Hogwarts: Hermione and I switched identities!

I originally wanted to keep a low profile, but I couldn't help it; in the end, you sent Arthur to find me.

"If Arthur doesn't come to you, you'll have to live a life on the run, won't you?"

Tom immediately became indignant: "What escape?"

Teacher, you're talking complete nonsense. I was fully prepared beforehand.

"You mean to retire early?" the witch sneered. "You have quite the imagination."

But I think you'll probably just come to my place to live out your retirement days.

“Then don’t worry about it.” Tom reached out and let Galo land. “But Galo’s body is still too big. I estimate I’ll need to make a very big room for her to live in.”

"Didn't you know that Gara could turn into a human?" the witch suddenly asked Tom. "Or have you never thought that this was a possibility?"

Since humans can use Transfiguration Charms to transform into magical creatures, their magical creatures can certainly do the same.

Tom looked at Gara beside him in surprise.

It can still change?

"Galo, are you a man or a woman? No, are you male or female?"

“Mother,” the witch replied to Gara. “What, you’re also planning to propose to Gara? She’s older than you think, not just old enough to be your ancestor.”

“Am I that repressed?” Tom exclaimed angrily. “I was just a little curious.”

Chapter 172 Inheritance [Part 1]

Gara shrank in mid-air, and a magic circle lit up beneath his feet.

When Tom looked again, Galo was already standing in front of him.

However, the current Galo is no longer that behemoth.

Her body has shrunk dramatically, and she is now only a little over 1.7 meters tall.

1.7 meters tall?

Tom looked at the older sister, Gara, in front of him.

Compared to him, a second-year student, Galo can indeed be called an older sister now.

But...why is this older sister so big?!

She was much older than the senior student I met at Hogwarts.

If those two lecherous old men, Terry and Li Su, saw this, wouldn't they be drooling on the spot?

Galo had no clothes on her body, only a few tattered dragon scales covering her skin.

"You should have said you could transform earlier!" Tom shouted. "If you had told me sooner, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble, bringing you, in your dragon form, to Hogwarts..."

At this point, Tom suddenly fell silent.

Wait a minute, shouldn't Galo have always known that she could transform into a human?

In other words, he deliberately acted so flamboyantly at Hogwarts?

For what?

For...students' snacks?

As if she had seen through Tom's thoughts, Galo's lips curled up slightly with a playful smile: "Hey, after all, who would refuse desserts from students?"

"As long as I lie there without moving, so many students bring me food. They must really like me."

Tom: "...If you're so capable, go a few more times and see if they still send you things."

Tom curled his lip: "An old thing that's thousands of years old, still trying to fool a bunch of students."

Hearing Tom say that, Galo was unhappy. She coughed twice and looked at Tom seriously: "Do you know, Tom, those students would talk to me when they brought me things."

Some students seem to regard me as some kind of... well, let me think... I should say some kind of faith. They even make wishes with me, although I don't know why these students would make wishes with a dragon.

But that's not the point. Do you know what they and I wished for?

Tom shook his head and said, "Sorry, I don't like to pry into other people's children's thoughts."

People make a wish to you because they trust you, and now you want to tell me you're violating their privacy!

Galo coldly snorted, "What if I said that the students' wishes were related to you?"

Tom was about to speak again, but the witch beside him stopped him, saying, "Don't speak, let Gara speak!"

Tell me quickly, what wishes did those students make?

"They hope that they..."

Before Galo could finish speaking, the witch interrupted her: "I don't want to hear about you, but about Tom. I want to know what they wished for regarding Tom!"

Who would be interested in a dragon like you, especially one that tricks students out of food?

"No... I didn't lie. They gave me food willingly, just so they could touch me!

"It's a matter of mutual consent, what's there to talk about..." Gara stopped there, because she noticed that the witch's expression had turned a bit sour.

The witch had little patience; she didn't want to listen to Gara's rambling.

She was simply curious about what those students had said!

“My lord…” Gara coughed, “It’s just that a few of my female classmates are wishing with me that they can marry Tom in the future.”

"Who made the wish!"

"I...I don't know them, sir. I don't know their names. Tom is a student at Hogwarts, but I'm not. How am I supposed to know their names?"

"Useless!" The witch glanced coldly at Gara.

This guy doesn't know anything, what's the point of having her!

Why can't we learn from Tom's photographic memory?

But then I thought, she's just a dragon after all, and comparing her to Tom is a bit of an insult to Tom.

Even if Tom is weak... Gara is no match for him.

"Come here." The witch stretched out her hand and beckoned to Gara, inviting her to sit beside her.

After Galo sat down, the witch placed her palm on Galo's head.

"Close your eyes and don't think about anything else," the witch's voice rang in Gara's ear.

Her voice was low and soft, with a unique gentleness.

Listening to the witch's words, Gara closed her eyes and saw a unique scene.

I felt as if I were in a vast blue sky, surrounded by a boundless ocean.

"When I first found you, you weren't actually a fire dragon. I just used some little tricks to turn you into one."

Actually, you should be... the Dragon King.

Dragon King?

Just as Galo was about to open her eyes, she felt the hand on her head tighten its grip: "Don't open your eyes."

"I sealed your bloodline. You haven't been thinking of yourself as an ordinary dragon all this time, have you?"

Tom, tell Gara what makes her different from the other dragons.

This will test Tom's ability to distinguish.

Without any hesitation, Tom said, "First of all, ordinary dragons don't live that long. If an ordinary dragon lived to Gara's age... it wouldn't be as energetic as her. It's just that Gara, that idiot, thinks that dragons can live that long."

It's like I think all wizards are like me, only learning things twice.

Tom raised a second finger: "Besides, tell me what kind of dragons can turn into humans! In our magical world, not all wizards can turn into magical creatures. Do you really think all dragons can turn into humans?"

Galo suddenly exclaimed, "Isn't that right?"

"You're kidding me!" The witch slapped Gara on the head. "It's amazing that you didn't notice the problem for so long. Did you think Merlin would just pick any dragon to guard that dragon-patterned stone tablet?"

Your mind is frighteningly naive; I'm even starting to think you should go to a human school and learn some knowledge.

Galo: "...For so long I've always thought that way. No wonder other dragons came to me many years ago. At the time I thought they considered me a traitor, and I never dared to meet them."

I hid for many years, until Tom discovered me during my final hibernation…

"Ah no, in a sense you are indeed a traitor. If you hadn't gone on a killing spree back then, your dragons wouldn't have been hunted down by the wizards."

This is indeed related to you, but I don't know if your people came to find you because of this issue.

But it doesn't matter, they're probably all dead anyway.

Apart from Gara, other dragons cannot live that long.

Tom saw the light in the witch's hand grow even brighter.

At the same time, a deep blue heart, resembling a crystal ball, began to beat violently in Galo's chest.

Everyone present could hear the beating of Galo's heart.

"Bang! Bang!! Bang!!!"

Galo's heartbeat became increasingly rapid.

Tom was worried that her heart might jump out of her chest; the sound was terrifying.

"I used to think that when you grew up, you would discover that you had a unique talent that set you apart from other dragons, and eventually awaken the bloodline of the Dragon King. I just didn't expect you to be such a waste that you even asked me to help you."

From this day forward, Tom, you can go out and brag to anyone that you now have... the only dragon in the world as your protector.

I assure you, those discerning wizards would be extremely envious of you if they knew.

With that, the witch patted Gara on the back: "Alright, that's all."

Galo felt that she was different; it was a very peculiar feeling.

Her strength seemed to have increased considerably compared to before, and her eyes could see the hidden magical powers in the world that could not be perceived by the naked eye.

"From now on, you belong to Tom."

You must remember Tom's preferences, remember to warm Tom's bed every night, and remember to go up to him when his other female companions come to visit him..."

"Teacher, could you please not lead other children astray?" Tom was speechless. "Gallo's intelligence is such that she might actually believe it."