Chapter 83 A Night with Dim Moonlight

"Changing yourself a name will not change your situation." Dumbledore said expressionlessly. He looked at the two objects he was holding in his hand at the moment, and he clearly sensed the magic from the crown. Mark of.

Although the diary also has magical power in it, it does not seem to be a Horcrux. There is no soul of Voldemort in it. It is more like an ordinary pensieve with no other dangers.

"It seems that you relied on this thing to resurrect? The crown has been missing for nearly a thousand years... I guess the relics of the other two founders were also made into Horcruxes by you, right?"

He stood up and looked at the crown that had shown signs of time. It was almost impossible to repair this thing. He planned to destroy the crown later. As for the diary, he didn't intend to leave it to Cyrus.

"Soon, the Aurors will arrive and you will be escorted to Azkaban, but don't worry, none of us will kill you. I admit that just taking your life will not satisfy me. We There are more ways to destroy a person."

He waved his wand, trapping Cyrus tightly, took the wand away from his hand, then picked up the Marauder's Map, took a look at it, and then looked quietly at the sky. The flames had burned the shack completely, and now the moonlight was above their heads.

Cyrus had no ability to resist at this moment, so he simply enjoyed the moonlight with Dumbledore. Even if he was free for only such a short moment, it was very precious to Cyrus.

The weather is very clear today, but the moon is missing a large piece and is not a full moon. Even if it is, Cyrus is not a Saiyan and cannot transform into a gorilla during the full moon...

But... maybe not necessarily, it just takes a little time.

Cyrus pursed his lips.

Dumbledore stood for a while and found that the man on the Marauder's Map had left the office and disappeared in a deserted place. He knew immediately that he had taken action and now he could return to normal time to fill the void of the moment he disappeared.

"It's time to go, Tom."

Cyrus said nothing and allowed Dumbledore to use magic to lead him away.

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The Weasley family anxiously paced back and forth in the principal's office. When they heard that their daughter had been taken away by the heir, and now her life or death was uncertain, Molly and Arthur felt as if the sky was falling!

Fortunately, Dumbledore came back in the end, but he didn't stay long before leaving again.

The only thing that keeps them calm now is what Dumbledore said before: "If nothing goes wrong, I believe that Miss Weasley will not have any accidents."

Maybe this is just a word of relief, but after all, it was said by Dumbledore, and there is a high probability that it will become reality.

Sure enough, after a while, the door was pushed open.

Harry, Ron, Ginny and a slightly silly-looking Lockhart were standing at the door. They looked a little dirty, but they seemed uninjured, especially Ginny, who looked surprisingly good and looked healthier than at any time in the past two semesters. The only thing that made her look a little pitiful was that she seemed to have cried.

For a moment, there was silence everywhere. Suddenly, a scream——

"Ginny!

It was Mrs. Weasley, who had been sitting in front of the fire crying. She jumped up, followed by Mr. Weasley, who both threw their arms around their baby girl.

Then, this woman full of maternal love hugged Harry and Ron tightly.

"You saved her! You saved her! What did you do?"

"To be honest, it's not really a rescue. Ginny is fine..." Harry recalled the experience after he and Ron entered the Chamber of Secrets. He thought he was facing a terrifying monster, but there was nothing there. Even the identity of the successor was told by Ginny after she woke up.

He looked inside the office and found that there was still no sign of Dumbledore. He thought that Dumbledore had not returned to school until now. But Professor McGonagall is here.

So he told everything about what happened, including the "Mr. Riddle" who had been acting with them throughout the semester.

But their memories could not recall what "Mr. Riddle" was lodged in. The only thing I know is that it is a thinking thing.

"Apparently Riddle modified their memories." McGonagall said weakly with a sigh.

"Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, dumbfounded. "Didn't I teach you? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself unless you see it. Hidden somewhere. Why didn't you show that to me or your mother? A suspicious thing like that is obviously full of dark magic!"

"I-I don't know, I forgot..." Ginny was still crying sadly, "And, I think, Mr. Riddle might not really be that bad... In fact, he didn't hurt me..."

"You're still speaking for him!" Ron said angrily.

Finally, McGonagall broke their conversation on this topic and asked instead: "So, where did Mr. Riddle go?"

"I don't know, Professor. None of us saw him. Ginny said he claimed to kill her, but he didn't actually do it." Harry was also confused about this, which was why Ginny always believed that "Mr. Riddle" was not a real bad guy.

"Mr. Riddle has been arrested."

At this time, Dumbledore pushed open the door and walked in briskly. He immediately attracted everyone's attention:

"I found his escape route, had a duel with him, and defeated him. I happened to meet the Aurors who came at the school gate, so I let them take him away. I believe he will spend a long time in Azkaban."

Dumbledore said while looking at Ginny.

"Miss Weasley looks good, but it's better to go to the school infirmary for a check-up. In addition, I have a few things to return to their original owners." Dumbledore took out the Marauder's Map from his robe and gave it to the twins, returned the cloak to Harry, and finally handed the diary to Ginny.

"Sir, what is this?" Arthur asked nervously.

"It's Riddle's, a Pensieve-like thing. I think Riddle should make some compensation for what happened to Miss Weasley. Don't worry, it's harmless." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Professor," Harry said hesitantly, "Professor, could it be that Mr. Riddle is not a very bad person?"

"Harry, why do you say that too?" Ron looked at him in astonishment, "Have you forgotten Hermione? Forgot that he wanted to put Ginny in danger?"

"But the basilisk didn't actually kill anyone, right?" Harry said, "Maybe he was avoiding killing people?"

"It's an interesting guess, Harry. I believe it's because of your own kindness." Dumbledore said happily, "What kind of person a person is, he will subconsciously think that others are the same. But you are wrong about Riddle's inference."

He seemed to sigh a very long breath, and the whole office was waiting for his next sentence.

"I don't know how he deceived you. He has always been good at bewitching people. In fact, I taught him personally at Hogwarts fifty years ago. He can be said to be the best student in the history of Hogwarts.

"He disappeared after leaving school...traveling around, his footprints all over the world...he got deeper and deeper into the quagmire of dark magic, mixed with the most evil guys in the wizarding world, and after many dangerous magical transformations, it was difficult for people to recognize him at that time."

"Later, he changed his identity, and we are all familiar with it." He swept his eyes over everyone and said the name heavily:

"Yes, Tom Riddle is Voldemort."

The time in the office seemed to be frozen all of a sudden. Harry could not imagine that he was still speaking well of the other party just now, but in fact, that person killed his parents with his own hands eleven years ago.