mystery lover

After coming out of the stationery store, the boy was attracted by the broomstick placed in the window of the Devis and Bans store diagonally opposite, and Tom naturally followed him.

During last summer vacation, Charles went to watch the final of the Quidditch World Cup with his parents. Later, when he returned to Hogwarts, many students around him were talking about that game. This year, Durmstrang’s top three Tournament warrior Viktor Krum is also particularly popular as a Seeker for the Bulgarian national team.

He remembered that at the beginning of the fourth grade, Lucas dragged himself to join Hufflepuff's Quidditch team, but Lucas was now an official player, and Charles had various problems after the start of this semester. So far, it's still just a substitute.

Speaking of which, the 24th of next month will be the second match of the Triwizard Tournament, followed by the inter-house Quidditch match that Hogwarts holds every year.

"Hey……"

Hufflepuff never seemed to win.

The boy's sudden sigh made Voldemort's eyebrows twitch when he heard it.

"What's the matter?" Voldemort asked, taking the boy into his arms, wasn't he fine just a second ago?

Charles looked up at the man in front of him. He remembered that during Tom's school years, Slytherin had won the Quidditch Championship and the House Cup for seven consecutive years.

"Tom, did you ever play Quidditch?"

Hearing the word Quidditch, Lord Dark Lord frowned instinctively.

Looking at the young man's gloomy eyes, Voldemort pondered for a moment, "Why, you like Quidditch?" Thinking that the young man's eyes seemed to fall on the broomstick outside the door just now, Voldemort became more certain of his guess.

It seems that kids of this age like to play that?Of course Tom Riddle is an exception.

"I like it, I'm still our college's substitute," Charles replied, and said with some embarrassment, "but every year the champion is Slytherin or Gryffindor."

"Gryffindor can also win the championship?" This was a rather skeptical tone.

Consuming the information in Badger's mouth, Voldemort also remembered that in his years of study, Slytherin's Quidditch team had always been overwhelmingly beating other houses.

Hey, who told the Lord Dark Lord not to pay attention to this sport of riding on a broom since then?Now that I hear Charles' popular science, I can't help but feel a little lost.

"Yes, Gryffindor has won the championship for three consecutive years."

"Three consecutive years?!"

hehe.Well done Slytherin.

The dark-haired man's eyes rarely showed a thoughtful look, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Tom...?" Charles suddenly felt the temperature fluctuate around him.

"Hmm." Putting away his expression, the man returned to his usual gentleness, what did he say just now?

"Substitute..." A playful voice sounded in Charles' ear.

"En." The boy's face was a little red, and he picked up a crystal ball placed in the store and looked at it.

"If my Char also participates, then I will go to Hogwarts to watch your game this year?"

After digesting it for a while, the boy said excitedly, "Really, really?"

But wait...

"I'm not good at playing." He scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. It would be too embarrassing if he made a fool of himself and just happened to be seen by the person he likes.

"It's okay, I just went to see you." The black-haired man continued to coax, a red light flashed in his eyes.

As long as his boys were happy, why not let Hufflepuff win?

Hearing Tom's ambiguous words, Charles' face turned even redder, so he didn't notice that he was holding the crystal ball with increasing strength.

It wasn't until the originally transparent crystal ball glowed red that Little Badger suddenly came back to look at the memory ball in his hand.But in the next second, the memory ball in his hand was taken away by the man beside him.

The crystal ball lay in Voldemort's hand, slowly fading back to its original transparent color.

"just……"

Charles looked at Tom. He knew that the memory ball would turn red when the person holding him forgot something, but...it felt strange.

"Did you forget to do your homework?" Voldemort said casually while playing with the crystal ball in his hand, and the expression of the boy in front of him changed drastically after hearing his words.

...Speaking of it, it seems to be like this.

The ignorant and being tricked again Little Badger hung his head in shame.

After leaving the store of Devis and Bans, Little Badger took the man beside him to Zuko's magic joke shop. Although Tom's enthusiasm was not high for a while, Charles still looked at those funny jokes with great interest. s things.

"Tom, don't you like the candy here?"

When passing the Honeydukes candy store, Charles clearly felt the resistance of the men around him.

Voldemort maintained his gentle smile, and said clearly, "Dear Charle, I think as an adult wizard, candy is far away from me."

"Oh." The boy nodded half-understood, "But Principal Dumbledore still likes candy."

"..." Don't compare the taste of that old bee with me!

Little Badger, who was completely unaware of the turbulent tide, quickly shifted his attention, and pointed at the Honeydukes candy store, which was completely different from the usual style, while pulling Tom's finger.

"Tom, Valentine's Day is coming soon." After the boy finished speaking, he looked at the man beside him expectantly.

This is his first Valentine's Day with Tom!

Valentine's Day?

"Do you have any presents you want?" Voldemort said in a daze.

I forgot there is such a thing as Valentine's Day here, Mr. Dark Lord.

"I want to be with Tom." The boy said, with a look of anticipation on his face.

Oh, I think so too, but it's a little off the plan.

Voldemort thought for a while, and finally said, "Charle, I forgot to tell you, I'm going away for a while."

"Ah..." Confused by Tom's sudden news, the young man couldn't hide his disappointment, "Then you should be busy, Tom."

"Well, I'll be back before your birthday." After Voldemort finished speaking, he took the boy's hand and walked towards Hogwarts Castle.

"Well, come back early." After finishing speaking, Charles shook the man's hand as a reminder, "Don't forget my gift!"

Facing Tom's dark eyes staring at him, Charles thought with some expectation that Tom would be back soon after waiting for more than ten days.