Chapter 77: Final preparations

The blazing fire caught Harry and Ron's attention. 

Harry looked back at the castle nervously, wondering if the professors in the castle would notice anything unusual here.

Ron's mind was filled with worries. The firelight in the sky dimmed the stars. The dark night on the other side of the horizon seemed to be boiled by water and turned orange-red.

Mr. Riddle had not returned yet!

After going through so many things, Ron's legs seemed to float up and turned into a wisp of smoke, but his head was very heavy.

But at this moment, he seemed to have forgotten the horror of the Forbidden Forest and his fear of spiders.

"No, Harry, I have to find her!" Ron said decisively.

Mr Riddle? he didn't care, but Ginny - that was his sister!

"Let's go!" Harry ignored his physical exhaustion and didn't think that he had only escaped death for less than a few hours. He stood up with Ron without hesitation, took a deep breath, and looked determined. And with that, took another step towards the forbidden forest.

But before the two of them reached the edge of the Forbidden Forest, they saw a small shadow emerging from the jungle.

"Ginny!"

Ron's heartbeat suddenly increased, as if he suddenly regained his vitality. Only at this moment did he truly feel that he was standing on the ground, with solid ground under his feet.

He rushed towards the shadow, tripping over himself in his haste and rolling around in the mud.

But this did not stop him from moving forward, and he rolled and crawled at Cyrus's feet.

"What...are you doing?" Cyrus didn't expect Ron to give such a gift as soon as they met and looked at him in surprise.

"Are you okay Ginny!"

"Not even a single hair was hurt." Cyrus didn't correct Ron's title. He just reached out and shook his hair to show that he was fine.

"Those spiders refused to let me go, thinking that they could drag me to death because of their large number. So I just took a moment and killed them all."

He said the words so lightly that both Harry and Ron felt a little frightened, so much so that the two silly children suddenly realized that they were less worried about each other than the spiders.

"Killed them all?"

"I bet Hagrid will be very sad when he gets out of prison."

"Sad? Maybe he won't be sad if those spiders ate us." Ron complained, "It's almost dawn, let's go back quickly. Otherwise, it would be bad if the professors catch us."

Harry put the invisibility cloak on Ron and Cyrus cast the spell.

After returning to Gryffindor Tower, they didn't go back to their rooms and simply rested on the sofa in the common room. Cyrus fed Harry and Ron a large bottle of vitamix potion each to cheer them up. Harry also took advantage of the time when others had not gotten up to tell Cyrus his guess.

"It was indeed Myrtle who was killed fifty years ago, but I'm afraid she doesn't have any clues, otherwise Hagrid's grievances would have been cleared long ago," Cyrus said apologetically after listening to Harry.

"Don't feel guilty. It's not your fault. Raising an Acromantula in school is no better than raising another dangerous monster." Ron still has a lot of resentment towards Hagrid, but could he be blamed? whoever encounters this kind of situation would find it difficult to forgive him.

"No matter what, I still have to try." Harry didn't want to miss the slightest chance.

"We were in that bathroom at that time, only three toilets away from her, and we couldn't even ask her." Ron said distressedly, "Now..."

These days, looking for spiders is enough for them. Now Harry wants to avoid the teachers when they are roaming the school and sneak into the girls' bathroom..?

It's simply impossible!

Professor McGonagall almost prohibits students from going to any place that is not related to dormitories, classrooms, or auditoriums. Not to mention that the girls' bathroom they have to go to isn't somewhere else, but right next door to the scene of the first attack——

"We can use the invisibility cloak to get there at night, like today," Harry said.

"It's different inside the castle and outside the castle. And you can't wear an invisibility cloak to communicate with Myrtle, and she will definitely not be happy about it." Cyrus said, "She is too sensitive and will cry and fuss over the smallest things. It'll draw the professors in. You know what they say, Harry - the culprit always comes back to the scene of the crime - and by then we've got nothing to say."

Harry and Ron groaned simultaneously.

Of course, Cyrus had a way for them to avoid the professors' eyes and communicate with Myrtle, but it wasn't possible yet. He still had the last bit of preparation to complete.

After sacrificing the lives of so many Acromantulas, the Magic Stone seems to have begun to take shape, but it will take some time for it to completely solidify.

He will also look for opportunities to hide the unformed "life" in the crucible in the Room of Requirement, waiting for the moment of true transformation.

And not for long.

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"I'm afraid it won't be long before Tom takes action."

Dumbledore stood on the edge of the Black Lake, looking at the ancient and huge castle shrouded in darkness from a distance. On the other side of the Forbidden Forest, the glimmer of morning light had slowly begun to drive away the darkness, and a faint mist shone in the forest. The sky is filled with darkness, but it will take some time for the sky to be completely bright.

Dumbledore was waiting.

It has been more than a month since he left Hogwarts, so it's not like he has done nothing.

These days, he first visited the school directors and tried to persuade them to cancel the previous proposal. This was much easier than he thought, because the reason why several school directors agreed to Malfoy's proposal was not because they really wanted to drive him away, but because they were threatened by Malfoy and were forced to sign.

Now, Dumbledore has obtained the documents in advance from the school directors agreeing to his continued position as principal, but he has not disclosed this matter, nor has he returned to Hogwarts.

He was waiting for an opportunity to avoid alerting the enemy.

And he believes that 'that' time will come soon.

Even though he himself was not at Hogwarts, Dumbledore still had various ways to obtain information on the school. Not to mention that three of the four head professors headed by Professor McGonagall were loyal to him. Even Snape had no reason to betray him and return to the embrace of the Dark Lord.

Not to mention, in fact, the decision of the school board has no impact at all on the fact that he is the real "headmaster" recognized by the castle of Hogwarts.

It looked like he had been driven away, but in fact, the institutions, portraits, and sculptures in the castle... were all loyal to him. What he said to Harry at that time: "Only when everyone here betrays me will I truly leave this school." He was not just referring to Harry alone.

Now, Dumbledore is waiting for a signal. He believes that Tom Riddle's character will not give up, and the other party will definitely reveal his true face in the next attack.

But before that, he still had one last preparation to make.

He turned around, and the dawn light rose behind him as if wrapped in a morning cloak.

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