Chapter 144: Voldemort's Invitation
When he reached the last row of parallel stone pillars, a statue appeared in front of him that was almost as tall as the space of the house, and Louis had to look up to see the statue's face. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
It was an old, monkey-like face with a sparse beard. Dumbledore's beard was long near his belly, and the statue's beard was almost as long as the robes of a stone statue. Beneath the statue's two huge feet, Ginny Weasley lay beneath it.
"Are you alright?" said Louis, who was half-kneeling beside Ginny. "Ginny, can you hear what I'm saying now, Ginny!" Louis clutched his wand in his hand and shook Ginny vigorously, but she didn't respond. And her face looked very pale, without a trace of blood, like marble. But her muscles don't crumble tightly like those who are petrified, which means that she is not petrified.
Louis frowned, he had never seen anything like it. Ginny didn't look like she was under a spell or anything, but rather like she was asleep, cold and bloodless.
"Look no further, she won't wake up again. A soft voice reached Louis's ears.
Louis immediately turned around and aimed his wand at the source of the sound. Even though he had cast a spell on himself to strengthen his hearing, he had not heard any movement from the owner of the voice.
It was a tall, dark-haired boy who was leaning leisurely against a stone pillar closest to Louis. But the boy's appearance was a little unclear, as if shrouded in a fog.
"What do you mean by that?" Louis didn't relax in the slightest.
"As I said, she's hopeless. The tall boy said indifferently.
Louis stared at the boy in front of him, he was sure that it was Voldemort in front of him.
"Why are you looking at me with such terrible eyes?" asked the boy curiously, "as far as I know, you must be a student of Slytherin, right?" In my opinion, we can call it very good friends. ”
"Introduce yourself, I'm Tom, Tom Riddle. The boy smiled kindly, and if Lockhart had seen the boy's smile, he would never have had the confidence to mention that his signature was a smile.
"It was a privilege to be friends with the strongest Dark Wizard, Lord Voldemort. Louis said with a sneer.
The tall boy squinted at Louis, and although he smiled very handsomely, when he half-squinted, it only made people feel like a poisonous snake ready to bite you. It's hard to imagine that such a contrasting state could be in a person.
"How do you know?" asked Riddle, "I don't think even the Pendragon would know my original name, and only a handful of people know it." With that, he licked his lips, seemingly very interested in Louis.
Louis waved his wand in the air, only to see several huge words flash in the air: "Tom Marvolo Riddle".
Then, with a wave of his wand in his hand, the letters that made up the words were reversed, becoming: "I am Voldemort."
"Very interesting play on words, isn't it?" said Louis with great interest, "I say, is it really worthy of Dumbledore's existence?"
"Against Dumbledore, why do you think that?" Voldemort seemed surprised, "You know, that's the greatest white wizard in the whole wizarding world, and everyone in the wizarding world thinks that the only thing I'm afraid of is Dumbledore, so I shouldn't be as good as him." ”
"Stop pretending, Voldemort. Louis said sarcastically, "Everyone thinks you're afraid of Dumbledore, which has to show that your performance is very successful, no wonder so many people follow you." If Dumbledore was still at the age when he defeated Grindelwald, he should be able to deal with you. But when you rise, he's old. And you, have long surpassed Grindelwald back then. ”
"I didn't expect you to investigate me so carefully, I have to say, I may not be as good as you at your age. Voldemort licked his lips and said, "How about it?
"Although I was very honored to receive Mr. Voldemort's invitation, I still refused, I was not in the habit of working for others. Louis shrugged his shoulders and said unapologetically.
It's easy to say that it was Voldemort back then, but now Voldemort, who is trying to dominate the entire wizarding world by relying on terror, let alone following him, may not even be able to recover the investment in him.