After the House Cup, it was summer vacation, and most of the students chose to go back, and Tom submitted an application to Dumbledore to stay at the school.

When he came to hand in his application, Xijing drank lemon tea in Dumbledore's office and told Deng Lao about some practical cases of Eastern magic.

Dumbledore took the application and asked directly, "Lockhart, you won't deny it, will you?" ”

"Of course, there's nothing to deny it." Tom said frankly, "Professor, I can even tell you more of the truth. He didn't shy away from opening his mouth, and after Dumbledore already knew about Voldemort, he, a person who didn't know anything, continued to pretend that he couldn't be trusted.

He didn't hide the meaning of the mirror, and said directly to Dumbledore: "Professor, you have always been my goal, or rather, surpassing you is my goal, but I believe that I should not have regarded you as an enemy for a long time. ”

"That's right." Dumbledore didn't deny it.

"I don't doubt or defend my future, I admit that I am evil inside." "But at least we have the same goal now, you know 'him', and naturally you know 'me', and there can only be one me in this world." ”

"We're on one side of the story." Dumbledore stirred a spoonful of sugar into the lemon tea, stared at Tom behind his half-moon glasses, and said, "But what about after that, Tom." After destroying him, what are you going to do? ”

Tom actually thought seriously for a moment and said, "I can assure you, sir, that I will not do it in the same stupid way. ”

The implication is that he will not give up the idea of ruling the wizarding world.

Dumbledore was actually a little surprised, he tasted the lemon tea, and asked: "This time the matter of the secret room, in fact, you handled it very well, the whole school believes you, you can choose to try to deceive me." ”

Tom laughed and said, "But you still won't be fooled." ”

"Well, that's true." Dumbledore stamped his approval stamp on the application.

Xijing drank tea silently, observing the expressions and voices of the two, I have to say that Tom, who is equivalent to a semi-reborn, is indeed more shrewd, if he used to just use routines, now he is predicting Dumbledore's prediction.

The two people who don't trust it do say that they can work together more happily in meetings, and their current unified goal is to eliminate "Voldemort", as for Tom's choice after that, maybe Old Deng is already thinking about it.

He's old, and if it takes time, he can't consume Tom.

Especially now that Tom has skipped nearly fifty years, when he stands in front of the elderly Dumbledore as a teenager, he evokes all kinds of memories and helplessness, and perhaps under the surface of his distrust, there is still a trace of guilt that is left to chance.

Tom took the application and asked, "Why was Voldemort defeated by a child?" When I came into contact with Harry, I didn't think he was a powerful wizard. ”

"Because he has power that you don't have." Dumbledore didn't shy away from it, with some helplessness and sighs in his eyes.

"What is it?"

"Love." Dumbledore said, "It was his mother's love that protected him." ”

"Oh, mother's love." As if hearing a joke, Tom said, "Of course I don't, Professor, I'm an orphan." You mean, from the time I was born, I was destined to lose, right? ”

"That's not what I meant, Tom." Dumbledore pushed his glasses, "Friendship, family, love, you don't have these great powers, are your Slytherin 'friends' really friends?" ”