the Gambler

"You never asked me for my opinion," Harry muttered disapprovingly, not that he didn't want to help Winky, he—well, he couldn't say no to seeing Winky and Dobby's eyes suddenly light up.Winky was eager to be a good elf, which made Harry happy that Winky had come out of Crouch's death.And Harry got another unexpected result. Dobby intends to establish a working relationship with Harry. The elf said that he would have a good talk with his employer, Principal Dumbledore, when he came back.Of course, Harry still promised to give Dobby one Galleon a week and one day off. The most important thing for the ancient Potter family is money, provided that Harry becomes the head of the Potter family.

"With house-elves around, it's more convenient to do many things. Their branch of magic is different from that of humans." Tom took a thick dictionary from the bookshelf and spread it out in front of Harry. "When do you think you can master the theory?"

Harry stared in horror at the book in front of him, Merlin's beard, which was several inches thicker than the thickest book Hermione had ever read, and it was a damn dictionary, and Tom's joke wasn't funny at all.

Tom saw Harry's reaction completely, and he had no choice but to comfort the frightened boy: "I'm not asking you to memorize the whole book, it doesn't matter. Runes are like codes, master the most basic parts, You can understand its meaning just by spelling it." Tom took the goblet that had just been filled with pumpkin juice, and used his wand to count the sides of the glass, which was filled with a clear and colorless liquid, which Harry guessed was clear water.The tall boy pushed away the book in front of him, dipped his finger in liquid and wrote a few words in front of Harry. He looked up and met Harry's eyes: "Do you know what this means?"

Harry took the dictionary and flipped through it. It took him almost three minutes to find the explanation he wanted.He hesitated and said, "Emerald?"

"That's right." Tom wrote another row after removing the water.

This time it seemed much longer than the last time. It took Harry five minutes to translate it, and he had a subtle feeling.Harry asked Tom cautiously, "Dark as midnight hair?"

"You are much more efficient than last time," Tom continued to write, "How do you explain this paragraph?"

"We're so similar yet so different, it's as if one soul exists in two bodies, I give love and you receive love, we're the only ones for each other?" Harry felt his face burn.

Tom's chuckle tickled the tip of his heart, and his words slowly slipped into the boy's ears: "I accept your confession, dear Harry."

Harry pushed Tom's face away from him, and buried his flushed cheeks in the book.It was too bad, Harry sighed, and the witch hadn't been joking when Hermione said Tom could be charming.

It took almost three hours for Harry to memorize the basic words, and although Tom told him he was doing well, Harry was well aware that it took Hermione only two hours to figure it out, and she was self-taught.Harry didn't know why he was dissatisfied with this, maybe it had something to do with wanting to show his ability in front of Tom, he didn't want himself to be too inferior to him.Yes, that's why, Harry thought silently, if he couldn't beat the younger Dark Lord, let alone the one with fifty years of experience.

"Wait here for a while." Tom got up and went directly into the restricted//book area, Harry wrinkled his nose, although Professor Babling approved them to enter the restricted//book area, but Tom chose to let him A little upset, he should have thought that what the other party was looking for was in this kind of place, and hoped to finish the project quickly, at least to reduce the possibility of Tom getting the forbidden//book.

It didn't take long for Tom. Five minutes later, he was holding a thick ancient book in his hand, and the cover on it was hanging by a thin thread, as if it was about to fall.This kind of books are basically entwined with ancient magic, and generally it is not easy to repair them with magic spells, and they are easy to fall apart or be damaged directly.Tom blew off the dust on it, and put the ancient book in front of Harry. It was the same as the outside, the cover was also mottled, and a corner of the book was missing. Harry could barely read the words "High-end Dark Arts Decryption" from the dim cursive script. .

Harry opened his mouth wide: "I didn't know there would be books related to black magic in the forbidden//book section!"

"Of course it does. In fact, Hogwarts is the place where the most black magic books are kept. There are ancient magic lines here, so the ancient books in the forbidden//book area cannot be taken out of the library."

"But it's too unsafe for students to put it here!"

"How many people do you think can learn the Black Curse without practice? No one, Harry, but me." Tom said proudly, "But even so, the spell books here are not deep enough." Tom's eyes suddenly Turning cold and hard, "I managed to convince the professor to get permission, and it took only two weeks for Dumbledore to take it back."

"Of course, he's the smartest!" Harry snorted.

"I saw the ceremony here." This topic obviously didn't please Tom, and he quickly changed the topic, "It's the same location as it was 50 years ago, and it looks like no one has moved it."

Harry took the book carefully and opened it. There were a lot of novel words on the table of contents. The ceremony Tom mentioned was in the lower part of the middle. Judging by the page number, it didn’t take up much. For some reason, Harry was very concerned about the last mentioned soul. device.This sounds like an evil thing.

Tom spread out the book to the soul mate section, an ancient ritual laced with intricate runes, and Harry glanced around and failed to recognize a few, glaring dejectedly at Tom, who only The dictionary was pushed in front of the boy.

"I can't even read them!" Harry pursed his lips, regretting bringing up the subject, and it looked like it would take a lot of time to translate those ten pages of runes.Maybe Tom could do the translation, after all he performed the ritual successfully.The corner of Harry's mouth turned up at this thought, and he looked expectantly at Tom, who pretended not to see, tapping the dictionary lightly with his fingers.

"Come on, you can translate can't you? Our speed will be much faster!" Harry complained.

"Then you just stay here and watch? Obviously not." Tom flatly refused, "If your brain can't even translate well, the following improvement ceremony will be more difficult, and you need to pass the test."

"I don't need it, I didn't take ancient runes!"

"Dumbledore said that your curriculum is compatible with mine, which means that there should be ancient runes in your schedule." Tom said calmly. Harry took out the schedule in a hurry, and there were runes in some vacant places. The words of the lesson, and almost all before Quidditch practice, Harry howled and kept banging his head on the table.Ancient runes are far more difficult than Muggle studies and astronomy, perhaps only rivaled by the dreaded arithmetic of divination.Suddenly, Harry had an ominous premonition. He pulled out the timetable again, and sure enough, astronomy and arithmetic and divination were all on it. He stared at Tom fiercely: "Are you crazy? Tell me you didn't take any courses!"

"Muggle Studies and Conservation of Magical Biology." Tom shrugged, as if it was an inevitable question.

"Unbelievable!" Harry slapped the table angrily, Mrs. Pince glared at him, and Harry lowered his voice, "Are you a madman? The courses you chose made me eleven! Oh, Merlin! Huh Min only chose twelve at her worst time! She also used a time-turner, how the hell am I going to make it work!"

"Throw away the protection of magical biology and divination, I think these two courses are useless, anyway, say hello, the half-giant will definitely help you. As for divination, it is said that you have not been very good, what's wrong with you Relieved."

"Oh, shut up." Harry didn't even have the strength to retort.

"I have some good news," Tom noticed that Harry looked up and continued, "Dumbledore seems to have greeted the professors, you don't have to show up for every elective class."

Harry was suddenly as happy as if he had won a gold medal to avoid death, until Tom said coldly: "The prerequisite is that you get all A's or above."

"It's worse than just now." Harry slammed the table a few more times, "Potions, Divination and History of Magic will definitely fail."

"So we have more time together, dear Harry, and I'll pry open your head and stuff everything you need into it, and you'll study hard. If you don't pass the exam, Professor Snape I will teach you potions myself." In fact, the last threat was false, but Tom didn't need to say it, especially after seeing Harry's face pale and body stiff, it seemed that he wanted to make more use of Snape. As an excuse, Harry seemed to have a deep grudge against the professor, a distaste that went both ways.Tom narrowed his eyes, he still remembered the last Veritaserum accident, Snape was obviously a conflicted man, or Harry could be his weapon to draw him back.

"I'll try my best, but what about the Divination class? You know that fabricating your own death excuse won't work in the formal test." Harry pulled the hair on the side of his ear vigorously.As we all know, the hairline is the problem of all British men, and he has not planned to face major life events so early.

"Read all the books here." Tom piled a thick stack of books in front of Harry, "at least edit them decently, I don't want to see you can't tell the moon from the sun in the Tarot cards Qing, really, that's so stupid. Did you draw lots when you chose your courses? To be able to fly so many times at low altitudes, I really have to suspect that luck is your greatest weapon."

"It's actually true," Harry muttered under his breath.

The warm sunlight shines through the windows into this quiet corner, and even the dust in the air is clearly visible.Tom stretched his waist. He hadn't enjoyed such a simple afternoon for a long time. Harry, who was sitting directly opposite him, had already fallen asleep. His round glasses were still hanging on the bridge of his nose. Playful hair tip.Tom reached out to take the glasses frame off his face, and the world in front of him instantly became blurred. He stretched out his hand tentatively, feeling the tingling of Harry's hair scratching his palm, which seemed to disturb the sleeping boy, and Harry muttered A change of position to continue sleeping, this cute move made Tom laugh out loud.

You are becoming soft.

The thought popped into Tom's head, and he strangled it. He was Tom Riddle, he was the man who was going to make Voldemort's name, and he couldn't let himself be weakened by such trivialities.Love is a deadly thing, he will eradicate everything that affects his goals without hesitation.

Tom pursed his lips. In the future, he and Harry were not on the same side. It would be better if he had the ability to attract the boy.Harry is a powerful wizard, much stronger than any wizards of the same age that Tom has encountered. The boy has great potential. As long as he is cultivated properly, Harry can become Tom's second in command. Yes, Tom will not admit it. Li and oneself are equal, no one can stand at the same height as oneself, not even a soul mate.Harry will be his help to achieve his goals. As long as Tom can convince the other party to accept his ideas, he can teach Harry to use black magic to protect himself, so that Tom doesn't need to worry about him being regarded as his weakness.

Lord Voldemort can only have armor and weapons.

Tom showed a satisfied smile, yes, Harry Potter will be his deputy, and they will stand on the top of the world together.