Hogwarts: Becoming a god from reselling fresh food

The exam is coming soon, and students have been having a very hard time recently.

The Weasley Twins' "Messaging Ceremony" suddenly became popular, but it was not because of the messaging notes, but because it was used on scratch paper - students soon realized that the manuscript paper could synchronize what another person had written. Simply the ideal cheating tool.

But unfortunately, the professors are also aware of this problem and have announced that manuscripts, gold coins, and any magical tools that can communicate are not allowed to be brought into the examination room - they will use flying spells during the examination to ensure this.

Harry and the others had more worries than other students.

A few days ago, they managed to send Norbert away, but no matter how they tried to insinuate things, Hagrid just wouldn't tell them how to get past Lu Wei.

What made them even more distressed was that their punishment of confinement finally came: they were ordered to patrol the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid at night.

Several people were frightened by this order. It was outrageous to ask a few first- and second-year students to patrol the Forbidden Forest at night. Do these professors think they can defeat a black bear or a werewolf?

Harry received Professor McGonagall's letter during lunch, when Tom was not around.

Recently, their little friend has become more and more mysterious. He often disappears. He also has dark circles under his eyes from time to time. He doesn't know what he is busy with.

They tried to contact Tom using goblin gold coins, but failed to contact him, and there were no classes with Slytherin in the afternoon, so Harry decided to go to the Slytherin lounge to find Tom and tell him the news.

If he doesn't go into confinement as required, he doesn't know what kind of punishment he will receive.

Murphy once wanted to connect the lounges of the four colleges, but was unable to implement it after encountering opposition from the deans and senior students. However, he still issued an order to lift the ban on other students. There is a ban on going to the rest room of other courtyards, and the rule that requires a password to enter has been cancelled.

However, few people still do this, especially between Gryffindor and Slytherin.

Harry and Ron had been here during the winter vacation, but there were very few students in the school at that time, but it was different now. When Harry entered the Slytherin lounge, he was stared at by several senior students for a long time.

He arrived at Tom's dormitory and found that no one was there. Harry originally wanted to wait outside, but the looks from those seniors were still too scary, so he simply sat down by Tom's bed.

Harry glanced casually at Tom's desk. Tom's History of Magic textbook was still on the table. He would definitely come back to get it when he had class in the afternoon.

In addition to textbooks, there are many difficult books on Tom's desk: "Basics of Alchemy", "Advanced Potions", "The Resurrected Wizard", "Transfer of Souls", etc.

But soon, Harry's eyes were attracted by a black-covered notebook on the table.

Just as he was looking over it, the note suddenly opened on its own, and the pages turned through many pages automatically without any wind.

Harry was startled, and he leaned over curiously.

I saw a few words floating on the page.

"Main mission: capture the magic stone."

"Mission reward: survive."

"You are already dead."

"Your sense of pain is much lower than that of ordinary people. You will not be affected by physical discomfort. You are immune to dizziness and coma. Even if you receive an almost fatal blow, you will still be awake."

"Don't you think it's strange?"

"You want to know who you are?"

"Retrieve the Philosopher's Stone, and you will get the answer."

Just as Harry looked over, another line of text appeared on the note: "Tom, you don't have much time."

Harry was startled and suddenly realized that this was a "message note", and someone was talking to Tom through this note!

But he let Tom take the Philosopher's Stone?

And, what did he mean when he said Tom was dead?

Most importantly, who is giving Tom orders?

But at this moment, there were footsteps outside the door, and someone came.

Harry slammed the note shut, then pulled out a book, sat on the bed, opened it, and pretended to be reading.

The door was pushed open.

"Harry?" Tom glanced at Harry and the book that seemed to be overturned in his hand in shock, "Why are you here?"

Harry also found that his book was held upside down, so he quickly closed it and stood up, "I just received a letter from Professor McGonagall. She asked us to go to the Forbidden Forest tonight. This is our confinement mission. You will not be there during the meal. I’ll come over and let you know.”

"We couldn't contact you even with fairy gold coins." He added.

"Ah, I was chatting with my senior just now, and I didn't get any gold coins." Tom said.

"Oh fine."

Both of them were silent for a moment, and Harry said, "Then I'll leave first."

"good."

Leaving the Slytherin common room, Harry frowned.

Tom is lying!

He wasn't at a certain senior's place. His clothes were stained with dust and cobwebs. He must have been somewhere not often passed by!

For example - the fourth floor corridor.

No wonder Tom had proposed to get the Philosopher's Stone first, because that was his mission.

Who gave him this task?

Could it be that Tom is the one...

He didn't dare to think about it anymore and almost ran towards Gryffindor Tower. He had to tell Ron the news quickly... He couldn't use goblin gold coins, because Tom also had them, and he would also hear what he said.

However, when he arrived at the Gryffindor common room, the blood-red twisted text on the note came to his mind.

"You are already dead."

What does it mean?

Moreover, the mission reward is "survive"?

Could it be that Tom can only survive if he completes the task of seizing the Philosopher's Stone?

On the other side, after Harry left, Tom glanced at his desk in confusion, and his eyes suddenly fell on the notebook.

It seems to have... moved a little?

He frowned and opened the notes, feeling both the fear that the secret might be exposed and the implicit expectation that he no longer needed to keep secrets.

Harry's expression just now kept replaying in his mind.

All he wanted to know now was, had Harry seen this notebook just now?

…

During the afternoon Charms class, Harry had been feeling a little restless.

They were taking this class with Ravenclaw, and Hermione was sitting next to him. Seeing that he had made the wrong order of waving the fluorescent stick several times, she couldn't help but say, "Draw a knot counterclockwise, not clockwise. What happened to you?"

Harry hesitated for a moment, but finally did not say what he saw today, but asked: "If you were threatened with death and had to steal something, what would you do?"

"Oh my God, who would do such a terrible thing. You mean, You-Know-Who?"

"Forget it."

"I hope I never have to encounter something like that. But if I was really threatened like that... I would probably do it. I'm sorry, I'm not a Gryffindor, and I may not have as much courage as you."

Harry shook his head, "Maybe I don't either."

"Compared to dying, the crime of stealing something shouldn't be that big..." Hermione said, "Perhaps it should be considered an emergency? Or an accomplice? I don't know, but at least the punishment should be reduced, right?"

Emergency evacuation?

Harry breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little better.

…

Soon, night came, and five little wizards: Harry, Tom, Ron, Hermione and Cho Chang were brought to Hagrid's hut by Filch. Along the way, Filch kept telling them how scary the Forbidden Forest was, and how they must be dead without any body parts, which frightened the little wizards.

Hagrid tells them that a unicorn has been attacked and they need to find it and end its suffering.

Soon, Hagrid proposed to split the troops into two groups, "As long as you are with me or Yaya, no creature in the Forbidden Forest will harm you."

Harry and Tom looked at each other and then looked away, and Harry said, "I'll come with you, Hagrid."

Tom: "I want teeth."

Hermione's eyes moved back and forth between the two boys' faces. When did they quarrel?