Mentor and Friends

They got some hints, their luck was actually good, at least the hints for the second game could appear on the trees or small animals, Harry remembered that there was a way, the information of the second game was complete, but The suffering of obtaining it naturally increases accordingly.

Harry had just changed shifts when he saw Moody blankly remove a torn piece of parchment from a salamander. He saw Moody put the torn piece of parchment together with the other, and see Under the circumstances, Moody was only short of the last one to complete this task, and because Harry came a little late, so he didn't know how Moody dealt with the salamander, but at least Moody was not injured, and he was still alive. Intact, and most importantly, the salamander may have been injured but not dead.

In such a situation, there is no doubt that Moody will be able to add a lot of points.

In contrast to the other four, Tom stopped where he was for some reason, closed his eyes tightly, and visually inspected what difficulties he had encountered, while the two warriors of Durmstrang were still holding the first document to interpret. It seems that their luck is very bad, the information on the parchment is really jerky and difficult to understand?

And Beauxbaton's girl also got the second incomplete parchment after Moody, but at this time her face was already painted, and she was a little out of breath holding the wand and parchment at the moment, it should be magic power Due to excessive consumption.

On the other hand, Tom just stood there, and Harry couldn't guess whether he got the parchment or not, but then Harry suddenly realized that the other four warriors had all got the incomplete information, so that means, the one with the complete parchment The path of paper, drawn by Tom?

Is this good luck or bad luck?

You must know that since it is a complete parchment, it will not be so easy to get.

Harry shook his head helplessly.

After 10 minutes, Harry began to realize that something was wrong. You must know that the other four warriors had completed a circle, but Tom still stopped where he was. The light at the tip of his wand had been extinguished, and Harry couldn't see his expression clearly in the darkness, but he could hear his breathing more and more quickly.

How is this going?

Harry frowned suspiciously.

Suddenly, he saw something flashing under Tom's feet.

Harry squinted his eyes to try to get a better look at the glowing thing, and after a long silence, it finally flashed again.

Harry blinked and recognized what it was in a split second.

It seemed that he had accidentally fallen under the spell and was dragged into the illusion.

The illusion set in the game will not target people's nerve lines, that is to say, there will be no magic spell that destroys people's nerve lines by recreating the most feared scenes. It will only drag down the warriors and make them addicted to it. For the warriors, time has decided everything. The longer they stay in the Forbidden Forest, the greater the pressure in their hearts. Few people can adapt to the environment and atmosphere of the Forbidden Forest in a short period of time.

In fact, Harry was curious about what Tom saw.

Is it his future, is it his glory after completing seven Horcruxes?According to Tom's character, such a vision is really likely to happen.

While Harry was thinking wildly, there was already a crisis around him except Tom.

Moody and the others have completed a road cycle, although they themselves don't know it, because after a cycle, more magical creatures have appeared on this road, and there are even many creatures that will never be born in the seventh grade. The textbooks that appear are extremely dangerous animals.

But they can see very clearly that the parchment carried by these creatures is probably their last goal tonight, and if they get it, they can leave this place—the road they are on is completely closed, so they cannot get it. Know if someone has completed the task earlier than yourself.

But it's not easy to remove the parchment from these creatures. If you don't want to be injured and disabled, you'd better escape before you make a plan. You know, since they decided to use such creatures to hinder them, then absolutely Is it because they believe that they can deal with these creatures, so naturally no one will come to help them at the beginning, and who knows if their own instructor is by their side at this time?

Faced with such a crisis, the four of them chose to avoid it unanimously.

They weren't stupid enough to be brave until they found a suitable way to deal with these creatures.

Harry nodded in satisfaction.

This is the Triwizard Tournament, giving people enough time to react and think about it, so as not to cause casualties due to unexpected situations and not knowing what to do. Although this game is more about strength and reaction, etc., But at any rate, it wasn't an instant thing, like Harry's class, if the first match hadn't become an open secret among the warriors, then suddenly facing an adult dragon, I'm afraid the four of them wouldn't die after one match Also crippled.

Didn't you see the ashen expression on Cedric's face when he told him that? Even a 17-year-old adult wizard is after all facing such an adult dragon for the first time, so it's no wonder he isn't afraid.

Harry was satisfied with the reactions of the four of them, but continued to frown because Tom remained where he was.

Even if it is a hallucination, it should be beautiful and warm, a hallucination that people are addicted to and don't want to wake up, but why does Tom's reaction give him a feeling that he is about to suffocate?

Could it be that Mirage made a mistake?

Harry blinked, he didn't know how to do this, in fact, only Hermione and Draco were good at these things, he and Ron both obeyed orders, how did Hermione order them to do, so he was suddenly Don't know what's going on.

Tom seemed to be out of breath now, and he vaguely seemed to say something, but for a moment Harry wasn't sure exactly what he was talking about.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that Tom's voice became clearer: "Harry..."

As if someone had used a holding spell, Harry stood there blankly.

In the darkness, the boy's breath seemed to be filled with crying, and also with some prayers: "Don't go..."

Harry stayed where he was, staring at Tom blankly.

It seemed that he was infected, and he felt that he had become difficult to breathe.

"Stay with me... don't go..." It was the first time in a long time that he heard Tom speak in such a voice that almost begged, and Harry opened his mouth, gasping for breath.

This is not right... Obviously the illusion that Tom entered should be warm and intoxicating, why did this happen...

In fact, Harry guessed right, Tom had indeed entered a wonderful illusion.

In the illusion, he successfully split seven horcruxes, making sure that he flew away from death, and then ruled the world with great power and huge followers. They ran amok in the wizarding world. Breaking the pure-blood supremacy of the wizarding world, he has an unparalleled status, and the history books of magic praise his greatness and achievements, and even, he got the person he has always loved.

They transformed this decadent wizarding world together, and the gentle smile that the other party always wore fascinated him. Whenever night fell, they lingered crazily, and the gasping, moaning, and moaning of that person under his body made him intoxicated and unable to extricate himself from it. .

It's a pity that the environment may be able to create what he thinks in his heart, but it cannot fathom the character of the person he loves.

Everything changed after he killed several half-blood wizards.

That person saw his behavior, and all the warmth was shattered.

Yes, that man is such a straightforward Gryffindor. He loves the wizarding world, but he is also close to the Muggle world. He treats pure-blood wizards and Muggle wizards equally. How can extreme practices be recognized?

But his behavior caught him by surprise.

This is what Tom is subconsciously worried about-the two people will not be able to be together because of their disagreement.

At last they began to quarrel frequently, and not even the magic of the vision could prevent it from happening, for he could only guess at Tom's longing, not what the other person's character was in that longing.

Tom couldn't give up his power, and that person couldn't accept such a cruel Tom.

The people who first set up the magic circle in this environment might never have imagined that the illusion brought by the magic circle would change into another situation because of the person Tom loved in his heart.

"Harry, the shift has changed." Ron patted Harry's body behind him, and Harry woke up from the shock. At the same time, Tom also opened his eyes and staggered a few steps.

"Damn it." Harry heard Tom curse softly, knowing that he had finally come out of the illusion, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Moody and the others are in trouble, you should pay attention, and if it doesn't work, take action." Harry nodded at Ron.

"Don't worry, I know." Ron said carelessly.

Harry took one last look at Tom, Tom hadn't relit his wand yet, so Harry didn't know what he was doing, but Harry felt that he couldn't stay here any longer, it gave him a suffocating feeling.

The author has something to say: After writing the first game, I am not as stuck as before, and I am finally relieved ╮(╯▽╰)╭

77. The first game ([-])

Tom managed to get the cue and, to everyone's surprise, sent the signal into the sky just after nine o'clock - exactly half an hour after Ron and Harry's shift change.

When he sent out the signal, Ron appeared in front of him.

"You are on duty, teaching assistant." Tom lowered his head and looked at the parchment in his hand.

"Well, Harry just went back half an hour ago." Ron didn't know what happened to them during this period, but simply replied, in fact, he didn't know what Tom went through before, and he didn't know ha Leigh heard things.

"That's it." Tom rubbed the parchment in his hand. When he was in a hallucination just now, he didn't know if he said anything that shouldn't be said.

"Okay, I still have to be on duty here." Ron summoned a Patronus, "Just follow it, and you'll be out soon."

Tom nodded, took his own parchment and followed the patron saint away.

He was still immersed in the previous illusion. Just after leaving the illusion, the magical creature came to his door. Tom was not polite and killed him with one move. When he was questioned, he could naturally have various excuses. Death is a common occurrence, so why should a warrior accidentally kill a magical creature to save his life--whoever made it unlucky hit Tom's muzzle.

Tom couldn't deny that he was very intoxicated by the scene he had just seen in the illusion, the right to dominate the world, the huge and full blur, the temptation to fly away from death.

That was his ambition, and after all, his future.

Even Harry...

Tom stopped rubbing the parchment.

Then he smiled coldly.

Even Harry can't stop him from going to success. Since my current strength may make you leave me, then I will be so strong that you can only stay by my side.

No one can take you Harry away from me, not even you.

No one knows that this young man, because of an illusion, has strengthened his pursuit of strength, even if it is fake, but after experiencing a success and a glory, no one is willing to be ordinary, let alone Tom Riddle , which is not trivial in itself.

"Who." Someone passed by, and Tom raised his wand.

However, the inside of the Forbidden Forest was extremely dark, and there were roars of wild animals mixed in, but these roars also became far away because Tom was getting closer and closer to the edge, but Tom could clearly see that someone flashed past him just now, and that person Extremely strong black magic fluctuations appeared on his body.

It's so late, who actually wants to go to the Forbidden Forest?And that man made Tom feel uncomfortable.

Seeing Tom stop, the Patronus came to his side and rubbed against him with its phantom body—this Patronus was obviously stronger than Ron, because Ron would never dare to make such a move of.

"It's all right," Tom said.

He continued to walk, with an indifferent expression on his face.

Even if something happened, it wasn't him.

He felt relieved, and followed the patron saint to the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest.

Several referees and instructors were waiting for him outside.

In fact, in the Triwizard Tournament, it is not only the warriors who have worked hard, but also the referees and instructors. After all, students can choose not to watch the game or wait for the results, but as referees, they must wait for the results and judge the results. Warriors don't cheat,

"Oh, our first warrior came out." As soon as he saw him, Kevin laughed, "From five o'clock to now at nine fifteen, my dear, you are the first one to come out of it , let me see, oh, you look fine, basically unharmed, it doesn't look like you've been in there for more than four hours."

This will undoubtedly give Tom a lot of points. After all, Tom is unscathed, and no one has any objections even if he is given full marks.

"Oh, by the way," Kevin patted his palm, "You still have to show us what you got to make sure that what you got is a real reminder, you know we put it in there A few fake tips."

Tom handed over the parchment in good faith.

Five minutes later, Tom explained that the size was appropriate, and even told the parchment he got after killing the magical creature, and implicitly expressed that he accidentally killed it because of panic, after all, he cherished it. own life.

Of course, this situation of his will naturally cause him to be deducted a lot of points, but he knows that it is better to confess now than to settle the score with himself after they find out.

"Tom, come." Harry waved at him.

Tom looked at Harry with dark eyes.

He didn't know if he said anything when he was in the hallucination. You must know that even he couldn't guarantee to remain calm under such a huge temptation, but Harry's performance was too calm. He was on duty just now, and he couldn't possibly Don't know what happened to me.

Did Harry really not know, or pretend he didn't care?

And because Tom himself had something on his mind, he didn't see Harry's uncomfortable expression under the dim light.

Tom bowed his head slightly and walked to Harry's side.

"You haven't eaten much, come here and have some." Although Hogwarts asked the house elves to prepare their dinner in advance because the warriors had to compete at five o'clock, even Tom was not in the mood How much to eat.

And Harry, who also experienced the Triwizard Tournament, said that he understood Tom's mood very well, and did not ask him to eat more at that time.

Now that Tom is out, it means the game is over, so naturally he should be allowed to eat more.

"Thank you," Tom said softly.

"Go to the tent first, take a break after eating, and sleep for a while. According to the regulations, you can't leave within tonight unless everyone comes out."

Tom nodded, and followed Harry to a nearby tent.

The inside is enchanted, and the space inside the seemingly small tent can definitely accommodate more than ten people.

Harry prepared a sumptuous supper and used a warming spell.

"I can't eat so much by myself." Tom looked at the pile of food, "Harry, would you like to eat with me?"

"Huh?" Harry was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Okay, but first let me say that I eat very little."

As he spoke, he sat down in front of Tom and took some vegetables and bread.

In fact, Harry doesn't have the habit of eating late-night snacks. At this point in time, he actually prefers to eat snacks. Sometimes he and Ron can solve most of the bag of snacks. Because of this habit, he and Ron don't know how to be scolded by Hermione. How many times has it been.

There were only the two of them inside the tent, and the referees and professors were outside. Harry was Tom's advisor, and Tom came out from inside, so there was no need for him to wait outside.

Seeing Tom eating his late-night snack gracefully, Harry could only chuckle and shake his head.

He couldn't do it, even if he didn't eat in the "rude" (Draco) way he did when he first entered Gryffindor, but he couldn't do it with such grace.

Tom lowered his head and didn't seem to notice Harry's gaze.

At this moment, there was actually a moment of peace in his heart.

As Harry said at the time, that illusion was so wonderful that when one woke up, one would still feel that this had happened.

Tom still remembers, in that beautiful dream, he and Harry walked together, they kissed each other in the evening, then kissed each other good morning in the morning, sat at the dining table together, maybe Harry would cheer Reading a book of fairy tales, maybe holding a newspaper, but just not touching the breakfast in front of him, and then he would snatch what was in Harry's hand and put the bread into his mouth.

It was a warm and peaceful life, and Tom was shocked that maybe the key to his indulging in that dream was because of its warmth.

"Tom?" Harry waved his hand in front of Tom, "What's wrong with you?"

"Huh?" Tom recalled from his contemplation, "No, nothing," Tom shook his head, "just thinking about the second game."

"The second match is still far away. You just came out of the Forbidden Forest. You should take a good rest. You came out early, so you don't need to disturb your own resting routine, which is much better than others."

"Yes." Tom replied softly.

After that, no one spoke, and the two of them lowered their heads and ate their supper, without noticing each other's expressions.

The light in Harry's eyes flickered unclearly. He actually didn't know how to face Tom. After hearing Tom's words, perhaps his concern for Tom outweighed the shock, so he packed himself up when Tom appeared. Feeling like nothing happened.

He wanted to pretend that this hadn't happened, and wouldn't it be the same for Tom who came out of the illusion?

Like that vision, Tom didn't blurt it out, and Harry, never heard it.

Henry Bell of Durmstrang came out smoothly after eleven o'clock, but he had a lot of wounds on his body. Although this would cause him to be deducted a lot of points, fortunately he didn't kill anyone on his way. Any magical creature.

At zero o'clock, Moody walked out smoothly. He suffered some injuries, but he didn't kill any magical creatures like Bell, so even though the difference was an hour and a half, Harry estimated that their scores would not be much worse.

At two o'clock in the morning, Ofina Anita, the last warrior of Durmstrang, made her way out of the Forbidden Forest.

At 06:30, Beauxbaton's warrior sent a signal to give up the first game. Everyone found her, and her whole body was shrouded in an ominous black mist.

The author has something to say: Zhan [-] last night means that the whole person is not well today qaq will never do this kind of thing again

78. Tips for the second game

"Harry?" Tom actually didn't wake up at six o'clock. In the tent, each warrior has a separate room. Harry had placed a soundproof spell around it so that Tom could have a good rest, because he knew that if there were warriors at night If it comes out, then there must be noise, Tom is a very sensitive child.

When Tom woke up, there was no one in his cubicle, only the breakfast Harry had prepared on the table, and he didn't even know when Harry came in and when he went out.

When he finished his breakfast and walked out of the cubicle, he saw the busy crowd.

"Are you awake?" Harry whispered to him, then waved to him, Tom understood and came to Harry's side.

"Felix, what's going on here?" Kevin looked a little dignified, "Anita didn't have any wounds on her body, but there is no doubt that her magic power is passing."

"I said, I don't know what's going on." Felix is ​​a man with thinning hair. He looks like he is five or sixty years old. Such an old man means that his magic power is no longer at its peak, but In a competition like the Triwizard Tournament, it is easier for an old man of this age to be respected, because it proves that they have survived many Triwizard Tournaments, and may even be a champion instructor, who may not be the most magical Sheng, but he will be the most experienced.

It stands to reason that nothing would happen with him around. Even though Anita finally became a little strange because she couldn't stand the atmosphere of the Forbidden Forest, she should still be able to deal with dangers and the like. In fact, people are in a panic. Any disturbance could alert her, and it was impossible for her to be hurt to such an extent.

"Before, when it was almost dawn, there was some light in the Forbidden Forest," Felix recalled, "but then there seemed to be a strange phenomenon for a moment. I can't tell what it feels like, but Anita is indeed It fell without warning."

"St. Mungo's test results haven't come out yet, so far we only know that her magic power is passing away, and the recovery speed of the magic power in her body can't keep up with the speed of disappearing." Kevin frowned, "None of us know what is going on. Something happened."

"It seems that someone is maliciously absorbing her magic power." Ron said softly from the side.

He and Harry have experienced this behavior many times.

Back then, the companions around them were always maliciously sucked away by some people, and in the end, even many people became squibs.

"Maliciously absorbing magic power, this belongs to the scope of black magic." Kevin took a breath, "Could it be that a dark wizard has infiltrated the Forbidden Forest?"

"Even if a dark wizard has infiltrated the Forbidden Forest, we shouldn't be unaware." Dumbledore frowned aside.

"Everyone." A man opened the tent, "The test results came out, and Anita was indeed cast with black magic, causing her magic power to disappear."

"If someone cast black magic on her, why didn't I, who was following her, know?" Felix said angrily, "Can someone hide under my nose, you know the warriors The roads are equipped with various magics, and the disillusionment spell has no effect at all."

"What about the invisibility cloak?"

"As far as we know, only the Potter family has an invisibility cloak. It is said that a family in Germany also has an invisibility cloak, but we can't find out which family it is."

There are very few families that can own invisibility cloaks. According to the statistics of the wizarding world from ancient times to the present, there are less than five existing invisibility cloaks.

"Could it be deep in the Forbidden Forest..."

"No, from the beginning to the end of the game, the Forbidden Forest has been very calm. There is nothing abnormal in it. It should not be that the magical creatures inside have come out."

"That's not what we're going to talk about." Beauxbaton's current headmaster patted the table, "Anita's current condition is very likely to not make it to the next competition, and even if her magic power continues like this, her future studies will be difficult. very dangerous."

"Can't the doctors at St. Mungo's help?" Harry asked.

"No, they have never encountered such a situation before. It would be fine if they knew what kind of black magic was placed on Anita, but now it seems that there is no reason at all, and nothing can be found out."

"Okay, the children are still here." Apart from Tom, warriors have woken up one after another. Several adults are here to discuss things, because their advisor is also there, so there is nothing wrong with them coming, but Anita appeared In such a situation, they don't seem to cause panic to the children, "You explain to the children, and we will do the rest."

The Warriors have a reason to know what happened, even if it would cause panic if it were announced, but at least they are in danger and they need to know what happened.

Harry took Tom back to the cellar.

"What happened?" Even though he had probably guessed it, Tom still wanted to know what happened last night.

"In the early hours of this morning, Professor Felix sent a signal to replace Beauxbaton's warriors and give up the game." Unlike Tom, who can rest well after the game at night, Harry couldn't sleep from the beginning to the end. Fortunately, he I used to have the habit of traveling at night, so staying up all night is not a big deal, although he looked a little tired at this time, "Even Felix didn't know what happened, it seemed that something went wrong in the blink of an eye , He didn't know who had tampered with Anita, and he didn't dare to move Anita easily when we rushed over, because she was shrouded in an ominous black mist."

"Her magic power is fading?"

"En." Harry nodded, "St. Mungo's Hospital didn't find out anything. She was affected by an unknown black magic, and the speed of magic power recovery couldn't keep up with the speed of loss."

"Deep in the Forbidden Forest..."

"We went to check, and it's very calm over there. It seems that what happened a while ago didn't happen again. It's a pity that it's okay if it's deep in the Forbidden Forest. After all, the second game is not in the Forbidden Forest, but now... "Harry sighed, "Once the Triwizard Tournament starts, it cannot be stopped halfway, and we don't know what to do. Let's see what the ministers say when the time comes."

"If Beauxbaton's girl can't be cured, won't the next game be affected?"

"St. Mungo's is trying to find a way," said Harry. "There's always a way." He served Tom a cup of tea. "Do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing for Anita."

"Although one less competitor is one less threat to my trophy, I think this kind of competition is incomplete." Tom said calmly, "Harry, you told me before that you hope I can participate in this competition." The premise of the game is to improve one's ability, not to win trophies, I always remember this sentence."

"Really." Harry was obviously a little surprised, and then he laughed, "You can remember me very happy, Tom, you are only a teenager now, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the future, if it is your last thing to win the trophy If you want to achieve your goal, then use the opportunity of this road to make yourself stronger before reaching the goal, and use the various factors on this road to make you grow faster."

"I know." It doesn't need to be said by Harry, Tom himself knows it, because he is like this, constantly using what he can use, and constantly learning what he can learn, otherwise even with the identity of a descendant of Slytherin, I'm afraid it's not easy for him to convince the Slytherins, but he doesn't understand why Harry can say such a thing because Harry's character is obviously a Gryffindor.

Obviously this is the path Slytherin would choose.

Tom felt that the longer he got along with him, the less he could see through Harry, but he was more and more attracted to such a person.

"You have to think about the hints for the second game." Harry didn't see Tom's strangeness. "We have been notified and cannot help you. Of course, if you already have an answer during this period, I am very happy." You come to discuss with me how to deal with the second game."

"Well," Tom nodded, "although it's hard to understand, I think I can quickly find clues to the second game."

"I'm sure you can, Tom," said Harry, laughing.

Compared to when he had to remind Myrtle of Cedric, he believed that Tom, who was much smarter than him, would find the answer by himself.

"I still have to follow up to see how Anita is." Harry said, "I think the children of Slytherin should still be waiting for you, you can go and share with them the joy of getting No.1, yes I haven't told you your score yet. Although you accidentally killed a magical creature, it was a last resort. The points deducted are less than others, so your current score is No.1. .”

Tom nodded.

Harry briefly explained a few words and left in a hurry.

Left alone in the cellar, Tom produced the parchment he had acquired.

In fact, Harry didn't know that Tom's ancient magic pattern was learned very well.

Tom understood the meaning of the content of the second game that others might not be able to translate for a long time.

During the full moon, head to the intricate castle to find your lost treasure.

Intricate castle...

The whole of Hogwarts is very complicated, and the level of secret rooms here is beyond your imagination, but Tom knows that there is one place that is most likely to be the venue for his second game.

That's near the House of Requirement, where the stairs don't wait until Friday to move, and where the rooms are... full of mystery.

I just don't know what the so-called treasure on the parchment is.

Is it Nagini, or his diary, or the crown that he tried to make into a second Horcrux but failed a while ago, or... is it someone?

The author has something to say: What do you think, what is it? ←_← There is no reward for guessing correctly, and there is no reward for not guessing

Ahem, for the sake of my hard work recently, don’t you think it’s very wrong for me to always be the overlord qaq