Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 631: The murderer 50 years ago
In April, the weather warms up and spring flowers bloom.
Hogwarts Castle is back to its usual serenity and serenity, and no student union is paying attention to the attack a while back, as if nothing had happened.
Albert decides to find time to find Hagrid, ask him about Tom Riddle, and fill in the final piece of the puzzle for what he will tell Dumbledore next.
To be honest, it is very difficult to hide from a master of Dumbledore, even if Albert's Occlumency level is not low, but Dumbledore's IQ is not low.
Actually, it's best not to have contact with Dumbledore.
Unfortunately, the panel task rewards are too rich, and Albert cannot give up easily. When he has to contact Dumbledore, he can only take another method, which is the truth that can be followed. Simply put, it is to make Dumbledore think he is a genius who can piece together the truth from broken information. Anyway, everyone thinks he is a genius, and there is nothing to doubt it.
Leaving the castle and walking across the grassy path, Albert lifted his foot to Hagrid's hunting lodge. Before he could raise his hand to knock on the wooden door, there was a screeching sound inside the door.
The next moment, the wooden door was opened from the inside, the hound Fang Fang swung his tail and pounced, Albert sideways flashed, then squatted down and slapped his head to kill, subduing the emotional Fang Ya.
Hagrid looked at Albert, who was half-squatting in front of the door, and asked with a smile, "Why are you here, did you find something..."
"Go in and talk." Albert interrupted.
"Oh, almost forgot, come in!"
Hagrid felt that Albert might have discovered another amazing secret to share with himself, and quickly moved aside the door and invited Albert into the room.
Hagrid closed the window of the room, hung the copper pot on the fireplace and boiled it, and asked, "What other clues did you find?"
"Hagrid, do you remember Tom Riddle?" Albert asked mysteriously.
Hagrid obviously didn't think that Albert would ask about Tom Riddle, but he was stunned for a while, and after a long time he said quietly: "Of course I remember, that guy got me expelled from school, I I remember as if I told you about it!"
"I remember Tom Riddle as a Slytherin student, right?"
"Yes, I remember it seems to be Slytherin House... What are you asking this for?" Hagrid put a plate of rock crust on the table and looked at Albert in confusion.
"You never thought that the person who opened the secret room might be Tom Riddle?" Albert directly broke the news and began to guide Hagrid's thoughts in the direction he wanted.
"Although he caused me to be expelled from the school, you can't just because he is... Wait, have you found any evidence?" Hagrid bit the rock crust and turned his head to look in shock. albert. He knew that Albert would never talk nonsense, and there must be some reason to suspect that Tom Riddle was the heir to Slytherin.
"There is no direct evidence, but something has happened recently." Albert told Hagrid what happened a while ago.
"The sudden appearance of Riddle's diary is suspicious." Facing Hagrid's puzzled face, Albert deserved to continue explaining, "You probably don't know, except for the Sorting Hat, I've never seen a The magic item that I thought about, and the diary has disappeared for no reason, and the culprits who stole it are the students of Gryffindor House."
"Why do you think you're a student of Gryffindor?" Hagrid was even more confused. He could understand every word of Albert's words and the meaning of every sentence, but he didn't understand why he would say so.
"Someone sneaked into Potter's dormitory, rummaged through his locker, and stole Riddle's diary." Albert glanced at the rock cakes that had fallen on the table, and continued, "You don't Do you think this is suspicious?"
Hagrid seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted directly by Albert.
"You are also a student of Gryffindor, and you should know that students from other houses cannot know Fat Lady's password, let alone break into Gryffindor's common room, so the person who stole the diary can only be A student of Gryffindor.
"You're right!" Hagrid echoed absently, as if considering the possibility that Tom Riddle was the culprit in opening the Chamber of Secrets.
"I just know that you may not believe it, but Riddle is really suspicious. Check this out and you'll see why I'm saying this."
Albert took a piece of parchment out of his pocket and laid it flat on the table, allowing Hagrid to read what was written on it.
Hagrid took the parchment and read the concatenated names:
[Harry], [Basilicon], [Parseltongue], [A Gryffindor Student], [Riddle's Diary], [Hagrid], [Tom Riddle], [The Chamber of Secrets] .
They are connected by countless lines.
"What does that mean?" Hagrid put down the parchment, walked over to the fireplace, picked up the boiling copper kettle, and made a pot of hot tea for Albert.
"Don't you think Tom Riddle is connected to a lot of things?"
Albert picked up the teacup, took a breath, took a sip of the hot tea, and continued to guide Hagrid: "Remember, think about what Tom Riddle did, think about whether there was any school in the school at that time. Parseltongue rumors."
"What if Riddle was Parseltongue?" Hagrid asked tentatively.
"If Tom Riddle is Parseltongue, he is undoubtedly the culprit who opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago." Albert affirmed: "Although there is no official name for this, I No doubt that opening the Chamber of Secrets requires mastering Parseltongue. Don't forget, Salazar Slytherin is Parseltongue too, and his trademark is snakes, I don't think there's anything better than Parseltongue as a Slytherin A symbol of the heir."
Hagrid doesn't know why Albert thinks this way, but if you think about it, it's true. Although there are other wizards who can speak Parseltongue in addition to Slytherin blood, there are many things in Slytherin Academy. It's all about snakes, especially how to control basilisks.
"It's just your suspicion, we have no proof." Hagrid pointed out the problem clearly.
"You should be clear, we only need suspicion, not evidence." Albert ignored Hagrid and continued, "Just because Tom Riddle lives in the Muggle world doesn't mean his parents are both Muggles, even wizards or Squibs in his parents."
"Tom Riddle is a Muggle wizard?"
"The diary that Potter found was bought in the Muggle world, so he must have lived in the Muggle world as a child, otherwise who would go to the Muggle world to buy a diary?"
Hagrid knew that Albert was right, that wizards didn't have much contact with Muggles, let alone buying notes.
"If, let's be bold, Riddle speaks Parseltongue, is it possible that he is a descendant of Slytherin?" Albert again threw out a hypothesis, "I know many famous wizards and seldom listen to them. I have mentioned the descendants of the Big Four, maybe their surnames have changed, after all, if the descendants have no sons, the continuation of the bloodline will be inherited by the daughters.”
At this moment, Hagrid was at a loss. His IQ couldn't keep up with Albert's thinking changes, so he could only stay and listen to Albert.
"A wizard as good as Tom Riddle, I've never heard of such a number one, even asked some old friends, and never heard of his name." Albert from the plate Pick up a piece of rock cake, soak it in the tea, and ask with a smile, "Do you know what that means?"
"Does that mean he's dead?"
"Or..." Albert reminded.
"Or" Hagrid replied, brainstorming, "become a very mediocre wizard, so unknown"
"Do you think I'll be unknown for the rest of my life?" Albert asked rhetorically.
"No." Hagrid shook his head, he knew Albert's abilities and talents, unless he died early, how could he be unknown.
"That's right!" Albert said slowly, biting into the wet rock pie, "Tom was President of the Hogwarts Student Union in seventh grade, and according to the diary Magic, Tom Riddle is a genius no less than mine, not that I'm bragging here, but I'm fairly confident in my talent."
"You mean..."
"He probably changed his name."
"Why do you think so?" Hagrid asked in confusion.
"Tom's name is already rotten. My cats are named Tom."
"Why did he do this?" Hagrid was even more confused. According to Albert's analysis, Tom Riddle was indeed suspicious.
"The reason why he wants to report you is probably because he doesn't want the school to be closed." Albert threw the last big killer, "Don't be in a hurry to deny, after you were caught, the Hogwarts attack It stopped completely, are you the heir of Slytherin?"
"Of course not," Hagrid exclaimed excitedly.
"Don't yell at me, of course I know you're not." Albert tried to soothe Hagrid's excitement, "But when you got caught, the attack stopped, that's the point."
"Key" Hagrid obviously didn't understand what Albert meant.
“After you were caught, the attack stopped and people thought you were the culprit,” Albert reminded, “If the attack continued after you were caught, they would I know I caught the wrong person."
"Yes, that's right, that's it." Hagrid seemed to figure it out and stood up excitedly.
"Since you're not the heir to Slytherin, why did the attack stop after you were caught?" Abbott continued, "Naturally the attacker wanted to put you in the wrong and won the Special Contribution Award. Tom Riddle is the biggest suspect."
"Why?"
"Because he is the biggest profiter, the suspicion is naturally the biggest."
"I remember that only Dumbledore thought I was innocent," said Hagrid sadly. "Later, he persuaded Professor Dippet to let me stay as gamekeeper."
"No, you're wrong. In fact, most professors know you're innocent as long as they have no problem with their brains." Albert said calmly, "otherwise, why do you think you're staying at Hogwarts? , instead of living in Azkaban Prison, of course Headmaster Dippet knew, so he agreed with Dumbledore."
"But why..." Hagrid opened his mouth in shock.
"They need a scapegoat, and after you got caught, the attacks stopped, so you're the best person to take the blame. Someone needs to do this." He couldn't hide his sarcasm, "After all, a student died, and he always needed to give an account to his family, and you were caught on the spot by Riddle and released the young eight-eyed giant spider, so you couldn't prove your innocence. Even Dumbledore can't help you, so don't blame others."
Hagrid was silent for a long time. Although he was reluctant to admit it, Albert had explained it to him in detail, and what he said made sense.
"Why do you think I'm innocent?" Hagrid asked curiously, "Why do you think I'm not the culprit, and why do you say that other people know it at a glance."
"Because you're not Parseltongue, because you have giant blood. Of course, others may not consider that, but Slytherin's heir must be a sinister, clever guy, and most likely In Slytherin, not in Gryffindor, and your brain... ahem, it can only be regarded as ordinary among many students." Albert shrugged and said, "Slytherin's secret room can be in the The castle has been hidden for a thousand years and has not been discovered by others. It is not easy for ordinary people to find the secret room, so you know why I say that."
"Humph!" Hagrid snorted in dissatisfaction, a little dissatisfied with Albert that he was not smart, even though it was true.
"If it was Tom Riddle who opened the Chamber of Secrets last time, and who opened the Chamber of Secrets this time, you'd say Parseltongue except Harry ~IndoMTL.com~ There's no one else in the school. of students are Parseltongue, and according to you, Parseltongue is required to control basilisk attacks on students."
"If these assumptions are true, Riddle's diary is suspicious." Albert expressed his opinion, "Why can't he speak since he can automatically answer the question of the person who wrote it? Let It's not difficult to talk in a diary!"
Albert pulled out his wand and pointed at the parchment just now, and the parchment made a sound.
"If Riddle left some weird magic on the diary, it is naturally possible to open the secret room to control the basilisk through the diary, don't forget, that diary has its own mind. The only problem now is Tom Riddle Does Del know Parseltongue, is he the one who opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago. Did he change his name?"
"Tell me, what's your final answer?" Hagrid asked, taking a deep breath.
"You-Know-Who." Albert tapped lightly, letting the name appear on the parchment, and after he was associated with Tom Riddle, everything made sense.
"Mysterious Man!"
Hagrid gasped when he saw the name, "Do you have any evidence?"
"No." Albert shook his head, "However, I will find a clue."
Of course he wouldn't tell Hagrid the secret of Voldemort's name, otherwise it would be hard to explain.
[Tom Marvolo Riddle's English is "TomMarvoloRiddle", and "I am Voldemort" is "IAmLordVoldemort" in English. The letters are the same, just arranged differently. ]