Dumbledore stood in front of his pensieve and poured the memory that Tom had extracted into it. He took a step forward, and Tom followed with a frown. Even though he felt that looking at that memory again was almost for him.
Torture, but for special reasons, he must follow Dumbledore in.
The two of them entered the Pensieve face down.
What caught Dumbledore's eyes was a park with bright sunshine and the fragrance of birds and flowers. Several children were playing carefree in the park.
Judging from the weather, it's probably autumn, which is a good time for autumn and crisp air.
The park is very large and empty. Occasionally, people run by with their dogs on the edge of the grass. There seem to be only children playing in the whole park. The parents of the children are sitting on the outside of the park chatting.
It seemed that it was time to go home. Several mothers ended their chatting time, stood up from the bench, and dragged their babies away from the grass.
"I don't want to go——" There was a big boy with blond hair and white eyes who didn't seem to want to leave. He lay on the ground with his feet in the air and started to mess around, but he was still dragged away by his mother.
"Sweet Bear~" A beautiful young woman in a beige windbreaker did not walk to the lawn, but stood in the distance and called her child's nickname. Her child was also very obedient and was not as attached to the grass as other children.
When her name was called, she ran towards her mother, which aroused the envy of the housewives around her.
A beautiful little girl who looked like she had stepped out of a painting jumped up to her mother, hugged the woman's arm, and rubbed her arm with her head in a coquettish way.
Dumbledore recognized that it was Peggy as a child, she was probably around seven years old now.
"Sweet Bear, it's getting late, it's time to go home." It was obvious that the woman had become immune to Peggy's coquettishness, and she took her away resolutely.
The mother and daughter walked to the parking lot. There were only four or five cars parked there. Except for a nanny car, the others were all cars.
Peggy and her daughter came to a BMW, opened the door and got in. The woman started the car, and the car spewed out a stream of black exhaust gas and kicked up dust.
Dumbledore also grabbed Tom and followed Peggy and her daughter into their car. However, the two of them were in the front seat, and Tom and Dumbledore were in the back seat.
They returned to their own home, which was not the house in Burlington Square, Eastbourne, where Tom had delivered the letter. There, they had a sumptuous dinner with Mr. Grossman, played the latest games, and listened to
bedtime story.
Finally, during Mr. Grossman's "basket of kisses," Peggy fell asleep.
As Peggy fell asleep, the picture was distorted, Tom and Tom appeared in the park again, and what happened just now happened again.
"I don't want to go——"
…
"Sweet Bear~"
…
"Sweet Bear, it's getting late, it's time to go home."
…
"A basket of kisses~"
…
The park is sunny and crisp in autumn...
This was repeated several times, and even Dumbledore felt a little uncomfortable.
"What's going on?" he asked gently.
"The memories in Peggy's mind are very weird. Part of them are memories from the normal timeline, and the other part are repetitions of the memory I showed you - at least on the surface, they are repeated endlessly." Tom used to use
When Legilimency flipped through Peggy's memories, he was shocked to find that if memory is compared to a book, then the memory of a normal person naturally follows the positive content from the negative side, and connects the previous and the next. Peggy is different - her positive and negative memories are
It is split. The front side is a normal memory, and the reverse side is the memory of playing in the park that day. It goes over and over again, endlessly, as if there are two Peggy, one living a normal life and the other trapped in a time loop.
The turning point for change was the day I went to the park.
Dumbledore saw a sudden expression of deep sadness on Lockhart's face in front of him. At this time, the memory had already progressed to the parking lot.
Tom said to Dumbledore, "Professor, this is the deep memory I discovered under this surface memory... You, take a look..."
He waved his hand as if he were turning over a book, and the scene was suddenly disrupted, as if a pebble was dropped on the water, and the content of his memory also changed.
The woman started the car, and the car spewed out a stream of black exhaust gas, then made a strange roar and stalled. Peggy's mother tried to restart the car, but there was no response from the car.
At this time, the window of the nanny car next to her was rolled down. A man in a suit got out of the car and came to the side of the car.
"Madam, do you need help?" he asked politely.
"Oh, God, I don't know what happened, my car stalled." Peggy's mother also gave up her efforts and spread her hands to express that there was something wrong with the quality of the car.
The man laughed and said, "This means you have bought a genuine product!"
He walked around the car twice and checked, "There may be something wrong with the engine. BMW's engines have been unreliable since World War II. This is their company's fine tradition."
At this time, the door of the nanny's car opened again, and a handsome man stepped out of the car. He was wearing an expensive custom-made suit. He looked well-dressed, and his movements revealed a sense of nobility.
Tom recognized him. He was Chris, a top British actor and a famous director. He was red and purple. It was said that he was related to the royal family.
Tom could recognize it, and Peggy's mother naturally knew her too. It seemed that she was still a fan of Chris. She asked Chris for his autograph, and Chris gave it painfully. He looked at Peggy and Mrs. Grossman.
After a while, an unknown light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly said: "You are so beautiful, you are not inferior to those famous stars!"
Mrs. Grossman is indeed a great beauty, and Peggy's appearance is inherited from her. Even after giving birth to a child, her figure is still first-class, with a mature woman's charm, like ripe honey.
Like a peach.
Mrs. Grossman blushed, covered her mouth and snickered.
Chris struck while the iron was hot and said that his new film needed two supporting roles. He didn't know if the two of them would be willing to audition. Anyway, they were idle. He didn't know when the car repair company would come. At worst, he could have his assistant here.
Wait.
Mrs. Grossman thought about it, accepted his invitation, and got into the nanny car.
Dumbledore's face was as sinking as water, and he sat in with Tom without saying a word.
Next came a very formal audition. After the audition, Chris treated Peggy and her daughter to a sumptuous dinner. He opened a private room in a luxurious hotel and invited several friends from the industry.
We had a happy meal together. We were full of wine and food, and the sun was already setting.
Chris was already sitting next to Mrs. Grossman. He boldly put his hand on her shoulder, and gently climbed up her thigh with his other hand.
Mrs. Grossman shuddered.
"Don't be so shy," he laughed.
"I, I should go..."
"Don't worry, it still takes a long time." Chris showed a greasy and lewd smile.
"Wait a minute - no, help -" Soon, Chris took off his disguise. Together with his friends, he pressed Mrs. Grossman on the sofa in the box and stuffed her stockings into the box.
in her mouth
"The soundproofing effect here is very good," Chris took off his shirt, "Madam, let me see your figure. If you have a good figure, you will have a wider range of acting..."
He sat on Mrs. Grossman's body, took the stockings out of her mouth, and took out little Chris.
"Hold it." He glanced at Mrs. Grossman, who had her mouth tightly closed, and then at Peggy who was crying in the corner, and threatened: "Be good and be obedient, otherwise I can't guarantee that my friends will treat the little one."
Sweet Bear did something."
When Mrs. Grossman heard these words, she trembled, hesitated again and again, and finally opened her mouth...
The sound of clouds and rain echoed in the room.
After an unknown amount of time, Mrs. Grossman was lying on her back on the floor of the box, her eyes were wandering, and her clothes could not even cover her important parts. Everything seemed to be over.
She said hoarsely: "Can we... go back?"
Chris smiled and said: "Okay, but just wait a moment."
He walked to the corner of the room and picked up Peggy.
"Wait a minute! You...you promised me..." Mrs. Grossman hugged his thigh and begged: "Please, please let Peggy go! She is only seven years old!"
"It's just because you're seven that it's wonderful, isn't it? And I did keep my promise. You see, didn't my friends touch her?" Chris didn't care about this, and he tried to put Mrs. Grossman
He tried to shake him off, but failed. He shook hard twice more, but Mrs. Grossman still held his legs tightly and refused to let go.
Chris was a little annoyed. He picked up a wine bottle on the dining table and hit her twice on the back of the head. Mrs. Grossman fainted and he broke free.
He glanced at the blood stains on his trousers with disgust, and told his agent: "Remember to help clean it up."
Peggy said nothing, her eyes were empty and she looked emotionless.
At this point, Peggy's memory began to shake violently, as if the world was about to collapse.
The scene turned and returned to the scene in the parking lot. The car spewed out a stream of black exhaust gas and flew away with dust.
Dumbledore took Tom out of the Pensieve.
After coming out of the basin, Tom buried his face in his hands and refused to speak for a long time. The temperature around Dumbledore seemed to have dropped a few degrees.
There was a dead silence in the office.
"Peggy was deeply involved in this secret room incident, but it seems that the situation is a bit special." Tom took the initiative to break the dead silence, "I acted as a bait in the lounge..." Tom suppressed the emotions in his heart and recounted his experience.
, only a few details were slightly changed. For example, he omitted to talk about the method of his own resurrection, and Dumbledore was too sensible to ask the details.
Dumbledore kept frowning. After Tom finished speaking, he stood up and left the office - he was going to the school hospital to check on Peggy's condition.
After a while, he came back.
"Tell me more about the transformation of that alchemy doll." Dumbledore asked Tom to tell him again the details before and after [Senior] lost control. After listening, he sighed.
"Miss Grossman's soul state is very unstable." Dumbledore took off his half-moon glasses and wiped them. "Combined with the memories you showed me, I have a guess. Before that, I have to ask
Please confirm, can you describe Miss Grossman's memory again?"
After Tom repeated it again, Dumbledore sighed again. This was the first time that Tom had seen Dumbledore sigh so frequently.
"This is a sad thing," Dumbledore said with a hint of sadness in his eyes. "What happened that day hurt her a lot. She has closed her heart since then - this can also be regarded as a person's self-protection mechanism.
At that time, there was a problem with her soul. Her emotions were concentrated in part of her soul, while the other part of her soul had no human emotions. The soul with emotions closed itself, and the part of the soul without emotions was active outside. "
"I just saw it. Her soul is extremely unstable. It should have been artificially split. It is very likely that Miss Grossman tore her soul apart and injected it into your alchemy doll, turning it into
I have a Horcrux, but this Horcrux is a bit special and can move freely because it has enough energy."
"Then Peggy..."
"It's hard to say which part split off. If Miss Grossman can wake up, it means that the part that splits off should be the emotional part. If she can't wake up and keeps sealing her inner world, then the part that splits off should be
It's the soul without emotions." Dumbledore concluded for Peggy.
"But [Senior] ran so neatly, so the probability of the emotionless part possessing [Senior] is higher."
Tom:……
"Is there any way to wake her up?"
"I can try to modify her memory, so maybe I can awaken Miss Grossman." Dumbledore rubbed his wand. It was not difficult for him to modify the memory, but could he change Miss Grossman's personality?
Awakening it depends on luck. After all, she herself has hidden that memory.
The discussion about Peggy has come to an end, and now Tom and Dumbledore have a more difficult problem before them.
"Those...two items, have you seen them?" Tom was referring to Riddle's diary and the Ravenclaw diadem.
"Have seen it."
"Almost no one knows that Voldemort's former name was Tom Riddle, and that I personally taught him fifty years ago. He disappeared after leaving school. Occasionally, news about him comes back, even if only half of it is true.
It's all shocking. When Voldemort finally appeared, almost no one connected him with Tom Riddle." Dumbledore told Tom about that past event.
The wizards in the British wizarding world have never faced Grindelwald head-on, so they are afraid of Voldemort. However, while they are afraid of Voldemort, no one has considered this question: Where did Voldemort come from?
He seemed to have jumped out of a crack in the stone. No one knew his past, and no one wanted to know.
They only know that this is the most terrifying dark wizard.