On the last night before the Christmas holidays, Hogwarts hosted a gala dinner.

Lupin was in Hogsmeade and was of course invited to the school's dinner.

A strange wizard suddenly appears at the faculty table, and the students are all talking about Lupin's identity.

Could it be that he was the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher that Dumbledore had hired to seamlessly connect with Professor Blake's accident?

What a scumbag behavior!

However, this speculation may sound outrageous at first, but when you think about it...... But it makes sense!

After all, according to convention, Sirius can only work for another half a year at most, and he may have to hold a funeral and a memorial service.

Lupin, who was sitting in the guest of honor, was also very emotional, he didn't expect that he would be able to return to Hogwarts one day, and he even had the idea of becoming a professor in the future for a moment.

Compared to Lupin's happiness, Snape's mood was not so good, his eyes were fixed on Lupin, his thin, grayish face showing a look of disgust.

"Lupin, I didn't expect to see you again, are you still alive?"

"yes, it's pretty good, Severus." Lupin said in a gentle voice, "It's you...... If your face looks sallow, do you have liver disease? ”

"I had a colleague who had a similar face to you, and was finally diagnosed with hepatitis, and died around Easter, alas!"

Lupin sighed and said with concern: "Severus, you'd better go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magic and Magic to have a look at your body, listen to my advice, this disease can't be delayed." ”

Hearing Lupin's words, the professors of the faculty and staff all changed their faces and moved to the sides, after all, hepatitis is contagious.

"Don't worry, if I'm sick, I'll make potions for myself, don't worry about you, it's your ......," Snape said with a sarcastic smile on his lips.

"Dumbledore told me that he wanted me to help you make a potion of wolf poison...... It's hard every month, right? ”

"Severus, thank you for your willingness to help me." Lupin said softly.

"You're welcome." Snape gave Lupin a meaningful, cold stare.

"I'm sure I'll make you the best tasting potion in the world...... Enjoy. ”

"If you dare to make a bad deal in the potion, I will definitely not let you go!" Sirius said coldly.

"Don't let me go?" Snape sneered, "Blake, it seems that Lupin's arrival has given you a lot of courage, when you were four against one at school, and now two against one...... Fair enough! ”

The three of them confronted each other at the dinner table, which immediately attracted the attention of all the students.

I don't know who shouted "beat him", and then the auditorium suddenly resounded with coaxing.

Professor McGonagall glared fiercely at the twins, who weren't too big of a deal.

At the Hufflepuff table, Neville drips honey onto the bread, takes a big bite, and says:

"Rove, are you coming home for Christmas?"

Rove shook his head and said, "I'm not going back." ”

Newt and the others were still in the United States, and without Falmorny's airship, he didn't want to take another ride on the Mayflower.

"Are you going to my house, then?" Neville invited, "My grandma likes you very much, you can come to my house as a guest." ”

"Neville, I still have something to do this holiday." Rove smiled: "When the summer vacation comes, I will definitely visit Mrs. Longbottom." ”

The teenager is not lying, he is really busy this Christmas holiday and has many things to do, the most important of which is about ...... Voldemort!

After a dinner party, the term came to an end, and the next day the young wizards were back on the Hogwarts Express and back to King's Cross Station.

Rove also left Hogwarts alone early in the morning.

He didn't take anyone with him, including Shirley.

Because...... The place to go is too dangerous.

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A dilapidated bus, crunching and slowly coming to a stop on the side of the road, a blonde teenager stepped out of the car.

Rove glanced at two diametrically opposed signs on the side of the road.

↑ Great Hangelton, 5 miles

↓ Little Hangleton, 1 mile

He turned left along the path, descended steeply down the hillside, and soon came across a valley with a village in it...... Little Hangleston.

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On the hillside across the valley was a dilapidated house, with all the windows sealed, the roof tiles were broken, and creepers crawled all over the house with their teeth and claws.

Rove knew that the house was Riddle House, the home of Voldemort's father.

It used to be a beautiful mansion, but with the death of Tom Sr., half a century later, the house has gradually fallen into disrepair and become more and more dilapidated.

Rove's target today was not Riddle House, he stood on the hillside, looking down towards the village, and soon found a chapel.

Rove walked down the mountain path straight towards the church, avoiding the crowd and quietly entering the gloomy cemetery behind the church.

When the villagers of Little Hammerton die, they are buried here, so there are many tombstones in the cemetery.

Walking among the fox-infested tombs, Rove suddenly stopped in front of a tombstone, crouched down, and reached out to pluck the vine and lichen that wrapped around the stone, revealing its true face.

The handwriting is model, but the name of the tomb owner can still be vaguely recognized:

Tom Riddle!

It's not Voldemort who is buried here, it's Tom Sr., Voldemort's father.

Rove stood in front of the tombstone and waved his wand slightly, and the grave quickly cracked, and a choking puff of smoke and dust dispersed, revealing a withered white corpse.

The boy stepped forward, bent down to look at the skeleton carefully, and couldn't help frowning.

According to the traces of the fight in the Forbidden Forest, the destructive power is too strong, and Rove guesses that Voldemort may have been resurrected with Peter's help.

But in this tomb, the body of Old Tom is extremely intact, and there are no missing arms or legs.

It seems that his guess was wrong.

Since he has not yet been resurrected, Rove decides to surprise Voldemort as his Christmas present.

The boy raised his wand, and Old Tom flew out of the coffin, and he opened the box again, took out a new skeleton, and put it in the coffin.

It wasn't a human, it was the remains of an invisible beast...... But in terms of appearance, it's about the same as a human.

If you're not a professional, you really can't tell the difference between the similarities and differences.

If Voldemort wanted to be resurrected, he had to use his father's bones.

Rove was looking forward to the day when he would put the bones of an invisible beast in a potion...... It was a beautiful scene!

Rove couldn't help but laugh, and he continued to wave his wand to restore the tomb to its original state as much as possible.

Just as the boy was having fun, a soft voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"What are you doing?"

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(Thanks to the three elders of "Second Son Group", "The Last Mohican" and "No Thieves in the World" for their tips.) ）