The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Gold coins are irregularly round.

When many people hear gold and silver coins, they think of modern coins with exquisite patterns like Yuan Datou's. However, such exquisite round coins did not appear until various stamping machines became popular in modern times. Before this time, a large number of gold and silver coins were not regularly round. Many of them look more like ink pads stamped on envelopes, and the patterns on them are more abstract.

The reasons for this phenomenon include backward production technology and human factors: gold and silver are naturally currencies. Since gold and silver are used as currency, naturally some people will try to lower the edge of gold and silver. Over time, the edges of many gold and silver coins were completely damaged.

Whether in the East or the West, those precious metal currencies are rougher than everyone thinks. Large silver ingots from the Ming and Qing dynasties often had many honeycomb holes on them. Various ancient gold and silver coins in the West, after seeing the real ones, I found that they were not at all the same as those in film and television works.

However, compared to gold and silver coins, batch-minted copper coins are more round.

Tom carefully looked at Dumbledore's gold coin floating in the air. The front of the gold coin is engraved with an elephant stepping on a python with its front hooves. There appear to be several letters below the elephant, but unfortunately they are blurred. On the back are four items: a sacrificial spoon, a whisk, an ax staff and a pointed hat.

Dumbledore looked at the gold coin, his expression gradually becoming serious.

"Has that weirdo told you where this gold coin came from?"

Tom shook his head.

But Dumbledore took another look at the leather bag, and his doubts were solved: there was a small glass bottle lying at the bottom of the bag, with a flocculent silver precipitate inside.

Evans left Dumbledore a tube of memories.

"It seems that Mr. Evans has thought very carefully." Dumbledore put the gold coins back into his leather bag. "A memory is much more reliable than a lie."

"Is that gold coin dangerous? Professor Dumbledore?" Tom recalled the feeling that the gold coin brought to him. If he wanted to find an analogy, only Riddle's diary could give him a similar feeling. Yes - both are very evil.

He now even has the urge to transform into a unicorn and cleanse his heart.

Dumbledore sighed and looked at Tom, "The evil of this thing may be beyond your imagination. Let's go back to school first and read Evans's memory. Its origin will probably come to light."

The two people's trip to Hogsmeade has come to an end, and they need to return to Hogwarts to view this memory. The moment he stepped onto the stone steps of the castle, Tom seemed to suddenly remember something urgent and said to Dumbledore: "Professor, I have to make an alchemy doll, so I won't bother you any more. feel……"

Tom suddenly reacted: This matter has nothing to do with him! I am just a messenger. Just leave the cursed gold coins to [the savior of the British wizarding world] Dumbledore to get it done - this thing is not like Voldemort. I can stand on the side and follow the boss and shout six There is no need to get involved in the sixty-six.

If Voldemort is like a cockroach, and getting rid of him requires the efforts of all the residents in the house, then this gold coin is the overtime call. I've heard of several people sharing a house getting rid of cockroaches together, but I've never heard of a roommate who had to keep up when asked to work overtime!

Dumbledore looked at Tom and showed a very kind smile: "Don't you really consider taking a look? To view memories, you need to use the legendary Pensieve. This is a rare treasure. It would be a pity to miss it. .”

Tom trembled, and his intuition told him that he should follow Dumbledore to see Evans' memories now, but he still went against his intuition and responded: "No, there will always be opportunities in the future."

"Well, I wish you have a good day," Dumbledore shook his head. He did not continue to force Tom to go to the office with him. He opened his small purse and rummaged through the candies Tom bought.

As if he remembered something, he raised his head and said to Tom: "By the way, Professor Lockhart, the student who was petrified this year, Tom Yoder - I hope you still remember him, I'm afraid he will miss the entire second-year class. , so here I am going through the procedures for his re-study, which requires the signature of the classroom teacher. When will you have time to come to my office to sign?"

"Rebuild?" Tom stopped.

"Well, Mr. Yoder may have to go to second grade again."

Tom fell silent, like a frozen computer. Two seconds passed - during these two seconds, he thought a lot. He completely ignored the question Dumbledore just asked and talked about another topic.

"Professor Dumbledore, do you know alchemy? In fact, there was a little problem during the refining process of the doll. I don't know how to solve it. I mean, I can go and take a look at Evans' Memory? Let’s see if there is anything I can do to help. This will also save some of your energy and allow you to take the time to help me look at that doll..."

"I know a thing or two about alchemy," Dumbledore agreed to Tom's request, and the two of them walked towards the office together.

On the way, the two chatted casually, and soon the topic turned to the petrified student Tom.

"Poor child, Professor Sprout's mandrake still has a long way to go before it matures. During this period, he can only lie in the school hospital." Since preparing the antidote for petrification requires fresh mandrake. Pull the grass leaves, so the petrified Tom needs to wait for Professor Sprout's mandrake to mature before he can recover.

"That kid, I heard Miss Granger talk about him. She said that Mr. Yoder was an easy-to-learn kid. In the first grade, the two of them studied the second grade knowledge together." Tom seemed to be talking about a Like a strange student, "I feel that if what Miss Granger said is true, then there is actually no need for Mr. Yoder to read the second grade again."

Dumbledore thought for a while and thought that what Tom said did make sense, so he agreed to change the plan and let Tom Yoder take a preliminary test after waking up. If he passed the test, he would be promoted to third grade.

Tom breathed a sigh of relief on the side. If he missed a level, wouldn't Hermione become "Senior Granger"? Although it seems interesting, it’s so embarrassing! Even someone like Crabgoyle didn't repeat a grade. How could he repeat a grade?

Moreover, there are still restrictions on course selection in the second grade. It can be said that Tom has been looking forward to some courses in the third grade for a long time.