In that one-on-one duel, he survived and completed his mission.
When he returned to Hogwarts, although he was mentally prepared, Dumbledore still felt nervous when he saw the traces of the battle.
Fortunately, everyone lived up to Dumbledore's trust, and Hogwarts survived the disaster without any danger. When Dumbledore came back, everything had settled, the Order of the Phoenix, the teachers and students of Hogwarts
There were also personnel from the Ministry of Magic who completely defeated the Japanese magicians and American purgers who dared to invade. Many of them died in the battle, and all those who survived were captured. The photographers who came from Azkaban
The spirit monsters are taking these dejected guys to Azkaban Prison, where what awaits them is a punishment worse than death.
Professor McGonagall, who had won the victory, had no joy on her face. Seeing Dumbledore appear, she hurried over and whispered a few words in his ear.
Dumbledore's expression suddenly changed.
Hermione Granger is dead?! Tom Yoder is missing with her body?!
This was as bad news as a bolt from the blue to Dumbledore.
"Show me the way."
Dumbledore was very aware of the consequences of this incident, so he hurried out of the castle and pointed the way for himself with his wand. After several spells, Dumbledore found the person he was looking for, Tom Yoder.
He was holding Hermione's body and sitting under a big willow tree on the edge of the black lake. Hermione's head was resting on Tom's knees. Tom closed his eyes, holding Hermione in one hand and holding his own with the other.
Magic wand, the two of them seemed to be asleep.
Dumbledore walked gently to the two of them and stood silently, like a marble statue.
"Bury them here." He ordered Professor McGonagall who was chasing after him. Now, he only felt weak, as if all the bones in his body had been removed.
…
The cold tip of the stick left his throat, and his eyes fell into endless darkness. After an unknown amount of time, Tom's ears heard human voices again.
"This way."
Tom opened his eyes and found that he was back at the same old place: the platform of King's Cross station.
But he knew very well that this was not the station in reality, but a place where people would go after death.
Thanks to his death once, Tom is very familiar with this place.
As for why he appeared here? The cause of death was the Death Curse. After finding the place that satisfied him, Tom held Hermione and used the unforgivable spell on himself.
He believed that Hermione was waiting for him at the station, and he couldn't keep Hermione waiting - he wanted to come here and take Hermione back.
It's just that this experience seems a little different from the last time. In front of Tom is a young man wearing a conductor's uniform, who is leading Tom the way.
Tom stopped and the young conductor turned around and looked at him with a half-smile.
"Why don't you hurry up? It would be bad if you miss that train." The young man had dull blond hair and a very handsome face.
"Who are you?" Tom didn't want to be led by him. He had to figure out the situation...
"I am an ordinary conductor." The young man showed a standard smile, "Send the guests to the train - if you don't want to take the train, there are other options, the customer is God."
Tom frowned.
After seeing Tom's expression, the young man thought for a moment and said, "Are you asking for my name? I actually don't have a name. If you insist on one, you can call me Avada."
"Avada?" Tom had a vague guess about the identity of the person in front of him.
"Yes," the young man nodded as if he had seen through Tom's heart, "Don't you always say Avada Kedavra, then it makes sense for me to call you Avada. The train is about to leave, are you leaving or not?
"
Tom followed Avada's footsteps. No matter what, he had to go to the platform first.
But the young man named Avada in front of him made him a little worried. He was worried that this guy would ruin his good deeds.
How could the God of Death allow the dead to escape from his grasp?
The platform was not far away, and Tom was quickly brought to the platform, where a red steam train was already parked.
On the platform, there was a figure standing on tiptoe, looking out.
"Hermione!" Tom immediately recognized the person's identity. He rushed to Hermione's side in three steps and then hugged her tightly.
Tears fell from the corners of his eyes.
"Why are you crying?" Hermione wiped the corners of his eyes, but her own eyes were also red.
"Why are you here too?"
"miss you."
After a simple conversation, the two fell into silence, and then both looked at Avada.
"You can get on this train together and start your new journey. Trust me, you can continue to be each other's company." Avada shrugged her shoulders and urged impatiently.
Tom shook his head, and at this moment the sound of phoenixes came from far away on the platform.
"Mr. Avada, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. We do not plan to start a new journey - our current journey has just begun!"
Hermione pursed her lips and said nothing, but hugged Tom's arm tightly.
Obviously, Avada didn't like Tom's answer.
"Why do you have to break the rules?" He looked at Tom with dissatisfaction on his face, "You have already broken the rules once."
"It's not too much this time, is it?" The golden-red phoenix landed on a nearby lamppost and looked at them sideways.
Avada was silent for a moment, as if she had been kicked, and reluctantly agreed to Tom's request.
"Okay, I hope you can abide by the rules next time I see you."
"Thank you." Tom and Hermione burst into smiles. But when he was about to take the phoenix back to the world of the living with Hermione, Avada grabbed Hermione's hand.
"You can do it, but she can't." He said seriously.
Tom:……
Hermione's smile froze.
"Be accommodating." How could Tom accept this condition? The purpose of his coming here was to take Hermione back. If it was according to what Avada said, then why would he bother with it?
From the fact that he can repeatedly jump between life and death, it is easy to see that Avada obviously has a flexible bottom line, so it is not impossible to reach a deal with him and fish out Hermione.
Avada closed her mouth. He looked at Tom, thought for a moment, and took out a gold scale from his arms.
At one end of the scale is a bright red heart.
"If you pay enough, I will allow you to take one more person back - this is the bottom line!"
Tom stretched out his hand to death and began to offer chips to the other end of the scale.
When he started making offerings, Tom understood the scope of what could be offered - the things the God of Death wanted were not real objects, but ethereal objects, so he decided to give it a try.