Hogwarts: Hermione and I switched identities!

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Isn't this Voldemort's behavior?

Tom silently chuckled to himself, a cruel joke, though of course he didn't say it aloud.

"So... why did you fight that creature back then, teacher?"

"Didn't I say that?" The witch paused for a moment, then murmured, "I remember saying it. There was once a knight who wanted to pursue me and harassed me repeatedly. In the end... I fought with him. Who knew that even after I died, that guy was still chasing me."

"Oh right..." The witch's lips suddenly curled into a smile, "If you marry me, Odin will hunt you down for the rest of your life. No matter where you run, he will kill you. Now, do you still dare to marry me?"

"I'll just kill his horse another day."

The witch: "...I didn't realize that such a small creature like you could be so aggressive."

The witch suddenly realized that Tom had led her astray again, and coughed: "Getting back to the point, I hope you won't keep changing the subject next time, let's continue talking about the basilisk."

The basilisk was originally created simply to guard the gate.

There once was a rather powerful wizard who died, but fearing that his grave would be robbed, he researched and created a completely new species, the basilisk.

If you feel unsure about facing the basilisk, there's another way: learn their language.

"Parsleyan?" Tom asked instinctively. "But isn't this language only for people who are born with it? Can someone like me learn it?"

"If you can understand Dragon Language, why can't you understand Snake Language? Of course you can. There are no bottlenecks in knowledge. No matter what stage you've reached, you can continue to learn new knowledge."

Tom nodded: "Got it, teacher. Do you speak Parsley?"

"No, that kind of inferior language is not worth learning. Merlin can do it. Merlin can do everything. He's like a garbage can, stuffing everything into his head. If he weren't like that, he wouldn't have gone crazy."

"At this stage, it's impossible for you to learn Parsley from Merlin, but you can go to Arthur."

"Arthur too?"

The witch smiled and said, "Of course."

……

At the witch's urging, Tom jumped off the tower again.

The witch was a wicked woman; she undid Tom's magic again, preventing him from using the Levitation spell.

Fortunately, Tom didn't fall to the ground; he floated up again just before hitting the ground.

For once today, Arthur wasn't forging iron, but instead was wiping his longsword.

Upon seeing Tom, Arthur, somewhat curious, stood up and said, "Tom, you're here again. Did the master send you to see me for something?"

"Senior Arthur, I want to learn Parsley!" Tom said bluntly.

"Parsleyan?" Arthur's beautiful golden eyes darted around as she asked, "Why would you want to learn that? Parsleyan is very agonizing. If it's not necessary, you shouldn't learn it. After all, learning a new language takes a long time."

"I felt like I was about to encounter a basilisk. My teacher told me that Parsleyan speech is very effective against basilisks."

“Teacher… Basilisk…” Arthur murmured the name, unconsciously straightening his posture in front of Tom.

Even now, he addresses witches as "Sir".

From that moment on, Tom's status was already above that of many others, as he was able to become the witch's student.

There are very few people in the whole world who can suppress Tom by virtue of their status.

"A basilisk? I didn't expect such a thing to still exist in the world. But you don't need to learn Parsleyan speech. Didn't I give you the sword in the stone?"

Tom remembered the sword Arthur had given him and quickly nodded, "Yes."

Tom suddenly realized: "The sword in the stone can deal with the basilisk?"

"Dealing with the basilisk?" Arthur shook his head with a smile. "The Sword in the Stone is not that weak. You know, you have a legendary magic wand in your hand."

This wand has many special properties, and how should I explain them to you...? As you can see, the teacher's wand is quite unique.

The "teacher" Arthur refers to is not a witch, but Merlin.

Tom knew Merlin's wand; it was huge and looked incredibly imposing.

"The teacher's wand has some special properties, such as... indestructibility and the blessing of the Holy Spirit. After all, that wand was blessed by the Elf Queen."

It could be said that some undead creatures are almost like children seeing their father in front of their teacher, and your Sword in the Stone also has a special characteristic: as long as you hold the Sword in the Stone, even staring into the eyes of a basilisk won't have any effect; the basilisk can't kill you.

Can he attack me?

"Of course you can. The basilisk doesn't just attack people with the magic in its eyes. If it bites you and swallows you whole, you'll still die. You just have the sword in the stone, not that you're invincible."

Arthur shrugged: "Besides, the Sword in the Stone can destroy Horcruxes. I heard last time that you had a Horcrux. If one day you can't dig anything out of that Horcrux, you can destroy it directly. Keeping it around isn't very useful."

It seems... you've learned a new spell, a watered-down version of the life-or-death magic? Come, let me take a look.

A new sparring partner has been launched.

Tom was a little excited.

He was able to fight against a great historical figure—Arthur Pendragon.

I doubt many people will have this opportunity.

Now, Tom is even more certain that no one has ever seen Arthur, let alone fought him; he is the first!

"Thank you, senior!"

“There’s no need to call me senior…” Arthur sighed. “Since your teacher is that person, just call me by my name, just call me Arthur.”

"Yes, Senior Arthur."

……

Hogwarts.

The second-grade students had just finished class.

They were dejected.

For some reason, Professor Snape has been in a really bad mood lately.

"Do you think men also have menopause? I feel like Professor Snape lately... is like he's lost his wife, just like those middle-aged men who have lost their wives and children."

But Professor Snape wasn't married, was he?

"When did you get this news? Professor Snape had three children: Tom, Misha, and Isabel."

His wife is Professor Sprout, huh? Didn't he know that?!

"What kind of news is this? Is there any evidence?"

"Of course. Isabel has been studying at Hogwarts since last year, but she's been in the Potions Lab the whole time and hasn't left. You can ask Draco about this; he happened to see Isabel in the lab."

Tom is even more... Professor Snape's favoritism towards Tom is self-evident.

As for Misha, while Isabel was living with Professor Snape, Misha lived with Professor Sprout in the greenhouse. Professor Sprout not only took care of Misha's daily needs but also her food, and personally taught her a lot every day. Didn't you notice how good Professor Sprout was to Misha?

Upon hearing this, the group nodded in agreement.

It really is!

No wonder Professor Snape and Professor Sprout were always arguing.

It turns out it was because the children didn't get their share of the spoils!

"So...why is Professor Snape in a bad mood? He has a son and a daughter, and a formidable wife; he should be living a happy life."

"Think about it, when was the last time you saw Tom in class?"

"...It seems so, last semester? Before Tom left Hogwarts? It seems Tom hasn't been at school much this semester."

"That makes sense! Tom is so talented and capable, but he just won't come to class. If you were Professor Snape, wouldn't you be angry? But Professor Snape couldn't do anything about Tom, so he could only take it out on us. Professor Snape is really wicked!"

"Professor Snape is so wicked!"

“Kids, next time you talk badly about someone, at least look around,” Snape’s voice came from behind them. “And I hope there won’t be any more of these rumors circulating in the school!”

"You're all coming to the solitary confinement room tonight. You can leave when you've finished writing your self-criticisms. Gryffindor, 50 points deducted! 50 points each!"

The people who had points deducted looked sad.

They sighed and had no choice but to do as Snape said.

but……

As Snape left, they saw someone following behind him.

Who else could it be but Isabel?

They even called it a rumor!

How could this be a rumor!

That's clearly the truth!

"It's best not to provoke Professor Snape during this time."

"Yes, yes, let's go find Ravenclaw's students. Hopefully, we can find Tom and persuade him to come back to class. If Professor Snape is so fierce every day, how can we stand it!"

The group immediately agreed.

We can't let Professor Snape continue to be so arrogant!

Tom must appear and punish Professor Snape!

The group made that decision.

……

night.

Isabel was still asleep.

She suddenly felt someone calling her.

Isabel opened her eyes and saw a terrifying face.

That face had no nose and no hair!

What an ugly person!

But in an instant, Isabelle recognized him.