Chapter 47 Chapter 47
After confirming his current strength and his inability to destroy the diary, Evan decided to try to communicate with Tom.
"I must not believe everything he says."
That night, Evan sat on his bed, took out a quill, and wrote: "Hello, my name is Evan Masson."
The black ink shone brightly for a second, but then, in the next, seemed to be absorbed by the paper and disappeared without a trace.
Then, a series of words that he had never written appeared: "Hello, Evan Masson, my name is Tom Riddle, how did you find my diary?".
Seeing the other person respond made Evan's heart skip a beat.
The words disappeared as he started to write more.
"It seems you have offended someone and they threw your diary in the toilet, where I found it," Evan wrote.
"Fortunately, I recorded my thoughts in a more lasting manner than ink, as I knew there would always be people who did not want this diary to be read. This diary records some terrible things from the past, some of them are from Hogwarts."
"Oh, so you were a student at Hogwarts?".
"Yes, when I was, the Chamber of Secrets was...".
Before Riddle could finish, he was interrupted by Evan who wrote in the diary: "Great, you can help me with my homework."
"Homework?" Tom was surprised, not responding for a moment.
"Yes, I have been looking for an elder to help me, but it seems they are only interested in Quidditch. Professor Snape and Binns gave us some difficult assignments."
Evan's handwriting was fast and careless, like that of a first-year student who has not yet adapted to Hogwarts and finally found someone who could help him with his duties.
"These tasks are very difficult, and with my ability, it is completely impossible to complete them. Tom, won't you help me?".
"Sorry, Evan, but I believe tasks should be done by oneself. If you want, I can tell you more, like things about the Chamber of Secrets! When I was in fifth year, the Chamber opened and the creature inside attacked several students and killed one. I eventually caught the man who opened the Chamber of Secrets and he was expelled."
"Yes, well done for you! But if I don't finish before the holidays end, forget about the monster, the professors will kill me, so it was nice talking to you, goodbye.".
With a wave of his wand, he closed the diary.
Evan took a deep breath and fell back onto his bed. Today he was only establishing first contact with Riddle, so there was no need to have a profound conversation with him.
And he had to be cautious when dealing with Voldemort, he might be easily influenced by him, so Evan took the initiative in the conversation.
Anyway, he has the diary, no need to worry about further attacks, for now, he still had time to communicate with Tom before dealing with the Serpent.
A few days later, all the students returned to Hogwarts.
The news of the attack on Justin had already spread throughout Hogwarts. And the few joys that Christmas created vanished in an instant.
The atmosphere was gloomy, panic filled the minds of all the professors and students. Everyone became more vigilant and suspicious.
As soon as there was the slightest hint of trouble, they would run away.
Although Harry was not present for the third attack, that did not prevent suspicion falling on him. Especially when faced with questions, Harry could not explain why he had left the Christmas party early, which was very suspicious.
More and more people began to whisper among themselves, and Ernest Macmillan from Hufflepuff said, "Since Justin accidentally told Pott...".
But the worst part of him saying this was that people actually believed him because they thought Evan and Hermione were accomplices of Harry, and this worsened his reputation even more.
Peeves was of no help at all, as he kept popping up in crowded corridors and singing at the top of his voice: "Oh Potter, oh Potter, thou dost not hesitate, killing students and finding it great fun!"
He also danced while he sang.
Aside from Colin, Luna, and the Weasley family, hardly anyone dared to come near Evan, Harry, or Hermione.
It also appeared that Malfoy had realized that Evan and Harry had defeated him on Christmas Day, so he was always accompanied by Goyle and Crabbe around them, taunting them, like a hyena looking for a chance to strike.
In addition to classes, they spent most of their time in the library.
Hermione was poring over books from fifty years ago, trying to uncover who had opened the Chamber of Secrets. Her only clue was that they had been expelled from school and had been in Azkaban until now.
As for Harry and Ron, they decided to delve deeper into Tom Riddle and discovered an award for school services, who had been a Prefect and Head Boy.
"It sounds a bit like Percy," frowned Ron.
"He seems to have been an excellent student," said Hermione.
"Yes, I never thought he would be that kind of person," replied Ron, then turned his head and nervously looked at Evan. "How is your research on the diary going?"
"I haven't found anything," Evan shook his head, thinking it best not to tell them anything about Riddle for now.
"Just as I said, it's just an ordinary diary."
"I can hardly call it ordinary, I made sure it was waterproof, fireproof, and spell-proof, I can't find a way to destroy it."
"It's good, Riddle must have wanted to protect his diary," said Ron with an unnatural expression.