38 years of past events

The two old trees in front of the gate withered in the dim light, leaving only their bare poles. They stood there listlessly, unchanged for ten years. Inside the rusty iron fence, the house, in the night, was nothing but a faint Outside the outline of the building, the dark entrance makes it more like a monster that wants to devour darkness. There is also a deserted garden, weeds that reach the bare feet, and the darkness and humidity make the rotten smell of the surroundings permeate the air inch by inch. If no one tells a traveling guest now, he will never associate this place with the beautiful Riddle Manor in Hangleton 50 years ago.

Well, traveling guests, we are home.

After a long journey in Albania, now we are finally back again.

After Daisy and I cleaned up the abandoned house, we started to build a fire next to the fireplace, and then, on another chair, the strange creature wrapped in clothes, he was making a weak cock, looking very distressed. look.

"Wormtail! Hold him here, and keep him near the fire, he needs warmth."

No one would have thought that the person who couldn't even mention his name was wrapped in clothes and placed on a chair at this moment, and now he was extremely weak, weaker than ever.

Of course, this has to start from that night. The Dark Mark fired by Daisy quickly alarmed her father, and she "got her wish" and became one of us. So far, Albania, which was visited by two people, has become a family of four. Returning, no, it's four and a half, and one half is Nagini.

However, after we left the Albanian forest, we found that his gas-like shadow was dissipating quickly. This is a bad thing. In such a situation, without blood, it is difficult for him to support himself. Tail learned about a local voodoo religion through his mouse friends. We got a folk prescription there and improved it with a spell. From this, we created his first body, a sacrificial offering. The temporary residence he was attached to was just like it is now.

"Wormtail, I'm talking to you!" After I called him twice, Peter reluctantly walked over. I knew he was disgusted and scared by his father's appearance at the moment.

"Wormtail, if you don't think this is easy to do, then I don't mind exchanging with you at all, and let you watch Nagini."

"No... I'd love to, really, very much." He was more reluctant to stay with Nagini than he was.

Peter picked him up and turned the chair around, getting closer to the stove, and at the same time wrapped his clothes more tightly. After finishing all this, he also sat down around the stove. Well, now there is a There are four of us.

After a while, the warmth of the flame seemed to restore some strength to the man, and we remained silent more as if we were waiting for his instructions.

"Where's Nagini?"

"Here, need it to go out?" I answered him.

"Let it go out and tell it to look out the door. During this time, I don't want any Muggles or people in the wizarding world to find us."

I said a few words to Nagini in snake language, and it swam away, and when it passed by Daisy, she shrank her feet abruptly, and it turned out that this girl was far less strong than she thought.

"Master...Master...how long are we going to stay here?" Wormtail asked boldly.

"A week, er, maybe longer, but it would be foolish to do it before the Quidditch World Cup. Besides, there's no better place to be than this right now, so we'll have to stay for a while. "

"Why... after the World Cup is over, wouldn't it be more..."

"Stupid! It's the World Cup now, and those guys from the Ministry of Magic will conduct stricter inspections than ever before. If they find anything, our plan will be over."

"You're right, Randolph," my father agreed with my answer.

"Then your ruling position will still be very stable, right? I mean after some people come back, especially those old friends." Daisy asked boldly.

"Good girl, didn't anyone tell you not to question Lord Voldemort?" The cold and threatening voice made Daisy quickly lower her head, "Of course, if those guys still have the face to come to see me , I will let them know what will happen to the traitor!"

"Master...Master...I have another question."

"Say!"

"We can have many choices, not necessarily the boy, I mean Harry Potter, it would be easier to act if we choose someone else, but if it's Harry, I think our plan may be blocked. "

"Indeed, why do we have to use Harry Potter?" This is also the question I want to ask, the father's bones, the servant's flesh, the enemy's blood, no matter which enemy it is, it will be much easier. I don't understand why my father must be That boy, you must know that it is almost impossible to hijack him in this situation.

He laughed, the voice was so sharp and harsh that it was extremely uncomfortable to listen to, "Want to know? Well, well, tell you, yes, I have to have this boy, 13 years, I waited for 13 years , so I don’t mind waiting a few more months, for that miraculous protection, the protection his mother gave him before she died, I believe that as long as I use his blood, that protection will also exist on me, when the time comes , nothing can defeat Voldemort again!"

That's why I said why he insisted on choosing Harry.

"But you don't have to worry, because when the time comes, there will be a friend who will join us, and my faithful servant will return."

"Is it Barty Crouch Jr.?"

"You are very smart, Randolph. It is indeed him. Although Bertha Jorkins is dead, we must let her play a role, right, especially the information she provided, which is really a good thing."

He smiled and continued: "Also, Wormtail, I must remind you again, don't try to play tricks on Voldemort, don't try to lie to him, you will pay the price!"

"I have not, master, I am your faithful servant!"

"Okay, do you think I don't know that you want me to give up Harry Potter? You are afraid of death, you are afraid of being caught, and you want to escape from us even more. You were not willing in the first place."

"I...I don't have...Master, please believe me..."

"Okay, you should be glad that I don't have the energy to argue with you so much now, but this is not over, I have to give an order, Randolph!"

"I am here."

"Keep an eye on him, if he dares to betray us, you will kill him!"

After my father's voice fell, I smiled at Peter's pale face, and Peter immediately trembled with fright, and he replied in a panic: "No, no, master, how could I do this, never will .”

At this time, I suddenly heard Nagini's voice, and it swam in with a hiss.

Father whispered: "It's really interesting, boys, please bring in the faithful old housekeeper."

With a "bang", the door was slammed open and hit the wall. This sudden situation made the old Muggle man almost fall to the ground with weightlessness.

Daisy couldn't help making an "ah" sound, she didn't expect that there would be other people in this abandoned manor.Of course, I didn't expect it either.

"It's a snake...ah no, Nagini told you?" Daisy asked me in surprise.

I wasn't going to answer her question, because I had my wand out, ready to finish off the old man at any time, whether we had Muggles or wizards in front of us.

"Wait, Randolph, let me have a word with him." My father stopped me, and he read aloud, "Frank? Your name is Frank, right?" The Dark Lord curled up in a chair The chair was turned away from him, so he looked at the three of us standing there, so that he had no idea who was making the noise in the room.

"Is that you?" The old man looked at me suspiciously at first.

"Of course it's not him. Well, you don't need to know, because I just need to say a few words to you."

"No, I have to know you, my intuition tells me, I must know you!"

The man on the chair laughed, "Okay, then you just look at him and say the same." My father was pointing at me, but in fact I didn't know the old man.

Frank narrowed his eyes, trying to scrutinize me in the dim light, "I must have seen you, this is so familiar—"

Then after a while, as if he remembered something, he suddenly opened his eyes wide and shouted excitedly and tremblingly, "I know! I know! It's you who's back! You're back again! The devil! The devil came back again!" came back!"

"Frank, it's been 50 years, so glad you still remember me."

"No! No! How is this possible? It's been 50 years! How can there be no change!"

"Of course, after 50 years, you have become a bad and disgusting old man, and I am about to stand on the greatest peak, but you wouldn't think of it, even if they were alive, they wouldn't think of it."

"No! Demons! You are all demons. I really regret bringing you here."

"Yes, if it wasn't for you, that annoying Muggle, I might have to look for it for a while. In this regard, Lord Voldemort has to thank you. In return, I will give you a comfortable death later."

"Kill me like you killed them? You are a demented demon!"

"No, no, you used the wrong word, they deserve death."

Although Frank was already shaking with anger, he still clenched the crutch in his hand.

"Okay, 50 years, since I have to die, before I die, look at you, look at you, don't hide, don't hide, I heard it, you are not doing well , let me take a look at how bad you are, I have to see with my own eyes, you are a devil, even if I die, I will feel at ease."

"What a stupid Muggle, do you think I will become like you? Of course not, I will be stronger in the near future, of course I dare to face you even now, why not, Wormtail roll over !"

Peter walked over carefully, turned the chair around, and after Frank saw clearly through the dim light, he opened his mouth almost uncontrollably, his eyes were full of fear and surprise, and then he began to speak little by little. He turned his head to look at my face and said with difficulty: "Then, who is he?"

"He? What do you think?"

The father's harsh laughter sounded again, and then suddenly a green light shot from the chair directly through Frank's body, his eyes were wide open, and he collapsed without even a chance to scream.

"Randolph, ask Nagini to drag this dirty Muggle out and deal with it. By the way, there is also Wormtail, you also go to the door to watch, I don't want another person to appear, otherwise I will call you It also became the same fate as him!"

Peter, who had been ordered, ran out immediately, in fact he was more than happy to do so, and he didn't want to stay with us inside for a moment.

"What will Nagini do?" Daisy asked me softly, clutching my sleeve tightly.

"It's nothing, the best way to deal with the corpse is to eat him." Daisy turned pale all of a sudden, and then she covered her mouth as if trying to suppress something as if she was about to spit it out.

Now that there were only three of us in the room, I sat down again around the fire.

"Was that person here just now? You know him?" I couldn't help but wonder what they were talking about at the end, and why the old man was so surprised when he saw me.

"A Muggle named Frank was the gardener of the estate. But that was a long time ago."

I leaned next to him and moved him closer to the fire, which would make it easier for him to be warmer. Obviously, this method is effective. In the situation where nothing can be done now, the warm light of the fire makes him unprecedented. Be patient and tell me the story of the manor.

"I was 16 years old at that time, and I was still studying at Hogwarts, but my extraordinary talent was unmatched by all the students. The most important thing was that I could speak Parseltongue, which none of them knew, so That year I opened the Chamber of Secrets and discovered the secret about Salazar Slytherin. At the same time, I finally knew where my extraordinary power came from. It was a summer vacation and I found my mother Gaunt's family, but I have to say I'm disappointed, Marvolo is dead, and there's only one alcoholic son, Morfin Gaunt, shabby and dirty, that's all I can say about that place, even though I That uncle was also a Parseltongue, but I hardly had any hope for him, and then I learned from him about my mother, your grandmother, and a Muggle named Tom Riddle , that is, the owner of this garden."

He paused, panting slowly.

"Do you need me to bring it to you? There's still some milk in that bottle."

"No, no need, I'm fine now." Then he continued after a while: "I came to Little Hangleton, at that time, I met Frank, he was still very young at that time, yes The gardener in the manor, just came back from outside, I persuaded him to take me in, in fact, at that time I just wanted to meet that stupid Muggle, I wanted to ask him a few questions, so I wouldn't think of killing him , Why bother, that would attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic, but the result was not good. After he saw me, he panicked violently. He severely reprimanded Frank and kicked him out of the house, oh , in fact, he didn't need to be like this at the time, but his reaction was so violent that even his parents were attracted. It is conceivable that they did not welcome me. The most annoying thing is that he kept silent. My mother, although it was indeed a stupid woman. It was not a pleasant night. The stupid Muggle did not show the slightest remorse for his mistakes. On the contrary, he tried his best to express his disgust towards me. I just ended the night. I thought later that my Muggle father was of some use in his miserable life, because the first Death Curse I learned was finally fulfilled on him." The story ended , he laughed a few times.

Daisy and I both fell silent, lamenting for the woman named Merope.

"So he was so excited just now because he regarded me as you and thought you were back again."

"Maybe, who knows. I don't care what Muggles think."

"Okay, something happened tonight, I have to rest well, and there will be a faithful servant, I am still waiting for him to come to me, maybe tomorrow or not in a few days, then our plan Let's get started. Randolph, you and that girl take turns watching over me, understand?"

"understood."

"Very well, that's it, I'm still weak, I have to rest."