The sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle (Voldemort) in the diary wore an expression of terror and panic.
He discovered that a fourteen-year-old child had exposed his greatest secret.
He rapidly considered his current predicament.
In the end, he decided to first probe where the other boy had learned this secret, then consider whether to flee.
Tom Cruise nervously waited for the diary's response.
A sentence appeared starkly on the paper.
"Why would you say that?"
Tom Cruise's eyes lit up.
The other party's silence and probing question told him his guess was right.
He immediately felt both delighted and afraid.
He was delighted because, if the other party really was like the person in the story, it meant he would have someone of a professor's caliber with him wherever he went. Perhaps he could even teach him how to deal with girls.
He was afraid because the other party was a master of Dark Magic who could control him without him noticing.
He thought it over and finally decided to have a proper conversation with the person sealed inside the diary.
Perhaps the other party was controlling him to fulfill some wish.
If he could take the initiative to fulfill that wish, might he receive more help in return?
So he wrote:
"Your name isn't actually Tom Riddle, is it? Your real name should be John Prince, right?
Also known as the Half-Blood Prince...
Tom Riddle is your mistress's name, isn't it..."
Voldemort was utterly bewildered inside the diary.
I'm my own mistress?
Who is John Prince?
The Half-Blood Prince? What a joke. I'm the Dark Lord, not some prince.
What is all this nonsense?
Voldemort hurriedly asked:
"My dear Cruise, why can't I understand a single thing you're saying?
Can you tell me where you heard that I was part of