The Hogwarts Express left at eleven o'clock. Tom arrived early, and there were not many students on the bus when he got on.
However, he still walked towards the last carriage to avoid being disturbed by people who would be getting on the train passing by the door of the carriage.
Arriving at the second-to-last carriage, Tom randomly found a compartment and went in, put his luggage on the shelf, took out a book called "A Thousand Magical Clever Responses" and began to read.
Andros' voice rang in his mind.
"The Hogwarts Express is actually hidden inside the Muggle station, and it's not afraid of being discovered."
Tom smiled and said, "After all, this is the largest record of the use of the Muggle Exorcism Charm in the history of the wizarding world.
Now the Ministry of Magic sends people to cast the spell every year.
I guess the Exorcism Charm has become the magic that all Ministry of Magic employees are best at."
"We didn't have such a department in our time." Andros sighed, "It's really much more convenient. Most importantly, it can also restrain those evil dark wizards."
"Restraining dark wizards is actually saving yourself."
Tom pointed out the crux of the matter: "The Muggles in modern society are not comparable to those in the past. Once the magic world is exposed, most wizards will not have a good ending."
Andros was silent.
Although Andros did not discriminate against Muggles, he was also arrogant as a wizard, even more so than others. After all, he was the strongest of an era.
But Andros would never have thought that the Muggles who regarded wizards as gods would develop to this point today, enough to threaten the survival of wizards.
No wonder the book says that the original intention of establishing the Ministry of Magic was to ensure that the existence of the magical world was not discovered by Muggles.
As Andros fell silent, Tom also stopped talking and read the book contentedly. He didn't have much time to study with Andros today, so he opened the space just to let this "ancient man" take a look at today's society.
Just as the bus was getting more and more lively and about to depart, the door of the compartment was opened.
A cute girl with golden curly hair, long eyelashes and big blinking eyes was startled by Tom. She obviously didn't expect that there was someone else in the box.
But she still walked in and asked a little awkwardly: "Can I sit here?"
"certainly."
Tom nodded and gentlemanly helped the girl put her luggage on the rack.
When putting away the luggage, Tom keenly noticed that although the suitcase looked very ordinary, it was embroidered with dark gold edges on the edges and corners, and there was an intricate and gorgeous emblem in the corner.
It looks like the other family's emblem.
Tom immediately understood that this was most likely the eldest daughter of a pure-blood family.
After thanking him, the girl sat opposite Tom and secretly looked at Tom who continued reading.
He is so handsome!
The girl was startled by this thought and a blush appeared on her chubby face. She quickly looked away, but her body was honest enough to secretly move her eyes back.
As we all know, people named Tom Riddle are all good-looking.
His black hair had some natural curls and his dark pupils were concentrating on reading a book. The girl's eyes were firmly attracted by Tom's delicate facial features. She admired him but also felt a little jealous.
Why do a boy have more delicate facial features than a girl like her, comparable to her sister?
Seeing that Tom had no intention of speaking, the girl moved uneasily and took the initiative to start a conversation, "Hello, I... I'm Daphne Greengrass, a first-year student at Hogwarts."
"Riddle."
Tom didn't expect the pure-blood lady to initiate a conversation, so he closed the book and responded, "Tom Riddle, also a freshman this year."
Riddle?
Daphne Greengrass searched her memory and found that she had never heard of this surname. She asked tentatively: "Are you half-blood? Or... pure Muggle-born?"
"I actually don't know what I am."
Tom shrugged casually and said, "I was abandoned by my parents when I was born. Maybe they are pure Muggles, or maybe they are Squibs. It doesn't matter."
"Why, does the eldest daughter of the Greengrass family regret sitting in the same box with me?"
The Greengrass family is listed among the top 28 purebloods in the Pureblood Directory written by Cantankerus Nott. They are praised as a model of pureblood families, low-key and elegant.
Tom subconsciously thought that this girl was most likely the same as Malfoy and would use the bloodline theory to explain things.
However, the development of things was beyond his expectations.
"No, no, no, please don't misunderstand me."
The girl waved her hands repeatedly: "I don't really care about these things. My mother said that all pure-blood families actually have Muggle ancestors. I'm just curious because I've never come into contact with Muggles..."
"I misunderstood you. I apologize." Tom admitted his mistake frankly.
"It doesn't matter."
Daphne shook her head seriously, and then completely skipped the topic. "I have a sister who really likes fashion magazines from the Muggle world, but she only has an outdated book she picked up many years ago. If you have the chance in the future, can you buy me a few copies? I'll pay for it."
"No problem, but you'll have to wait until Christmas."
Tom finally remembered some unimportant details. Daphne's sister seemed to be named Astoria Greengrass. She was a person with a very low sense of existence. It seemed that she got together with Malfoy in the end. She had some health problems and died not long after.
Tom naturally wouldn't tell this information to anyone. He just continued chatting with Daphne based on what she had started.
Usually it was Daphne who asked questions about the Muggle world and he answered them. When talking about some things, the girl even took out a pen and paper to seriously record them, saying that she would write a letter to tell her sister.
It can be seen from these details that she is an elder sister who loves her younger sister very much.
The train had started moving unknowingly, heading westwards towards the Scottish Highlands. The noise from the wheels turning outside the train did not affect the two men's conversation at all.
Andros suddenly popped up and said, "I dare to bet you one Galleon that this girl likes you. No, I think she thinks you are pretty and wants your body."
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