The Last Goodbye

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"It's not you, it's the night watchman."

"Then I'm not going."

"You..." Harry breathed out, "Salazar, you're only 11 years old."

"You remember when I was eleven?" Riddle laughed sarcastically. "You're not going to say it's illegal again. Stop pretending, Harry. You never thought of me as a kid, you think I can't see that What's more, you and I both know that I have ten thousand reasons to send you to Azkaban, and this one is not bad."

Harry looked at him speechlessly.He actually wanted to refute, but lacked a convincing reason.He can't say, yes, Salazar Potter, although I can forcefully kiss a minor, and I can take Legilimency on my students at will, but you must be obedient.From the point of view of being a teacher alone, his exemplary role cannot be worse.But what's worse, if the other party hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have realized how outrageous his past behavior was.And when he did those actions, he didn't feel anything wrong.Because judging from his own experience, those were not violations at all.But... Harry frowned slightly.

But this is not my time anymore.

This is no longer the time for me to lead and fight.I am no longer the savior.

And this child is not the Dark Lord.

What am I doing... I imagined an enemy for myself.He laughed at himself, subconsciously reached out his right hand and shook hands with the other party, "Vestigium."

Thousands of invisible threads pulled out from the young man's body, entangled the young man's hand like a spider's thread.Those lines quickly disappeared, replaced by a faint resonance of magic. Riddle raised his eyebrows.Although he had never been exposed to this spell, he knew its function very well.

"Can you find me?" Harry confirmed.

The young man nodded, and then sighed with some insight, "No wonder you always find me." His black eyes flashed cleverly, and Harry couldn't help being taken aback. "Don't be nervous." Riddle smiled, "I'm honored." After saying that, he let go of his hand and turned his broom to fly back to school, but Harry stopped him. Riddle turned around and met a pair of surprised green eyes.

"Aren't you... not angry?" Harry asked cautiously.

"What are you angry about?"

"I..." has been monitoring you, vigilant against you, trying to correct you and control you.I've been...but he can't say those words.

"You're a stalker, Harry Potter. Don't you think I don't know?" Riddle rolled his eyes, and he looked graceful even when he did this, "It's just a tracking spell. How can I be so narrow-minded. But don't Kiss me forcibly, or enter my mind casually—otherwise I won't be so gentle next time." The young man looked at him guiltily, "Salazar, I..." But he didn't know what to say next.The person on the opposite side narrowed his eyes slightly, "You're showing this expression again."

"This expression?"

"Do you sometimes take me for someone else?"

"……Maybe."

"You must have a bad relationship with that person."

"...pretty bad."

"Do I resemble him?"

"Not like."

"That's odd. I always get the feeling you're trying to find something of him in me."

"I..." Harry gave a wry smile, "I don't know. Maybe...I have Stockholm Syndrome?"

"It doesn't sound like a good symptom. Hey, don't slip away."

Harry looked up again. Riddle looked at him benignly.

"Listen, I'm not that person. He probably left you with bad memories, but I'm not him. And..." He paused slightly, "The memories I left with you should be pretty good."

"It's not just bad..." Harry said subconsciously.

"So don't show that expression again, making it look like I'm bullying you." Riddle pressed the broom handle slightly, "Go and find that Weasley, Professor. See you later!" Dust away. Harry stared blankly at the back of the other party going away, and it took a while before he turned his broom.

IVOW TO THEE, PARTII

1938

It quickly darkened.It was dark and eerily quiet in the Forbidden Forest, but the young man felt no fear at all.During his more than ten years of campus career, he has visited this forbidden place countless times. When he was 11 years old, he was really scared when he came here for the first time.But when he came back here at the age of 17, he felt that this forest was as reassuring as home.Once upon a time, he had to walk towards his doomed death step by step, accompanied only by the shadow of his old friend and the dark forest.The cold wind blew through the branches, and the leaves whispered in his ear.He heard the forest pray for him and cry for him.At that time Harry finally understood the painstaking efforts of the founders.They chose to build Hogwarts here because this ancient magical forest has always guarded the land.

After walking for a while, a bright red hair jumped into the young man's sight. Quint Weasley sat on the ground not far away, leaning against the roots of a huge tree.He was looking at something intently. Harry walked over quickly.The boy turned his dirty little face and smiled happily at him.He pointed to not far away, where two unicorns were grazing. Professor Potter didn't have time to admire those wonderful creatures.He helped the opponent treat the wound as quickly as possible.The two unicorns also finished eating the grass, and walked away silently.

Harry looked sternly at his student - who actually thanked him with a smirk, completely unaware of how much trouble he had caused.

"Quint, do you know how irresponsible you are? How dare you fly to the Forbidden Forest without authorization?"

"But Professor... I just want to help Granger get her wand back."

"Is the wand more important than your safety?"

"The wand and I are both fine." The young man argued, "There is still you!"

"Ten points from Gryffindor."

"Huh? Professor?"

"Can your legs walk?" Harry ignored his complaints, he had to take the other party out first. Quint tried to take a step, and immediately grinned his teeth in pain, but he still nodded bravely, "No problem, just take it slow."

Harry waved his hand and cast a Levitation Charm, "Now?"

"Wow!" Quint moved his feet, "I love magic!"

Professor Potter suddenly felt annoyed and amused.He took the opponent's arm and fired a golden light into the sky.At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes in the darkness not far away.The bushes rustled, and three horse men came out of the woods.They are all tall and burly, looking majestic.Walking in the front is a strong brown-red horse. Quint murmured in surprise.

"What are you doing here?" said the leading centaur.His voice was deep and wild at the same time.

"We are teachers and students of Hogwarts." Harry bowed his head respectfully, "We have no intention of disturbing your territory and people."

"You have interrupted." The leading centaur said displeasedly, "You have polluted the night sky." He pointed to the golden spell.The other two centaurs surrounded Quint and Harry.

"Kill that," the leader ordered.

"My student is lost. I'm just notifying others who are looking for it."

"Now." The leader said impatiently. Harry had no choice but to compromise.The golden light in the night sky disappeared.The centaur walked up to the young man and looked down at him, "Are there any other people here?"

"possible."

"Who else?"

Harry looked at him suspiciously.In his impression, the centaurs have always been uninterested in human affairs.But who knows?This era has always repeatedly subverted his perception of the original world.

"I don't know." He answered honestly.

"You don't know?" The leader took a step forward aggressively. Harry didn't move, but he blocked his student with his hand.

At this time, there was another sound in the woods not far away.But this time it was not the sound of horseshoes, but human footsteps.There were two people coming, one with light steps and the other with heavy steps.They gradually approached.A ball of orange lights lit up a tree not far away, and then two people came out, Tom Riddle and night watchman Ogg.

This small open space suddenly became very crowded.

The little devil's eyes quickly swept over the few people present, his fingers trembled slightly, but he didn't touch his wand.The three parties confronted each other, and there was a brief silence in the air.

Suddenly the centaur chief pointed at Riddle.

"It's him!" He growled, "We can't let him go!!"

The other two centaurs moved quickly, but Harry was faster than them.The young man swung his wand violently, and the two centaurs collided with a transparent wall, "—Run!" He yelled at Riddle, and Ogg also tried his best to grab the young man, but the other party broke away. Tom Riddle quickly pulled out his wand, but Ogg couldn't resist him, so he had to run back alone with the kerosene lamp.two horses