"Tick tock. Tick"

The sound of water droplets falling to the ground echoed in the empty basement, and the long green snake fixed to the ground by silver spikes had lost its breath of life at this moment, and countless fine blood beads filled the gaps in its scales, and as the blood coagulated, the sound of dripping water also disappeared little by little.

The basilisk's huge eyes were staring at the entrance stone door in front of it, but there was no bright yellow light in its eyes, and the gray eyes were full of dead silence, revealing the unwillingness that had withered.

It was Salazar Slytherin's loyal pet, sleeping here for nearly a thousand years after its owner's loss, in order to protect its owner's treasure and obey the orders of its new owner, but its life was tragic.

It is seen as a tool, but its very existence is also a tool, the basilisk is a vessel created by a wizard with magic, it is not a living creature in the full sense of the word, it is a living container, a living container for the curse of death.

The eyes that can kill any life directly into each other carry this curse, the black magic that is more evil than the unforgivable spell exists in the wizarding world, but most of the terrible evil magic is more harsh in terms of use conditions, and it is not as light and simple as the three unforgivable spells today, but you can't underestimate its power, human beings have an innate talent for destruction, and ancient wizards will not lose to current wizards in terms of intelligence, their only deficiency is that they are 'bound by the times'.

Tom Riddle, the wizard who proclaimed his evil to the world under the name of Voldemort, was not a general fan, he had a handsome face, a brilliant mind, a slick lips, and a demagogic whisper, and his achievements and research in the dark arts were far beyond the boundaries of ordinary people, and his talents in the curse were extraordinary.

The curse of the Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts faculty was real, and even Dumbledore could not expel the curse that caused dozens of good or ordinary professors to suffer one after another, and Tom Riddle was only in his twenties at the time, but he had already come a far, far way on the path of exploring the darkness.

As the heir of the Gaunt family and Slytherin, he has the power to open the Chamber of Secrets and manipulate the basilisk, Tom had already released the basilisk when he was a student, and he believed in the legend that Slytherin wants to expel all inferior bloodlines, and he was also a twisted bloodist himself, disgusted with the blood that belonged to his Muggle father in his veins, and thus went down the crazy path of chasing purebloods.

The only pity is that he accidentally killed the myrtle who was secretly crying in the bathroom, and the death of the student caused a huge turmoil in Hogwarts, the headmaster at that time was not Dumbledore, but Armando Duppert, this headmaster is not strong, and he does not have the prestige and strength to make the Ministry of Magic bow its head, and the Ministry of Magic, which has an idea of Hogwarts, used this to put pressure on Hogwarts, and even threatened to close the school at one point.

His plan for the Chamber of Secrets was halted due to this accident, and Tom blamed Rubeus Hagrid to stop the investigation of the Chamber of Secrets, and then Dumbledore, who succeeded Armando Duppert as Headmaster, was wary of him again, and Tom's research into the Chamber of Secrets was forced to come to an end, and he lost the opportunity to return to Hogwarts in the future, and could not really dig into the true wealth that Salazar Slytherin left in the Chamber of Secrets.

After the failure of the Philosopher's Stone incident last year, Tom Riddle completely lost one-seventh of his soul and had to be reborn from the Horcruxes, as a dark wizard and dark lord, he couldn't simply swallow this breath, he wanted revenge, revenge, and let the guy who offended him pay with his life.

But he is also life-saving, Voldemort, who pursues eternal life for his life, is crazy, but he is also timid, he understands that Dumbledore is a wizard with great power, and when he was 11 years old, Dumbledore's first meeting with him left a deep psychological shadow on him, like a mountain, and it was difficult for him to muster up the courage to confront him before this old guy really showed his fatigue.

The fear of death is his greatest weakness because of the longing for eternal life, and since revenge cannot come at the cost of his own adventures, the choice of tools is especially important.

Once again, he remembered the Chamber of Secrets, the basilisk that Salazar Slytherin had left behind for the heirs to 'purify' Hogwarts.

But the basilisk is too conspicuous, even if there are pipes that allow the basilisk to move freely and stealthily in Hogwarts Castle, but after all, it is a brute, a brute with no brains, and Voldemort, who is in the hands of Harry, will not underestimate this twelve-year-old 'little wizard', he knows better than anyone what kind of terrifying power this creature possesses.

The dark magic that he coveted was destined to become an existence that would go down in history, and even an achievement, and Harry Potter who mastered this darkness would never lose half a point to himself.

He didn't think of Harry as a hairy boy, despised and underestimated his opponents, and he had defeated his opponents, that was the most stupid idea, he had become mad because he had fallen into the mire of dark magic, but he had not become a brainless madman, but after a death punishment, his mind was clearer than ever.

Thus, the burden of revenge was entrusted to Nagini, the loyal serpent he trusted, the closest to him, and the loyal serpent who accompanied him when he was most weak and helpless.

Voldemort discovered Nagini's difference at an early age, and in order to survive in the Albanian forests in the form of a geist, he had to possess those little beings, whether they were rats or birds, or snakes, his favorite was snakes, but no little life could survive a week in his possession.

Nagini is different, it has a magical presence in its body, although it looks like a larger viper, not a magical creature, but it has a magical existence in its body, and it is not even inferior to any wizard.

After draining the hapless Quirrell, Voldemort regained some strength, he barely formed a magical body, and then returned to England with his loyal Nagini, who had originally wanted to find his loyal servant, but after returning to England, he realized that what he once thought was loyalty was nothing more than bullshit.

The two wizarding families who followed him most faithfully were Black and Malfoy, who had fallen and Malfoy was calling the shadows in the wizarding world of England, so he naturally chose the richest servant, but instead of kneeling down again with an oath of allegiance, he looked at him with fear and trembling.

Voldemort was angry, he felt betrayal for the first time, so he punished him slightly, even if he was only barely out of the form of a geisman at the time, it was not difficult to deal with an ordinary wizard who was frightened.

After punishing the unfaithful servant, Voldemort originally wanted to rebuild his body, he knew what magic could do it, but he didn't act, his disloyal servant brought back the news, the news of the Philosopher's Stone, compared to making an ordinary body, he was willing to take a little risk in the pursuit of perfection, at that time, he had not yet developed such a fear of Dumbledore as he is now.

So he focused more on cultivating a loyal helper, the Malfoys were not worthy of his trust again, but their value was enough, and as punishment, Voldemort took one of Lucius Malfoy's most cherished things.

His wife, Narcissa Malfoy, had been stripped of most of her life force and magic, and this resource was used by him for his loyal serpent, Nagini.

Voldemort's study of the curse was quite in-depth, and after regaining some strength, he was able to have the energy to study this unusual serpent, and he discovered that Nagini was a blood-cursed orc, she used to be a witch, but because of the blood-cursed completely turned into a snake, and keeping her snake form for a long time made her forget everything about herself as a wizard, Nagini was like a whitewashed blank paper, in Voldemort's eyes, a symbol of her purity.

Blood curse orcs are not a particularly secret existence, like the Malfoy family, the Greengrass family, which is also one of the twenty-eight sacred families, is a wizard family entangled in blood spells, but they have found some ways to fight blood curses in long-term research, so that women who fall under blood spells will not become beasts, but the price is that most of them will not live to be forty years old, and thirty years old is the age of longevity.

Voldemort went to 'visit' the family, and easily obtained all the research of the Greengrass family on the Blood Curse without being discovered, and in a short period of more than a month, he almost ate this ancient curse that has been passed down for a long time, just as Snape went to study the Wolf Poison Potion, he also completed the analysis of the Blood Curse in a very short time, and did what people dare not think.

He reversed the Blood Curse and made the wizard who had been transformed into a beast by the Blood Curse return to human form again, but since the power to reshape her body came from Narcissa Malfoy, Nagini did not completely change back to what she once was, and she was dyed with some of Narcissa's shadows, such as some personality habits, bright blond hair, and pale and bloodless skin.

So a perfect assistant appeared.

He had Lucius gather his 'allies', all the wizarding families close to the Malfoy family were present, and Voldemort added a little memory to them, a memory of a girl named 'Kassandra Malfoy', as the Dark Lord, everything he did was silky and traceless, for these 'witnesses', they only needed to have a vague impression, and they didn't need to implant too real memories.

The admission letter at Hogwarts is not a difficult task, and the acceptance letter and admission letter will only record the newly born qualified wizard seeds in Europe (not all, but a huge area radiating outward with England as the center), but it does not mean that the young wizards who are not on this list cannot go to Hogwarts, every year there are young wizards from 'outside the school district' who want to come to Hogwarts to take classes, such as Parvati and Padma sisters from India, as long as they are verified, it is not difficult to enroll.

From that day on, it was tacitly accepted that Lucius had an illegitimate daughter, which was not a particularly honorable thing, and it was normal not to be hyped up.

However, the newly reborn Kassandra has a 'flaw', she can't be a good assistant yet, so last year, Voldemort didn't let him get involved in any of his own affairs, but the next year, Kassandra, who had already found part of his 'self', already had the ability to become his helper.

As a blood-cursed orc who has maintained her snake form for decades, Nagini has the ability to talk to snakes, and even after she turns back into human form, she still has many 'characteristics' that are highly close to snakes, and the death curse of the basilisk must be carried by snakes with magical powers, and it just so happens that Nagini in human form is qualified to carry this curse.

Compared to the basilisk, which has no brains and almost only instincts, Nagini, with complete human intelligence, is a more perfect vessel than the basilisk, with bright yellow eyes of death that can be opened at any time when she needs it.

And at the moment.

There were inaudible soft footsteps in the empty corridor, and a slender figure walked silently before stopping at the entrance where they met around the corner.

She blinked, and after a few dozen seconds, her clear sky-blue eyes were replaced by a brilliant yellow snake pupil with a dead silence, her chin lifted slightly, and her dexterous tongue licked her lips, licking away the red marks on her lips that looked like blood.

There was a sound of footsteps, in the distance, slowly approaching.

(End of chapter)