HP: What if a time traveler went to Hogwarts?

Chapter 22 The Secret of the Cave

"It's hot, it's hot." Shimaier kept fanning the air with his hands in Tom's room. "Why is it so hot in summer? You can't use magic. What if I get steamed."

The summer vacation is only half over, and it is the hottest time in summer. After what happened last time, the dean did not kick them out, but treated them as if they were air. He would not call them to eat, but they would always have a place and food if they wanted to eat.

Shimaier didn't feel that this kind of life was sad. On the contrary, he was very happy because he could stay with Tom every day.

Tom was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and washed gray shorts, and was leaning over the table writing something.

Shimaier only wore a thin white linen skirt and crossed her legs. "If I don't use my wand, will it notice that I use magic?"

Tom didn't look up, but answered her, "No, underage wizards have traces on them. If you use magic, people from the Ministry of Magic will know that someone uses magic in this place, and the only people in this place who can use magic are the two of us." Someone, guess who it is.”

"I'm really convinced." Shimaier wailed.

Her eyes wandered around Tom's room - the walls had been cleaned, the sheets had been replaced with the newest bed in the orphanage, seven stones of different sizes were placed on the window sill against which the desk was propped, and there was a pencil drawing taped to the wall. landscape painting.

The painting was familiar to her; it had been posted on the wall of Tom's room last year.

But she and Tom weren't that familiar at the time and didn't have the nerve to ask. Things were different now, so Shimaier pointed at the painting and said, "Tom, where is that? It looks so cool."

"This is my secret." Tom also looked at the painting and said, his eyes full of yearning, "But I can take you to see it."

"Really?" Shimaier was a little surprised. "This is your secret. Are you willing to take me to see it?"

"Of course," Tom turned his head and smiled softly at Shimaier, "I will discover your secrets, and I will not hide my secrets from you."

Shimeier felt that his face was a little red. In addition to making others afraid, the future Voldemort was able to win over so many party members because he was good at deceiving people. So was he also part of his win-over?

Thinking of this, the flushed face with excitement seemed to have been doused by a basin of ice water.

"Okay." Shimaier looked at her toes and said. Tom was a little baffled that she was not as excited as he imagined, so he frowned and said, "We will set off at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he buried his head and continued writing.

No matter what purpose Tom had, he had to take him to his secret base. Shimaier was still happy, so he habitually fell asleep that night.

The next day, she could only stare at the two dark circles under her eyes and appeared at Tom's door dragging her exhausted body.

Orphanages generally prohibit children from going out without permission, but when Tom and Shimael walked out in a big way, no one stopped them.

"What a freedom!" Shimaier exclaimed, "It would be great if I could just go out of Hogwarts at will!"

"In the third grade, we can go to Hogsmeade outside Hogwarts." Tom led the way. "Professor Horn told me, but it requires the signature of the guardian."

Shimaier pouted, "Do we have a guardian? Madam Dean?" Tom nodded, Shimaier pursed his lips unhappily, "Does she really know how? She is so afraid and doesn't want to see us."

"It's because she's scared and unwanted that she does it."

Tom led Shimaier through a crowded road and then through a suburban forest. Shimaier even thought that no one would notice that Tom would kill him and cut his body up here.

After they climbed a low hill, Tom pointed to the sea that appeared in front of them and said, "This is right here. Last year, the director also took the orphanage students here for an outing, and then I discovered something interesting."

Tom took Shimaier along the hiking trail to the beach "over here." Shimaier saw the reef on the sea not far away, which was exactly the one in Tom's painting.

Tom pointed to a huge cave ahead and said, "It's very interesting in here."

Shimaier followed Tom into the cave. When he first entered, it was just an ordinary cave. The temperature was much lower than outside, which made Shimaier very comfortable after a long journey. The stalactites hanging on the top of the mountain were still dripping with water from time to time. On your head, walking further forward, there is a huge space in the cave, there is a lake, and there are large tracts of crystals on the mountain wall. Shimaier suddenly felt a strong magical impact. "Here?" Shimaier was surprised. There is such strong magical energy here.

"It's magical, isn't it?" Tom's face was full of excitement. "Every time I am here, I feel the presence of magic more, which makes me feel that I am not so strange."

"You are not," Shimaier said. She was more interested in the lake in front of her.

Shimaier approached the edge of the lake. "Although this cave is full of magic, this lake makes me very uncomfortable."

"What's wrong?" Tom frowned and walked to Shimaier.

Shimaier knelt down and observed carefully. The light in the cave was already dark, and magic could not be used outside the school, which further blocked his sight. "I can feel that there is something in this water." He touched it gently with his hand. Under the lake. When he was about to hit the water, Tom grabbed Shimaier's wrist and said, "Don't touch it."

Tom pulled out his wand and "luminescent flash." Suddenly the surroundings were filled with light.

"Tom! You can't use magic outside of school! You will be expelled!" Shimaier said anxiously.

"It doesn't matter. Avery told me that he often uses it at home because the Ministry of Magic only tracks traces. I can't use magic in the orphanage, but the magic energy here is so strong that he can't track me."

As he spoke, he stretched his wand close to the lake. Seeing him like this, Shimaier also pulled out his wand and pointed it at the lake. He silently said "fluorescent flash" in his heart and the top of the wand immediately glowed.

"Silent magic." Tom was not surprised. Since Shimaier knew wandless magic, silent magic was not difficult for her, so he just stated it in a steady voice.

"Well, you have discovered another secret of mine, come on." Shimaier gave Tom a wink and focused on the lake.

The light emitted by the wand was very penetrating, but Shimaier could only vaguely see some bodies lying on the bottom of the lake. She tried hard to think about what these things were.

"In the water, Twisted Human Body Tom, this is the Inferi!" She couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. "Fortunately, you just stopped me! Otherwise we would definitely die here!"

"The Inferi?" Tom asked doubtfully, "What is that?"

"The Inferi are dead corpses. They are controlled by the summons of black magic. They have no life, no soul and no thoughts. They are afraid of fire and light and like darkness and dampness. They are the walking dead." Shimaier took two steps back with lingering fear. "This must be A powerful black magician placed it here, maybe Grindelwald? Why are there so many Inferi stored in this cave?"

When Tom heard the word black magic, he quickly locked his eyes on Shimaier. "That's it," Tom murmured, but Shimaier didn't pay attention.

"Can only a powerful black magician do it?" Tom retracted his wand, "Yeah." She raised her wand and checked every corner of the cave, fearing that there would be any dangerous creatures.

Shimaier felt that this place was not suitable for staying for a long time, so he quickly took Tom out of the cave.

After leaving the cave, Shimaier and Tom sat on the beach. "Then how did you know?" Tom let the sea water wash over his insteps.

"I'm well-informed. Don't misunderstand me as a black magician." Shimaier played with the sand. She had never been to the beach and was very curious about everything.

"Do you have a big opinion on black magic?" Tom's tone was still normal, but Shimaier's heart trembled. The man in front of him would be the most powerful Dark Lord in the future.

"No, I mean only extremely good wizards can learn black magic. I can't." She laughed twice, trying to ease the embarrassment.

"You're pretty awesome." Tom gave a rare smile, and then stood up. "I know everything I need to know, let's go."

Shimaier later realized, "Are you trying to trick me?" Tom ignored her, and Shimaier took it as acquiescence.

"If you want to know anything, just ask me. You know I'm the easiest to be told." She walked angrily, but Tom in front of her suddenly stopped, and Shimaier bumped into Tom's back. Only then did she realize that Tom was already taller than herself.

"Shimaier, I'm looking for your secret"

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