Hogwarts: I, Tom, am not the Dark Lord

"Shut up, Wilkinson!" a fatter Auror said angrily. "What are you doing? Graves was your former teacher! You even slept with his wife!"

shit

Tom's mouth corners were twitching wildly under the mask, and his eyelids were twitching wildly.

Things are becoming more and more abstract. The Deputy Auror Minister named Graves is also Ross's former teacher.

"Teacher? Have you forgotten how he treated me?"

Ross was also furious, and said indignantly: "When he targeted me back then, I was determined to get revenge. Do you think I want to sleep with his wife? I'm 1.5 meters tall and weighs 150 kilograms. Do you know how much effort it took me to get hard?"

Now not only Tom couldn't hold it anymore, the three international Aurors also had strange expressions.

The fat man named Alan thought about the appearance and figure of his boss's wife, and looked at Ross with sympathy.

However, this also gave both sides a way out and the atmosphere eased a little.

"I agree to your terms. We will not pursue Wilkinson today. I hope you will not interfere in the future."

Alan said reluctantly that even if he wanted to continue chasing them, he couldn't do it because his internal organs had been displaced and he needed treatment as soon as possible.

Besides, what the mysterious man said is not wrong. Why risk your life with such a small amount of money in a month?

"Thank you very much for your cooperation."

Tom returned the wand readily, not worrying that the other party would go back on his word.

Wizards in the magical world are actually quite afraid of death, especially the Aurors who have a bright future and are considered the elite of society. Very few of them would fight to the death with dark wizards.

And it seems that Allen and Ross know each other.

Sure enough, after getting the wand, Alan used the levitation spell to carry the unconscious female Auror, and slowly retreated with his companions, walked out of the anti-Apparition magic circle, and immediately activated Apparition to escape.

Ross breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he was temporarily safe, and immediately extended his hand to Tom enthusiastically.

"Brother, I'm so grateful for you today, otherwise I would have been caught. My name is Laws Wilkinson, what's your name?"

"Michael."

"Then I'll call you Michael. Old Burke is quite well connected, knowing a powerful wizard like you."

Ross knew it was probably a fake name, but he didn't care. He thanked Tom with a smile and took out all the money he had. "One day is enough for me to travel a long way, far more than what I was commissioned to do. Brother, this is all I have, don't think it's too little."

Tom didn't take the dragon leather wallet. Instead, he asked doubtfully, "You're already a fugitive. You don't have any money left for the future. What will you do if I give it to you?"

Ross smiled carefreely. "Hey, that's nothing. My destination this time is Germany. I have relatives there. The entire German wizarding community is at odds with the International Federation of Witches. The International Aurors can't do anything to me there."

Tom nodded. That's what purebloods are like. They have relatives wherever they go.

Especially in the United States, all the pure-bloods are immigrants from other places, so it is hard to say who is from the main family and who is from the branch family.

However, this was the first time he heard about the conflict between the German Ministry of Magic and the Witch Federation.

Tom suddenly said, "You have a tracking spell on you, right? I can help you get rid of it."

"Really?" Royce was overjoyed, but immediately felt embarrassed. "But I'm out of money... How about I wait until I get to Germany and transfer the money to you through Gringotts? I'll have Old Burke take it and keep it safe."

"Okay." Tom agreed with a smile, "But you have to agree to one condition."

"What conditions?" Ross frowned.

"I want to know what happened between you and that deputy minister."

"no problem."

Ross immediately began to tell the story with great joy, and was obviously very proud of what he had done.

As he spoke, Tom understood the whole story.

Laws Wilkinson, an Ilvermorny graduate.

The feud between the two men started from their families. The American magical world was managed by the twelve Aurors who were the first immigrants. After the death of these twelve Aurors, the family inheritance was also cut off.

But some companies continue to grow because of their original shares.

The Wilkinson family and the Graves family of Louth are the descendants of the Twelve Aurors, and have now grown into giants in the American wizarding world.

However, these original shares are not all the same. Some of them are British immigrants, such as Abraham Potter, who is a member of the Potter family and can be regarded as Harry's ancestor.

Wilkinson was a German immigrant, and Graves was a French immigrant, so those who knew about these two countries would understand.

Even after moving to a new continent, the feud between them showed no sign of stopping, and they continued to fight openly and secretly.

But even so, Graves would not embarrass a student.

In the final analysis, it was actually Rolls who was just bad-mouthed.

Once, when he was teasing Percival Graves with his friends, he was overheard by Robert Graves, who was a professor at the time.

This Percival Graves is Robert's biological grandfather, and he also has another identity - the unlucky man whose identity was replaced by Grindelwald.

Grindelwald was very moral and did not kill Percival, perhaps because Percival was also in Dumbledore's name?

But when the truth was revealed, Percival was rescued, but he lived in great shame and even doubted whether the son was his own because his wife was pregnant at the time he was being impersonated...

Can Robert let Rouse go?

Relying on his professor status and equal family background, he began to bully Ross. Who would have thought that Ross endured it until graduation and secretly slept with Robert's wife.

Just sleep, he even left a note for Robert - 'Please rest assured, your son is definitely your son.'

If Robert could still tolerate this, he would not be a man. He found a random crime to pin on Ross and mobilized the power of the international Aurors to arrest him.

After listening to this, Tom also lamented the confusion in the relationships between the characters.

But there was one thing he was sure of, that Robert's father was definitely from the Graves family, after all, Grindelwald already had someone in his heart.

His curiosity satisfied, Tom cast an anti-tracking spell on Ross as promised, offsetting the tracking spell cast by the international Auror.

Ross felt relieved and thanked Tom before they parted ways.

.......

The next day, Tom used Polyjuice Potion again to transform into Michael and came to Borgin and Burke's shop.

"Guest, you are finally here."

Upon seeing him, Bock's signature smirk reappeared. "Mr. Lawes praised you highly. This is your mission fee, plus an additional five hundred Galleons. I'll advance that to Mr. Lawes."

Tom accepted the money without hesitation, and in a blink of an eye, half of the money to buy the dragon's heart was collected.

"Mr. Bock, are there any similar tasks?" Tom asked again.

"Not yet." Bock shook his head. "It's hard to come by a big client like Mr. Rouse. Other missions are either long-term or involve exploring ruins, and the returns are unstable."

Tom nodded slightly, "There's a mission to deliver the letter to Michael's residence."

"No problem." Bock agreed with a smile.

Only after he had fulfilled his promise did Tom leave Knockturn Alley and start to busy himself with matters in the Muggle world.

He found that everything he did during this holiday seemed to be related to making money.

First I earned Galleons, and now I’m working non-stop to earn Swords.

That’s right, even in the UK, Dao Le is hard currency, after all, its status here is there.

Tom first used some tricks to help Michael get a national insurance number and a driver's license, which are equivalent to identity cards in the UK.

After he was no longer a black account, he was able to open a bank account and a stock account. Tom took out all his small treasury and threw it all into military concept stocks, and even slightly doubled the leverage.

He didn't know how the U.S. stock market rose and fell after the problems arose in the north, or how much it rose, but he knew with his head that the military industry would take off, and in a few years it would become a famous bubble. At that time, he would buy Microsoft without thinking, and sell everything when he made enough money.

He doesn't need a lot of money, he just needs to ensure that he can be financially free and buy a few more vacation estates.

In fact, the most profitable way is to go directly to the north to harvest the physical industry, but he really doesn't have so much time, and doesn't want to invest too much energy in money, so he can only choose this lazy method.

.....

Tom was very busy before Christmas. Both Hermione and Daphne sent him letters, in which Hermione invited Tom to visit her home. He did not agree, but just replied with a few words about his recent situation and did not write any more.

He took on two more tasks from Bock. One was to threaten a wizard to sell the treasure obtained from the ruins to Bock's store, and the other was to help collect debts.

Bock was right. There were indeed very few big customers like Ross, and the reward for completing these two tasks was only 200 Galleons.

However, he took advantage of these few days to learn how to Apparate and Disapparate, which made things much more convenient.

There is still no news about the fire dragon heart that he has been thinking about. Tom has lowered his requirements. As long as it is not complete, even slices are fine as long as it is properly preserved. The shriveled heart is useless because the 220 life activity inside has been lost.

Tom was considering whether to ask Snape for help. With his connections, getting a few dragon hearts should not be a problem.

However, it is very likely that Snape will be reminded of his previous experience of buying for free.

Tom decided to wait a few more days. If he still hadn't found it after school started, he would take the risk.

It didn't matter if he was discovered, he was sure he could calm Snape's anger.

For example... pull out Peter Pettigrew and give him to Snape as a gift?

But this is already a big move, Tom doesn't want to use it so easily, he can definitely gain greater benefits.

And so, the time came to the 24th.

The weather in London was very kind and it snowed heavily, adding a lot to the festive atmosphere.

Many houses have Christmas trees made of fir trees in front of them, with small electric lights and lucky stars hanging on them shining brightly.

Tom also put one at the door of the children's home very appropriately. In fact, he had no feelings about Christmas in his previous life, but because of the changes in the surrounding environment in this life, he gradually began to regard Christmas as the Spring Festival.

Humans are social animals. When people around them yearn for and are accustomed to doing something, they will inevitably be affected. This is the power of will, or the terrifying thing about will, which can always change many things imperceptibly.

In the afternoon, Ms. Arman came over and was surprised to see Tom come back. They chatted for a while, and Arman gave her blessings and hurried home.

She had originally wanted to clean the house before the holidays, but seeing that Tom had already cleaned it up, there was no need for her to stay.

After Alman left, Tom cooked himself a fairly sumptuous dinner. His cooking skills were not as good as Hannah's, but it was still edible.

He didn't buy the most representative turkey. He took a bite out of curiosity at the time, and he still remembers the old and woody taste.

The long table was filled with sumptuous dishes. Tom sat at the head of the table, but there was no one below.