HP solves the mystery

After returning home, Sev's face remained calm, and the fright at Penny's house was buried in his heart as he fainted.

"Tom...you...forget it, go ahead and get busy...I want to take a nap..." He watched Tom hesitate to speak, and finally chose to avoid it.

Tom nodded when he heard this. The potion contained sleeping ingredients. It was a good idea for wizards after the magic riot to have a good sleep.

Sifu was lying on the bed drowsily. He planned to observe for a while. If his guess was wrong, there would be a chance to recover.

Tom was very worried about Sif's weak state since the magic riot. In addition to giving Sif a daily check-up, he also carefully prepared light meals and brought them over.

Sev was being taken care of by Tom meticulously, and he became more and more unconvinced that he was Voldemort. But when he looked at Draco eating bread with a sullen expression at the table, he became unsure again.

After dinner, Sif drove Tom away and told him to do anything but cling to him.

Tom watched Sif drink the potion and leave with a smile.

The door to the potion room slowly closed, and Sif couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The boy's excessive nervousness made him uncomfortable.

His eyes searched the living room, and finally he looked at Nagini curled up on the sofa and stretched out her evil hand.

"Nagini, do you remember your master's name?" Sifu looked at Nagini, who had become smaller and cuter, and felt that he was really blind before. It was such an obvious feature in the newspaper!

Nagini swung her tail in confusion. Tom was right next door. Just ask him directly.

Sifu held his forehead and had to change his way of speaking.

"Do you remember his full name? I want to give him a surprise." As he spoke, he pushed a pile of snacks over.

Nagini was eating snacks, her tail kept slapping the table, and her snake head began to think.

Silver didn't urge him, he just waited quietly.

[It's Tom, Tom, but I heard someone call him another strange name. ] Nagini paused for a moment, as if thinking about that awkward name, [Ah, I remembered it, it was Vidi—Voldemort. 】

Sifu's heart was completely in suspense. He covered his mouth to prevent himself from shouting. His wide eyes showed his inner unrest.

"Then, do you know where he is now?" Sif tried to suppress the panic in his heart, and asked softly as he let go of his hand. He could feel his voice trembling.

Nagini really didn't understand now. She helplessly raised her tail and pointed in the direction.

[Well, it’s right over there. You all know it. Why do you ask me? 】

Silver's breath froze as he looked in that direction. That was the potion room.

Afraid of arousing Nagini's suspicion, he didn't ask any more questions, so he took out another pile of snacks to bribe Nagini to keep it secret.

Nagini looked at the pile of chocolate frogs and cockroaches inside, patting the snake's tail and promising not to reveal a word, although it didn't know the point of keeping a secret that everyone knew.

It happily hid the pile of snacks, rolled up a few boxes of chocolate frogs and went out.

Sif touched the double-sided mirror in the box and decided to harass Lucius.

"Helpo, didn't you say you were going to the Forbidden Forest before?" He put the mirror in his pocket and called the basilisk over.

The basilisk nodded in confusion. Since it was accompanied by Nagini, it had forgotten about its friends in the Forbidden Forest.

But it’s just fun wherever you play, and it’s time to replenish energy and eat some ores.

【Do you want to take Nagini with you? Or am I just a snake? ] The basilisk hissed.

Sif looked at Nagini who was patting the sofa and Draco who was sitting on the edge of the sofa, and sighed helplessly. Voldemort would not kill Draco anyway.

"Just you and me, go to Honeydukes to buy some candies." He said with a smile, the fingers holding the double-sided mirror in his pocket turned slightly white. He was not as calm as he looked.

However, just as they were about to go out, the door to the potion room opened.

"Sev, where are you going?" Tom smiled gently, looking at Sev intently with his ruby ​​eyes.

Sifu's hand holding the bag paused, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"I'm going to Hogsmeade to bring some candies to Draco." He finished quickly, then secretly thought that he was too anxious, so he quickly added, "I'll be back soon."

Tom didn't think much after hearing this. He glanced sideways at Draco, who was lying on the sofa watching the show, and helped Sev lift the suitcase to the first floor.

Draco, who was hiding under the sofa, covered his chest and tried to calm his racing heart. Merlin, this is not Voldemort. This is obviously a good boy who loves his brother!

He held his little face full of baby fat with his hands, widened his gray-blue eyes, and decided that when his father came back, he would tell him what happened in his previous life.

When Tom returned to the house, he saw the platinum kid in a daze. He just smiled and went straight to the potion room.

His research has been mostly successful, he just needs to be given more time to complete it.

Hogsmeade Village is located at the snow line, with snow falling all year round and winter-like weather all year round.

Silver shivered coldly and quickly cast a few warming spells to feel better.

He confided his plan to the basilisk, even though he felt that the plan was full of loopholes.

The basilisk coiled itself around Sif's arm in a dazed manner. It felt dizzy listening to Sif's words.

[The crown in the secret room? Why do you and Tom both like to watch it? 】

"Like everything? When did you take Tom to see the crown?" Sifu became uneasy after hearing this. Tom had never been to the Forbidden Forest several times.

Of course, we are not afraid of excluding him from going privately or sending others to go.

[When he was still a kitten, he slept with the crown in his arms for several days. 】The basilisk answered nonchalantly, without any idea that it exploded.

Silver was in a low mood. His avoidance was of no use. Instead, the 'truth' was more and more confirmed in the Basilisk's words.

"Remember to help me take out the crown, I want to do an experiment." He pursed his lips, paused for a moment, and then said, "You are the guardian beast of the Slytherin family. You should be able to identify the Slytherin family. Bloodline method, right?"

The Basilisk then became serious, shook his head and said seriously, [Did that boy Tom bully you? I warned you...] It looked at Sifu's increasingly dangerous eyes, shrunk its neck and shut up.

Sif squinted his eyes. It seemed that the basilisk knew a lot.

"Bring the crown out for me first, and we'll talk about what you hid from me later."

The basilisk nodded fiercely. It didn't even wander around Honeydukes and went directly to the Forbidden Forest.

The Forbidden Forest was the same as usual, except that Bain became more rugged, with a messy beard covering most of his face.

He was holding a crossbow and talking to a female centaur wearing a green top and light brown hair. His expression was ugly.

"You shouldn't tell Dumbledore about the prophecy. The star of salvation is dim and the devil appears. If that old madman... will destroy the Forbidden Forest!" Bain, the centaur, roared, and the horse's hooves plowed angrily on the ground. .

The female centaur had a peaceful face, looking at Bain like an unreasonable child.

"Bain, you have to know that the centaurs need the Forbidden Forest, and the Forbidden Forest needs the principal of Hogwarts." Her voice was very soft, but it calmed down the angry Bain.

"No matter what, you should discuss it with us." Bain took a deep breath. He knew that the elder was thinking about the future of the centaurs, but she threw away her chips too quickly in this matter of seeking skin from a tiger.

The female centaur looked at Bain and smiled, then reached out and touched his head.

"Child, I didn't tell you about the replacement of the Savior Star. Dumbledore has been addicted to the Three Sacred Artifacts for too long, and I'm afraid he has forgotten his original intention..."

Bain was confused. Just as he was about to ask, he heard a rustling sound in the grass.

"Who is it, come out!" He shouted, picked up the crossbow and shot it.

Sif was stroking the crown while wearing dragon leather gloves. When he heard the basilisk's angry complaints, he collapsed on the sofa with laughter.

"Are you angry or not? Who told you to arrive too suddenly?" Sif took out the potion and poured it into the basilisk. The bag on its head quickly disappeared.

[Who knew his crossbow arrows were enchanted! I was just about to say hello! 】The basilisk slapped its tail on the floor in aggrieved manner, feeling really out of love.

Sifu listened to the basilisk's horn, but his eyes were spinning on the crown. It no longer had the evil aura when he first saw it, and he even had the urge to put the crown on his head.

"Helbo, spit some venom to me." He was frightened and quickly turned his head to the basilisk.

The basilisk stood up helplessly and injected the venom into the small bottle. After a while, half of the bottle was filled.

【enough? 】It even asked thoughtfully.

Sif glanced at it and didn't answer, just holding a small bottle and dripping venom on the crown.

The crown trembled, and then a faint black smoke came out.

Sif held his breath and continued to pour the venom. When one bottle of venom was used up, the black smoke completely dissipated, and he no longer thought of putting the crown on his head.

"What is that?" Sif looked at the basilisk's eyes, which were even more dazed than his, and sighed deeply, "You spit out some more venom, and I'll soak the crown for a few days."

The basilisk didn't ask any questions. It had an instinctive aversion to the black smoke.

Sif fiddled with the crown, and he was sure of one thing. The soul fragments in it had probably been fused long ago.

Judging from the pattern of Tom's physical growth, the other soul pieces may have been integrated.

Seeing Sif's unhappy expression, the basilisk was afraid of being implicated, so he could only tell the story of the adventure he had with Tom.

"So..." Sif took off his dragon leather gloves and gently stroked the basilisk's head, "You have known about Tom's weirdness for a long time? Why didn't you tell me?"

Speaking of this, the basilisk feels even more aggrieved. It thinks the cat cub is a magical creature, and magical creatures have very strange abilities. What can it do?

[Hiss, no, I only found out recently. ] The Basilisk hurriedly defended itself, [It was the time in China when he took the Peiyuan Pill and fell into coma that I found out that he was a descendant of Slytherin. 】

Seeing Sif looking at him suspiciously, it curled its tail around his hand and shook it.

[It’s true, and his body is mottled with blood. I knew it from the contract and the smell of blood. 】It replied solemnly, its tail wrapping around Sifu's wrist continued to tighten, and then suddenly loosened after seeing his uncomfortable expression.

Sif rubbed his wrists and looked at the basilisk with a sigh, "You should have told me earlier."

[I...I'm sorry...] The basilisk realized what it means to be speechless.

The matter was too complicated, and the basilisk couldn't explain it in a few words. It could only tell everything it knew as much as possible.

After listening to what the basilisk said, Sif finally understood the reason why it disappeared with Nagini for a few days last time.

"Thank you Helbo, you did a good job." Sif didn't mean to blame the basilisk. He put himself in his shoes and thought that no one would be suspicious of someone close to him, not to mention that he was still a kitten when he arrived.

The basilisk was moved to tears by Sif's tolerance. It felt that Tom had been calm recently and had no dangerous intentions, so it did not inform Sif of the matter.

Maybe it shouldn't be like Salazar and dote on the younger ones too much, Haierbo thought.

"Helpo, tell me honestly, are you attracted to Nagini?"

[Hiss, how is that possible, Nagini is still a child! Not even the same breed as me! 】

One person and one person chatted with each other, and the scene was very harmonious.

But Draco, who was in the center of London, found the scene in front of him a bit scary, even weird.

Tom didn't seem to care about his identity being exposed at all, sitting in the living room and chatting with Lucius.

Lucius, who returned from the United States early and spent three days non-stop to analyze the information, resisted the urge to yawn and respectfully handed over the documents in his hand.

"Lord, these are the conditions of the Gaunt family in the United States." Lucius said weakly. If he was given a pillow, he could fall asleep.

Unfortunately, Voldemort was in front of him, so he could only keep his spirits up.

Tom nodded slightly and looked at the document, his brows furrowing more and more.

When he was the Dark Lord, he also investigated Slytherin and the Gaunt family, but it was interesting to know that there was a secret room under the Gaunt house and that the other bloodlines didn't know about it.

"Here, here, and here..." Tom pointed out several places on the map included in the document. Those were the past properties of the Slytherin family, and there were several properties he didn't know about. "They are now in In whose hands?"

Fortunately, Lucius had done enough homework and knew the owner of the property at a glance.

"The medicine field is in the hands of the Prince family, and the rest is in the hands of Weasley, Potter, Longbottom and... the Black family." He paused when he mentioned the 'Black' family, as if he was afraid of angering Voldemort.

Tom accepted it quickly. Thousands of years have passed and the land has changed. It is normal for the land to have a new owner.

"Is that old man from the Prince family still alive?" Tom asked, stroking his chin, that old man who was even more stubborn than Slughorn.

Lucius pursed his lips and said cautiously, "The Prince Manor has been closed for thirteen years. It is difficult to find out the inside information..."

The implication is that the old man is alive, but still stubborn. It seems that he has never been happy one day after his beloved daughter got together with Muggles.

Tom heard this and waved his hand, asking him to continue investigating.

"If Sif asks you about me, you can reveal it appropriately."

After saying that, he turned around and entered the potion room.

Lucius breathed a sigh of relief. He had to go back to rest as soon as possible, otherwise he would be the first wizard to die suddenly.

He touched Draco's soft blond hair and strode away.

Draco, who was alone in the room, was about to cry. He knew so much that he wouldn't be cheated, right?

Dad, please take me away. You have such a big son and you are still here!