Chapter 171: The Past (3)
Mrs. Butler's inquiring gaze was fixed on Tom, making him feel somewhat familiar. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Soon Tom remembered the source of this gaze, Nagini, like the gaze of a big snake, and this is how Tom feels now. It turns out that this lady is not a simple person, so it seems that there are many things in it.
"Ma'am, do you want to talk to him?" Mrs. Cole speculated about Mrs. Butler's psychology. Tentatively making her own suggestion, Mrs. Butler shook her head slightly, and she looked at the thin little girl sitting next to Tom.
When Mrs. Butler left with the little girl who had opened the door of the confinement room for Tom, the little girl looked back at Riddle's face with some uneasiness, and Tom Riddle's little face still had the composure characteristic of a teenager, and he seemed to want to say something, but in the end Tom stubbornly turned his face away, as if it was the little girl who had made all this, not a hateful fate. The little girl had to keep this face in mind, and she stared intently for a long time before turning her face away, and at that moment, the little girl did not shed tears, nor did she cry, she was stronger than the Dark Lord at this time.
Mrs. Cole politely bid Mrs. Butler farewell, and then let the children go.
Riddle reacted coldly and walked away, not showing any sadness or resentment from beginning to end, he seemed to be a little insensitive, and the children who were laughing at Tom seemed to sense the danger emanating from Riddle, and they wisely did not provoke anyone.
The poor orphans watched Tom's little lonely back disappear into the sunlight outside the door, as if they saw a black cloud slowly wriggling. When Tom was gone, the biggest boy spat on the ground and said fiercely, "A dog, how crazy you are, see if I clean him up in the future!"
The Dark Lord himself, at this time, felt that the darkness in his body was rapidly expanding, and the terrible invisible monster was gradually growing, becoming more and more angular, more and more tyrannical and terrifying, he began to dislike this world, not a certain person, the whole world made him feel incorrigible, and should be sentenced to death immediately!
Tom muttered numbly, "This time, so be it...... In the future, we will have to find a way in the future...... It turns out that I am still too weak, and if I have the ability, I will definitely not... I won't let you go!"
Tom had no choice, he felt a great loss and pain, and the monstrous beast in his heart roared wildly, trying to break free from all restraints, but he was still Tom Riddle, an ordinary child who didn't know that he was a wizard, and he had the same ability to resist as Harry Potter who lived in the stairwell. What's more, this is the time, and the orphans of the fog are even more miserable than the era of Harry Potter.
"1What's wrong with you? You look annoyed, can you tell me?" Nagia hovered over Tom's bedside, the damp dormitory empty, and the children were outside trying to figure out how to get something to eat.
"1 Najia, you said that if you were able in the future, would you protect a girl, if she had helped you?" said Tom, lying on the bed, looking at Chen's ceiling.
"1What? Nagia doesn't give food to a useless female before she is in heat!
"1 Well, it looks like it's really good to be a snake, and you won't have so many troubles. ā
"1 Of course, snakes are the oldest creatures in the world, whether in the East or the West, we have our distribution, have you ever seen a larger group in the world than our snakes, I am proud that I am a snake!"
Tom was amused by Nachia's amusement, he tugged at his lips slightly, smiled, and finally fell silent. He didn't know that he was a wizard at this time, and as a child who had been alone for so long, the girl, even though Tom didn't even know her name, was the first to show kindness to him.
Tom remembered what the girl looked like.
"1 I'm not going to give up... Nakia, I think I'm going to be one of those rich people in the future, and when I'm older, I'm going to get out of here... I'm going to come up with a good way to get a good future, and when the time comes, I'll give her a good life...... Definitely! before that...... Be patient. Najia, you do me a favor, I want you to help me go see what's going on with that Butler family, help me protect that girl, okay?"
"1 It's a bit tricky, I don't know where she was taken?"
"1Didn't you say that you snakes have people everywhere in London, just ask. ā
"1 Well, it looks like I'm going to have to get some rats ready, remember, Tom, you owe me another favor today!" Nagia shook her head and left.
Tom didn't expect things to go this way, he waited for him to be a little older, and then went to join the underground gang in London, Tom had heard those boring children say that the dark world of London was a world of thieves and robbers, and there, the strong prevailed. When Tom fully merges with his own darkness, he feels that he can be a part of the darkness, and even the leader of the darkness.
Jack the Ripper, Tom had long heard Nakia say that he was just a boring butcher who sold meat, and Tom knew his appearance and address; Maybe he's also good at spreading fear, so it's time to make him unlucky, maybe a terrible nightmare would be a good choice, and those poor bastards, Tom can guarantee that he only needs a little physical strength to control the entire London underground hooligans, and when he grows up, Tom will defeat Colonel Mont Lang and become the leader of London's dark world!
But things turned out a little bit different from Tom's little plan. Not long after Mrs. Butler was gone, the dean summoned all the students to the small hall again, this time a middle-aged Caucasian man, tall and cultured-looking, dressed in a well-fitting suit, with his hair draped and in good spirits, and a purple tie.
The middle-aged white man glanced at all the children, then pointed directly at Tom and said, "That's him, I'm going to take him!"
All the students looked at Tom Riddle in surprise, such a quick decision was a little unacceptable, and the dean couldn't help but say, "You don't need to think about it again, Tom..."
"Oh, is there anything else I don't know? you can let these children go away and tell me what you know, ma'am" Dumbledore smiled kindly at the headmaster, who felt that Dumbledore was so handsome, and waved the other children away, leaving only Tom.
Even Riddle himself was a little surprised, he didn't know why he was chosen, could he really be the one who was favored by destiny?
Dumbledore walked up to Tom, who was sitting at the back, "Kid, you look a little nervous, don't be afraid, I'm here to take you to a place you've never been to before, it's the best place in England, you're going to love it." "Hogwarts is certainly the best place in the UK.
"Do you mean take me to heaven?" said Tom Riddle coldly. The place in this world that meets these virtues that Dumbledore said can only be reached through the cemetery.
"Oh no, you're mistaken, lad. Dumbledore smiled, as if sensing that Tom was a very interesting child, and he said to the dean behind him, "I think he might need to clean up, we're leaving in a moment, where's his room?"
The dean nodded suspiciously, Tom wanted to say that he had nothing to clean up, but he remembered to talk to Najia, so he got up from the bench and walked back to the dormitory in silence.
Along the way, the Dean and Dumbledore talked non-stop as if they had come to the second spring, and the two of them laughed like old friends from time to time.
As they were about to continue their discussion on the stitching of a sweater pattern, Tom silently pushed open the door to the dormitory.
The dormitory was still empty, and Nagia didn't know if she was in the cave at this time, Tom hissed lowly, pretending to be bored and humming an out-of-tune tune, as he pretended to clean up.
Dumbledore, who was chatting with the dean, frowned slightly, "Ma'am, I want to talk to Tom alone, do you think it's okay?"
The director of the orphanage was a little confused by Dumbledore's sudden request, but she could not refuse the request of the handsome middle-aged wizard in front of her, and the director smiled and said, "Of course, but I can remind you that this child has many problems, stealing is one of them, and if you want to ask my opinion, we have more obedient children here." ā
"I know, but I have a reason why I have to choose him. ā
After the Dean left, Dumbledore walked into the room, "Did you just speak the language of snakes?"
Tom froze, this was the first time he had been spotted speaking snake language. Tom turned around and looked at Dumbledore, he wanted to see something in Dumbledore's eyes, but Dumbledore's eyes were crystal clear and did not fluctuate in the slightest.
"You're from the Far East?" in Tom's common sense, only wizards in the Far East could master this mysterious language, and it was Nagia who told him.
"No, of course not, I'm a native of England.... Wizards!" Dumbledore said with a laugh.
"Wizard?!What are you talking about, I don't understand what you mean. As an assertive young man, the Dark Lord certainly wouldn't believe anything unfounded, and instead glared at Dumbledore even harder, wanting to see something in his eyes.
"Yes, even a wizard, you will also become a wizard in the future, frankly, I am going to take you to our world, the wizard's world, where you will be educated, grow up healthy, and eventually become a useful person to the wizarding world. ā
"Old madman, are you from the circus? You think I'm going to believe these lies you say, I think the dean must have been deceived by your little tricks, what do you want to do with you, you want to buy me into your circus as a clown?" the Dark Lord saw through the other man's lies, and he sarcastically said mercilessly.
"I'm not talking about a madman," Dumbledore shook his head helplessly, at this time Gellert Grindelwald and Dumbledore had parted ways for a long time, but at this time, for some reason, Dumbledore suddenly sounded, the last person to call himself a madman was Gellert Grindelwald. "You should be able to feel that you are different from others, such as you can make things move, or feel something out of the ordinary, which is the hallmark of your wizard. ā
Tom didn't see any deception in the eyes of the middle-aged wizard, what he said, Tom did. "What you say doesn't prove anything, I need you to prove it to me. ā
The next moment, the cabinet in the corner of the wall caught fire.
Tom was startled by the sudden fire, and although Tom had not seen a real circus, he could probably not be a circus juggler.
"How did you do that?" asked Tom excitedly. Such a powerful force is exactly what you need!
"You'll have that ability in the future, but with a little magic and spells. Dumbledore didn't use his wand, he didn't even glance at the cabinet.
"Really, I'm going to have that too? Well, you've convinced me, and now I've decided to believe you, even if you're a circus magician, I want to learn what you're capable of. Tom said excitedly.
"I'm not a magician, I'm a wizard. Tom Riddle. There seems to be something in your cabinet that wants to come out, and you help me get it out. Dumbledore looked at the closet, which was still shaking in the fire, and said to Tom.
Tom's face turned white instantly, and he glared at Dumbledore, "Don't be afraid, this flame won't do you any harm. ā
Tom thought for a moment, and slowly approached the still burning cabinet, the flames automatically opened a hole, and the small things in the cabinet leaked out.
"Did you rob someone else?" Dumbledore asked solemnly. Tom didn't answer.
"Hogwarts School does not allow the strong to bully the weak and rob others, I hope you remember today, robbing other people's things is like taking something from the fire, if you are not careful, you will be engulfed in flames, do you understand?"
Tom nodded silently, but he didn't care in his heart, if it wasn't for the fear that he wouldn't be able to learn such a skill, Tom wouldn't have paid attention to this man's preaching.
Dumbledore left the orphanage with Tom, and Nakia happened to be out of the cave, so Tom had to think silently that he would come back to say goodbye to this friend when he had the opportunity to do so. Who knew that from then on, Tom would never see this humorous and honorable snake again, and it was not until much later, in the Black Forest of Romania, when Tom, who had transformed into the Dark Lord, was left alone in the dark that he would think of this friend again, but I don't know if he remembered the Muggle girl who once had a crush on him.