HP Bella's Lie

02- Oliver Twist

two months later.

Bella stood in front of the full-length mirror, once again making sure that her makeup was fine, then tidied up her clothes, and boarded the car heading to Muggle London.

Back then, except for a broken time-turner, all of Bella's wealth was a magic wand. With her powerful strength, she robbed several wizards. Bella bought a remote hut in Knockturn Alley to live temporarily.While earning money, she began to think carefully about how to act. She didn't want that person to suffer any loss because of her recklessness.

After preparing for a month, she finally started looking for work anxiously and impatiently.Bella didn't know much about the man's childhood, only that he grew up in an orphanage in London.It took a month of searching for a needle in a haystack for the little boy named Tom Riddle, and finally the effort paid off and he found the legendary orphanage.

The night before, Bella had trouble sleeping.

While looking for little Riddle, Bella inevitably comes into contact with Muggle civilization in large numbers.From telephones and cars to ships and cannons, things that she had never paid attention to before touched her now.

The power of Muggles cannot be underestimated. They rely on the invention of 'electricity' to achieve many things that can only be done by magic, and even many things that cannot be done by magic have been realized by them.In addition, Bella found books on the basic principles of electrical manufacturing for Muggles, followed the clues to find books on physics and mathematics, and was surprised to find that their theories were as rigorous and profound as wizards.Moreover, this is only the level of civilization decades before her death.With the current super-high development speed of Muggles, Bella couldn't imagine how the wizarding world in her time—including that person and herself—ignored the more advanced Muggle civilization, and stubbornly believed that they were weak and worthless. bully.

In the past, even though Muggle civilization surprised her a lot, Bella would not take it too seriously.But this time was different—that man had grown up in such an environment.

Bella has always worried that her unauthorized contact with little Riddle will affect his growth. She deeply knows how unique that person is, and she is afraid that even a small mistake will lead his future astray.

If the man possessed certain vital qualities because of his experience in the Muggle world, would she have done something irreparably wrong by recklessly bringing him into the wizarding world earlier?

Concern is chaos.

Bella has always been disdainful of this kind of worried and overthinking attitude, but at this moment she couldn't help but understand her sister Narcissa—she was no less worried about Draco than she was at the moment—although they were completely different. state of mind.

Thinking all night to no avail.Bella still couldn't restrain her desire to see him——

Just one look, even if it's just for her to look at it.

……

Tom Riddle was locked up today by Mrs. Cole.

It's not news, but it still cheers up a bunch of kids who've been fighting him.They ran to the door of the brigade during the break after dinner and taunted him.

The taunting words of these children are just a few words, "devil", "monster", "deserve it", "go to hell", etc., nothing new.

Riddle sat in the dark room, suffering from hunger and contempt for the children who had come to see his jokes.

——All of them were defeated by him.

The word "devil" came out outside, and he replied in his heart.

Riddle didn't bother to say these things, it would only appear that he cared too much about what they said.

but……

"Gollum..."

"Listen! Do you hear that? Riddle is screaming with hunger!"

"Hush...it's true! It's really loud!"

"You can hear it here! Haha, how hungry is he!"

"What a shame, haha!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

There was a lot of laughter outside.

Damn, my stomach growled too loudly today!

Riddle held his stomach, trying to make his voice quieter in this way.

【Tom...do you want me to find you a mouse to eat? 】A black snake was spitting out a letter in his hand.

Riddle replied with a cold hiss: [No.I really don't want to eat that thing if possible. 】

[Okay... But I have to say, it's not enough for a child to be hungry. 】

[I'll talk about it when I'm so hungry that I don't know anything... Thank you, Nagini. 】

"Listen, it's that terrible sound again!"

"Riddle is speaking in that cold voice again! It's terrible!"

"He's a devil! Mrs. Cole has no idea how horrible he is! He deserves hell!"

"Go to hell..."

There was another panic outside.

【Oh, I think it's better for you to talk to me less. ] Nagini hissed, 【Nods and shakes are enough. 】

Riddle's small face showed a sneer that didn't match his age: 【Ignore them. 】

Still, he fell silent.It's just that I still press my stomach tightly, trying to relieve my empty stomach.

Nagini approached him and shook the snake's head: 【Tom, you have to believe in the wisdom of a snake. 】

Riddle was amused by it, even though the smile came and went quickly, he reached out and touched Nagini's snake body: [I have always believed in you, Nagini. 】

Just when Riddle thought he was going to be so hungry that he had to think about a rat meal, Mrs. Cole released him from confinement.

An introverted and cowardly girl was pushed out by her companions, opened the door of the confinement room, and informed Riddle to go to the church to find Mrs. Cole.

Riddle walked towards the church with a somewhat vain footstep, and his snake companion faithfully followed behind him, successfully clearing the path he walked.

Many children gathered in the church, and Mrs. Cole was talking with a lady veiled in black.Looking at this posture, Riddle knew that someone else was picking a child to raise.

He found a seat with a blank expression and sat down, playing a small game with Nagini alone.

Even if they are picked out, they will be sent back sooner or later.

Having had many such experiences, Riddle simply lowered the possibility of being picked, and did not participate in those low-level intrigues.

Bella deliberately wore a black veil to cover her face, and told Mrs. Cole that all the children must come out.

Mrs. Cole whispered to her, "This boy who came in is Tom Riddle."

Bella's heart constricted suddenly, and her eyes immediately turned to the door.The skinny boy in old clothes glanced in her direction as soon as he entered the door——

Eyes met, Bella almost forgot to breathe.

But the boy looked away clearly, and sat in the corner without any concern.Before Bella could calm down from her excitement, she saw a boa constrictor slipped by his hand.Although she was not too big, Bella, who had followed that person for many years, recognized him at a glance——

It's Nagini!

"Ma'am, don't you want to talk to him?" Mrs. Cole speculated on her psychology.

Bella looked deeply at Riddle's face, the edges and corners of memory could be vaguely seen on that small face.As if to keep this face firmly in mind, she stared intently for a while, then shook her head and said, "No, no need."

Mrs. Cole asked several times worriedly, but Bella just firmly refused.Mrs. Cole had to let the children go without understanding.

Riddle left indifferently, without giving Bella a second look from beginning to end.

Bella watched his little back disappear into the sunlight outside the door, as if seeing him growing up, becoming more and more angular, getting closer to the all-powerful legend in memory.

She muttered in a daze: "This time, let's do it like this... In the future, I will find a way..."

lord...

Mylord... I won't give up... I will come up with a perfect plan to interfere with time that won't affect your future... Definitely!

...Before that, please...be patient a little bit.

Because... I am more intolerable than you.