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Chapter 519 Tom, go further on the road of love
Tom was stunned when he heard what Peter said.

After a moment, understanding Peter's intention, he looked at Dumbledore calmly.

"I'm sorry, Dad, I made some mistakes, but that wasn't my intention."

Seeing Peter criticizing Tom, Mark hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "Dad, the headmaster, Professor McGonagall, we also made mistakes. This is not Tom's fault alone."

Ginny heard Mark's words in her parents' arms, and she mustered up the courage to speak to everyone: "Professor McGonagall, Headmaster Dumbledore, it was Mark, Harry, and Tom who saved me. All of this... everything happened because of me."

After hearing Ginny's words, Professor McGonagall looked around suspiciously, "They saved you? So, what's going on?"

"Harry, you come, you tell everyone what happened."

Professor McGonagall asked Harry to come out and tell her what happened.

Harry stood up nervously, glanced at Dumbledore and said, "Well, because we are worried about Ginny's condition."

Harry took a deep breath and took the initiative to tell everyone what happened in the Chamber of Secrets.

Including how he and Mark got clues from the note in Hermione's hand, how the three of them took Professor Lockhart to the Chamber of Secrets, and until Tom suddenly realized and attacked Tom Riddle in the diary.

After listening to Harry's story, everyone fell silent.

Dumbledore cast a meaningful look at Tom, who had a calm face.

A ray of moonlight flashed across his half-moon glasses.

"What an unexpected ending, which is what I'm most interested in"

He turned his gaze to Tom, "Tom, how did you finally wake up under his bewitching influence?"

Professor McGonagall also cast a shocked look at Tom.

She had always suspected that this student who was being paid attention to by Dumbledore was related to the mysterious man twelve years ago. Now, when she heard that the other party had taken the initiative to kill Tom Riddle in the diary, her face was full of disbelief.

"I just thought about what my father said to me, so I finally woke up."

Tom lied without batting an eyelid.

"what?"

"The most powerful magic in this world is love. Tom Riddle in the diary said that he possessed the most powerful wizard power. I think, no matter how powerful he is, he can't be as powerful as the magic my father said."

Dumbledore was slightly stunned after listening to what Tom said.

Professor McGonagall's expression softened. After a while, she asked Tom, "Tom, do you know what those two spells you cast were?"

Tom pretended not to understand. "No, I don't know. He told me in his diary at the time that these were just two very powerful spells, and told me not to use them easily."

Professor McGonagall did not doubt it. She sighed slightly and said, "Those two spells are Unforgivable Curses. They are banned by the Ministry of Magic. If you use such spells, you will be imprisoned in Azkaban Prison."

"so."

Professor McGonagall looked at the Weasleys, Ron and the others, "I hope that no one will tell anyone about Tom's use of these two spells."

Harry and Ron nodded.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley also promised to keep it secret.

"Tom, give me the diary."

Peter asked Tom to give him the diary.

Tom nodded, took out the black diary from his arms and handed it to him.

Peter took it and flipped through a few pages of the damp diary before handing it to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore took the diary and lowered his head to read it carefully.

Observing the diary, Dumbledore said with emotion: "Tom Riddle is probably the smartest student in the history of Hogwarts."

He looked towards the confused Weasleys and Harry.

"Few people know that Voldemort was once called Riddle. 50 years ago, I was his teacher at Hogwarts. I think he will achieve good results in the future and make everyone he knows proud of him."

"But after leaving school, he disappeared... He went to a faraway place... He immersed himself in the dark arts and befriended a group of dark wizards."

Holding the diary in his hand, Dumbledore fell into memories of the past. He said with a heavy heart: "After that, he transformed into the dark wizard Voldemort. At that time, only his appearance was recognizable. Almost no one would associate Voldemort with the smart boy he once was."

"That's not your fault, Professor Dumbledore. You can't see through a man who harbors evil intentions from the beginning. He is cold-blooded, cruel, indifferent to all feelings, and very conceited. He is stubborn and self-righteous. He despises all creatures other than pure-blood wizards and looks down on them from the bottom of his heart."

After a moment's silence, Tom said to Dumbledore in a serious tone: "I can feel his character from his diary."

Dumbledore listened to Tom's words as if he was getting to know Tom all over again.

He walked to Tom and touched his hair. "You are right, Tom. His character has flaws. Sometimes, strength is not everything. When we are on the road of life, the pursuit of strength is not the only thing."

"He knows nothing about the power of love. He thinks that 'technique' is the most important thing, and 'Tao' is discarded. He has been pursuing the so-called power without paying attention to the main thing. On the road of power and immortality, perhaps, he has gone a long way, but on the journey of love, he has hardly stepped out of the same place."

Dumbledore showed a hint of tenderness in his eyes. He gently stroked Tom's hair and said to him, "Tom, I hope that one day you can take more steps on the road of love, not stay where you are, but go further."

Harry, who was standing beside him, fell into deep thought after listening to Dumbledore's words. In the Chamber of Secrets, Tom Riddle wanted to know how he, a powerless baby, defeated Voldemort.

Now he thought.

The reason is probably what Headmaster Dumbledore called love.

Love is the greatest magic in the world. Mother's love helped him resist Voldemort's curse.

Dumbledore and Tom had just finished talking, while Ginny started crying while talking to her mother.

"Sorry, Mom, I didn't do that on purpose. I thought someone had left the diary there."

Seeing Ginny choking and crying, Peter came over to comfort the little girl.

"Miss Weasley should go to the hospital for recuperation. This has been a terrible experience for her. I don't think it's necessary to punish her. Those wizards who are older and smarter than her have all been deceived by Voldemort, not to mention Ginny and Tom. Don't you agree? Professor Dumbledore."

Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, then looked at Peter with mixed feelings.

You've said everything I wanted to say, what else can I say?
"Mr. Padraic is right, Miss Weasley, go and rest first. Perhaps a large cup of chocolate before bed will put you in better spirits."

Dumbledore's gaze slowly swept across everyone's eyes.

"Also, I want to announce something, something very important."

He smiled and said to everyone, "Harry, Mark, Raven, Tom, Loki and Ron, you will all receive the 'Special Award for Service to the School', and let me think about it, I think each of you can add 200 points to your own house."

Hearing that he was also awarded 200 points, Ron's face immediately turned red with excitement.

When Peter heard Dumbledore's bonus rules, he was completely confused.

Mark, Harry and Ron are from Gryffindor. The three of them have a total of 600 points. Doesn't that mean they completely crush the other three houses?

This old guy has made no secret of his favoritism towards Gryffindor.

Raven, who was standing next to him, curled her lips in dissatisfaction after hearing what Dumbledore said.

Gryffindor suddenly gained 600 points. It was almost the end of the semester, so this did not mean that the house cup would be awarded directly to Gryffindor.

Peter saw his daughter's dissatisfaction and walked over and gently touched her hair.

Then he cast his gaze toward the pointed Gothic-style spire outside.

Tonight is really a long day.

The next day, at Padrick Farm.

Clark was flipping through newspapers at the door. After putting down the Daily Planet, he picked up a copy of the Daily Prophet.

The images of moving figures in the newspaper startled him.

He breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that he was holding a newspaper from the Wizarding World of Hogwarts.

"The Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets incident has been solved. The murderer was a dark wizard. The terrorist has been defeated by Gilderoy Lockhart!"

Clark looked at the contents of the newspaper in surprise.

He had heard Riven talk about the secret room incident that happened in their school, but he didn't expect it to have been resolved now.

"However, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart was unfortunately hit by the Forgetfulness Curse during his battle with the dark wizard, causing him to lose his memory. The professor is now in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, receiving treatment to restore his memory."

Seeing this, Clark looked towards Loki who was going downstairs.

"Loki, has your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher lost his memory?"

Loki coughed after hearing this.

Feeling somewhat guilty, he straightened up and nodded, "Yes, he was cast under a forgetfulness spell by a dark wizard."

Loki thought to himself that this was not my fault. In order to prevent this guy from shouting, I could only cast a forgetfulness spell to control him.

Besides, this guy is not a good person. He even wanted to cast a forgetfulness spell on Mark. His ending can only be regarded as retribution for his evil deeds.

"What a pity."

Clark said with some regret: "I really like his book Walking with Vampires and Breaking with Female Ghosts. I wanted to meet him before."

"Forget about meeting him. I guess he's lying on his sickbed right now, confused by all the letters from readers."

Loki said casually.

He didn't have the heart to tell Clark the truth.

Let the beautiful image of Professor Lockhart remain deeply in Clark's heart.

Amen!

(End of this chapter)