Hogwarts: Hermione and I switched identities!

"Damn it!"

Hermione gritted her teeth.

The thought of having to stay here and tinker with these awful potions while Tom could happily go out and play made her sad.

I'll have to help him with his homework when we get back...

Hermione was even more upset.

Chapter 22 The Godfather [Part 1] (3.5k long chapter, please read and recommend)

“Hermione, look at this.” Zhang Qiu picked up a red flower. “Red morning glories are rarely seen at school.”

"Yes, it's very pretty. Senior, you can wear it on your head; it looks great on you."

"Huh?" Zhang Qiu's face flushed slightly. "It doesn't suit me. It suits you better. How about I put it on you?"

"That will be misunderstood. Tomorrow the whole school will be buzzing with news that 'Senior Qiu gave someone a red flower.' Senior, do you want to see the boys heartbroken and crying?"

Once Tom entered Hermione's life, he felt like he was on vacation.

Very easy.

Tom even had the energy to skip a few classes to go on adventures with Harry and the others—definitely not because Tom himself wanted to skip classes.

The main problem is that those dry, boring lectures are not very interesting.

If it weren't for the fact that History of Magic was a required course that would affect his final grade, Tom would have skipped it long ago.

……

Peaceful life continued for quite some time.

A lot happened at Hogwarts during this time.

For example... Gryffindor won the Quidditch championship!

Tom's Ravenclaw friends had encouraged him to participate in the competition, believing that with his talent, he would surely win the championship.

But Tom refused.

Quidditch practice usually takes too much time, and he only spends half his time as "Tom" and the other half as "Hermione".

Whenever Quidditch is mentioned, Tom always brushes it off with the excuse that he "doesn't have time or money to buy a broom."

This matter even reached Professor Snape's ears.

Tom straightened his wizard robes and left the laboratory.

"Malfoy, you've gone too far!"

"Harry, don't do it!" Hermione said, but it was too late.

Harry lunged at Malfoy.

Malfoy calmly waved his wand: "Upside-down Bell!"

"Harry!"

Ron tackled Harry to the ground, dodging the spell.

But the curse... flew towards Tom, who had just left the lab.

The speed of the spell seemed incredibly slow to Tom, so slow it was almost unbearable.

He's been studying Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Snape these past few days, and Tom didn't even need a spell to break the curse.

Forget it, life is so boring and tasteless, let's add some spice and have some fun.

Perfect timing, I haven't settled accounts with the Malfoys for what happened before the start of the school year.

It was all because of the Malfoys that Tom had to go looking for Hermione, and in the end he was terrified by the cave full of giant spiders!

Tom is not a petty person, but he will punish every child who makes a mistake.

"Tom!" Hermione realized it was too late.

Almost instinctively, Hermione lunged forward and hugged Tom, trying to shield him from Malfoy's curse with her back.

But Tom deftly turned around and shielded Hermione behind him.

"boom!"

Tom opened and closed his eyes, and his feet were already dangling in the air.

"Malfoy!!!" Hermione was furious like never before. "You've gone too far!"

She raised her wand and pointed it at Malfoy.

"What are you doing, are you crazy?" Tom flung his hand away. "Disarm you!"

Hermione's wand fell to the ground.

"The professor is coming soon. Are you trying to get punished by making a move now? I don't want to go to jail with you."

He'll be getting a new body tomorrow, so he should really enjoy this vacation. How can he spend his days in confinement?

Malfoy became a little anxious upon hearing the word "professor": "I'm not..."

"Ha! You're Tom? Weren't you supposed to be the best in the first year? Turns out you still got tricked by Malfoy's upside-down bell." The speaker was Vincent Crabbe, Malfoy's sidekick, a chubby little boy. "A Mudblood is a Mudblood, just like Hermione!"

"Why don't you beg me, and I'll put you down?"

Tom yawned, unmoved by the chubby boy's taunts: "Perhaps you can keep me hanging here. Let me guess, Professor Snape, Professor Sprout, and Professor Flitwick should all be on their way now."

Guess how they'll react when they see me like this?

Malfoy was thoroughly disappointed.

Even though he had finally beaten this guy once, he couldn't be happy at all—he had heard that Professor Snape was very fond of Tom.

"Stop the curse immediately!"

Want to undo it?

Tom didn't move his mouth, he just raised his hand.

Curse stops immediately!

I've stopped your curse!

When Professor Snape arrives, I'll collapse and cry, and see what you do then!

What? You're saying Malfoy is from Slytherin?

So what? Professor Snape is the man who could become my godfather!

"Damn it, why isn't it working?" Malfoy swung his wand twice.

He also thought there was something wrong with his wand.

"Stop the curse immediately!"

Curse stops immediately!

Tom's casting speed is much faster than Malfoy's.

"Stop the curse immediately!"

Flawless!

"What are you doing?!"

Finally, Tom was greeted by the professor.

However, it wasn't Professor Snape who arrived, but Professor McGonagall.

“Riddle, and you, Malfoy, I expect you to give me an explanation.”

“Professor McGonagall, it was Malfoy who used the upside-down bell on Tom,” Hermione said quickly. “Please help me, put Tom down.”

Before Professor McGonagall could even help Tom, suddenly, everyone in the corridor felt a chill in the air, and they couldn't help but feel a cold shiver in their hearts.

Not just one or two people, but everyone!

Snape's voice came from afar: "Malfoy, who gave you permission to use this magic? Tell me! Who! Allowed! You!

"Stop the curse immediately!"

Snape's dead fish-like eyes finally showed emotion; he was more angry than ever before.

"Tom, tell me what happened." In his haste, Snape forgot that he should address Tom by his surname, Riddle, in front of outsiders.

"I don't know, Professor," Tom said, looking aggrieved. "I just came out of the Potions lab when Malfoy inexplicably called me a Mudblood and then hung me up when I wasn't looking."

I practiced potions all day and have absolutely no energy left to resist. Now I'm feeling dizzy and my ears are ringing; all I want to do is go back to sleep.

"Malfoy!" Snape's eyes glared at the three of them, startling them all.

"Professor Snape, please let me explain."

"Who taught you to call your classmates 'Mudbloods'? And who taught you this low-class magic? Come to the solitary confinement room tonight. For the next month, none of you three will be attending classes."

Upon hearing this punishment, Malfoy couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "A month?"

"Professor Snape, that would mean we'd fail all our subjects."

"Do grades matter? In my eyes, your grades are just Ts. Your grades in Potions are already set. Even a troll would be more obedient than you!"

"Now, get to your cell right now! You come with me!"

The last sentence was spoken to Tom.

As Tom and Professor Snape left, Tom quietly turned his head and gave Malfoy and his group an incredibly bright smile.

on purpose?

An answer popped into Malfoy's mind.

Was Tom Riddle doing this on purpose? Did he just use a silent spell to interrupt his own Curse Stop, just so Professor Snape could see this?

How could he do this!

That's too much! That's absolutely outrageous!

"Malfoy, are we really going to be put in solitary confinement?"