minutes ago, she woke up from a coma, and then the man cast the Imperius Curse.

She had to follow the man's instructions and move forward.They creaked and creaked among the fallen leaves, and the only thing to be heard was the whine of the cold wind through the trees.

Through the gaps in the trees, you can see the endless forest stretching under your feet.Eleanor thought vaguely that they should be on the top of a certain mountain.

Soon, they came to a raised rock.On the side of the rock is a very dangerous cliff, as long as you fall, you will definitely fall to pieces.

"Stop." The man's voice reached Eleanor's ears.

Eleanor stopped immediately.

She was dressed very thinly, and the cold wind kept pouring into her skirt, making her tremble all over, and her lips were purple with cold.

"Stand on that rock," the voice ordered.

Eleanor climbed up the rock clumsily with her frozen hands and feet.She stood on the rock, looking at the man with empty eyes.

It was a guy in a black robe with a hood, and a few strands of blond hair leaked out of his hood.He lifted his hood with his free hand, revealing a rather handsome face.

Eleanor had seen him once—not so long ago at the Three Broomsticks.

"I'm sorry that our reunion turned out to be like this, Miss Alford." The man smiled. "Now, let's wait." He raised his wand, muttered a few spells, and landed on a stone sat down.Afterwards, he recited an illusion spell to himself, and soon merged with the background behind him.

Eleanor stood on the rock without saying a word.She has been fighting for control of her body with the remaining consciousness and the Imperius Curse in her mind, but this is too difficult for her.Only someone with really strong willpower could do that, and she wasn't that kind of person - not even if she was very good at the Dark Arts.

Just when Eleanor felt her body was about to freeze and lose consciousness, she suddenly felt someone grab her wrist.

At this moment, a painful moan came from somewhere beside the rock.

The blond man immediately jumped up from the stone vigilantly, and quickly raised his wand, "Disarm!"

A familiar figure slowly emerged from the air.The red light hit him, causing his wand to fly out of his hand.

Tom stood panting by the rock, clutching the wrist of his right hand with a painful expression—the palm of that hand turned red for some reason, as if he had just held something hot.

"What did you do, Briers?" Tom glared at the slowly emerging man.

"Aren't you surprised to see me, Tom? It seems that you have suspected me for a long time." The man said hoarsely.Although Tom has lost his wand, the other party is still vigilantly pointing his wand at him.

"I guessed that you might show up, so I did a little preparation in advance." The man named Briers continued, "I put a special curse on Miss Alford, I think you should Heard of it."

"I don't understand what you're talking about," replied Tom coldly.He was actually stalling for time.He kept thinking about what to do - Eleanor was obviously under the Imperius Curse, and his wand had just been taken away, the situation was very unfavorable to him.

"A lot of people call it the 'Valentine's Curse,'" Briers continued with a smile. "People who are cursed will never be able to touch their loved ones because doing so will cause them unbearable pain. And The stronger his affection, the greater the pain. Poor Miss Alford does seem to love you very much, Mr. Riddle."

Tom didn't answer, but stared at each other silently with a frown.

"I met Miss Alford once." Briers replied, with a look of disgust in her eyes, "I thought she had decided not to marry you at that time, but the result surprised me. I didn't expect you to get married in the end, and she was pregnant."

"Sure enough, you poisoned it." Tom said blankly, "It's a pity that your plan is too bad, and Eleanor soon found out."

"I just want her to find out, Tom." Briers let out a harsh laugh, "but the end result turned out to be better than my resemblance. It seems that she doesn't trust you a long time ago, doesn't she?"

"What do you want?" Tom asked coldly.

"What I want to say is - you don't need these, Tom." Briers put away his smile and continued, "If you really want to be a great wizard like Grinwald, you don't need these, Tom. Love, marriage, these are the common people's enjoyment, but for you - they will only hinder you."

Having said that, Briers suddenly let out a strange sneer, "It's a pity that you will never be able to catch up with Greenwald in this way, Tom—your talent and ability are definitely not inferior to his, it's a pity that, You are trapped by those meaningless feelings."

"What's all this to you?" asked Tom softly.

"Of course it does." Briers' expression suddenly became gloomy, and he continued coldly: "Stupid Muggles, they start wars and kill each other. The world is suffering because of these dirty Muggles And become dilapidated...and wizards are used to turning a blind eye to this, and instead marry Muggles." Speaking of this, Briers showed a slightly distorted sneer, which made his face look a little Not handsome, but rather ugly.

Tom moved in Eleanor's direction calmly, while fiddling with the explosive potion in his pocket.He already had a plan in his mind, but unfortunately this plan would be very risky.He needs an opportunity, so he must continue to divert the other party's attention-provoking him may be a good way.

"So we need a real leader, Tom," Briers continued. "Greenwald failed, so we desperately need another person with talent and charisma. That person is you, Tom Riley." Del. I have heard about your deeds a long time ago. To be honest, I have been studying you for the past few years-a Parseltongue, a descendant of Slytherin, and the oldest Hogwarts for hundreds of years. One of the top students. There's no one better suited to be in that position than you—"

As he spoke, he suddenly turned his wand to Eleanor who was standing on the rock.

"But you!" he cried in a sharp, husky voice, "you let me down, Tom Riddle! Greenwald ended up at the hands of his old friend because of a moment of foolish kindness and soft-heartedness, otherwise There's no way he's going to be defeated by that idiot Albus Dumbledore. So, you don't need those, they just weaken you too, Tom - shouldn't you know that better than anyone else?"

"You called Albus Dumbledore a fool?" Tom chuckled shortly. "You're just a babbling lunatic, Briers."

Enraged, Briers raised his wand sharply, "Very well—it's time for you to wake up, Tom." The politeness that came out was all gone. "Turn around and jump down, Miss Alford."

When Eleanor heard this, she turned around obediently.

damn it!Tom swore.

This completely disrupted the plan he just came up with!

...no, don't do that.A voice said deep in Eleanor's mind.

Eleanor's footsteps faltered a little, but her body stumbled involuntarily.She lost her center of gravity and was about to fall off the rock—what awaited her was the fate of falling off the cliff and being smashed to pieces.

At that moment Tom reached out and grabbed her arm subconsciously.Her arm slipped from his palm, and finally he clamped her wrist firmly.

The skin-to-skin contact made Tom's hand feel as painful as grabbing a red-hot iron.Tom let out a low groan, his originally pale face became even more bloodless, but he didn't let go of his hand.

Eleanor suddenly became a little more sober.She raised her head blankly and looked at Tom who was holding her, opened her mouth, and said hoarsely, "...Tom, I..."

At this moment, she heard the man's voice floating again, clearly echoing in her mind.

He's ordering her again...

No, she didn't want to carry out the order, not at all!The weak voice in Eleanor's subconscious yelled, but it was quickly covered by the man's voice.

She uncontrollably pulled out the wand she always carried with her.

Yes, the guy didn't take her wand, it must have been because he had planned to have her—

Things happen in just a few seconds.

Tom was surprised to see Eleanor raised her wand and said the spell to herself.

"Cruciatus," Eleanor said mechanically.

The Cruciatus Curse made Tom's muscles spasm with pain, and then his blood almost boiled.

Bits of painful gasps leaked between his teeth, cold sweat seeped from his brow, soaking his black hair.He loosened Eleanor's hand immediately.

However, he held her tightly with such strength that it was about to break her wrist, as if he couldn't feel the burning pain coming from the palm of his hand at all.

— can't let go.

As long as you don't let go, you will still have a chance.The voice in Tom's head spoke to himself clearly.

Eleanor's empty eyes suddenly became a little focused.

"No... Tom..." she murmured.Tom's painful face loomed in front of her eyes, and she suddenly woke up a lot, "Oh, God... Tom, I—"

Tom cut her off hoarsely and grumpily, his face still contorted in pain, "Give it to me!"

He snatched the wand from Eleanor's hand, and pulled Eleanor up from the edge of the cliff with the rest of his strength. At the same time, he turned around suddenly and shot a spell at the man behind him.

"Avada Kedavra!"

The other party did not expect that Tom would not let go.A green light flashed, his face froze on a shocked expression, and then he fell back stiffly.

Panting, Tom hugged Eleanor, who was limp, tightly.

——The person who cast the curse is dead, so the curse is automatically released.

Tom gave Elinor his customary short chuckle.He whispered in a hoarse voice: "...I got you, Eleanor."

Listening to the familiar voice, Eleanor slowly closed her eyes.The already frozen body was surrounded by warm breath, and she suddenly felt a strong drowsiness.

"...I'm sorry, Tom... I shouldn't have suspected you," she said hoarsely.

The conversation between the guy and Tom just now came to her ears in fits and starts.She was a little annoyed and ashamed by what she had said about not trusting Tom anymore—she should trust him because he was her husband, shouldn't she?

Then she heard Tom whisper, "...the only fault you ever made was walking away from me...that's all."

Then she won't leave again.Eleanor thought in confusion.

She felt Tom pick her up, and then the squeeze of Apparition.Knowing she was safe, she closed her eyes and soon fell into a coma.