Professor Hicks's Memory Charm is incredibly effective.
Mrs. Cole and the other children no longer recognize Levitra and Tom.
In their eyes, Levitra and Tom are just two kindhearted children from a wealthy family.
Tom used the Riddle family's money to donate a lot of supplies to the orphanage.
Mrs. Cole was very grateful for this.
This way, at least no one in the orphanage would go hungry this Christmas.
Mr. Riddle didn't object to Tom's actions. In fact, seeing Tom do this made him feel more reassured.
At the very least, this proved that Tom wasn't the evil wizard he had imagined; otherwise, how could he have done such a good deed?
After distributing the supplies, the two said goodbye to the old butler and returned to the safe house.
Toby had prepared dinner for them as usual.
Even Tom the Kneazle and Nagini, the attentive elves, had prepared their favorite dishes.
Levitra and Tom sat down and ate their meals in silence.
After Tom had finished his meal and was about to return to his room to read,
"Tom,"
Levid suddenly called out to him.
"Are you calling me or your cat?"
Tom turned to look at Levid.
"Well, this time I'm calling you," Levid said calmly.
"What's the matter?"
Tom sat back down at the table.
"You know?
Professor Dumbledore and Mr. Riddle were very happy to learn about your good deed today.
Professor Dumbledore, in particular, was so pleased with himself in his reply to me..." Levid said to Tom with a smile.
"Hmm..."
Tom didn't know why Levid suddenly brought this up, so he could only give a vague "hmm" and wait for Levid's next words.
"Tom, you've really grown up now... You've really learned something from me," Levid continued.
"What did you learn?"
"You're even better at disguising yourself now than before..."
"What do you mean?"
Tom suddenly became a little nervous.
"Professor Dumbledore thinks you're finally starting to change.
Do you think I feel the same way?"
"What exactly do you want to say?"
"I'm just saying that this time you imitated me so well that you almost fooled everyone. But you... couldn't fool me."
"You... you mean that everything I did was fake?"
Tom looked indignant.
"I didn't say anything you did was fake..." Levid had a faint smile on his face.
"Hmph, I know what you mean, Wade!
You mean everything I did was just an act! Right?"
Levid didn't answer, still smiling, staring at Tom quietly.
Tom suddenly felt like he'd punched cotton...
But even Nagini and Toby, standing by, felt that Levid had gone too far.
What Tom had done today was truly impeccable.
Giving back to the orphanage where he grew up was not only an act of gratitude, but also an act of kindness.
In any case, it was a good thing.
They were all a little confused as to why Levid would say that.
"I don't care what you think.
I'm not doing this to convince you,"
Tom said, angrily leaving the table and marching up the stairs.
"Look, you're getting impatient again.
Tom... it's okay to fool your buddies, but don't fool yourself..."
Tom's body, stomping up the stairs, suddenly stopped at that, and quickly disappeared around the corner.
Nagini looked up. "Hiss, hiss, hiss..."
"Nagini, I don't deny that people's personalities can undergo drastic changes.
But, that usually requires a major change. But what about Tom?
I can only say that he's too impatient..."
Nagini tilted her head and spit out a thoughtful word.
Levander rested his hand on his face, slowly stirring the coffee in front of him with the other, a playful smile on his face.
"Tom... you're getting more and more interesting..."
He didn't deny that Tom had indeed changed.
But this change was so abrupt, so abrupt that even those who knew Tom felt a little unfamiliar with him.
Something must be wrong. No one in this world knows Tom better than Levander.
Tom is a master of disguise!
In the original story, his disguise wins the affection of the entire school, except for Dumbledore.
So why did Dumbledore fall for it so easily this time?
Remember, Dumbledore didn't even witness what Tom did; he simply believed what he heard!
So, Dumbledore wasn't so much trusting Tom's transformation as trusting Levander's judgment...
"Tom, you've truly grown.
You've even used me as a pawn..."
Of course, there was a more important reason that confirmed Levander's suspicions!
He had simply kept Dumbledore alive, and that rubbish system generously awarded him 10,000 merit points.
But... he had successfully turned a future Dark Lord white, and this rubbish system only gave him 55.5 merit points?
Tom's transformation only rewarded him with a handful of merit points, and they were even in whole and small... You told me he'd completely changed for the better?
If you say he's changed for the better, then you've made up the merit points I'm missing!
On the second floor, Tom angrily walked into his room and slammed the door shut.
But once the door was shut, Tom's furious face instantly calmed, as if he'd taken off a mask.
He slowly sat down on his bed, gently stroking his wand in his right hand, a sinister look in his eyes.
"...I even fooled Dumbledore, but...as expected, your methods...still can't fool you, Wade?"
"Humph...no matter what, sooner or later, I'll step on your head!
There's definitely...a chance!"
In the days that followed, Tom initially worried that Wade would expose his true identity to Dumbledore.
But when he saw Wade the next day, he seemed to have forgotten the incident...
Gradually, Tom understood.
Although he didn't know why, Wade probably wouldn't tell anyone about this.
In the days that followed, neither Tom nor Levid tacitly mentioned that conversation again,as if nothing had happened.
However, what unnerved Tom was that Levid seemed to trust him even more than before!
He even didn't avoid him when researching and refining some spells! He even invited him to participate!
If it weren't for Levid's conversation that day, Tom would have thought Levid had been completely deceived!
Tom was certain Levid was up to something sinister, trying to trick him!
But he had no proof...
Thus, the two men, with ulterior motives, remained in the safe house until Christmas.
Levid woke early on Christmas morning.
Fawkes, the phoenix, had arrived several times with a large pile of gifts.
These were Christmas presents for Levid and Tom.
However, because they were both in the safe house, the owls couldn't find them, so they had to leave the gifts in their dormitories at school.
So, Dumbledore specifically asked Fawkes to help them move the gifts to the safe house.
However, Levid and Tom received so many gifts that even Fawkes had to carry them several times before they were all unloaded...
Levid happily treated Fawkes to a delicious meal of fresh eel in the living room before running upstairs and knocking on Tom's door.
"Tom!
Time to get up!
If you don't get up, I'll open your presents!"
Tom, irritated, opened the door with a gloomy expression, his hair a mess from just waking up.
He'd been studying spells all night and gone to bed late, but Levid hadn't expected to wake him up so early...
He'd wanted to ignore Levid and go back to sleep,but he was worried that if he continued to sleep, Levid would tear down his door... There was no doubt Levid would do that!
After washing up and taking a bottle of invigorating potion, Tom went to the living room.
As soon as he entered, he was startled by the mountain of presents before him!
"Are all these mine?"
Tom asked in surprise.
"That's a nice thought, but unfortunately, these are mine.
Those over there are yours."
Levander excitedly opened his presents, casually gesturing to the small pile of gift boxes by the fireplace.
Tom glanced at his own gift, then at Levander's... In that moment, he realized once again the disparity between people.
"Why do you have so many..."
"It's simple, Tom.
When you keep up this attitude and return to school, you'll receive so many next year, too," Levander said with a smile.
Tom's heart tightened at this.
Levander's words were full of meaning. He was pointing at him!
Keep up this attitude, and you'll receive so many next year too?
Wasn't he saying that if he kept up the pretense, he'd make more friends at school... and then receive more gifts next year?
I knew you wouldn't forget what happened that day!
However, Tom was determined not to admit he was faking it.
Dumbledore couldn't just use Legilimency on him, could he?
It seemed like he needed to practice Occlumency!
Meanwhile, Levid, having finished ordering Tom's presents, discovered a very interesting one among his own pile...
Judging by the gift box, it was from Mr. G.
Upon opening it, Levid saw something very familiar...
"Did you get one too?"
Tom asked, surprised.
He also held an opened gift box of the same type.
"Yeah... that's quite interesting,"
Levid smiled, weighing the small goblin metal ball in his hand.
Of course, it looked familiar to him, as he had originally made it to trick Grindelwald.
But now it seemed... Grindelwald had treated it as a gift, sending it to him and Tom.
"What does Grindelwald mean by this?"
Tom asked, frowning.
"It's a gift, Tom, and, logically speaking, it's a great gift!"
Levid smiled.
"Hmm..." Tom had to admit, if this was truly a magical power that could enhance one's strength, it was indeed a great gift...
"When someone gives you a great gift, besides asking you to do something, it's also to win you over..."
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