[HP] Riddle's Spirit Behind

If life is made up of many choices, then Tom Riddle has never regretted his choices—at least he has always believed so.Sometimes, the result may not be so satisfactory, but he does not regret the decision he has made, because he knows that regret is meaningless.

He admitted that he took many detours after graduating from Hogwarts.After graduation, he first went to the forests of Albania to retrieve the Ravenclaw diadem.

Why is he so obsessed with the relics of the Big Four?I'm afraid even he himself can't tell.Like every geek collector in the world, he was obsessed with this kind of stuff, only as much as he was in magic.

Then he found a job as a clerk in a shop in Knockturn Alley.The owner of Bockin's has connections with many black market dealers, which is exactly why Tom takes the seemingly menial job.

Later, he was pleasantly surprised to find a rare collection in the store-Slytherin's locket.It took him a lot of work to get the locket.Of course, he didn't have enough money to buy it, but instead made a very fine imitation and traded it in for the locket when it was purchased by a generous buyer who clearly lacked authentic taste.

But he still felt dissatisfied after getting the locket.A strange emptiness had been eating away at him for years.Finally, when he realized that the store was of no use to him, he resigned.

After some hard work, he was finally able to find a job at Hogwarts.He didn't like teaching, and Hogwarts was just a temporary stop for him.His eyes were on the longer term, and he knew he was destined for something big, something that had been planned since he was still in school.

His job at Hogwarts became his best cover.In England, everyone hated the Ministry of Justice politicians, but almost everyone respected the professors at Hogwarts because they all graduated from there and their children went to school there.

Tom has easily gained people's trust, and he is almost unimpeded wherever he goes.More people have become his allies, or "targets that can be used", consciously or subconsciously.On the surface, he is just an assistant to the professor of potions, but he has already entered the "upper class" of the British wizarding world.

He did business with those people, both legal and illegal, and he ended up accumulating a very considerable fortune.He is probably the youngest self-made millionaire in the whole of England.But he still habitually maintained the frugal habit of school, and it was completely impossible to see from the outside that this young man had hidden such a large sum of money in Gringotts.

Finally he finally took a step towards the Ministry of Magic.He planned for a long time, and finally found that the place he was going to was still there.He has been preparing for it for a long time.He quietly removes those who might later stand in his way, using dangerous but powerful allies.

But there was one thing that always occupied his heart, always reminding him that a certain emptiness in his subconscious could never be filled.

Apparitions of Eleanor still appear to him from time to time.Every once in a while he couldn't help using the Clock of Kronos, going back to those days when she was at Hogwarts.It was like a drug, and he was starting to understand a little bit about what it was like for people who used psychedelic potions.

He felt as if he had split into two people.One of them is his usual self, always calm and rational, no matter what he does, it is for the ultimate purpose, while the other is his fragile and sensitive self.How much he hated that other self.If an Avada Kedavra could kill that self, he would do so immediately and without hesitation.

What he never imagined was——she came back.

It caught him off guard, and he never had it in his plans.

He never liked accidents that were not planned, but he felt ecstasy because of this accident, but he felt strongly disturbed.

If she wasn't a living person but an object, he could lock her deep in the vaults of Gringotts, along with the relics of the Big Four.

He felt that only by doing so could he truly relax.He cast tracking magic on her for the first time.The house protected her as completely as the Gringotts vault.He sometimes thought of her as a collection, the most precious of all his collections.

He doesn't intend to change his plans until a vampire attacks his house.

That vampire has lived for more than 300 years and is considered the leader of the vampires.Tom has been pretending to be his friend, providing him with plenty of "food" to gain his trust.

Tom knew that one day he would need the help of the creatures that walked in the dark.But this is based on a very important premise, that is, those guys must be under his absolute control.

But things started to spin out of control.

His life had been split into two parts, one in the sun and the other in the dark.The appearance of Eleanor began to shake this temporary stable situation.

He couldn't keep this going unless he got rid of one of them, or got the two of them together - but Tom didn't want to do that.He pretended to ignore those dangerous signs and reluctantly maintained the current state, but he failed.

Eleanor begins to glimpse another part of his life.He knew she would find out sooner or later, because she was closer to him than anyone else.He began to gradually understand that she was not one of his collections—because his collections would not peek into his heart, doubt him, or leave him suddenly and voluntarily.

For the first time in his life, Tom Riddle felt a little confused.If her existence disrupted his life, why did he keep her by his side?

Of course he knew the answer.

He kept her by his side not because she was his most precious collection, nor because he loved her so much that he couldn't help but ruin his entire life plan.

When he saw her sleeping beside him defenselessly like a baby, he already understood.She was the missing piece of the puzzle, and only when she was with him could he fill that empty space.From the day she was 11, she had been a natural part of his life.

He once thought that all people lived alone in this world.The connection between them is so fragile, because the human nature is always selfish and hypocritical.

But now he feels that once someone is lost, even if the whole world becomes his property, his life cannot be filled.It's like a puzzle with a missing piece that can never be made whole again.

Many years later, he would always think of what Dumbledore had said to him.Then he knew that he would never be alone.

This is probably the most important decision in Tom's life—since he can't abandon those two lives, the only way is to try to change them so that they can become cogs that can be combined with each other.

At this time, Eleanor was pregnant.This caught Tom off guard, as he was completely unprepared for this.

The possibility that Eleanor could conceive didn't surprise him, but a child?When he really found out that he was about to become a father, he really felt uneasy.

He never liked children, or even hated them.You'll never have a reason to tell them, and they're fragile and ignorant and always crying.

Tom could well imagine how messy things would be after the baby was born.He saw Eleanor's belly swell obviously, and he knew that the life that was about to disrupt everything was being conceived.

He started to get irritable and started spending more time outside, so he got back to Hogwarts later and later.

But when he found out that someone was plotting to harm the child in Eleanor's womb, he felt inexplicable anger again.After all, the child was his, and no one but he and Eleanor could decide whether it lived or died.

Tom could understand everything Briers said, because he had thought it that way at one point.But right now he just thought of Briers as a poor, stupid fellow.Until his death, Briers would never understand what kind of power the connection between human beings can bring to a person—something that not even the Cruciatus Curse can defeat.

A few months later, Nelly and Tim were born.

They looked as puny as Tom had imagined them to be.But when he watched the two little ones sleeping soundly in the cradle, Tom had a strange feeling—he seemed to see himself.

Nelly looks very similar to him, and he can clearly see his shadow from her facial features; while Tim seems to be closer to himself in character, he rarely cries, and is almost as quiet as a child.

"They are like a continuation of our lives, aren't they?" Eleanor once said softly to him.She has a gentle smile on her face just like a real mother.

Tom didn't answer right away, but stared at the two sleeping babies for a long time.

He chuckled slightly mockingly.Continuation of life?But they looked so fragile and helpless, as if they would die at any moment.

He spoke his mind.But Eleanor laughed, "Don't be silly, Tom. The vitality of children is much more vigorous than you think. If you don't pay attention, they will grow up."

Tom looked at the two babies in silence, and suddenly understood what Eleanor had just said.

He couldn't help thinking to himself, when he was just born, did his mother look at him with such a mentality?His mother also felt that she was like a continuation of her life, so she left him cruelly and ran towards death alone?

Or maybe that's what it means for humans to feed their offspring - so that they can truly transcend death, because their children will continue their lives forever.

Then, as Eleanor said, Nelly and Tim grew up quickly, even faster than his promotion in the Ministry of Magic.

They were running around almost in the blink of an eye, and even learning magic on the sly.

Once, he accidentally saw Nelly steal Eleanor's wand and practice simple spells with Tim in the backyard, and it worked.Tom pretended not to see it, and didn't tell Elinor about it--he was a little proud, he had to admit.

But Eleanor finally found out.

"They're probably going to hurt themselves, luckily I found out in time," she complained to him, and noticing a smile on his face, she said suspiciously, "Oh, you already knew, yes ?"

Tom shrugged noncommittally.

And then Eleanor was mad at him for a whole week about it.

But she also knew her children very well, and she knew that the more they were forbidden to do it, the more they wanted to do it, especially that naughty Nellie.So she finally had to compromise and agreed that Tom would teach them magic every weekend.

Thus, before the age of 11, the two children had learned all the spells before the third grade.Nelly is good at almost any spell and learns it quickly; Tim is better at Defense Against the Dark Arts, and even at the age of nine was able to conjure somewhat vague Patronuses—his Patronus and his The father is also a snake.

Soon, both of them reached the age of 11, which is the age for school.On the day they received the admission notice, the two children were so excited that they almost toppled the whole house.And Tom had just won the election not long ago, becoming the youngest Minister of Magic in a century.He passed the race by such a large margin that it was known before the election that he would succeed.

Nelly went to Gryffindor, and Tim went to Slytherin.Fortunately, entering two completely hostile colleges did not destroy the relationship between the two little guys. They are still sticking together all the time as before.

Their grades are outstanding, but they still give professors a headache.Tim listens to his sister very much, and his sister is a complete little devil, and breaking the school rules is a daily routine for her.More than once Eleanor had letters from professors saying they had flooded bathrooms again, or blatantly used magic on their classmates in the corridors.

Eleanor began to wonder if something was wrong with her home education, and perhaps she shouldn't have taught them magic too early in the first place, but Tom reassured her that he would take care of it.

So, Tom found time to go to Hogwarts.Eleanor didn't know exactly what kind of negotiations he had with the two little guys, but the two kids immediately restrained themselves a lot after that.

This matter has always made Eleanor very curious, and under her questioning, Nelly finally told the truth.

"Dad said that if the two of us would last a year without breaking the rules, he'd teach us great magic during the holidays," Nelly said.

Well, this might be a solution.But Eleanor still worriedly warned Tom not to teach them black magic.

"Of course I wouldn't do that!" Tom laughed immediately, and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Don't worry, there's no Dark Arts, absolutely. They're not that old yet."

"No, it should be too old to learn!" Eleanor exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh, of course," replied Tom casually, but Elinor knew he must be lying.Fortunately, at least for two or three years, she doesn't have to worry about this.

It occurred to Eleanor that she was not yet thirty—at least she had always believed herself to be twenty-nine.Maybe it's time for a change in her life, she thought.So, one day after Christmas, she suddenly made a decision that surprised everyone—she decided to travel alone.

Of course she wished to go with Tom, but Tom was too busy to get away.So she set off on the journey alone.

She spent three months traveling to many countries in Europe and ended up staying in Ireland for two weeks.Ireland has the best Quidditch team in the world, and she has seen many games there and even got autographs from all the players on her favorite team.

Finally, she returned to England and told Tom about her desire to form a Quidditch team.

With Tom's financial assistance, she finally succeeded in building an amateur team.They stood out in many competitions and finally became a famous team.

She suddenly remembered that on the day she married Tom, she had been sure that she would be happy.

It now appears that her hunch was completely correct.Although she always vaguely felt that she had forgotten something important, or that there was something that made her vaguely uneasy all the time, but those were completely negligible.

It was like what Uncle Tim had said to her once—like so many things in this world, life couldn't be truly perfect.

In many cases, life is not a fairy tale. It may have ups and downs, but it often does not have a truly perfect ending.But it is precisely because of this that people have something to pursue and know how to cherish the happiness in front of them, isn't it?