From Kamal Taj to Hogwarts

After bidding farewell to his three roommates, Xiwen walked alone to the Office of the Director of Transfiguration on the second floor of the main tower.

Cross the stone bridge that leads to the entrance courtyard from the east of the teaching area, and then walk upstairs from the marble stairs at the entrance of the auditorium. Just after passing the corner of the stairs, Xiven met Riddle who was walking down the stairs.

"What a coincidence, Riddle." Xiven said hello to Riddle, and then asked with some confusion. "Are you finishing get out of class so late?"

Xiwen is the main tower that we walked all the way from the greenhouse on the northeast side of the castle. The journey in between took about ten minutes.

Riddell must have just finished his class in the teaching area, so he walked across the bridge connecting the main tower and the teaching area on the third floor, and then walked down from the upper floor of the main tower. This journey obviously did not take ten minutes.

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Therefore, Xiven was a little confused about meeting Riddle here.

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

"That's not true. Professor McGonagall finished class on time." Riddle politely explained to Xiwen. "I asked the professor a few questions after class."

"On the first day of school, you go to the professor after class and ask questions. It's easy to learn!" Xiwen said with a smile. "How do you feel at Hogwarts today?"

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

His eyes were filled with a bit of the vitality that a young man should have, and his face was filled with a bit of confidence and deep longing.

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

"Don't worry, the good life will continue!" Xiwen looked at Riddle's joyful expression and laughed out loud.

However, Riddle's next words made Sivan stop laughing.

"The only drawback is that the magic I learned today is really too simple for me." Riddle complained. "You can obviously learn it by watching the professor demonstrate it once. I really don't know how those idiots did it in the whole class."

I can’t even understand it!”

The corner of Xiwen's mouth twitched, remembering the scene when he was completely stumped by a simple transformation technique on the first day of school...

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

He was afraid that Riddle would continue to make shocking remarks and damage his self-confidence, which he had only built up a little bit in the last school year!

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

Sivan knew that the witch was also a professor of Transfiguration, under the supervision of Dumbledore, the Director of Transfiguration.

At this time, Dumbledore seemed to be asking the female professor some question, holding his chin with his right hand, showing a thoughtful expression.

"Good afternoon, Professor Dumbledore, and this beautiful professor." Xiwen walked up and said hello to the two of them.

"McGonagall." The female professor pursed her lips and said calmly.

"Okay, Professor McGonagall." Xiven changed his words and said.

"Oh, it's Sivan, I was just looking for you!" Dumbledore seemed to have just come back to his senses and said happily to Sivan.

Then, he looked at Professor McGonagall, waved to her and said, "Then let's talk next time, Minerva. Remember to pay more attention to Tom Riddle for me."

Professor McGonagall nodded and immediately left the door of the Transfiguration Director's office.

Sivan heard Riddle's name unexpectedly, so he looked at Dumbledore with some confusion and asked: "Professor, why do you want Professor McGonagall to pay attention to Riddle?"

"Actually, this is why I wanted to come to you." Dumbledore said.

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

Seeing that Sivan was already sitting on the sofa, Dumbledore waved his wand and closed the door. Then he sat behind his desk, took out a pile of cockroaches from the drawer and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Would you like tea, coffee or orange juice?" Dumbledore asked in an unclear voice as he chewed on the pile of cockroaches.

"Um, just tea." Sivan said, while looking at Dumbledore strangely as he ate that admittedly unpalatable snack with relish.

After Sivan finished speaking, Dumbledore tapped a teapot with his wand, and then boiling water vapor emerged from the spout.

After the water in the teapot boils, it automatically tilts over and pours a cup of fragrant tea into a teacup.

The cup of tea floated steadily in front of Xiwen, and as it floated, it quietly reached a suitable drinking temperature.

Xiwen took a sip of tea, then looked at Dumbledore, and asked with some confusion: "Professor, why should you pay attention to Riddle?"

Dumbledore did not answer Sivan's question directly. Instead, he looked at Sivan and asked: "Sivan, what kind of person do you think Tom Riddle is?"

"I've only known him for a day, so I don't know him well." Xiwen frowned and said softly. "But from the current knowledge, we can see that he is talented, has strong learning ability, is polite, and has good interpersonal communication skills.

Probably not bad. But sometimes he can be a little impulsive and do things to his classmates either lightly or harshly."

"It seems you have a good impression of him?" Dumbledore asked with a chuckle.

"Yes, based on his daily performance, I think it's hard for people not to have a good impression of him." Xiwen nodded.

"Talented, strong learning ability, and good interpersonal communication skills. There is nothing wrong with your evaluation." Dumbledore chuckled, shook his head, and said to Sivan. "Riddle is indeed a young man with great potential.

Wizard, so we should guide him to the right path!"

"Towards the right path? You mean..." Xiwen vaguely felt the hidden meaning in Dumbledore's words and asked with some hesitation.

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

Xiwen nodded.

"Well, I was talking to Mrs. Cole, the administrator of the Wood's Orphanage, about Tom Riddle. Mrs. Cole said that Tom was a very unusual child, and that he would have special effects on other children.

Influence."

"When I met Tom, I learned from his words that he had already been able to crudely use his magical abilities. The special influence that Tom had on other children was probably achieved by using his magical abilities.

of."

"In addition, Tom will steal things from other orphans and put them in his wardrobe like trophies. I warned him about this, but the effect should not be big."

Sivan listened blankly to Dumbledore's introduction about Riddle's past, feeling that his cognition had been greatly impacted.

On the surface, Riddle is polite, gentle and elegant, but secretly he is a bully and a habitual thief?

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

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

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