A pair of armor placed at the end of the hallway reflected the eyes of the basilisk, and Professor Bubaji had been petrified before he could take two steps.

"Sleep forever......"

Kyle, who arrives, uses the "shutdown code" that Slytherin once said to get the basilisk back into the vault.

But then he got a little stuck?

Kerry Dibubaji had only been discovered at night, but it was daylight, and the corridor was still the only way to the fourth floor, so if left unchecked, someone would have found it.

Kyle had no choice but to transfer her to an empty classroom next to her, and then left in a hurry.

In the evening, he went to the kitchen again, and under the pretext that he wanted to practice magic there, he asked the house-elves to help clean it up.

They happily agreed.

……

After that, the ghost of December, and the dwarf on Valentine's Day, also passed smoothly without any accidents.

Kyle has also grown accustomed to the days when he doesn't have to go to class, but reads a book every day, or practices silent spells.

He had also tasted wandless spellcasting......

Honestly, it was a lot easier than he thought, it only needed to have enough control over the mana.

But if it can be used, the effect of the spell is very average, or very poor.

It's like the difference between sawing wood and splitting wood with your bare hands, nothing is right.

Without the aid of his wand, it took him two months to finally turn the beetle into a complete clasp...... Specifically, it's about the same as Ron's strength.

However, there was also a bit of trouble during this period, that is, for a while, the Gryffindor trio would often come to the Room of Requirement.

Fortunately, Hogwarts Castle is huge, and Kyle can always find other places, anyway, he reads books, and it's the same everywhere.

……

Wait until Hagrid is taken away by the Ministry of Magic.

After that, Kyle struggled to concentrate anymore, whether he was reading a book or practicing spells.

This means that the fifth attack is coming soon...... Whether it's Ron, who is petrified, or the time loop that is about to end, it makes Kyle feel an inexplicable nervousness.

In this case, he was even almost discovered.

It was the fifth day of Hagrid's absence, and Kyle absentmindedly pushed open the door to the Room of Requirement, ready to make a trip to the Chamber of Secrets.

As a result, he forgot to use the Transfiguration Charm, and he met Hermione, who had just come up the stairs.

"Kyle?"

Hermione looked at him in surprise, her eyes full of doubt, "You...... Aren't you still eating in the auditorium? How could it be here! ”

"Oh, I just remembered that I forgot my Intermediate Transfiguration in the Room of Requirement."

Kyle tried to be as calm as he could, "But I came through a secret passage, so you didn't see me." ”

"Hogwarts still has secret passages?" Hermione was even more surprised.

"Absolutely." Kyle nodded, "It's on the second floor, behind that Sphinx tapestry, and from there you can go straight to the eighth floor, much faster than taking the stairs." ”

"Well, it's the first time I've heard of this." Hermione said suddenly, not skeptical.

……

After this time, Kyle was also a lot more cautious, and every time he left the Room of Requirement, he would first check if there was anything wrong with the Illusion Charm.

And so it went on for a while.

On the day of Ron's attack, Kyle ventured out to find Fred and George, borrowing the live spot map from them.

"If you want to find an heir, then you'd better not get your hopes up."

"We've been staring at the live spot map every night lately and we've found nothing. ”

"I'm sure that guy must have been scared." George shrugged.

Kyle took the map of the live spot, "It's okay, it's a bit boring these days anyway, so it's time to pass the time." ”

"So be it." Fred didn't care.

After getting the map of the living point, Kyle immediately went to the secret room.

Riddle was strong enough that he was clearly going for the wand, so he was likely to follow.

If that's the case, it's hard to do anything about it.

Kyle thought about it for a long time and decided to take a risk and control the basilisk himself.

Through the first few observations, Kyle found that Riddle actually didn't have much restraint on the basilisk, and more often than not, it was free-range, which gave him a lot of room to operate.

He could have manipulated the basilisk to petrify Ron in advance, disguised as the basilisk itself...... All it had to do was let Riddle get Ron's wand at the end.

As for the time......

Professor McGonagall said in the hospital that Ron had been attacked after being separated from Lockhart.

Kyle opens the map and finds Lockhart's name in the auditorium.

Ten minutes later, the students finished eating, and Lockhart left the auditorium with a group of people with Ron's name among them.

Kyle stared nervously at the map.

After passing through a few corridors, Lockhart's name stopped near the Gryffindor common room before starting to return the way it came.

Harry and Ron sped downstairs, they parted on the third floor, Harry went to the hallway where Filch was attacked, and Ron ...... The direction should be to go to the place where the two ghosts were attacked.

It should be now, Kyle turns around and summons the basilisk.

But just as he was about to leave the chamber, there was a new change on the map.

Ron, who was moving quickly, suddenly stopped after turning a hallway.

And Peter Pettigrew's name, unhurriedly walked into a nearby classroom.

A few minutes later, Harry arrived, lingering next to Ron for a moment before speeding towards the third floor.

Then the professor came, and seven or eight names sandwiched Ron in the middle, and moved him in the direction of the school hospital.

This......

Kyle looked at the basilisk beside him and couldn't help but think of a possibility.

Ron's must not be an ordinary petrification charm.

If you think about it, with Ron's character, if you really want to steal his wand, how can you use a basilisk, even if that mouse steals eight times a day, he won't be able to find out.

Soon, as the professors all gathered in the university hospital, Peter Pettigrew walked out.

Kyle, who reacted, was about to get the basilisk back into the statue when a familiar feeling of dizziness quickly came.

Everything around began to speed up, and blurred colors and shapes flashed from the side......

Faintly, Kyle seemed to hear Professor McGonagall's voice, as well as the sound of ethereal music.

"Faint!"

The blue light of the Unconscious Spell flashed in front of his eyes.

Kyle sees the basilisk, its head slamming into a nearby pillar like a pendulum.

A large, crimson bird descends from the sky and lands on Kyle's shoulder, covering his eyes with its wings.

Professor McGonagall...... Fox ......"

Kyle was overjoyed...... He's back, back to the original time!

But then he seemed to think of something, and cried out loudly:

"Close your eyes!"

Although the basilisk had just resisted Professor McGonagall's stun spell and was still a little confused, it obediently closed its eyes when it heard Kyle's voice.

Professor McGonagall paused, covering her mouth in disbelief, "Kyle, you're ......"

"No, Minerva, it's not Kyle."

Dumbledore stepped out from behind, his expression more serious than ever as he looked at the condensed black mist.

"Tom Riddle!"

"Long time no see." Riddle turned around and smiled, "My dear Dumbledore...... Yes! ”

Before he could finish his sentence, it turned into a scream that almost pierced his eardrums.

Riddle's body twisted and struggled, his arms waving incessantly, his mouth screaming, and then ......

He vanished, like a poorly made firework.

"I'm sorry, Professor Dumbledore."

Kyle pulled the journal from the basilisk's fangs, "I guess you didn't want to talk to him, so I took it upon myself to shut his mouth." ”

"I have to say thank you." Dumbledore said softly, his expression a little complicated.

"Can anyone tell us what the hell is going on?" Professor McGonagall stepped forward, and she glanced at the giant basilisk, clutching her hand to her chest, gasping for air.

Harry squeezed his head out of the crowd...... That's what he wants to know, too.

"He's probably the best student Hogwarts has ever had!"

Dumbledore spoke, "Few people know that Voldemort used to be called Tom Riddle, and I taught him myself at Hogwarts fifty years ago...... After graduating, he disappeared and traveled far and wide, sinking deeper and deeper into the mire of the dark arts, before finally reappearing as Lord Voldemort. ”

"But...... "why is he here?" Professor McGonagall asked. ”

"It's a Horcrux, Professor."

Kyle lifted the ink-soaked journal, "This is what Voldemort left behind when he was in school, and it contains his sixteen-year-old soul. ”

(End of chapter)