the Gambler

Harry took a peek at Ron and Hermione, who were sitting at the end of the long table, and frowned. He really wanted to make up with them, and he could see their hesitation, but either party couldn't bear to apologize first, okay? , Hermione has her pride, and Harry's side is completely at a loss as to what to do.

"I don't know how to apologize." Harry said awkwardly, and he caught a glimpse of Tom's face, which seemed to be very reluctant to talk about this topic.It made sense, these days they were almost glued together, but whenever it was time to catch his friend's shadow, Harry became restless, and his anxiety affected Tom as well.It was the same now, the dark-haired Slytherin grabbed a piece of Yorkshire pudding and shoved it roughly into Harry's mouth, seeing that Harry was still unmoved, Tom sighed and stretched out his fingers to scrape the maple syrup that had slipped from the corner of his mouth.

"Make up your mind, your show of staring at each other is so captivating, I can't eat breakfast," Tom said dryly. "Oh, don't ask me for advice. Apologies have never been my strong suit." .”

"We need to find a way to defeat Voldemort." Anyway, he couldn't get an answer from the other party. Harry suddenly changed the subject to attract Tom's attention, and the people next to him also pricked up their ears to eavesdrop on the conversation.Harry cast the Silencing Charm casually, and the bubbles just wrapped around the two of them, and everyone outside the barrier showed obvious displeasure.

"You have to find a way to get the soul piece out of your body first, otherwise you can't kill Voldemort." Tom stirred the oatmeal, his tone was as flat as if the person to be killed had nothing to do with him, "You can leave this to me , but you have your own plans."

"Well, I'm going to take advantage of the fact that Voldemort doesn't know I'm a Horcrux yet," Harry whispered. "You didn't tell him, did you?"

"I feel despised, obviously it's more likely to leak secrets from your head," Tom seemed to think of something, he took off the Gaunt ring inlaid with black stones and put it on the table, the ring wrapped the stone The carving suddenly opened slowly, and the unsupported stone rolled to Harry's hand. He picked up the small thing and examined it carefully. Suddenly, an inconspicuous flash of light caught his eyeball.Harry took out his wand, muttered 'Lumos' under his breath, and in the emerald green light, a faint mark appeared on the surface of the stone.He looked at Tom in amazement, who nodded.

"It's the symbol I told you about. It's on both your invisibility cloak and my Gaunt ring. It looks like it's been a few years. That makes sense, it wasn't Grindel in the first place Waugh invented it. I was very interested in why he used this symbol, so I went to the Chamber of Secrets," Tom took out an old copy of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" from his schoolbag, pointing to the last chapter—— The Legend of the Three Brothers - The story explains, "The three Perifer brothers were all powerful wizards, and legend has it that they encountered Death when they were young. Because Death felt angry at being fooled by humans, he designed the three brothers to Each got a treasure, that is, what was later called the holy artifact. It is a special coincidence that there are actually three sacred artifacts recorded in history-the most powerful elderberry wand in the world, the resurrection stone that can bring the dead back to life, and An invisibility cloak from the domain of death."

"Merlin!" Harry exclaimed.

Tom was amused by Harry's performance: "My feeling is not much different from yours. Who would have guessed? The Invisibility Cloak is a triangle, the Resurrection Stone is a circle, and now there is a straight line in the middle, which represents the Elder Wand. .These three things together constitute the Deathly Hallows, and it is also the goal that Grindelwald spent his whole life looking for. He wanted to become the master of Death. The irony is that he lost the only Hallows in the end."

"We have two holy artifacts on hand, where is the third one?"

"Yes, in order to confirm the guess, I checked the pure blood family history. The Gaunt family is the descendant of the second brother Cadmus, and the Potter family is the only great-granddaughter married to the third brother Ignotus. Invisibility cloak. In both families, the Deathly Hallows are passed down by inheritance, and it looks like the Deathly Hallows symbol is Peverell's family coat of arms." Tom pulled another yellowed newspaper from his bag Spread out, in the huge photo on the front page, a handsome blond wizard with a proud smile on his face, holding a wand in the shape of an elderberry that Harry is all too familiar with.Below the photo is Gellert Grindelwald's name.

"Its previous owner was Grindelwald?"

Tom continued to explain: "Yes, the Elder Wand is an exception. It was obtained through a duel. This is connected with Grindelwald's fall, and Dumbledore took over the right to use the Elder Wand from him."

"Does that mean we're distant relatives?" Harry wrinkled his nose. "Well, families throughout the wizarding world are related by blood."

Tom shook his head helplessly: "You've got the point wrong, Harry. I don't know that our being distant relatives has any special impact on our current relationship."

Harry lowered his head in embarrassment, Tom looked at his lover's red ears and suddenly realized where Harry's unconstrained thinking had gone, he couldn't help giggling, pulled Harry into his arms, and kissed each other tenderly On the top of his head: "The Gunter family never cared about blood relationship. When I said I wanted to be with you, I didn't mean to take it back."

"Speaking of which, what does it mean that this ring binds our soul and magic power?"

"Make sure we can't kill each other, and the magic will recognize you as my partner." Tom kissed the tip of Harry's nose. That's why he dared to bet his life in the first place. First, he believed in Harry's feelings for him, and second It was to test the correctness of the conclusion-whether the ring could really guarantee that Harry could not kill himself.Even if he is 90.00% sure, three percent is still too much.And, he was pretty sure Harry's little brain couldn't relate that fact to Dursley's, and his alertness had come about by random chance, so to speak.

Tom has long been aware of Harry's potential, and the ring suppresses the opponent's magic power to a certain extent. He is very confident in Harry's future. If the boy is given enough time, one day he will become his rival.In this case, it is better to use the partner's empty name to tie the other party.Now he was thankful for his foresight, and it was a wonderful idea to 'teach' Harry himself about married life.

"Sometimes your heroism is really repulsive." Tom wrapped Harry in his arms, resting his chin on the boy's head, teasing gleefully, "No wonder Granger and Weasley are mad at you ...I suggest you just tell them your reasons, and they'll come back wagging their tails. Gryffindors are always so easy to understand."

"It warms my heart to hear the awkward concern from you." Harry retorted in the same sneering tone, before his mood darkened, "I don't know how to apologize, Hermione hasn't done anything since Give me a good face. If I tell the reason, it will be in vain, and the two of them will definitely ask to participate."

"I don't think it's a bad thing," put in Tom. "We're always better off with more power. Even though I hate the know-it-all, she does have a brain."

Harry nodded. "I want to tell them where I stand on the war, Tom. They're my best friends."

"You don't need to ask my opinion, remember we are equal." Tom stroked Harry's messy hair, "Just note that the candidates are actually loyal. I guess DA is on your list?"

"Dumbledore's Army last year?" Draco cast a curious look at Harry, "I heard you were the leader?"

Harry nodded proudly. He took out the gold coin from his pocket and threw it into the air. Tom suddenly reached out to catch it and grinned: "First of all, I need all Slytherins to have such a communication tool, it should be Granger It's time for value."

"I always look forward to seeing you together, it's absolutely fascinating." Bryce said cheerfully, this kind of joke was dead in the past, but since Harry and Tom formalized their relationship, The latter looks like the best boyfriend, as long as he is careful not to cross the line, he can still breathe safely until dawn.

"Actually, I found it to be extremely sticky by accident." Daphne stretched out her freshly painted nails to admire, with a happy smile on the corner of her mouth, she winked at Harry, "A good-looking couple, no doubt about it."

"We've always been together." Harry raised half an eyebrow.

"You know what I mean, Harry, don't be shy." Bryce smiled meaningfully, and sighed at Harry and Tom's entangled bodies, "Just imagining it makes me want//burn."

"Oh, Bryce." Tom drawled, with the corners of his mouth raised, but there was no smile in his eyes, "make sure your hands stay in a manageable place, along with your brain and eyes. If you touch Harry , I will make sure that your life is better than death, understand?"

The temperature in the entire Slytherin lounge dropped quite a bit.Bryce clenched his fists, and only then, under Tom's cold gaze, spit out an affirmative answer from clenched teeth.Tom suddenly showed a mischievous bright smile, and moved his head to Harry's shoulders. His lips moved up slowly along the smooth curve. He opened his mouth, grabbed Harry's earlobe and grinded it carefully. During the whole process, his eyes stayed still On Bryce's flushed cheeks.

"Soup—" Harry grabbed Tom's hand firmly.

"Do you want to continue watching?" Ignoring the boy's struggle, Tom half-closed his eyes and murmured. This tantalizing scene made Bryce look dizzy and nodded instinctively.The others were not much better, some indescribable hormonal smell in the air was getting thicker, Tom chuckled and stretched out his left hand to break Harry's chin, pulling him into a fierce kiss, the sound of tsk tsk saliva exchange was breathtaking Blush and heartbeat.He grabbed Harry, who was still dazzled, and pushed him down on the spacious sofa. He used his legs to push aside the boy's coat, and slowly slid his right hand into the shirt to rub along the muscle lines, feeling the gradually warming skin under his palm.

"I don't like this dress." Tom bent down, contrary to his gentle tone, he tore open Harry's shirt roughly, and the buttons jumped out, revealing the boy's vigorous limbs, "You look delicious .”

There were a lot of swallowing sounds from around.

"Stop, Tom!" Harry's panic overflowed when Tom reached for his belt, he didn't care about others hearing Tom's real name, he just wanted to end this weird situation.Merlin!Didn't he have such a perverted hobby in front of the whole Slytherin?Absolutely not!

Tom pulled away from Harry quickly, threw his head back and laughed, making Harry stare at him dumbfounded as if he had been beaten by a troll.Immediately afterwards, the others also woke up from the dazed state, with disappointed expressions on their faces.

"Don't worry, Harry, I never share." Tom straightened up and said cheerfully, although it sounded a bit childish, but it made him happy to be able to show off his beautiful lover openly.

"Go to hell, bastard."

"I love you too, Honey."