[hp] When the devil meets a hooligan

In time, I can make a lot of money and come back, and then we can have our own home, isn't it great? "The little guy must be reluctant to part with him, so cute.

Your own... home?Tom was stunned for a moment, and even forgot to knock off Kyle's hand rubbing his fur.

When summer shines brightly in the back streets of the orphanage, Kyle really leaves.All his belongings are just a small bag, half of which are snacks given by the children.With Kyle's departure, Tom ordered the Shadow Brigade to temporarily suspend its activities - they had already begun to attract the attention of adults, and now without Kyle's protection, Tom did not dare to act rashly.After all, he was only 11 years old, and the moment the world opened up to him, it was enough to shock him.

And one morning in July, Tom dragged a sack of lettuce towards the vegetable cellar, secretly using his ability to make the lettuce float in the air to save energy.A gray owl flapped its wings over his head and dropped a roll of parchment right at his feet.

first meeting

It was not the first time for Professor Dumbledore to go to the orphanage to meet newborn wizards, so the difficult muddy roads and eerie buildings did not move him in the slightest.However, when he knocked on the cold door, the professor unexpectedly found that it was not some sad-faced maid who greeted him, but a thin and small brown-haired boy.He was barely as tall as Professor Dumbledore's belly button.

"Hello, who are you looking for?" the boy stammered, trying to be more polite.

Dumbledore suppressed his surprise well, and he smiled at the boy, "Good afternoon, I have an appointment with Mrs Cole, would you like to take me there?"

The boy nodded calmly, moved out of the way with a blushing face, and signaled the guest to follow him.Along the way, the boy couldn't help guessing the identity of the guest, and planned to run to Tom to make a report as soon as the guest entered the reception room.Speaking of which, the burgundy suit worn by the guest was really special. He had never seen such a style in the tailor shop at the end of the street.

Dumbledore walked forward behind the boy, but his eyes quickly scanned the surroundings, imprinting everything in his mind.The black and white floor tiles look old, but have been polished to a shiny shine; the gray wallpaper is dull in color, but the damage has been repaired well, making it almost impossible to see the gaps; The ugly armchairs did not match, but the small cushions with a uniform pattern on them had a different aesthetic feeling... Obviously, this orphanage was different from the ones Dumbledore had visited before, which made him wonder about the upcoming orphanage. The little wizard who became his student became even more curious.

After the brown-haired boy knocked on the door to ask for instructions, Professor Dumbledore walked into the reception room and formally met Mrs. Cole.After a few conversations, Professor Dumbledore was a little disappointed.Sure enough, she was not much different from the orphanage steward in his impression, snobbish and cold, with the cunning and caressing of low-level residents.The first sentence was still praising Tom's politeness, and the second sentence began to turn the corner and ask him if the kid had any background, and maybe he could get some sponsorship money from there.

Dumbledore was obviously very experienced in dealing with such people. He took out the wine bottle and cup he had prepared, and persuaded Mrs. Cole to tell everything about Tom.Mrs. Cole immediately poured out Tom's poor history, and the bottle of gin was quickly drained.In her mouth, Tom is simply a perfect saint: he is very well-behaved, no matter what task is assigned to him, he can complete it quickly and well; he is very polite, respectful to the visiting nobles, and his etiquette is perfect Can't fault it; he is also very good at taking care of the children, and on a thunderstorm night, he will even take the initiative to comfort a crying little girl.

"...Although Tom was weird when he was young, he has changed a lot since Kyle appeared. Oh, poor Kyle, may God bless that silly boy, and may his soul not fall into hell and refuse to take him in..."

Professor Dumbledore was a little curious about that Kyle, so he asked, "Is Kyle Tom's friend?"

"They're not so much friends as Tom is his little sidekick," said Mrs. Cole, staring. "It's strange, isn't it, that Kyle fights almost all the time and the kids like him. Of course, now Everyone thinks he is dead, after all, a half-grown child actually went to work as a seaman? It's crazy..."

Mrs. Cole babbled to Professor Dumbledore for a long time, until he politely interrupted her, expressing that he hoped to meet the perfect boy, and then Mrs. Cole put down her wine glass and stood up wobbly.

"Oh no, Mrs Cole," said Professor Dumbledore, "I wish I could speak to him alone."

After walking out of Mrs. Cole's bedroom and drawing room, Professor Dumbledore followed her instructions to turn up the landing on the third floor and walked all the way to the end of the corridor.Tom's bedroom was in front of him, and from behind the very flimsy-looking wooden door came the faint noise of children.

Dumbledore couldn't help casting a Transparency Charm on the door.Through the wooden door, he was surprised to find that seven or eight children were crowded in this small room.

"It's my turn to read it today, but Billy snatched my book! He obviously came later than me!" A little brown-haired girl stood on the bed, complaining childishly.She looks only six or seven years old, and although her expression is fierce, it can only make people feel cute.

"Okay, Anna, don't mess it up, you don't understand these books at all," a black-haired boy with a pale complexion said impatiently, "If you mess around again, I'll ask Mrs. Cole to lock you into the cellar. "

Although the group of children sat chaotically, they vaguely surrounded the black-haired boy in the center. When he spoke, the others listened carefully.The boy was clearly their leader, and everything Dumbledore saw fit Mrs. Cole's description of Tom Riddle very well.

However, little Anna didn't buy it, her immature childish voice became sharp with excitement, "No! It's my turn! You bully! I'm going to tell Kyle! He will teach you a lesson!"

The girl's magic voice made others plug their ears, and Tom's face was distorted, "Kyle has gone, gone forever. He won't come back, only you still can't see the situation..."

"Kyle said he would! Come back! Come!" The little girl continued to scream, her voice getting higher and higher, "He said he was going to make money to come back and pick me up!"

Tom's face was livid, and he tried his best to suppress his desire to beat Anna up.The reason that prevented him from doing so might be that he was also wishing in his heart, hoping that Kyle would really come back one day.

"Billy, Jo! What are you doing--gag her!" said Tom in a rage.

However, children, you look at me and I look at you, but there is no movement.On the contrary, Anna suddenly fell silent.

"Kyle is the dragon head, you are just the dragon brain." Her fat baby face turned red from crying just now, but her blue eyes were surprisingly bright. "Kyle said before leaving that you are not allowed to bully me. Everyone I won't listen to you."

Tom was silent, he stared deeply at Anna, and then turned his dark eyes to the others.Some of the children lowered their heads, while others looked around.

"I-I'll just wait two more days." A skinny boy who looked silly said, "I can watch "Knight Honor" first."

"What?!" A buck-toothed boy sitting opposite Tom suddenly became angry, "That book is my turn today, why do you want to grab it. Tom, don't you care about Billy? He's too much!"

Tom took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.After seeing the scene where Kyle beat Tom away, the children in the orphanage were no longer as afraid of Tom as before.Although Kyle has been away for several months, Tom's fear of him still makes him dare not use his power to bully other children as before.

What's more, all the people here are members of the Shadow Brigade. Tom is not satisfied with the status quo of the brigade, and he wants to control more.In order to stabilize people's hearts at this time, Tom must make the right move.So he could only suppress the irritability in his heart, and asked loudly, "Is that so, Billy?"

The skinny boy nodded timidly.

"It's your own fault for not making an appointment earlier, Billy, you should return the book to Anna." Seeing the boy reluctantly handing over the small book in his pocket, Tom nodded, "Remember this lesson, next time Notice."

Finally retrieved the thin book with illustrations, the cloud on Anna's face suddenly dissipated.Holding the book tightly, she rushed forward and hugged Tom, and whispered in his ear, "When Kyle comes back, I won't tell him that you stole his honey."

Hugging Anna's warm little body, Tom rarely reprimanded her.In the past, he would not allow these young children to approach him. Of course, those little animals with strong intuition always avoided him.But Kyle's arrival changed everything. At least, this wasn't the first hug Tom received.

Anna, who was holding Tom, couldn't see Tom's face, but Professor Dumbledore outside the door could see Tom's expression at a glance.Disgusted, bored, but Professor Dumbledore could still see something else besides these negativity.Enough is enough, thought Dumbledore, and he knocked lightly on the door, stepping into the room to Tom's lazy 'Come in'.

"Hi Tom," said Professor Dumbledore gently, and stepped forward to reach out to the vigilant black-haired boy, "I'm Professor Dumbledore."

first miss