No One Messes with the Master of Death: Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Hadrian's POV
"Marvolo?" I called when he didn't reply.

"Hadrian, do me a favor and bind me to something. Take my wand away from me." Marvolo said.

I knew he wasn't joking. He tried his best to stay calm to reassure me, but I knew he was scared.

I summoned his yew wand and bound him with magic. Then I walked him back into the mansion and bound him to a pillar.

"Now, tell me what will happen?" I asked after I had done what he had asked me to.

"Mortem had already warned me about this. If Sev or you do not acknowledge me as your family, my soul will slowly start to break. I will go back to being the cruel Voldemort you knew all your life." Marvolo said. He wasn't looking at me.

"Marvolo. Marvolo, look at me." I said.

He shook his head.

"If you don't, I will call dad." I said.

He looked at me. I saw fear in his eyes. Fear of losing his only family and turning into a monster his family hated.

"Who said I didn't acknowledge you? Technically, I did say that you are my father to Teddy. I said I would not call you father until you obtain dad's forgiveness." I said.

Marvolo was shocked. "You acknowledge that I am your father?" He asked.

I nodded.

"You just won't call me father until Sev forgives me?" Marvolo asked.

I nodded again.

"Then, why are my eyes red? You did acknowledge me, didn't you?" Marvolo asked.

"I don't know. Should I call dad?" I said.

Marvolo thought for a while and nodded.

I sent my patronus requesting dad to come to Riddle Mansion.

In a few minutes, we heard a crack sound. I knew it was dad. He slowly walked to the hall.

"What happened?" Dad asked when he saw Marvolo bound to a pillar.

"His eyes turned red. He asked me to tie him to something just as a precaution." I said.

Dad walked to Marvolo and saw that his eyes were indeed red.

"Why did it happen?" Dad asked.

"No idea. I saw him with red eyes when I came here." I said.

Marvolo gave a relieved look when I didn't let Dad know that he had to acknowledge Marvolo back as his mate.

What Marvolo didn't know was that he had already been accepted into the family. It was just that dad was mad at him for all the crap he had done to us.

"What did Mortem say?" Dad asked.

"There was a case where his eyes would turn red, and he would go back to being Voldemort, but that had been ruled out. There must be something more?" I said.

I knew dad wanted to ask what that case was, but he gave up when he realized I wasn't going to tell him what it was.

"Are we sure Dumbledore hasn't done anything to Marvolo?" Dsd asked.

"They haven't seen each other since Marvolo came back." I said.

"Master, bad news." Mortem appeared and said.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Dumbledore. He is trying to convince people that you are the son of Voldemort so that they could kill you before they kill him. And everyone knows that only he has the magical power to stand against you if you were to go rogue." Mortem said.

I smiled. So that was the reason.

"Hadrian?" Dad called. He might have thought I had lost it.

"Thank you, Mortem." I said.

Mortem nodded and disappeared.

"I am fine, dad. It is just his tactics that are making me laugh." I said.

"Hadrian, don't tell me you are going to do what I think you are going to do." Marvolo said.

"What do you mean?" Dad asked Marvolo.

"He is planning to go to today's session with all of us and tell the truth. Tell that he is indeed our son and explain why I had to turn into Voldemort. Why I had to break my soul in two to keep myself alive." Marvolo said.

Dad looked at me. I nodded.

"That is a nice plan." Dad said.

"Severus?" Marvolo said. He couldn't believe his ears.

"It is a nice plan, Marvolo. In that way, we can tell the people why you had to do it. What I had to go through, and what Hadrian had to go through when Dumbledore separated me and Hadrian. He can also be himself. He doesn't need to hold his perfect child demeanor every day." Dad said.

Tom thought for a while, and then smiled. He seemed to like the plan.

"What would you do if he says I am Voldemort?" Tom asked.

"He wants that. If you remember, he had a part of your soul for a while." I said.

Tom nodded.

"He must have done something to that piece of soul. I know it was fairly a big part of the soul. He could have tampered a little and made sure you retained your red eyes, eyes that described Voldemort best. Because you got back recently, it might have taken some time for the tampering to come to effect since it was a God who got you back." I said.

"Makes sense. But what if people go against you?" Dad asked.

"They won't." I said as I released Marvolo from the binds.

"What makes you so confident?" Dad asked.

But I didn't reply and looked at Marvolo instead.

When dad looked at Marvolo, he realized and smiled.

"What happened?" Marvolo asked.

"Your eyes are blue again." Dad said.

"Severus, you are not joking, are you?" Marvolo asked.

Dad shook his head.

"I adjusted the tampering he did. It will not affect your soul. When I was in the Death Realm, Mortem taught me a lot." I said.

"What if they ask for an oath?" Marvolo asked.

"Then, say that Tom Marvolo Riddle-Gaunt, Voldemort, died a year ago. You are his uncle's grandchild. You might have Slytherin traits, but you are not him. Magic has already accepted it, so you won't be in any trouble. The story we made in the bank is a pretty strong one. The goblins have already made recordings of you as Marvolo Salazar Gaunt, so you don't need to worry." I said.

"What if they question Severus?" Marvolo asked.

"Then dad could explain that he had no idea I was his son until a few days ago. Since I was the only reminder for his friend, he decided to keep his hatred for James Potter aside and look at me as Lily's son. When we found out about Ginny and the others, I went to the bank, then we knew we were father and son." I said.

"What if they ask about Tom Marvolo Riddle-Gaunt?" Dad asked.

"Say that his mistreatment towards you and the baby in your womb made you go your own way. Because of being a spy, you had to go back to him when he was resurrected, but he never cared for you. That day when Voldemort died, he asked Nagini to kill you, due to which Lady Magic has decided that he would not be your mate anymore. So, the bond was naturally broken, so you didn't die.
Marvolo saw you and liked you. So, he is trying to court you. Since the bond with Voldemort is broken, you are not doing anything wrong." I said.

Marvolo looked at me.

"I am not lying. The bond initially broke that day. But the day you came back, as you, and not Voldemort, Lady Magic thought that you might deserve a second chance with your family." I said.

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