Hogwarts: Hermione and I switched identities!

Hermione covered her mouth.

"Tom, were all those things you did just to release the Basilisk? What on earth were you thinking?!"

You knew perfectly well what would happen if the basilisk was released, so why did you do it?

“I have my own ideas,” Tom replied to Hermione. “Don’t worry about it. Even if the Basilisk comes out, it can’t do anything to me. Hermione, why do you still underestimate me after all this time?”

With your body, I could reseal the basilisk. Have you ever thought about what would happen if I had my own body?

Hermione fell silent.

She thought Tom might be able to deal with the basilisk.

But she dared not gamble!

If I were Tom, I definitely wouldn't gamble!

That was Voldemort's pet! Who knows how many tricks Voldemort has up his sleeve? What if it's not just a simple basilisk?

"Maybe we should just call it off, Tom..."

"What's there to calculate? Do you know how much effort I've put in to get to where I am today? Here's what we'll do... For the next few days, carry your notebook with you and chat with it every day."

"No, I'm worried he'll set a trap for me!"

"Then you should be more careful!" Tom cursed. "Besides, I'm here, aren't I?"

Ask him if he has any hidden magic, the powerful kind, not simple or easy, just high-difficulty stuff. Unearth all the powerful spells Voldemort knows!

At this point, Hermione seemed to understand but not quite: "You've always wanted to learn all of Voldemort's magic."

So... so, now you've really mastered Avada Kedavra?

"Do as I say!"

The laptop became happy.

He noticed that Tom's attitude towards him had suddenly improved.

I chat with him all the time, though most of the time I'm asking if there's any more powerful magic.

But at least!

He's no longer as cold as before. Tom is warm-hearted now, and he truly believes in me!

In the future, I will have one more Death Eater, and I must make him follow me!

Of course, if Tom doesn't choose to follow in the end either...

He wouldn't mind losing one genius from Hogwarts.

The thought of the basilisk imprisoned in the secret chamber being released made him unable to control the corners of his mouth—even though he was just a notebook and couldn't actually smile.

One day, two days, three days passed slowly.

The notebook sensed that something was wrong with Tom.

Isn't this guy doing it a little too often?

He had seemed indifferent before, but in the past three days, he had been chatting with me almost constantly.

Voldemort was momentarily taken aback by such favor.

He suddenly missed the indifferent Tom of the past; at least that Tom wouldn't cause him trouble or take up so much of his time.

But this should be a good thing, right?

During this time, Voldemort continuously instilled in Hermione some knowledge about dark wizards and dark magic, attempting to pull her away from the white wizards' camp in this way.

What Voldemort didn't know was that whenever he mentioned the Dark Wizard, there were people cursing and swearing behind him, while Tom in Hermione's mind kept comforting her.

Both of them found Voldemort's words amusing.

As for becoming a Death Eater, that's certainly impossible, for neither Hermione nor Tom.

Hermione despises the Death Eaters, considering them evil creatures.

Tom is even more impressive. If you're going to make him a Death Eater and force him to compromise his dignity, why doesn't he just take the Dark Lord's position and sit in it himself?

Both of them thought Voldemort was talking to a brick wall and neither paid any attention.

Three days have passed, and it's evening.

After Hermione lay down on the bed, she took out her notebook again, wanting to continue chatting, but at that moment, Tom raised his hand and mentally stopped Hermione from continuing.

"What's wrong? Didn't you say you would stay with him?"

However, I feel that Voldemort might not be as powerful as I thought. He's already cast several spells, but you seem rather unmoved.

Tom was indeed unmoved, but it wasn't that he wasn't interested in Voldemort's magic; rather... he had already learned those things.

They are all very basic things.

Tom had been speculating about this lately, and he felt that Voldemort's Horcrux was probably not from Voldemort at his peak.

Perhaps this is the state Voldemort retained when he created the Horcruxes. He was completely ignorant of magic, only having a few vague memories of it.

From this perspective, this notebook is probably useless now.

Tom was already imagining how to take the plan to the next step.

"Has anything happened at school these days?" Tom asked Hermione.

"Yes, of course. Everyone knows that Hermione from Gryffindor has been skipping classes for almost a week, and Ron and Harry have also been put in solitary confinement."

At this point, Hermione rolled her eyes.

Don't you even consider who caused him to miss a week of classes?

Hermione was already starting to worry about his final grades. He felt that the professors wouldn't make an exception and would definitely not give him an O.

"Try to look on the bright side. Even if Hermione wasn't in the Chamber of Secrets, he probably wouldn't go to class anyway," Tom chuckled. "After all, would you let someone who skips class all the time go back to school?"

"So now Professor Dumbledore and Professor Snape have given up on you. They won't even look at you in class!" Hermione was furious, silently cursing Tom the bastard in her mind.

"Alright, we're going to do something big tonight, no need to chat with the laptop anymore."

This notebook doesn't know much, but you've probably already figured out everything that could be extracted from it.

Go find Misha and ask her to prepare a mandrake soup for you.

Tom felt the time was ripe; it was time to bring Hermione back to her senses in the Chamber of Secrets, and it was time to make the Basilisk his subordinate.

"Do we really have to go at this exact time?"

Tom nodded: "I've calculated it, the timing is perfect."

Misha is a very easy-going child, though it's quite possible that she's only easy to talk to because she's talking to Tom.

Misha never initiates conversations with others at school. When people try to ask her questions, they only get a simple answer. They can't even have a casual chat with her.

After Hermione found Misha, she had only just made her request when Misha agreed without even asking Hermione what the mandrake was for.

“You must have lied to Misha a lot before, right?” Hermione questioned Tom in her mind. “You’re such a liar, and Misha listens to you so much, I’m sure you did it all the time.”

"It's a misunderstanding. I have never lied to anyone."

"Don't you feel any remorse saying that?" Hermione gave Tom a cold glare.

Not long after, they received the mandrake soup that Misha had brought.

The piping hot medicine was in a bottle, and Hermione shook the glass bottle in her hand.

"Tom, you have to be careful when using this potion. It's not an ordinary potion. For some reason, Professor Sprout seems to have been planting a lot of mandrakes lately, saying that they might have a great use in the future."

Without even thinking, Hermione knew what that enormous purpose was for.

Now that Professor Dumbledore knew that trolls existed at Hogwarts, he would prepare in advance.

Mandrake soup is the most crucial potion for breaking petrification.

The main reason they brought the mandrake soup into the Chamber of Secrets was to remove Hermione's petrified state.

After saying goodbye to Misha, Hermione led Tom toward the Chamber of Secrets.

The clock hands slowly turned, and when it reached exactly 12 o'clock, Tom's body suddenly collapsed.

In a split second, Tom’s tightly closed eyes snapped open again, and he was back in his body.

"Little Tom, you're finally back!" Tom had barely taken over his body when the Mirror of Erised began to make a racket in his ear.

"Are we going to go into the secret room now and kill that snake monster? I'll open the door for you right away."

As the Mirror of Eris continued to emit that chilling, snake-like voice.

The hidden stone wall opened once more, but unlike last time, this time the pair of enormous, pale yellow snake eyes were no longer inside.

Tom stood in front, as if the secret room had opened its door to welcome its owner home.

"Open Sesame, little Tom, come in quickly!" The Mirror of Eris was more excited than ever before; it felt that it was about to witness an important person's adventure.

Chapter 145 Let me teach you how to use Avada Kedavra

"Little Tom, go ahead without worry. The basilisk is still sleeping, and he definitely won't be able to stop you anytime soon."

Tom nodded, used the Illumination Charm, and walked ahead, carrying the Mirror of Erised.

"Also, it seems something happened at Hogwarts during this time," Eris the Demon explained to Tom like an encyclopedia. "Although I can't communicate with you, Hermione can hear me if I speak when you and Hermione are using the same body."

So I've been wandering around Hogwarts these past few days.

Tom asked doubtfully, "You can still go out for a walk?"

"Of course, why not? I'm not the same as that stupid notebook in your hand. When he's bored, he can only chat with people, but when I'm bored, I can not only chat with people, but of course I can go out and take a look."

Otherwise, after being a magic mirror for so many years, I would have been depressed to death by myself. You know, back then, all I could do every day was wait for others to come and look in the mirror, and I couldn't even talk to anyone.

So I secretly read through the entire restricted section of Hogwarts, and I never missed a single Quidditch match, including every weekend.

Tom fell silent; this Mirror of Eris was practically a high-end version of artificial intelligence.

No, I should use a different term: the Mirror of Eris is a high-level wizarding intelligence.

The witch probably created the Mirror of Erised simply to avoid trouble for herself.

"Can you use magic?" Tom suddenly asked the Mirror of Erised curiously.