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Chapter 216: A Troublesome Young Wizard Like You, I've Never Seen Before
Chapter 216: A Troublesome Young Wizard Like You, I’ve Never Seen Before
"Founder? Which Founder? Godric Gryffindor?" Harry asked hastily, eagerly hoping that some great historical figure shared his abilities.
"It’s Salazar Slytherin." Ivan extinguished the sliver of hope in Harry's heart.
"That’s just terrible!" Harry moaned.
Although there were no rumors of a descendant of Slytherin opening the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts, Harry still didn’t want to have any connection with the legendary Founder of Slytherin House.
Ivan shook his head and ignored Harry's complaints.
In fact, if not for the influence of Voldemort's Horcrux, Parselmouth would be a pretty good ability. At least, Ivan wanted it now.
Back in the dormitory, Ivan avoided the gaze of Harry and Ron, and found the Horcrux diary that he had kept for a long time.
As soon as he opened it, black ink immediately appeared on the blank page.
Hals, what have you been up to these days?
The handwriting was sloppy, and Ivan could even sense a hint of resentment. He smiled and began to explain on the diary page.
I joined the Quidditch team and have been busy practicing with my teammates and participating in matches. In short, I’ve been really busy lately.
Ivan complained about his recent situation and some daily troubles, filling the entire page.
Tom responded to Ivan's grievances with great patience, showing no sign of impatience.
For a moment, both of them treated each other as confidants, even sharing some secrets that they wouldn’t tell anyone else.
Ivan realized the timing was right and wrote a character on the diary page, "By the way, Tom, do you recognize this?"
The full page of text scattered and reformed into a series of words.
Where did you see it?
"This is something I discovered by chance. What’s wrong, Tom? Is there something unusual about these characters?" Ivan glossed over the details of how he obtained the characters and asked instead.
Tom was silent for a while. Just as Ivan was getting impatient and thought the other wouldn’t respond, new text appeared on the diary page.
These are Parseltongue, or characters created by Salazar Slytherin based on Parseltongue, possessing unique power.
Ivan read the text on the diary page and fell into deep thought. Upon learning that the characters were related to Parseltongue, he began to suspect that what he was looking for might be connected to one of the four Founders, Salazar Slytherin.
Could the ancient book Origin of Bloodlines be something left behind by Salazar Slytherin a thousand years ago?
Various thoughts raced through Ivan's mind, but his hands didn’t stop. He cautiously asked Tom to teach him Parseltongue.
You want to learn Parseltongue? Why? Tom asked, puzzled.
"Didn’t you say it was created by Slytherin and has unique power? Of course, I want to learn it." Ivan replied casually and then countered, "What about you, Tom? Why can you understand Parseltongue?"
Because the blood of my ancestor, the great Salazar Slytherin, flows through my veins! Parseltongue isn’t something just anyone can learn. Only those with special blood can master it!
On the blank page, black ink gathered into words. Even with just text, Ivan could sense the genuine pride and joy emanating from Tom Riddle.
However, Ivan did not believe Tom's claims. From what he knew, Dumbledore could also speak Parseltongue, and the old Headmaster was certainly not a descendant of Slytherin.
Ivan was confident that he could learn anything, no matter how difficult. So, he persistently asked Tom to teach him again.
Tom’s reply came quickly.
[Sure, but I am just a memory with no power. I can’t produce sounds or provide proper guidance. Can you bring a living creature over and kill it? I need to use it to cast the spell, for example, your Owl.]
"Co-co-co", Maca, who was dozing in her cage, suddenly shivered and looked around in terror. Ivan reached out to calm her down.
"Sorry, Maca is my best friend, and I won’t harm her", Ivan firmly replied.
[Then other creatures will do. A rat? A spider? A snake?]
Tom indicated that he wasn’t picky and would accept anything.
Ivan hesitated. He was well aware of the true nature of the Horcrux diary and dared not let it absorb any life force to regain strength.
[Are you hesitating? Don’t you trust me? We are the best of friends, aren’t we?]
Tom’s words appeared clearly on the blank page, deeply imprinted, and the page trembled slightly.
"I do trust you, Tom!"
"But what you’re suggesting sounds like dangerous Dark Magic, and I’m really scared. And..." Here, Ivan deliberately showed a hint of fear before continuing.
"Mom once told me not to trust any self-aware being. You must understand, right, Tom? We are the best of friends."
Ivan, well-versed in various tactics, knew that when the opponent played an emotional card, the best response was to play another emotional card.
As the best of friends, I trust you, but you must understand me too.
Tom Riddle was quite troubled. Ivan’s words left him at a loss for how to respond; this was definitely the most difficult young wizard he had ever encountered.
Seeing that Tom was silent for a long time without replying, Ivan had a thought and wrote on the diary.
"How about this, shall I take you to Professor Dumbledore and ask if he has any magic to restore your power?"
The diary began to tremble violently, and within a second, the two blank pages were covered with messy, crooked ink.
[No, absolutely not! Don’t go to him!]
[Hal, don’t be fooled by your Headmaster’s crazy appearance. He’s not a good person!]
Ivan did not expect that merely mentioning Dumbledore would elicit such a strong reaction from Tom.
Just as he was about to calm Tom down, the many ink marks on the diary finally converged again, forming a long sentence that covered both pages, with the bold and enlarged letters dominating Ivan’s view.
[If you don’t believe me, I can take you to see it myself!!!]
(End of Chapter)
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