the Gambler

It was a sunny afternoon, and the breeze caressed Harry's bare instep. He stepped on the soft soil, followed Tom down the grassy slope, and sat down on the lawn closest to the Quidditch pitch. Head, you can see Ravenclaw in a blue and white uniform whizzing by on a broom.Harry saw Qiu at a glance, and she waved cheerfully to meet his gaze, with a smile as bright as spring on his face, and he couldn't help but return the same smile.

"There's no need to look at her with such enthusiasm. Everyone knows that I'm your boyfriend now, oh, sorry, it's your husband." Tom raised his chin and looked in the direction of the female Seeker. Harry didn't know what she was using. Anyway, Qiu trembled uncontrollably, and quickly turned his head to return to Quidditch training.

"Judging from the rumors you spread, I don't think there are any girls who want to date me." Harry just retracted his gaze from following Qiu before he fell into the rough ocean.Harry is pretty sure he's bisexual, and apparently Tom doesn't think that's information that should be known to the general public, so he's very careless to distort some of it.The effect was immediate, at least now the only ones who gave Harry the winks were the boys.Oh, and Tom's possessiveness is also at the level of the Dark Lord. He recalled the relationship between Grindelwald and Dumbledore described by Aberforth. The former Dark Lord seemed to want to take away everything that could distract the headmaster. In order for the other party to accompany him wholeheartedly to the throne of ruling the world.It bothered a bit, and Harry was sure he wasn't interested in Tom's dreams at all, and wasn't about to sacrifice his bonds with the others.

"Don't worry, I can guarantee that after being owned by me, you won't look at other people again."

"Your modesty is troubling."

"I was born different, there is no need for those hypocritical self-effacing." Tom supported his tilted head with his left hand, tapped his lower lip with his index finger, and Harry noticed that his eyes quickly turned to the direction of the forest and then quickly turned back. .Tom raised his voice, and he deliberately caught Harry's understanding: "I want to have a good talk with you about our position in this war."

"I thought we'd made it pretty clear," said Harry through gritted teeth, "that I have absolutely no intention of going after Dumbledore or Voldemort, if that's the answer you want to know. No, I don't care what anyone else thinks at all, They need to come out of their crusty towers and try to at least stand up to their fears. I'm with you, remember? I know you don't want to be Voldemort's puppet any more than I want to be Dumbledore Lido's weapon. We should think about our future."

"I know, all I want is your promise, Harry, you are the most faithful Gryffindor I have ever met, and I hope you can be the one who stands by my side." Tom took Harry into In my arms, I was so excited that I was speechless.

Harry almost laughed out loud, Tom at his best, a teenage wizard desperate for reassurance from his lover, torn between war, family and love.God, he could imagine the headlines in the Daily Prophet.

Tom closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his beautiful blue eyes glistened in the sunlight, and the corners of his mouth curved into a charming arc: "We need to protect Hogwarts students from Voldemort and Dumbledore, no one can An easy escape from the vortex of war. A latent force is very necessary, and I consider spreading the word: anyone who is willing to support and help us will also be protected by us."

"What do you think our third party should be called?" Harry put his head on Tom's shoulder and poked his lover's chest with his finger, listening to the latter laughing nicely.He loved Tom's wide-eyed smile, which soothed him even in tense moments. Harry had never believed that he would find security in the young Dark Lord, but now he felt that there was no one else. Can make myself feel so happy.Thinking, he stole a glance at Tom, who wrapped his palm around Harry's troubled fingers and put them to his mouth, kissing his fingertips tenderly.

"The Knights of Volpes is a good choice."

"An interesting name." Harry tilted his head. For some reason, his sensitivity to magic has greatly increased, just like at this moment, he can keenly feel the tiny fluctuations of strange magic power somewhere nearby.There is a third party.Harry contacted Tom's previous performance and quickly determined the location of the eavesdropper. He squinted his eyes and looked around unintentionally, and a little red caught his attention.He sighed, Rita Skeeter, besides that gossiping woman, who else would still treat him like a fat dish under such circumstances, wishing to post his every move in the newspaper .

"You're not worried that Voldemort knows?"

"I originally planned to make the entire wizarding world aware of the existence of Volpes." Tom's face was gloomy, his voice trembling with excitement, "I will not allow Voldemort to do anything to Hogwarts, and I will not allow it." The students have Dumbledore behind them like this, and they can't depend on others forever."

"People who are used to being cared for a long time are not so easy to persuade. Maybe we can slow down the pace. Today is a good day, and I would rather take a nap on the grass, what do you say?" Harry looked up, he I saw the familiar beetle crawl out of sight and quickly disappeared into the forest.He had already anticipated the content of tomorrow's news, and Tom had already noticed Rita's existence, and there was nothing to show that this could only mean that this was the other party's expected plan.

Patiently enjoying the feeling of the wind blowing past his ears and lifting his bangs for a while, Harry took out his wand and cast a silencing spell. After making sure that no one was paying attention, he opened his mouth and said, "Wolpeth Knights?"

"In fact, no one other than the original Death Eaters knew that the name was the original title for Voldemort's henchmen. I've checked the identities of anyone who might have known the Knights of Volpes, and it looks like none of them have been unfortunate. Living too long, the fall of Voldemort 16 years ago also caused the death of a large number of elderly people. If my guess is correct, only Voldemort knows this name now."

"What special idea do you have?"

"did you mean?"

"They're the first people you start a relationship with, aren't they? Dependents aren't friends, yes, I get what you mean, but even pets are sad when they die." Harry frowned, he always pushed Tom shows his emotional side. If Tom can share even a little bit of concern for himself with others, it shows that the other party is not completely cold-blooded and ruthless.And the longer we get along, the more Harry feels that he has emotions like a normal human being, but he just hides his emotions too well.

"What answer do you want?"

"What did you really think when you saw them all lose their lives?"

"It's not very comfortable." Tom said sullenly, "This kind of feeling is very complicated, partly because they do occupy certain positions, but they are not irreplaceable. I can tell you clearly that if there are more useful people, I will Will not hesitate to abandon them."

"The other part?"

"Their deaths will remove the barriers that stand in our midst and pave the way to success in the wars that follow, in a way they should be proud of, as they were when they declared their allegiance," he said. Tom's knuckles rattled, his eyes were far and wide, "Voldemort has abused their power."

"What are they claiming?"

"Follow my orders, and devote yourself to the grand ideal of world domination if necessary," said Tom. "Voldemort threw them into the middle of the war only out of revenge for Dumbledore, and they would be of greater use if they were alive. His Ignorance and blindness are disgusting."

"Splitting his soul made him lose his mind, that's what you told me, maybe he wouldn't have done so many evil deeds if he could have kept his head clear at the time." Harry suddenly felt an untimely sympathy for Voldemort, which This feeling also appeared when he knew Tom's life experience. At that time, Dumbledore made a plausible explanation with Tom's own character flaws, but Harry did not fully accept this theory.No one is born evil, is he?

"I know what you're thinking." Tom narrowed his eyes, and Harry could feel the other's displeasure, "It won't change much, if that's the answer you want. Acknowledge it generously, and Voldemort, who has reason, will still Doing evil is probably worse than being insane, because you can't stand up to a scheming psycho. Remember the first time you provoked a Slytherin? There are so many people, so you choose to provoke them, same reason .”

Harry tugged at a blade of grass beside him, but said nothing.

"I'm not as tolerant as you, Harry, you don't need to sympathize with me, because what I do is voluntary," Tom said coldly, "Never paint the image you want, that's what you want What you see is not what actually exists."

Harry swallowed the foreign object blocking his throat, and looked away.What Tom said reminded him of Hermione and the house elves, and now he made the same mistake, imposing his own ideas on others, and even finding high-sounding reasons.

"I know."

"Back to the topic just now, Rita Skeeter is a stupid woman, but her boldness is exactly what we can take advantage of," Tom sat cross-legged on the ground, "In fact, Voldemort will think it's my trick, and we can take advantage of it." You alienate the dark side. After all, the Walpes Knights have special meaning. I think tomorrow's report will make him feel at ease."

"You mean to deliberately disclose this news to the beetle to attract Voldemort's attention?" Harry raised his eyebrows, Tom is indeed a shrewd Slytherin, maybe Voldemort will fall on his hands in the end, "Then he will be more Convincing our position more and more.”

"Glad your IQ is on the line, honey."