Mentor and Friends

The floor-to-ceiling windows of the room were generally opened, and the mild winter sunlight shone into the room, making the whole room full of life.

This made Tom a little uncomfortable.

Whether in the orphanage or in the Slytherin common room, there was no way his room had such bright sunlight.

But he remembered Harry's words, reading in such an environment, he might like it...

Tom closed the door.

Everything here looks new, probably bought recently, maybe furnished for my visit.

Harry clearly knew that he couldn't live here for too long, but the layout of the room was completely prepared for a long-term resident.

Wardrobe, desk, and daily necessities in the bathroom are all available.

People who didn't know thought he was going to live here permanently.

Tom opened the suitcase, put the clothes in the wardrobe, and put some books he had brought in the bookshelves, and then he noticed another chaise longue in front of the French windows.

He walked over and sat on it after a while.

Because of the sudden gravity, the recliner slowly swayed.

Tom looked out the window at the scenery.

It's winter now, so the sun can shine in. In summer, because of the latitude, there will be no sunshine here at eleven o'clock. I have to say that the room Harry arranged for Tom is really good.

Tom lay in the wicker chair, thinking as he shook slightly.

He had only seen these words before at the director of the orphanage. When he didn't know about the wizarding world, he swore that when he grew up, his home would be better furnished than the director's office— ——The place that children of a few years old can see is only the size of an orphanage. The dean used the embezzled money to decorate his own office. Even though Tom disdains her very much, he has to admit that her office is the entire orphanage. The most beautiful place inside—by then his home will definitely have more than one comfortable chair like this.

Then, when he entered Slytherin, those Slytherin sofas, which were a hundred times more comfortable than wicker chairs, took all his eyes.

After seeing the nobility of Slytherin and the extravagance of nobles, he completely put those arrangements of the head of the orphanage behind him.

The more you understand magic, the more fascinated you are by the mystery inside.

The more I have seen the lives of nobles, the more I want to surpass them and become an existence more influential than them.

After he had been fighting for it for several years and had gained a certain amount of power, he suddenly saw everything in front of him and recalled the past. He was surprised that he was not angry with his previous useless self—you know, he has always been He doesn't like being weak, and the life in the orphanage made him understand that being weak and dying are linked!

Just like someone who was killed by him, isn't it because of weakness?

For a long time, Tom refused to recall his former self. For him, he just had to move forward.

And just now, he actually recalled the past again, and even he didn't get annoyed because of it, which was incredible to him.

Tom thought quietly, this was probably the only time he could recall the past calmly over the years, right?

There was a knock on the door: "Tom, come and have lunch." Harry's gentle voice came.

Tom got up from the wicker chair and went to open the door.

"It's packed?" Harry asked with a smile, "I hope you can eat something now, although it's a bit early for lunch now, but I'm starving." Harry turned and went downstairs, Tom immediately followed behind him.

It's really early to have lunch after eleven o'clock, but Harry himself didn't eat anything early in the morning, Tom just ate a small biscuit to fill his stomach, and Ron... Although this guy had already had breakfast, he didn't eat anything. Do not prevent him from having another meal.

Tom took his place under Harry's hospitality.

Harry's lunch was a good one, and though Tom didn't want to describe it like that, he had to say it was much better than a house-elf's.

Slytherins didn't like to talk at the dinner table, and neither did Tom, but then he found that although he didn't talk, he couldn't ask the other two not to talk.

Especially with Ron at this table.

"You know, I almost took Galleon out, I always forget that I need to use pounds when buying things in Muggle supermarkets." Ron said to Harry with a bitter face.

Tom's first conclusion is "stupid", and the second information is "this guy grew up in the wizarding world".

Very well, someone who doesn't know a word of his has already exposed a lot.

"Ron..." Harry said helplessly, "This is not the first time you have gone to the supermarket." Although the supermarket here is very different from the supermarket in his time, at least, it will not make Ron a wizard. The world almost took out the pound.

"But, I went with Hermione at that time." Ron pouted, buddy, you must know that I grew up in the wizarding world, and the few times I entered the supermarket during the seventh grade were to be careful and fast Buy what they lack without being found out.

"If Hermione knows that you have followed her to the supermarket several times but haven't remembered how to pay in pounds, she will definitely throw you into a Muggle and let you struggle for a while before allowing you to come back." Harry Some said helplessly.

Ron is good at everything, but lazy.

He didn't bother to remember anything, if he was willing to work harder, he wouldn't still not know how to survive in the Muggle world.

Obviously, during the period when they were in exile, except for being bewitched by the locket, his overall situation was not very good. At other times, he behaved very well.

Ron shuddered at the thought of a violent friend, but said nothing.

Noticing that Tom was just looking at them and not eating much, Harry asked worriedly, "What's the matter, Tom? It's not to your liking?"

Tom shook his head.

He didn't know what to say.

He was not used to talking at the dining table. Even in the auditorium, except for their Slytherin table, the other three houses were lively and lively, but at least the Slytherin side was deserted.

And the behavior of Harry and Ron just now reminded him of Gryffindor, who could never be quiet at any time!

You know, Gryffindor College has always been very lively, they are always willing to share what they see and say, and let everyone have fun together, unlike the Slytherin side, they are always used to boring a lot of discoveries and knowledge. in the bottom of my heart.

Tom couldn't comment on which of the two houses was right, he could only say that he preferred the Slytherin style.

Just now, the conversation between Harry and Ron as if no one else was there made Tom feel envious.

He thought, this is probably the case between friends, they usually fight and fight, and occasionally, the words reveal a little concern but are covered up by the tone of non-acknowledgment.

For a moment, he couldn't feel disgusted by such noise, and he was fascinated by what they said.

This is really not good news for Tom.

"I don't know what you like to eat. If there is anything you don't like, you must say it, huh?" Harry didn't stop smiling because of Tom's indifference, but asked gently as always.

Tom nodded.

There are some things that he doesn't want to say out loud after all.

Ron on the side didn't speak. In fact, what he said just now was to relieve the tension in his heart.

After all, "same table with Voldemort" is really exciting-well, he knows he is not Voldemort, but you know, human psychology is very strange, the more you don't want to think about it, the more you feel in your heart. The more you take this matter seriously.

So he could only find something to say to relieve his psychological tension, and try his best... to ignore the other party's existence.

He always admired Harry, he could treat each other as another person, Ron still didn't know how Harry did it.

You know, speaking of it, during the year he and Dumbledore were in class, Harry had more contact with the young Voldemort than they did?A few of them only learned about it from Harry afterwards.

But how could Harry have no grievances?

What a miraculous thing.

What Ron didn't know was that under the influence of Dumbledore, Harry's concept of right and wrong was too clear. For him, the difference between black and white was very clear, just like when Harry killed Voldemort, he would not Because Voldemort is also a life, he is guilty of it, because Voldemort killed too many people, because Voldemort killed his parents, and killed him.

Just like when Fudge stepped down, he would not regret anything, because Fudge cared about his own status, and concealed the news of Voldemort's return. His actions would kill many people.

For Harry, he can see many people and things clearly, and he is not vague about many things.

For Harry, Voldemort is Voldemort, and Tom is Tom, even though Tom already has a Horcrux at this time, even though Tom may walk on the path he knows in the future.

However, he was not the one who had a grudge against Harry, and it was not he who killed Harry's parents. They are just a teacher-student relationship now. Maybe Tom will really lose his mind again in the future, but after that, there will naturally be a new one. The savior came to stop him.

Harry is kind, but he is not so kind that he wants to save the whole world. After all, what Harry hates the most is actually the identity of the savior forced upon him by others, isn't it?

After the three settled their lunch, Harry didn't know what to say to Ron. Ron nodded and walked out. Tom stood at the kitchen door, watching Harry wash the dishes. When he didn't even realize it, The words were out: "Maybe I can help you."