HP Nocturne and Evening Bell

Chapter 39

"Tom?" Dumbledore, who was standing outside the door, finally couldn't bear it and rushed in forcefully. The continuous laughter from the thick wall was like the devil's grin in hell, which made a person like him who had experienced many vicissitudes still feel the infiltration. A chill to the marrow.

"Tom!" Dumbledore had to raise his voice again trying to wake up Tom who was in a state of frenzy. Tom turned his head with a pale face and blood red eyes.

Dumbledore was startled by Tom's blood-red eyes, and for a while, he couldn't guess what kind of memory gave Tom such a stimulus.

"Tom, it's almost time for lunch. Miss Granger can't stay here. I need an explanation from Professor Slughorn. Please calm down."

The high-pitched laughter stopped abruptly, and Tom closed his red eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes had returned to their usual black.

"I'm sorry, goodbye, professor." He didn't even bow his head politely and hurried out of the room.

Quickly walking through the empty corridor, Tom stood on the familiar porch again. He waved his wand and entered the room. Hermione's body was still lying on the bed as securely as when he left, her brown eyes were closed tightly, and her cheeks were slightly pale. flush.

"Hermione." Tom sat on the edge of the bed in pain. For the first time in his life, he understood where Hermione's large and small scars came from.He kissed Hermione's pink lips uncontrollably, even foolishly thinking of the Muggle fairy tales he had heard in the orphanage.With a self-deprecating smile, he suddenly stood up and raised his wand to Hermione: "Do you think that you can restrain my behavior? Are you threatening me with your own life? Hermione, do you know? I The most annoying thing is being threatened! I am going to kill all the people you protect and destroy all your proud beliefs. Are you satisfied? If you are not satisfied, raise your wand and kill me! Kill me, this monster !"

Hermione on the bed still had a faint smile on her mouth, the blush on her face looked so cute and cunning.

Slumping down, Tom buried his face in Hermione's still warm neck, hugging her body tightly.

Taking a deep breath of the warm breath on Hermione's body, Tom finally calmed down. He hugged Hermione's soft body and walked out of Hogwarts Castle.

Walking all the way like walking dead, Tom suddenly found sadly in the endless emptiness that whether it was the wizarding world or the Muggle world, there were still so few things that really belonged to him and Hermione.Hermione sacrificed a lot, and he never had much.

Clenching the keys to Gringotts, Tom was both sour and happy.Merlin had once given him the best gift in the world, and he had almost lost it all.After so many unnecessary explorations, he finally understood that for him, the whole world was only in his arms.

Apparating into that familiar street in London, Tom was almost struck again by everything in front of him. He could bear all the casualties and ruins around him, and those strange struggles and cries, but he couldn't bear the infinite burden in that building. Memories and beautiful houses crashed down and became nothing but scorched earth.The original appearance can no longer be seen here. The big tree in front of the study window on the second floor that he had gazed at countless times has disappeared, and the small house of the Watson family has also disappeared. Tom looked around and found that he was actually standing on the ground. On a high pile of rubble, those familiar people and things were ruthlessly crushed by the artillery fire and dissipated in the gray smoke.

"Sillet?" A black mass rubbed against Tom's ankle.Looking down almost in disbelief, Tom stared at the gleam in those blue and green eyes.During the years when he was immersed in black magic, he almost forgot the existence of Sillett. He was obsessed with the legend of Salazar Slytherin and his magic theories, studied in a large number of information books, and his fanatical passion made his There was no room for anything else, not even a dear friend, Sillette.

Celite's black hair is no longer smooth, and gray dust sticks to it.But its strange-colored eyes were still bright, and after seeing Hermione motionless in Tom's arms, Sillet let out a cry of pain.

"I'm sorry, Sillette. Has Hermione been here? Did you come with her? Did she forget you here? I think she's just too sad, she didn't mean to. So Hermione has already witnessed the destruction of the home she cared about and the Watsons, and at that time I was studying the location of the chamber of secrets and how to open it, Merlin!"

Sillet rubbed Tom's trouser leg reassuringly.

"Can you jump on my shoulders? We have to find a place for Hermione now. No, Sillett, Hermione's not dead, I won't let her die, absolutely not!"

Thinking of the countryside Hermione mentioned, Tom decided to move to the suburbs.This small town close to the outskirts of London has just experienced a bombing, and the streets are scattered with black shrapnel and large and small craters. Tom hugged Hermione's body carefully, and Tom tried to find a complete house.

"Tom Riddle?!" A surprised voice came from behind.

"You are?" Tom looked suspiciously at the dark-haired woman holding a tall brown-haired man in front of him.

"It's really you? I thought I was wrong. If Hermione hadn't sent me a portrait of you that time, I wouldn't have believed it. What are you holding in your arms? Merlin! Hermione! Oh, What happened to her? It's all my fault, in order to avoid my parents' tracking, I didn't even reply to her letter for half a year."

"You are Minerva McGonagall." Tom quickly understood everything in front of him. The black-haired and unsmiling Hogwarts female student chairperson was the only friend Hermione made, but the friend in front of him had already passed away due to personal reasons. He didn't contact Hermione for half a year, and left her in a lonely and painful state of mind until the tragedy happened.

"She is dead, or she is in the midst of life and death. She left here and went to a distant place. The sad thing is that I don't know when she will wake up." Tom looked at the witch in front of him maliciously. The guilt gradually appeared in the eyes.

Mag raised his head and said something to the brown-haired man beside him, and the brown-haired man left here and walked not far away.

"What happened? Who hurt her? Could it be Grinwald? But hasn't Professor Dumbledore already killed him?" McGonagall's expression suddenly became serious.

"It's a pity that I can't tell you, McGonagall, do you have a place to live? I can't carry Hermione like this forever."

"But you haven't told me what happened? Why is Hermione like this?"

"What? Are you afraid that your Muggle boyfriend will find out something? Meg, this is all you can do for your friends, not even a night's rest." Tom threw all his viciousness and pain at Meg go.

"Okay." Mag nodded, "This way, I secretly protected this house with magic, so it is now the only complete building in the town."

"Charlie, these are my friends. They have encountered some troubles and need to stay here for a while. As you can see, the bombing has just passed, and there are no intact buildings around, so..." McGonagall told Brown Send a man to explain.

"Minerva, you don't need to explain to me, they need help, I will help them, it's that simple." The brown-haired man responded with a faint smile to Mag's words.

Tom turned his head and stared in a little surprise. He somewhat understood why McGonagall fell in love with this Muggle man.

Gently putting Hermione on the bed in the guest room, Tom turned his head and explained to Celette who was lying at the end of the bed: "Protect her, I need to go out."

Sillet shook her fluffy tail a few times, her eyes sparkling with different pupils.

Without asking Tom too much why, McGonagall handed Tom some food, turned around and returned to his room with Charlie.Tom sighed heavily, clenched the key in his hand, hoping that Hermione's accumulated Galleons would be able to pay the rent of a house in the wizarding world.

Apparating to Gringotts, Tom noticed a strange look in the eyes of a goblin, and before he had time to think about it, the rumbling rail car had already taken him out of the hall.After taking out the few Gallon and Nat, Tom kept thinking about the strange behavior of the goblin.There was a sudden piercing scream into his head, and Tom finally understood the oddity as he heard the message from Sillett.

Hermione is in danger.

Flying out of the Great Hall of Gringotts, before he had time to think, Tom had Apparated back to the house where McGonagall and her boyfriend lived.A few black figures loomed in front of the window, and some screams and the sound of broken objects sounded one after another. Tom pulled out his wand and rushed to the guest room where Hermione was. A green light was about to penetrate Hermione's chest. At this moment, Silette Flames suddenly ignited all over its body, and its body grew several times in an instant. The eyes of the different pupils became fiery red. With a roar, green light penetrated the sound shape it blocked Hermione's chest, and from its mouth The flames rising from the sky also engulfed those black figures, and several painful wailings sounded, and the room was suddenly engulfed in flames.

Tom hugged Hermione's body, gently stroking Sillet's stiff body, he raised his wand, and shot green light mercilessly into the burning body until the last person was left crying out in pain Shouting, Tom lowered his wand slightly, bowed his head and sneered: "Who are you?"

"It was you who killed Grinwald, we are just avenging him! I know you killed him, Dumbledore was just your cover! I was there that day, how did the master want to cooperate with you and you are I can see clearly how to betray one's faith!"

"Breach of faith? Absurd, when did Greenwald's wishful thinking become a bargaining chip to blackmail me? Which dirty hand did you use to touch Hermione that day? It seems to me that there were two, right? It's a pity."

With a scream, the people on the ground had already lost their arms.

"What about the rest of the house? What have you done to them?"

"That man was injured, he's about to die, a Muggle, overreaching in front of the witch, hmph, Muggles are dirty and weak things."

"Crucio, Crucio, Crucio!" Casting a few spells without blinking, Tom turned away from the burning house, "Enjoy yourself, dying as a nameless person in a nameless Muggle world."

The moment he left the house, the fire engulfed the whole house. Tom stood in the hot wind, his soft hair was steamed by the heat, and his black eyes reflected the raging flames in front of him.

"Tom?" Dumbledore hastily Apparated, followed by McGonagall who was covered in scars.

"It's the remnants of Greenwald, professor. Hermione must stay at Hogwarts. The Muggle world is not safe, and now the wizarding world is not safe either. I can't let Hermione be threatened." Tom didn't give any more money. The house gave a look, and he lowered his head to stare at Hermione's cheek. Under the blazing firelight, her cheek was throbbing with a trace of anger.

"But should she...?"

"Please allow me to live in a separate room. I am already a prefect. According to school regulations, I can apply for a separate dormitory if necessary."

"You want to live with her?" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow.

"Professor, I won't let anyone find out, please allow me."

"Well, Tom, if you insist. Fortunately, McGonagall informed me in time, Tom, it was my carelessness, maybe Gellert has many more loyal servants than I thought, and we have to go to the Ministry of Magic after we go back Several times, some things need to be explained, it seems that the war is far from over, Tom, are you willing to participate in this battle?"

"I have to participate." Tom nodded, paused for a while, and turned to look at Mag, "Your boyfriend, how is he?"

McGonagall was a little surprised that Tom, who seemed very indifferent, would care about the life and death of a Muggle. She nodded weakly: "Fortunately, there is no danger to life."

"That's good." Tom nodded. "Professor, let's go."

A separate dormitory was quickly applied for. In addition to discussing with Dumbledore about dealing with the Grinwald remnants, Tom began to study the secrets of the Deathly Hallows. Every day before leaving this secret room that belonged only to him, he would bow his head and kiss Herr. The ring on Min's left ring finger, hoping that the resurrection stone on the ring can give him more hope.

Hogwarts was a little surprised by Hermione's sudden departure, especially Slughorn, who was used to Hermione doing a lot of heavy work for him, and he complained about Hermione's sudden departure more than once in class.

However, time will dilute everything. Gradually, Hermione's departure slowly disappeared from people's sight. People seem to have forgotten the taciturn brown-haired potions assistant teacher.Except for Malfoy, he never seemed to forget about it, and from time to time, Tom could feel him staring at him strangely.

It was the end of Charms class again, and Tom finally managed to capture Malfoy's complicated eyes. Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Abraxas went straight to the point: "Something happened to her, I don't believe she moved to the cold Siberia, where almost No wizarding activity."

"None of your business." Tom said blankly.

"Did you know that she and I went to Malfoy Manor that Hogsmeade Day?"

With a stagger, Abraxas was already in an empty corridor in a blink of an eye.

"She was with you? It turns out that what she refused to tell me that day was the fact, hehe." Tom sneered, "Malfoy, you have been missing a few Cruciatus for a long time."

"and many more!"

"Don't worry, I cast the Silencing Curse, and after that, all of them will be forgotten, and you won't remember anything, including the existence of Hermione."

"Don't you want to know what she found at Malfoy Manor? She collapsed for a long time after seeing a scroll, and I think that discovery is also very important to you. You can browse the collection of Malfoy Manor at will, there There are many unique and dark magic books! Malfoy’s cause will all support you, I know you want to run for the Ministry of Magic, we are willing to run activities for you, raise funds, and increase your popularity.” Abraxas was carried by Tom Frightened by the invisible pressure, he underestimated Tom's cruelty.

"Conditions?" Tom raised an eyebrow.

"I will no longer face the threat of a spell like Cruciatus. When you become Minister of Magic, you can suppress all other pure-blood families, as long as the Malfoy family is the leader of the pure-blood family and has other pure-blood families. Power and wealth that the family does not possess, of course, under your leadership."

"make a deal."

Getting up from the ground, Abraxas raised his head in awe and asked Tom: "Then, please allow me to ask, when?"

"Tomorrow, I need the right to travel freely in Malfoy Manor."

"No problem." Abraxas nodded, then hurried away without looking back, and left here quickly.

After lingering in the library of Malfoy Manor for a few days, Tom finally found the book that caused Hermione to collapse. A few drops of bleak water could still be seen from the pages. Tom could imagine that when she got I know the despair and pain of those friends who have been with me for six years and have left forever.He tried his best to ignore the hidden jealousy deep in his heart. It turned out that in the distant future, there were people who loved Hermione so deeply.

Not wanting to think about it, Tom continued to search for the records of the Deathly Hallows. The Resurrection Stone had been working conscientiously in Hermione's hands. The Invisibility Cloak seemed to have no special power except for hiding from enemies, and the Elder Wand, that Only the Elder Wand, which Grinwald once owned and used to call the wind and rain, caught his attention deeply.Legend has it that the gods endowed this wand with unimaginable and invincible power. Maybe the huge energy contained in it can be transformed by Tom into the energy that saves Hermione's life.

So where is Hermione's hidden Elder Wand?

Playing back the memories Hermione left him in his mind again, those pure smiles stung Tom, he barely concentrated, and finally noticed the Room of Requirement in the memory during the conversation between Hermione and the blonde girl, followed Memorizing the characteristics of the walls and the surrounding environment, he found the gray walls in front of the Responsive House.Taking a deep breath, Tom prayed sincerely in his heart: "Please let me find the Elder Wand, please let me find the Elder Wand."

After a while of silence, a carved iron door appeared on the gray wall.