Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 123 Tom, your dad isn’t hiding, is he?

"Now, are we going back?" Li Weide asked.

Tom, who had just been forced to sign an unequal treaty, nodded slowly with a sullen face.

Li Wei De suddenly asked again: "But... you already know your father's information. Do you want to ask if there is a Muggle family with the surname Riddle nearby?"

Tom couldn't help but frown when he heard the word Muggle family.

It was not until today that he learned from his uncle that his father was actually a Muggle...

It was completely opposite to what he had guessed before.

In other words, he is not a pure blood...

Thinking of this, Tom couldn't help feeling a little lost.

"Tom, haven't you come to your senses yet?" Livid said angrily, "Pureblood or mixedblood, what does it matter?"

"You are a half-blood, but you can beat other pure-blood students in the school. Moreover, Morfin Gaunt, a pure-blood wizard who is a descendant of Slytherin, is not your opponent. Isn't this enough to prove the point?"

"Does it take courage for you to even accept reality?"

Tom lowered his head after hearing what Li Weide said.

After a long while, he sighed and said, "Okay... let's go find out."

Dumbledore watched this scene and a smile appeared on his face again.

Sure enough, my decision was right. Li Weide could indeed make Tom change...

……

The Riddle family is considered a "prominent family" in the Muggle world because they are rich enough!

So, Dumbledore and the other three quickly found out where the Riddle family was.

Then they were surprised to find that the Riddles' home was only five or six miles away from the Gaunts' home, in Little Hangleton.

This is why Merope always saw Old Tom passing by her house...

Moreover, when they asked the Muggles about the Riddle family, they also accidentally heard a piece of gossip...

That is a story about the current head of the Riddle family, Tom's father, Old Tom.

Those Muggles said that Old Tom had disappeared for a whole year more than ten years ago.

When he came back, he seemed a little confused, and kept mumbling something about witches and witchcraft.

People thought he was crazy, but as time went by, he slowly returned to normal.

However, this incident successfully became the talk of the Muggles throughout Little Hangleton... and lasted for many years.

After hearing this gossip, Tom's face was not very good...

Even though he didn't know what means his mother used, he knew that his father definitely did not marry his mother voluntarily!
As a witch, she has plenty of ways to make a Muggle fall in love with her...

In other words...if he went to find his father now, the treatment he would receive might be no different from that of the Gaunt family!
Tom's mood suddenly became depressed.

Logically, these two places should be his home, but now...

He can't go back to either place!
"Tom, what do you think? If you're not ready yet... we can come back next time." Levitra glanced at Dumbledore, then continued, "If we're just visiting a Muggle family, there shouldn't be any danger. So, Professor, if you're busy, we can come back by ourselves next time. It should be no problem."

Dumbledore pondered and said, "It's not safe outside now, Wade. I will go with you. Even if I don't have time. Don't forget, students cannot use magic outside of school... Tom has already violated the rules."

Grindelwald is very interested in these two children! He can't let his guard down!

"Well... Tom, you think about it first." Levid said, and he and Dumbledore walked aside to give Tom time to think about it.

"Now that we're here... this doesn't matter! No matter how bad the situation is, can it be as bad as the Gaunt family? Professor, let's go. Let's go to the Riddle family..." Tom made up his mind without thinking for long.

Originally, after he knew that his father was forced to marry his mother, he didn't want to visit his father again.

The best thing is to never have any contact with each other again.

But... after thinking it over again and again, he decided to go!
Even if it is just to fulfill my mother's last wish!

Livid said happily, "Then let's go. Professor, you go ahead. If the Riddles come with a shotgun or something... With your magic, it will be easy to stop them."

"Well...all it takes is a Transfiguration spell to turn the shotgun into a snake or a rat...You can do it, Vader, but students cannot cast spells outside the school. That was just an exception, and I can't let you break the rules again. If you really encounter this, let me do it this time."

Dumbledore also continued Levitra's topic and tried to make the atmosphere more relaxed.

Tom naturally understood what the two men meant, but he really wasn't in the mood right now...

The Riddle estate is much larger.

Compared with the Riddle family's large manor, the Gaunt family's cabin is really like a toilet...

In front of the big iron gate of the manor.

"Who are you looking for?" An old butler looked at the three people in front of him.

When his eyes fell on Tom's face, his expression changed instantly.

"You...you wait a moment! I'll go call Master Riddle!"

The old butler took three steps at a time and ran towards the manor, as if there was a man-eating monster following behind him. Dumbledore and the other two looked at each other and had no choice but to wait where they were.

"Tom, your father isn't going to hide, is he?"

"Hmph... hard to say!"

Dumbledore said nothing, but stood in the front and pulled the two children behind him.

If the other party really uses knives or guns, the two children will be safe with him blocking them.

Not long after, the old butler came back again.

What made Dumbledore feel a little relieved was that the old butler had no weapon in his hands.

He came here in a horse-drawn carriage...

From this, we can see that the Riddle family's manor is indeed very large, and the Riddle family is by no means just a small landowner with a little money...

The old butler got out of the carriage and respectfully opened the door.

An old gentleman with white hair got down from the carriage.

He looks very old, but still looks very energetic.

What made Li Weide curious was that judging from his age, he didn't seem to be Tom's father...

But... this old man still looks a lot like Tom.

Li Weide remembered that Old Tom's father was still alive at this time...

In other words, this person should be Tom's grandfather?

As soon as Master Riddle got off the carriage, he looked eagerly at the three people in front of him.

Finally, his eyes fell on Tom.

There was no need to even ask, just by looking at his appearance... Master Riddle recognized that this was his grandson.

At this moment, his eyes seemed a little complicated.

"Hello, sir, could you tell me why you are here? And...what is your relationship with the woman who kidnapped my son?" Master Riddle asked Dumbledore first.

"The woman you are talking about...should be my mother." Tom replied coldly.

Upon hearing this, Master Riddle's pupils shrank slightly. He took a deep breath and then said, "In other words...you...are the same kind of people as that...person?"

"If I understand you correctly... yes, we are the same kind of people," Dumbledore replied.

Master Riddle sighed, "Anyway...all of you should follow me in first."

There is plenty of space in the carriage.

Even with three more people coming up, the space still seemed very spacious.

Master Riddle looked at Tom again.

"So... you know your own life experience?"

"Hmm..." Tom responded coldly.

"Then your mother...didn't she come today?"

"She died eleven years ago, the year my father...abandoned her." Tom's voice was still cold.

Master Riddle couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Apparently, after returning home, Tom's father must have told his old father a lot about Tom's mother...

Judging from his state at the time, he must have been very afraid of Tom's mother, so he may have described Tom's mother as very scary.

Therefore, Master Riddle was full of fear towards this daughter-in-law whom he had never met.

A Muggle who knew nothing about magic was suddenly captured by a weird witch, and then he married her without knowing what was going on and had a child with her...

Only he himself knew how scared and angry he was after he woke up.

So, Master Riddle was greatly relieved when he heard that the woman was dead.

However, this made Tom very dissatisfied, so his words became sharp.

"I came here today just to see my father, which is to fulfill my mother's last wish. Then we will leave and never see each other again. Where is my father? Doesn't he even have the courage to come out and see me?"

Master Riddle sighed and said carefully: "I don't know if you can understand... What happened back then really hurt him too much. So, he mistakenly thought that... your mother came to find him again, so he hid."

"Ha...coward!" said Tom coldly.

Master Riddle didn't know what to say for a moment.

He knew very well that since they were the same type of people as that woman, it meant that these people were all... wizards!
The legendary evil wizard!

Therefore, he did not dare to show his arrogance in front of these three people.

Even if one of them is his grandson...

(End of this chapter)