[HP]Aluet

"It's almost half of the time for the banquet." Riddle glanced at his watch, "You disrupted my plan."

I bowed my head in silence.

"Go and change your clothes, we still have things to do."

"Me?" I froze for a moment.My mind was still stuck a few minutes ago, but he pulled me out of the complicated emotions with a single sentence.

I even feel a little unreal.

He acquiesced in my staying, and I paid nothing for it - it was easier than I imagined.

"Yes." He leaned against the table, looked at the time again, and then raised his hand. I didn't see his movement clearly. After a while, a woman with black hair and brown eyes appeared in front of him and bowed slightly to him , "You don't have to go, Irina. Avery and her just come with me."

Irina paused for two seconds before nodding in response, and then led me to the inner room with a blank face.

"Put it on—and, this is a mask." She had a cold expression, and her hands were not light. She threw the mask to me casually, and I almost failed to catch it. The hard lace scratched my palm sorely.

I glanced at her, she turned around and waited for me as if she didn't see it.I had to change into my clothes first—it was a black dress that looked like it was for a party, but nothing fancy.But this kind of skirt is the first time I wear it, and I am really not used to it.

"Don't forget to put on the mask." She reminded me while looking at me straightening the corner of my skirt nonchalantly.

"What is this for?" I asked.

Irina turned her head away and ignored me at all.

"What banquet... do you really want to go?"

She finally turned her head to look at me—this was the first time she looked at me since I saw her, but those beautiful brown eyes were full of disdain, and there was a trace of anger like being stepped on the tail .

"Don't try to step on my head." She approached me, glanced at my clean arm, narrowed her eyes, and said in a slightly sinister tone, "You are just a stray dog, the master sees you Post it up by yourself, it doesn't matter if I keep you... You won't be arrogant for long."

I was startled, and suddenly felt a little funny, so I really sneered.Her eyes widened in disbelief.

"You think I'm going to lose my temper, don't you?" I smiled and shook my head, "Maybe a few minutes ago, I really would. But now... I just feel sorry for you." I said softly, put the mask on, and then Rubbing her shoulders, he walked out first.

I got into the car with Riddle.He and Avery also put on masks, and they were silent all the way until the car stopped outside a manor.

We followed Riddle through the main entrance.The banquet was still going on, Riddle slowed down and took a glass of wine from the dinner plate next to him.

"Hey, Tom! The banquet is halfway through, I thought you wouldn't come—you've never been a person who likes to be late." A very fat and very fat old lady walked over with a smile, and symbolically greeted him Clinked glasses.She wore an elaborate ginger wig, and her flamboyant gown spread around her, making her look like a melting ice cream cake.Even wearing a mask, it is not difficult to know how many layers of rouge are applied under the mask, and the bright red is painted on the thick lips.

"Some important matters have been delayed, I'm sorry, Miss Hepzibah." Riddle sincerely apologized to her, but the expression under the mask did not change at all, and an imperceptible disgust even flashed in his eyes under the light .

They found a table in the corner and sat down, as if they were afraid of being disturbed by others.

"Did Bock let you come? Or did you find another excuse?" Hepziba sipped his drink with a smile, "You didn't tell him what I showed you last time, did you? You promised me that I would keep it a secret." .”

"Of course." Riddle lowered his eyes, slowly shaking the hand holding the wine glass in circles, with the other hand on his knee, tapping his index finger rhythmically, as if thinking about something, "Can I Would you like to have a look?"

"Oh—of course, I know you'll like it—just don't be seen by other people." She looked around, deliberately moved towards Riddle, and accidentally dropped a small gold box in her pocket on the ground , and rolled down not far in front of me.

Riddle's wand protruded from his cuff.My heart tightened, I looked away, stepped forward silently, bent down and picked it up.

An invisible force landed on my mask, and it fell to the side of the box.I know what Riddle wants to do.If I hadn't interrupted his spellcasting suddenly by interfering with him, the small box would already be in his hands at this moment, and in this way, what would happen next is self-evident.I dare not think about what he will do, but I know it will never be a good thing.I picked up the mask, got up and returned the box to Hepziba, without looking at Riddle's face the whole time, intending to put the mask back on.

"Hey, wait a minute—" Hepziba stopped my movement suddenly, "You..."

She stared at my face until I was hair-raising, and I quickly put the mask on.

"Child, have we met somewhere?" She recalled carefully for a while, and suddenly realized, "Oh! I remembered, I saw it in the newspaper before, what is your name—Aisley, what something, isn't it?"

"No, ma'am, you have identified the wrong person." I shook my head hastily, and stepped back calmly.

"Impossible, you are—exactly the same—"

"I think you have misunderstood the person, Miss Hepzibah." Riddle said, "I have known her for a long time, and she is not the same person as you said."

"...Is that so?" Hepziba sat down again, obviously she believed more than half of Riddle's words.

"Then I won't bother you for now." I found a chance to leave them and sat not far away.Avery was already sitting there.

"Did she recognize you?" Avery asked suddenly.

"Maybe," I said.

He glanced in that direction, didn't say anything, and drank the wine on his own, looking like he didn't care at all.

I had no choice but to drink it in small sips, while paying attention to the movements of Riddle and Hepzibah.

Riddle's eyes glanced at me, I met his eyes, inexplicably nervous, and made a smart move, the wine glass in my hand fell on my body, but luckily I caught it quickly, but Some wine was still spilled.I stood up, intending to deal with it.Riddle and Hepziba said a few words and stood up, but I didn't pay much attention to it.

I walked through the crowd and walked to a corner where no one was around, but a sudden pull from my wrist pulled me over and pushed me against the wall.

"I warn you, stop playing tricks on me."

The wrist being grabbed hurt so much that I frowned and wanted to break free, but he was so hard that I could only lower my head resignedly, not daring to make a sound or look into his eyes.I rarely see him angry - at least to me.But this time was different, he exuded an uncontrollable violent aura, and the air pressure was so low that it was difficult for me to breathe.For the first time when I faced him, I felt fear and powerlessness from the bottom of my heart. I seemed to be unable to do anything. All the unwillingness was not worth mentioning at this moment.

"I won't give you a chance every time, you'd better do it to my satisfaction." He let go of my wrist, leaving me on the spot before he could breathe a sigh of relief.I glanced at the red mark left on my wrist, the palm was still a little white, and the place where I was holding it just now was numb with pain.

I leaned my head against the wall and gasped for a few breaths, went to the sink and rinsed my hands including my wrists several times bitterly, my chest was so stuffy and suffocating that I was terribly uncomfortable.

I stayed alone for a long time until there was a chaotic noise outside, and when I went out, I found that people were rushing out of their chrysalis, Hepziba fell to the ground, blood was still oozing from the corner of his mouth , the wine glass shattered to the ground, her high-heeled feet twitched a few times, and she lost her vitality.

I stared blankly at all this, and when his and Avery's eyes turned to me, I suddenly came back to my senses and stepped forward boldly.

"Those people, leave it to you, Avery. Don't make them remember what happened here."

"Yes." Avery responded and disappeared in place.

Riddle put away the thing in his hand - it should be a pendant.

I slowly squatted down, and lightly touched Hepziba's neck with trembling hands.

"Stop trying, I poisoned her." Riddle's voice sounded behind me.

"I'll give you a chance, Ashley." He leaned closer to me and whispered in my ear, "I'll tell you what to do."

"Hepziba told me that she used to drink a cup of cocoa tea with sugar in the evening, and of course her house elf, Hotkey, did the job." He put a small thing wrapped in paper Stuffed it into my hand, "If the old eyes are dim, there is always the possibility of misplacing something, what do you think?"

My throat moved, I didn't speak, I just clenched my fists.

I am hesitating.I suddenly regretted coming to him, because I realized at this moment that if I really want to find out about him, I may lose myself first.I have to do some unscrupulous things against my will, in order to gain his trust, or satisfy his control psychology.

……

"Ding-dong-"

I rang the doorbell.

Hepzibah's house-elf opened the door.She was already very old, and she stared at the door for a long time, but she didn't see why.

"You are?"

"Mrs. Hepzibah got drunk at the party and we sent her back."

"Oh—well, well—come in."

Hepziba was put down, and his body limply lay down on the sofa.

"The person has been sent back, we will leave in a while."

"Oh yes—" Hao Qi responded, and started making tea.

I walked over and quietly poured the packet of poison into an empty bottle, and put it with the sugar while she was turning around.

"Huh?" She hesitated for a long time at the two bottles, and said to herself, "Which one is candy...?"

Seeing her serious memory, my heart throbbed suddenly.I lowered my eyelids, my eyelashes fluttered, and looked back at Riddle who was sitting over there fiddling with the pendant.

He would have done it without me.He just wanted to force me to do something against my conscience.

However, I kept my mouth shut and didn't make any next move for a long time.

"Oh, I remembered, it's this..." She finally picked up the bottle containing the poison and poured it into the tea.

I closed my eyes and let out a long breath, unable to tell what kind of mood I was in.

I don't even know how I got out of there.

"Good job, Ashley."

I listened in a daze.Those dark gray eyes are now slightly red, maybe it is my illusion, but these are not important, I just feel that I am in a dark and cold cage, and there seems to be nothing in front of my eyes. The vortex at the bottom wants to suck me in and completely submerge me.

My numb nerves slowly recovered before I realized what I had done.

I can't help it, I don't want to do it, every cell in my body is resisting.I told myself that it was not my intention to absolve myself of the sin I had committed.

However, I clearly know that since the moment I accepted myself dominated by hatred, I have already fallen into the quagmire step by step.

An inexplicable sense of excitement was crazily active as if awakened from the blood. This strange feeling made me no longer afraid or guilty.I raised my hand blankly—it was no longer trembling, and I gently stroked his face with my cold fingers.Riddle didn't move. He didn't know my intentions, and neither did I.

I wiped a little bit of blood on his cheek that I didn't know when it was splashed.The blood was dizzy, and I wiped it again, but it couldn't be wiped clean.

I stared at his face coldly, and a stronger hatred surged up, I didn't deliberately suppress it anymore, and of course, it wouldn't burst out because of it.

It was stained with unclean blood and could not be wiped off.I said in my heart.