[HP] Spring Mountain is Sleeping

The sunlight coming in through the magic window reminded Tom that it was already day.

Tom Riddle extinguished the magic candle.Last night, he was completely surrounded by the sad, overwhelming fragrance of flowers, he gasped violently, and wept while leaning against the cold sarcophagus.Then he seemed to calm down a little.He forced himself to stand up, called the other person's name in the softest voice, and reached out to stroke Severus' face and long hair.He picked up those cold hands, stroked them, closed them in his own, warmed them with his body, and lowered his head to kiss them.He knew that his tears were dripping on them, and he wiped them off in a hurry, for fear of leaving a little trace of pollution on his smooth skin.

No, Severus, I can't get you dirty.I know you've been watching, and you're bound to be angry again.

He kept apologizing to the person lying there, babbling about his guilt and remorse, begging him to wake up, hoping that he would give him another chance to pamper him well, pamper him and Papa well. di.A child couldn't lose its mother at this age—although neither of them seemed to care much about the child.Every time he looked up, he was looking forward to a real transparent figure appearing in the window illuminated by the moonlight, even if the other party ignored him, it didn't matter, so they could at least communicate face to face.

But Severus' ghost never appeared, let alone returned to the body.

It had been a long time since dawn, and no one from Hogwarts came to bother him, they ignored him.Only the elusive Quentin Taylor makes another appearance at some point.

Tom finally remembered that he seemed to be the first to figure out what happened, but he had to wait for Quentin—generally regarded as the headmaster with the highest personal academic achievement in Hogwarts history—to get enough of Lily Psittaci Let's answer his question again.

The world-class herbal expert slowly bundled a large pile of psittatum lilies into bundles, and then sat down and briefly described what happened.

He also told Tom not to worry about the child.Severus had disclosed his becoming Miss Lelandy in his will, and now Harry had Paddy.With Severus' authorization, the boy's name was likely to be officially changed to Paddy Potter within the foreseeable future.Severus had no intention of giving the child another official name, and had even stated that he would not mind if the child entered Gryffindor House in the future, if the Sorting Hat felt that should be the case.

As for how Tom's current residence was discovered, he did not say.Tom guessed it was John Lange or Skinner, since he hadn't asked the address to be kept secret.

All of this is not important anymore.Tom knew his only task now was to try to get Severus' spirit back into his body within seven days.If he fails to do this, Hogwarts, which has always been maverick, will ignore the outside public opinion that does not know the truth, and will bury Severus next to Dumbledore according to the headmaster's courtesy, and erect a new one at the original position. The black tombstone—the old one would do, they just changed the "1998" to "2002" and magically protected it.

It is said that this was requested by Albus.The portrait that kept eating all kinds of sweets openly stated that otherwise Severus would not be able to find his way after going to the soul platform, and he didn't allow this to happen.

As for Tom Riddle, who has no meaning of existence, it is no surprise that he will be entangled in many, many magical traps.As long as the trap of last night is enough, no matter how small the protective magic-even the protective magic that can be used by Hogwarts third-year students, if it covers the entire lawn, then Lord Voldemort does not have enough magic power to go Crack, just as it was impossible for him to undo the magic of Hogwarts Castle.

He could still choose to leave now - of course, he would be caught by the Ministry of Magic very quickly.They would have killed him without hesitation, thrown him to rot in the Forbidden Forest.They absolutely must make sure he stays far away from his little snake, lest people who come to pay their respects in the future accidentally present flowers in the wrong place.

All of this is very, definitely, 100% certain to be true.

Of course, Tom didn't really have the idea of ​​running away.After listening to Quentin's words, he turned away silently, and continued to stare blankly at the man inside the sarcophagus. He put his hand in again, but didn't know what else to say to Severus.

The portraits on the wall obviously don't think it helps that he looks like this.

"Tom, you don't have to cry here, I bet Severus heard all you said last night. Lord Voldemort talking to him like that, he can't stand it, he's probably hiding somewhere right now twitching and throwing up. "

Hearing these harsh words suddenly, Tom almost wanted to grab his wand and cast a spell on Quentin. How dare the old fellow say such a thing?Never in his life had he shed as many tears as last night, never had he held someone's hand and confided like that, never pleaded like that, he almost climbed into the sarcophagus to hug Severus!He was afraid of ruining his body, his face, and even any petals around him!Who has he been so careful about, and loved so much like a treasure?But whatever Quentin said, what could he do with a portrait?

"I suggest that you can leave here temporarily. They allow you to live in the original room at the end of the cellar, and you can still summon house elves these days." Quentin made a proposal that sounded reasonable, and he seemed to be willing to help Tom, Maybe he was just contacting Tom on behalf of Hogwarts, "You need to rest, replenish your strength, and think about what you should do. Maybe you can go to that round spring, that place is really good, he always hides , but perhaps he would like to see you?"