Murphy did not believe claims like "Tom was born from Amortentia, so he couldn't feel love."
Were all children in this world born from love? No, surely not.
And were all unions between men and women because of love? No, surely not.
There were even women who had test-tube babies on their own. How did that count?
In Murphy's view, there was only one reason Tom Riddle became Voldemort, only one reason he did not understand "love": he had never truly felt love. No one had ever truly loved him.
Love was not some innate gift, but a skill, a technique, just like eating, drinking, and walking—a capacity that had to be learned after birth.
Growing up in an environment lacking love, it was entirely normal that Tom did not understand the techniques of love.
If anything, Harry in the original story was unbelievably tougher. In such an environment growing up, he had still managed to preserve the spark in his heart. In a certain sense, he really was stronger than Tom.
Murphy had a plan for Tom. Aside from achieving certain goals, it also had a certain experimental purpose. This "most powerful magic" that Dumbledore spoke of—he very much wanted to know just how powerful it really was.
Diagon Alley.
Hermione Granger vomited until the world spun around her, feeling as if she was about to die.
For an eleven-year-old child, Apparition was still far too intense.
This time, Murphy gave her a bottle of Invigoration Draught and had her drink it.
It was similar to Pepperup Potion, and could restore some abnormal bodily conditions.
Tom, on the other hand, did not look as if he had any reaction.
His body was actually already dead. Murphy had merely nailed it together with Tom's soul through the Seed of