HP Nocturne and Evening Bell

Chapter 14

When it came to studying, Hermione didn't allow anyone to procrastinate.The night before Tom made the request, Hermione enthusiastically made a study plan. She found out the textbooks she bought and some recreational reading materials, and even used the "Children's Quidditch Guide" given to Tom as her study content. Turned out.After turning a small sofa in the living room into a study table suitable for Tom's height, she looked at everything in front of her and found that she couldn't figure out what she was thinking. However, she repeatedly warned herself: reject a A book-lover is an unforgivable shame.

It turned out that Tom lived up to Hermione's expectations.Although he was a little surprised when he saw what Hermione had prepared the next day, he quickly calmed down and quickly entered a state of thirst for knowledge.Seeing Tom's neat and smooth notes and precise and unique opinions, Hermione was even more disgusted with Harry and Ron's crooked homework.If she had met Tom in the first grade, she would have realized that she was not a weird outlier, a dull bookworm who could only read books, and she didn't need to cry for others' ridicule.Someone is as smart as her, loves to read, and even absorbs knowledge faster than her.

"So you want me to learn wandless magic?"

"Yes, underage wizards can't have wands until they go to school at 11, so now you're just learning to cast spells without a wand, I know it's hard, but it's very useful, and once you learn it you don't have to rely too much on it A magic wand can save a life at a critical moment."

"Saving a life? Have you been through this?"

"No, I, I'm just making an analogy. Well, I've already told you the key to wandless magic. Now, can you try to levitate the book on the table?"

"Wingardium Leviosa!"

To Hermione's surprise, Tom made the book levitate just by saying the spell for the first time.She only secretly learned wandless magic in the sixth grade. She practiced it many times and tried it over and over again to make the spell work as it should. However, the little boy in front of her just tried it for the first time and succeeded.

Hermione finally realized what it meant to say "the young Dark Lord is brilliant".

Tom didn't react to the success in front of him. Instead, he glanced at Hermione worriedly, and he was secretly relieved when Hermione reacted from the shock and praised him for his cleverness.Hermione looked genuinely happy for him, there was no hidden jealousy or greed in her eyes, reminding him again that Hermione was different, and he finally allowed himself a reassuring smile.

"Tom, since you are so talented, then, I think you can directly learn the primary transformation spell. Can you see what transformed the table in front of you?"

Tom looked intently at the table in front of him, and finally shook his head.

"It doesn't matter. This requires the counter-curse of the Transformation Curse. I will teach you the Transfiguration Curse first. Only when you understand the principle of the Transfiguration Curse can you understand how the counter-curse works. Transfiguration is a fairly good course I learned, and it is also a course in school. One of my favorite courses of all time."

"Hogwarts will teach this class too."

"Yes, the teaching at Hogwarts must be better and more systematic than mine, but for now, please bear with my unprofessional guidance for a while."

Tom nodded, watching Hermione flying in the air to write out the principle of transformation and spell casting skills, he stared at it with bated breath, and quickly recorded it in his mind.

"Okay, Tom, now you try to turn this drinking glass into a cat."

"Animagi!"

A big black cat raised its front paws, circled back and forth four or five times, and finally jumped onto Hermione's shoulder, rubbing her cheek affectionately.Its fluffy tail swept across her eyes, reminding Hermione of Crookshanks' flat face and turmeric hair, and its shaggy body always accompanied her hard study nights.Feeling the same warmth, she was suddenly a little reluctant to turn the cat back, but she could only resist the urge to stroke the big cat's chin again and again, and gently put the cat on the ground: "Tom, you did a very good job." , now please pay attention, this is the counter-curse of the Transformation Curse."

A yellow light flashed, and the cat on the ground became a cup again.

"You like cats very much?" Tom didn't immediately follow Hermione to cast a spell, but raised his head and asked.

"Yeah, I used to have a pet cat that stayed with me for years, just like your Nagini."

Tom didn't ask where the cat was now.

"By the way, where's your Nagini?"

"It was out on the grass and I didn't let it in."

"Is it a poisonous snake?"

"No, Nagini will not initiate an attack unless someone provokes it."

"Tom, I've been having a question. Did you see Rubai that day at the beach?"

Tom was taken aback, he paused, and finally nodded: "Yes, I have."

"Then do you know why Rubai fell off the rock?"

"do not know."

Hermione was silent for a while, and then asked, "Did he say something embarrassing again?"

Tom raised his head sharply, his black eyes deepened, and he clenched his hands: "It's nothing."

"It's all over, Tom, I believe you, Rubai's injury has nothing to do with you, maybe it's just that he was too daring."

Tom understood that Hermione already knew what happened, but didn't expose him.Why?He was even ready for Hermione to tell Mrs Carl.Everything he did was evil in the eyes of others, but Rubai should feel lucky, saying that and being able to stand in the orphanage properly was already the greatest kindness Tom could do.This person who has abused and bullied him since he was young, the punishment he received is so humble, if one day he has greater abilities, he will definitely not let those words come out of the second person's mouth!

Seeing Tom's serious face, Hermione knew that she had triggered the painful memory of the boy in front of her again.She remembered the day when she first came into contact with the world of this orphanage, Rubai's words and deeds had already made her guess the rules of the game in this small world.Harry often mentioned his life at his uncle and aunt's house, and the behavior of that cousin Dali did whatever he wanted, and many times he wanted Hermione to teach him a lesson.She didn't have Harry's smooth mind, lived a life that didn't match her reputation, and endured a shackle-like mission and ending. This boy with emerald green eyes still smiled very warmly.

Hermione's eyes passed over the bookshelf against the wall, the wooden glass window frame, and finally landed on the desk in front of her. She bent down to pick up the book on the table, and smiled again: "Tom, this "Children's Quidditch Guide "Do you like it? I can go buy a kid's broom and flyball set."

"I don't think it's necessary." Tom's face was a little exciting.

"What? Don't you like the sport of soaring into the sky? Boys are crazy about it."

"I don't think it's a comfortable way to fly." Tom struggled to form his words.

Hermione almost laughed out loud in her heart, no wonder there was no record of Quidditch awards in the Hogwarts school history room, although there was Tom's honor medal and the badge of the student council president. It turned out that the young Dark Lord was still not good at It's not very comfortable to go to his place: "I think compared to Apparation and Knight Bus, flying on a broomstick is actually quite comfortable, trust me."

Tom ignored Hermione's hesitation, he wouldn't admit it, he thought flying up and down on a sweeping tool looked - pretty stupid.He shook his head: "I think I still need to review the spells I have learned, Hermione, it's time for you to cook."

Hermione immediately grimaced.

"Perhaps, you could teach me cooking spells?" Tom suggested.

"No, no, I can do it well. Mrs. Watson has taught me many times." Hermione sighed, asking a child to cook, she would feel that she was child abuse.She must be able to cook delicious meals, which is no problem for Miss "Know it all"!

Picking up her little notebook for recording recipes, Hermione walked towards the kitchen ambitiously.

With [-] points of care and seriousness, after an hour, she finally brought out a fairly successful "work" - an apple pie and a large portion of mashed potatoes, poured two cups of hot milk, and Hermione took Tom from Pulled up on the stool next to the bookshelf.

"Eat, read a book after eating."

Tom closed "The Alchemist's Wonderful Journey" with a lot of enthusiasm, and followed Hermione to the restaurant.

"It tastes great, Hermione."

"Really?" Knowing that there was an exaggeration, Hermione still smiled happily.

Tom looked at the happy Hermione in front of him, but felt a little gloomy in his heart. It had been several days since he came to Hermione's house, and his illness was getting better gradually, and he had no reason to stay any longer.He didn't expect that once he knew how it felt to be warm, the cold would become even more unbearable.

Seeing that Tom didn't say a word, Hermione also guessed something, she took a deep breath, looked straight into Tom's black eyes: "Tom, would you like me to adopt you?"

A fork falls to the ground.