Tom could not wait any longer. It felt as though ten thousand cats were clawing at his heart, leaving him utterly unable to calm down.
He took out the Goblin Coin and placed it beside him in case he needed to call for help at any moment. Then he drew his wand and pointed it at himself.
"Breathe in... breathe out..." He took a deep breath. "Legilimency!"
A strange sensation of rummaging through his own memories struck him in an instant, making him almost nauseous enough to vomit. Yet he forced himself to endure it, struggling to follow the thread of time backward, farther and farther back, trying to find the memories he had somehow forgotten.
However, he soon entered a void.
His earliest memory was still the day he woke up in the orphanage.
Any further back, there seemed to be nothing at all. His mind was completely empty, as though he had only been born on that day.
He tried for another half minute, until neither his mind nor his magic could hold out any longer. Only then did he finally withdraw from the state of Legilimency.
"What exactly is wrong with me?"
Tom felt utterly dejected.
"Could it be because my Legilimency isn't strong enough? Is my magical power insufficient? What am I supposed to do..."
Tom was completely lost. There was no problem with the technique of Legilimency rewarded by the Book of Guidance, so it had to be an issue with his magical power. But improving magical power was not something that could happen overnight. How long would it take before he could recover his memories?
If only the Book of Guidance could give him a task right now and tell him what to do.
"Wait, the Book of Guidance..."
He suddenly remembered that before