Dumbledore told William a story.

About his sister...... Ariana.

To put it simply: when Ariana was six years old, she was attacked by three Muggle boys and went insane and became silent.

Then, Dumbledore's father punished the three Muggles and was imprisoned in Azkaban, where he died a tragic death; His mother was also killed by his out-of-control sister.

William was silent, this is really ...... Les Miserables.

"After my mother died, as an older brother, I had to take care of a disabled sister and a willful younger brother." Dumbledore's voice trembled, but he didn't stop.

The old man hadn't said anything about it for some time, and maybe he had never told anyone about it.

"I hated it all then, William."

"I've got talent, I'm good. I want to escape. I want to excel. ”

"Yes, I love them, I love my parents, I love my younger siblings, but I love myself even more......"

"I'm selfish to think that I'm stuck, wasting my time, wasting my talent!

Later, he came.

Gellert Grindelwald, without the slightest precaution or concern, appeared in my world......"

"I hit it off with him and quickly became best friends...... Closer than brothers.

We made a blood pact and vowed never to hurt each other. ”

"We have made a pilgrimage in search of prehistoric mysteries...... That summer, I spent the most joyful and unforgettable times of those years.

I, neglecting my sister.

Aberforth came to me and quarreled with me. ”

"The argument escalated into a duel, Grindelwald lost control and cast a Diamond Curse on Aberforth, and I tried to stop him.

The three of us were fighting...... I don't know whose spell accidentally killed Ariana......"

Dumbledore opened his eyes with tears streaming down his face.

"What a fool I am, William.

After all these years, I thought I had grown, but I still didn't grow at all.

I want to get the Deathly Hallows, I want to get the Resurrection Stone, even if it's a Horcrux, even if the spell on it might kill me.

I really want to...... I really want to ...... When I saw Ariana, my mother, and my father, tell them how much remorse I felt in my heart......"

The old man's voice was bleak, like the persimmon tree that William and Hermione planted in the small courtyard of the village of St. Capol.

In the winter, it is empty, only full of dead branches.

William sighed, and he was silent for a long time, then stood up gently.

He picked up the wand that looked like a deathly hallows and put it back in Dumbledore's hand, helping the old man clench his palm before walking alone to the Slytherin ring.

William let out the little black robe, and it wandered around, but did not dare to approach the ring.

"No...... Soulless......" it twisted its stiff neck. "Only...... Cursed ......"

William's brow furrowed, and his wand tapped the ring.

For a moment, he looked up, unable to discern whether his tone was annoyed or angry: "Professor Dumbledore, we are being ...... Liared! ”

Dumbledore had regained his composure, and his pupils shrank as he walked briskly.

The Slytherin ring was gone, and under William's Manifestation Charm, it became a string of ...... Opal necklace.

This opal necklace, William is no stranger, he has seen it in the Borgin Burke store.

The necklace has a strong curse, and according to the warning signs, it has killed nineteen Muggles.

Someone deliberately bought a necklace, used Transfiguration to turn into a Slytherin ring, and put it in the old Gaunt mansion, waiting for the newcomer to touch it.

Who did this to you?

It's clear.

It could only be ...... Young Tom Riddle.

It seems that after leaving Hogwarts, he did not immediately go to Ilvermorny, but first attached himself to Lockhart and came to the old mansion of Gaunt.

The real Horcruxes and Resurrection Stones have been taken by Tom!

"I have a question." William frowned and said, "Professor, how did Tom know that the ring was in the Gaunt mansion, he was obviously the first Horcrux, right?" ”

Dumbledore pondered for a moment and explained softly:

"I gathered some intelligence and old newspapers...... The summer when Tom was sixteen years old, there was a murder in Little Hangleton.

Tom Riddle Sr. and his parents both died mysteriously at home. ”

William's brows furrowed, and he was stunned: "Tom killed him?" He was only sixteen years old, huh? ”

"William, you have to remember that just a few months before that summer vacation, Tom opened the secret room, causing Myrtle's death."

Dumbledore's voice was hoarse, and he said softly:

"It's not the first time for Tom to kill someone, and he doesn't have any burden."

"In other words, Tom made the Horcrux of the diary at the time of that killing?"

"Probably." Dumbledore nodded, guessing:

"I think he should have found the method and spell of the Horcrux on the "Decryption of the Tip of the Black Magic" in the forbidden book area."

William squinted and didn't speak.

Kill your father to pay tribute to the first half of your life...... The diary records the first half of his life.

For Tom, it must be very memorable and ceremonial.

This operation is really Tom!

"That time, he found the Slytherin ring?" William asked again.

That's right, at that time, Tom's uncle Morfin, confessed that he was a murderer and killed old Tom.

He had a criminal record, and the Ministry of Magic easily believed him.

The only thing that bothered Morfin was that his father's ring was missing. He repeatedly said to his captors, 'I lost my ancestral ring, and he will kill me.'" ’”

William shuddered. He has also killed a lot of werewolves, but not to mention that those guys are in wolf form, and they have concocted countless kidnapping cases and deliberately created werewolves.

Tom killed his father and grandparents and blamed his uncle.

Most crucially, he had apparently thought about the second Horcrux object before he made the diary.

- Slytherin's Ring!

After all, the Dark Lord loves rituals, and Slytherin's ring is undoubtedly ...... Feel.

It's a shame that Tom doesn't want to be an artist with a ponytail.

Dumbledore crouched down and took a closer look at the curse on Lockhart.

"A strong curse, but not on the opal necklace, it should be on the Horcrux, after Lockhart touched the ring, he fell under the spell and was abandoned by Tom."

Dumbledore swung his wand and flipped Lockhart over.

"Dumbledore, Stark...... Have you finally found this? Like my little gift to you? ”

All around, Tom's mocking voice was suddenly heard.

William glanced at Lockhart's corpse, presumably after touching it, triggering the magic that Tom had deliberately left behind.

Immediately after, a cold wind blew, and the white jewel on the top of the house suddenly burst into white light.

The temperature in the room dropped suddenly, and a large number of snowflakes fell, as if they were about to freeze the people in the room to death.

Dumbledore looked at the falling snow, raised his hand and waved it lightly, and the snow in the sky was like crashing into a furnace, melting in the air several meters away from the two of them.

William looked at the snowflakes with a complicated expression, he took out a handkerchief and rolled up the opal necklace on the ground.

Don't be in vain...... It's not cheap anyway, and there's value in research.

Otherwise, this trip will really be fruitless.

However, this can't hide one thing: the two are teased by Tom.

He left a fake ring, as well as all kinds of magic, just waiting for the two of Yin to avenge the last time.

Sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle is indeed much trickier than Voldemort.

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(At the end of the month, please recommend tickets and monthly passes, all the bigwigs.)

Incidentally...... O man who is surrounded by the black flame, make a pact with me the black flame envoy, and I hereby offer a sacrifice:

"We Wild Monsters Don't Want to Die". ）