the Gambler

Tom is in the Room of Requirement.

Harry put away the Marauder's Map, frowning.It has been a long time since Tom left himself to act alone, perhaps to vent his emotions. After all, Voldemort's actions have become more and more rampant recently. On the other hand, they can only be stationed in a safe castle for protection. This is definitely not something the young Dark Lord can bear. of.

"Open it for me." Harry muttered softly, a magnificent stone door appeared on the clean wall, a real Slytherin, the boy pursed his mouth, only they would pursue those flashy decorations.Through the door, Harry could hear the sound of explosions coming from inside. He raised his wand and put it on his chest. Even though he could use the wandless spell to protect himself, Harry still preferred to bring a weapon, after all, it was used as a guide for magic power. The meaning of tools is real.Not only can the wand easily extract the corresponding magic power, but it can also greatly improve the accuracy of the attacker.In actual combat, this is more effective.

Sure enough, as soon as the door of the duel room was opened, Harry turned his head to avoid the red light shooting at his head, and half a minute later at night, his head was no different from the smashed puppet in the room.Harry scanned the surroundings. The entire room was covered with traces of spells. The walls were full of holes and the floor was lifted. Tom stood calmly among the ruins, looking at Harry with raised eyebrows.This kind of Slytherin has a special sense of beauty. The perfect muscle lines faintly visible under the soaked shirt slowly rise and fall with breathing, and the slightly flushed face is full of charm in the ambiguous firelight, which makes people's heart beat faster.The air seemed to be a lot hotter because of it.

"If it wasn't me who came in, what are you going to do?" Harry straightened his expression, walked towards the center angrily, and was careful not to trip over things on the ground, "Attacking a student is enough to throw you into Azka It's time, considering that you have settled the identity of this time and space," he wrinkled his nose and imitated the girl's shrill voice, "handsome descendant of Slytherin."

"Relax, your imitation is giving me a headache." Tom brushed back his sweaty forehead hair, bent down to pick up the robe that was put aside, and put it on. "But I admit that I like your jealous performance."

"Ha! I'm not jealous, you've been ripped off anyway," Harry shrugged. "Girls aren't so attractive anymore."

"Oh, they have never been my preference," Tom snapped his fingers, and the puppet in front of him shattered into powder. After a while, the whole room changed into a lounge under his instructions. He walked slowly to the bookshelf I picked a thick black magic book and sat down in the armchair facing the door, "Even if it's to relieve stress, I hope that the other party is talented and pleasing to the eye. Black hair and blue eyes with a lightning scar are the perfect choice. When will you Are you interested in my past?"

"Don't put money on your face," said Harry, pulling the chair across from Tom and sitting down. "I just thought of asking."

Tom was not deceived by the clumsy lies, and Harry's slightly flushed cheeks were a good proof. He liked to tease boys, and his past experience also warned him not to overplay, and the consequences would never be pleasant.Catching a glimpse of Harry's hesitation to speak, Tom leaned closer to him, staring at him intently.

"I've always wondered about this question. If the spell in Reptilian is more powerful, why didn't Voldemort use it to deal with other wizards? If you found the existence of those books when you opened the Chamber of Secrets, he should also know about it? "

"Of course he knows. You wouldn't be naive to think that Slytherin's unique Parseltongue is just because he likes to chat with snakes?"

"Then why didn't he use it? Even though he's absorbed most of the soul tablets now, he still doesn't seem to have that intention." Harry asked. "It doesn't make sense. Dumbledore is very powerful, but it will be a bit tricky to cast spells on reptiles."

"I knew Dumbledore was powerful from a long time ago. After all, he lived decades longer than me. What do you think made Voldemort catch up with him so quickly? Voldemort is a genius?" Tom's mouth turned into a happy smile His eyes were shining brightly, as deep as a black lake under the moonlight, "This is an indisputable fact, but Dumbledore is also a genius that is rarely seen in a century. Salazar, praising him makes me sick."

"Don't be so pretentious, you are not a musical actor." Harry watched the little paper crane turn around next to Tom's head. This magic was learned from Draco, and it was quite interesting. .

"I guess splitting the soul made him lose his mind, but the practice of the spell has accumulated a solid enough foundation. As for the reason for not using it, I have my own ideas. Maybe his arrogance made him disdain to use the reptilian spell to deal with it. Someone else." Tom's knuckles turned white as he held the paper, and the center of his eyebrows also bulged into a hillock, "Or, he lost a certain memory."

"The memory ball?"

"Who knows? But I'm not sure if he'll use the reptilian spell next."

"There are other things occupying your beautiful little head." After nearly half an hour of doing their own things, Tom still couldn't hold back his words, "You can ask me directly."

"I want you to take me to Diagon Alley. You have a license to apparate." Harry didn't bother to hide his thoughts. Anyway, Hermione, whom he could rely on, would never agree to such a risky move. Next Tom is an option.

"Diagon Alley? At a time like this? That's where the Death Eaters attack most frequently, especially near the Ministry of Magic."

Harry nodded.

"Why did you go there?" Tom said as he got up and walked out of the Room of Requirement, Harry followed closely behind, and soon, they walked around the castle with the help of the Marauder's Map.The night wind blew on them, and both of them shivered involuntarily.

"I need to see the twins for something."

"Don't lie to my face." Tom said so, still putting his arms around Harry's waist, and in the next second, they appeared in the middle of the dilapidated street.Even with his toes on the ground, Tom didn't let go.

"Don't talk nonsense, I didn't hide anything from you." Harry complained loudly, but Tom always felt that the other party's eyes were avoiding him, and he didn't want to look at him. Harry was not the type who would keep a secret, and blamed it on Greg The recklessness of Ryffindor.Falling in love is really a stumbling trouble, Tom thought displeasedly, getting the answer he wanted without hurting Harry was much more troublesome than in the past.Maybe he really has a bit of a masochistic tendency, otherwise he wouldn't have plunged into trouble and enjoyed it.

"Whatever you say." Tom brushed away his displeasure like dust, and scanned the surroundings vigilantly. Many stores in Diagon Alley were still open, but the number of customers was significantly reduced by more than half.On the whole street, the loudest and most lively place is the Weasley joke shop.On the bright red outer wall, the wizard's signboard with a silly smile swayed from side to side.There were lights of different colors in the store, and occasionally firecracker-like things rushed out, accompanied by sparse screams.

Out of politeness, Harry was embarrassed to refuse the twins' warm hospitality. Soon, his pockets were filled with all kinds of new gadgets, all of which were new products that had just been developed and not yet released.Fred took out a small ball from the shelf, which looked a bit like a Muggle penis.He hooked the top iron ring and pulled it hard, an unpleasant smell came out along with the smoke, Harry stared dumbfounded at four or five of the same figures swaying in the smoke, they looked no different from real people.

"It's an idea from a Muggle movie," George explained. "There are tiny crystals in the smoke that can reflect people's shadows. This is something that cannot be identified by ordinary magic unless he directly finds a way to dissipate them."

"Of course, we have also done special research on this." Fred waved his wand, and a pocket tornado dived into the smoke. The strange thing is that you can still see the storm and the smoke screen, as if they are unrelated.

Tom narrowed his eyes with interest: "How about strengthening the power of the spell?" He snapped his fingers, and the powerful storm rolled up all the smoke and swirled together, "It's interesting, I guess it's not real smoke, just a blindfold? "

The twins showed amazed expressions in unison.

"This is a good thing." Tom threw up the small ball and caught it again. "Especially when you are escaping, how much stock do you two have? The more the better, it can be used to arm the students of Hogwarts."

Fred ducked into the rickety pile of cardboard boxes, and a few minutes later he came back disgraced, with a large box in his arms.Fred put the box on the ground, and there was a rattling sound inside, and he said triumphantly: "It's not just smoke/mist/bombs, there are many good things in it, I think it will be useful at any time. Of course, no Worry, these things will be delayed indefinitely until the Dark Lord is defeated!"

"There is nothing more suitable to advertise our products than defeating the Dark Lord," George said cheerfully, "The Order of the Phoenix seems to be in chaos recently, and it should be related to the death of Monggertons. Judging by your expressions, Deng Principal Bullido should have already said that?"

"If you have any new news, use this to contact us." Harry took out a gold coin from his pocket and handed it to the twins, "This is an improved version made by Hermione, which can communicate directly and selectively, and the content of the message delivered at one time has also been expanded. .Oh, by the way, there is also a positioning function for emergency contact. But for safety, only Hermione, Ron, Marvolo and I can receive the location of other people."

"Oh, take it easy—" Fred said with a smile, "we can totally understand it, and to be honest, it's a lot lighter this way. We'll get in touch when we have something to do."

"We will give you an owl if we have a new product. If it's useful, you can keep it. If it's useless, you can earn some extra money by selling it to Hogwarts students." George resisted Tom's vicious gaze, and bravely embraced Harry. neck whispered.

"I do have something to hide from you, but I don't plan to say it now." Harry confessed suddenly, and Tom corrected his attitude immediately.A few times Harry thought Tom was about to ask a question, but the latter chose not to say anything, only staring at him accusingly with those bright blue eyes.He caught a glimpse of the twins' puzzled expressions and pulled a forced smile, "I hope you three can stay here well, and I'll be back soon."

Without waiting for a rebuttal, Harry took out the pre-prepared Invisibility Cloak from his pocket and disappeared into the night.He was careful not to make too much noise. Diagon Alley looked very dark at night without the lights. For safety, he did not light up his wand. He walked through the winding alleys according to his memory and came to a building. In front of the two-storey store, the second floor was still faintly glowing with flames.Harry took a deep breath, and as soon as his hand touched the doorknob, the sharp beeping pierced through the entire street, despising his own ignorance in his heart, it was taken for granted, who would not add a probe now curse.Fortunately, the alarm stopped shortly after Harry waited, and the wooden door opened to reveal an old man with an oil lamp.

"I've been expecting you for a long time, Mr. Potter."

"Mr. Ollivander." Harry greeted with a smile, his eyes resting on the box wrapped in light green silk on the old wizard's right hand, "I noticed that you have prepared the wand I need."