I, the Dark Lord, will definitely be a good principal!

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With all contact with the outside world severed, Riddle cannot see the outside world for long unless Angor actively infuses magic into the diary.

—He could not absorb any life force from Angell.

The world fell silent again, just like countless days before. In this small world, he was the only living being.

Riddle didn't like this feeling. He didn't like communicating with people, but he also didn't like this deathly silence, where there wasn't even a bird chirping except for the noise he made.

Back when the diary was still in Voldemort's possession, he would sometimes give this Horcrux to someone, well... that is, to let him absorb someone's life force. At that time, he could often go out, and after a while, when his life force was almost exhausted, Voldemort would come back to take him back.

Therefore, he was actually quite clear about what happened in the period before Voldemort's death—it just wasn't from a first-person perspective.

For Voldemort, this diary was arguably the most unique Horcrux he possessed.

People tend to be more forgiving of their younger selves.

That's probably why Voldemort handed him over to Lucius Malfoy before heading to the Potter family.

Yes, he was prepared. If the prophecy came true, Riddle would be the one to come back to life.

The most likely way is to let the part of the soul furthest from the present self break the prophecy... He may have had such thoughts.

Riddle knew of Angor's existence, but he had never been able to reconcile the body Voldemort had prepared for his resurrection with the Angor who was now holding the diary.

In his eyes, Lucius Malfoy betrayed him, but now it seems that something went wrong in the process.

Ingres Malfoy...

He said he has a part of his soul.

In the diary, Riddle's expression gradually became distorted.

What exactly happened in between?

—The contact was lost, but the words Angel had said before still lingered in Riddle's mind.

What they saw in the prophecy was actually an image of events that had already happened, only that their space hadn't yet developed to this point...

He didn't really understand what Angell was saying, but he did catch one point in it.

Everything is predetermined; it's something that has already happened, so there's no way to change it.

Riddle didn't really believe this claim, after all, it sounded absurd no matter how you looked at it, but Angel's long-standing attitude, coupled with the fact that his prediction was correct this time, forced him to take his statement seriously.

So... is prophecy really irreversible?

Is it really true that at the moment a prophecy is born, all actions actually contribute to the final outcome?

Therefore, Voldemort's absurd death was due to Snape's love for Lily and Lily's love for Harry...

He had the chance to live, but he chose to give up his own life to save another, and he died there in such a ridiculous way, thus fulfilling the prophecy.

Riddle pursed his lips, feeling an unprecedented sense of absurdity.

He suddenly felt a sense of anticipation, wondering what Angel would say the next time they discussed serious matters.

He didn't doubt Angell's words, after all, many of the things Angell mentioned were secrets that only he himself knew.

He pursed his lips, his expression suddenly becoming somewhat complicated.

Riddle was quite certain that if he were alive, he wouldn't want to see another version of himself living in the world.

It can be a conscious Horcrux, and you can even let the soul inside come out for a stroll, but the soul inside a Horcrux must never come back to life.

Because his will must be unique.

The proper use of Horcruxes is that when the previous one dies, a new soul is resurrected, rather than a group of Voldemors existing together in this world.

But Angel is himself, yet he is not himself...

This is very subtle.

…………

The Slytherin students had mostly left when Angor and Draco slowly walked down from the stands. They happened to see Harry quietly slipping away from the cheering crowd.

He was accompanied by Ron, Hermione, and Hagrid.

Draco frowned when he saw Hagrid.

Although he had accepted Harry and Ron, he was still unwilling to get close to Hagrid, let alone befriend him.

After telling Angor his thoughts, he waved to Harry and the others from afar, then turned and left.

Others were already used to his actions.

Draco's ability to get along with them peacefully, and even have a good relationship, is based on their shared experiences of the Nightwalking Incident, the Troll Incident, and their current joint efforts to deal with Snape's attempt to steal something from Hogwarts. He still doesn't treat the other Gryffindor students well, and even looks down on them.

Well... a large part of the reason for this is also due to Angell.

They were also aware of Draco's personality and were willing to befriend him, largely due to Angor's influence—of course, Draco's role in fighting alongside them during the troll incident was also indispensable.

They were actually relieved that Draco wasn't going to Hagrid's place with them.

They entered Hagrid's hut while there was still time, and Hagrid once again took out his rock bread.

As soon as he entered, Ron angrily began to berate Snape.

He recounted the entire incident, including all of Snape's past misdeeds, at an incredibly fast pace.

But Snape always seemed to have an incomprehensible filter on Hagrid. No matter what they said, he was unwilling to believe them, even though they presented a lot of evidence.

Angell sat calmly to the side, drinking his tea. He took off his scarf and, apart from occasionally chiming in, seemed like an outsider, yet no one could ignore him.

He just watched as Harry and his two eleven-year-old friends managed to extract information from Hagrid, who was only a few years younger than Riddle.

As expected... the size of the brain has little to do with intelligence.

On the way back, the atmosphere was unusually silent.

Because Hagrid still refused to believe them, and even more so because they couldn't recall a single thing about Nicolas Flamel.

“Angol, Hermione, you've read so many books, don't you even know who he is?” Ron said helplessly as they entered the castle.

Angel frowned: "I feel like I've seen this name somewhere before, but I can't quite remember it right now. Let me think... I vaguely remember that it should be a famous person."

"Hmm... he's the kind of person who's quite famous, but has nothing to do with us, so I just put him out of my mind after I saw him."

“I also recognize the name… I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before,” Harry said.

"So that means he's a famous person, but someone who has nothing to do with the courses we're taking," Hermione concluded.