HP Bella's Lie

09 - The Old House in Knockturn Lane

Tom Marvolo Riddle rt, will never forget the sight of that day.

Under the brilliant light of the fireworks, Bella's eyes were as deep as the other side of the star sea.

She only said one sentence, but it was more memorable to him than a thousand words.

She said happy birthday.

Those fireworks, those snow accumulations, those stars, at this moment, it seems that they have magical power to knead everything into a ball, making people unbearably moved.

Touched can no longer describe Riddle's mood.

This is the most wonderful blessing he has ever heard.

He never thought that his birthday could be such a wonderful day.

On this day, everything is so beautiful.Better than his wildest dreams.

"Thank you... thank you... Bella..."

In the end, all he could do was express his gratitude.

But it was more sincere than ever before, so sincere that even the tone of his voice was a little off.

"This is what I should do, as long as you are happy." Bella pushed his head back, not looking at his fragile expression, just hugged him tightly, "I am your wife. I hope You are happy, I just want you to be happy."

- It doesn't matter what other people do, I just want the best for you.

At that moment, Riddle swore that even if he would not fall in love with her, he would still be her husband.

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Bella's trip to the snow-capped mountains can be said to have completely eradicated Riddle's psychological shadow about birthdays. What Bella didn't even know was that Riddle now felt that it didn't matter whether he had parents or not. All he needed was a wife—

This is not a show of indifference, but a feeling that it is unnecessary from the bottom of my heart.

It has to be said that this change of concept made him no longer value his own life experience so much.

When the school holiday started, Riddle applied to the school to skip a grade.

The sleigh horror that night made Riddle eager to improve his strength. In addition to speeding up his mastery of Muggle knowledge, he also planned to learn magic.

However, his idea was unexpectedly opposed by Bella: "It is not conducive to the long-term development of a little wizard to learn magic before the age of 11. Believe me, dear, trying to control your magic power too early will cause trouble."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. But I want to learn magic theory and wizard history without using magic power. Is that okay?" Riddle resolutely settled for the next best thing.

Bella thought about it and felt that it was time, so she agreed.

"In that case, I will take you to the wizarding world this weekend. By the way, let you know about my arrangements in the wizarding world."

Yes, although the Muggle world is a piece of fertile land waiting to be reclaimed, how could Bella, a native of the Black wizarding family, let go of the stronghold of the wizarding world?She has been secretly carrying out her own plan in the wizarding world.

The remote cottage that was bought at the beginning has now become the most mysterious place in Knockturn Alley.

Rumor has it that a great prophet who knows the past and the future lives in that old house.Once a wizard from a famous pure-blood family asked the owner of the old house to predict the next heir, and the owner gave him a magic gold coin.He went back to study for a long time, and suddenly remembered what the owner said before he left.

"There are two possible sides to any future, and all that prophecy can do is reveal one side."

He had an epiphany, blackened one side of the gold coin with magic ink, then pasted the other side on the paper and pressed it hard with his hands.

A miraculous scene appeared.The magic ink painted on the upward side slid down the edge of the gold coin, then spread out on the paper, and finally formed a paragraph of words——

"A son who disobeyed his mother, a husband who lost his wife, a man who chased the moonlight.

These people are not the future of the family. "

There are only three candidates for the heir of the family, but it is difficult to guess other things in this prophecy, but the candidates clearly exclude three people.

The wizard was very disappointed and felt that he was a fool to listen to the actions of an unknown wizard who kept his head and tail out.

However, three months later, the patriarch who had been single for many years suddenly announced the heir, but it was not any of the three original candidates, but the illegitimate son of the patriarch who appeared a week ago!This incident was widely circulated in the wizarding world. The wizard remembered the prophecy given to him by the old house, and told people about it. Those who heard it thought about it carefully, and found that the three people described in this prophecy were indeed the original three. candidates!In other words, the owner of the old house predicted this miracle three months ago!

With the spread of this gossip, the prophecy of the mysterious old house also spread among the wizards.

Some people suspected that the owner and the old house were in collusion. When rumors of doubts arose, two more wizards stepped forward and spoke out the prophecies they happened to get in the old house.One of them has already been verified, and the other is the predicted Ministry of Magic elections that are in full swing.

Half a month later, when the election dust settled, people were shocked to find that the result was as prophesied!

Since then, the prophecy of the old house in Knockturn Lane has been completely believed by people.

For a period of time, there were many people in front of the remote old house.

——Although people avoid the peak period and come quietly, but one is like this, two are like this, and everyone is like this, the peak period is reversed, and there is no whispering.

However, compared with people's eager desire for prophecy, the owner of the old house is much colder.

When most people come, the house is empty.There is nothing of value inside, and the furnishings are so shabby that one wonders if there are people living here.

Occasionally, the owner of the old house will be in the house, but at such times people cannot enter.Spells were placed around the house, and anyone who walked through the door without the owner's permission would pass right through the back wall of the house.

People had no choice but to stand at the door and ask loudly, hoping that the owner of the house would make a prophecy.

At first, the owner didn't care at all, but later more and more people gathered, and the owner wrote a string of magic words and floated out.

"The prophecy rule:

1. There is no appointment, and those who fail to make an appointment will not predict;

2. Uninvited visitors are automatically logged into the old house blacklist;

3. Black people do not predict;

4. One item must be exchanged for each appointment;

5. Old houses can be booked up to three times a month, with no lower limit;

6. Those who pass the appointment must visit on time with the returned invitation letter, otherwise the appointment will be void;

7. Those who pass the appointment are only allowed to meet the owner of the old house, which does not mean a promise to give a prophecy. "

After the series of prophecies known as the "Seven Principles of Old Houses" flew out, people dispersed obediently and returned the old house to a quiet place.

And this legendary old house is exactly the one Bella bought.

On the weekend, Riddle and Bella came to the old house together through the portkey, and expressed their shock at the shabby environment here.

"I didn't know you had such a hard time in the wizarding world."

Riddle said in disbelief.

"Well... Actually, I mainly live in the Muggle world-with you, you know." Bella opened the door of the storage room, the only place in the house that was locked, "This room is basically used for Here it is."

Riddle followed to see, slightly surprised by the scene in the room.

The storage room looked small, filled with large and small parcels, and the windows were opened obliquely, and it could be seen that these parcels were thrown in through the windows.

Riddle followed Bella into the house, only to find a huge iron box behind the door, this time Bella used a magic key to open it.

"There is a partition wall here, and the windows can't see it. The box is a magic item, and there is a lot of space inside. Come in."

Bella went down into the box, and Riddle probed it with a little novelty, and found that the box seemed to be connected to a different-dimensional space, and the inside was astonishingly large. It was about to reach the blind spot of sight, so Riddle followed in calmly.

This is a very strange feeling. When stepping in, the edge of the box is right in front of you, but you can't touch it.As the body moves down, the space slowly distorts, as if entering from a narrow-necked bottle, the space suddenly extends in all directions, becoming spacious and tall.

Going down to the bottom, a set of tables and chairs is placed directly facing the box opening, and further inside are rows of towering bookshelves. There are already a lot of books on the bottom floor, and there are several shelves specially used to display all kinds of strange things. Riddle saw a bunch of bookmarks being lined up, a clock without hands, a feather duster that rolled itself into a ball (because its stick part was exposed like a tail)...

"Is this a secret collection room?" Riddle followed Bella to the bookshelves, and found that the books on the shelves seemed to be very old.

"This is the research room I prepared for you." Bella's eyes slowly wandered among the series of books, "I searched for magic books in the wizarding world, and at the same time, as the owner of the old house, I summoned all the rare wizards from the wizarding families. The collection of books and magical items with different uses are all stored here. When you finish the regular courses at Hogwarts and start to explore advanced magical theories, the things here can help you."

— Horcruxes.

Bella was once entrusted by that person to manage one.She searched all the books of the Black family, only to know what this mysterious and evil powerful magic does.

To put it simply, it has two functions, one is to become stronger, and the other is to not die.

No matter which role that person is interested in, Horcruxes may not be the best choice.

But when Bella learned that it was too late for him to make the Horcrux, she could only choose to support him.

No matter what his choice is, she will unswervingly support it.

Because that is his choice.

However, this time she wanted the best for him.Let him have sufficient time and conditions to find the most perfect path.

She believed in his talent and intelligence.He only needs to improve the conditions a little bit, and he can evolve better.

Bella was definitely not stingy about getting the best for Riddle when needed.

Scanning the rows of neatly arranged magic books, Bella seemed to see the immeasurable charm of Riddle in the future.She couldn't help feeling a strong fascination for such an amazingly talented boyhood.

Riddle looked away from the bookshelves, and saw Bella looking fascinatedly at the books.

Those eyes, that gaze, were not on him.

There was a slight dissatisfaction quietly in my heart.