Professor Dumbledore had already left.
In the empty room, only Li Weide and Nagini remained, staring at each other.
After a long while, Li Weide finally broke the slightly awkward silence. "Have you had breakfast? Want some porridge?"
Nagini: "Hiss?"
"Right... snakes probably don't drink porridge. Then what do you want to eat?" Li Weide asked again.
Nagini: "Hiss hiss hiss!"
Li Weide: ?
"Fine, looks like we need to find a translator. As it happens, I know one!" Li Weide held out his left hand to Nagini.
Nagini immediately understood and slithered up, wrapping herself tightly around Li Weide's left hand.
Bang!
Tom, who had been eating bread while reading, jumped at the loud sound of the door being thrown open.
"You bastard, what are you trying to do now? You were the one who told me to read!" Tom said fiercely, though his bravado was hollow.
He was terrified that Li Weide would change his mind again and stop him from reading and studying.
For Tom, a diligent and studious good student, that would have been simply too cruel!
"Relax, relax. I only came here because I need your help. I think... you'll be very willing to help, right? I know that Tom has always been a kind-hearted good person."
Me? Kind-hearted? A good person? Looking at Li Weide's friendly smile, Tom's lips twitched slightly before he forced out a smile.
"Yes, I'm kind-hearted. I'm a good person! So... I mean... of course... of course I'm very willing to help..."
Endure!
"So, Weide, what do you need me to help with?"
Li Weide was extremely pleased by Tom's smile that did not reach his eyes.
"Come on, be my translator." Li Weide extended his left wrist.
Tom immediately spotted the Little Snake on Li Weide's hand.
"Hiss... why