"Sir. Harry noticed that Riddle was trying to control his emotions so that he could look more unhurried, but his voice grew sharp, "That sounds like a great secret technique." ”

"A great secret method, of course, Tom. Riddle narrowed his eyes, "You know, wizards never do meaningless things, and you must be doubting my intentions in teaching you the secret method right now." ”

Riddle was slightly stunned.

Richard took one from the box of candied pineapple in Slughorn's hand and put it in his mouth, "Although we are slightly related, it is not enough for me to hand over such an important secret method to you, which even my sons do not know, and of course my friend Horace, who only knows a little about the principle of this secret method. ”

"Hey, Richard, don't act like you won't show me, it's clear that I'm not interested in immortality, and I won't be able to enjoy wine and sweets if I turn into a human being and a ghost. Slughorn said, rolling his eyes and saying to Riddle, "Tom, you have the right to say no. Personally, I don't recommend you to try this dangerous unknown secret method, the methods of the previous generation may not work now, our physique is very different from that of ancient wizards, let alone ancient witchcraft from the East. Although Chad tried his best to improve and supplement this secret method, it is still a question whether it will succeed. ”

"In other words, I'm a real product, aren't I?" Riddle squeezed his hands, looking a little nervous.

"Yes, Tom, I don't want to lie to you. Richard's eyes stared like an eagle at the little poisonous snake in front of him, carefully hiding his fangs, "Including my adoption of you, it is all to practice this secret method." ”

"And why me?"

"Because you have the blood of Salazar Slytherin, the ancestor of the Serpent Whisperer, and this secret method is related to snakes in the first place, it should be the most appropriate choice for the snake whisperer to cultivate this secret method. Richard said unhurriedly. "The Gaunt family is the only descendant of Slytherin, and the guy who is currently alive in the Gaunt family is just an idiot with a genetic disease who is not worthy of cultivating this secret method, then my choice is yours, Tom Riddle, your mother is the daughter of the Gaunt family. ”

"You have not disappointed me, you are very good, no worse than any pure-blood wizard. You have inherited the physiognomy of your Muggle father and the abilities of your mother's bloodline. ”

Riddle looked annoyed.

"Don't be angry, Riddle, I'm not sarcastic about your bloodline. Richard said. "I'm not the superstitious pure-blood, your uncle is a pure-blood, but he's an idiot. Marriage between close relatives brings strength but also trouble, and all kinds of genetic diseases plague pure-blood families, even me. ”

Richard touched his hair, "Look at my hair, it wasn't supposed to be golden, and when it turns golden, it means I'm not far from death." The Silver family was short-lived. The higher the mana, the sooner I will die, and I have to use all kinds of means to prolong my life, which is the trouble of pureblood. Tom. ”

"I've never heard of this, my friends......"

"Most of your friends are half-bloods, and the pure-blood kids will get in the way of your talents, but don't expect them to tell you too much. Tom. Richard snorted, "Now you understand, you're half-blood. But the conditions are unique, I don't want to force anyone to make a decision, you can choose to accept this secret method or not, if you accept, after teaching the secret method, I will give you a sum of money as your independent capital. If you don't accept it, you can stay with the Silver family until you find a job. ”

"Tom, you can not accept it. Slughorn said, "I can recommend you to work in the Ministry, you have that talent." I'm sure you'll be the Minister of Magic in twenty years. Maybe only fifteen years, if you regularly send me such candied pineapple fruits. I have a very hard relationship in the ministry. Slughorn shook the box of preserves in his hand. "You don't have to take any chances. ”

"Answer me, then, Tom, whether you would like to explore the mystery of eternal life, or would you like to work, marry, have children, and die of old age, like normal wizards? "The decision is up to you." ”

The scene came to an abrupt halt, time seemed to stop, and Richard, Riddle, and Slughorn were all frozen. Harry looked at Dumbledore suspiciously.

Dumbledore frowned, "Let's go, Harry, we can't read this memory. ”

Harry felt relieved as they returned to the Headmaster's office.

"Professor, this memory. Harry said, "It doesn't seem complete. ”

"The memories are complete, Harry, just locked. Dumbledore said, "Some wizards, in order to prevent their memories from being stolen, will put magic locks at key points in time, and only those who know the password can read them. No wonder Horace has been reluctant to show me this memory, because he can't show it to me. ”

"Doesn't Professor Slughorn know the password?"

"What he got was the memories that Richard had given him, and I guess Richard played a little trick on him, and he had temporary clearance in the original memory bottle, so that Horace could see the full memory, but he couldn't reveal what he saw to anyone other than those in the know. ”

"But Professor Slughorn himself was there, and this memory should be his. ”

"Maybe after a while, Horace will be distracted by Richard, who can only let us see what didn't matter before, and the memories that belonged only to Richard and Riddle are behind. ”

"Isn't that the clue broken? ”

"Don't worry, Harry, we already know a lot, and now we need a little help from Jack Silver......" (To be continued......