My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 320, Section 317: Tom's Redemption

Tom has long, light golden hair, skin so fair it looks unhealthy, delicate features, and a voice so soft it sounds like a startled rabbit.

She doesn't look exactly like the girl Behirde who was possessed by Fontana before, but she is extremely similar, both in appearance and physiology.

After Xiaomai's personal verification, it can be confirmed that Tom is now a girl through and through.

"I never expected this! I really never expected this! Tom Riddle! You're actually this kind of person!"

Lynn was still agitated and paced back and forth in the room of Requirement, denouncing Tom's behavior.

"I always thought you had a good moral compass. Although you talk a lot, you were generally a kind and good kid. You were so saddened by Behirde's plight before, I really thought you pitied her and felt sorry for her. But now you've revealed your true nature! You're just lusting after her body!"

Tom was wearing a large wizard's robe and looked innocent as he sat on a small stool with his legs crossed.

"No, I just forgot what I look like."

"Pah!"

Do you think I'll believe you?

Even if you did look at what you look like, you've seen so many young wizards at Hogwarts, haven't you?

Why can't you just look at a guy to reshape your own body? Why do you have to think about a girl?!

Tom weakly defended himself, "But I couldn't control myself. It was so dark there, and I couldn't help but think that Behild must have felt the same way when she was trapped inside his body."

Umaru wasn't angry at all about Tom's gender reassignment; on the contrary, she was overjoyed. After all, if Tom lived with her in the future, she would have a good sister to play with.

So at this moment, she was fiddling with Tom's long blond hair, as if thinking about how to braid it into a pretty ponytail.

Lynn stopped in his tracks, pulled up a chair and sat down in front of Tom, trying his best to calm his turbulent emotions.

After all, he was a renowned figure in the dark magic world, a man who committed countless atrocities, including murder and arson, and whose reputation in the British magical community was enough to make even children cry.

Now she's turned into a cute blonde girl!

Very meow!

Even online novels wouldn't dare to write something like this!

"Okay, we'll assume you didn't do it on purpose."

"I didn't mean to," Tom whispered in defense. With her current appearance and voice, Lynn looked just like a bully forcing a woman into prostitution.

Lynn felt like her eyes were going blind.

He didn't have any strange fetishes; he knew perfectly well that Tom had been a boy before, and before that, a man without a nose!

"Okay! You didn't do it on purpose, but now that you've become like this, what are we going to do? We have to think of a way, right? Don't tell me you're planning to stay a girl like this for the rest of your life?"

"Then that's your problem, Tom. You don't have any gender dysphoria or other psychological issues before. If you have such thoughts, then you're a complete and utter pervert!"

Tom sat in the chair with a pained expression, and said weakly, "What should we do?"

Lynn rubbed his forehead, looking troubled, and finally stood up.

"Stop playing with her hair, Umaru! Come on, you're coming with me to find Professor Dumbledore."

Ten minutes later, in the Headmaster's office at Hogwarts.

Dumbledore watched Tom silently for a full three minutes after his gender reassignment.

Tom felt uneasy under Dumbledore's gaze. She clasped her hands together and looked around the headmaster's office.

"Was this a surprise you two planned together for me?"

Dumbledore, being a seasoned veteran, remained calm and expressionless, even though he was internally devastated.

"A surprise? You think this is a surprise, Professor? I only feel terrified!"

"Lynn said with great distress."

Seeing Lynn's performance, Dumbledore actually chuckled.

"It's quite shocking, after all, I've watched this child grow up. From childhood to adolescence, from immaturity to maturity, I never imagined he would turn out like this."

"He said he forgot what he originally looked like while he was in the crucible. At that time, all he could remember was that girl named Behirde, and like her, he was all alone, hiding in a dark corner."

Dumbledore nodded: "He wasn't lying; that's what he really thought at the time."

With Dumbledore vouching for him, Tom has now cleared himself of suspicion that he wasn't a pervert who intentionally wanted to become a girl, but he still needs to find a way to solve his problem.

"Of course there is a solution," Dumbledore said confidently, "but it is cruel, risky, and not worth it. I do not recommend that you try it."

Hearing Dumbledore say this, Lynn could roughly guess what method he was referring to.

After all, Tom is immortal as long as the Horcruxes are not completely destroyed.

If you stab her again and kill her current body, she will return to her previous state.

But once she's in this state, no one can guarantee where she'll end up or what her memories will become.

Therefore, neither Dumbledore nor Lynn would use this method.

"So Tom will just stay like this forever?" Lynn's heart was still breaking; he still couldn't accept this fact.

In contrast, Dumbledore was much more easygoing.

"Well, we'll have to hear what Tom has to say about that."

They all turned their gaze back to Tom, who was sitting in a chair clutching her robe, waiting for her to speak.

Tom, under their gaze, lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

Finally, she spoke slowly.

"Actually, I had thought about this while I was in the crucible. Lynn had told me before that whatever I thought about while I was inside would become what I came out with."

I truly forgot what I originally looked like while I was there, but I still remember why I wanted to start a new life.

She raised her head and bravely met Lynn and the others' gaze.

"I have thought the consequences through. The reason I want to start a new life is to atone for my sins."

I know that the mistakes I made can never be undone, and I also know that the stories that the old witch told through Basild's body may not be true.

But I still wanted to try and save her from death.

Since she can't come back to life, let me live on in her place.

I have to make this clear first: don't assume there's anything between Tom and Lynn just because Tom has been gender-swapped. Let me be clear: this is not a BL/yaoi/yaoi fanfic, and even gender-swapped BL/yaoi/yaoi/yaoi is not allowed!

(End of this chapter)