Hogwarts Diary: Snape Goes Crazy

Chapter 182: Chapter 181 — Even Dumbledore Suspects You

# Chapter 181 — Even Dumbledore Suspects You

Tom Riddle nodded approvingly once more, looking at Vesey with admiration.

”If you promise to become a Death Eater in the future, I’ll spare your life!”

Vesey sneered.

”Keep dreaming! My parents died at your hands. All I want is to kill you with my own hands!”

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Tom Riddle’s expression darkened.

”Just like your stupid mother...”

”Don’t you dare talk about my parents!”

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Vesey looked even angrier.

Tom Riddle laughed.

”I’m not just talking about your parents. I’m talking about your friends, your Ginny, your poor little girl.

”She has always liked Harry Potter. She told me so pitifully that she really wanted to kiss him.

”She also told me that she had to use old books and wear second-hand robes, and how much she envied you.

”She envies you for having a brother like Harry Potter. She envies you for being loved by all the professors. She envies you because all the students like you...”

”Shut up!”

Vesey interrupted him furiously.

”I said shut up! Ginny trusted you with the private worries of a young girl. She didn’t tell you all those things so you could spread them around and use them as gossip!”

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She trembled with anger, then stood up and pointed her wand at Tom Riddle.

”You deserve to die!”

She looked furious, but Tom Riddle wasn’t afraid.

”It’s not my fault!” he said hypocritically. ”I find all this tedious too, but your Ginny insisted on telling me everything.

”She opened her soul to me, allowing me to devour her fears, her secrets, and her...”

”What have you done to her?!”

Vesey glared at Tom Riddle.

”Silly girl, have you still not figured it out? Or have you already guessed the truth but simply refuse to admit it?”

A trace of sadness appeared on Vesey’s face.

Tom Riddle immediately realised that she had guessed the truth but didn’t want to believe it.

He deliberately continued, wanting to make her suffer even more.

”It was Ginny Weasley who opened the Chamber of Secrets. She was the one who strangled the school’s roosters. She released the basilisk and petrified four people...”

”All because of you!”

Vesey suddenly calmed down.

She looked at Tom Riddle steadily.

”You controlled her!”

Tom Riddle laughed.

”Clever girl! Indeed, she didn’t know what she was doing at first. She had no idea what was happening to her. It was rather amusing.

”Here, let me tell you what she wrote in her diary to me back then.

”’Dear Tom, I don’t know why I woke up beside Mrs Norris, who had turned stiff.

”’I don’t know why there were chicken feathers and blood on my clothes. The school’s rooster is dead. I suspect I did it, but why would I do such a thing?

”’Vesey keeps worrying about me. She keeps asking whether something has happened to me and whether I know anything. I’m so scared!’”

Tom Riddle continued with a smile.

”It took her a long time to begin suspecting me. Eventually, she threw me away. Unexpectedly, the person who picked me up was Harry Potter!

”I desperately wanted to see him and his sister!”

He turned to look at Harry.

Harry was furious.

”Why did you want to see us?”

”Why? Because you killed me in the future, and your sister helped you do it! Although she died soon afterwards, I refuse to let that future happen. I want to keep you all here forever!”

Harry was angry and confused by Tom Riddle’s words.

*How does he know what will happen in the future?*

”How do you know about the future you’re talking about?” Harry demanded.

Tom Riddle ignored the question.

In truth, he couldn’t answer it. One day, he had suddenly discovered the diary, but he couldn’t write anything in it or ask it questions. He could only read what was written there.

He suspected that his main soul had somehow left messages in the diary.

He snorted, looked at Harry, and continued.

”Don’t concern yourself with how I found out. The point is, I was delighted at the time. I saw that you wanted to learn the truth about the Chamber of Secrets, so I showed you my great achievement: reporting Hagrid to the headmaster. That way, I gained your trust.”

”Hagrid is our friend!” Harry shouted angrily.

Tom Riddle didn’t think there was anything strange about that.

”Yes, well, it’s hardly surprising that a simple-minded giant like him would be your friend. He’s always surrounding himself with all kinds of strange creatures.

”The headmaster at the time liked me very much. As soon as I reported Hagrid, he believed me without hesitation.

”I was just like Vesey back then. I was popular with everyone. But the Transfiguration professor, Dumbledore, always suspected something was wrong with me.

”He would look at me with that searching gaze of his. Vesey must have experienced the same thing, don’t you think? Have you noticed it?

”Roughly speaking, the two of us are remarkably similar. We both grew up in orphanages. We both had excellent grades and good reputations. We were both sorted into Slytherin. We were both liked by many people.

”And you’ve seen how Dumbledore doubts you...”

Tom Riddle spoke with absolute certainty.

Vesey shook her head.

”Sorry, but I’ve never seen any suspicion from Headmaster Dumbledore. All I’ve seen is the way he comforted me when I woke up after my first-year adventure.

”I’ve seen the worry and guilt in his eyes when I collapsed on the ground, my clothes torn open.

”And I’ve seen the anxiety and panic on his face when I fought your basilisk that day!”

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Tom Riddle snorted.

”Idiot! You think he’s worried about you? He’s worried about why you haven’t died yet!”

”Enough!” Vesey snapped. ”Stop talking about all this. Show me what you can do. Let me see your abilities properly. Didn’t you say you wanted my life?

”Let’s find out today whether I can defeat you, avenge my classmates, and destroy you right here at Hogwarts!”

”Destroy me? Are you joking?” Tom Riddle sneered. ”You’re just a little girl with some strength. Dumbledore isn’t here, so who do you think can help you? Your useless brother?

”Speaking of Harry Potter, I’m genuinely curious about how that little boy managed to defeat me, the greatest wizard in the world...”

Vesey interrupted him.

”The greatest wizard in the world is currently Dumbledore. If you want to be called great, what have you ever done to benefit the world or its people? Right now, the only word you deserve is *pest!*”

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”Don’t bring up Dumbledore!” Tom Riddle snarled. ”He’s gone now. He can’t help you, you foolish girl.

”You and your brother will soon be reunited with your parents. And I will walk out of here openly, without having to hide anymore!”

Tom Riddle mocked her.

Vesey met his eyes.

”You’ll never understand. Headmaster Dumbledore is the recognised headmaster of this school. As long as there’s even one person at Hogwarts who hasn’t betrayed him, he can appear whenever he’s needed!”

Harry suddenly understood.

*No wonder Dumbledore said that whenever we needed help, it would be there.*

*This was what he meant!*