"According to me, there should be no homework at the beginning of the year at Hogwarts. By the way, how are you doing in Slytherin House?"
Reading the diary's reply, Lucas picked up the quill again and chatted with his good friend Tommy.
Over the past week, he has established a deep friendship with Tom in the diary.
Tom's willingness to help him with his homework is the best proof.
When Lucas introduced himself, he said he was probably a half-blood wizard.
Why did he say "probably"?
Because Muggleborn are not sorted into Slytherin by the Sorting Hat.
When introducing his life experience, Lucas described himself as an abandoned baby who was abandoned at the gate of the orphanage.
The exact same life experience immediately got him Tom's sympathy.
For a full week, Lucas was complaining to the diary about the bullying he had received in Slytherin.
And Tom always said some comforting words, trying to portray himself as a kind of caring big brother.
It would be better if there were no demagogic remarks in it.
That's right, it's deception.
For the Horcrux "Tom Riddle's Diary" Lucas combined the original description with the research of the week.
Drawing some conclusions.
First, the diary serves as Voldemort's first Horcrux.
The soul fragment in it is sentient and capable of thoughts.
And with the long communication with the diary, the black magic on the diary will subtly absorb the vitality of the user.
Secondly, the soul shard in the diary will use the Imperius curse, compelling magic similar to the Imperius curse, or some sort of partial possession.
This conclusion can be seen from the fact that Ginny was controlled to open the secret room in the original book.
However, this means of control is unstable, otherwise Ginny wouldn't have thrown the diary in the ladies bathroom.
The third point can't be confirmed yet.
In the original book, after Ginny threw away the diary, she secretly stole it back from Harry's dormitory.
After all, it was Ginny's own wish, because she was afraid that others would find out the secret of the diary.
Or was she controlled by the diary again?
If it's the former, everything is fine.
But if it is the latter, it means that there is still some dark magic similar to a contract in the diary.
If so, there could be some trouble because Lucas wasn't planning to be the heir to some Slytherin.
"Lucas, what's wrong with you?"
Words appeared in the diary again.
Seeing that Tom couldn't wait, Lucas quickly picked up the quill and continued chatting with the young megalomaniac soul piece.
…
It's been a week already and Lucas hasn't felt his vitality diminish at all.
On the contrary, he eats well and sleeps well every day, full of energy.
Lucas suspected that his soul strength should be relatively high.
The strength of magic power is definitely not weaker than that of Voldemort when he was in school.
That's why the soul fragment in the Horcrux didn't attack him for a long time.
Actually, Lucas' guess was spot on, Tom Riddle in the diary was feeling helpless.
The little wizard in front of him seemed to be surrounded by the Shield Charm.
He couldn't suck his vitality at all, if he had a body he would be frowning heavily right now.
He was already considering whether to try with another person, but he was a bit reluctant to give up on Lucas who he had been bewitching for a week.
Lucas didn't know that he was messing with Riddle.
Finishing their conversation for the day, he casually put the diary on the desk.
One week, he gave the diary another week.
If the diary does still not act after all that time, he could only return the diary to Ginny.
As for why he would give it to Ginny.
First of all, she is a member of the Weasley family, Ron's sister.
Harry Potter was taken care of by the Weasleys during the summer vacation, and he would not let Ginny's accident go unnoticed.
Secondly, girls are delicate in mind and have many little secrets that cannot be communicated with others.
After discovering the magic of the diary, she won't be able to stop herself from writing in it.
The next day the Slytherin second years ushered in the first class of the new school year, herbology.
The Professor of Herbology is the Head of Hufflepuff House, Pomona Sprout.
Moreover, herbology is still one of the few classes that the four houses have to take together.
Hermione stood next to Lucas.
Since the trip to France, the little witch seems to be much more confident than before.
"I don't know what's so good about Lockhart, most of my housemates are obsessed with him!"
"Most girls, right?"
"Well, most girls!"
Hermione was a little dissatisfied with him for correcting her mistakes.
She went on to whine: "What's even worse is that Lockhart will come to Hogwarts to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"Merlin, now the Ravenclaw common room is full of people talking about him and squealing, which makes it impossible for me to study."
Seeing Hermione's frown, Lucas reached out and smoothed it out.
"Don't worry, that guy won't be around for long, trust me."
The words of comfort were just finished and Ron's loud voice came from behind the two of them.
"Merlin, I'm so happy that Gilderoy Lockhart is our teacher."
"Harry, you know what? I used to sit in front of the radio every day and wait for it to play the Lockhart book club."
"I'm sure Professor Lockhart is the greatest wizard in the world besides Dumbledore."
Lucas deliberately glanced behind him.
Unexpectedly, Ron Weasley turned out to be a fan of Lockhart.
Thinking that there will be a Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the afternoon, he was looking forward to it.
His favorite thing to watch is the reaction of fans after their idol's perceived image collapsed in front of them.
Lucas recalled what Lockhart taught in his first class, the ponce seems to have prepared a bunch of pests like Cornish Pixies!
At the same time at the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor's office.
Lockhart looked at the metal cage as tall as a person in front of him with an excited expression on his face, he spent a lot of money to buy the things inside from others.
Just to be able to make a blockbuster in the first class of school.
With the black cloth above lifted, a group of ugly, green-skinned goblin-like creatures came into view.
Red Caps are group creatures, easily irritated, have a strong physical attack but with proper knowledge they're easy to deal with for wizards.
Single individual risk level: 3X
Group risk level: 4X
The Ministry of Magic expressly prohibits adult wizards from fighting them alone because they're always in groups, and states that facing Red Caps alone can be life-threatening.
But now Lockhart had brought such dangerous creatures into Hogwarts, and he was also planning to let a group of underage wizards face them.
Never would have Lucas thought that their upcoming Defense Against the Dark Arts class could be life-threatening.
…
Hogwarts Third Greenhouse.
Today's Herbology class will be conducted here.
In first grade, the little wizards have only entered the first greenhouse where most plants are relatively harmless.
Listening to the stories of senior students, the herbs in the third greenhouse are said to be more interesting, but also more dangerous.
When Professor Sprout walked in from the outside, the students from all four houses were ready.
Today's class is about Mandrakes, a magic plant that cries and screams when pulled out of the ground.
"Young wizards, today we are going to re-pot Mandrakes, so now who can tell me what their properties are?"
Two hands were raised almost simultaneously and Hermione gave a pointed look at Lucas beside her, who lowered his arm tactfully and gave a shrug, not really caring all that much.
"Okay, let's listen to Miss Granger"
"Mandrake, also known as Mandragora, is the main material for making powerful restoration potions. "
"A powerful recovery potion, which can restore people who have been hit by a transfiguration spell or other spells back to their original state."
Professor Sprout gave Hermione an appreciative look.
"That's great, ten points for Ravenclaw."
Getting the first points since the beginning of school Hermione felt somewhat smug.
Although she knows that the opportunity to answer was given to her by Lucas.
But Hermione wasn't unhappy about it, on the contrary she was a little sweet in her heart.
And Lucas doesn't care at all, since he learned that the rewards of the House Cup can only be claimed once, he didn't intend to continue working as hard as he did last year this school year.
Besides, if he works too hard, others will live too comfortably, he doesn't want to make things too easy for the other Slytherins.
At this time, Professor Sprout asked a second question.
"Can anyone tell me what is the danger of mandrakes?"
Originally Lucas didn't intend to raise his hand, but Hermione took his hand and held it up.
"Okay, Mr. Grindelwald will answer."
"The cries of mandrakes can kill, Professor."
Lucas's unhurried answers always satisfied Sprout.
She also noticed Hermione's small movements.
"Slytherin, also ten points."
Hearing that Lucas also added ten points, Hermione showed a sweet smile.
Sometimes girls are easily satisfied with certain small things.
Professor Sprout held a pot of mandrake in front of her, the leaves of Mandrakes are green with a little purple.
"Now, put on your earmuffs, look at my gestures, if I haven't made a gesture to take off the earmuffs, none of you are allowed to take them off without permission. These plants are young so their cries won't kill anyone, but they could still knock you out."
While the professor was talking, Lucas had already put on the earmuffs.
There was even time to help Hermione adjust the position of her earmuffs.
Waiting until everyone was ready, Professor Sprout forcefully pulled the plant out of the soil.
The roots of mandrakes are different from ordinary plants, they look a bit like an ugly baby, only green.
The baby's mouth was wide open at the moment, and the sound of crying resounded throughout the greenhouse.
Even wearing sound-isolating earmuffs, there will still be a little crying filtering into the ears.
Professor Sprout was quick.
She took out a larger pot, put the ugly baby mandrake in it, and filled the soil in a few strokes.
Just when she was about to signal everyone to take off the earmuffs, she saw Neville Longbottom suddenly fall backwards.
Upon seeing this, Seamus said loudly, "Professor, Neville has passed out."
"Oh Merlin, Mr. Longbottom seems to have forgotten to put his earmuffs on tightly. Go, get someone to help you and send him to the infirmary."
Neville's fainting was just a blip in the class.
Then everyone started to re-pot the mandrakes in groups.
The relaxing and interesting herbology class came to an end soon.
Saying farewell to Professor Sprout, Lucas and Hermione walked towards the great hall where they were going to have a hearty lunch.
During the walk, the two also met Cho Chang who also just finished class.
Lucas is in the center, followed by two women, one on the left and one on the right. This combination has attracted many people's attention.
While Lucas is enjoying his lunch, a familiar owl wobbled in.
Seeing the familiar Red envelope in the mouth of the owl, the students in the great hall immediately looked at Ron Weasley who lowered his head and pretended to be dead.
Before the letter was opened, someone was already laughing at his misfortune.
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