Chapter 25: Crap! It's the Chosen Muggle!
"Yes," Professor Hicks said with a smile. "I've already heard about your situation from Professor Dumbledore. I just want to say, you are the bravest little wizards I've ever seen."
"Not everyone at this age has the courage to do what you did. I think you'll definitely be sorted into Gryffindor."
Theo couldn't help but blink. Tom Riddle sorted into Gryffindor? What kind of dark joke was that? The Slytherin coffin lid wouldn't hold!
"What's Gryffindor?" Tom asked blankly.
Theo pulled a book from Tom's pile of luggage and threw it into Tom's hands. "You'll know if you read this book. You didn't buy it without reading it, did you?"
Tom looked at the book title, "Hogwarts: A History," and frowned again. He hadn't read this book, because his attention was all on the spell books. He definitely wouldn't have bought historical books like this if he didn't want to learn more about Hogwarts and wasn't temporarily short of money.
Professor Hicks smiled. "I'd love to tell you about the history of Hogwarts, but I have some things to do now. Can you wait in the carriage?"
"Oh..." Theo nodded. He had guessed what Professor Hicks was busy with. It seemed that Dumbledore had given Professor Hicks the task of erasing his and Tom's traces.
"Okay, let's go." Professor Hicks said, putting her hands on Theo and Tom's shoulders. The next second, the three of them appeared in front of the orphanage... next to the carriage!
"Ugh!" Tom retched uncomfortably. Theo's face was also a little pale.
"The first time Apparating can be a bit uncomfortable. Take your time," Professor Hicks said, disappearing again. When she reappeared, she had brought out Theo and Tom's luggage.
"Frank, can you take care of them for me?" Professor Hicks said to the coachman.
"Of course, hurry back, it's almost dawn." The coachman named Frank jumped off the carriage, carried Theo's luggage to the luggage rack at the back of the carriage, and tied it up.
"Um... Professor Hicks, can I bring my house-elf?" Theo asked suddenly.
"You have a house-elf?" Hicks looked at Theo in surprise.
"Yes, I found him in the alley a few hours ago," Theo said, calling out, "Toby, are you there?"
"Pop!"
Toby appeared directly in front of Theo. "Master Theo, Toby is here. What are your orders?"
Toby looked much better than he did a few hours ago, and he had cleaned himself up according to Theo's orders. Even the rags wrapped around him were replaced with a clean and tidy curtain, no one knew where he had torn it from.
Theo turned to Professor Hicks with an inquiring look. "Professor Hicks?"
"Since he's your elf, of course you can bring him." Although Hicks was surprised, she had no reason not to let Theo bring his house-elf. And even if she had many questions, now was not the time to ask.
"Thank you," Theo said.
Then, Theo and Tom got into the carriage, while Toby sat directly on the luggage rack at the back of the carriage. Through the carriage window, Theo and Tom silently watched Professor Hicks push the door open and walk into the orphanage.
"Don't worry, Eulalie is a very good wizard, she won't hurt the people inside," Frank muttered softly, leaning on the carriage.
"Mr. Frank, is she going to erase their memories directly?" Tom asked suddenly.
Frank blew a smoke ring and said, "My name is Frank Doyle, you can call me Mr. Doyle."
"Well... Eulalie is going to erase the parts of their memories about you and modify some memories."
"Finally, take away all your information in the orphanage. It sounds complicated, but it's nothing to Eulalie, she'll be done soon."
"By the way, she's coming to teach at Hogwarts this year, she'll teach you Charms. To be honest, many people didn't expect her to leave Ilvermorny and come to Hogwarts."
Before Frank finished speaking, the orphanage door opened. Professor Hicks came out and closed the door gently.
"Done, let's go," Hicks came to the carriage and greeted Frank.
Frank nodded and jumped into the coachman's seat. Professor Hicks opened the carriage door and got on. She looked at Theo and Tom with a smile. "Gentlemen, are you ready to start a new life?"
A moment later, a carriage soared into the sky and disappeared into the clouds.
...
The carriage flew in the sky for a long time, and the sky was completely bright. Because the carriage was flying above the clouds, Theo finally saw the blue sky and sunshine again after a long time. At this time, their excitement of flying into the sky for the first time gradually calmed down.
Tom began to ask Professor Hicks about various spell knowledge with a book. After learning that Professor Hicks was the new Charms professor, Tom couldn't suppress his desire to become stronger. Professor Hicks didn't refuse and explained to Tom very seriously. In fact, not many people could resist Tom's "charm," otherwise he wouldn't be able to make all the teachers and students in the school like him.
Theo didn't join in the fun. He looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, then took out the disguised "Comprehensive Explanation of Transfiguration" from his pocket and continued reading.
After an unknown amount of time, the jolt of the carriage landing brought Theo back to his senses.
"Welcome to Godric's Hollow, children," Frank's voice came from the front of the carriage.
"Godric's Hollow is a mixed wizard settlement. Many wizards live here, as well as many Muggles who don't know the truth. But this also fully shows that this is a very livable place."
Professor Hicks said, getting off the carriage. Theo and Tom also got off with her. At this time, the carriage was parked in front of a house. The house looked new, but many plants in the garden in front of the house had withered. It seemed that the owner of the house hadn't lived here for a while.
Professor Hicks smiled and said, "This is the home of one of our Muggle friends in England, his name is Jacob Kowalski."
"Their family is planning to come to England from the United States for a while. They will arrive in two days, and you will be temporarily taken care of by them."
"Don't worry, Jacob and Queenie are very good people."
Jacob Kowalski? The legendary Chosen Muggle?!
Theo felt a sense of unease. He remembered Jacob's wife, Queenie Goldstein, a powerful Legilimens! Unlike Dumbledore, her Legilimency was innate, passive, and uncontrollable. As long as you are near her, even if you don't look into her eyes, even if you don't face her, she can hear your thoughts...
In other words... if she is standing in front of Theo now, then all of Theo's secrets will be exposed! Theo couldn't help but frown. Since transmigrating, this was the first time he had truly felt a sense of crisis...
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