Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Half a Month in the East, Half a Month in the West, Don't Expect Tom to Be Poor!
The students took out their homework obediently, and even Longbottom did not forget to do so - his luggage was packed by his grandmother, so there was no possibility of missing anything.
Only Tom
Tom was like being struck by lightning, and did not move for a long time. Professor McGonagall collected the homework all the way to his desk, looked at the empty desk and asked curiously:
"Mr. Riddle, where's your homework?"
"Professor McGonagall." Tom forced a smile. "I haven't recovered from my vacation yet. How about you give me two more days to fully recover before handing the assignment to you?"
He had completely forgotten that in order to make Hermione less burdened during the holidays, he took the initiative to ask to do the holiday homework himself.
As a result, after going to France, I saw the Veela girls every day. Who would remember the damn homework?
Not only Transfiguration, he didn't touch any other subjects.
This time, he deserves what he got.
I haven't done my homework for almost a semester and I've lost the habit of it.
Professor McGonagall responded with a kind smile: "Thank you, Mr. Riddle, for giving me a brand new excuse."
What are the consequences if the best student in the grade doesn't do his homework?
Tom didn't know about other subjects, but at least everyone was equal in Transfiguration.
As expected, Tom was punished by Professor McGonagall, who deducted five points from Slytherin and ordered him to hand in his homework tomorrow. If he was one day late, he would lose five more points.
In fact, this is still a show of mercy, and the character of a good child has worked.
If it were Ronald or Malfoy, they would not only be deducted points and have to pay back the penalties, but also be given detention.
No, these two, and Harry, were already in detention for fighting on the last day of last term.
Tom admitted his mistake honestly, which calmed Professor McGonagall down a lot, and today's teaching began.
Students have to turn stones into wooden pipes with beautiful patterns.
As the most difficult course in the school, after one semester, the young wizards still haven't mastered the art of Transfiguration and can always create a bunch of strange things.
Dean Thomas turned his stone into an elephant's trunk and walked around everywhere, causing a burst of screams.
Neville turned a stone into... another stone?
Except for some changes in appearance, the material has not changed at all. Professor McGonagall shook her head and hurried to see Tom and Hermione's results, which made her feel a little better.
Otherwise, an experienced teacher who has worked diligently for decades will begin to doubt his or her own teaching level.
After class, Tom found a corner and helped Hermione solve the wand problem. Then he hurriedly found Professor Flitwick and explained the situation.
Compared to Professor McGonagall's strictness, Professor Flitwick was much more relaxed. He didn't deduct points and didn't require Tom to make up his homework. He just needed him to manipulate the ribbon on the table to do a tap dance, and he would pass.
This little test certainly did not pose any difficulty for Tom, and he passed the professor's test smoothly.
Then it was the Herbology class. Professor Sprout was very understanding and asked Tom to accompany her to fertilize a group of pitcher plants and didn't mention the homework anymore.
The remaining subjects are not important. Cuthbert Binns cannot distinguish the notes, so just find a few classmates' and have each person copy a section.
Quirrell...he doesn't deserve to have Tom do his homework.
The most difficult one is probably Snape.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Tom knocked on Snape's office door.
"Come in." A low and cold voice came from inside.
Tom pushed the door open and walked in. Snape was not surprised to see that it was Tom. Apart from the professors and Filch, Tom was the only student in the school who dared to come to his office.
"Professor, I didn't do my Potions homework."
"Detention." Snape said without looking up.
"No, it's a waste of time. Let's change the punishment."
"Then help me deal with the toad's body."
"Disgusting."
Bang!
Snape closed the book, looked up at him coldly, and said, "You're still picking?"
After that, he sneered again: "If you don't want to accept the punishment, you can come to the Quidditch field at midnight, and you are not allowed to use your disgusting door panel.
"no problem."
Tom agreed so quickly that Snape was caught off guard. Before he could react, Tom had already run away.
It took Tom one night to finish his Transfiguration homework.
To be precise, Andros wrote it once in the space, and then Tom copied it out, made some minor modifications and that was it.
It's not that he doesn't want to write it himself, but the homework assigned by Professor McGonagall is quite huge, and it will take at least a day to finish it if he works hard on it.
Tom won't waste time on this, so Andros will have to suffer.
The King of the Century actually helped first-year students cheat on their homework... Grindelwald wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, fearing that Andros would give up and Tom would come after him next time.
After finishing copying the last essay on the topic just in time, Tom rushed out of the lounge, found his way out of the castle, and came to the Quidditch field.
Snape was standing alone on the grass. When he saw Tom appear, he raised his wand without any nonsense.
Tom was not so anxious. He prepared in advance, "Professor, we have agreed that no matter what the result is, the issue of holiday homework will be over."
Snape gave a teasing smile, "No, Riddle, but you can't use those weird things.
"Don't worry, I won't even use a Transfiguration spell this time."
The smile on Snape's face disappeared and turned into ice again.
In the last duel, Tom's Transfiguration caused him a lot of trouble. After a holiday, this kid wants to turn against Tian Gang?
Snape sensed the change in Tom's aura, but he still didn't think that he could have undergone such a drastic change in just a dozen days. He just thought that the boy was getting too proud.
It was just right for him to cool down Tom and make him understand that there are always people better than you.
Snape raised his hand slightly, and a spell was fired, starting the duel.
Tom dodged the spell leisurely, and a burst of hot red light shot out in response, ripples appeared, and the Armor Charm blocked the spell, but Snape was shocked by the huge impact force carried by the spell and took a few steps back. After standing still, he looked at Tom in surprise.
It's clearly just a common repelling spell, how come it's so much more powerful than before?
"Professor, you're just letting it go after not seeing each other for a holiday. You can't do this."
The boy's teasing voice came over, followed by several spells, each spell was fierce, Disarming Spell, Stunning Spell, Obstacle Spell, these basic spells actually carried a domineering meaning, for a moment Snape was completely at a disadvantage and could only barely resolve Tom's offensive.
At this moment, Tom really wanted to shout out the wise saying "Thirty years on the east side of the river", but it was only more than half a month later, so it was a bit inappropriate to shout it out.
On the top floor of the castle tower, Dumbledore stood at the window, quietly looking at the Quidditch field.
With the help of Eagle Vision, he could clearly see the details of the battle between Snape and Tom.
"This aura... is it the might of the dragon?"
Dumbledore has a sharp eye and is almost the most knowledgeable wizard in the world. The reason why he didn't see through Tom's true colors yesterday was because Tom had completely digested the dragon bloodline in the past few days, and no one could tell unless he took action.
But in this fight, the magic became much more powerful and Dumbledore immediately realized the truth.
However, Dumbledore was not sure whether Tom had merged with the dragon's blood during this holiday, or whether his latent blood power had been stimulated. He was inclined to the latter, because the former was too difficult.
And after the fusion, it shouldn't be as natural as Tom's, and there is a high probability that the appearance will change.
Their family has the blood of the Phoenix and they know the performance of the first generation of fusionists best.
The battle continued. This time, Tom had made up for the loss from the last battle and suppressed Snape. His violent attacks made it a luxury for Snape to fight back.
Does Snape have a way to break the impasse?
Yes, he has nine ways to break the impasse.
But it cannot be used at this time. How shameless of him is it to use evil black magic on a student?
Even if he is shameless, will the old man watching the game allow him to do this?
Therefore, when the rules were limited to a regular duel, Snape really had no good way to deal with Tom.
Because he found that not only the power of Tom's spells increased significantly, but his physical fitness also changed. His movements became crisp and his reaction speed was fast, as slippery as a loach.
On the contrary, he has been sitting in the office for a long time, so his athletic ability has declined...It is basically equivalent to the output of standing still.
In the headmaster's office, even though he had just discovered that Tom had dragon blood, Dumbledore's expression remained calm, but at this moment his brows were deeply furrowed.
He was relentless and aggressive like thunder, pressing forward step by step, and every time he cast a spell, he was extremely confident and determined.
This fighting style...how did he see the shadow of Grindelwald?
It's really weird.
Another five minutes later, Snape, who was already sweating, called a halt to the fight.
Tom originally wanted to pretend he didn't hear anything and get his revenge, but after thinking about it, he decided to give Snape some face so that he could feel justified when asking him questions in the future. So he stopped with a sense of regret.
Snape left angrily. He was not angry with Tom, but with himself.
The professor couldn't even convince a single student. His dignity was completely shattered. Tom would definitely not take him seriously in the future.
Although it was like that before...
No, he has been too lazy these years. Even if he cannot reach Voldemort's level, he cannot give up on himself. At least he has to let Riddle surpass him later!
Tom didn't know that because of his stimulation, Snape actually started to work hard, otherwise he would definitely ask him for tuition.
After Snape left, he did not return to the castle immediately, but went to the Forbidden Forest.
There are unicorns in the Forbidden Forest, but he doesn't know how many there are or where their living areas are. Although there is no good way to complete the second trial now, he still needs to scout the area and make preparations.
Tom thought about rescuing the unicorn from Quirrell. He would definitely save it if he could. After rescuing it, the unicorn, such a highly intelligent creature, would definitely treat him with kindness.
But the system requires recognition and following, which, to put it bluntly, means being his dog.
Hagrid has a good relationship with the creatures in the Forbidden Forest, but this does not mean submission and following. The two are not in a superior-subordinate relationship, but equal friends.
Therefore, building good relationships is the first step, and how to complete the transformation of relationships is the second and most important step.
It was two o'clock and Tom still hadn't found the unicorn, but he did find some traces. After his gain, he returned to the dormitory to sleep.
He slept soundly, but two of them tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
In the dormitory of the Potions Professor's office, Snape suddenly jumped up from his bed.
No, how could Riddle become so strong?
Principal's office.
Dumbledore sighed and paced back and forth in front of the window.
What is Grindelwald's fighting style?
No, he must have seen it wrong!
Having solved the homework problem, Tom is finally free from all worries.
In the following week, apart from attending classes (King's), he spent most of his time in the library. He found all the books and materials about unicorns and began to study them.
Study the habits of unicorns.
On the last day of the first week, Hermione told Tom a piece of news. Harry had figured out Nicolas Flamel's identity and guessed the origin of the four planes by using the Chocolate Frog card.
The hidden thing is the Philosopher's Stone.
Then...he and Ronald started to worry about the safety of the Philosopher's Stone for Dumbledore.
Tom smiled and ignored Harry's reaction. It was good that he discovered it, so that he would be the first to know if there was any problem with the Philosopher's Stone.
Who knows if Quirrell will figure out all the traps in advance and take action earlier than the original time.
Anyway, in this week's magic class, Tom noticed that Quirrell's face was getting paler and paler. He didn't know if it was because Voldemort was getting more and more oppressive, or if he was just under a lot of pressure.
It feels like I could collapse at any moment.
Sighing, Tom closed the book and put it back to its original place.
Most of these materials introduce the various economic values of unicorns and breeding strategies, but there is no mention of how to gain the recognition of unicorns.
In fact, this is normal. Most wizards need materials, and few people would think about taming unicorns.
No matter how pure it is, it is a 4X level magical creature and is somewhat harmful.
At night, while studying space training, Grindelwald saw that Tom was still worried about the unicorn and gave him an idea: "Go ask Dumbledore, he has a wide range of knowledge.
Maybe I can give you some useful suggestions.
Tom looked at him with a half-smile. How could he not know what Grindelwald was planning?
He agreed with Grindelwald's method, but also put forward his own requirements.
Let Grindelwald develop a milk suitable for Tom's body...bah, magic.