"Sleep forever..."

Kyle, who arrived at the scene, used the "shutdown code" that Slytherin had mentioned and successfully put the basilisk back into the Chamber of Secrets.

But then he was in a dilemma. Kerry Dibubaji was discovered at night, but now it was broad daylight, and this corridor was the only way to the fourth floor. If he left it alone, someone would definitely find it.

There was no other choice, so Kyle could only transfer her to an empty classroom next door and then left in a hurry.

When it was evening, he went to the kitchen again, using the excuse that he wanted to practice magic there, and asked the house-elf to help clean it up.

They were very happy and agreed.

…

After that came the ghost in December and the dwarf on Valentine's Day, which also went smoothly without any accidents.

Kyle gradually got used to the days when he didn't have to go to class and could just read books or practice silent spells every day.

He also tried wandless magic...

To be honest, this is much simpler than he thought. It can be done as long as he has sufficient control over the magic power.

But although it can be used, the effect of the spell is very average, or very poor.

It's like the difference between sawing wood and chopping wood with your bare hands, nothing is right.

Without the help of the wand, it took him two months to finally turn the beetle into a complete button... To be more specific, it was probably about the same as Ron's strength.

However, there were some troubles during this period. For a period of time, the Gryffindor trio would often come to the Room of Requirement.

Fortunately, Hogwarts Castle is very big, and Kyle can always find other places. After all, he is just reading books, so it doesn’t matter where he is.

…

Wait until Hagrid is taken away by the Ministry of Magic.

After that, Kyle found it difficult to concentrate whether he was reading or practicing spells.

This means that the fifth attack is coming soon... Whether it is Ron being petrified or the time loop that is about to end, Kyle feels inexplicably nervous.

In this case, he was almost discovered.

It was the fifth day after Hagrid was taken away. Kyle absentmindedly opened the door of the Room of Requirement and prepared to go to the Chamber of Secrets.

As a result, he forgot to use the Disillusionment Charm, and met Hermione who had just come up the stairs.

"Kyle?"

Hermione looked at him in surprise, her eyes full of confusion, "You...you are still eating in the hall? Why are you here?!"

"Oh, I just remembered that I forgot my "Intermediate Transfiguration" in the Room of Requirement."

Kyle tried his best to appear calm, "But I came up through the secret passage, so you didn't see me."

"There are secret passages in Hogwarts?" Hermione was even more surprised.

"Of course." Kyle nodded. "It's on the second floor, behind the Sphinx tapestry. From there you can go directly to the eighth floor, which is much faster than taking the stairs."

"Oh, I see. This is the first time I've heard this." Hermione said suddenly without any doubt.

…

After this incident, Kyle became more cautious. Every time he left the Room of Requirement, he would check if there was any problem with the Disillusionment Spell.

Some time passed like this.

On the day Ron was attacked, Kyle ventured to find Fred and George and borrowed the Marauder's Map from them.

"If you want to find an heir, you'd better not hold out too much hope."

Fred said, "We've been looking at the Marauder's Map every night lately and haven't found anything."

"I bet the guy was scared," George shrugged.

Kyle took the Marauder's Map and said, "It's okay. I've been a bit bored these past few days, so I'll just use it as a way to kill time."

"It's up to you." Fred didn't care.

After getting the Marauder's Map, Kyle immediately went to the secret room.

Riddle is already powerful enough, and he attacked Ron obviously for the wand, so he is likely to follow suit.

If this is the case, it will be difficult to do anything.

Kyle thought about it for a long time and decided to take a risk and control the basilisk himself.

Through previous observations, Kyle discovered that Riddle did not actually have many restrictions on the basilisk, and most of the time he let it roam free, which gave him a lot of room for maneuver.

He could have easily manipulated the basilisk to petrify Ron in advance and disguised it as the basilisk's own actions...all he had to do was let Riddle get Ron's wand in the end.

As for time…

Professor McGonagall had said in the hospital ward that Ron was attacked after he was separated from Lockhart.

Ten minutes later, the students finished their meal and Lockhart left the hall with a group of people, including Ron's name.

Kyle stared at the map nervously.

After walking through several corridors, Lockhart's name stopped near the Gryffindor common room before he began to retrace his steps.

Harry and Ron moved downstairs quickly. They separated on the third floor. Harry went to the corridor where Filch was attacked, and Ron... judging from the direction he was going, he should be going to the place where the two ghosts were attacked.

This should be the time, Kyle turned around and summoned the basilisk.

But just as he was about to leave the secret room, new changes occurred on the map.

Ron, who was moving quickly, suddenly stopped after turning a corridor.

There was also the name of Peter Pettigrew, who walked slowly into a classroom next door.

A few minutes later, Harry came. He lingered beside Ron for a while, then ran quickly to the third floor.

Then the professors came, and seven or eight of them sandwiched Ron in the middle, leading him towards the school hospital.

this……

Kyle looked at the basilisk beside him and couldn't help but think of a possibility.

The spell that Ron was hit by couldn’t be an ordinary petrification spell.

If you think about it carefully, with Ron's personality, if someone really wanted to steal his wand, why would he need a basilisk? Even if the rat tried to steal it eight times a day in different ways, he wouldn't be able to find out.

Soon, as all the professors gathered in the school hospital, Peter Pettigrew also came out.

When Kyle reacted and was about to let the basilisk return to the statue, a familiar feeling of dizziness quickly came over him.

Everything around me began to speed up, blurry colors and shapes flashed by...

Kyle seemed to vaguely hear the voice of Professor McGonagall and a burst of ethereal music.

"Fainted!"

The blue light of the Stunning Spell flashed before my eyes.

Kyle saw the basilisk, its head slamming hard against the pillar next to it like a pendulum.

A large crimson bird descended from the sky, landed on Kyle's shoulder, and covered his eyes with its wings.

"Professor McGonagall...Fawkes..."

Kyle was delighted... He was back, back to the original time! But then he seemed to have thought of something and shouted:

"Close your eyes!"

Although the basilisk had just withstood Professor McGonagall's stunning spell and was still a little dazed, it closed its eyes obediently after hearing Kyle's voice.

Professor McGonagall stopped and covered her mouth in disbelief: "Kyle, you..."

"No, Minerva, not Kyle."

Dumbledore came out from behind and looked at the black mist that was condensing together, his expression more serious than ever before.

"Tom Riddle!"

"Long time no see." Riddle turned around and smiled, "My dear Professor Dumbledore...ah!"

Before he could finish his words, they turned into a scream that almost pierced his eardrums.

Riddle's body twisted and struggled, his arms waving constantly, screaming, and then...

He disappeared like a poorly made, low-quality firework.

"I'm sorry, Professor Dumbledore."

Kyle pulled the diary off the basilisk's fangs. "I guessed you didn't want to talk to him, so I took it upon myself to shut him up."

"I must say thank you." Dumbledore said softly, with a complicated expression.

"Who can tell us what is going on?" Professor McGonagall walked forward, took a look at the huge basilisk, clutched her chest with her hands, and gasped for breath.

Harry squeezed his head out of the crowd...that's what he wanted to know too.

"He is probably the best student Hogwarts has ever had!"

Dumbledore began to speak: "Few people know that Voldemort was once called Tom Riddle. I taught him personally at Hogwarts fifty years ago... After graduation, he disappeared, traveled far and wide, and fell deeper and deeper into the quagmire of dark magic, and finally reappeared as Voldemort."

"But..." Professor McGonagall asked, "Why is he here?"

"It's a Horcrux, Professor."

Kyle lifted up the diary that had been soaked in ink. "This is what Voldemort left behind when he was in school. It contains his sixteen-year-old soul."

(End of this chapter)