Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 355: Just wait! I'll bring back your damn Lord Wade!
If even Dumbledore has problems, then who else in this world can be normal?

So... the problem isn't with others, but with me?
In other words, the bastard who has been stepping on his head does not actually exist, and all this is just an illusion?
Tom's lips moved, but no words came out.

He couldn't accept this result.

When Dumbledore saw Tom like this, he suddenly felt that this matter was not as simple as he had thought before. It was just to help students relieve their psychological problems.

"Tell me what happened first, Tom..." Dumbledore stared at Tom with his azure eyes. "Should I... know this man named Levid?"

Tom seemed to be awakened again. "Yes... You should know him. All the students in Hogwarts should know him..."

"Is he a student or a professor at our school?" asked Dumbledore.

"Student... the most talented student ever..." Comforted by Dumbledore, Tom recounted everything he remembered Levitra doing at Hogwarts.

The more Dumbledore listened, the more solemn his eyes became. Because in his memory, many of the things Tom described were actually done by Tom, but many more had never happened and had nothing to do with this man named Levid...

So, if Tom didn't suddenly become schizophrenic, then a genius student suddenly disappeared from Hogwarts, and no one remembered this person and his deeds, or everyone's memory was distorted... except Tom.

This all sounds ridiculous! Memories and cognition might change due to certain curses, but how could objectively existing objects be completely changed by a curse?

According to Tom, this wasn't just about a person's memory disappearing. This was clearly about a person being completely erased from the world!
Such remarks are hard to believe, especially coming from a third-grade wizard...

If it were any other professor, they might think Tom was talking nonsense or that he had some kind of mental illness.

But Dumbledore was more patient than others and continued to communicate with Tom patiently.

Because in his opinion, if Tom was talking nonsense, then why Tom was talking nonsense was also a very noteworthy question.

And if Tom has a mental problem, it deserves his attention as a professor!

As Tom continued to tell the story, Dumbledore gradually felt that things were not that simple.

Because Tom's description was so detailed, it didn't sound like a fabrication at all, but as if there really was such a student!
Besides... he did feel a little familiar with the name Li Weide.

In fact, it’s not that he thinks the name sounds familiar, but hearing this name gives him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Dumbledore did not miss this slight change.

In this world, there must be a reason for any coincidence!

While Dumbledore was thinking silently, Tom felt more and more that there was something wrong with him.

After his observation, Dumbledore's behavior did not seem to be fake, he really did not know Levid.

And who else in this world could curse a wizard like Dumbledore silently?
So... maybe all along, the so-called Li Weide was really just an illusion...

No...it shouldn't be an illusion I've been having, because if that's the case, then I often talk to Li Weide in my memory, so to others, wouldn't it be like I'm talking to the air?

So far, none of the classmates think that he is a mental patient, which means that the above behaviors have never appeared in other people’s memories!
That means...it's time for the History of Magic class at noon!

He still remembered that when he figured something out, his mind went blank, and then he passed out...

"Professor, maybe I'm wrong... There has never been such a person as Li Weide." Tom's eyes were bloodshot. "Perhaps, I was cursed today!"

Tom told Dumbledore about what happened in the History of Magic class that day.

"In other words, this curse, cast by someone unknown, has instilled a long series of inexplicable memories into my brain that don't exist in reality! It makes me feel like this happened in the past!"

Tom couldn't accept this conclusion, but it was the most reasonable explanation so far...

It's true that I fainted during History of Magic class that day, and after waking up, my mind was flooded with so many memories...

"That is indeed the most reasonable explanation..." Dumbledore said hesitantly.

He still felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

Just when Tom was about to reluctantly accept this explanation, he suddenly remembered the lantern monster at the door, and a glimmer of hope suddenly rose in his heart again.

"Professor...who gave you the armor and the lantern monster at the door?"

"Of course it's you, Tom."

"Me? But I don't know how to make that..." Tom was stunned before he could finish his words.

Because when he recalled the lantern monster, the method of making puppet armor and lantern monster emerged clearly in his mind.

Shit... I knew it!
So, the most talented student in Hogwarts' history is not Levitra, but me, Tom?
At this moment, everything he once envied and was jealous of about Li Weide...now actually fell on his head!

In other words, he truly deserves to be number one, not just a perpetual runner-up, nor someone's little brother...

However, Tom did not feel the slightest bit of happiness in his heart...it was as if a piece of his heart had been hollowed out!
"Professor... I'm so sorry to bother you. Perhaps there's something wrong with my head." Tom stood up, his face pale. His mind was a mess; all he wanted was to go back and get a good night's sleep. Perhaps when he woke up, this strange curse would disappear...

"Wait a minute, Tom." Dumbledore stood up. "It's possible that you've been cursed. I need to examine you again."

Dumbledore remembered examining Tom once during the day, but that was to see why he seemed to be forgetting things all the time.

He remembered that when he checked during the day, he did feel some strange magic in Tom's mind.

But I don't know why, it didn't attract my attention during the day...

This made Dumbledore feel very guilty.

Now that I think about it, maybe Tom had been cursed a long time ago, but he neglected it when he checked.

The Elder Wand touched Tom's temple again, and after a moment, Dumbledore lowered it.

His expression was somewhat solemn, because the strange magical power he had felt during the day had now disappeared.

Tom is normal now, and doesn't look like he's been cursed at all...

"Tom, can I take out your memory and have a look? Just put it in the Pensieve." Dumbledore said solemnly as he opened the cabinet next to him and pulled out a simple stone basin.

The white mist condensed in the stone basin like liquid. At first glance, one could see many tiny images flashing by...

"Okay... let's draw the memory of September 1st... I witnessed Levitra fighting against a hundred people alone... Professor, was there really no attack that day?" Tom asked unwillingly.

"No... there was no attack on the Hogwarts Express that day," Dumbledore shook his head.

"Oh, right, this newspaper is from September 1st... If something like this really happened, there's no way the Daily Prophet wouldn't report it."

Dumbledore said, taking out a newspaper from his desk and handing it to Tom.

Tom was familiar with the newspaper because he also had a copy.

However, when he saw the newspaper, Tom's eyes suddenly shone with a strange light.

"Professor...it's almost October now, why are you still keeping the newspaper from September 1st?"

Dumbledore was slightly stunned by Tom's question. He looked at the newspaper and felt a little strange for a moment.

"This... is indeed a bit strange... Maybe I just forgot to throw it away."

"You just happened to forget to throw away this one? And you happened to remember that there was a newspaper from September 1st on your desk? And you could take it out at any time? On September 1st, there was no memorable event that made you keep the newspaper, and you still remember it clearly?" Tom's thoughts became clear again.

He had read this September 1st newspaper countless times today, but there was no news worth remembering!
So, logically speaking, a newspaper like this, which is almost a month old, would be something that anyone would just throw away. Even if they forgot to throw it away, they wouldn't remember it so clearly.

But when Dumbledore talked about this day, he could just flip it out of the desk!
There is only one possibility for this situation! That is, something very special happened on this day, and this thing made Dumbledore feel it was worth keeping the newspaper as a souvenir and reading it often...

Just like before, I stuffed the newspaper of that day into my schoolbag, and the memory is still fresh...

So... was it really just that I was cursed, causing the memory problems?

Or is it that something has actually changed in the outside world?

Dumbledore had obviously thought of this as well. He frowned and stared intently at the newspaper in his hand. For a moment, the feeling that something was wrong in his heart grew stronger and stronger...

Tom didn't hesitate. While Dumbledore was still confused by his question, he had already stood in front of the Pensieve. While trying to recall the memory of September 1st, he put his wand to his temple and slowly pulled out a copy of the memory...

Dumbledore looked at Tom in surprise, as extracting memories was part of Occlumency.

Not surprisingly, this extracted memory changed...

In the Pensieve, the scene Tom had mentioned before, of Levitra fighting the dark wizard, did not appear. Instead, there was only an ordinary day spent by Tom and the other members on the Hogwarts Express...

When Tom emerged from the Pensieve, he had a smile on his face.

Because everything that seemed perfect revealed a fatal flaw!

"Tom..." Dumbledore looked at him worriedly, because from his memory, what Tom said had no factual basis.

"Professor... maybe I really have a mental problem. I'm really sorry for disturbing you for so long." Tom sincerely apologized to Dumbledore, then strode out of Dumbledore's office.

"Great Lord Riddle! Please take care!" the lantern monster shouted at Tom's back.

Tom listened to the voice of the lantern monster on his back and suddenly sneered, "The great Lord Riddle? Haha... you are wrong. Wait, I will find your damn Lord Vader back now!"

(End of this chapter)