Hurried footsteps came, and the five people on the bell tower all looked at the location of the steps, and saw Professor McGonagall with an anxious face, and Professor Lin, who was a little confused after McGonagall.

Xijing lifted her skirt and looked down at the steps, and before she reached the last step, she felt an eager gaze, and she raised her eyes to meet Tom's eyes, his gaze eager, but the expression on his face was a little distorted with anger.

Harry quickly took Tom's hand and pressed down on his raised wand, saying, "Tom, you see, I said Dumbledore wouldn't do that. ”

"Looks like I'll be able to prove my innocence." Dumbledore also breathed a sigh of relief, it was definitely unwise to duel Tom at Hogwarts, and there were many new students here who were not yet skilled in spells.

As he lowered his wand, Dumbledore's gaze shifted from the mirror to Tom, perhaps Professor Lin was more important than he thought.

Tom shook off Harry's hand and clutched his wand to the mirror, but only stopped to look at her before passing down the stairs and exiting the clock tower.

What a little tsundere.

Xijing was a little confused, although she could probably guess that Tom was suspicious because she was gone, but she didn't think that Tom would turn against Dumbledore because of this, especially if "Voldemort" was resurrected.

The cold-blooded and numb evil villain, will he care about others in particular? Will you be angry about the loss?

She takes it for granted that it is impossible, that a qualified villain will not care about anyone, everything is just for profit.

But while thinking about him like this, Xijing found that the same question was also asking herself, she, a million-point villain, has done no less evil things than Voldemort, and she doesn't know how many wronged souls of the protagonist's supporting characters are passers-by, and the world and years she has experienced are much longer than him, and she is used to seeing life and death, and everything is humble and is an ant.

Xijing doesn't want to admit it, and it is impossible to admit it anyway, that the little intellectual disability is special in her heart.

But when she denied this specialness, she didn't dare to make a voice in her heart, but she clearly knew that she had changed, from the time she saw him in the nursing home with a smirk on his face and stretched out his arms, it had changed.

"Professor Lin, where have you been?" Harry broke the awkward atmosphere as he put away his wand and walked over to the mirror and said, "We're all worried about you, especially Tom. ”

His voice became a little quieter, and he said, "He misunderstood that Dumbledore used magic and even cast a curse!" It's so thrilling, I can't imagine what would have happened next if you hadn't come back in time. ”

Before the mirror could answer, Dumbledore, Snape, and Slughorn walked over, Slughorn didn't have a wand in his hand, he looked even more haggard than before, and he felt guilty again about what he had said.

Dumbledore shook his head helplessly, looked at Xijing and said, "Professor Lin, can I talk to you alone?" ”

Xijing nodded.

The rest of the group left the bell tower consciously, relieved that the crisis had been resolved, but they were all curious about what had happened to Professor Riddle.

The gears of the bell tower clicked, and Dumbledore stood on the edge of the bell tower with his hands folded and said, "Professor Lin, I think you should have noticed that Tom has two completely different attitudes towards you and others. Maybe I should have reversed my own statement, but I'm worried that it's just his disguise. ”