[HP] How to properly feed the savior

"Tom, you—" Harry wanted to say something, but Riddle froze him with a wave of his wand, and he couldn't even speak.

"Good evening, Tom." Dumbledore greeted calmly. "Are you the only one here? Where are your men?"

"You mean the people Malfoy brought into the castle?" Riddle looked happy, playing with Dumbledore's wand. "They've all been caught and are now locked up in the abandoned History of Magic classroom."

"I noticed a Dark Mark above the castle." Dumbledore looked up at the green skull, "Is anyone dead?"

"I put the Dark Mark. If you are worried about the students in the castle, you will definitely check the places with the Dark Mark first, so that you will come to me." Riddle said calmly, pointing at the place with the wand he had just confiscated. looking at Harry. "One will die tonight, and only one."

"You won't do such a thing, Tom." Dumbledore's tone was a little weak, and the hand that was holding the front of his chest trembled. "You cherish the friendship you have gained with this body, and their affection for you is as precious as Hogwarts is for you."

"You always think you know me, but how much do you really know about me?" Riddle took a few steps towards Harry, tilted his head curiously, and directed the invisibility cloak in Harry's hand to float up with his wand. , fell into his own hands.

"I know that you helped Malfoy complete his plan and lured the Death Eaters to the castle." Dumbledore's tone was mild, without the slightest hint of reproach, "I also know that if you intend to make them do evil, it's a good idea. There's no one in this castle who can stop you. You're not really a bad guy, Tom."

"Then do you know that the Horcrux you brought back is a fake? I guess... it's Hufflepuff's golden cup?" The invisibility cloak flowed over Riddle's hand like running water, and the moment it was about to fall, Riddle was caught again. Just in time to hook with the wand.

"Is that a trap?" There was a trace of bitterness in Dumbledore's smile. "You use Horcruxes as bait, and traps to weaken my strength. What do you want in the end? Tom, I have come here as you wished. One step, are you going to kill me?"

"I thought you would be smarter. After the failure of Gaunt's old house, you would realize that your idea of ​​finding the Horcrux was not correct." Riddle looked at Dumbledore calmly, as if he was just discussing a family with the principal. Mistakes in homework.

Dumbledore closed his eyes, then opened them slowly, "I know he will set traps and place fakes, but his Horcrux must still be hidden somewhere. Gaunt's old house is too easy to think of, I should Realized that it was his blindfold, but... I thought I had guessed a secret location this time."

"That cave is hard to imagine, you have investigated a lot about my past." Riddle nodded, "But you shouldn't let Harry tell me all this, you are not afraid that I will tell the main soul, let him be on guard in advance Is it?"

"You didn't tell him that, did you?" Dumbledore asked rhetorically.

Riddle looked at the principal deeply, "Yeah, I didn't."

"You're right, I still don't know you well enough." Dumbledore sighed, "He already dropped the real Horcrux, didn't he? Where did he put the real Horcrux...Let me Guess, it's Hogwarts. He used you to send the Horcrux into the castle, and my eyes are always on the outside of the castle, but I ignore my own eyes."

"You are still as wise as ever." Riddle nodded, "He needs me to gain your trust, you think I have my own purpose, the main soul and I have the same personality, we both like to be alone , Don’t let all your secrets be known by others, we are not used to cooperating with others, even our own soul. In this way, you will ignore my role. You are too familiar with me, but it will cause a blind spot in thinking. It’s a pity , you have finally guessed the answer now, but you won't live long."

Dumbledore leaned weakly against the fence behind him, "You won, Tom, and all your calculations succeeded. I went to the trap you prepared, and drank some that would weaken me in order to get the fake." Potion, in the end I was lured to the tower by your Dark Mark, and I was disarmed by you without the ability to resist. You have already won a big victory, why didn't you kill me?"

"Yeah, I've already won." Riddle raised his wand and pointed at Dumbledore, "I can kill you at any time. And I set up a barrier on the tower, unless it is someone who bears the Dark Mark, Otherwise, no one can bother us. Since this is the case, there is no need to rush to kill you. Before that, I still have some questions to ask you."

"I didn't expect that you would ask me for help one day." Dumbledore slipped and his body sank slightly, but Riddle didn't seem to notice.

"Don't show your power there, old man." Riddle's voice turned sharply, "This invisibility cloak originally belonged to Harry's father, right? When the Potter family was hunted down by the master soul, why didn't they Use an invisibility cloak to hide?"

"I don't think the invisibility cloak can help them escape from your pursuit." Dumbledore took a few breaths before continuing, "I understand what you are going to ask, yes, I borrowed this invisibility cloak, it has been Keep it with me until I pass it on to Harry."

Harry looked from Dumbledore to Riddle with difficulty.

"So, you already know that this is the third sacred artifact?" Riddle frowned slightly, "And you also know the function of this wand?"

"Tom, how do you know..." Dumbledore didn't catch his breath, and a strange color appeared on his face. "When did you know?"

"If you asked about the wand, it was just now." Riddle swung his wand into a sword, "I didn't expect the Elder Wand to be in your hand, what a surprise. Harry's invisibility cloak has been guessed for a long time, but he didn't go." It has been verified, besides, the Invisibility Cloak is also the least important of the three holy artifacts."

"You still don't understand that some things in the world are more terrible than death, just like you don't understand the truth behind the story of the three brothers." Dumbledore shook his head, "The Elder Wand and the Resurrection Stone seem powerful, but People cannot really escape from the hands of death."

"Then have all three?" Riddle shook the invisibility cloak, revealing the left hand covered under it, the ancestral ring of the Gaunt family has been released from deformation, revealing its true face. "I became the master of death, didn't I?"

"You've been wearing this ring all the time!" Dumbledore finally couldn't keep his composure, and the withered black hand wearing the fake ring tightly grasped the hem of his clothes. "I should have thought about it a long time ago. If you know the true function of this ring, you can't continue to let it wander outside."

"Professor, you're the one who really doesn't understand the Three Hallows. You've held the Cloak and the Elder Wand for so long that you haven't discovered the connection between them. You haven't tried using the Elder Wand to transfigure the Cloak. Surely you don't, otherwise the Invisibility Cloak wouldn't exist anymore. Any transfiguration you cast on the Invisibility Cloak with the Elder Wand is a permanent transformation. And you don't know the exact meaning of being the master of Death." Riddle revealed A sly smile. "Who made you lose the most important of the three holy relics, the resurrection stone? It's a pity, it's a pity, if you understood the true power of the three dead relics back then, maybe you could have saved the Potters Woolen cloth."

"Tom, I can't stop you anymore." Dumbledore said sadly, "Please forgive the conceit of an old man, I always think I still have a chance to put you on the right path, but whether I threaten you or treat you leniently, The final result is still the same. Tom, you will have to walk the road ahead by yourself. I can’t help you anymore. You have unrivaled power. You can bring devastating disasters to this world, and you can also become a The impeccable guardian power depends on your single thought. All the sins you committed in the past can be forgiven, as long as you can become a good person in the end."

"I'm not interested in being the good guy you say." Riddle smiled contemptuously, "Old man, your vision is too narrow to see how great what I'm after. It's so sad, you have a chance to be the god of death Master, there is only one step difference, when you saw the ring in Gaunt's old house, you probably couldn't control such an impulse, so you were hurt by the curse hidden inside."

"You are right, Tom. I was tempted by the Resurrection Stone, so I was negligent and put on the ring impatiently, without realizing the trap you laid inside." Dumbledore slid down a few more inch. "You are a master at playing with human nature, and you have a clear insight into human weaknesses. But, Tom, when will you see something other than the bad side of human nature? When will you discover that there is not only greed in human heart , there is betrayal, there is jealousy, there is hatred, there is also love, there is kindness, there is forgiveness, there is compassion... This world is not as dark as you think, you are already strong enough, why not accept this world with a broader mind Woolen cloth?"

"Do you know why I understand the darkness in the depths of my heart so well? Because I know that I am such a person, the embodiment of evil in your mouth." Riddle said in a cold voice, "Every time I look at you, you seem to be able to see through anyone. In my blue eyes, all I see in them is my ugly reflection. You forgive me because you know you have no other choice. It is you who can only see the darkness, Dumbledore, you see Looking at others, even looking at yourself, all you see is evil, you don’t know how to dig out the good and beautiful side of people, you are obsessed with punishing your own evil, so you regard other people as evil.”

Dumbledore's tired body slid under the corner of the wall.

"But I don't care." Riddle took a step closer, "The evil in your eyes and the redemption in your eyes are meaningless to me. The value of my existence does not need to be defined by you, whether it is destroying the world or protecting the world. Whether the world is good or bad, it doesn't depend on what you say is good or evil, it depends only on my will. You are nothing, except for an old man who is about to fall into the ground but refuses to let go. You think you can influence Me? You think I need your help? You think you are qualified to be my opponent, forcing me to make a choice because of you? You are wrong, very wrong."

"I used to chase after your back, cared about your evaluation, and took pride in winning your favor. I regard you as a role model in life, so I am obsessed with your approval. But you never gave me... or say , when I still needed it, you didn't even give me an encouraging look, and when I didn't care anymore, you were forced to admit me. It's too late, old man, what you are to me now, but It is a passerby who walked by me in my life. I can kill you now, I will not have any reluctance or guilt, you can't stop me, and the morality in your mouth can't stop me, there is nothing in this world A force can stop me from doing what I want to do. No one can stop my will."

Dumbledore slowly closed his eyes, "Do it."