With a painful look on her face, she opened her mouth and let out a moan like a sigh.

As a mass of deep black gas like water mist penetrated into Fiona's wand, the soul fragments were twisted into a wisp of gauze-like smoke, slowly covering Riddle's body in memory, and then It disappears.

Calm was restored in the room.

Riddle watched Fiona leave, watched himself wake up from his memory, and his side was empty, without the phantom that followed him everywhere.A terrible guess emerged in his mind, which made him unbearably raise his hand to his forehead to cover his eyes.

How—how could this be?

The scene changed again, and the snow fell, passing through Riddle's body. He put down his hands and looked around, and immediately knew where it was.

On one side is the Hogwarts Castle standing in the distance with hazy light and shadow, and on the other side is the greenhouse just in front of it like a glowing crystal box in the snow.

After shaking his head, Riddle realized that no one appeared by his side this time.

Just after thinking this way, a transparent light shadow that was more illusory than a ghost suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and snowflakes also passed through her body, making her originally blurry face even more unreal.

Riddle looked down at her—because she was too small, but at the same level as his waist, she could barely make out her appearance in the chaotic snow, her shoulder-length hair seemed to shimmer with gold fragments, and her blue eyes, A half-smile expression.

He recognized it. This was Fiona's appearance before the magic riot.

"To be more precise, it was during the Magic Riot." She seemed to be able to hear what was going on in Riddle's mind. She tilted her head and said in a brisk tone, "We finally meet, Tom. I've been waiting for this day to come."

Riddle looked at her, and subconsciously wanted to turn the ring on his hand, but stopped when he remembered that this place was not realistic.

It is difficult to think calmly in the ups and downs of the mind, he tried to clear his mind, and said slowly: "You are Fiona's soul fragment."

"Yes," she said.

"It is also the person who has been talking to me in the name of the system."

"Yes."

"Are you—" Riddleton stopped, and she followed encouragingly, "I am—"

"I am—" Riddle followed her and changed the subject, his tone stagnant, "I am your—Horcrux."

"Very correct." Xu Ying applauded lightly without making any sound.

Riddle closed his eyes.

Another accident that couldn't be more coincidental.

When Fiona manipulated him to make Horcruxes, she overlooked one thing, he was not the one who killed Myrtle, the death of Myrtle was due to her layout and his implementation, it was the two of them Together they completed a vicious murder.

It's possible that Fiona knew this fact too, but she probably thought it didn't matter that she had no intention of making a Horcrux.And when he recited the spell, she probably subconsciously recited it in her heart.

Sacrificial souls, split souls, chanting spells, all the conditions required to make a Horcrux have been achieved.So, not only did he create a horcrux that he didn't know about under her control, but she also subconsciously used him as a container to make a horcrux for herself.

Thinking of this, a complicated smile flitted across the corner of Riddle's lips.

Fiona has always disapproved of the production of Horcruxes. When she knew that she had Horcruxes, she didn't know how she felt.

"So, Fiona and I didn't survive in the end, is it because our two Horcruxes are failures?" Riddle understood.

It is impossible for one sacrifice to fulfill two wishes, and one murder should not be able to produce two successful Horcruxes. Their Horcruxes have all become failures by accident.

Xu Ying affirmed lightly again, "Exactly."

Riddle pursed his lips, and asked a series of questions: "Why do I have the chance to be resurrected? Why is it the task of capturing Fiona? And, why did you become this so-called 'system'?"

"Because, this is the condition for me—or we, to negotiate." Contrary to the meanness and difficulty when he was a system, the phantom showing his true identity seemed to know everything.

She smiled and said: "Incomplete souls will be tortured endlessly, you are, and so are we. But our souls are less divided, and the punishment imposed on our souls is lighter, so we still have room to think , have the opportunity to ask questions, and naturally, we must also seek various ways to break free from the predicament. In the dialogue with a certain existence higher than us, we won the opportunity to escape from punishment, which is to complete the task you mentioned——As for Why this task, I think you should recognize the difficulty of completing it."

"Fiona is also reborn?" Riddle couldn't help asking.

"No," Xu Ying said deliberately in a systematic tone, "Although the mission is over, asking this question will still affect my favorability with you, Mr. Riddle."

really.Riddle reacted.According to Fiona's personality, what she wants is definitely not resurrection, but complete death.

Xuying resumed his brisk and smiling tone, "Although she and I share the name Fiona, you'd better not see us as the same person. Whether it's the Fiona from before or the Fiona you know now , my personality and ideas are completely different from theirs.”

As she spoke, she started to walk towards the greenhouse, and Riddle followed behind her, listening to her continue as she walked: "What she wants is relief, but what I want, just like you, is Rebirth." She glanced back at him with a meaningful tone, "Compared to her, I may be a little more like you."

Is it because she has been following him all the time, and later penetrated into his soul, witnessed what he did, and was influenced by him?

Looking at the phantom in front of him, Riddle suddenly had a strange idea—how could he look like his and Fiona's child...

"Don't take advantage of me, Mr. Riddle," Xu Ying said without turning his head, "The three of us have a common mission to attack Fiona, but Fiona doesn't participate, she only accepts the result, and it succeeded. She can get complete relief, and if she fails, she will fall into a deeper catastrophe. If she didn't feel that I need to be responsible for me unintentionally, she might not accept this task at all. Therefore, the main responsibility for completing the task is the two of us One, if it succeeds, we can all be resurrected, if it fails, we will disappear together.”

Xu Ying and Riddle passed through the door of the greenhouse one after another and entered the bright room. Although they couldn't feel the temperature change, the environment full of vitality made Riddle feel a little relaxed.

"Just like what you have slowly figured out in the past 20 years, the reason why I created an opposing image against you is to help you complete your task," Xu Ying walked through various plants, "I want to be a target , transfer all the hostility you have towards Fiona because of the task to me, so that you won’t be unable to complete the task because you dislike her too much. At the same time, you must also guide you secretly so that you can find out the way to please her and save her life The correct way—I have to say, your comprehension ability once made me despair."

"So the so-called system doesn't exist?"

"It exists, but because I am the one who proposed the task, it is attached to the depths of my soul. It is just a simple tool without thinking. I will occasionally imitate some of its words to confuse you, and some of them are actually not mine. Understand what it means."

Passing through a row of Christmas roses climbing on the shelves, the phantom stopped, and Riddle finally understood why she came here.

Surrounded by countless red and white flowers, another Fiona with a solid body was lying on the ground and sleeping, and under her was the coat left by him.

She looked thinner and frailer than Fiona, who was sleeping in bed.

"Is she—the former Fiona?" Riddle asked softly.

"Yes."

"What will happen to her?"

"You have the answer in your heart, so you don't need to ask me again."

Riddle looked at Fiona in silence.

The task is completed, everyone will get what they want, he will be resurrected, and she will die.

Knowing that Fiona would be safe and sound now, Riddle still felt the pain of his heart constricting.

Why can't she choose to complete the task and survive?

He wanted to ask her, but he knew why.

Because the reborn him is no longer the Tom Riddle she wanted.

Riddle forced himself to turn his eyes away and look at Xuying, "What's the last point of favorability?"

"As I said, I share a name with her. The task is to capture Fiona, which naturally includes me," Xu Ying said casually, "This is the real difficulty of the task. You need to capture it. There's someone else you didn't know existed."

Startled for a moment, Riddle raised his eyebrows in surprise, and asked deliberately, "Why, are you in love with me?"

"This is your problem, not mine." Xu Ying said sternly.

Riddle couldn't help laughing heartily.

"My patience is about to run out. If you have any questions, it's best to ask them quickly. I won't wait." Xu Ying began to get impatient, and it was obvious that the system's personality was not entirely her disguise.

Riddle thought for a while, "Where is Fiona's soul fragment in this time and space?"

"In the gold cup."

Riddle remembered that when Fiona's soul entered the golden cup, he did feel an inexplicable

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