the Gambler

"Not so well." Tom knew that the conversation was not going well as soon as he saw Harry's elongated smelly face. He shook his head and pulled the trembling lover over. The boy was completely soaked, and the rain dripped down his skin and clothes. It fell on the floor, dyed a large dark water halo.Harry was silent for a long time without speaking. He walked forward blindly with his head lowered. The cold had penetrated into his bones, making his skin numb. Tom's hand was the only place in his body that provided him with warmth.

"Talk to me, Harry." Tom persuaded softly. He didn't know what happened between Voldemort and Harry, but he could feel Harry's momentary closed emotions and Voldemort's smugness.Definitely about me, Tom rolled his eyes, Voldemort must be using himself to provoke Harry.This wasn't the first time there had been a conflict, and every time Harry couldn't control his temper, he deliberately reinforced the walls of Occlumency.

"Maybe one day, I'll kill you with my own hands." Harry said suddenly.

They all fell silent, and the atmosphere became very depressed.

Unable to bear it any longer, Harry quickened his pace, trying to leave Tom behind. He hurried across the corridor and bumped into a piece of armor on the side. The noise almost woke up the whole castle.Harry's frowning look startled the Nearly Headless Nick, and the ghost froze for a moment, then floated to Harry's side with a pearly white body.

"You look awful, Potter. I heard your talk, and you'll have to forgive us ghosts for not having much fun to do." Nick said cautiously. "If I'll be honest, it's a very real problem, the Dark Lord has never been a good person, and so was he when he was young."

"You also think I should be cruel, if that day comes?" Harry felt that all the heat was sucked away, and he didn't know if it was because of himself or because he was too close to Nick.

"I don't know, that's not what I mean." Nick shook his head. "I'm dead long ago, and I don't care much about the living. If he grows up to be a vicious villain, killing people without blinking an eye, I believe you will make a move." The right decision. Of course, I've watched you grow since first grade and know where your limits are, Potter, you won't kill him, so there's no need to torture your conscience with such cruel assumptions. Killing isn't the only way to stop the spread of evil, is it?"

"I'm a little confused about what you're talking about," said Harry sheepishly.

"Too honest!" Nick's beard curled up as he exhaled hard. "I sometimes try to be wise, young man, and it doesn't seem to work very well. Remember the ghost of Ravenclaw? "

"Ms. Grey?" Harry frowned, recalling the haughty and cold ghost, who he had never really observed carefully, only bumped into it a few times.

"Helena Ravenclaw, that's her real name. She's Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter." Noticing Harry's surprise, Nick went on to explain, "She was the first to discover Marvolo Gunter’s true identity, although I don’t know the specific reason, she seems to believe that she has been deceived by the other party. You have to know, she is a timid and face-saving girl, but she is absolutely kind-hearted.”

"What do you want me to do?"

"Talk to her. Helena may be the person who knows the most secrets of Hogwarts in the entire castle except for the bloody Baron. If you can convince her, you may benefit a lot. In fact, I noticed that she Always favored handsome boys with dark hair."

"I bet she doesn't like dark-haired boys so much after being tricked by Marvolo," Nick added cheerfully.

"Harry!" Luna waved her arms excitedly at him, "You're back, and you just went to fight the mermaid in the black lake? You look wet, they must be very rude, I heard from my father——"

"Luna, I have important things to do." Harry interrupted Luna's inexplicable imagination, and took out the Marauder's Map vigilantly, making sure no one saw it before letting go.Luna seemed to be very interested in the map. If it wasn't for her serious expression, she seemed eager to take it away and study it carefully.Harry stomped helplessly to draw the girl's attention to him, and lowered his voice, "I want to see Ms. Gray."

"I don't know where she is." Luna pouted, her fingers circling around her light blonde hair, "Why don't you follow me to the Ravenclaw lounge." Harry's sleeve, pulling him to a spiral staircase.

"Wait." Harry took out the invisibility cloak from his arms and put it on. Luna raised his eyebrows, and he explained hastily, "I don't want to cause unnecessary trouble. Oh, by the way, can you find a way to get Wal Ravenclaw from the Knights of Pops?"

"I don't know."

"What Marvolo said in the afternoon is very reasonable. We cannot entrust our trust to people who cannot be trusted. Even a small mistake should not be tolerated."

"Okay." Luna said after a moment of silence.

Luna and the two crept up the stairs and stopped in front of a wooden door with an eagle-shaped bronze knocker.Luna reached out and knocked on the door knocker, the eagle's beak opened, and a gentle and pleasant female voice came out from inside.She asked an unimaginable question, and after Luna replied an even more unimaginable answer, they entered the Ravenclaw lounge smoothly.

It was a large circular room, with blue and bronze draperies hanging from the high ceiling, and elegant windows inlaid into the walls, and there were many students sitting in it, all buried in their books, no one noticed. Luna's arrival.That might be the only benefit of Luna's unpopularity.Harry glanced up at the lounge, just in time for Cho to get up and say hello to Luna, before sitting back and continuing to chat.Harry noticed that opposite the door was a huge marble statue of Rowena Ravenclaw, with a beautiful crown on her head.

"You mean Nick wants me to know where the diadem is?"

"Oh, Harry, everyone knows it's been missing for centuries, but I've heard that the Bowtruckles are the thieves," whispered Luna, her eyes suddenly pausing on the French windows near the hallway where sitting A ghost looking out the window, waist-length curly hair hanging limply over an equally soft-looking fabric.The ghost turned, and Harry noticed that it was a very beautiful woman, as beautiful and cold as Rowena Ravenclaw, and it must have been Helena.

"Mrs. Grey!" Luna shouted to stop Helena, who turned her head to look at her and turned back as if nothing had happened.

"She's not the type who likes to be close to people." Luna blinked her light blue eyes a few times, and the objective evaluation obviously aroused Helena's dissatisfaction. It felt like the other party was solving a mystery, and looked at Luna with special focus.Her pale gray eyes turned to Harry's position, tilted her head, and looked back at Luna.The boy knew that all she could see was air.

Helena straightened her body and began to float slowly towards the corridor. Harry panicked, not paying attention to the suspicion aroused by the footsteps, and followed the woman in three steps at a time. When he left the lounge, he could only watch the translucent The body came out through the wall.Harry stomped violently, Luna trotted to open the door for him, squeezed the witch's palm to express his gratitude, Harry jumped down several steps, took off the invisibility cloak, and shouted at Ms Gray's back Yelling: "Wait, Helena! I want to talk to you!"

The ghost paused, turned around suspiciously, and took a closer look. Harry found her delicate features more attractive.If the other party is still alive, she is definitely a famous beauty.Helena raised her chin, looking arrogant and defiant.

"I haven't been called by my name for a long time." Her voice was equally cold, "You are Harry Potter, the boy with him."

The 'he' refers to Tom, because the woman suddenly started gnashing her teeth when talking about him.Harry had wisely decided not to continue to piss off Helena, he was here to make a relationship, not an enemy.Harry panted heavily, and bowed slightly after calming down: "Miss Ravenclaw—"

"I don't deserve that name!" Helena suddenly screamed in an uncomfortably high decibel voice, and her beautiful face twisted.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" Harry shouted in the same high decibel, and he instinctively reached out and passed Helena's pearly white body, and an indescribable feeling made him soak in ice. In the water, the whole body trembled uncontrollably.Harry withdrew his hand quickly, meeting the woman's surprised expression, it was obvious that the unexpected contact had calmed Helena down.

"I want to talk to you, Helena."

Helena stood up, saw that Harry didn't move, and sat back disappointed.

"What do you want to talk about?" She gave Harry a contemptuous glance. "I won't tell you anything."

"Marvolo Gaunt, his former name was Tom Riddle, you know that, don't you?" Harry said anxiously, "He came to see you once, you must have talked, I heard he lied to you."

Helena bit her lip, she looked a little embarrassed, and stammered: "You, what do you mean? I won't tell you anything!"

"He took Ravenclaw's diadem." Harry said tentatively. In fact, this was Tom's guess, and he hadn't actually verified it from Voldemort.If Tom cheated to get useful information from Helena, he couldn't think of anything else but a diadem.It seems that the goddess of luck is still standing by his side this time, Helena became very excited, her lips trembling slightly: "I, I told him where the crown is hidden, I don't know what he came up with! He, he Seems very charming, kind and compassionate—”

"Voldemort made Ravenclaw's diadem into a Horcrux, a container for storing some of the soul fragments."

Helena let out a choked exclamation, put her hands over her mouth, and stared at Harry, who nodded.Silver-white tears slid down the woman's cheeks, she seemed unable to bear the condemnation in her heart, rushed to the open window, sat on the window sill and wept.From Harry's side, all he could see was Helena's shrugging shoulders.

He should have given Helena time to gather her grief, but that was the only time he could take advantage of it.The gears in Harry's head were spinning fast, and his heart was beating faster than ever. He cleared his throat and angrily condemned Tom's behavior: "It's not your fault he's always talking, Helena. In fact, I've been lied to more than once by him."

Helena turned her head sharply.

"He's a scheming liar, and now we're taking advantage of each other. Voldemort can only be defeated by joining forces, and you also want to get revenge on those who defiled/defiled mother's relics, don't you?" Harry coaxed softly, "Tom once hung from Slytherin The soul piece was successfully removed from the locket without breaking the container, I don't know about Voldemort, but you should have noticed that he also reabsorbed the soul piece."

"You want to convince me." Helena floated in front of Harry, carefully studying the other's face.

"If the diadem is unscathed, I will bring it back to you."

"What are the conditions?"

"Tell me the secret of the diadem."

Helena narrowed her eyes and nodded slightly: "Deal."