Saying goodbye to his three roommates, Shivin walked alone to the Transfiguration Director's office on the second floor of the main tower.

Cross the stone bridge that leads from the east side of the teaching area to the entrance courtyard, and walk upstairs from the marble staircase at the entrance of the auditorium. Just passing the corner of the stairs, Shivin meets Riddle, who is coming down the stairs.

"What a coincidence, Riddle." Shivin greeted Riddle and asked, a little confused. "Are you getting out of class so late?"

Shewin walked all the way to the main tower from the greenhouse on the northeast side of the castle, and the journey took about ten minutes.

Riddle must have just finished his class in the teaching area, so he walked across the bridge between the main tower and the teaching area on the third floor, and then walked down the upper floor of the main tower. And this journey obviously doesn't take ten minutes.

As a result, Shevin was a little puzzled about meeting Riddle here.

Riddle was stunned for a moment when he saw Xiwen, and an elegant smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Not really, Professor McGonagall was on time." Riddle politely explained to Xiwen. "I asked the professor a few questions after class."

"It's easy to learn from the professor after class on the first day of school!" Xiwen said with a smile. "How did you feel at Hogwarts today?"

Hearing Xiwen's question, Riddle's expression lost its formulaic elegance.

His eyes added a bit of youthful vitality, and a bit of confidence and deep longing filled his face.

"Magic is really an amazing thing!" Riddle said with a smile. "Today is probably the best day of my life."

"Rest assured, the good life will continue!" Shivin looked at Riddle's joyful look and laughed out loud.

However, Riddle's next sentence kept Xiwen from laughing.

"The fly in the ointment is that the magic I learned today is really too simple for me." Riddle complained. "It's obviously something that can be learned by watching the professor's demonstration, I really don't know how those idiots can't figure it out in the whole class!"

The corners of Xiwen's mouth twitched, remembering the sight of his first day of school, completely stumped by the simple Transfiguration Technique......

"Ahem, this state is very good, keep it up!" After saying this with some embarrassment, Sivin hurriedly said goodbye to Riddle and walked towards Dumbledore's office.

He was afraid that Riddle would continue to speak amazingly and hit the self-confidence he had only accumulated a little bit in the last school year!

Walking to the door of the Transfiguration Director's office, Shevin saw Dumbledore, who had grown his beard again, talking to a very young and beautiful looking witch.

Sevan knew that the witch was also a Transfiguration professor, under the control of Dumbledore, the Transfiguration Director.

At this point, Dumbledore seemed to be asking the female professor some question, his chin in his right hand and a thoughtful expression.

"Good afternoon, Professor Dumbledore, and this beautiful professor." Shewin walked over and greeted the two of them.

"McGonagall." The female professor pursed her lips and said in a surging voice.

"Yes, Professor McGonagall." Xiwen changed his words.

"Oh, it's Xiwen, I'm looking for you!" Dumbledore seemed to have just come to his senses and said happily to Sven.

He then looked at Professor McGonagall, waved at her, and said, "Then we'll talk next time, Minerva." Remember to keep an eye on Tom Riddle for me. ”

Professor McGonagall nodded, and then left the door to the Transfiguration Director's office.

Sven was surprised to hear Riddle's name, so he looked at Dumbledore with some confusion and asked, "Professor, why do you want Professor McGonagall to keep an eye on Riddle?" ”

"Actually, that's what I wanted to do with you." Dumbledore said.

At the same time, he pushed open the door to his office and motioned for Xiwen to sit down on the couch inside.

Seeing that Shewin was already sitting on the couch, Dumbledore waved his wand and closed the door. He then sat down behind his desk and casually pulled a cockroach out of a drawer and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Would you rather have tea, coffee, or orange juice?" Dumbledore asked in a slurred voice, chewing on the cockroach pile.

"Well, tea is fine." Shevin said, watching strangely as Dumbledore ate the snack that was admittedly unpalatable.

After Shevan's words fell, Dumbledore tapped his wand on a teapot, and then boiling water vapor came out of the spout.

When the water in the teapot boils, it automatically tilts over, and a cup of fragrant tea is poured into a teacup.

The cup of tea floated horizontally in front of Xiwen, and in the process of drifting, it had quietly reached a suitable temperature for drinking.

Siwen took a sip of tea, then looked at Dumbledore and asked a little confused, "Professor, so why should you pay attention to Riddle?" ”

Dumbledore didn't answer Shevan's question directly, but looked at Shewin and asked, "Shewin, what kind of person do you think Tom Riddle is?" ”

"I've only known him for a day, so I don't know him very well." Xiwen frowned and said softly. However, from the current cognition, it can be seen that he is talented, has strong learning ability, knows how to be polite, and his interpersonal communication skills are probably good. However, he is sometimes a little impulsive, and he is not light or serious about his classmates. ”

"Looks like you have a good impression of him?" Dumbledore asked with a chuckle.

"yes, based on his day-to-day behavior, I think it's hard not to have a good impression of him." Xiwen nodded.

"Talented, good learners, and good interpersonal skills. There is nothing wrong with any of your reviews. Dumbledore chuckled and shook his head, and said to Shivin. Riddle is indeed a young wizard with great potential, so we should guide him to the right path! ”

"On the right path? You mean ......" Sivan asked hesitantly, sensing the implicit meaning of Dumbledore's words.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

"Just this summer, I sent Tom Riddle's acceptance letter." Dumbledore waved his hand and said to Sivan. "You should know he's from an orphanage, right?"

Shiwen nodded.

"Well, I had a conversation with Mrs. Cole, the caretaker of the Woo orphanage, about Tom Riddle. Mrs. Cole says that Tom is a very unusual child, and that he has a special influence on other children. ”

"When I met Tom, I knew from him that he could have used his magical abilities roughly. Tom's special influence on other children is probably achieved by his own magical abilities. ”

In addition, Tom would steal from other orphans and keep them in his closet like trophies. I warned him about this, but it shouldn't have been very effective. ”

Sivin listened to Dumbledore's introduction to Riddle's past in a daze, and felt that his cognition had been greatly shocked.

Riddle, who is polite and gentle and elegant on the surface, is actually a bully and a thief behind his back?

Xiwen slowly raised his head to look at Dumbledore, frowned and asked, "So, what do you need me to do?" ”

"I need you to guide him, Xiwen." Dumbledore said solemnly.

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