HP solves the mystery

Chapter 112 Return to London

The small town life of traveling around the mountains and rivers soon ended, and the two of them took the subway back to London.

Because of the magic, the house in the city center is still as clean and tidy as when I left it.

After roughly tidying up with his wand, Severus dug out the information collected by Zhang Mingyuan and began to choose interest classes for Tom.

"Tom, you can't stay at home with me all the time. You need to make new friends." He said to Tom who was looking at "Technology and Development", "Tomorrow we will go to a nearby interest class. Maybe you will like it." of."

Tom blinked, knowing that there was no point in refuting, so he could only follow his words.

"Swimming? Drawing? Piano? Can't you teach me these? We have them all at home." Tom took the information and looked at it for a few times before asking.

Severus shook his head helplessly. There were too many people in the school and it was not convenient for a tutor to come to his home. He could only send the children to interest classes with fewer people. At worst, he would pick them up every day.

Tom pointed at the instrument that was somewhat similar to brewing potion, and turned to look at the young man.

"Then can I learn this?" He wanted to see how explosives and televisions were developed.

Severus looked closer and found that it was the chemistry and physics cram school in the Children's Palace.

"Do you know the types, properties and periodic table of elements? Do you know what hcl is?"

"I know, I remembered it when I was reading..." Tom looked at him suspiciously and replied speechlessly, "I just have to learn because I don't know how. I have learned everything you said."

Severus agreed to him, but still said, "I've signed you up for a class, so you have to concentrate on your studies."

Tom nodded without retorting.

A few days later, when Tom was sent to the interest class, he kissed the young man's cheek naturally, waved his little hand and followed the teacher into the classroom.

Severus left very relieved, with the basilisk watching him and in a safe school. So there is nothing to worry about.

The young man who came to the coffee shop to check the accounts was not used to it, and he called out Tom's name from time to time. This was the first time they had been separated for so long since Catboy turned into a human.

When we were having lunch, it started to rain lightly outside. Severus was a little worried that Tom would catch a cold. In a panic, I took an umbrella and ran outside the hobby class to pick him up.

The interest class was not far from his coffee shop, and it only lasted half a day. Tom was still a child. In the afternoon, he could take Tom to play outside.

"How do you feel? Can you understand what the teacher taught?" Severus knelt down and wiped the water stains on Tom's face with a handkerchief, and asked softly.

Tom put his arms around the young man's neck, rubbed his cheek after being picked up, and said with a smile, "It's not bad. I like the course very much."

The things taught in class made him feel like he was dreaming back to Hogwarts, and the unknown knowledge inspired his mood when studying dark magic.

Whenever Tom saw the surprised look on his interest class teacher's face, he thought of Dumbledore, and wondered if he had done anything new recently.

"As long as you like it." The young man kissed back affectionately a few times, and walked down the rainy street with Tom in his arms.

Tom listened to the crisp sound of raindrops falling on the umbrella, and it seemed that the whole world had become much softer, and the streets and alleys had become extremely quiet.

"Sev, will you stay with me forever?" Tom looked at the young man's vague profile and asked the question he was holding back.

Severus chuckled and reached out to rub his head.

"What a silly boy. No one can accompany you until the end. I can only accompany you for a short period of time. The rest is up to you." He sighed melancholy and sped up towards the coffee shop. footsteps.

Tom tightened his grip on the collar of the young man's clothes, licked his lips a few times and did not continue to speak.

When they arrived at the coffee shop, Ms. Brown had already placed hot black tea and snacks in Tom's exclusive place, and also thoughtfully prepared a small blanket.

Severus and Tom sat facing each other, and the two chatted for a while before he walked into the back kitchen and continued doing his own thing.

Tom sat alone in his seat, resting his chin on his hand and looking out the window. He felt a depressing atmosphere in the air. He thought of what the young man had just said, and felt an indescribable sense of loss and frustration in his heart.

He recalled that in the orphanage, at Hogwarts and after graduation, he was busy looking for things, but people's hearts are greedy. In the process of searching, he became the Dark Lord and gained supreme power. Rights, but he never dared to let anyone get close except Nagini.

Perhaps it is because he has been insecure since he was a child, or because he is the product of a love drug. He does not understand many emotions very well. Perhaps it should be called indifference.

After being born as a little black cat, his emotional shortcomings seemed to be made up, and he could slowly experience the joy of being liked, pampered, and praised.

This may become his weakness, but he is happy with the youth's love for him.

After a period of hesitation, he finally made a decision.

But life is short, why not give it a try?

It's a pity that Severus prefers the ordinary life in the Muggle world, but the magical world is equally interesting. What's more, the Muggle world will also be ruled by him in the future.

Tom attended the interest class for a month. During this period, he ran to Diagon Alley and sent a few letters. After making sure that no little tail was following him, he slowly returned to the coffee shop.

Severus just thought he was playing with his new friends, and smiled and asked him why he didn't show him his friends.

"Sev, they are really stupid, I don't think you will like them." Tom said seriously, recalling the stupid actions of his men in the past.

The young man shook his head amusedly, pursed his lips and said, "How could that be? As long as I am your friend, I will like you."

After hearing this, Tom stared at Severus making tea for a long time before muttering, "This is what you said, don't regret it."

A chill ran down the young man's spine, having no idea what terrible thing he had promised.

As Tom thrived in the hobby class, Lucius also started taking action.

He told no one except Narcissa and Regulus about the return of Voldemort. That day, he alone took the token given by Voldemort and opened the door to the manor, and finally found him sleeping in the greenhouse. of Nagini.

A twelve-foot white snake lay on the cobblestone path, its body curled up into a ball.

Lucius walked back to the hall and took a deep breath. After his racing heart calmed down, he used the method taught by Voldemort to summon the house elf in the manor and said what Voldemort ordered.

"That's the thing. You just need to mix the potion here into Nagini's food and send it to the room in Hogsmeade after it falls asleep. You need to stay there until the adults arrive. Keep Nagini by your side to keep it safe." Lucius shook the water of life and death in his hand, and then handed it to the elf Dada.

Dada obediently took the water of life and death, and then disappeared.

Lucius rushed home after arranging the tasks, and then found Bella playing in the garden holding Draco, and his head grew bigger again.

In the blink of an eye, mid-October came, and the combination of National Day and temple fairs attracted many people. Concerts, fireworks shows, carnivals, etc. were also held in various places, making the scene very lively.

Severus wanted to take Tom out to play, but was refused.

"You go to the coffee shop to help, I'm reading at home." Of course Tom wouldn't say what he planned. He pointed to the book he was reading on the desk, and then pointed to the basilisk watching TV, "There it is. Aren't you still worried?"

The young man nodded hesitantly. As expected, the child became less clingy as he grew older. He complained in his heart.

Tom lay on the window and watched the young man's leaving figure. After making sure that he would not come back soon, he grabbed the basilisk watching TV and stuffed it into his pocket, and hurried out the door.

Severus didn't know that Tom had gone out with him. He was walking aimlessly on the street at the moment, with countless people attending carnivals and garden parties dragging him forward.

How could such a grand celebration not include a circus? They rode elephants and wandered outside the venue, and clowns smiled and distributed balloons to the children.

The name of the circus - Forest Circus - is hung on the huge tent. Behind the big tent are rows of small tents. They are all small circuses that came with the Forest Circus.

In a medium-sized tent, a thin old man with gray hair and beard sent away the woman who came for divination, and took advantage of the break to lean down on a chair.

However, after a while, the tent door was opened, and a young man with black hair walked in.

The old man immediately resumed his sitting position and asked kindly, "Hello young man, what do you want to divine? Love or career?"

The visitor was obviously Severus who was shopping. He glanced at the tortoise shells, crystal balls and tarot cards on the table, and for a moment he couldn't tell how he was doing divination.

As if he could see the person's hesitation, the old man touched his beard and said, "It's five pounds for a divination session. You can choose any method."

Severus was not very interested and raised the curtain to leave.

The old man looked at the wand exposed on his waist and his eyes flashed. He didn't want to let go of the business that came to his door, so he shouted, "I can do a divination for you for free. Young wizard, I am an expert in divination."

Seeing him reveal his identity, Severus became a little interested. It was free anyway, so he sat opposite the old man.

"What to choose? Tarot cards, crystal ball, Ouija board or fortune telling?"

"Let's do some fortune telling. I want to see my fortune."

After a brief conversation between the two, the old man began to answer.

Severus' life number was 8. He didn't understand it very well, so he had to listen patiently to the old man's explanation.

"The spiritual number is 8. You are hard-working and have good investment momentum. As long as you do your duty well, there will be noble people to help you... You need to forgive yourself and forgive love... Don't worry about gains and losses... Well, you are lucky." The old man looked down. The young man with eyes stroking his beard sighed with emotion.

Severus stared at the old man amusedly. Everyone could tell from his decent clothes and healthy complexion that he lived a good life.

However, Zhang Mingyuan did invite him to participate in new investments a few days ago, and it was about the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and magic medicine. He should probably consider it carefully.

He understood the old man's hard work in making money, so he took out 5 pounds and put it on the table.

"Thank you for the divination." Severus smiled politely, then turned and left.

If Tom were here, he would definitely recognize the old man in front of him as the old gypsy who divined for him a few years ago, but it is a pity that he did not come.

The spiritual number of life is a concept proposed by Pythagoras, that is, numbers have spiritual significance, can reveal the truth of all things, and use numbers to interpret the meaning of life.

就拿伏地魔来说，他是1926年12月31日出生，1+9+2+6+1+2+3+1的总和是25,2+5等于7。

There are 7 original books, and Voldemort prefers the number 7, so there are also 7 Horcruxes, which can be regarded as unity in another sense.

Severus was not in a hurry to go home after leaving the tent. He participated in several small games that interested him and won several dolls.

Tom on the other side was not so happy. He hid in the dark and stared at the people guarding outside the hut. He once again doubted Lucius's IQ. The secret action plan was almost exposed to the public, okay?

Fortunately, Dumbledore was still busy with Sirius and Germany, otherwise he would have brought people from the Ministry of Magic and members of the Order of the Phoenix to kill him.

[Hiss, Tom, aren't we going to buy Bee Duke's candy? 】The basilisk asked doubtfully. As the saying goes, "once old, twice familiar", it was already used to Tom's weird behavior, but it was still thinking about its own candy.

[Helpo, how about finding you a playmate? ] Tom's red eyes flashed and he touched the basilisk's head.

The basilisk twisted its body and said incomprehensibly, "You are my playmate, we are still family." 】

Tom was silent after hearing this. It seemed not good to deceive a simple basilisk, but now that it was inconvenient for him to show up, he could only give in to the basilisk.

[I mean, find you a playmate who is a snake like you. ] He pursed his lips, and a smile appeared on his face when he thought of the stupid Nagini.

[But how do you know where it is? You're not lying to me, are you? 】The basilisk looked at Tom and pointed to the stone house in front. It spat out a message, "We have gone in before, and there was nothing." 】

Before the negotiation between one person and one snake could reach a conclusion, Nagini woke up quietly in the stone house. It looked at the unfamiliar dilapidated house and flicked its tail in depression.

[Oh my god, is Tom going bankrupt and selling snakes to pay off his debts? 】 Nagini cursed in his heart and wandered around the room spitting out letters. Suddenly, it seemed to smell a familiar smell.

It didn't even care if there was danger outside the door. After climbing up the window, it shot out in a certain direction like a sharp arrow. The few people guarding the stone house only saw a huge white figure sliding in front of them and quickly disappeared. .

Several people looked at each other. The boss only asked them to watch the stone house to prevent people from breaking in, but he didn't say that he would block the things inside to prevent them from getting out.

When Tom was bargaining with the basilisk, he felt his body being rolled up by something, and his feet were hanging in the air. The basilisk was caught off guard and fell to the ground.

【Tom! I finally found you, but...why have you become smaller...]

Tom turned his head and saw the familiar snake face, secretly thinking that something was going to happen.

When the basilisk saw that Tom was entangled by a white snake, it became extremely anxious and, regardless of the risk of exposure, it suddenly enlarged its snake body and wrapped Tom back with its tail.

Nagini looked at the emerald green basilisk, then looked at Tom who had been snatched away, and burst into tears.