"Special Contribution Award?" Of course Tom had heard of this award, but his impression of it was that only Tom Riddle had ever won this award. Tom Riddle was awarded the Special Contribution Award for "solving" the secret room incident.
It’s a bit awkward to have such a senior on the list of winners.
Just like a historical story said, a king liked to invite his warriors to drink from his treasured ivory cup. But since he let a little man who sucked his hemorrhoids also drink from that cup,
No warrior is willing to drink from this cup.
So Tom's feelings towards this award are very subtle. However, other little wizards don't know these twists and turns. They only know that Tom and Hermione seem to be included in the school history.
And they will indeed be recorded in school history.
Hermione's face flushed with excitement. As a familiar reader of "Hogwarts: A School History", she naturally knew what the "Special Contribution Award" was. This was not a small award that fooled people, but
It is an award given to those Hogwarts students who have made outstanding contributions to the school. Her and Tom's names will be engraved on the golden medals and displayed in the school's prize display room for future generations to admire - if anyone
If you go and see it.
Compared with this kind of treatment, anything like extra points is child's play.
Everyone present cast envious glances at Tom and Hermione. Percy's eyes even popped out of his head. As the student council president, he could also leave his name. Wouldn't it be nice to leave his name one more time?
better?
It's just a pity that opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared...
After finishing the story, Professor McGonagall left the podium. Taking advantage of her "still lingering power", Tom ran out of the auditorium ahead of Hermione, leaving Hermione in the auditorium to deal with the enthusiasm of her classmates.
He caught up with Professor McGonagall.
"Mr. Yodel, do you have anything else to do?" Professor McGonagall heard the footsteps behind her and stopped, looking at Tom seriously.
Her gaze made Tom panic. It felt like he was facing the head teacher. Even though he had done nothing wrong, he was still subconsciously afraid.
"Professor, I have a guess about my patron saint. I would like to ask you to verify it for me." Tom swallowed, forced himself to calm down, and told Professor McGonagall what he wanted.
"Of course, I'm happy to." As Tom expected, Professor McGonagall did not reject him. She also had a strong interest in Tom's Patronus. Patronuses in the form of magical animals are very rare, and the two guardians
It is unheard of for gods to be magical animals with the same shape. Even if the relationship between the two is relatively special, it is difficult to explain this kind of thing. You know, most couples have different patron saints.
Professor McGonagall found an empty classroom and walked in with Tom.
She waved her wand and cleared a large space in the classroom. Then she looked at Tom and made a "please" gesture.
"Calling the Guardians!" Tom waved his wand and summoned a silver mist.
Is the emotion not strong enough? Professor McGonagall looked at the shapeless mist and frowned: The situation on the day of the game was indeed rare. In that state, it was normal for Tom's curse to explode.
But how to get Tom to recall his state that day has become a problem that stumps Professor McGonagall.
"Yodele——"
"Professor, can you summon your patron saint?" After Tom's conjecture was initially verified, he immediately started the second stage of proof. Now he needs someone to summon the patron saint in front of him.
If your patron saint can also transform, then your patron saint can really be a Boggart.
"Of course!" Although he didn't understand why Tom Yoder wanted to see his Patronus, Professor McGonagall still used the Patronus Charm to summon his tabby cat Patronus.
Then something shocking happened to her: the silver mist summoned by Yodel gradually turned into the appearance of her patron saint, even the patterns around the eyes were exactly the same.
"This..." Professor McGonagall was so surprised that she couldn't speak. At this time, the name of a creature appeared in her mind: Boggart.
"Your patron saint is a Boggart?!" Professor McGonagall looked at Tom in surprise.
"Maybe, maybe not, but my patron saint can indeed imitate the form of other people's patron saints."
"Merlin!" Professor McGonagall felt that she had been shocked more in the past two days than she was in a year.
"I never thought I would see such a patron saint in my lifetime!" Professor McGonagall felt that she would die soon after hearing about it.
But Tom's experiment was not over yet. He looked at the two patron saints carefully, trying to find signs of their fusion. But he failed.
The two patron saints came close to each other, and after getting familiar with each other through repeated trials, they started playing together. But even if they hugged each other and rolled around, they had no tendency to merge.
Therefore, Tom's Patronus can only have that strange connection with Hermione's.
"Professor, do you know the reason why Hermione and I's Patronus changed on the court yesterday?" He decided to ask Professor McGonagall directly.
"I don't know," Professor McGonagall said simply, "but Albus has speculated that the magic of love between you and Hermione has caused unprecedented changes in your Patronus."
"The magic of love?"
Professor McGonagall nodded, "The most mysterious, profound and ancient magic in the magic world. In fact, the more advanced the magic, the more intense emotional fluctuations are required. For example, the Unforgivable Curse that uses negative emotions. For ordinary little wizards
Adult wizards are not that afraid of the Unforgivable Curse, because if negative emotions cannot be mobilized correctly, the effect of those spells will be greatly reduced. For example, the Killing Curse, which can cause death when touched, is a nosebleed at best when cast by an ordinary wizard.
degree. The opposite is the Patronus Charm that utilizes positive emotions.”
Professor McGonagall revealed the most profound corner of magic to Tom, allowing him to see the key elements of the most advanced magic.
"The Department of Mysteries has been studying 'love', the most powerful force in history. If you are interested in it in the future, you can go there and visit. They will be very interested."
"I will go." Tom wrote down this location. The Department of Mysteries is one of the most mysterious places in the wizarding world. It even existed before the Ministry of Magic, and it is most likely a legacy left by ancient wizards to future generations.
It's just a pity that the inheritance of wizards is broken. The wisdom left by countless ancient wizards has been lost in the long river of time - such as the production method of time turner, such as the true use of runes. And such a gap will be invisible to the naked eye.
Visible expansion.
Dumbledore personally destroyed the method of making Horcruxes, and most young wizards have never even heard of the term. It is conceivable that one day, wizards will completely forget about the evil invention of Horcruxes.
Modern wizards are like the Ottomans living in Constantinople, enjoying the city built by the Romans, but they don't even know how to maintain the drainage system of the city below them, and can only watch it fade away little by little.
Decay in time.
After verifying his conjecture, Tom said goodbye to Professor McGonagall politely. Then he saw a resentful Hermione outside the auditorium.
"You shouldn't have left me," she said a little irritably, "those people are chattering and asking endless questions, and I am almost annoyed to death by them!"
"The troubles of happiness."
"Tom, you-"
…
It took some energy from Tom to appease Hermione. After sending Hermione back to the common room, Tom set off for the principal's office. His next actions needed Dumbledore's support, or in other words, Dumbledore needed to know.
Tom, who was at the door, took about three minutes to guess the password for the office and entered the empty principal's office.
Just like there is no wife in the wife cake, there is no principal in the principal's office, only Fox is squatting on the sycamore branch to rest.
Tom took out a piece of prepared basilisk jerky and handed it over.
"Fawkes, do you know where Dumbledore is?"
Fox: Hen
Tom:……
Forget it, after all, he is the most powerful old wizard in the magic world. He should still know if he enters his office - even Umbridge, the old witch, will set up a guard in his office. Dumbledore's office
Undefended? Tom didn't believe it.
He found a chair and sat down leisurely, closing his eyes and concentrating. Soon, a kind voice came from behind him.
"I wonder if the password for my office is too simple."
Tom turned around and saw Dumbledore standing at the door of the office, looking at him with a kind face.
Although he said the password was simple, Dumbledore never changed it to another password, which was a hint. Tom was the one who got the hint - he thought so.
As a person who has undertaken many tasks, it is normal to have some privileges.
"Professor, I have an idea."
"Oh? I'm all ears." Dumbledore sat down opposite Tom and looked at him with interest.
"Professor, what do you think of dementors? I believe you should have heard about what happened yesterday."
A trace of well-hidden anger flashed through Dumbledore's eyes behind his half-moon glasses. He said slowly: "I am discussing with the Ministry of Magic how to punish dementors and break into Hogwarts.
This is unacceptable to us."
"But it didn't go well, didn't it?"
Tom's words made Dumbledore fall into silence. He wanted the Ministry of Magic to remove the dementors, but they firmly refused. They believed that the key to catching Sirius Black lay in Hogwarts.
Sirius was hiding in Hogwarts. They even hoped that Dumbledore would allow the dementors to conduct a thorough search of Hogwarts.
Of course, it was impossible for Dumbledore to agree, so the negotiations reached a deadlock. If things go on like this, it is very likely that the dementors will not receive any punishment. Unless Dumbledore personally uses the Patronus to teach them a lesson.
"I can communicate with them." Tom told Dumbledore the news.
"That's surprising." Dumbledore raised his eyebrows.
"So I hope to be a bridge of communication between the school and the dementors. I believe that after yesterday's incident, I have proven that I have enough ability to protect myself."
Dumbledore tapped the table regularly with his slender fingers, "Dementors are one of the ugliest things in the world. They haunt the darkest and filthiest places, and they live in decay and despair... Photo
When the dementor is close, all the good feelings and all the happy memories will be sucked out of you. If possible, the dementor will suck you until you are like it, soulless and full of evil. You will only have one life left.
The worst experiences I've ever had. Tom, you should understand what they are."
"Yes, Professor." Tom naturally knew what dementors were like.
"How do you plan to communicate with them? When they try to break into Hogwarts to eat again, are you sure you can stop them?"
"Yes." Tom said decisively.
"The Patronus Charm?" Dumbledore's eyes became slightly confused, "Then I can do it too."
"No, it's to satisfy their desires." Tom looked into Dumbledore's eyes, and their eyes met. Soon, Dumbledore closed his eyes.
"Tom, sometimes your ideas are too outrageous... This solution can even be said to be crazy. In fact, it has seriously violated the "Confidentiality Act"
"Muggles can't see dementors! We can also modify their memories!" Tom was a little dissatisfied with Dumbledore's conservatism. In his opinion, it was still better to plunder hundreds of scum from all over Europe who deserved to be imprisoned for life.
No problem. These scum will be kept in prison and become food for the dementors. The obedience of the dementors whose desires are satisfied will also be greatly improved.
"It has nothing to do with this, kid. Today you just put the most vicious people in jail, but what about the future? I'm worried about you."
Obviously, Dumbledore was a little scared. He was afraid that the Tom in front of him would turn into that Tom and follow the same path as Tom Riddle.
He knew the first generation Dark Lord, he taught the second generation Dark Lord, and he didn't want to witness the birth of another Dark Lord.
Tom touched the bracelet on his wrist, "I always feel that I am different."
"They all feel that way," Dumbledore sighed after a moment of silence. "If you insist on doing this, I can't stop you...but I won't provide additional help. Tom, it's time to go back and rest."
He rubbed his forehead and asked Tom to leave his office tiredly.
After Tom left Dumbledore, he breathed a sigh of relief - at least it wasn't the worst ending. Dumbledore didn't provide help, but he didn't express any clear objection. Maybe deep down in his heart, he felt that it was feasible to do so.
.
Tom, on the other hand, needs to submit an answer sheet that satisfies him.
Tom returned to the lounge full of thoughts, and he was about to start making preparations.
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