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Chapter 227: Jerry's Patronus (Third Update)
Chapter 227: Jerry's Patronus (Third Update)
During this time, Jerry often consulted Voldemort about magic, so she always kept the diary with her.
Most of the time, the diary was open, allowing Voldemort to eavesdrop on Jerry’s conversations with other young wizards and gather various clues to understand Jerry’s true situation.
He was a cautious person. Although Jerry was just a child, he did not take her lightly.
However, from what he could tell so far, this young wizard named Jerry had not lied to him, but had withheld some information.
She was indeed born in an orphanage and was a second-year Witch in Slytherin at Hogwarts, which was all true.
What was wrong was his initial assumption that Jerry was a young wizard who led an unhappy life, which was why she so desperately craved power and authority.
But the truth proved otherwise.
This young wizard named Jerry was not only the top student and most outstanding Witch in all of Slytherin but was also widely admired by many young wizards, even those from other houses.
The teachers at the school also liked her, especially the current Head of Slytherin, Snape, a former Death Eater, who treated her like a son.
Despite all this, she still yearned for greater power and showed a particular fondness for Dark Magic and spells with high lethality.
On the surface, she seemed kind to everyone, even befriending people from Gryffindor. However, in their conversations, Voldemort could sense Jerry’s reverence for pure-blood supremacy and her disdain for Muggle-borns.
This was eerily similar to his own mindset in the past, almost as if they were cut from the same cloth.
Voldemort even felt that, in a few years, when Jerry graduated, she might follow in his footsteps. This gave him some new ideas.
Perhaps he didn’t need to possess Jerry’s body; instead, he could cultivate her and, when the time came to reveal his true identity, she might become a valuable ally.
As Voldemort began teaching her Occlumency through the diary, Jerry thought to herself:
"This should be enough for now!"
She wasn’t particularly good at lying, but from watching a lot of TV in her past life, she knew that telling complete lies was the easiest way to be caught out.
Especially when the person on the other side was incredibly smart.
The best approach was to tell nine truths and one lie.
If she kept the diary closed and prevented Voldemort from gathering information, it would be safe, but he would eventually discover the truth.
So, to gain Voldemort’s trust, she mostly showed him her true self at Hogwarts.
The only false information she provided was her supposed reverence for pure-blood supremacy and her disdain for Muggle-borns.
As for why she intentionally exposed the Chamber of Secrets to Dumbledore, there were two main reasons.
The first reason was to provide a plausible explanation for the disappearance of the Basilisk, making Voldemort believe that Dumbledore had discovered the Chamber of Secrets and killed the Basilisk.
The second reason was to clear Hagrid’s name, as she had stolen his dragon egg and taken a Nightmare, and Hagrid had taught her a lot about Fantastic Beasts.
She felt she needed to do something to make it up to Hagrid.
The Parseltongue recorded in the red ball and some scales left by the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets should be enough for Dumbledore to deduce the truth of what happened back then.
As for who had petrified Myrtle, who had deliberately left the small ball, and who had left the message, let Dumbledore figure it out slowly. After all, it shouldn't lead back to him.
How could a second-year young wizard take away the Basilisk?
The content of the parchment letter he left was simple: it told Dumbledore that the thousand-year-old Basilisk of the Chamber of Secrets had been taken away by him. The name signed at the end was: "A Mysterious Peace-Loving and Just Adventurer."
The purpose of leaving the letter was to prevent Dumbledore from thinking the Basilisk had escaped and sealing the school for the students' safety.
Time flew by, and the first semester passed in the blink of an eye.
Without the Basilisk or the Chamber of Secrets incident, this semester at Hogwarts was relatively peaceful. Even the Quidditch match after Halloween went without any incidents.
Perhaps because there were no Basilisk attacks, Lucius's plan to frame someone had not succeeded. As a result, the house-elf Dobby was no longer aggressively trying to get Harry to leave the school and did not interfere with the Quidditch match.
Unfortunately, with Jerry not participating this year, the Slytherin Quidditch team did not manage to beat Harry's Gryffindor, which left Snape in a bad mood for several days.
It wasn't until Christmas that the Slytherin young wizards had a chance to gloat. The Christmas London International League, with seven Quidditch teams participating, was being held in London.
Jerry from Slytherin would be competing as the Seeker for the English Quidditch team.
The tournament lasted a week, and the outcome was predictable. With Jerry's cheating prowess, the English Quidditch team always managed to catch the Golden Snitch first, even when they were trailing by a significant margin, thus turning the tide.
In the end, the London Quidditch League concluded with the English Quidditch team winning the championship.
This also made Jerry a major celebrity in the British Witch community.
The previous Four-Nation League had been held in France, and not many British Witches had attended. Most had only seen the results in the newspapers.
This time, in London, the majority of Witches watched the matches live, and the outcome was naturally different.
Especially the way the English team always turned the tables, which was the most thrilling way to win for the spectators.
Besides fame, Jerry also earned a substantial amount of prize money from the tournament, which filled his pockets again. This allowed him to buy a large amount of materials to practice potion-making and alchemy.
Over the past six months, besides constantly learning magic and related knowledge from Voldemort, Jerry had also sought advice on potions and alchemy.
Voldemort, who could brew the Resurrection Potion and create a Horcrux, was certainly skilled in potions and alchemy.
Many of the related knowledge points that Jerry couldn't comfortably ask Snape about, he could obtain from Voldemort.
Two days before the end of the Christmas break, which was also the second day after Jerry returned to Hogwarts from the tournament, it was late at night.
Jerry stood in the box space he had expanded twice again, pointed his finger forward, used "Brain Boost" to control his body, maximized his happy emotions, and then loudly cast the spell:
"Expecto Patronum!"
As a powerful and brilliant white light appeared, a massive figure manifested before Jerry's eyes.
"I never expected my Patronus to be this!"
Seeing her Patronus appear, Jerry's eyes lit up with surprise.
(End of Chapter)
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