HP Bella's Lie

47 - Opening of the much-anticipated speech

As Bella had expected, the trip to Hogsmeade didn't take long.In fact, it only took her half an hour to arrive at the jazz bar that she stepped on in advance.

When the boss saw the girl in the Slytherin uniform coming in, he immediately thought of the guest just now.

"A date, girl?"

Bella froze for a moment, but still replied: "Yes, sir, but the time hasn't come yet..."

"It's okay, I think. If I'm not mistaken, the gentleman at that table has been waiting for you for a long time." The boss pointed to the hooded wizard who was sipping iced whiskey alone.

"……thanks."

The time was [-]:[-], Bella hesitated a bit, but she walked over cleanly.

"Hello." She looked at the outline under the hood and said bluntly, "won't you lift your hat, sir?"

"Hello..." The front desk was a little embarrassed, he didn't expect Bella to come so early.

But having said that, if that guy found out, he would laugh happily... No, it's more about regret, if he was 5 minutes late, he would be able to meet Bella...

To get rid of these messy thoughts, the front desk lifted the hood generously.Bella's fair and youthful face came into view, instantly shattering his distant memory.

—The elegant lady back then... so young now.

Youth itself is radiant.

The front desk suddenly felt the baptism of time. It turned out that he was so far away from youth and the innocence of childhood.

Bella asked suspiciously, "Who are you? Have we made a mistake?"

"No. We are waiting for each other, Miss Bellatrix Black. I am Riddle's...friend, you can call me Front. Riddle is waiting for you in another place, I will take you there later. But it's still early, we can have something to drink first, and chat by the way." The front desk pushed the brandy ordered by rt ​​to her, "Would you like to try it? I ordered it specially for you."

Bella didn't touch it, but stared straight at the front table: "Why do I believe you?"

Even as a little girl, Bellatrix was a tricky figure.

The front desk sighed silently and took out a double-sided mirror.

"This is the double-sided mirror you use to communicate, and you have one there."

Bella took it over and observed it carefully.

"But you haven't contacted him for a week. The guy looked ugly when he handed it to me today..."

It was exactly the same as the one in her hand.

Bella handed him the two-way mirror back, her face burning again.

"Who told him to deliberately embarrass me..."

"Huh? Hehe, by the way, I'm curious, why did you choose him?" The front desk asked familiarly, "It is said that your longing for Darklord is very important, why are you willing to give up his speech?"

"Don't tell you."

"Eh?...Don't be like this..."

Disarmed, Bella took a small sip of the brandy.

The front desk opened up the chatterbox, and broke the news about RT's idiot embarrassment, which made Bella laugh out loud.The two started to tease the boring riddle/Mr. Mystery with aspirations.

The sunset gradually sinks, and the clouds in the sky become brighter and brighter.

As the young Hogwarts wizards were looking forward to, the speeding car pulled by Xuebai Yeqi finally arrived at Hogwarts.However, it landed in the principal's office where the students could not pass.

A group of people went inside to discuss for a while before Dumbledore led them out again.The three of them were all wearing pitch-black cloaks, and the hoods covered most of their faces. They followed behind Dumbledore, showed their faces in the corridor in a hurry, and then entered the secret passage dedicated to the headmaster.

But just this fleeting figure also made the students excited.

The news of the darklord's arrival at the school spread wildly across the campus at an unprecedented speed.As the time approached, some of the little slickers who were originally scattered everywhere and eager to see RT in advance also returned to the auditorium one after another, joining the waiting army full of discussions.

No matter how lively it was outside, the group of people in the secret path just walked forward peacefully.

Dumbledore even fell into an unknown memory.A dark boa constrictor rushed over suddenly and was almost stepped on by Dumbledore.

There was a cold hissing sound from behind, especially majestic and terrifying in the dark tunnel.

Everyone realized that it was RT's Parseltongue.

Then he said in English: "It's Nagini. Come to give me good news."

- Bella left...

The corners of the lips under the hood are slightly upturned.

"It does sound like good news." Dumbledore smiled, "Your voice is floating."

Only Dumbledore dared to tease him like that.

Although the other three were silent, they were not without surprise.

His tone of voice just now could even be called gentle.

"I'm really in a good mood." rt's answer was surprisingly meek.

"It's really...curious."

The young man who was astonishingly brilliant back then has now grown into a powerful person standing at the top of the wizarding world.

Dumbledore recalled their last private conversation.From then on, after clarifying what was important in his heart, he knew that no matter what he did, he couldn't stop him.

Only death can stop the man who knows that he is the most important thing in his life but remains firm.

Just like him and Grindelwald.Words are of no help, and we can only wait silently when the roads contradict each other and draw our swords to each other.Death, or eternal captivity.

At the end of one side's road, there are the bones of the other side.

Opening the door to the auditorium on the last floor, the din of students and the flashes of cameras rushed into the dim world like a thousand horses.

Dumbledore moved sideways, giving the entrance to those behind him.

RT in a black cloak stepped into the bustling area.As unwavering as walking into his path.

The old man's blue eyes are as calm as the light swimming in the deep sea.

—Hope we don't get to that point.

He is getting older.I don't want to walk the same road again.

The time is 23:[-].

After leaving the secret passage, the rt group entered the background and waited.Dumbledore hastily confirmed the prior arrangements with them, and took the stage to preside over the opening.

"...Ahem, okay. I know everyone has been waiting impatiently—don't talk nonsense, let's directly invite the gentleman who everyone is looking forward to to come out!"

The audience burst into warm applause and cheers.The wide-open eyes of the little wizards were like shining light bulbs, operating at full power to illuminate the podium as bright as day.

Rt took off his hood and cloak just before he went to the stage, nodded slightly to Dumbledore who passed by, and walked onto the podium.

For a moment, the audience was silent.

The camera is extremely quiet - due to the confidentiality clause, all pictures involving the real image of Darklord are forbidden to be filmed.

The scarlet eyes slowly swept over the dazed little wizards. The cold and cold lines on their faces were slightly slowed down, like the first breeze, with the chill that had not yet faded, but became soft and long.

"Hogwarts, everyone."

There was a rare kindness in the deep and hoarse voice.

He chose a mild opening, and the audience's reaction was violent and exaggerated.Applause and screams exploded, like waves rising and falling, one after another.

rt had to make a gesture to stop the overly violent reaction.

"Glad for the welcome. However, I hope to see you keep listening to the speech with your sanity."

"no problem!"

"You are right!"

"it is good!"

"..."

The audience echoed into pieces, and the audience applauded enthusiastically.However, this time it was obviously restrained a lot.

RT evoked a slight smile: "Very good."

He paused, and the applause immediately and consciously weakened rapidly.

"Half a month ago, I came to Hogwarts to make a speech."

There were suppressed exclamations and breathing sounds from under the stage.Listen carefully and there are whispers: "Why didn't I know..." "Merlin, I didn't know!..." "Half a month ago... I thought about what I was doing..."

"...Of course, it's a pity that no one recognized me that time." Rt continued.

The majestic rhetoric caused a wave of laughter from the audience.

"However, because of that opportunity, I happened to know some learning atmosphere and a few small prejudices of Hogwarts students, so I set the theme of this speech. Although I thought you didn't care what it was. "He laughed at himself with ease, and successfully poked the excitement of the excited little wizards, and another small wave of laughter blew across, "So, I won't keep my jokes. I will tell everyone directly, the next thing I want to talk about is that it doesn't seem like a big deal. Charms."

Not only the little wizard, but even Professor Fei Liwei, who was teaching the charm class on the teacher's bench, stood up from the high padded seat with his dwarf-like body, and looked excitedly at the much-anticipated audience on the podium. rt.

"Now you must be wondering why I chose this topic, after all, it doesn't look so attractive, doesn't it?" rt said calmly, "However, I prefer to use actions to explain the problem rather than words. "

"Think about the magic you have learned in the Charms class. Which one do you think you are best at... Would someone like to come up and demonstrate it? The simplest one will do."

Almost all the little wizards raised their hands high, and the most reserved Slytherin couldn't help leaning forward, and many of them simply stood up.

Just kidding, this is an excellent time to show yourself in front of Darklord!There will never be a better opportunity than this one!

As for Gryffindor, he simply wanted to express himself, and thought it was cool to be on the same stage with Darklord.This also made their performance even more exaggerated. Many reckless little lions didn't think it was enough to stand directly on the stool, and kept jumping high, trying to make themselves more conspicuous.

Even so, these are still safe.There were two red-haired Gryffindors running straight out of their seats and onto the stage!Before he succeeded, he was stopped by members of the Knights standing in front of the stage.

But they managed to attract rt's attention.For some unknown reason, he excused them with a pleasant face: "Two interesting little wizards... let them come up and try."

After that, in case other students followed suit, he quickly selected two Slytherins.So the four little wizards came to the stage to perform a magic respectively.

The first Gryffindor was a reckless little lion who took the lead to rush up. With freckles and red hair, many Slytherins guessed that he was a Weasley.

Weasley took out a copper Knut and performed the magic he was best at - the Levitation Charm.

Slytherin let out a malicious laugh, but said: "The Levitation Curse... well mastered." Instantly extinguished the little snake's laughter.

Weasley's eyes looking at RT became more and more shining, the flush on his face turned into bloodshot with excitement before it faded away, and finally he stumbled off the stage with excitement.

The second Gryffindor tried his best and performed an armor spell. Although the audience couldn't see it, rt said he succeeded.Gryffindor clapped happily.The little lion went down complacently.

The two Slytherins were gearing up to perform the raging fire and the clear spring like water respectively. One in front and one behind, they used water to put out the fire, and they cooperated tacitly.

RT praised without hesitation: "I want to give Slytherin [-] points."

The two little snakes took a peek at him, and walked off the stage reservedly amidst the warm cheers from the same courtyard.