Chapter 631： The murderer 50 years ago (1/2)
In April, the weather picks up and spring flowers bloom.
Hogwarts Castle was restored to its usual tranquility and peace, and no students would pay attention to the attack a while back, as if nothing had happened.
Albert decided to take the time to find Hagrid, ask him about Tom Riddle, and fill in the last piece of the puzzle for the truth he will tell Dumbledore next.
To be honest, it is very difficult to conceal a mastermind reader like Dumbledore, even if Albert's Occlumency level is not low, but Dumbledore's IQ is not low.
In fact, not contacting Dumbledore is the best way.
Unfortunately, the panel task rewards are so rich that Albert can't easily give up. When he has to contact Dumbledore, he can only take another method, which is to follow the truth. Simply put, it is to make Dumbledore think that he is a genius who can piece together the truth from broken information. Anyway, everyone thinks that he is a genius. This is nothing to doubt.
Leaving the castle and walking through the grassy path, Albert raised his foot to Hagrid's hunting lodge. Before he raised his hand and knocked on the wooden door, the sound of fangs was heard inside the door.
The next moment, the wooden door was opened from the inside, and the Hound Fang shook his tail and rushed forward. Albert flashed sideways, and then squatted down and touched his head to subdue the excited Fang.
Hagrid looked at Albert, who was squatting in front of the door, and asked with a smile, ”Why are you here? Did you find something again...”
”Go in and talk about it.” Albert interrupted.
”Oh, I almost forgot, come in!”
Hagrid felt that Albert might have discovered another amazing secret to share with him, and quickly opened the door and invited Albert into the house.
Hagrid closed the window of the room, then hung the copper kettle on the fireplace to boil, and asked, ”What clue did you find again?”
”Hagrid, do you remember Tom Riddle?” Albert asked mysteriously.
Hagrid obviously never thought that Albert would ask about Tom Riddle. He was stunned for a while. After a long time, he said quietly, ”Of course I remember, that guy caused me to be expelled from school. You said this!”
”I remember Tom Riddle was a student at Slytherin College, right?”
”Yes, I remember it seems to be Slytherin College...what do you ask this for?” Hagrid put a plate of rock crust on the table and looked at Albert in confusion.
”You never thought, is it possible that the person who opened the secret room was Tom Riddle?” Albert directly broke the news and began to direct Hagrid's thoughts in the direction he wanted.
”Although he caused me to be expelled from school, you can't just because he is S....wait, did you find any evidence?” Hagrid bit the rock cake and turned his head to look at Albert in shock. . He knew that Albert would never talk nonsense, and there must be some reason to suspect that Tom Riddle was the heir of Slytherin.
”There is no direct evidence, but something has happened recently.” Albert told Hagrid what had happened a while ago.
”The Riddle's diary that appeared suddenly is suspicious.” Facing Hagrid with his face full of doubts, Albert deserves to continue to explain, ”You probably don't know, except for the Sorting Hat, I have never seen anyone who can think on his own. Magical items, and the diary disappeared somehow. The culprit who stole it was a student of Gryffindor College.”
”Why do you think you are a student of Gryffindor?” Hagrid became even more confused. He could understand every word of Albert and understand the meaning of every sentence, but he didn't understand why he said that. .
”Someone broke into Potter's dormitory secretly, rummaged through his cabinet, and stole Riddle's diary.” Albert glanced at the rock cake that fell on the table and continued, ”You don't think about it. Is it suspicious?”
Hagrid seemed to want to say something, but was directly interrupted by Albert.
”You are also a student of Gryffindor. You should know that students from other colleges cannot know the fat lady's password, let alone break into Gryffindor’s common room, so the person who stole the diary can only be Gryffindor. Many students.
”You're right!” Hagrid agreed absently, as if considering the possibility that Tom Riddle was the culprit in opening the Chamber of Secrets.
”I only know that you may not believe it, but Riddle is really suspicious. Just take a look at this and you will know why I said that.”
Albert took out a piece of parchment from his pocket and spread it flat on the table, allowing Hagrid to read what was written on it.
Hagrid took the parchment and read the concatenated names above:
[Harry], [Basilisk], [Snake Guy], [A Gryffindor Student], [Riddle’s Diary], [Hagrid], [Tom Riddle], [Secret Chamber].
They are connected by countless lines.
”What does this mean?” Hagrid put down the parchment, walked to the fireplace and picked up the boiling copper pot, and made a pot of hot tea for Albert.
”Don't you think Tom Riddle is connected to many things?”
Albert picked up the tea cup, took a sip of the hot tea, and continued to guide Hagrid: ”Remember, think about what Tom Riddle did, think about whether there was a snake-like voice in school at the time. Rumors.”
”What if Riddle is a snake-like voice?” Hagrid asked tentatively.
”If Tom Riddle is a snake-like voice, then he is undoubtedly the culprit who opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago.” Albert said affirmatively: ”Although there is no official name, I am not at all. I suspect that opening the Chamber of Secrets requires mastering Slytherin. Don’t forget, Salazar Slytherin is also Slytherin, and his mark is snake. I think nothing is more suitable as a symbol of Slytherin’s heir than using Slytherin. Up.”
Hagrid doesn’t know why Albert thinks this way. If you think about it, it’s true. Although there are other snake-like wizards besides Slytherin’s blood, they can’t hold back many things in Slytherin College that are like snakes. Related, especially the way to control the basilisk.
”This is just your suspicion, we have no evidence.” Hagrid clearly pointed out the problem.
”You should be clear, we only need doubts, no evidence.” Albert ignored Hagrid and continued. ”Although Tom Riddle lives in the Muggle world, it does not mean that his parents are Muggles. Even his parents had wizards or dumb guns.”
”Tom Riddle is a Muggle wizard?”
”The diary that Potter found was bought in the Muggle World, so his childhood must have been in the Muggle World, otherwise, who would go to the Muggle World to buy the diary?”
Hagrid knew that Albert made a lot of sense, that the wizard had not much contact with Muggles, let alone buying notes.
”If, we are being bolder, Riddle is a snake-like voice, is it possible that he is a descendant of Slytherin?” Albert once again threw out a hypothesis, ”I know many famous wizards, and I have rarely heard of four The descendants of the giants, maybe their descendants’ surnames have changed. After all, if the descendants have no sons, the continuation of the blood will be inherited by the daughters.”