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Chapter 234 Back...Tom

"The girls from Beauxbatons are all very beautiful girls, which really surprised me."

"Now, welcome to our next guest, Durmstrang School."

This time was different from before, after the professor finished speaking.

There was silence outside the door for a few seconds before the sound of footsteps suddenly appeared.

The men from Durmstrang each carried a long stick.

As they walked, they shook the sticks in their hands.

Dazzling golden light appears on the stick, and the effect it brings is incomparable.

"The Durmstrang School is a pure-blood school in Germany."

"Why a pure-blood school?"

Hermione asked curiously, one of the boys she saw walking over just now glanced at him.

This aroused some curiosity in her.

"The students enrolled at Durmstrang School are all purebloods, every one of them."

There was a flash of sharpness in Draco's eyes, but it was well hidden by him.

What is more meaningful than being stupid to let those ignorant people find the truth?

He... had a great idea.

After the students flashed by, a tall and mighty man walked towards Professor Dumbledore.

Although this tall and mighty man was a few grades behind Ms. Maxim, it was not difficult to see that he was actually a very strong man.

Professor Dumbledore was not looking at him.

What he looked at was the young man of fifteen or sixteen years old standing behind this mighty man.

The familiar appearance and familiar smile made him feel a little dazed for a while.

"Tom..."

He whispered softly, the trance in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by a trace of solemnity.

Harry looked over consciously, just in time to see the young man's eyes looking over.

The eyes of the two paused for a second in mid-air, and then they staggered, as if it was just an illusion.

"Karkaroff, you really gave me a big surprise."

Dumbledore looked away at Karkaroff as he walked into the antechamber, with a certain scrutiny in his eyes.

But facing Dumbledore's strange gaze, Karkaroff just smiled lightly, and said as if he didn't notice it at all.

"I didn't expect, Albus, it seems that my meticulous preparation today can surprise you so much."

"Professor Dumbledore, hello."

The young man standing beside Karkaroff greeted Dumbledore very politely.

In fact, after seeing the young man, Snape on the professor's chair picked up his wand.

Professor McGonagall narrowed his eyes slightly, with a feeling of calmness.

As two people who knew the young man, they both felt that the young man was not kind.

"Won't you introduce me to the one standing next to you?"

Dumbledore looked away from Karkaroff's face and looked at the young man who kept smiling.

"Of course!"

The corners of Karkaroff's mouth turned up, and there was an inexplicable look in his eyes.

"The one standing next to me is the best student of our Durmstrang School and the future professor of Muggle Studies——Tom Gaunt."

"I didn't know that your Durmstrang School was going to teach a course called Muggle Studies, Karkaroff."

"Albus, you should understand that wizards have to keep up with the times, or they will be abandoned by this era. We have fallen too far behind, and don't know much about those muggles who have never met but are everywhere. , this is bad news."

After finishing these words, Karkaroff subconsciously turned his head, wanting to see Tom standing beside him.

But the moment he turned his head, he seemed to have remembered something, and stopped his actions.

It was only some tiny movements that Dumbledore discovered.

"We need some change. All the wizards look at us at Durmstrang and say it's a dead school with old ideas and sniffing at changes from the outside world, but not now, Albus. ...not now."

"Sounds like good news."

Dumbledore replied.

"But those pure-blood families probably won't let you succeed."

"Believe me, Albus, they will not stand in the way, nor will they stand in the way of Durmstrang's rise."

Karkaroff said something meaningful.

Dumbledore narrowed his eyes slightly, and naturally looked at the young boy standing next to him with a smile on his face all the time.

Have those pure-blood families... already been dealt with?

He thought deeply, but he thought about what happened recently.

There is no news that anyone from those pure-blood families died.

Could there be some information that he didn't know?
"It seems that you paid a high price for this."

"To be successful, some price is necessary."

The eyes of the two intersected, and Dumbledore noticed the firmness in Karkaroff's eyes, and he seemed to be a different person.

From being a coward, to now he is ready to dedicate himself to the world of his dreams at any time.

This change made Dumbledore, who had always understood what Karkaroff was, a little dull for a while.

When did the change start?
Dumbledore subconsciously turned his head and looked at the young man.

In a daze, he seemed to see the young man saying "Long time no see, Professor" to him, but after withdrawing his thoughts, Dumbledore subconsciously replied.

"Long time no see, Tom."

Ordinary is like when two friends who haven't seen each other for many years meet together, while they are stunned, they also have the joy of seeing each other in their hearts.

It's just that this joy is more or less mixed with some complications.

Just as Dumbledore thought he would never come back here.

I didn't think about it, but it appeared.

"You shouldn't have come back."

After looking at him for a long time, Dumbledore popped out this sentence.

The people around didn't think it was very strange, only the three people present could feel the peace of this place among the cheering and shouting around.

Underneath the calm are rough sea waves.

It may be set off at any moment, blowing the balance maintained at a pitiful level.

"There's nothing you should or shouldn't, Professor."

The young man raised his head, and there was a strange look in his eyes.

"I feel that person's goal is on Hogwarts. I come back this time to make a final decision."

"Make a complete break with the old me, and then enjoy my new life."

After Tom finished speaking, Dumbledore was still staring at him.

It seems that he wants to keep this face in his heart and keep it in his memory forever.

But he was familiar with Tom himself.

Dumbledore turned, and Karkaroff breathed a sigh of relief, the thrill of bringing his enemy up against him.

"Welcome to Hogwarts, this will still be your home."

His voice came from the front, and Tom froze for a moment when he heard Dumbledore's words.

"Thank you!"

(End of this chapter)