Hogwarts: I, Tom, am not the Dark Lord

"Malfoy, I also know about the dragon."

In an instant, most of Malfoy's panic disappeared.

It turned out that they were not going to cause him any trouble. He immediately said excitedly: "Reed, are you going to tell Professor Snape? I suggest you wait. It's still a dragon egg. When the dragon egg becomes a fire dragon, their problems will be more serious, and I can still toy with Potter for a while longer."

"You are not allowed to tell anyone about the fire dragon."

Malfoy's smile faded.

he asked angrily, even his fear of Tom mostly gone.

Tom held up two fingers. "First of all, Hagrid bribed me with something, so I was paid for it."

Malfoy's face flushed with anger.

Tom ignored it and continued, "Secondly...it won't cause any trouble if you tell others."

"Impossible, Professor Snape will definitely deduct points from them, a lot of points!" Malfoy retorted with his neck stiff.

"But Dumbledore will protect them," Tom said slowly. "Dumbledore won't interfere with trivial matters, but this kind of problem even involves breaking the law. Do you think he won't side with Hagrid and Potter?"

"this..."

Potter didn't know, but he knew that Hagrid was Dumbledore's "loyal dog". With Dumbledore's intervention, big things would become small things, and finally nothing would happen.

It’s so frustrating! It’s so frustrating!

It's so frustrating. When will Slytherin be able to stand up and not be oppressed by Gryffindor and Dumbledore?

Seeing him like this, Tom comforted him, "I just told you not to tell the professor and the others, but it's okay to use this opportunity to scare Potter. Mentioning dragons in front of him every now and then, is that enough to make you happy?"

Malfoy thought about it and felt that these past few days were indeed quite enjoyable. If he didn't let the professors know, he could continue to have fun with Harry.

It's not unacceptable?

Chapter 97: The Curse of the Dragon Slayer, there is a cow, there is a cow here!

In the end, Malfoy gave in under the temptation of playing with Harry and the coercion of Tom.

Tom smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Know the current situation, Wei Junjie, Draco, you made the right choice."

Malfoy forced a smile.

"Don't be so aggrieved." Tom smiled. "Although you lost an opportunity to take revenge on Potter, you have won my friendship. You don't have to worry about those unpleasant things in the future. I think this is more important to you, right?"

Malfoy nodded.

In fact, he was only completely relieved now. Before, every time he saw Riddle, he would feel guilty and afraid.

Now that Riddle owed him a favor, the previous grudges were completely offset, and he could finally treat Riddle normally.

Malfoy left with nothing to do, and Tom completed the commission and began to organize the materials brought by Hagrid into categories.

The seven-day holiday passed in a flash, and on the evening of the last day, Daphne took the train back to school.

Seeing Tom, the little witch ignored her reserve and ran over to give him a big hug. The familiar scent of shampoo penetrated Tom's nose, making him feel refreshed.

Then, with Hermione, the three of them came to the Room of Requirement, and Daphne talked excitedly about Astoria's situation.

After taking the strengthening potion several times in a row, my sister-in-law's condition has improved significantly, and her physical strength is almost the same as that of a normal girl. After returning this time, the two of them often ride on flying brooms and play in the manor.

But as she spoke, the little witch's mood began to depress again.

But just as Tom guessed, the medicine can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

The curse is still affecting Astoria, but it's like a bucket of water that has been half drained. Now it's filled up and pumped out again. When the potion has no effect at all, Astoria will still become as sickly as before.

But this time has been extended a lot, and there will be more time to find a cure.

Hermione comforted Daphne and seeing that her mood had improved, she told her about Hagrid raising a dragon.

"Is he crazy?" Daphne said in shock. "Raising a dragon in a place like Hogwarts? The school will be inundated with shouting letters from parents."

Hermione shrugged helplessly. "It wasn't just me, Harry and Weasley, who tried to persuade Hagrid to give up. But it didn't work. He was determined to hatch the dragon. As for whether he would send it away later, it was still uncertain."

Daphne thought for a moment and said, "Then let them suffer the consequences of their own actions. When that happens, it will be the principal who will be in trouble, not us students."

Tom nodded. "That's right. We can just watch the fun. You haven't seen a fire dragon hatch yet, right? This is a good opportunity to see it."

Today he just checked the condition of the fire dragon egg. In the eternally burning Gublai fairy fire, the black fire dragon egg jumped twice from time to time. It was in very good condition and the day when the fire dragon would hatch was not far away.

Hermione and Daphne looked at each other. They were also interested in what Tom said.

It is indeed a rare sight to see a fire dragon hatching from its shell.

...

Tom's guess was right. On the second day after school started, both Tom and Harry received a note from Hagrid via owl. There were only four words on it:

"It's almost hatching."

Daphne now had no concentration in class. She was restless throughout the entire History of Magic class, looking out the window towards Hagrid's hut every few seconds, afraid that she would miss the moment the little dragon hatched.

When Professor Sprout announced the end of get out of class, the little witch took Tom's hand and ran out of the classroom, all the way out of the castle and to the cabin.

As anxious as they were were the three Gryffindors who had just come out of the greenhouse. Hagrid, his face beaming, led them into the house.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward. After coming in, Hermione came to Tom and Daphne, and the two groups were clearly separated.

Hagrid's explanation to Harry and Ron was that Tom had discovered his secret, so he used a lot of materials and the opportunity to see the dragon at any time as a condition to keep Tom silent.

I can only say that this is the art of language, just turning the passive into the active makes it sound less embarrassing...

Harry and Tom had a normal relationship, and if Ron wasn't there, they might still be able to chat a little, but Ron was the biggest trouble.

After the troll crisis on Halloween, Ron and Hermione showed no signs of reconciliation. Hermione didn't think she was wrong, so she didn't care about Ron's attitude at all.

Ron, who had been invisible since childhood, felt that Hermione looked down on him and often urged Hermione to get close to the Slytherins.

But Harry saw clearly that Hermione was not close to Slytherin, she just had a good relationship with Tom and Greengrass. Personal relationships did not affect the competition between colleges, so there was nothing wrong with that.

Perhaps the extra house points earned by all the first-year Gryffindor students are not as many as Hermione's alone, so others have no right to accuse Hermione of making friends with Slytherin.

But Ron was his best friend, and some things were really inconvenient to say, so Harry could only remain silent with Ron.

Hagrid didn't notice anything wrong. He looked at Tom eagerly, "I heard the eggshells cracking this morning. Can we take the eggs out now?"

Tom waved his wand and sucked the Guplaine Fire into his wand like sucking water. Hagrid quickly took a tray with dragon eggs and placed it on the dining table, which made Hermione and Daphne look strange.

This scene...it looks like dinner is about to start.

There were indeed a few cracks on the eggshell, and it would shake from time to time. Everyone held their breath and watched closely, fearing that it would affect the little dragon's hatching.

Suddenly, with a sharp cracking sound, the eggshell cracked. The sticky little fire dragon still had the eggshell on its head, shaking its head and making strange noises.

Hermione and Daphne showed disgusted expressions almost at the same time.

Charmander is so ugly, his body is wrinkled and black, like a folded black umbrella. The uncoordinated proportions of his body and wings don't even make him look ugly or cute, and there are bumps on his body that look a bit disgusting.

They didn't like it, but Hagrid's eyes were already starting to sparkle.

"It's beautiful, isn't it? It's really amazing."

Hagrid wanted to reach out and touch Charmander's head, but it dodged with a grin on its face and sparks flying out of its nose.

Hagrid seemed at a loss. The Charmander turned awkwardly and looked at Tom. It crawled forward for a while, then let out a howl and took two steps back, wrapping its wings around its head and trembling.

This look of wanting to get close but not daring to do so confused everyone.

"Come here you."

Tom picked up Charmander, held it in his arms and stroked it. Although it looked ugly, it felt like a ball of meat. Even the scales on its body were soft, and the overall feel was very good.

After the initial fear, Charmander instinctively felt that Tom had no ill will towards him, so he completely relaxed and enjoyed the boy's ravages, even making comfortable purring sounds.

Tom understood why Charmander behaved like this.

He killed a Hungarian tree-peak and was marked with the mark of the dragon slayer. This was what happened to Andros back then. After killing two fire dragons, the other fire dragons sensed his breath and began to flee across hundreds of kilometers.

The reason for being close to him is that the Gublai fairy fire was released by him, which contains his magic power, and he is considered to be half the mother of Charmander (dabh).

The combination of the two will lead to this contradictory situation.

However, because he had only killed one dragon and had merged with the dragon's bloodline, Tom's dragon slayer aura was not very obvious, and in the end, closeness took over and fear filled him.

Hagrid, standing by, was already dumbfounded. If he had read more books, he would have been screaming madly in his mind:

"There are cows! There are cows here!"

.......

After playing with the dragon for a while, Tom felt bored and wanted to let Daphne and Hermione try, but they both refused.

The novelty wore off, and Daphne even took a few photos with her magic camera. Naturally, the two of them lost interest in dragons, so Tom simply took them away, leaving only Harry and Ron.

It wasn't until they left that the atmosphere became much more normal.

"Hagrid, are you really not going to send Charmander away?" Harry asked worriedly as he watched Charmander finish the eggshells and start eating the fresh beef.

Hagrid was currently immersed in the joy of being cowed back to life, and didn't care about anything else. He just responded perfunctorily. Seeing that Hagrid didn't listen to his advice at all, Harry was helpless.

For the next week, Harry lived in dire straits every day. Charmander swelled up like a balloon. He was worried about Hagrid being discovered, while also having to face the threat from Malfoy.

Although Hagrid told him that Tom had warned Malfoy and there would be no problem and he was just trying to scare him, Harry didn't know that Tom was now the king of Slytherin and felt that Malfoy would not obey.

Under his and Ron's persuasion, Hagrid finally agreed to hand over the dragon to Charlie - the second son of the Weasley family worked in the dragon sanctuary in Romania.

Since the first day he went there, Tom never went to Hagrid's Hut again. He was concentrating on hooking up with the cuter and more adorable little unicorn.

Now he can hold the little unicorn and play with it, but the second trial is still not completed.

Perhaps the unicorn is too young to understand the meaning of recognition and following, or perhaps there is no superior-subordinate relationship between the two.

Little Unicorn: Don't get me wrong, we are just good friends.