Tom deliberately said his name because he wanted to see what the new member of the family who compiled the Pure-blood list thought of Muggle-born wizard like himself.
Riddle is obviously not the surname of a wizard family. As such a special family, it must have been noticed very early.
Tom is preset with many possibilities--
For example, because this new student was disgusted with Muggle, his expression suddenly changed, and at the same time he withdrew his hand, kept wiping it, and even whispered to him to leave.
In other words, he was extremely curious about Muggle's attitude, and then began to constantly ask about Muggle. As Ravenclaw, this possibility also exists...
Also, they may further inquire about his relationship with Kyle. In the introduction, he is an orphan, and Kyle is obviously a wizard, so...
Various ideas are constantly circulating in Tom's mind.
Owen on the opposite side was stunned for a moment, and then continued to hold his hand up, "Is that so, then your brother was also born in an orphanage? What kind of magical place is your orphanage? It actually adopted two children who are both wizards?"
Owen was not too curious about Tom's identity, but felt that the orphanage was a little more mysterious.
Speaking of the orphanage, Tom is obviously much more talkative.
The two began to chat about the orphanage.
The focus of this was largely on Mo Fei. Of course, he also mentioned Kyle's career...
I originally thought that Owen was not that concerned about clothes, but unexpectedly, his eyes lit up.
"Wait, I seem to have heard news about your brother... Oh, by the way... Not long ago, a newspaper called... "New Wizard Fashion" seemed to have mentioned something about a new type of wizard robe. However, my father is more indifferent to this thing... He is still more inclined to the craftsmanship of Madam Malkin..."
"But I heard that there seem to be many newly promoted nobles who like those unique clothes. They even said that these wizard robes will be the new trend in the future..."
"Is the clothes you are wearing now made by Kyle?"
Owen also seemed to be interested, and he immediately stepped forward to take a closer look.
But Tom was very uncomfortable with this sudden intimacy. He directly put his hand against the boy who wanted to pounce on him, and just explained, "No, the clothes he is wearing now are ordinary Muggle clothes. Aren't you only wearing wizard robes when you go to school... Don't come over, it's too close..."
But Owen seemed to have found a fun game, and he started teasing Tom.
"What, we have known each other for several minutes, why are we so unfamiliar... This is not okay... Come, let's get close..."
Because Owen didn't feel the malice from Owen, and it was inconvenient for Tom to take out his wand and do it directly, the two of them started fighting each other.
Under the tug, the door that had just been closed was opened again.
"Brush!"
A bold little witch poked her head in, "Is there any room here? Many private rooms are full..."
Then she saw the two people pulling her, her face turned red instantly, as if she thought of something discordant, her eyes began to wander a little, and her voice began to stutter, "Yes... I'm sorry to bother you... You continue..."
Then, as if to deliberately put aside the relationship, he quickly closed the door again.
The atmosphere in the box was momentarily awkward.
Owen coughed lightly, and then returned to his side. This time he did not continue, but his ears turned red inch by inch. What just happened had a great impact on him...
Seeing Owen embarrassed, Tom is no longer embarrassed.
"What's wrong? Are you sorry?"
Tom chuckled lightly, and then ignored the topic. After all, he actually felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"By the way, if I remember correctly, you Nott family should be the family that wrote "Pure-Blood Directory". When you first started, what did you think of writing this book that would offend many people..."
Tom straightened his face and asked what he wanted to ask from the beginning.
Owen also tugged on his sleeves, "You must have seen the family crest. I never thought of these things. A new little wizard could know its meaning, unless he was born from Pure-blood families..."
"But in such a family, there should be nothing that I don't know. Otherwise, you are naturally eager to learn, or you hide it well. What's the reason? Let's exchange. I am very curious about these things..."
At this moment, the two people directly exposed their true natures. There was no sense of feeling like old friends at first sight. It was just that the two people were curious at the beginning of their meeting.
Owen noticed Tom from the crowd at a glance, not because of Kyle as he said, but because of Tom's own temperament.
Although he has restrained himself as much as possible, years of study and training, coupled with some teachings from Mo Fei, make Tom's temperament at this time like that of a true aristocrat.
Not the kind of person who imitates adults, but a real aristocrat with real power who can decide things.
Therefore, Owen was curious about who Tom was. After telling his name, he wanted to find out the reason.
This was the initial invitation.
When both people revealed their intentions, the initial tacit understanding between the two did not disappear, it just changed to another way.
Seeing that Tom had no intention of revealing the secret, Owen was not willing to talk casually about his family's affairs.
So, Owen directly opened the book he had read before and continued reading.
Tom was not at all uncomfortable with this sudden indifference. Instead, he took out a book from his luggage and began to read it seriously.
However, compared with the obviously precious nameless book in Owen's hand, what Tom is looking at is "A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration".
Transfiguration is different from other magics. Herbology and Tom have learned a lot in the past. They are almost familiar with theoretical things, but they are short of practical operations.
Charms has also done a lot of research, and Potions has memorized a lot of recipes, but has almost no actual practice.
Only Transfiguration, he didn't do much research on it from the beginning.
But it's not that I don't want to, it's Grindelwald's suggestion, "Transfiguration, before you enter school, I don't recommend you to study this subject on your own. After all, this subject is very dangerous. If you don't have a good foundation, it will be very difficult to follow in the future..."
"Then Professor, why don't you teach me..."
In this case, Tom is not so unemotional.
But Grindelwald still understood his thoughts and added, "After learning my style, you may do more harm than good after entering Hogwarts, so you should wait until you enter before starting..."
Tom originally planned to do so, but at this time, it was not convenient for Charms to study, and the same was true for Potions, so he still chose to take out Transfiguration for research.