Ron fainted to the ground like a discarded doll, his face the same color as the marble on the floor, cold and bloodless.

"Ron!" Harry hurried to his side, knelt down, and shook Ron in despair, "Ron, don't die!

"He's not going to wake up. A voice said softly.

Evan hurriedly turned around, and he saw a tall, dark-haired boy leaning against the nearest stone pillar, staring at them coldly.

"Tom Riddle!" Evan whispered, his wand pointed cautiously at the other.

"It's useless, Mudbloods, it's all over!" Riddle said nonchalantly, "it's just us here, no nasty guys coming to bother us, no roosters crowing! ”

"What did you do to Ron, and why did he become like this?" Harry shouted as he stood up.

"That's an interesting question!" said Riddle pleasantly, "it's a long story, but as you are about to embrace death, I might as well tell you." As far as I can see, the real reason why Ron Weasley became the way he was was because he opened his heart to an unseen stranger and confided all his secrets. ”

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked, surprised.

"Diary!" said Riddle, "for months since my cunning servant stuffed the journal to Ron, he had been writing his heartfelt words to me, telling me of his distressing troubles and sorrows: he was the most ordinary of the family, his brothers and his best friends were better than him, and no one had ever paid attention to him who was ordinary, weak, and pitiful. ”

"What?" Harry froze.

"Harry Potter, you, the famous, kind, great savior, will never understand that Ron Weasley is jealous, he is jealous that you are more famous than him, that you are better than him!" Riddle's eyes flickered slyly, "he is not even as good as a freshman who has just entered the school, he thinks of himself as a good-for-nothing shit." ”

Riddle glanced at a cautious Aven and turned his gaze back to Harry's face, which contained a look that bordered on greed.

"It's so boring to listen to a twelve-year-old boy talk about her childish troubles. ”

He continued, "But I was patient and wrote something in reply to her, and I was kind and understanding. Ron grew to trust me, and he thought I was his only friend. And you, only when he is a lowly, ridiculous follower!"

"I didn't, I never did!" Harry's face turned as pale as a ghost, "I didn't know what Ron thought, I've always thought of him as my best friend!"

"Apparently you're not!" Riddle let out a cold, shrill laugh, not like a sixteen-year-old, "after months of communication, Ron opened up his whole soul to me, and his soul happened to be exactly what I needed. ”

"I devoured his deepest fears, his deepest secrets, his strongest jealousies, and my appetite grew. I'm getting stronger, much stronger than little Mr. Weasley, strong enough to start controlling him in reverse, to do what I've always wanted to do, all of your work."

"Put away your ridiculous tricks, Tom!" said Evan coldly, "it won't work for us, and when Ron wakes up, I'll beat him up so he knows that we've always treated him as best friends." ”

"Damn mudbloods!" Riddle turned his head and looked at Evan in disgust, "I knew you were a nuisance, and I wanted to kill you when you pulled out that ridiculous fifty-year-old newspaper!"

"That's exactly what you did, attacking me with a corrosive spell at the dueling club, which is a stupid idea. ”

"Ron's wand breaking my magic has weakened!" Riddle snapped, "but it was a mistake on my part, you are much more cunning than I thought, I shouldn't have exposed myself so early, what if Dumbledore noticed, I used a Imperius curse on Ron." ”

"Let him use the Killing Curse on me, that's what you came up with?"

"No, poor Ron can't do anything without my control, it's just a little green light. Riddle smirked, "The Imperius only served to mask the aura I had left behind to control him, but Dumbledore was still suspicious, but Ron didn't disappoint me, because of his cowardice, he hid the diary from everyone, and he was afraid to let you know that he was the one who carried out the attack." ”

Hearing Riddle's words, Evan clenched his wand tightly, while Harry clenched his fists beside him, his nails digging deep into his flesh.

"Since that incident, the stupid Ron doesn't seem to trust me anymore. "He finally became suspicious and tried to throw the journal away." Harry, how I wished you had picked up that journal, as I said, I desperately wanted to see you!"

"Why do you want to see me?" Harry was furious, and it took a great deal of effort to keep his tone steady.

"Oh, yes, Harry, Ron told me everything about you. Riddle said, "Those thrilling and fascinating memories of yours." ”

His gaze swept over the lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead, and the look on his face grew hungrier.

"I know I have to learn more about you, talk to you, and see you in person if possible. Riddle turned his gaze back to Aven and said in disgust, "But I didn't expect it to be you, the hateful Mudblood, who picked up my journal." I'm trying to control you like Ron, and in order to gain your trust, I'm even going to tell you about the opening of the Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago, but"

"It's a shame that I've never believed in sneaky, mindless guys. Evan's face was full of disdain.

"Yes, you are indeed a cunning mudblood, and as I originally thought, a big nuisance. ”

Riddle's voice calmed down, "I sensed your wariness of me, but I noticed that you had an unusually strong pursuit of magical power, so I changed my mind, and I decided to slowly lure you into an addiction to power. ”

"You've failed again, Tom!" Evan began to gather his magic.

"Obviously, can you tell me why?" asked Riddle eagerly.

"There was a girl who once told me that power is not absolute!" Evan thought of Luna, and he said firmly, "The most important thing is to believe in friendship, in family, in love, in everything that is good in the world!" Tom Riddle, you can never do this, you don't believe in anything but your own strength, and you are doomed to be impossible. ”

"Love?!" Riddle was stunned for a moment, "it's ridiculous that you would think that these things are more reliable than might, typical of weak thinking." Alright, let's get back to business, I have a lot of questions for you, Harry Potter!"