the Gambler

Hermione and Ron had actually been watching for a while.Harry and Tom are like opposite ends of a pole, completely ignoring the other whenever they start fighting each other.If it wasn't clear about Harry's attitude towards Tom, Hermione would have thought that the two were like a couple in the period of passionate love, or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that they were lions fighting for dominance, although Tom was more like a cunning poisonous snake.Even as dull as Ron, he noticed the tense relationship between the two, but considering that he could be ignored at this time, the red-haired wizard felt a little guilty and relaxed.

Hermione bravely interrupted the quarrel between the two, and Tom looked at the witch with more vicious eyes than a basilisk. Fortunately, Harry quickly intervened to interrupt Tom's vicious gaze, and the witch was relieved.Hermione had always known that Harry's sensitive nerves made up for his dullness, even though it was an involuntary move on the part of the boy.

"I think I should leave." Hermione glanced back at her parents who were waving not far away, and turned to stare at her green-eyed friend. Her lower lip was trembling, and she looked like she was about to cry again.Harry sighed and took the witch into his arms, and kept comforting the worried girl: "I'll keep in touch, Hermione, don't worry. On the bright side, I won't have to go back to the Dursleys this year! One day Three meals can definitely be guaranteed, and I may gain more than ten pounds when I see you next time!"

Hermione burst into tears, pulled Harry and kissed the boy hard on the cheek, and rushed out of the crowd before Tom realized it. The latter had to stare at Ron sharply, saying clearly, "You Dare to try' means.Ron felt his hairs stand on end, he hesitated to give Harry a hug, left "Take care of yourself" and rushed out, just in time to bump into someone, who made a uniform ouch.

"We're going to come over here to see what's going on here," Fred said solemnly, his eyes lingering on Tom and Ron for a moment, seeing Harry's skeptical expression with a happy smile, he and George surrounded Harry together In the middle, patted the boy's shoulder excitedly, "That gift is too expensive, Harry, I'm glad your vision, we'll put that money to good use—"

Harry interrupted the twins with a violent cough, and they blinked at the boy with dazed expressions.

"We're grateful," whispered George, "you won't be disappointed, remember that?"

Fred and George reached out and pressed the badge on their chest at the same time. Two fiery red heads appeared twirling on it, and a row of glittering gold words underneath, blinding Harry's eyes.

"Pranks are a lifelong ideal." The twins waved their arms and bent over exaggeratedly in an inviting gesture. The nearby witches covered their mouths and giggled. Ron narrowed his eyes and stared at the two with mischievous expressions.

"What are you planning again? Oh, don't tell me, I don't want to know, as long as you don't use those tricks on me," Ron said hurriedly, and he glanced at the struggling man standing outside the fence. Looking at the family members here, he warned the twins in a low voice, "Last time you experimented with that weird bubble gum on me, and I spit bubbles at the whole room. angry."

"Hey, we all said she shouldn't use magic to deal with it! The effect of the bubble gum is only three days, and it will disappear when the time is up." George wrinkled his nose and recalled what happened last year. The sticky feeling was really uncomfortable. , he and Fred were scolded for most of the afternoon by Molly's ears.Thinking of their mother's angry expression and eardrum-piercing screams, the twins couldn't help but shudder.

Ron gave his brother a hard look: "You didn't know it would disappear, it just happened to be invalid after three days. I said you should grow up too, I'm your only younger brother! You try Sleeping in the room for three days? That was the worst memory of my life, and I still feel sticky."

Fred and George wrapped their arms around Ron's neck, sandwiching the blushing wizard between them, speaking in an ariad tone.

"Our dearest brother—" George smirked.

"—Little Ronnie—" Fred rubbed Ron's red hair.

"How could we bother you—" George rolled his fists against Ron's temples, his eyes twinkling with the same mischief as Fred's.

"You're honored to be our only test subject this holiday!" the two said in unison, and Ron covered his face in a wail.The twins laughed loudly, and Harry noticed that Mrs. Weasley couldn't help but walked in this direction, and was within five meters of being able to grab the ears of the two.The twins, apparently unaware of their mother's approach, continued to tease Ron.

Harry struggled on whether to remind the three of them, but in the end reason overcame his desire to watch a good show. He raised his head and smiled at the kind witch, speaking to Mrs. Weasley in a voice just enough for everyone to hear. greet.The twins quickly restrained their expressions, and turned to face the suspicious mother.George hesitated to stuff the pocket full of gold coins in his clothes pocket.

Mrs. Weasley stepped over her child and stood next to Harry, hugged the thin boy tightly and said into Harry's ear: "Protect yourself, Harry, I will discuss with Dumbledore to let you Come over to the Burrow." The witch looked up at Tom and quickly disconnected her gaze. "The Black family can fly over directly. I made an agreement with Sirius. He will adjust the Floo network. No matter what happens, remember to come to find him in time. us."

Harry nodded silently.

"Oh, poor child." Mrs. Weasley kissed Harry on the forehead, "We will be at home any time, don't worry about disturbing, Harry, remember my words, fly over if there is any danger! Take care of yourself."

After saying their last goodbyes to Harry, the four of them quickly disappeared on the platform with the port key.

"Am I really that scary?" Tom raised the corner of his mouth, the performance of the group really amused him, he knew that he was almost watched by people from other colleges with adoration or admiration or fear during school, but No one dared to show his emotions so clearly in front of him.Of course, Slytherins had never dared to provoke him, and he had already used pain to make them realize his stupidity.

"No, disgust is more suitable for me." Harry said with a straight face and seriousness.

Tom shortened the distance between the two of them, so close that Harry couldn't resist the urge to flinch back, he could feel Tom's warm breath on his lips.The handsome boy smiled with crooked brows and eyes, and he looked harmless to humans and animals. Harry knew that this was just an illusion, and no one knew better than him what kind of dirty soul lay beneath this innocent expression.This was Tom Riddle, the murderer who had just opened the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.

"You are indeed a reckless lion, dear."

"You need to stay away from me, maybe you should respect my personal space, not everyone likes to talk cheek to cheek." Harry frowned, he could see people nearby looking at them with strange eyes, especially Considering he's a well-known savior -- well, he's looking more like a bumbling liar these days -- if most people believe the Daily Prophet.

Harry sighed, that bullshit still had an impact, and throughout the train, Harry noticed other students avoiding him, covering their mouths and talking to him, and once Harry turned his head, they were like Running around like a frightened mouse.Harry also met Cho. The girl's eyes were red and swollen from crying. After noticing the wizard's gaze, she struggled to smile, and tears fell down accidentally.This made Harry very distressed. He liked Qiu very much, and Qiu was Cedric's ex-girlfriend. Harry didn't know how to face the beautiful witch now, and the other party probably had the same complicated feelings.

"I don't care what other people think, it's stupid." Tom said standing up straight, he glanced in one direction, and Harry noticed that the Malfoys were still nearby and watching them closely.Lucius and Narcissa were restrained, at least they pretended to be studying the clothes of wizards in the past.Draco's eyes are more exposed//, his brows are furrowed, as if trying to solve some riddle.

"For me, there are only the options of obedience and disobedience," Tom opened his arms, and pointed his outstretched right hand at the family's blond wizard. Draco uneasily changed his left and right feet to adjust his body's center of gravity, and was placed on Lucius' shoulders hand blocked.The corners of Tom's mouth lifted into an evil smile, and suddenly a blazing flame appeared between his open palms. The flames looked like a lion, with green eyes and a fiery red mane. Harry watched him growl and open his eyes. Opening his mouth, a fireball sprayed out from inside, heading directly towards Lucius' hair.Lucius' eyes widened in surprise, and he quickly raised his cane and waved it a few times. Not only did the fireball not disappear, but it was getting bigger and bigger.Lucius quickly pulled the cloak over his family, and a moment later, a strong smell of burning filled the air, and there was a washbasin-sized hole in the gorgeous robe.

All the people still gathered on the platform made choked and terrified sounds, and Harry couldn't help feeling that Tom was indeed a powerful wizard, and he could understand the feelings of other people. This was an amazing performance.Wandless magic.A wandless spell cast by a 16-year-old boy.

With a flick of Lucius' wrist, the robe instantly returned to its original appearance. His face was a little pale, and he looked at Tom with evasive eyes. Fifteen minutes later, several wizards in red robes appeared on the platform. They pushed through the crowd and walked up to Tom under the instruction of a chunky wizard. They didn't seem to believe what the people around them said. After all, a It is not uncommon for underage wizards to attack powerful adult wizards in public, especially when boys display extraordinary strength.But they still said with that business-like serious expression: "Marvolo Riddle, we have received a report that you attacked Lucius Malfoy in public, do you accept the charge?"

Tom gave his most charming smile, looking innocently at the Auror in front of him.

"Actually, we were just joking." Lucius took a step forward and successfully attracted the attention of the Aurors. He smoothed the hair that was messed up in the accident just now, straightened his robe, and returned to the original aristocratic style. group.Lucius nodded to the leading Auror: "Shacklebolt."

"Malfoy." The dark brown wizard said with a stiff mouth, "You need to explain what happened just now."

"I'm very grateful for other people's concern." Lucius glanced around the crowd and put his eyes on Shacklebolt again, "Mr. Riddle is a freshman in Slytherin, and the dog told me more than once that he is a very good person." Talented wizard, so taking the opportunity of this meeting, he showed us a little bit, and I must admit it was shocking."

"If the facts are as you said, I don't think it is necessary to interrogate this gentleman," Shaker nodded. "We have other things to do. The wizarding world is not peaceful recently, and several wizards have disappeared."

"I hope you can find those poor people smoothly. If you need it, you can come to the Malfoy family. We are happy to provide material assistance."

Shacklebolt's eyebrows twitched indistinctly, and Harry realized that the Auror didn't treat Malfoy with the respect he showed.

"Then let's say goodbye."

With the disappearance of the Aurors, the crowd of onlookers also dispersed.Tom tilted his head and looked Lucius up and down, the smile on his face didn't decrease by half, which sent a chill down the spine of the wizard being inspected.A frightening young man indeed, Lucius thought, the type he would never want to mess with.

"Tell your master, no matter what he wants, I won't do it." Tom's calm tone became more pleasant when he saw the pale Draco, "I won't do anything to anyone." Even a little charity."

Draco's knees gave way and he fell to the ground.It made him feel hopeless to think that he would have to deal with this terrible wizard for the rest of his life.He suddenly wished that he could get on good terms with the Weasley brothers, that maybe they'd be willing to sell him the nosebleed nougat he skipped class so he could pass out in good standing.