Dark Lord, please let go

The orphanage is still gloomy, and weeds are growing in the square yard, and no one spends their thoughts on tidying up the garden.Surrounded by high railings, the low-rise building is very dilapidated.

This was the first time Draco had stepped into the orphanage's gate after two years at Hogwarts.

Tom led Draco up the steps and knocked on the door.After a while, the door opened, and the person who opened the door was a little boy wearing a worn-out T-shirt. He was only four or five years old, looked malnourished, and was very short.

The boy stared at the two gorgeously dressed teenagers who suddenly appeared outside the orphanage, and for a moment didn't know how to react.It wasn't until Tom gently pushed him away from the front that he reacted and greeted the two of them obediently.

"Hi, hello, who are you looking for?"

Tom raised his eyebrows. The boy in front of him was very strange. He could be sure that this boy entered the orphanage after he and Draco went to Hogwarts. Otherwise, he would never dare to say hello to him, and he should have been scared to hide long ago. .

"Is Mrs. Cole in the office?"

"Madam is in the office." The boy looked at Tom in confusion, and grabbed the corner of his clothes with his dirty hands, "Who are you? Why have I never seen you?"

"Okay kid, we have something to do with Mrs. Cole, let me go." Draco frowned annoyed.

Even after living in an orphanage for three years, he still can't adapt now.Always dirty, fat clothes, barely swallowable food, and countless charity sales, now Draco finds it incredible that he was able to stay in the orphanage for three years without ever thinking of asking others for help , it was nothing short of a miracle.

Frightened by Draco, the boy took a step back, staring at the two of them continuously, before finally running away.

"...Oh, what the hell!" Draco muttered, and the door slammed shut.

Tom glanced at Draco as usual, and then pulled him to Mrs. Cole's office.

The office was still a room of black and white tiles, with shallow water marks on the wall, very dilapidated, but Mrs. Cole cleaned it very clean.Mrs. Cole obviously didn't expect it to be Tom Riddle and Draco. She stood up from behind the desk and took two steps towards them.

"Oh, it's you." She stood in front of the two of them with a tired look, and stretched out her bony hand to pat Draco on the shoulder, but Draco quickly dodged it.However, Mrs. Cole was rarely angry. Draco was still the same as before, and he didn't like too much contact with others.

"During the first year of vacation, after your uncle came to the orphanage to help you with the formalities, I thought I would never see you again, Draco."

Mrs. Cole asked the two to sit on the stools in front of the desk, and poured hot tea for them before sitting back behind the desk.

"So what's the matter with you this time?" Mrs. Cole moved her eyes from Draco to Tom, "Tom?"

"Yes, ma'am." Tom smiled at Mrs. Cole, although he didn't want to do it, but the habit he kept at Hogwarts all the year round made him very gentlemanly, "Madam, in our school , there is an application form that needs your signature, which is an application form for temporarily leaving school on weekends."

Tom put the application for going to Hogsmeade on the desk. Mrs. Cole put on her glasses and carefully looked at the content on the paper. After she read it, she looked at Tom, "This Hogsmeade , Is it an activity organized by the school? I read it said that you can go there once on a weekend.”

"Yes ma'am, it's an activity organized by the school, and Draco will also participate."

Seeing Tom smiling at him, Draco nodded at Mrs. Cole, although he was very reluctant.

"In that case, of course, I will sign." Mrs. Cole found a pen in the drawer and signed the application.

Draco was relieved to see Mrs. Cole's actions, which meant he and Tom could leave the orphanage now, again.It's just that after Tom received the application form, he actually asked Draco to go out first, and he needed to confirm with Mrs. Cole.

"You asked me to go out and wait for you?" Draco raised his eyebrows and confirmed to Tom in a blunt tone.

"It's just a few minutes Draco, wait for me outside the office, I won't take too long." Tom smiled gently, as if he didn't see Draco's anger at all, and pushed him out of the room.

Draco looked at Tom uncertainly, not understanding what he wanted to confirm with Mrs. Cole, hell!This is just a broken orphanage!

"You only have a few minutes, Mr. Riddle, if you're going to take a long time, I'll go back to Malfoy Manor first."

After Draco left the office angrily, Tom looked at Mrs. Cole again, but at this moment he had already put away his smile, "Ma'am, there are some things I want to confirm with you."

Mrs. Cole did not answer immediately, her slightly tired eyes kept looking at Tom Riddle, as if she was confirming something.She sighed softly until Tom got impatient. "You have changed a lot, Tom. I have to admit that the school called Hogwarts is very good. They have educated you very well, and you can hardly see what you used to be."

At a certain moment when Mrs. Cole spoke, Tom narrowed his eyes dangerously, and he really wanted to cast a curse at the woman in front of him.Before Draco lived in the orphanage, Mrs. Cole's attitude accounted for a large part of the reason why he was considered a monster.

A ruthless emotion filled his whole body, Tom subconsciously held the wand in his pocket, but reason stopped his behavior in the next moment.He thought of Draco outside the door, and there was a voice in his heart telling him that he couldn't do this in front of Draco.

Tom took his hand out of his pocket, afraid that he couldn't help but do something that would alienate Draco.

"Mrs. Cole." Tom looked at her pretending to be calm, and asked slowly: "I want to know about my parents, I hope you can tell me something about my mother, I know you have seen her. "

Yes, although Tom has not pursued his life experience these days, he has never given up.He is the heir of the noble Slytherin, how could he give up looking for his parents.

But in fact, he did not find any useful information.

Tom went through all the old Hogwarts files, lists of prefects, and even the materials in the showroom. He didn't find any trace of his father, even in the restricted|restricted section of the library. Surname information.

For his father, Tom's efforts came to nothing.He had thought that his father was related to the Gaunts, or had some kind of blood relationship, but after Tom went to Knockturn Lane to see Mr. Borgin, he had to suspect that his mother was the Gaunts , the witch who sold the Slytherin locket was probably his mother.In fact, Tom is really unwilling to admit this. For his mother, Tom would rather she be a Muggle. Should be a wizard.

But now if he wants to find out his life experience, he can only find out from his mother.And the last person to see his mother was Mrs. Cole.Even if it wasn't for Hogsmeade's application, Tom would go back to the orphanage sometime to find out.

"Your mother—" Mrs. Cole froze for a moment, then sat behind the desk again as if remembering something.

"I found her at the gate of the orphanage before you were born. She looked very unhealthy, thin, pale, with deep dark circles under her eyes, as if she had exhausted all her strength. When I found her, she couldn't hold on anymore, we brought her in, and within an hour you were born."

Tom heard his mother mentioned for the first time. He felt short of breath, as if some secrets that had been hidden were about to be revealed. He stared into Mrs. Cole's eyes, "She, I mean my mother, she What did you say?"

Mrs. Cole raised her head, she seemed to be looking at Tom's face, "Of course I remember, and you are just as your mother expected—" Mrs. Cole paused, took a sip of water before continuing.

"After you were born, your mother was very weak. She held you in her arms and said to us: 'I hope he looks like his father.' Then your mother said your name, and you can name it as you like. Your father, Tom Riddle, had a middle name of Marvolo, after your maternal grandfather. Not long after that, your mother died. We named you, Tom Marvolo. Riddle, the name she still mentioned the moment before she died, seemed very important to her."

After chatting with Mrs. Cole, Tom actually didn't get any important information about his mother. He didn't even inquire about her mother's name, but it was not a waste of time. At least the name Marvolo belonged to his grandfather. If my guess is correct, then my grandfather's full name should be Marvolo Gunter.

Tom felt that he was about to grasp the truth of the matter. He would soon find out his own background. Maybe in the next vacation, he would be able to meet this man named Marvolo Gaunt, but before that...

The moment Tom learned that his mother was a wizard, he began to spit on his name. His father, Tom Riddle, was not a wizard. He was not on the student list at Hogwarts. Maybe he was not even a half-breed. Possibly even a lowly Muggle.

Tom wanted to get rid of this name, which he heard everywhere, or he could discuss it with Draco and give himself a new name, a name that would be respected in the future...

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ps: Tom always thought that his father was a wizard, but later he found out that his mother was a wizard, and then he very much despised the name that belonged to the Muggle father, Tom Riddle.

Double updates on New Year's Day, released together, and there is another chapter.