the Gambler

Professor Trelawney's sudden weird performance made all three of them frown. Harry knew very well that the witch was just a trickster, but he was a little skeptical now. She scoffed at this, and she thought it was just a lie made up by the witch after Principal Dumbledore told the staff Tom's identity.

"Seriously, Harry, do you remember how many times she predicted your death?" said Hermione indignantly, pinning her curly hair behind her shoulders. Your mood. Looking at all the nonsense she said, I can't believe that Headmaster Dumbledore still let her stay here to teach!"

"Actually she didn't predict Harry's death this time, he predicted Marvolo and the other two people." Ron retorted weakly, "Fire red and dark green snakes, what do you think that means?"

"Who knows, I don't think we need to think about that kind of lie so complicated." Hermione said so, and Harry still noticed that the witch was thinking about this question, "The snake represents Slytherin. The other two are obviously Slytherin." Leitlin."

"Malfoy?" The first Slytherin Ron could think of was the arrogant ferret.

Harry looked at Tom with the same pensive expression, and it was obvious that Tom was thinking differently from the two of them.Harry felt that the key point was the sentence 'one of them succumbed to the other', and he had a vague feeling that the fiery red snake was referring to himself, and the other was Voldemort?Just as Principal Dumbledore worried, this future is in the hands of Tom, and Tom's decision is closely related to himself.Harry interrupted the discussion: "Don't worry about it, we still have to get to the cellar before Snape, I don't want to give him a chance to deduct points."

The four of them chose the middlemost seat in the classroom, Tom sat on the Slytherin side, Harry sat on the Gryffindor side, and Ron and Hermione were right behind them.Malfoy turned his head and rolled his eyes at Harry. The latter didn't pay half his attention. He bent down and took out an old Potions textbook from his bag and placed it between himself and Tom. As soon as he opened the cover, Snape was in a hurry Walking into the classroom, his sharp eyes stopped on Tom after scanning everyone around, and flinched indistinctly.

"What we need to concoct in this class is Veritaserum. It is a colorless and odorless liquid. It only takes two or three drops to make the wizard who drinks it tell everything." Snape waved his wand, and a picture appeared on the blackboard. A list of names of potion ingredients, the man's greasy black hair even turned around

It was so large that it couldn't fly, which made Harry wonder how much potion was on it to make it so heavy.

"Everything you need is on it. It's a relatively complicated potion. Considering you're all in fourth grade, even a troll's head can follow the steps." Snape raised his chin and said with contempt Facing the Gryffindor lions, "I need the potions concocted by Slytherin as a stockpile. As for the Gryffindors, I am very interested in the effect of your Veritaserum. After the experiment, you One of them drank the potion on the spot to test the effect."

Tom was indeed a genius.Harry slumped on the stool and silently admitted that Tom's potion was boiling in the cauldron, and the reddish-brown liquid was gradually fading, getting closer and closer to the required colorless color.He looked around the students boredly. Obviously, their group was the fastest. Even Hermione and Malfoy, the two top students, were still stirring the cauldron.

"Get out the glass bottle." Tom said when the liquid turned into a light powder. Harry was happy to do something. He was banned by this Slytherin during the whole process of concocting the potion. Harry couldn't blame Tom for being harsh. After all, he first cut the wrong ingredients and then stirred the wrong number of times. In fact, Harry admired Tom for being able to cook the potion as quickly as possible after so much time wasted. Leigh had two holes burnt through his body.

"Professor Snape, our group is finished." Harry raised his hand to greet the Potions Professor at the other end of the classroom. The man raised his eyebrows, walked quickly to Harry, picked up the glass bottle in his hand and looked at it carefully After a while he narrowed his eyes and stared at Tom.Tom met Snape's gaze and wiped out the remaining potion in the cauldron with a wave of his wand. This confident move made Snape raise his eyebrows even higher.

"You seem to be very sure about the concoction of this veritaserum." Snape's cold voice attracted everyone's attention, and anyone who was not blind could see his extraordinary hostility towards the new student .

"I just make sure that there are no mistakes in every step. If there is a problem with the medicine, it is also your mistake."

Tom's reply made Snape couldn't help snorting: "Then Mr. Riddle, I hope you can be the subject of this experiment. You must also want to know the effect of the veritaserum you prepared?" The man handed the glass bottle in his hand to Tom, who hesitated for a moment, took three drops and poured it into his mouth.

Harry noticed that Tom's eyes had grown dull, and the Veritaserum had clearly had an effect.Snape added Silencing Charms around them at random.This behavior caused many students to cast doubtful eyes.

"Mr. Riddle, how did you get here?" Snape asked calmly.

"The ritual brought me here. The ritual of finding a soul mate." Tom stated in a flat tone, and Harry saw Snape's face turn pale. It seemed that he didn't believe Tom's statement at first, maybe it was He doesn't want to believe it.

Snape adjusted his expression and continued to ask: "What is your purpose of staying by Mr. Potter's side?"

"He's my soul mate and I need to make sure he's mine," Tom said with a wacky grin. "It's funny. My birth had nothing to do with love. The magic tells me that someone will love me unconditionally. I want to know." What kind of person is that. Stupid Gryffindor, I should have thought of that."

Harry shot Tom a look. He was certainly not as smart as the other, but he was definitely not stupid.However, the fact that he loved the Dark Lord unconditionally made Harry feel very subtle. It was impossible for him to fall in love with Voldemort. They were completely different, and the other party always regarded killing himself as the biggest challenge.Judging from Tom's attitude, he himself doesn't seem to believe in the existence of soul mates, but Harry can still see subtle expectations in the other's eyes.

Ignoring Harry's inner struggle, Tom continued: "I didn't believe in the fantasy vocabulary of soul mate, I am a realistic person. You can understand my shock, when I saw Harry for the first time , I can feel a pulling force from him, as if something is calling me. I think maybe that is the mutual attraction between the legendary souls."

Harry seemed to be slapped in the face. He also felt what Tom said. Perhaps it should be said that Harry had felt it as early as the first time he saw Tom in the diary. He was indeed attracted to the boy unconsciously.It sounded absurd, he thought it was a one-sided defensiveness that caused him to care, but Tom now confirmed that the attraction was two-way.

Snape clenched the wand in his hand, as if the stick was the backbone of his persistence in not escaping, he glanced at Harry, and refocused on Tom: "One last question. Will you hurt Harry Potter?" Special?"

"No, at least not now," Tom replied quickly.

Snape took out a small bottle of clear liquid from his arms, opened Tom's mouth, and poured the whole bottle into it. After a while, Tom blinked and met the eyes of Harry and Snape. The boy just nodded to indicate that he was okay. .Snape lifted the Silencing Charm and added twenty points to Slytherin. Harry guessed the man was just looking for an excuse to increase the chances of winning the House Cup for his house, and didn't care if it was the points earned by the Dark Lord or not. .

"You shouldn't just watch from the sidelines, you need to get involved!" Hermione's sharp voice sounded in Harry's ears, and he turned sharply just in time to meet the witch's condemning gaze, "If you don't do it yourself, it's all up to Marvo If Luo, how do you pass the OWLS exam?"

"That won't be until at least next year, Hermione." Harry said helplessly, while Ron nodded eagerly, and Hermione glared back.

"That's less than a year! Harry James Potter, your Potions grade sucks, and you haven't learned anything in this class!"

Harry rubbed his hands uneasily. Hermione's words were correct, but Harry really had no talent in potions, probably he didn't inherit Lily's good genes at all.He also had plans to study potions, but Snape's prejudice made all his determination go in vain.To be honest, he couldn't make a good potion under Snape's piercing gaze and sneering tone.

"Harry, have you ever imagined what you will do after graduation? You need to plan ahead for the grades you must achieve."

"Uh, I haven't given it much thought."

"I want to be an Auror!" Ron popped up from behind, the first topic, "I've heard they're all elite, don't know if I can make my dream come true - they're really brave, especially when it comes to capturing Time for the Dark Wizard!"

"I also think Auror is a good choice." Harry said hastily, and Tom snorted disdainfully.

Hermione's face softened in an instant, and Harry saw her take out a piece of parchment from her schoolbag, searched for a while on the densely packed text, and smiled happily at the two: "It seems that you only need the potion to reach E That's it, I can tutor you, I think as long as you work hard, becoming an Auror is not a problem. How do you feel about this Saturday afternoon?"

Ron wailed and buried his head on Harry's shoulder, his tone was weak: "Hermione, it's only a week before the end of the semester, we don't need to be so anxious, you can tutor us next year." Ron faced Harry cast a sympathetic look, "Take a good rest for the rest of the time."

Hermione still wanted to refute a few words, but she finally shut her mouth after seeing Ron's sad expression.Tom had already cleared the table while the three of them were talking. He glanced at Harry's heavy expression, and said in a calm tone, "Just leave it to me, Harry."