章節 1: Chapter 1: My name is Tom and I'm an orphan
The breeze stirs the manicured hedges on both sides of the road and the streets are quiet and spotless under the evening sky. Everything was clean, neat and well organized, even the garbage cans on the side of the road looked clean.
The only living things on the street were a teenage boy and an American short-haired cat with silver tiger spots. The boy's clothes were very inappropriate, he was wearing a strange white short-sleeved shirt and torn denim shorts, and his hair was long and black.
The teenager's clothes didn't fit him well, but they were clean, and his hair was long but not greasy. At that moment he was looking intently for something in the trash can. As he did so, words appeared in his mind.
[Animal Meat + 1]
[Poultry +1]
[Potatoes +1]
[Carrot with unknown liquid on the outside +1]
[Daily task: Recycle ingredients completed: Magic stone +10].
Teenager: "..."
He felt that there was something wrong with the carrot. But none of it had anything to do with him, he was just an unfeeling machine to complete the task.
Suddenly, however, the door to the house across from the trash can opened and out came a little girl with thick brown hair carrying a small bag of stuff.
The girl stood in the garden and called to him over the fence, "Hello."
"My name is not hello, it's Tom, Tom Yodel," replied the boy, Tom.
The little girl puffed out her cheeks, looking a little defiant, "All right, Tom. My mother has made some cupcakes, would you like to try them? By the way, my name is Hermione, Hermione Jane Granger." With that, she shoved the bag of stuff into the boy's hand.
At the sound of the girl's name, Tom froze, he felt something faintly stirring in his mind, but he couldn't remember, he felt as if the memories were blocked....
Hermione didn't notice anything unusual, as she kept talking.
"Besides, I don't think it's a good idea to wander every day, you could try the soup kitchen in town or the orphanage to see if there's any chance they'll take you in, or find an apprenticeship in a small store..." she looked at the face of the teenager, who was clearly no older than fourteen, hesitated, then said, "Yes, if you have a family, come back, your parents will be very worried..."
The girl actually are quite talkative, and Tom wondered if she would ever talk that much to a scavenger.
He smiled at Hermione, then picked a wilted white rose from a bush in the garden, the flower quickly came to life again in his hands, as if he had just picked it from the bush.
"Here, this is for you. Thank you," Tom handed it to her, giving it to the kind girl in front of him.
"Oh!" Hermione looked a little surprised.
At that moment, the tabby cat had quietly scurried to the two's feet, staring at them both silently, but no one cared: after all, what kind of bad thoughts could cats have?
Tom's eyes caught sight of the tabby, he bent down and picked up the big cat, which, as it all happened too quickly, had not reacted to the suddenness of the incident, and then Tom began stroking its head, "Isn't it beautiful? This cat, the truth is I've always wanted to have a cat, but I'm afraid he'll eat the pigeons in my neighborhood, alas..."
The tiger-spotted cat suddenly lashed out and jumped out of his arms.
"Ha, the cat is still afraid. I'm off, thanks for the cake!" Tom smiled at Hermione, then waved and left without waiting for her to say anything else.
Tom walked leisurely, and finally came under a bridge, on which lay a collection of junk: all of Tom's belongings.
There were traces of a campfire on the ground, and Tom used a stick to clean up some of the campfire,
After a few moments of rummaging, he pulled out a ball of black clay.
Tom broke the shell of the clay ball, peeled away the leaves inside and meat from an unidentifiable bird appeared before his eyes, with a strange smell in the air, not an aroma of course, just the smell of meat without any seasoning.
Tom pulled a jar out of the corner, sprinkled a handful of shiny white pellets over the bird meat and ate a bite of bird meat and a bite of cake.
Before long, a third of the poultry was gone. As he ate, Tom suddenly raised his head alertly and looked out, a pointed iron bar appearing silently in his hand.
A tall, stern-looking woman appeared in front of him, wearing a green robe and a peaked cap tilted to one side.
"Excuse me, what can I do for you?" asked Tom, without relaxing.
"I'm Professor Minerva McGonagall," the woman introduced herself.
"Professor?" repeated Tom, who looked wary, "And what are you doing here, am I in your way?"
"No, I work at a school called Hogwarts, can you go back to doing what you just did in front of Miss Granger's house?" said Professor McGonagall.
"Yes," And without further ado, Tom picked up a leaf and brought it back to life.
A look of surprise appeared in Professor McGonagall's eyes.
"Indeed... but you're not on the list..." professor McGonagall was lost in thought. As for Professor McGonagall, since she had found the boy, there was no reason to let him go, and even though he was not on the list of new students, she had decided to accept him, a small part of her power as Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts.
It wasn't about being a good person, Professor McGonagall could see that if Tom's magic levels were not controlled, he would die in a burst of magic or become an obscurus, or something more powerful. She shuddered as she recalled a memory from her youth.
As far as reason was concerned, he could not allow a mad obscurus to take up residence on the streets of London.
So, there was only one answer!
"I have come to ask you to come to the school where I work, namely Hogwarts, where you will be admitted. It is a school for students with special abilities." Here, he saw Tom's face change slightly and added, "This is going to sound strange, but Hogwarts is not an insane asylum, it's a school for magic."
Tom froze, with no expression on his face.
As if suddenly remembering something, Professor McGonagall turned to Tom and asked, "Oh, I forgot to ask, what's your name, is there anyone else in your family?"
"My name is Tom and I'm an orphan." Tom unconsciously replied.
Professor McGonagall: "..."
Why is this family background so familiar?
章節 2: Chapter 2: Card draw!
The reason for Tom's daze was not because he heard about the magic school, but because his damn system had finally responded.
He had woken up the system since he was seven years old, AND he had done nothing but post four quests a day! But just now, as Professor McGonagall said "You've been accepted to Hogwarts," there was a cracking sound in Tom's head, as if a chain had been broken, and a tide of memories came flooding back into his mind.
At the same time, a cold, female voice rang in his head: [Ding! System activated!]
[Intelligent voice assistant installation in progress...]
[Installing character panel...]
[Loading the quest system...]
[Installation of system card draw is complete!]
Professor McGonagall looked at her pocket watch and realized she didn't have much time left, she had two young wizards to brief today, and she said to Tom, "I know this is too much of a shock for you, and it sounds like you need time to take all this in. I'll check back with you tomorrow, I hope you'll have made up your mind by then."
And with a snap, Professor McGonagall disappeared. Tom was left stunned in his place.
After a while, Tom came back to reality, gradually digested his memories and felt a mixture of emotions. But the past was gone, the past must not be mentioned.
It was all about money and looking forward.
"Well, let's get this system up and running..." Tom took a brief look at the system and found that it was like an ordinary mobile game, or perhaps a bit more rudimentary. Currently only the character, card draw, quest and map screens were available.
Tom clicked first on the character screen and then saw his information.
[Tom Yodel]
[Profession: Hobo (nothing more than a pretty face)]
[Magic Bar: None]
[Theory of knowledge: None]
[Magic items: None]
[Talents: Spellcasting: 3 (Intermediate Talent)].
[Potions: 5 (Superior Talent)]
[Divination: 0 (No Talent)]
[...]
[Black Magic: 9+ (Azkaban)]
[Magic Stones: 58400]
Tom: "!!!!"
When he looked at his nine Black Magic talent points, he was a little worried: when it came time to choose houses at school, he wouldn't be assigned to Slytherin or sent to Azkaban right off the bat, would he?
But, what could be done about it? could such a talent disappear?
Next, he clicked on the card draw screen.
A window appeared with three wizards in various poses, next to which were four large words, Running for the World, and below them a small line, Permanent Draw open. The Permanent Sweepstakes is a permanent sweepstakes, see details for more information.
On the sweepstakes screen, in addition to the Permanent Sweepstakes, there is also a Novice Sweepstakes, it says [Sweepstakes recommended for beginners], the best thing about this sweepstakes is that you can get two ten-row sweepstakes at 20% off in one day.
Tom clicked on [Details], investigated the draw system and understood what was going on there. Each draw costs one hundred and sixty magic stones, with a guarantee of one four-star card upon making ten draws, and one five-star card upon making ninety draws, after which the cumulative number of draws will reset to zero. As for the content of the four- and five-star cards, it is not mentioned in the [Details].
"Let's try it then..." Tom looked at his reassuring number of magic stones and decided to try his luck with a few dozen rounds.
"My turn, Draw a card!", Tom scratched his hair and messed it up, hitting the ten-draw button for the Rookie Draw.
The next thing he saw was the screen change to ten shooting stars streaking across the sky, nine blue and one purple. As soon as the animation ended, Tom began counting his haul.
"A chocolate frog, a loaf of bread, a bag of Bertie Bott's Grageas of all flavors..."
The twinkle in Tom's eye gradually dimmed.
Is that all of it?
What's all this junk?
Until the four-star item appeared,
Tom was relieved: he really feared that his system was only attracting ingredients....
The four-star item was a scroll with a purple glow. At the same time, a message was added to his magic bar, with a note next to it.
['Lumos' level 0 (1/100) (Good, you've graduated as a magician!)]]
Tom sighed, thinking that at least it could be a light bulb.
Before long, Tom had finished his Novice Draw, and his second row of ten had produced only one scroll, it was the Protego spell.
When the Novice Draw ran out, the Permanent Draw was the natural place to go. The Permanent Draw is where you can draw characters, and when you do, you can add talent points or gain abilities, and Tom was craving the +1 potions talent that Snape offered, or the animagus transformation that Professor McGonagall could offer....
"My turn, draw a card!" Tom pressed the Permanent Draw: The Novice Draw had been so bad, shouldn't he win something in the Permanent Draw? Luck is constant.
...
"Round 79 ..." Tom's eyes went blank, feeling as if he had been drained, but then the draw released a golden light, The golden color meant a five-star card!
Tom felt alive again: after all, the guarantee was ninety draws for a five-star card, and he had only drawn seventy-nine times to get a gold card.
Tom was such an optimistic man. He was looking forward to seeing the characters or skills or alchemy equipment he had drawn, a five-star skill would be much more advanced, wouldn't it?
Among the five-star characters, the one he wanted to get the most was Professor Snape, after all, he could add talent points to Potions, Professor Flivver was also good, Sorcery would increase the learning speed of all subjects, and Professor McGonagall was not out of the question, after all, if he was lucky, he could learn the Animagus Transformation....
If there was one teacher Tom didn't want to get, it was....
"I'm the great astrologer, Trelawney!"
Looking at that elegantly dressed woman in front of him, Tom felt his blood pressure shoot up: what's astrology for?!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Divination is a subject that, like a Steinway piano, if you weren't born talented, chances are you won't have it for the rest of your life.....
If there is one subject at Hogwarts that requires the most talent, it is Divination. In this subject, if you have no talent, no one can help you.
Professor Trelawney turned into starlight and melted into Tom's body, and at the same time, his Divination bar went from 0 to 1, with a few more level 0 spells added.
Tom sighed, tired and destroyed.
He hit the draw button again, but to his surprise, the animation was back to a golden light!
Another gold! The legendary double-yolked egg.
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