Hogwarts: I, Tom, am really not Voldemort!

Before long, Mr. Arthur Weasley returned in haste, accompanied by Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge and two Aurors.

"Peter!"

Fudge, who had just entered the room, saw Peter Pettigrew, surrounded by everyone, collapsed on the ground.

Even though Arthur had already told him the general course of events on the way, he still looked incredulous when he saw Peter, who had returned from the dead, with his own eyes.

"Cornelius, you've arrived. Arthur should have told you about Peter's situation. Now, Peter is in your hands, and I hope he can receive the judgment he deserves. Also, it's time for Sirius Black's trumped-up charges to be overturned."

Dumbledore's words were polite, but Fudge's brow was already furrowed in displeasure. He felt that Dumbledore was overstepping his bounds and interfering with the Ministry of Magic's work.

"Of course, of course, but all of this must go through a trial. Even if Peter is guilty, Sirius may not necessarily be innocent..."

Fudge's hesitant appearance clearly showed that he was worried that Peter's matter would affect the reputation of him as Minister and the Ministry of Magic.

Tom couldn't stand it any longer and impatiently tugged at Fudge's clothes: "Minister Fudge, can we talk alone for a moment?"

Fudge wanted to refuse when he saw that the one pulling him was a low-grade wizard, but then the force of Tom's pull on his clothes became heavier, and a heavy pressure that did not belong to a small wizard assailed him, blocking the words of refusal he wanted to say in his throat.

Confusedly dragged out of the room by Tom, Fudge felt that he had lost face in front of everyone, and he angrily fired at Tom with an displeased expression: "I have a lot of things to do, and I don't have time to play house with you. If you don't give me a satisfactory answer, you know the consequences. Alright, now let me hear what you want to say?"

Tom didn't take it to heart and kindly analyzed for Fudge: "Minister, isn't the reason you haven't agreed yet because you're worried that this matter will affect your reputation and the stability of you and the Ministry of Magic?"

Fudge's expression changed when his thoughts were exposed, but he still defended himself: "No, how could that be? I just want this matter to have a fair and just handling."

"Is that so~~" Tom drawled out the ending sound.

Fudge's face flushed red all at once, and he was just about to scold Tom when he heard him continue to say to himself: "But what does this matter have to do with the Minister or the Ministry of Magic? Wasn't Mr. Barty Crouch the one responsible for throwing Sirius Black into Azkaban without a trial back then? I heard that this matter was his personal act back then. Now it's time for you, Minister, to set things right."

Fudge's eyes lit up at once. He didn't expect that this matter could be explained this way. That's right, this matter can be completely pushed onto Crouch, and he would be the wise Minister who set things right.

At this time, Tom added leisurely: "I heard people talk about Mr. Barty Crouch, and I heard that he has a good reputation and high prestige. Everyone has been saying that if he were elected Minister of Magic, he would definitely do a good job."

As soon as these words came out, Fudge's last trace of hesitation disappeared.

When Fudge and Tom returned to the room again, he changed his previous attitude and said to Dumbledore with a smiling face: "Dumbledore, thank you for capturing Peter for us. Don't worry, we will put him on trial as soon as possible. We will also immediately launch a re-investigation into Sirius Black's case and will definitely give him justice." As he spoke, he directed the Aurors to arrest Peter on the spot.

This completely different attitude could not help but make everyone feel confused, and they were very curious about what Tom had said to Fudge that made his face change so quickly.

Tom smiled and said nothing, but Fudge did not let him go, and praised Tom to Dumbledore: "Dumbledore, this student of yours named Tom Riddle is really good. He is gentle, elegant, and intelligent. I really want him to come to work at the Ministry of Magic after graduation. I heard that the main credit for Peter's successful arrest came from this child. He is truly promising at a young age."

After saying these words, Tom couldn't wait to sew his mouth shut. These words sounded so familiar. Fudge, are you sure your predecessor didn't say the same thing to that bald-headed He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named back then? Didn't you see that Dumbledore's eyes were wrong again when he looked at him, and he was obviously overlapping with that noseless Tom.

After everything was settled, Tom and Harry returned to Hogwarts with Dumbledore and his party.

Tom, under the pretext of taking care of Harry and letting him rest well, entered the Gryffindor common room for the first time.

Harry, who had not fully digested what happened tonight, repeatedly asked Tom: "You said Peter Pettigrew was arrested just like that?"

Tom comforted Harry: "Yes, he was arrested and will be given the judgment he deserves."

"Thank you, Tom, thank you for avenging my parents. Is this the Christmas present you sent me? I like it very much, thank you." Harry's voice became a little choked up, and he kept thanking Tom.

"You're welcome, and besides, this is not the Christmas gift I was going to give you." Tom touched Harry's messy hair. The head that wasn't bald felt good.

Now it was Harry's turn to be puzzled: "It's not? I thought it was. Then what exactly is the gift you're talking about?"

"Sirius Black, that's the gift I gave you. It's a pity that this guy is still in jail, and I guess he'll have to wait a while before he can come out." Tom truly revealed the mystery to Harry at this time.

"Sirius Black?" Harry murmured the name.

Tom asked with a smile: "Do you know who he is?"

"I heard that he was my father's best friend. It is said that he and Snape were also in a relationship, but in the end, their relationship broke down, and love turned into hate, so he and my father ganged up against him when they were in school." Harry told Tom everything he had heard.

Tom was stunned when he heard this and said in a daze: "Where did you hear this from?"

Harry looked at Tom blankly: "Isn't this what has been circulating in the castle all this time? Even a girl like Hermione, who is wholeheartedly buried in books, has heard of it. It is said that several girls from Hufflepuff have also written several very popular novels in private. Haven't you heard of these, Tom?"

Tom was speechless. To be honest, he really hadn't heard of it.

During this period of time, he was immersed in the joy of fighting Voldemort every day, and he would never have thought that the rumors that were spread on the spur of the moment at that time are still circulating to this day. Moreover, it has been updated and iterated in n versions, and it has actually developed to the point where he is speechless when he hears it. It's no wonder Snape's temper is getting more and more irritable.

"Is there something wrong?" Harry cautiously asked, looking at Tom's dazed appearance.

Tom covered his face with his hands and said embarrassedly to Harry: "He is actually your godfather. I said I would give you the thing you crave the most. Now, I have given you your godfather as a gift."

"My godfather?" Harry couldn't control his tears from flowing down, but he still squeezed out a smile, "Thank you, Tom. This is the best gift I have ever received in my life."