The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"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 Chamber of Secrets incident.

It’s a bit awkward to have such a senior on the list of winners.

As there is a historical story, a king liked to invite his warriors to drink from his treasured ivory cups. But ever since he let a little man who sucked his hemorrhoids drink from that cup, no warrior was willing to drink the wine from the cup.

So Tom's feelings about this award are very delicate. However, the 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 is not a silly little award, but 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 gold medals and displayed in the school's trophy room for posterity to admire - if anyone comes to see them.

Compared with this kind of treatment, any extra points are child's play.

Everyone present cast envious glances at Tom and Hermione. Percy's eyes almost popped out of his head. As the student council president, he can also leave his name. Wouldn't it be better to leave his name one more time?

It's just a pity that opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared...

After finishing the story, Professor McGonagall left the podium. Tom took advantage of her "still lingering power" and 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. Yoder, do you have anything else to do?" Professor McGonagall heard the footsteps behind her and stopped, looking at Tom seriously.

Her gaze made Tom feel a little flustered. It felt like he was facing the head teacher directly. 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 refuse him. She also has a strong interest in Tom's patronus. It is very rare for a patron saint to take the form of a magical animal, and it is even more unheard of for two patron saints to be magical animals and have 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.

Are the emotions not strong enough? Professor McGonagall looked at the shapeless fog 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 became a problem that stumped 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. Then 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 normal year.

"I never thought I could see such a patron saint in my lifetime!" Professor McGonagall felt that she would die soon after hearing about it.

But Tom's experiment wasn't over yet. He looked at the two patron saints carefully, trying to find signs of their fusion. But he failed.

The two patron saints approached each other, and after getting familiar with each other through trials, they started playing together. But even if they hug each other and roll around, they have 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 upon contact, is a nosebleed at best when cast by an ordinary wizard. degree. The opposite is the Patronus Charm that taps into 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'll be there." Tom noted the location. The Department of Mysteries is one of the most mysterious places in the wizarding world. Its existence even predates 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 wizard's inheritance has been broken. The wisdom left by countless ancient wizards has been lost in the long river of time - such as the method of making a time turner, such as the true use of runes. And such faults will expand visibly to the naked eye.

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 suspicion, Tom said goodbye to Professor McGonagall politely. Then I saw Hermione with a resentful face outside the auditorium.

"You shouldn't have abandoned me," she said a little irritably, "those people are chirping and asking endless questions. I'm almost annoyed to death by them!"

"The troubles of happiness."

"Tom, you-"

…

Soothing Hermione took a little of Tom's energy. After sending Hermione back to the common room, Tom set off for the principal's office. His next actions needed Dumbledore's support, or perhaps, Dumbledore's knowledge.

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 relaxing. 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 - or so he thought.

As a person who has taken on 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 in Dumbledore's eyes behind his half-moon glasses. He said slowly: "I am discussing with the Ministry of Magic how to punish dementors. Breaking into Hogwarts is something we cannot accept."

"But it didn't go well, didn't it?"

Dumbledore fell silent at Tom's words. He really wanted the Ministry of Magic to remove the dementors, but they firmly refused. They believe that the key to catching Sirius Black lies in Hogwarts, where Sirius is currently hiding. They even hoped that Dumbledore would allow the Dementors to conduct a thorough search of Hogwarts.

Of course Dumbledore couldn't 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 himself used the Patronus to teach them a lesson.

"I can communicate with them." Tom told Dumbledore the news.

"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 near, all the good feelings, all the happy memories will be sucked out of you. If possible, the Dementor will suck you until you are just like it, soulless and full of evil. You will have only one life left. The worst experiences I've ever had. Tom, you should understand them for what they are."

"Yes, Professor." Tom naturally knew what dementors were like.

"How do you plan to communicate with them? When they want to break into Hogwarts to eat again, are you sure to 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. This has actually 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, there is no problem in plundering hundreds of scum from all over Europe who deserve to be imprisoned for life. These scum will be kept in prison and become food for the dementors. The obedience of a dementor 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 had taught the second generation Dark Lord, and he did not want to witness the birth of another Dark Lord.

Tom touched the bracelet on his wrist, "I always felt that I was 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.

Tom also breathed a sigh of relief after leaving Dumbledore - at least it wasn't the worst ending. Dumbledore didn't offer help, but he didn't explicitly object. Perhaps deep down in his heart, he felt that this was feasible.

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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