Hogwarts: I am Voldemort.

Chapter 191 Tom Riddle: Knight of Walpurgis
"Go for power, Tom, it's important."

On the New Year's Hogwarts Express, Malfoy pointed to the prefect badge on his chest and said.

"It's still three years, Senior Malfoy." Riddle, who had grown a bit taller, showed a gentle smile, "I'm not in a hurry."

"No, Tom, don't think so."

Malfoy paused the inspection work, entered his workshop, waved the other children away and said, "Be prepared, otherwise you won't be a prefect even in the fifth grade. I can see that you are eager for power."

Riddle raised his eyebrows, he seemed a little surprised: "How did you see that?"

"I knew it the first day I saw you." Malfoy approached him and whispered, "Your fierce eyes don't look like you can be subservient to others, and if you want to do something, then Prepare in advance."

Riddle thought for a while, nodded and said nothing.

"I can give you some funding, on behalf of the Malfoy family."

As soon as Malfoy finished speaking, he saw Riddle's brows furrowed, and dissatisfaction was revealed in his eyes.

"Don't get me wrong, Tom." Malfoy said hastily, "Every pure-blood family will subsidize some wizards with poor conditions but promising prospects in the future. You did well enough last year, and everyone is willing to do this."

"Every pure-blood family?" Riddle put away his dissatisfaction and looked at Malfoy suspiciously.

He didn't care about things like pure blood and muggles before. Last year, he was obsessed with the magical world.

"Yes, Riddle, communicate more, you are too withdrawn."

Malfoy sat next to him and said, "Advanced potion learning requires funds, medicinal materials are not cheap, and those ancient spells can only be found in pure-blood families that are old enough."

"Like the Occlumency you gave me?" Riddle asked with bright eyes, "I didn't see it in the library."

"There is relevant content in the Restricted Section, but there is also a lot of unique magic that Hogwarts doesn't have."

Malfoy patted Riddle on the shoulder, he stood up and said, "Think about it, Tom, I'm very optimistic about you."

"Senior Malfoy, what do I need to pay to get all of this?" Before Malfoy turned to leave, Riddle stopped him and asked.

"Support pure blood, as for the others, I don't know, Tom, every pure blood family does this, we are just making a longer-term investment."

After Malfoy finished speaking, he gave him a big smile, then turned and left.

This matter caused Riddle to fall into deep thought. Although he was still walking in the castle politely and quietly, he thought a lot about it.

However, he didn't accept funding from the Malfoy family, and that made him feel uncomfortable.

Besides, he knew he wasn't pure-blooded—wizards didn't die in childbirth, and Riddle thought his mother wasn't a wizard.

But he didn't tell others about it. Proper concealment makes it easier to create a favorable living environment. He has his own way of survival.

Although he didn't accept the support from the pure-blood family, he still started to socialize.

This was a novel experience for him.

In the orphanage, fate has always been determined by fists. Even if he has spiritual perception, it is difficult for him to claim benefits under the power.

Unlike Hogwarts, there is no power here, and there is a different set of rules here.

Within the entire school, the four colleges are grouped together, and the president of the student union and the prefect have more rights.

In Slytherin House, everyone worships the strong and pursues interests. Children from pure-blood families with deep backgrounds can always gather many people around them.

This can be answered from Malfoy senior.

Riddle knew he didn't have such an advantage, but he didn't have nothing.

Excellent performance in studies, talent in magic, and ruthlessness in the first grade all contributed to his reputation in Slytherin.

Of course, the lack of identity and background made it difficult for him to establish authority like Malfoy's senior and form a team led by himself.

But he doesn't need a dominant position. With his telepathic ability, as long as he doesn't meet an Occlumency Master, he can completely guide others to act according to his ideas through words.

So, he started building the team:
To be the leader in name, this requires a character with a sufficiently deep background who appears to be strong but has no opinion.

He quickly locked on his target, senior Edward Lestrange, who was a year above him.

This senior was born in a pure-blood family spanning France, Britain, and the United States. There is no doubt about his background, but it may be that the family is too scattered and the cohesion is not enough, making him look lazy and aimless.

He was rebellious because of his huge family power, but he never saw a firm will when Voldemort explored his heart.

Therefore, he became Voldemort's first choice.

In addition to a leader, Voldemort needed a second in command.

Yes, he himself didn't want to compete for this position, because he didn't have the family background to compete with Lestrange.

The second-in-command's family background is better not as strong as the senior's, but it's better to be more assertive as a person.

Only in this way can the conflict between them be irreconcilable, and Riddle can mediate from it.

So he quickly set his sights on another senior:
Senior Henry Rozier.

His family spans France and England, and is slightly smaller than Senior Lestrange in scale, but he has a special cousin—Vida Rozier.

According to Senior Rozier, her cousin is madly infatuated with that German dark wizard, and has already joined his team to serve the great cause of that dark wizard.

Senior Rozier was greatly encouraged by this, and he was also extremely aggressive in the matter of pure blood glory.

Therefore, Riddle felt that as the second in command of the team, he couldn't be better.

Afterwards, he chose a few of his classmates, who were from:
The Knotts, the Averys, the Mooresabains.

Counting himself, there were six people in total.

He gathered everyone together and expressed his plan as a military adviser:

Form a mysterious organization that pursues the glory of pure blood, called the Knights of Walpurgis.

Attract more people to join with mystery, establish everyone's common goal with pure blood glory, and use powerful magic (black magic) as everyone's means of action.

At the meeting of six people, the other five people were very surprised, but Senior Rozier first agreed with his idea.

"Like my cousin, like Mr. Grindelwald, it is our honor to pursue the glory of pure blood."

He spoke passionately, looking as if he wanted to graduate immediately and fall into Grindelwald's arms.

Riddle smiled and didn't show much emotion, but through telepathy, he kept peeking at the thoughts of senior Lestrange who was sitting on the main seat on his right:

I'm afraid it's not a fool.

Although senior Lestrange thought so, he did not object to the establishment of this mysterious organization.

Because he thought it would be cool to do it, and he was in charge, so he totally embraced it.

As for the rest of the people...

Geraint Knott has been Riddle's little follower for a long time. Neville Avery and Tommen Moore Saban are two little villains in Riddle's class. They hate Muggles very much and admire pure blood wizards. Naturally, they will not refuse.

In this way, the knight of Walpurgis was established, and everything came according to his wishes.

There is a lazy leader here, and a second-in-chief with lofty ideals, plus a secretive self and his little follower, and two pure-blooded fools...

There is no better lineup than this, because they look incredibly powerful - with five huge pure-blood families behind them, they will be indestructible and invincible.

But just pull its hind legs in practice and the organization will come crashing down.

You can attack and defend.

Riddle did everything he could, and he was very pleased with it.

(End of this chapter)