"See? How?" Yvonne was stunned, and then she remembered the Horcrux that had sucked Harry into her memory.
As expected, the next moment, the diary seemed to have been blown away by a strong gust of wind. The pages of the diary flipped to the first page, and the black ink gathered to form a single word…
Ivan glanced at it. It was the beginning of a story, and then the white light exploded and a powerful suction pulled him in. Ivan instinctively used Occlumency, and the feeling disappeared once again.
Perhaps sensing a barrier, an endless black mist poured out of the diary. Ivan was alarmed, but the mist did not approach him. Instead, it spread in all directions…
By the time everything had settled down, Ivan found himself in a pitch-black space composed entirely of thick, black fog. The tables, chairs, and beds in the dormitory had all disappeared…
Ivan was a little flustered. When he saw the black mist, he vaguely recalled when he fought Voldemort in school, the other party had also used a black mist that could devour life essence and corrode the Unicorn's Shadow.
Fortunately, Tom's black mist was not so powerful in Ivan's perception, so it was not difficult to break through the black mist.
Ivan was relieved to hear this and waited patiently for Tom Riddle to make his move.
Ivan did not have to wait long before a figure appeared beside him in the pitch-black space.
"Hello, Hals, nice to meet you. I'm Tom Riddle!"
Ivan turned to see a handsome, dark-haired boy of fifteen or sixteen, wearing Slytherin House robes with a shiny prefect badge on his chest…
Ivan's pupils contracted in surprise. He had not expected Tom Riddle, as a Horcrux, to retain the power to materialize his own body…
"Hello, Tom, I must say you're a lot more handsome than I thought you'd be…" Ivan teased, quickly collecting himself.
She wondered how Tom managed to disfigure himself in the future… Was this the price of power?
Ivan grumbled to himself as he reached out his hand, intending to shake hands to confirm the status of the other man.
Tom holds out his hand to shake Ivan's…
Yvonne felt as if she were grabbing something that wasn't solid, as if she could crush the hand if she tried.
This made Ivan feel a little better. Judging from the other party's performance in the Chamber of Secrets, they probably did not have the ability to directly harm anyone.
"Tom, what is this place and why did you bring me here?" Ivan asked.
"The one who made me placed a spell on the diary so that I could meet you here… in my memory!"
Tom explained and then waved his hand, causing the pitch-black space to change.
The rolling black fog kept surging, combining black and white to form a scene and a figure, and the monotonous world suddenly came alive as if someone had splashed multi-coloured paint on it…
Ivan looked around and saw an orphanage, with a small, dark-haired child standing in the middle.
Tom Riddle began his account with a touch of nostalgia:
"It was a long story, and I grew up in an orphanage for Muggles, and I never met my parents.
The truth is, most of the other children there were, too. Once upon a time…I was friends with them, and the Dean was impressed by my intelligence…
I thought I'd just keep going, waiting for a family to adopt me and start a new life…"
As Tom Riddle spoke, the scene around him began to change, materialising everything he was saying. Ivan watched the exchange without replying.
Tom's voice rose in pitch.
"It may be hard for you to imagine, but there were also disputes in that tiny orphanage… There was always a limit to the number of tasty treats and toys, and there were always children who ganged up on each other for fun.
I, on the other hand, soon became an outcast in their eyes! It all started that day!"
The black mist that formed the scene reformed into an outdoor scene.
Yvonne looked around. They were in the yard next to the orphanage.
In the distance, the dark-haired boy was arguing with several children his own age.
As they were jostling each other, a slender black snake suddenly slithered out of the bushes, startling the children and causing them to flee in terror.
The black snake seemed to have been frightened as well. It became ferocious and threw itself at the fat boy.
At the last moment, the dark-haired boy hissed, and the snake went limp, but the fat boy still wet his pants…
The scene continues, and the dark-haired boy can clearly feel the other children's dislike of him growing as he demonstrates his ability to converse with snakes.
And that's not the worst of it!
This was because the dark-haired boy soon exhibited more magical traits, such as being able to shatter a cup, kettle, or telekinesis when his emotions were in turmoil…
This ability can sometimes accidentally injure others…
This leaves the dark-haired boy isolated from almost everyone, though he is not heartbroken to find a new playmate, the Black Serpent…
After an unknown period of time, Tom tells the story of a couple who were planning to adopt a child in an orphanage.
The vast majority of children looked forward to being adopted by the family, as they knew from the Head that they would be able to lead better lives in the future!
When the suited man and his wife arrived at the orphanage, all the children tried to please them, including Tom.
Not only that, but he was also handsome, intelligent, well-spoken, and quickly distinguished himself from these ordinary children.
The head of the orphanage and all of his staff spoke up for him…
Seeing that everything was about to be done, the fat boy casually mentioned that Tom liked to keep a snake company and often communicated with it!
In the video, the couple's expressions immediately changed… The dean's expression also turned ugly, and he immediately reprimanded the little fatty for spouting nonsense…
"See, I saved his life once, and that's what he did to me…" Tom, who was standing next to Ivan, laughed mockingly.
"That little fat boy is so mean…" Ivan tried to sound like a child. "Your dean is such a nice man…"
"He's nice? Good to me? You're sure?" Tom Riddle's smile grew wider, and then his face darkened as he murmured, "Don't be fooled by the image…Hales!"