Chapter 326 Return

A pair of armor placed at the end of the corridor reflected the eyes of the basilisk. Professor Bubbaji was petrified before he even took two steps.

"Go to sleep..."

Kyle, who arrived, successfully let the basilisk return to the secret room by using the "shutdown code" that Slytherin once said.

But then he got into trouble?

Caredibubaji was only discovered at night, but it was broad daylight now, and this corridor was the only way to the fourth floor. If he left it alone, someone would definitely find him.

There was no other way, so Kyle could only move her to an empty classroom next to her, and then left in a hurry.

In the evening, he went to the kitchen again, asking the house elf to help clean it on the pretext that he wanted to practice magic there.

They happily agreed.

…

Then came the ghosts of December and the dwarfs on Valentine's Day, which also passed smoothly without any accidents.

Kyle gradually got used to the days when he didn't have to go to class and just read books or practice silent spells every day.

He also tried casting spells without a wand...

To be honest, this was much simpler than he thought. He only needed to have enough control over the magic power to do it.

But if you can use it, you can use it, but the effect of the magic spell is very average, or very poor.

It's like the difference between sawing wood and splitting wood with bare hands, nothing is right.

Without the assistance of the wand, it took him two months to finally turn the beetle into a complete button... To describe it specifically, it was probably about the same strength as Ron.

However, there was something more troublesome during this period. For a while, the Gryffindor trio would often come to the Room of Requirement.

Fortunately, Hogwarts Castle is very big, so Kyle can always find other places to read. It’s the same everywhere.

…

Wait until Hagrid is taken away by people from the Ministry of Magic.

After that, it was difficult for Kyle to concentrate whether he was reading a book or practicing spells.

This meant that the fifth attack was coming soon... Whether it was Ron who was petrified or the time loop that was about to end, Kyle felt inexplicably nervous.

In this case, he even almost got discovered.

It was the fifth day after Hagrid was taken away. Kyle opened the door of the Room of Requirement absentmindedly, preparing to go to the secret room.

As a result, he forgot to use the Disillusionment Charm and met Hermione who had just come up the stairs.

"Kyle?"

Hermione looked at him in surprise, her eyes full of confusion, "You... aren't you still eating in the auditorium? Why are you here!"

"Oh, I just remembered that I forgot my "Intermediate Transfiguration" in the Room of Requirement."

Kyle tried his best to appear as calm as possible, "But I came up through a secret passage, so you didn't see me."

"There are secret passages in Hogwarts?" Hermione was even more surprised.

"Of course." Kyle nodded, "It's on the second floor, behind the Sphinx tapestry. From there you can go directly to the eighth floor, which is much faster than taking the stairs."

"That's right, this is the first time I've heard of this." Hermione said suddenly, without any doubt.

…

After this time, Kyle became more cautious. Every time he left the Room of Requirement, he would first check whether there was any problem with the Disguise Spell.

Some time passed like this.

On the day Ron was attacked, Kyle took the risk to find Fred and George and borrowed the Marauder's Map from them.

"If you want to find an heir, you'd better not have too much hope."

Fred said, “We’ve been looking at the Marauder’s Map every night lately and haven’t found anything.

"I bet that guy must be scared." George shrugged.

Kyle took the Marauder's Map and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm a little bored these days anyway, so I'll just pass the time."

"That's up to you." Fred didn't care.

After getting the Marauder's Map, Kyle immediately went to the secret room.

Riddle is already strong enough. When he attacks Ron, he is obviously targeting the wand, so he is likely to follow him.

If this is the case, it will be difficult to do anything about it.

Kyle thought for a long time and decided to take a risk and control the basilisk himself.

Through previous observations, Kyle discovered that Riddle actually didn't have much restraint on the basilisk. Most of the time, it was kept free-range, which gave him a lot of room for maneuver.

He could completely control the basilisk to petrify Ron in advance and disguise it as the basilisk's own actions... as long as Riddle got Ron's wand in the end.

As for time...

Professor McGonagall said when he was in the school hospital that Ron was attacked after he and Lockhart separated.

Kyle opened the Marauder's Map and found Lockhart's name in the Great Hall.

Ten minutes later, the students finished their meal, and Lockhart led a group of people out of the auditorium, including Ron's name.

Kyle stared nervously at the map.

After passing through several corridors, Lockhart's name stopped near the Gryffindor common room and began to retrace his steps.

Harry and Ron moved quickly downstairs. They separated on the third floor. Harry went to the corridor where Filch was attacked, and Ron... looking in the direction should be going to the place where the two ghosts were attacked.

It should be now, Kyle turned around and summoned the basilisk.

But just as he was about to leave the secret room, there were new changes on the map.

Ron, who was moving quickly, suddenly stopped after turning around a corridor.

There was also the name of Peter Pettigrew, and he walked into a nearby classroom unhurriedly.

A few minutes later, Harry arrived. He lingered next to Ron for a while, and then ran quickly towards the third floor.

Then the professor also came, with seven or eight names sandwiching Ron in the middle, leading him towards the school hospital.

this……

Kyle looked at the basilisk beside him and couldn't help but think of some possibility.

The one that Ron was hit by was probably not an ordinary petrification spell.

Thinking about it carefully, with Ron's character, if he really wanted to steal his wand, he wouldn't need a basilisk. Even if the rat tried to steal it eight times a day with different tricks, he wouldn't be able to find it.

Soon, as the professors all gathered in the school hospital, Peter Pettigrew also walked out.

Kyle reacted and was about to let the basilisk return to the statue when a familiar feeling of dizziness quickly came over him.

Everything around you begins to speed up, blurry colors and shapes flash past...

Vaguely, Kyle seemed to hear Professor McGonagall's voice and a burst of ethereal music.

"Collapse!"

The blue light of the coma spell flashed before his eyes.

Kyle saw the basilisk, its head hitting the pillar next to it like a big pendulum.

A big crimson bird fell from the sky, landed on Kyle's shoulder, and covered his eyes with its wings.

"Professor McGonagall...Fawkes..."

Kyle felt happy... He was back, back to the original time!

But then he seemed to think of something and shouted:

"Close your eyes!"

Although the basilisk had just resisted Professor McGonagall's coma spell and was still a little dazed, it still closed its eyes obediently after hearing Kyle's voice.

Professor McGonagall stopped and covered her mouth in disbelief: "Kyle, you..."

"No, Minerva, not Kyle."

Dumbledore came out from behind. He looked at the condensed black mist with an unprecedented serious expression.

"Tom Riddle!"

"Long time no see." Riddle turned around and smiled: "My dear Dumbledore teaches...ah!"

Before he could finish his words, it turned into a scream that could almost penetrate the eardrums.

Riddle's body twisted and struggled, his arms kept waving, and he screamed, and then...

He disappeared, setting off a shoddy, poorly made firework.

"Sorry, Professor Dumbledore."

Kyle pulled the diary out of the basilisk's fangs, "I guess you didn't want to talk to him, so you took it upon yourself to shut his mouth for him."

"I have to say thank you." Dumbledore said softly, with a complicated expression.

"Who can tell us what is going on?" Professor McGonagall stepped forward. She glanced at the giant basilisk, clutched her chest with her hands, and gasped for air.

Harry squeezed his head out of the crowd...this was what he wanted to know.

"He's probably the best student Hogwarts has ever had!"

Dumbledore said: "Few people know that Voldemort was once called Tom Riddle. Fifty years ago, at Hogwarts, I personally taught him... After graduation, he disappeared and traveled around, in the dark magic world. He sank deeper and deeper into the quagmire, and finally reappeared as Voldemort."

"But..." Professor McGonagall asked, "Why is he here?"

"It's a Horcrux, Professor."

Kyle lifted up the diary that was soaked with ink, "This was left by Voldemort when he was in school. It contains his sixteen-year-old soul."