[HP] The Dark Duke's Candy

The idea of ​​breaking up is definitely not formed overnight.

Perhaps from the fact that Candice and Riddle did not exchange gifts on Christmas and birthday this year, it was destined that they would end completely after the resumption of school.

After the meeting that day, Candice began to confront the gossip at Hogwarts head-on.

No matter who whispered it or brought it up to her, she would say it directly: "Yes, we did break up."

They really broke up?

Why does she look so calm, not sad at all?

Slytherin students were especially puzzled by this.

They know better than anyone the real reason why Riddle and Candice Bell are together, but how come in the end, she doesn't seem to be affected at all?

On the contrary, Riddle has always acted like no one is allowed to enter recently.

"I advise you to stop collecting money, Francis." Abraxas reminded Lestrange indifferently, "If Tom sees that you are still collecting money for that matter, do you know how he will deal with you? ?”

Lestrange coughed lightly and said, "But this is an agreed upon bet. Of course I will get the money back if they lose, but you are right..." He looked at the balance in the account book in embarrassment. Jin Jialong, who was not far behind, finally closed his notebook and said, "That's all, count them lucky."

Abraxas snorted lightly, the corner of his mouth raised slightly and he turned away.

Lestrange observed him for a while, and couldn't help but said, "Why do I feel that they broke up—or maybe Tom was dumped, you seem very happy?"

"Happy??? How come?! Don't talk nonsense!" Abu immediately frowned, "You don't know the truth that misfortune comes from your mouth, right?"

Lestrange looked around and said, "There's no one else here."

They're behind a big tree on the Quidditch practice ground at the moment, Gryffindor is occupying the training ground, they're about to usher in the game month of February, and it looks like Conus Wood still wants to be in Quidditch Defeating Slytherin in the game-after all, the gap between them in the House Cup is too large, and Gryffindor can only make up for it here.

"You can't talk nonsense without anyone else!"

Abraxas glared at Lestrange and left angrily.

Lestrange shrugged and looked back at the Gryffindor stands. Anita Garcia and his friends were sitting there watching Gryffindor training. In fact, he kind of wanted to say hello, but he thought of Riddle and Bell broke up. He may be the only person in Slytherin who has contact with the Gryffindor girl. Is it very isolated?

Forget it.

Let's talk about it later.

Lestrange put away the Galleon, and quickly followed Malfoy who was leaving.

Time passed like running water.

No one dared to bring up his never-ending relationship with Candice in front of Riddle, and he couldn't tell anyone else that he never felt they had broken up.

It was the first time that Tom Riddle felt a little at a loss as he grew up.

Flipping through the books on Horcrux spells that he managed to get in his hand, he didn't even bother to study them.

He closed the book, put it away with a secrecy spell, and scanned the other people in the library, but he didn't see the light figure with blond hair in half.

Candice doesn't come to the library now.

Probably because I was worried about "encountering" him.

Riddle's black eyes narrowed slightly, and he ignored the girls who wanted to be in charge after they learned that he had broken up, and quickly left the library with his books.

Candice had a Potions class today, Professor Slughorn stood beside her and watched her make the potion, he praised without hesitation: "Well done, Miss Bell, five points from Gryffindor .”

As the dean of Slytherin, it is considered selfless to be able to add points to Gryffindor in this way.

Although she felt that Slughorn did this only to win over students with good family background and good studies, Candice smiled at him very gratefully.

After Slughorn left, Fremont snorted softly and said, "He's been standing by our side since class. I thought he was picking mistakes and waiting to deduct points from us."

Candice gave him a puzzled look: "Why do you think he wants to deduct points for us?"

Freemont said as it should: "You dumped his favorite student, didn't you? This shouldn't be considered a face for him, right? Wouldn't he find a place for Riddle?"

Candice managed to get her feelings in order, and when Fremont mentioned it, she began to worry again.

She frowned and said, "I've said it many times, we broke up peacefully, and no one dumped the other."

After finishing speaking, she handed the filled measuring bottle to Slughorn, and hurriedly left the classroom.

Seeing her go, Fremont immediately chased after her. He thought he would lose her, but when he went out, he found that she hadn't gone far, and was standing at the door.

"Are you waiting for me?" Fremont said a little pleasantly, and then immediately closed his mouth.

Candice stood there with fists in both hands, staring closely at the young man waiting outside the classroom door. The other party was wearing a Slytherin school robe, looking at them with idle and meaningless eyes.

"What do you want to do?" Fremont stood in front of Candice manly, and said loudly, "Do you want to get entangled?"

At this time, other students also came out of the classroom one after another, so everyone saw this scene.

Although there are rumors in the school that Candice dumped Riddle, everyone has always been skeptical.After all, although Candice is excellent, Riddle is even better than her.

Riddle is the only student who has obtained full marks in all subjects for five consecutive years since the establishment of Hogwarts.

Not only that, but with his appearance, it should be very difficult for a girl to really resist, right?

And as to why they broke up, everyone was very curious, but they couldn't think of a reason.

"If I have time, I hope to talk to you."

Riddle didn't pay attention to Freemont at all, he crossed Freemont's figure below him, looked at Candice indifferently, and didn't look like he was entangled at all.

Candice glanced at the other people watching behind her. Although she wanted to break up with him, she never thought of putting him in such a situation. She knew better than anyone how much he valued his reputation. How important is it, so...

She finally nodded, walked around Fremont and left with him.

The two walked away one after the other, neither holding hands nor looking at each other, it was really possible to avoid suspicion.

Freemont stood there dumbfounded, instinctively wanting to step forward to stop him, but was stopped by Anita and the others.

"Okay Fremont, Candice can't refuse in this situation, so don't go up and make trouble." Anita said helplessly.

Louise echoed: "Let's go back to the auditorium first, she will take care of it herself."

Freemont wanted to say something else, but Euphemia poked him and said, "You will only cause trouble to her if you go up now, so listen to us."

These words seemed to have moved him, Fremont pursed his lips for a long time, and finally followed them discouragedly.

Candice didn't think about talking to Riddle again.

She thought they were done talking in the Room of Requirement.

Walking in the castle, Candice lowered her voice and said, "Tell me if you have anything to do. I'm going back to the auditorium. I'm very hungry."

Riddle paused a little and stopped at the corner of the corridor.

He looked at her lightly, watching her figure rejecting him thousands of miles away, raised the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Now you don't even want to talk to me anymore?"

Candice was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect that Riddle, who always thought highly of herself, would say such a tone, and she didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Riddle walked slowly to her side.

He stared at her softly, and said softly, "I don't want to break up with you." He changed into a hoarse, almost choking tone, and there seemed to be water shining in his black eyes, "I've thought about it for a long time, Candice , I was wrong, I shouldn’t have concealed it from you, and I shouldn’t have tried to deceive you at the last moment. I should be honest with you——I was indeed studying black magic.”

Candice opened her eyes wide in horror. She quickly looked around, dragged him to a place where no one was around, and said very speechlessly: "Are you crazy? Saying those things in that kind of place!? Are you not afraid of being caught?" Did anyone hear?"

Seeing that she was nervous and worried about him, he seemed to be in a better mood. He slightly moved the corner of his mouth and said, "You still worry about me, I'm very happy."

Candice couldn't help but said, "I'm worried even if I'm an ordinary friend, it's nothing."

Riddle lowered his voice: "Do you really treat me as an ordinary friend?"

Candice frowned, clenched her fists and was speechless for a while.

Riddle stepped forward, approached her and said, "Don't be angry." He took out a gift box from his pocket, "This is your birthday present. The reason I didn't send it to you is not because I forgot, how could I forget? We have the same birthday, don't we?"

He forced the gift box into Candice's hands, and Candice thought it was a hot potato and wanted to throw it away.

"I just want to give it to you with my own hands. I prepared this gift a long time ago." Riddle's voice was calm and calm. He held her hands and helped her open the gift box. Candice looked down, Inside is a two-way mirror.

"...Although the contact on the notebook is very convenient, you can't see my face. I think that's why you feel that we are alienated." He said hoarsely, "So I bought this for you."

Candice subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Riddle quickly said, "Don't refuse, it cost me a lot of money, and you know I don't have much money. If you don't want it, I can only destroy it. "

Candice said with difficulty: "You can give it to someone else."

"There will never be another girl in this world worthy of what I do for her."

When Riddle said this, the firmness and coldness that Candice couldn't ignore were in his tone. These two very contradictory emotions made her have to look at him to distinguish why he was like this.

Then Candice saw her figure reflected in Riddle's deep black eyes.

He put the two-way mirror into the pocket of her school robe, and then smoothed the hair on the side of her ear for her.

Candice felt a little dazed when his hands felt warm for the first time when they touched hers.

"It's my fault this time, but you should at least give me a chance to explain." His voice was soft and low, like a melody, "Dark magic...it's not taboo in Slytherin. There There's no one who isn't passionate about it, and what I'm doing right now is just for self-preservation."

He gave an explanation that Candice couldn't refute.

"You know my origin better than anyone else. I don't have any relatives or family to rely on. In Slytherin, I can only protect myself-if I break my promise because of this, do you think it is worthy of forgiveness?"

Candice didn't expect him to say that.

She was a little stunned.

She didn't speak for a long time, Riddle lowered his head, kissed her on the forehead and said, "I'll give you time to think about it."

These were the last words he said to her.

After saying this, he turned and walked away.

He walked very decisively, and his timing was very accurate. If he stayed any longer, Candice might rush to give a negative answer.

Looking up at the back of him leaving in a hurry, Candice couldn't help but get red eyes when thinking of his watery eyes.

In fact, she wasn't uncomfortable at all.

She just faces other people with an invulnerable state.

Deep down in her heart, she is conflicted.

She misses him too.

Especially after he realizes everything she minds and gives her explanations that are hard to refute.

Candice returns to her life distraught.

Riddle said he would give her time to think about it, but he really would give her enough time and space.

He was no longer in front of her, and she could hardly run into him at Hogwarts, except when going to dinner in the Great Hall.

He looked thinner and thinner, and the large school robe was empty on him, and his face was not very good-looking, always so pale, although that did not affect his handsomeness at all, and even added to him. Kind of morbidly beautiful, but...

What's up with him?

Are you having a bad day?

Not feeling well?

Being ostracized in Slytherin?

But who dares to exclude him?He looked so intimidating.

wrong.

He said that he studied black magic to protect himself... Maybe he stopped his research because of her, and he didn't even use black magic anymore, so he was excluded from the academy?

Candice was a little nervous for a moment, she looked up and looked across the long table, and Riddle's seat was already empty.

The group of people who usually followed him sat there chatting well, and only his seat was vacant at the huge long table.

Why didn't they follow him?Could it be that she really guessed it?

In a place where strength is valued, if he starts to hide his edge, will he be bullied?

Candice was so flustered that she stood up almost immediately, attracting suspicious gazes from a group of people.

"What's wrong with you?" Louise asked puzzled.

Candice regained consciousness in an instant, she sat back with an ugly face, and suddenly felt that she was very bad.

"I'm fine." She said shortly, covering her face with her hands.

She seems to have been ignoring one point—Slytherin is no more than Gryffindor, and only Riddle, who is there, knows what the environment in that college is like.She is an outsider, she doesn't know what kind of place he lives in, so she gets carried away asking him to keep the same principles as herself, she seems to think everything is too simple.

In fact, the truth is not what Candice thought.

She was too kind and upright, and as long as Riddle was willing to think hard about her way of thinking, she could grasp it clearly.

Just like that.

He hadn't been ostracized in Slytherin at all, who would dare to ostracize him now?

It's just that he didn't let others follow him.

Firstly, he has very important things to do, and secondly, he needs to create an appearance for her that he is at a disadvantage.

Candice fell into his trap so easily, and even blamed herself for feeling that she had made a mistake.

The accident happened when the final exam was approaching.

Something happened at Hogwarts.

In a girls' bathroom on the second floor of the castle, the body of a Ravenclaw girl was found.On the wall next to the corpse, someone wrote in blood—Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets has been opened, those who are enemies of the heir, be vigilant.

Candice should be considered as one of the members who discovered the first scene.

She was with Louise at the time, and the two went to the bathroom together. The others didn't have this need, so they left first.

When they arrived, there were girls screaming in the bathroom. They were startled. Louise subconsciously wanted to escape, and Candice bravely rushed in.

Then she saw the bloody scene.

The corpse lying on the ground, and the screaming horror of the girls who found the corpse.

She stared at the line of blood on the wall, and when she saw the two phrases "Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets" and "Heir", the handsome face she was very familiar with unconsciously appeared in her mind.

Professor Dumbledore was the first to arrive at the scene. He stood in front of Candice, looking at the row of blood characters with complicated eyes.

The other professors and Headmaster Dippet came here next. Professor Slughorn, as the head of Slytherin, looked at the line of blood with a distorted expression.

For a time, terrifying news spread throughout Hogwarts.

Everyone knows that Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets has been opened and monsters have been released. All wizards with impure blood must be careful. The dead Ravenclaw girl was from a non-wizard family. She is a living example.

Monsters will not stop, and those students with "impure" bloodlines are likely to follow in her footsteps.

Louise was terrified.

Although she wasn't even a dick, she was a half-breed and was picked up right away.

"What to do?" said Anita, sprawled on the bed in the dormitory. "Everyone at school is scared now—except the Slytherins, who look happy."

Euphemia said: "Of course Slytherin's monsters won't hurt Slytherin, they are naturally very happy."

Anita glanced at Candice, saw Candice sitting there with a pale face, and asked, "Are you afraid of Candice too? You are pure blood, so you shouldn't have to worry about getting hurt."

Candice slowly came back to her senses, and after a while she said embarrassingly, "...Maybe."

Maybe because of her blood, she doesn't have to worry about getting hurt, but what about others?

Also, the heir of Slytherin...

Thinking of this, Candice had a splitting headache.

She knows a secret that no one else knows.

A secret that Riddle had told her not to tell anyone, and she never told anyone else.

Tom Riddle, he's a Parseltongue.

Since ancient times, Parseltongue has been a unique gift only for the descendants of Salazar Slytherin.

If there really is a so-called heir of Slytherin, then this person is most likely Riddle.

A wave of despair eroded Candice's heart, and all the images since she knew Riddle kept churning in her mind, his stubbornness, his tenderness, and even his coldness.

Everything about him really exists in her mind, he is such a vivid young man, he will be angry, proud, conceited and make mistakes--in that way, he can really open the secret room, Is there such a thing as releasing monsters to kill people?

Candice fell into a great panic.

Not just her, but Hogwarts as a whole.

A joint letter from the parents of the students was sent to the Ministry of Magic, and Principal Dippet welcomed the review by the Ministry of Magic. It was rumored that Hogwarts might be temporarily closed because of this incident, and the final exam might also be cancelled.

Students are not at all happy that exams have been cancelled.

Candice found Riddle in the corner of the library on the cusp of this.

This was the first time she came to him on her own initiative after such a long time.

Riddle leaned there, holding a book in his hand and reading casually.

He spotted her the first time she appeared.

He slowly closed the book in his hand, and showed a charming smile in her direction.

He has lost a lot of weight, his face is much paler than before, his cheeks are thinner than before, his black eyes seem to be darker than before, and the breath of his whole body is becoming more and more unpredictable at this moment.

"I thought you'd come to me sooner."

He put the book on the table, it was just an ordinary study of spells, Candice glanced at it quickly, and then her eyes fell on his face.

She walked towards him step by step, stepping into the abyss like a bright rose.

In fact, she should have come to see him long ago.

Should have come as soon as the accident happened.

But she never did that.

why?

Because I don't know how to face it.

Candice knew more than everyone else, but even at this moment, she didn't reveal anything.

Why is this?

For that stupid, damned trust, or that horribly conflicted feeling?

Candice is also much more haggard than before.Her face was pale, her eyes were expressionless, she walked to him step by step numbly, stared into his eyes for a long time, and then said hoarsely: "Did you do it?"

Riddle smiled, she couldn't see the exact expression on his face as the sun was shining against his face.

"This question came a bit late. I thought you would ask me earlier, after all, you know my talent better than anyone else."

Riddle spoke too lightly.

Those simple, calm, and without guilt words made Candice deeply confused.

She looked at him, and asked again with difficulty: "So——did you do that?"

Riddle spread a smile on his face, the smile was so bright that it almost pierced Candice's eyes.

She couldn't help narrowing her eyes, and Riddle stared at her and said softly, "If I say no, will you believe it?"

--Won't.

How can you believe it?

Who else but him?

Who else could be called the heir of Slytherin but him?

Candice clenched her fists tightly, she leaned on the table behind her in embarrassment, she lowered her head, her long blond hair covered her beautiful but haggard face.

Riddle took a step forward slowly. He bent down slightly and smoothed the wrinkles on her face: "Even if I say no, you won't believe it. In your heart, I am the one who can kill others at will. "

She did think that way, but before he said such a thing, Candice still wanted to deny it.

The Riddle in her heart, the person she loved, how could he be that kind of person.

In fact, she still wants to believe him.Although she had wavered, deep down in her heart she was still willing to believe in him.Otherwise, she would have told the secret she knew in the first place.

"You are not the only one who knows my talent." Riddle's voice suddenly fell into ice, "and Dumbledore."

Candice looked at him in surprise, Riddle stood up straight and said: "As early as the day he became my guide, I told him. I can make animals obey my orders without training. I believe he will definitely I already remembered that sentence."

Candice suddenly became nervous. She grabbed the sleeve of his school robe and asked, "Did you do that thing? You answer me directly, don't use rhetorical questions."

Riddle glanced at her hand clutching his sleeve, as if pinching the last straw.

What answer could he give?

His answer must be: "Not me." He looked extremely serious, "I am also looking for this person. I am an orphan, and Hogwarts is closed. Homeless wretch." His final tone was ironically cruel.

Candice's blue eyes were full of red blood, and she asked hoarsely in a low voice: "...then do you have any clues?"

Riddle shook his head lightly: "No. I didn't find any clues. No one in Slytherin talked about it. They were just waiting to see the jokes of other houses."

The second half of his sentence was the truth. No one in Slytherin talked about it, because the core people among them knew who the heir of Slytherin was.It's also true that they're all watching the joke.

Dejected, Candice sat down in a chair, looking very depressed, out of spirits and spirits.

Riddle stared at her for a long time, then said softly: "You don't have to be afraid, you are pure blood, even if there is another accident, it will not happen to you."

Candice forced a smile, and said after a while: "If possible, I hope it happens to me. Then I might be able to find some clues."

She lowered her head, stared at her fingers, and murmured: "If I can really find out the truth of the matter...Hogwarts will not be closed, and the so-called secret rooms can be closed...There will be no such thing in the school. If there is another accident, you will..." Don't be misunderstood by Professor Dumbledore.

She would associate these things with Riddle, Professor Dumbledore couldn't possibly not.

The only possible reason why he hasn't taken any action so far is that he doesn't have any evidence.

This can also prove in disguise that Riddle is indeed probably innocent, can't he?

Candice didn't know if she was deluding herself, but the above logic did make sense.

Riddle's hand fell slowly on the top of her hair.

He stroked her head lightly, and Candice felt the hairs all over her body stand on end.

But she didn't run away.

"This matter will be properly resolved." He reassured her in a low voice, "The principal and professors will find out the truth, and you don't need to worry about it as a student."

He seemed to have thought of something, smiled meaningfully and said, "And I think that day will not be very far away."

Candice thought at the time that he was comforting her.

But his words were quickly verified.

Hagrid was expelled from school.

For the third time, he was caught keeping dangerous prohibited animals in the school-the Ministry of Magic believes that the culprit responsible for the death of the students is the monster in the Chamber of Secrets.

An extremely dangerous, ferocious, and human-eating acromantula.