struggle

Shortly after Tom returned to England, he expressed his invitation to Dumbledore to meet him, and Dumbledore responded quickly to his invitation, expressing his willingness to meet him.After a brief sense of surprise, Tom immediately realized that Lorian must have conveyed something to Dumbledore through the Weasleys' house. Therefore, he also had new thoughts on the current situation.

After a few years apart, they met again upstairs in the Three Broomsticks.The same people sat on both sides of the table, but Dumbledore's face was obviously a little old. It was obvious that he was also physically and mentally exhausted from fighting with the main soul and Tom in the past few years.Looking at Tom's calmer face compared to a few years ago, Dumbledore sighed softly: "Tom, the struggle in the wizarding world has dragged on for long enough, I hope you invite me here this time, and I can show you a little sincerity."

Facing Dumbledore's straightforwardness, Tom just smiled slightly: "Professor Dumbledore, sincerity needs to be shown by both parties. Negotiations must be made by both sides, and each side makes concessions. Otherwise, it is not a peace negotiation. Instead, I surrendered. I haven't completely rejected my idea yet, and you must be the same."

After hearing Tom's hint, Dumbledore stared at Tom sharply, while Tom smiled indifferently and let him look at him.Finally, Dumbledore nodded slightly: "Then you can talk about your thoughts first."

Tom crossed his fingers and put them on his lap, while the man leaned back on the chair more leisurely: "It's very simple, we join hands to remove the main soul and end this three-way war that has lasted for many years. Then, in Phoenix The Armistice Agreement was signed between the Society and the Death Eaters, both parties are not allowed to provoke disputes, and it is forbidden to use violent means to oppose different political views and ideas. As for the ruling power of the magic world, I actually prefer to return to the Ministry of Magic as a government department.”

"Tom, you and I both understand that most of the Ministry of Magic is now under your control." Dumbledore shook his head, "Under such circumstances, you agreed to cooperate with the Order of the Phoenix after destroying the main soul." Is it too hypocritical to cease the war and return all powers to the Ministry of Magic?"

"Then what is your consciousness? Let me return the power I am controlling now, and hand it over to your Order of the Phoenix?" Tom gave him a mocking look, "Professor Dumbledore, under such conditions, would you Agree?"

Dumbledore sat up straight and folded his hands into a tower shape: "But if there is to be peace in the wizarding world, non-pure-blood wizards must be given due respect and status, and we cannot allow blood-based class divisions like yours. .”

"Don't you think there is no class if you don't divide by blood?" Tom suddenly raised his head and looked into Dumbledore's eyes. "Even in the Muggle world, there are divisions of their own classes. The phenomenon is always there, and it is not eliminated by the fact that all are of the same blood. I think you will not fail to realize this."

"But the antagonism of bloodlines is too sharp, and the contradictions between them are too sharp. I can only hope to solve this problem first, and bring justice and peace to the magic world." Dumbledore took off his glasses and wiped them tiredly. , "As for the inevitable political struggle, I can only do my best to suppress its occurrence."

"Use Harry Potter?" Tom keenly pointed out Dumbledore's unfinished words, "You also understand that you cannot live forever, so your goal is to first suppress the nobles who advocate pure blood and have a long history House, pave the way for the peace you thought. At the same time let Harry Potter grow into a real savior, establish his prestige among non-pure blood wizards, and ensure that he can balance the struggle in the wizarding world in the future. But , Have you ever thought about whether the pure-blood family is really so easy to be destroyed, and whether Harry Potter can really balance the forces of all parties?"

"Then should I believe that your pure blood theory can solve these problems?" Hearing Tom hinting at Harry's immaturity, Dumbledore stared at him from above the half-moon-shaped glasses, "Harry's kindness And brave enough to make up for his lack of scheming, and if you can eliminate the threat of your pure blood theory, in a peaceful wizarding world, just political struggles will not cause too much blood and rain."

"In political struggles, kindness and bravery are far from enough to deal with those complicated situations. As for what you think, as long as there is no blood dispute, can the magic world really be peaceful forever?" Tom shook his head regretfully. Shaking his head, "You can't guarantee that there are no ambitious people among the non-pure blood wizards. If they want to start a war, they will always have an excuse. Moreover, non-pure blood wizards may consider the survival of the magic world during the war." On the contrary, there will be fewer and more likely to cause subversion in the magic world."

Tom paused, seeing that Dumbledore hadn't spoken, he smiled lightly, and continued: "And if pure-blood wizards can still hold some power, as long as the two sides don't use violence to confront each other, and don't deliberately provoke war, they can check and balance each other, so that The wizarding world remains in a state of peace."

"Then how do you guarantee the rights and status of non-pure-blood wizards?" Dumbledore grasped the most critical question in Tom's vision, "If there is no way to guarantee this, all your claims are deceit."

"This goes back to my original proposal to return all power to the Ministry of Magic." Tom knew that Dumbledore had been a little loose, so he smiled confidently, "Using the Ministry of Magic as a check and balance of power, after all, it has never rejected The recruitment of non-pure-blood wizards. Perhaps, pure-blood wizards have an initial advantage because of their long history in the magic world, but non-pure-blood wizards also have tenacious and vigorous vitality, so such an arrangement, for them, It’s not unfair.”

Dumbledore stared at Tom's confident smiling face and understood that this was his challenge in a different way.He obviously believes that he has enough ability to continue to maintain such an advantage, and even eventually attract non-pure blood wizards to serve and willingly submit to pure blood wizards, but perhaps, this is also an opportunity for non-pure blood wizards to let them Relying on his own ability to gain a foothold in the magic world.As for who wins and loses in the end, it really depends on their own abilities, and even the abilities of the leaders of the two factions, as Tom said.However, this would at least ensure peace in the magic world, and political struggles, as Tom said, could never be stopped, and could only be kept within the scope of non-violence as much as possible.

After a long time, Dumbledore finally nodded slightly: "I temporarily accept your suggestion of working together to deal with the main soul and signing an armistice agreement. I hope this time, I believe you correctly, Tom Marvolo Riddle. "He called out his full name, determined to give the young man in front of him a trust, believing that he would not be that crazy Voldemort of the main soul.

"Thank you for your trust, Professor Dumbledore." Tom understood Dumbledore's hint, and met his gaze without flinching, then suddenly showed a somewhat weird smile, "Actually, I vaguely John also heard Trelawney's new prophecy, and I don't know how Professor Dumbledore understood it. However, my suggestion is to call Ginny Weasley back to England."

"Ginny? Weasley?" Dumbledore glanced at Tom in surprise, obviously not expecting him to mention Ginny suddenly, "Tom, Ginny has already absorbed that soul piece, it is impossible to get it back. If you It is absolutely impossible to use her life as a condition for the Order of the Phoenix to cooperate with the Death Eaters." He knew that Tom must have heard the prophecy, but the only thing he could think of was the piece of soul that Ginny absorbed, May be seen as a threat by Tom.

Facing Dumbledore's wary eyes, Tom smiled and shook his head: "No, Professor Dumbledore, you have completely misunderstood. I mean, haven't you thought about this prophecy, part of which may refer to Jin Ni? As for the relevant method, if I say that it is in line with the 'power of love' you have always advocated, do you have more confidence in our cooperation?"

Dumbledore looked at Tom in shock for a while, but Tom continued with a smile: "Actually, Ginny and I will be more confident in dealing with the main soul together. After all, we all have soul pieces of the main soul in our bodies." , presumably in the final battle, there will be more advantages. Professor Dumbledore, I look forward to seeing Ginny again, and I will take my leave.” He nodded at Dumbledore, and immediately Apparated away .

After Tom left, Dumbledore was still thinking about the hints in his last words, thinking about Trelawney's prophecy, and he finally murmured to himself in disbelief: "Could it be,'Day and night That's what it means, and what he called 'the power of love' is really what he's implying?" He took off his glasses and rubbed his forehead, thinking, maybe he should go and talk to Arthur Have a good talk with Molly.

A few days later, Ginny in Romania received a letter from her family, saying vaguely that Dumbledore asked her to return to England immediately.However, from Arthur's somewhat messy handwriting, it shows that his mood seems to be a bit complicated.Ginny smiled bitterly and handed the letter to Lorian: "Tom actually dragged me into the muddy water."

Lorian glanced through the letter quickly, and immediately understood what Ginny meant: "Then what are you going to do?"

"What else can I do? Since Dumbledore clearly asked me to go back, it is obvious that Tom has deliberately revealed to him some information that I deliberately wanted to hide. I can only go back, otherwise I don't know what Tom will say, my family What will I think again? At least, I can't make my parents and elder brothers worry about me anymore." Ginny said helplessly.

"Perhaps, Riddle also knows that this is the only way to force you to face him. After all, with you here, he will never have hope." Lorian glanced at Ginny with some amusement, "No matter how much you love You, he will never escape his calculating nature, but Ginny, perhaps only him, can truly make you inescapable."

"It's just that Dumbledore just asked me to go back and deal with the main soul, didn't he?" Ginny suddenly showed a smile that was not a smile, "I will go back and work with the Order of the Phoenix to deal with the main soul." She deliberately emphasized The pronunciation of "Order of the Phoenix" exchanged a tacit smile with Lorian on the side.

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