Not to mention the heartbeat when he saw the tears sliding down his black eyes, he inexplicably made you feel that even the timid and cowardly Snape was cute.
"My father was a Muggle. He used to be a very good person, but his business failed and he became an alcoholic. However, my mother still clung to the tenderness of the past and wasted herself in this family. I had thought that if he were still alive, I would kill him so that he could accompany my mother. I didn't expect that my mother would die with him."
Snape narrated calmly.
Riddle was not surprised. "It's normal. When I knew my mother died in childbirth, I hated my father too. The difference is that my father didn't die before my mother."
So he killed his father.
We are the same.
Riddle stared at Snape, watching his confused reaction for a moment, then nodded, indicating that he understood.
Riddle found it funny again.
Snape continued, "They used to have a really good relationship. He knew his mother's witch identity a long time ago, but he still loved her. But then everything changed. His love was like the money that flew away due to bankruptcy and could never be recovered."
"My father is not like that. He was bewitched by the aphrodisiac my mother made. She stopped taking the drug after she became pregnant with me. She thought that my father would love her too. Then she was abandoned. Both sides are despicable." Riddle also talked about his parents.
Snape didn't say anything else, seemingly too drunk to understand what he was saying.
Riddle knew how to keep Snape's spirits high: "Because I am the product of a love potion, I seem incapable of knowing love."
Snape perked up. "Where did the rumor come from?"
When did love potions have this kind of side effect? Is there any magical basis for it?
Riddle's lack of understanding of love may be due to his philandering father, his mother's obsessive use of aphrodisiacs to gain love, his not-so-good childhood, or the impact of his ambition when he later discovered his identity.
In short, it can't be because of the love drug, but it can't be because he doesn't understand love.
Riddle chuckled. As expected, Snape would be very serious when it came to potions. "Am I considered as evidence?"
Under Peacock's education and Irene's influence, Snape actually believes in love very much.
"Do you have someone you like?" Not mentioning parental love, things like friendship probably couldn't impress Riddle, so Snape only asked about love.
"No," Riddle said decisively.
"No one you want to see?
Do you see something that reminds you of her?
Want to get closer to her?
Want to be in her life?
Do you feel proud when you think of her?
Want to touch her but pull your hand back because you're afraid she'll hate it?
Want to be the most important person to her, more important than her parents?" Snape asked.
"Where did you learn that?" Riddle asked.
"Peacock told me." Snape said seriously.
Riddle wanted to say no, but stopped, and it wasn't that he didn't.
"Is that love?" Riddle asked bewilderedly.
"Peacock says yes, but I'm not sure," Snape said truthfully.
"But...she...did...I..."
Riddle and Snape looked at each other, both confused.
But Riddle could hear his own heartbeat—
Like beating a drum.
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