Chapter 10: Ch 10: Diary
Lorion had a few ideas in mind to try pry out the secrets of the diary. He used the most common one he knew. He dipped the quill in ink and wrote 'Hello'. Strangely, the words vanished, but no new words came out.
Lorion was not depressed by his first failure. He wrote a couple of more sentences. But nothing happened. He knew surely his first attempt failed. He tried his second trick. He tried speaking 'Open' in Parseltongue. A couple of more words were also pronounced. However, nothing worked.
Now, after trying a couple of more methods, Lorion was finally depressed. He had one last idea left, which he felt was quite stupid. He remembered that pouring a drop of blood was also a method of recognizing owners in fantasy world. However, he never saw this being used in Harry Potter movies.
Still, something was better than nothing. With this mentality, he decided to try it too. Now the question was how to cut his finger. He knew no spells yet. And he was not Naruto; he couldn't bit his finger for a drop of blood. Luckily, he was not troubled much, as there was a small knife along with a few blunt quills in a drawer of the room.
Lorion took the knife, and made a small cut. He was really scared to cut his finger. He now understood that he really underestimated Naruto in his previous life. After all, not everyone can be courageous enough to cut their finger biting it with teeth.
Anyways, now that the problem of blood was solved, he pressed his finger over the diary and let blood fall on it. Miraculously, the most stupid idea really did work. The snake on the diary cover seemed to come alive and devour blood greedily.
The diary opened and a white paper dropped down from it. After that, a light seemed to flash and Lorion found himself in a dark place with a middle aged man standing in front him. What was most striking were his eyes, they were beautiful but were of no use to him. This man seemed to be blind.
This man smiled at Lorion and said "Hello child, situation must have been dire for you to open the diary. Can you tell me what difficulties are we facing? Don't be surprised, I am just a memory and you have nothing to fear."
Lorion remembered Tom Riddle's diary and remained vigilant. Still, he answered the question this man asked "Well, to be truthful, our House of Gaunt is finished. I am the last living pure blood descendent of the House of Gaunt. I was hiding in the muggle world till now, until recently the Malfoy family found me and helped me back to the wizardry world."
The man nodded and looked depressed. He took a moment and then said "Well, Malfoy has always been our ally. It is good they could at least help our descendent. Now then, let me introduce myself and tell you something that I know. My name is Ominis Gaunt, the ancestor who proposed your branch to hide in the muggle world. Don't you resent me for this?"
The man had a sad smile on his face. However, Lorion had no resentment towards him. He was rather grateful, as this ancestor's decision seemed to be correct. The greatest evidence being Lorion himself was alive.
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