The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

At this moment, his eyes looked a little complicated.

"Hello, sir. Could you tell me why you are here? And...what is your relationship with the woman who kidnapped my son?" Master Riddle asked Dumbledore first.

"The woman you are talking about...should be my mother." Tom replied coldly.

Upon hearing this, Master Riddle's pupils shrank slightly. He took a deep breath and then said, "In other words... you... and that... person... are the same kind of people?"

"If I understand you correctly... yes, we are of the same kind," Dumbledore replied.

Master Riddle sighed, "Anyway...please follow me in first."

There is a lot of space in the carriage.

Even with three more people coming up, the space still seemed very spacious.

Master Riddle looked at Tom again.

"So... you know your own life story?"

"Hmm..." Tom responded coldly.

"Then your mother... isn't she here today?"

"She died eleven years ago, the year my father...abandoned her." Tom's voice was still cold.

Master Riddle couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Apparently, after returning home, Tom's father must have told his old father a lot about Tom's mother...

Judging from his state at the time, he must have been very afraid of Tom's mother, so he may have described Tom's mother as very scary.

Therefore, Master Riddle was also full of fear towards this daughter-in-law whom he had never met.

A Muggle who knew nothing about magic was suddenly captured by a weird witch, and then confusedly married her and had a child...

Only he himself knows how scared and angry he was after he woke up.

So, Master Riddle felt greatly relieved when he heard that the woman was dead.

However, this made Tom very dissatisfied, so his words became sharp.

"I'm here today just to see my father, to fulfill my mother's last wish. Then we'll leave and never see each other again. Where's my father? Doesn't he even have the courage to come out and see me?"

Master Riddle sighed and said cautiously, "I don't know if you can understand... What happened back then really hurt him too much. So, he mistakenly thought... your mother was looking for him again, so he hid himself."

"Oh...coward!" Tom said coldly.

Master Riddle didn't know what to say for a moment.

He knew very clearly that since they were the same type of people as that woman, it meant that these people were all... wizards!

The legendary evil wizard!

Therefore, he did not dare to show his arrogance in front of these three people.

Even if one of them is his grandson...

Chapter 124 Tom: You just said that you are very rich, right?

"You should. No matter what happened in the past, you are Tom's child after all. You do have the right to meet him." Master Riddle said helplessly.

Dumbledore said, "Actually, you don't need to be so afraid of us. We mean no harm."

"Well... I can see that," said Master Riddle. "Otherwise, according to what Tom told you before... I might have died at the door..."

"What happened back then... I heard some stories from people outside, but I don't know the details..." Dumbledore suddenly asked.

Although Tom looked uninterested on the surface, he immediately straightened up when he heard Dumbledore's question.

He also didn't want to just speculate about what happened that year based on other people's gossip; he needed the opinions of the parties involved!

Back then...was it really my mother's fault?

What is the real reason why my father abandoned me and my mother?

Master Riddle pondered for a moment, then said, "Before you say anything, can you let me see... that kind of... witchcraft! Yes, in fact, at first, I thought that what Tom said was what he said when he was mentally ill... and might not be true..."

Mr. Riddle's fear of wizards mostly came from his son's exaggerated claims.

However, he had always been somewhat skeptical about his son's statement.

Was he really taken away by a witch? Wasn't he just insane?

It was only when his son gradually returned to normal that Master Riddle began to believe what his son said.

That's why he was in awe when he first met Dumbledore and the others.

Who is a fool if he can maintain this family business until now?

When you don't know the other person's background, the best approach is to show courtesy.

"Of course..." Dumbledore said, moving his fingers slightly.

Then the pipe in Master Riddle's hand flew up lightly and turned into a rose in the air.

Master Riddle looked at the rose in the air in shock, then reached out his trembling hand to catch it.

"This..." He checked it over and over again, but it was undoubtedly just an ordinary rose!

"How is this done?" asked Master Riddle in surprise.

"It is magic, Mr. Riddle," said Dumbledore gently.

The next second, the rose in Master Riddle's hand turned back into a pipe.

Even the tobacco in the pipe has not gone out yet...

In the past, Master Riddle would have praised it as a good trick!

But now... having seen what happened to his son, he has completely come to believe that this is a power that he must respect - magic.

"Well... this is what happened..." Master Riddle began to talk about what happened that year.

"My son, Tom Riddle, was engaged to Miss Levi of Great Hangleton when he was young. After the engagement, he often rode to Great Hangleton to see his fiancée..."

"He told me that when he passed by a dilapidated cabin, he would always see a girl smiling at him. Out of politeness, he would smile back..."

"One day... when he passed by the same wooden house, he suddenly felt a little thirsty, and the girl offered him a glass of water."

"According to him, after drinking that glass of water... he suddenly fell in love with the girl who lived in the cabin... and he was desperate... he even ignored his fiancée!"

"He and she secretly pledged their love in that cabin, and a whole year passed like this... until one day..."

"He told me it was like waking up from a long dream... He realized that all his past love for that girl... was like flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water... He felt incredible about what he had experienced over the past year!"

"Just when he was confused, the girl told him that she was a witch and had used some tricks to keep him by her side. Now, she was pregnant and didn't want to lie to him anymore, so... she removed the magic from him, hoping that Tom would sincerely stay."

"But Tom was terrified... He ran back... fearing that he would be controlled by the witch again."

Master Riddle sighed. "Even if he comes back, he's no longer the same Tom. Although Tom used to be a bit arrogant and rude, he was always a cheerful person. But after this incident, he no longer dares to go out easily. He's afraid that the witch will come to his house..."

"So, when he heard that a child who looked exactly like him had appeared, he was so scared that he locked himself in his room and never came out again..."

As Master Riddle finished his story, Dumbledore and Lewd both looked at Tom.

Tom's expression was also very complicated at this time. He clenched his fists tightly and said nothing.

For a moment, the carriage fell into silence.

However, this silence did not last long, as the carriage stopped.

The old butler's voice came from outside the car.

"Master, we've arrived."

Master Riddle nodded to Dumbledore and the others. "Please get out of the car... I'm sorry, but in order to understand your situation... I specifically asked the butler to walk around the manor twice on his way back."

When Li Weide got out of the car, he clearly saw a lot of people gathering in a house not far away. Moreover, the sharp-eyed Li Weide also saw that those who were retreating were holding weapons...

Obviously, if Master Riddle sensed ill will towards these people when he spoke to them...

Then they may have to face the baptism of bullets.

However, Li Weide thought it was normal. In this era, how could the rich not have any armed forces in their hands? Even if they were hidden.

"Please come in." Master Riddle brought Dumbledore and others to a big house and invited them in.

The house is decorated magnificently.

In the living room, an old woman in gorgeous clothes was standing quietly by the sofa waiting.

When her eyes fell on Tom, she involuntarily clenched the cross in her hand tightly and muttered something.

"Caroline, don't worry. They mean no harm. And this child... yes, he is indeed Tom's child." said Master Riddle.

"This is my wife, Caroline. If you'll excuse me, she's just as frightened as Tom..."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Riddle looked at Dumbledore and the other three again, and saw that they really did not seem to have any ill intentions, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Master Riddle asked the old butler to serve tea to Dumbledore and his party, and then took the opportunity to tell his wife the purpose of Dumbledore and his party's visit.

"That... woman, is she really dead?" Mrs. Riddle asked hesitantly. "I'm sorry to ask this, but... she did bring nightmares to our family, especially to Tom, for many years..."

Now that he knew the truth of what happened that year, Tom felt much less resentful this time.

What my mother did was indeed... a little difficult to judge...

Moreover, even if he wanted to explode now, Dumbledore and Levitra would not support him.

"Yes, she died... right in front of the orphanage." Tom paused, then continued, "She gave birth to me in the snow, and then... after handing me over to Mrs. Cole at the orphanage, she died."

Mrs. Riddle was silent for a moment before she asked again, "Child...can you tell me your name?"

"Tom Marvolo Riddle. Marvolo was my grandfather's name...it was also the name she gave me before she died." Tom replied.

Old Mrs. Riddle sighed, as if she understood something.

"Let Tom come out and see his child..." Mrs. Riddle said to the old housekeeper beside her. "By the way, remember to tell him that the person who gave him nightmares...is no longer here."

"Yes..." The old butler strode upstairs.

Master Riddle suddenly asked, "My child, since you grew up in an orphanage... then, what is your relationship with this gentleman?"

He was asking about Tom's relationship with Dumbledore.

Dumbledore explained: "I am this child's professor. Yes... wizards also have schools. We will enroll all children with magical talents and teach them how to use this power correctly without accidentally hurting others."

"So that's how it is..." Master Riddle was obviously very interested in wizards and schools.

So the two old men started chatting, and Master Riddle learned a lot about wizards from Dumbledore.

Because of this, he realized that not all wizards are evil.

They hid in the dark, more to avoid being hurt by Muggles...

Moreover, wizards are managed by their own "government" - the Ministry of Magic, so they do not need to be overly afraid of wizards.

Li Weide looked at Tom, who was still silent and didn't know what he was thinking. Suddenly, he patted his shoulder and said softly, "Hey, Tom, it seems that this time is much smoother than going to Gaunt's house, isn't it?"

Tom snorted lightly. "Because they're afraid of us, they're naturally willing to talk slowly. And the Gaunt family...even though my uncle is a loser, he's also a wizard..."

"Isn't that good, Tom? At least they won't do anything to you secretly." Li Weide smiled.

"But they might shoot me, too..."

"Huh? You noticed it too?"

"Hmph..." Tom snorted coldly and stopped talking.

His mood was complicated and unclear now, and he really didn't have the mood to continue to care about Li Weide.

At this time, the butler walked down quickly and whispered something in Master Riddle's ear.

Master Riddle's face darkened instantly.

"What nonsense is he talking about! I'll go get him!" Master Riddle stood up and said to Dumbledore and the others with a slightly apologetic look, "I'm sorry, but my son is a little... well, too scared. I'll talk to him myself."

"Since you don't want to see me, forget it... This is indeed my mother's fault." Tom stood up.

After thoroughly understanding his own life experience, the knot in Tom's heart was finally untied today, especially after he took back the title of Slytherin descendant from the Gaunt family.

If your father doesn't want to see you, then don't see him. In fact, he doesn't really want to see him either.

In Tom's opinion, no matter who is right or wrong, it is all the grudges of the previous generation and has nothing to do with him.

In fact, this was also caused by a change in his state of mind.