Chapter 42: The Characteristics of Slytherin
Since Dumbledore had not found a suitable house, Theo and Tom could only stay in Hogsmeade Village temporarily before school started.
Both Theo and Tom had enough patience for this.
Especially after they received dozens of books sent by Dumbledore this morning.
However, unlike Tom's excitement, Theo seemed much calmer.
For Theo, who had inherited a huge collection of dark magic books, the books sent by Dumbledore were very good, but they were no longer enough to cause any emotional fluctuations in Theo.
However, Tom, who knew nothing about it, felt a little ashamed of himself when he saw Theo's calm demeanor compared to his own excitement.
He felt that he should be in a state of calmness at all times.
Otherwise, what was the difference between being so surprised all the time and other ordinary fools?
'I, Tom, no matter where I am, no matter among what people, even if I am always suppressed by Theo, I must become the most extraordinary one under Theo!'
Tom looked at the newly opened books. He originally wanted to pick a few directly, but after glancing at Theo, Tom retracted his hand.
"Tom, what's wrong? Haven't you been longing for these books for a long time?" Theo asked strangely at Tom's performance.
"You choose first." Tom said calmly.
Theo said in surprise, "It's rare. You're so polite today."
"I'm not being polite, but... you're stronger than me, so you deserve the right to choose first when there are good things." Tom said calmly, "If I'm stronger than you one day, I won't be polite to you!"
Theo could see that Tom was actually telling the truth this time.
It could only be said that... Tom was worthy of being a Slytherin. Although he was arrogant, he also had the characteristics of Slytherin—admiring the strong.
They considered themselves strong, so they also admired those who were stronger than themselves.
Even Tom, who could become the famous Voldemort in the future, could not change his psychology of admiring the strong after discovering that there were people stronger than himself.
After thinking about it, Theo didn't decline. Instead, he directly picked a book called "Outsmarting Dark Magic" from the pile of books.
"Then I'll read this one first. Okay, I've chosen. You take it."
After hearing Theo's words, Tom carefully selected several books that he was most interested in from the pile of books.
After Theo glanced at it, he found that the books he chose were: "Common Spells and Counter-Spells", "Collection of Self-Defense Spells", "Practical Defensive Magic and Its Restraint of Dark Magic"...
Almost all of them were books on Defense Against the Dark Arts recommended by Dumbledore.
There was no doubt that Tom's wish was still to become stronger quickly...
Suddenly, Theo put the "Outsmarting Dark Magic" in his hand in front of Tom.
"What's wrong?"
"I suddenly remembered that I have something to do today. You can read this book first and return it to me when I come back." Theo said.
"Where are you going?" Tom was slightly stunned.
"I'm going to Diagon Alley with Toby. And buy something."
"What are you going to buy? Haven't we bought everything we need?" Tom was very strange.
It was reasonable to say that the things to be bought had already been bought before. If something was really forgotten, most of them could be bought in Hogsmeade Village.
Even if Hogsmeade Village didn't have it, Theo could ask Toby to buy it for him. He didn't need to go there himself...
Why waste study time?
"I'm going to buy a few more second-hand wands. This requires my presence to choose the most suitable one." Theo didn't hide it.
"Don't we already have wands? Did you lose your wand?" Tom looked at Theo in surprise.
"Of course not... In fact, I recently discovered a spell called Flashback Charm. It can flash back the magic that the wand has recently released..." Theo looked at Tom quietly, his black pupils deepened a bit. "And I don't want others to know what magic I've cast recently through my wand."
Tom had completely understood at this time. In fact, he also agreed with this point!
Tom immediately put down the books in his hand and said, "I'll go too..."
"I also need another wand as a spare. I heard that newborn wands have a magic called Trace..."
"This is used by the Ministry of Magic to monitor students' spellcasting outside the school. Because we can't use wands after we have a vacation."
"This is really a stupid policy! I don't want to just watch my wand anxiously after I have a vacation."
Theo nodded, "In that case, let's go together..."
...
It should have been effortless for Toby to Apparate two little wizards.
However, Theo's magic power was the same as that of an adult wizard, so Toby had to take them to Diagon Alley in two trips.
Toby said, "You can buy almost all second-hand items in the Junk Shop. Although most of them are junk, sometimes people can find some good things in it."
He was too familiar with the Junk Shop.
In the past, his former master often ran here...
Without staying anywhere else, the two people and a house-elf leading the way arrived at the entrance of the Junk Shop in just a few minutes.
"Okay, Toby, I have a list here. You can help me buy the things on it and wait for us where we appeared just now."
Theo took out a piece of paper and a bag of gold Galleons and handed it to Toby.
"Yes, Young Master Theo!" Toby respectfully took it and disappeared on the spot.
"When do you think... we can learn this kind of magic that disappears with a snap?" Tom looked at the place where Toby disappeared with envy.
"This magic seems to be called Apparition. However, the Apparition of house-elves is different from that of wizards. We shouldn't be able to learn it at our age."
Although Theo said so, he was indeed tempted like Tom.
Tom was still young, and his magic power was only at the level of an underage wizard. He was indeed not old enough to learn Apparition.
But Theo was different. He already had the magic power of an adult wizard. He could release many advanced magic after practicing.
That was to say, he could learn Apparition at any time now.
However, the learning of Apparition had a very high risk. If he was not careful, it was easy to cause the phenomenon of splitting.
When wizards first learned this magic, they usually needed an experienced teacher to watch by the side.
In case of a splitting situation, he could help him put the separated body back together.
Theo secretly calculated who he should find to "protect" him if he really wanted to learn Apparition.
It was absolutely impossible to practice alone.
He didn't want his head to be in one place and his body in another...
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