Mentor and Friends

Tom didn't know how he felt now, he looked at the cake as if he was looking at a monster.

It can be said that he never had a birthday, not when he was in the orphanage, and he didn’t want to when he was at Hogwarts. Abraxas knew his habits well, so he just sent him a gift every year. After all, He forgot all the presents that Abraxas sent this morning in a corner.

He thought it was a Christmas present then.

He has always separated Christmas from his birthday.

He may remember Christmas, but not his own birthday.

But on this day that he can't even remember, someone made a special trip to celebrate him, even if that person couldn't be there for some reason.

Tom watched Ron light a candle and walked over involuntarily.

Ron felt awkward not wanting to sing happy birthday to Tom, and characters like Moody and Tom couldn't expect them to sing happily.

So they watched the candles burn quietly like this, and after a while, Ron spoke.

"Tom, make a wish." Ron said, he wondered in his heart, could Tom's wish be to make all seven Horcruxes in his mind as soon as possible.

Then he stuck out his tongue behind their backs.

It seemed a strange thing to watch him go bad just like that.

I have to say that Tom is a very good student. There is no reason why the professor doesn't like such a studious and good student, just like his friend, Hermione.

"Wish?" Tom blinked. Ron originally thought he would disdain such things, but he didn't expect Tom to ask: "How many more?"

He didn't intend to make seven wishes, each wish was related to Horcruxes, right?

Ron thought in horror, and forgot to answer for a moment.

"It is said that there are three." Moody in Gryffindor has seen a lot of wishes made by the members of the college on their birthdays. "The third is the most effective. It doesn't matter if you say the first two. Just keep the last one in your heart."

Then, Ron looked at Tom in amazement and actually closed his eyes.

This is... making a wish?Ron was a little speechless, he didn't really put his wish on the purpose of "flying away from death", did he?

Ron was only half right.

Tom did make three wishes, and they were still related to his Horcrux, the first two wishes were like this.

He hopes that he can complete the production of Horcruxes, and he also hopes that he can find out the whereabouts of the Big Four before graduation.

But the third wish, even he himself did not expect that he would put such a wish in the most likely position in the legend.

Hope Harry is ok...

It was because of this wish that he made the first two, otherwise, making birthday wishes or something would be nonsense in his opinion.

Tom can put this wish first or second, although the first two wishes can be said out loud, but if you don't want to, no one is forcing you.

But when Tom himself was unconscious, his most important wish was to hope that Harry, who had been away for many days, was safe and sound.

It's ridiculous, Harry's magic power is so strong, how could something happen?

Tom mocked himself so much, but he still prayed to Merlin worriedly.

This is the first time he has done such a thing. You know, even though the dean and the nanny asked them to believe in God in the orphanage, in his heart, he really disdained them.

Unexpectedly, he also had the day of praying.

Tom opened his eyes, but suppressed the sarcasm in his eyes.

Ron blew out the candles and cut the cake.

There was a Christmas dinner on the table, and without Harry, Ron was busy all by himself, and had to rely on Moody's help for a lot of food.

Tom ate his dinner gracefully. Ron was not used to talking to Tom at the table, but he and Moody were more talkative.

Tom didn't like sweets, though he swore when he was little that he'd go back and eat them when he got out of the orphanage and had money.

But that was just out of wanting to be left behind, there was no reason why he hadn't eaten those things, and it was impossible for Tom to bear being talked about without knowing anything.

He doesn't like to eat sweets, but he actually has cake as his main meal for dinner all night.

He looked at the cake in front of him, which was the second piece.

No one was fighting with him, Ron and Moody were attacking other things, sweets were probably just a snack for them, no one would treat sweets as a meal, and Tom was naturally the same, this was the first time he did this. Do it, when he himself doesn't even understand why he wants to do this.

Greasy cakes are very filling, and Tom was full after eating the second cake.

He took the juice and drank it one after another. Although he was full, he didn't want to go upstairs so soon, because the topic of chatting between Ron and Moody made him unable to get up.

"Ron likes pumpkin juice?" Moody saw Ron preparing pumpkin juice on the table. "Is it good?"

"I don't like it, I prefer other juices," Ron shook his head, "Harry is the one who likes pumpkin juice, that guy has a fledgling plot, he drank pumpkin juice when he first came to Hogwarts, It looked like something out of this world, and he's been loving pumpkin juice ever since."

And of course, pumpkin pie.

Probably really a fledgling plot.

Apart from the snacks on the train, the first meal Harry ate at Hogwarts, among other foods, was pumpkin pie, which he ate the most. Since then, he has fallen in love with pumpkin pie, And pumpkin juice from the same family.

"He doesn't like it so much if you let him eat other things, of course, except for snacks." During the period when they were fleeing to find the Horcrux, pumpkin pie was also their dry food, easy to carry and store, and also Easy to fill up.

"But Harry didn't come back tonight."

"When the guy's patron saint sent a message, he said he would be back within two days. Who knows how many days ago he was the patron saint?" Ron rubbed his nose.

Harry's Patronus is extremely powerful. In order to test Harry's magic power, Hermione and Draco specially asked Harry to become a Patronus, and then cut off the supply of magic power to see when the Patronus disappeared.

As a result, they waited for a full seven days before the physical body of the Patronus faded, which made Draco scold Harry on the spot as "pervert".

I have never seen a patron saint that can last that long, and it is still a physical patron saint. After cutting off the supply of magic power, it can survive for so long, which is enough to show how powerful Harry's magic power is.

The patron saint who conveyed the message disappeared after the message was conveyed. Naturally, Ron could not think that it was time for the patron saint, but that the patron saint had finished his task, so it happened.

Ron didn't know when Harry would come back, but it was probably during this period, so he prepared Harry's favorite food while making dinner.

Tom tilted his ears, trying to get the information he wanted from the chatter between the two.

"What is Harry doing here?"

"Ha, I'm busy with something." Ron said haha, he still knew what to say and what not to say.

"..."

"..."

The ensuing conversation had already covered other places, and the only news that Tom found useful was that Harry would be back soon.

He felt excited all over his body.

This feeling only appeared when he learned that he was a descendant of Slytherin. At that time, every cell in his body was really clamoring for so-called happiness.

Ron and the others were still chatting. Most of the food on the table was swept away by Ron alone. Tom rarely doubted that it was a miracle created by Merlin that he could still see such a thin Ron by eating in this way.

He looked at his cake, thinking about how to sneak away from Ron, he wanted to leave some for Harry, and then keep the rest for himself.

He never likes to hand over his things to others.

Unfortunately, Ron is still on Tom's "outsiders" list, even though he ordered the cake.

Moody left just after eleven o'clock, Ron was clearing the plates and Tom had his own cake.

At this time, there was a sudden sound outside the door, as if someone was apparating outside the door.

Then, a tired voice came in: "Ron."

It was Harry's voice.

Tom felt his whole body clamoring to get up and open the door.

He wanted to...see Harry first.

But before he could move, the door opened by itself, and Harry in a blue robe walked in.

"Back?" Ron stood up immediately, "Dude, are you okay?" He said, increasing the flame in the fireplace.

"It's okay, but I'm a little tired." Harry put his coat on the sofa, and he wore Muggle clothes underneath, which were a little thin. Tom remembered the day Harry left, the weather was not as cold as today, and Harry's clothes It's very simple, when he went out, he just took a coat casually, so he should have cast the warming spell on himself these few days.

"Come over and get something to eat first, or do you want to go up and take a shower first?" Ron asked.

"Let's eat first, and I'll go to bed after I take a shower. I haven't slept well these few days." Harry's expression was full of exhaustion. He often traveled at night when he was a student, and he often stayed up late at night during the war, but this It won't have much impact on him the next day.

However, he consumed a lot of mana during this period. He hadn't slept in the past few days, and he was really unable to hold on.

"Come over to eat, you should be glad I prepared your favorite pumpkin pie." Harry probably didn't like greasy things very much at this time.

Tom was looking up at Harry just as he walked past.

A gentle smile appeared on Harry's tired face: "Tom, happy birthday."

"Thank you," said Tom. "You look very bad."

"It's just a lack of sleep." Harry rubbed his forehead. He not only didn't sleep but also didn't eat recently. If this continues, his stomach will probably protest against him. In the past, even if Uncle Vernon didn't let him eat enough , but it won't make him hungry, he didn't even suffer from stomach problems during the war, don't wait for this time period to appear, it's not fun, Hermione will kill him first.

"Dude, you haven't eaten for a few days?" Ron looked at Harry's face under the light with some surprise, "You probably won't be able to enjoy many things tonight."

There is a lot of food tonight, but Harry hasn't been able to eat well for many days, and now he can't bear to eat something too greasy all at once.

Harry went to wash his hands briefly, and then sat down in front of the unpacked pumpkin pie very consciously.

Compared with other foods, pumpkin pie is considered light.

Even though Harry was extremely hungry, he didn't gobble it up. He chewed his food slowly. Tom really didn't understand what was so delicious about pumpkin pie, but he just heard Ron say that Harry's favorite seemed to be it?

Tom thought about it a little.

"By the way, Tom, this is your birthday present." Harry suddenly remembered something when he was halfway through eating, and took out a small package.

It looked like it was the result of Transfiguration, because Tom knew Harry wasn't very good at deforming small objects, but at least Harry could make it look like a box.

Tom took the so-called gift and opened it curiously.

Inside was an inconspicuous stone, but it made Tom's eyes shine.

"obsidian?"

He even cried out in surprise.

"I remember you said that you were researching this some time ago. It happened that the place where I went to do business had this, so I brought it back for you. I think you should be satisfied with this birthday present." Harry said.

He was more than satisfied, this gift was already a pleasant surprise for him!

Tom looked at the stone in his hand, and he even couldn't help laughing.

In addition to studying Horcruxes, he also encountered another academic problem. If he can prove that he is an idea, then he can definitely get a medal of the Order of Merlin, even if it is a third-class medal, it can be regarded as his honor. After all, at his age, it's rare to have a third-class Medal of Merlin, isn't it?

Even Dumbledore didn't get the badge at the age of 16.

But because the materials needed for research are too difficult to find, even if there are corresponding materials in Knockturn Alley, he doesn't have the financial resources to pay for them.

Although he was unwilling, he had no choice. He found other items, but he couldn't find obsidian. Malfoy's basement did have them, but he wouldn't talk to Abraxas.

Because this means that he will bear a great deal of favor.

Owing to Malfoy, this is extremely unbearable for Tom, and he hopes to be on an equal footing with the Malfoy family.

At that time, when he was looking for Harry to ask some questions in the library, he mentioned a few words in passing. He didn't expect that Harry didn't shake his head and deny his idea or say that he was doing something outside his sphere of influence.

Harry had praised his ideas then, and had even done himself a favor by correcting some of the mistakes in his thinking.

I just laughed and said nothing about the materials I mentioned.

It didn't occur to him that Harry had written it down.

And he even actually went to find the materials for him.

"I remember that obsidian is hard to get?" The place where obsidian is formed is not only surrounded by many poisons, but it is also not easy to divide it.

"It's okay, if you really want to get it down, it's actually not too difficult." Harry said with a smile, "I think you may need him very much." Except that he won't help Tom understand the knowledge about Horcruxes, the others He was more than happy to help Tom, "I met it when I was looking for something, and I brought it back for you."

You go to find something... Tom really wants to ask Harry, what dangerous thing did you do to meet this thing?

"Don't you like it?" Harry asked with some doubts, looking at Tom's expression.

Tom shook his head.

How could he not like it, he just couldn't put it down for the little stone.

With him, he will be able to take another big step forward in life, and one day, he will be able to rely on his own strength to realize his own ideas.

"Thank you." Unlike what he said to Ron before, he was closer to a formulaic thank you then, but now...

He clearly knew how dangerous the place where the obsidian appeared was, and what kind of people lived near the obsidian, even though Harry repeatedly emphasized that he was just passing by that place on an errand, found the obsidian by the way, and brought it back.

Tom wanted to laugh a little, if he could bring it back so easily, there wouldn't be so few obsidian on the market.

To remove the obsidian, not only must you pay attention to the magical creatures that haunt it, but also the cutting of the obsidian is very particular. If the cutting method is wrong, then the entire obsidian will be completely useless, and most importantly, cutting obsidian There was a special spell, and that spell used too much magic.

Tom had tried to use the spell at that time, even though he didn't have obsidian in front of him, but he still wanted to learn how to use the spell.

Maybe one day he will meet him when he travels or something, and then it will be easier to handle then, isn't it?

He tried to use that spell, but unfortunately he couldn't last long with that spell, which could drain all the magic power of a fourth grade student in 5 minutes.

And the drained mana wasn't even enough to cut the obsidian from the fist.

But the obsidian Harry gave him, he needed to hold it with both hands.

This made him have to look directly at Harry's magic again.

It was just astounding.

It is really incredible that such a thin body contains such a huge magic power.

but……

But this kind of Harry wouldn't be easily injured, would he?

Harry watched Tom smile and couldn't help but be taken aback.

This was the first time he had seen Tom show such an overt emotion.

But I always feel that this kind of Tom seems to be more humane.

Harry felt he could finally relax.

He still remembered his first real birthday, when Hagrid came to pick him up.

At that time, even though part of the cake Hagrid brought was crushed, even if the food was just a simple baked ham, he still enjoyed eating it.

That was his first real birthday.

He felt very happy at that time.

He knew about Tom's past. It would be nice if Tom wasn't ordered to work when he was in the orphanage. How could he have a good birthday?

As for going to school, Tom, a good student, devoted most of his time to the library. Harry remembered how he felt when he celebrated his first birthday, and he hoped that Tom could experience it too.

To be honest, even if Harry says on the surface that he doesn't care, Tom's future has nothing to do with him. After all, this world is not his world. Even if Tom really becomes the Voldemort in his memory in the future, there will still be a second savior to stop him.

But the more he got along with Tom, the more Harry felt sorry.

If Tom is on the right path, even if he studies the dark arts, his achievements will not be worse than Dumbledore.

It's just that he ended up taking that path, lost his nature, lost himself.

It has to be said that it is extremely regrettable.

Harry remembered what Dumbledore had said to himself, that Voldemort's greatest failure was that he didn't know how to love.

He disdains your mother's love for you, so he is destined not to win.

At that time, Harry also thought, if Voldemort had felt what love was when he was young, would he have grown into the stubborn and crazy character he had when he entered Hogwarts?

This answer is destined to be unsolvable, because this is obviously the case with Tom now.

It's just that Harry himself is unconsciously trying to redeem something, even though he said he doesn't want to interfere too much.

But people, aren't they just hard-spoken and soft-hearted sometimes?

Look, that's all he did, but Tom was obviously very happy about it.

Harry thinks this is really good, although he can't redeem anything, but he has really done a lot of things without knowing it.

It's just that Harry didn't feel that way at this time.

To paraphrase Draco's evaluation of Harry, "This guy always wants to save the world. Even if there is still a poor man in the wizarding world, he thinks that he, the savior, has not fulfilled his duty."

It was Draco's sarcasm that he couldn't see that Harry was always working hard for the wizarding world, which was approved by Hermione for the first time.

Harry thought that Tom was happy at this time because he could finally complete the experiment he had mentioned to him at that time. When Harry heard Tom mention it, he knew that the publication of this research would shock the wizarding world in this period.

But Harry doesn't know that Tom's happiness is not only because he can conduct his own research after getting the obsidian, but the bigger reason is because he...