Settle at Hogwarts

Tabor glanced worriedly at his sister who was holding on to Tom tightly and wouldn't let go: "I went to Professor Dumbledore's place before."

"Tom is a poor kid. I added an extra bed in your room and he will stay here tonight." Inas was obviously moved by compassion and forcefully kept Tom here.

"Okay, Mom." Tabor forced a smile.

"Brother, bear!"

Tabor listened to Viola's clear words and casually summoned his patronus.

Viola hugged Tabor's physical patronus: "Tom, play."

Tabor carried his suitcase and returned to his room.Seeing the cherries and sesame seeds huddled in the corner, they are still in good shape. There is no need to continue losing weight during this holiday.

"Zhizhi." [Hello, master! 】

"Gugu!" [Welcome the master home! 】

Tabor smiled and touched the two little ones, feeling that they seemed to be smarter.

"How have you been this week?"

"Squeak!" [Fortunately, there is a snake next to the human below. It's so scary! 】

Tabor frowned, judging from his mother's intention today, she knew that Tom was an orphan, so she wanted to keep him.

"Have you never encountered a snake in Slytherin?"

"Zhizhi!" [I've seen him before, but we're not in the same room! 】

Zhima raised his paw in cooperation, signaling Tabor to look back.

Tabor turned around and saw a box placed next to the newly added bed. A snake was wrapped around the top of the box, looking at it coldly.

"Little snake?"

"Hiss~!" [Human, can you also understand what I am saying? 】

Tabor pretended not to understand, turned his head and continued to touch his pet.

"Hiss~!" [It seems that I can't hear it anymore. The distinguished master is indeed not an ordinary person. 】

Tabor ignored Tom's little snake. He didn't want Tom to misunderstand that he was also a snake.

"Cherry, Sesame, please help me pay attention to the owner of that snake. If you do well, I will take you to Diagon Alley before the start of next semester. You can buy whatever you want."

"Zhizhi?" [Really? 】

"Cuckoo!" [Many, many nuts! 】

Tabor grabbed the cherry and rubbed it: "Can it be fake?"

"Squeak~~!"

"Tub, can I come in?"

"Come in, Tom."

Ignoring Tom who opened the door and entered, Tabor took out a set of folding crucibles from the box and prepared to start brewing the potion.

Sesame and Cherry retracted into the corner with a wink, staring at Tom, the outsider, quietly.

"Senior, are you going to make a beauty potion?"

Tabor didn't look at Tom's expression and just continued busy with the work at hand.

"The Malfoy family wants it. I usually don't have much free time, so I can only complete some orders during the summer vacation."

Tom looked at Tabor's skillful operation with a trace of envy in his eyes.Although his grade in Potions was also O, it was still much worse than Tabor's.

Then I thought about the magic spell that Tabor could easily use, but he couldn't learn it himself.For the first time, Tom doubted his own talent.

Obviously, the students around him in the same grade or even senior grades were not as good as him, but he also felt that the only difference between him and those famous wizards was age.However, the age when Tabor obtained the title of Potions Master was even younger than he is now.

Tabo felt the burning eyes from behind and couldn't stand it anymore.Taking advantage of the time needed to wait, he turned and looked at Tom sitting by the bed.

"Have you provided potions to the potion shop in Diagon Alley this school year? Are you planning to go this holiday?"

Tom shook his head: "The potions I can make are not easy to buy. Aunt Shirley is busy here alone."

"So, you learned the Patronus Charm? Have you finished your homework?"

Tom continued to shake his head, with clear frustration in his voice: "None of that."

"No, if you don't work hard, knowledge won't come to your mind just by sitting there."

Tom was a little surprised by Tabor's sudden look in his tone: "This, I know."

"Tell me, why did you suddenly come to my house to see me?" Tabor asked in a slower tone.

"I want to ask the senior to tell me my identity. Who is my father." Tom's eyes showed unconcealable desire.

"We had an agreement, but you didn't fulfill it, right?" Tabor glanced at the hourglass beside his crucible.

Tom lowered his head: "I can't help it, please, I really want to find my father."

"Do you know about the Unbreakable Vow?"

"Unbreakable oath? I seem to have seen it in some book. Is it a contract in the magical world?"

Tabor nodded: "Yes, and it is a widely circulated contract method. In fact, contract magic is not uncommon in the magical world. Compared with Muggles' paper contracts, the cost of violating a magical contract will be very high."

"So, what oath does Senior want me to make?"

"Never harm my family in any way, how about this?" Tabor walked to the window, looked at his sister playing in the yard, and made this condition helplessly.

It's not that he hasn't thought about it, he directly asked Tom to swear an oath not to start a war in the wizarding world.But he wasn't sure enough to let Tom say the words "I do".

Tom weighed the pros and cons in his mind, not to mention whether the Unbreakable Vow was really that unbreakable.As long as he didn't harm the senior's family, he felt that he had nothing to lose.

"Okay, I agree."

Tabor chuckled and summoned Duoduo.

"Owner."

Tabor took out the spare wand from his box and handed it to Duoduo.

"Lord, master, I can't do anything."

"Duoduo, I need you to be the witness of the unbreakable curse. This is an order."

Duoduo picked up the wand tremblingly, her eyes filled with tears of excitement.

"Okay, Tom, both parties making the oath should kneel face to face and hold each other's right hand. I will tell you the content of the oath in a moment. You only need to agree, and we will be able to make a successful contract. I will tell you what needs to be done. Things are also stated in the contract."

Tom's eyes lit up, and his uneasiness about the contract dissipated a little.

"Tom, will you never harm my family in any way?"

Tom said "I do" without thinking.

"Tom, after I tell you who your father is, are you willing to keep everything about today a secret?"

"I am willing."

Two thin red threads were wrapped around the right hands of the two people, which were clasped together, and gradually disappeared after the arms separated.