Tom was startled by Andros' sudden appearance, and he immediately said angrily, "Andros, you have a Galleon?"
"She's only eleven years old, does she know what love is?"
Tom didn't say anything about himself, but it was nonsense for him to fall in love with an eleven-year-old girl.
But...it's okay to keep it for a few years first.
"What's the big deal?" Andros said nonchalantly, "In our time, many people got married and had children at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and some even earlier."
"Then what about you, Mr. Andros?" Tom asked back, directly triggering the silence and defense breaking effects.
Back then, Andros was a battle fanatic and a magic enthusiast. Women would only affect the speed at which he learned magic. Not to mention when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he would still be a single dog even when he died.
His great magical talent was not inherited, otherwise he would have probably created a powerful family.
In fact, it makes sense that the magic world pays attention to bloodline. Powerful wizards will always leave behind part of their power and magical knowledge as a foundation, which makes it easier for family inheritance to last longer than with mixed-bloods.
For example, the Gaunt family, or the other twenty-eight pure-blood families, their ancestors were all very wealthy.
....
Seeing that Andros was easily knocked out by him and even took the initiative to close his study space, Tom laughed in his heart and continued to deal with Daphne's endless questions.
During this process, Tom also asked a few questions.
How could the innocent little girl resist the thousands of tricks? She soon revealed everything she knew about the Greengrass family.
For example, her mother was the Director of the Department of Transportation at the Ministry of Magic, her grandmother was also the Director of the Department of Transportation, and her great-grandmother was also the Director of the Department of Transportation.
By the way, the custom of the Greengrass family is to marry into the family's family, and all the offspring born for three hundred years in a row have been female.
When Tom heard Daphne complaining that she only had two hundred dollars in pocket money every semester, his heart was moved.
Marrying into someone's wife's family is not a problem at all.
There are three semesters in a school year at Hogwarts, and Daphne's annual pocket money is 600 Galleons, almost catching up with what Dumbledore gave her for seven years.
A rich woman, or a soft and cute little rich woman, isn't she attractive?
Unconsciously, Tom became much kinder towards Daphne, and the little girl always had a smile on her face.
At about half past twelve, the door of the box was pushed open again, and a smiling woman looked inside: "Kids, do you want to buy some food?"
"certainly."
Daphne happily jumped off her seat and came to the cart to pick out food like a curious baby.
Although she said she was picking, she bought a little of almost everything, just in different quantities, and she almost cleared out all the chocolate frogs.
It cost two Galleons and thirteen Sickles in total, which was comparable to the entire Weasley family's pocket money for a school year.
Tom suddenly understood why Daphne complained that 200 Galleons was too little pocket money. At her rate, it was indeed not enough for one semester and would probably be enough in one month.
Meanwhile, while Daphne was checking out, Tom was secretly observing the salesperson.
It is said that this salesperson has been employed by the Ministry of Magic as a salesperson on the express train since 1830, when it appeared. This means that she is at least 180 years old.
This age is considered longevity among wizards.
Tom not only observed carefully himself, but also called out the autistic Andros. However, until the salesperson pushed the cart away, neither of them could see any hidden signs of the witch.
Tom just thought that this person had a long life and no longer paid attention to it.
Daphne generously put all the food on the table and shared it with Tom.
Tom also accepted her kindness very calmly. If he didn't even have this little shamelessness, how could he expect to be a gigolo?
The two of them ate and chatted, and talked about the branch again.
"My family is all Slytherin." Daphne smiled shyly, "If nothing goes wrong, I will be admitted to Slytherin. Of course, other colleges should be good too. Mom won't be angry about it, as long as she doesn't let me go to Gryffindor."
"Why do you hate Gryffindor so much?" Tom asked curiously.
"Mum said the Gryffindors were the source of trouble."
Daphne did not hide her disdain at all: "Where there are Gryffindors, there will never be peace. You never know what kind of trouble they will cause."
Tom thought about it and felt that Mrs. Greengrass's comments were really to the point.
"Um... Riddle, do you want to go to Gryffindor?"
Seeing that Tom didn't say anything, Daphne thought he was unhappy because she had said bad things about Gryffindor, and she secretly regretted her recklessness.
"No, I hope I can go to Ravenclaw." Tom smiled and said, "Or Hufflepuff is also fine. It's suitable for quiet study."
"You love studying so much, you will definitely be able to enter Ravenclaw." Daphne said affirmatively.
At this moment, a scream suddenly came from outside the box. Tom and Daphne did not take it seriously. They were preparing to take a nap after lunch.
But not long after, someone knocked on the door again.
Without waiting for a response, the door of the box was pushed open.
"Have you seen a Toad...Riddle? Why are you here?!"
The person who opened the door was a little girl with thick brown hair. Her cute face was somewhat ruined by the protruding big front teeth.
The little girl was halfway through her words when she saw Tom and screamed as if she had seen a ghost, scaring the little fat boy following behind her so much that he trembled with fear.
Daphne was already frowning at her rude behavior, and when she saw that the visitor actually knew Tom, her pretty face wrinkled even more.
Tom looked up at the person who came in calmly: "Ms. Granger, since you can appear on the Hogwarts Express, why can't I?"
"No, I'm not saying you can't."
Hermione Granger stammered as she explained, "I, I just wanted to say, this is great!"
At this point, Daphne's face darkened completely, and she suddenly felt like her favorite toy was about to be taken away from her.