"Uh... let's take it slow for now. The textbooks we studied before said not to trust any magical object with intelligence."
Tao Yu hadn't drained Voldemort dry yet, so he was reluctant to scrap him just like that.
If the other party got reckless and tried to take over his body, causing him to lose information, that would be a real loss.
"All right. I'll earn your trust."
After hearing Tao Yu's words, Voldemort temporarily backed down.
There was no point rushing. This young wizard had extraordinary talent, and it was only natural for him to be cautious.
Even Voldemort, trapped inside the Horcrux, hadn't expected that at the height of his power, he would lose to an infant!
Though he was now only a fragment of his soul inside a Horcrux, he still felt deeply humiliated.
Still, as a Horcrux, he could faintly sense where some of his soul remained nearby.
That was what concerned him.
Leaving aside Voldemort's feelings, Harry had recently been finding that his scar ached now and then, despite Tao Yu's Transfiguration Spell concealing it.
Harry still didn't know that his scar could sense Voldemort.
And since Tao Yu had used magic to cover it up, the pain wasn't very noticeable. Harry thought it was because he'd been so exhausted from detention this month and didn't give it much thought.
The House-elves at Hogwarts brought the food they'd prepared straight to the Gryffindor dormitory. Those little elves could Apparate around Hogwarts, making them remarkably good at delivering things.
The boys had only just finished detention. When they saw all that food, they couldn't help cheering.
"Wow, I had no idea we got perks like this. How did we survive that whole month?"
"Yeah, if we could come back from detention and enjoy a feast, we