Walking out of the hotel, along the muddy path, the two Mo Fei walked towards the suburbs.
Before they had gone far, they passed by a tavern.
The sun has not set yet. According to common sense, the tavern should be making advance preparations now, and it is far from the time to entertain guests.
However, at this moment, I saw a rough man in scruffy clothes who was already a bit drunk, came here cursing, and then bought a large barrel of beer.
Mo Fei They don't care too much about such drunkards.
In London's time, such drunkards were very common in East End.
Although it is possible for many people to be completely broke within a few weeks, end up living on the streets, and then disappear again.
Mo Fei Although I have never seen it, I have heard of such a thing more than once.
He also walked around him out of habit and continued walking in the distance. However, while passing by, Tom looked at him thoughtfully.
The man completely ignored the two of them, as if they were despicable ants and not worthy of attention...
"What's wrong?"
The man had already entered the tavern, and Mo Fei also asked Tom in a low voice.
"No... it's nothing, I just have some inexplicable feelings... let's keep looking..."
Hearing this, Mo Fei also glanced at the drunk man, and then pulled Tom up, "Let's go, we need your efforts to find your old house. There is probably Muggle-Repelling Charm there, so there is a high probability that I won't be able to see it..."
"... Well, I understand..."
The two of them followed the path to the suburbs.
Just when Little Hangleton came out and they didn't know how to go, Horned Serpent, who had been wrapped around Tom's arm, seemed to notice something, and then directly guided Tom to move in one direction.
This guidance was so clear that Tom almost couldn't believe it.
But there was no other direction now, so they headed there.
Slowly arriving at the outer mountain, Tom seemed to see a somewhat dirty and dilapidated wooden house on the hillside. Is it possible?
He rubbed his eyes, completely unable to believe what he was seeing.
Could it be that that is Gaunt family's old house? Heir of Slytherin has fallen into such a state of desolation?
He immediately wanted to rush over, knock on the door, and then ask about the specific situation...
However, he still remembers that Mo Fei is beside him. He should not be able to see there. If he suddenly runs over, wouldn't it mean that he has completely disappeared in Mo Fei's eyes?
The dean would be worried - this thought made him feel more at ease.
He took the initiative to hold Mo Fei's hand again, "I saw it, it's not far away... I'll take you there..."
"I saw it too..."
Mo Fei was also shocked. He actually saw it. Moreover, the special sense of expulsion and misalignment around him was too weak to expel the strong-willed Muggle. Is this the down-and-out Gaunt family?
In fact, the defense here is indeed very dilapidated, but it is not to the point where Muggle can detect anything.
However, Mo Fei is too unusual, and in addition, he once again improved his intuition at Nicolas Flamel, which makes this kind of Muggle-Repelling Charm that has not been adequately maintained appear to be greatly weakened...
Or, in the end, he inherited Gaunt--Morfin·Gaunt, and he had no intention or ability to completely hide this place.
The current situation is not good news for Tom.
Think about it, in the school, everyone is saying how noble and brilliant Slytherin's bloodline is. As Heir of Slytherin, Gaunt family is a born king...
However, seeing such dilapidation, many illusions will be shattered in an instant.
For Tom, this is undoubtedly a huge irony.
Mo Fei's words shocked Tom. Now that he has enough understanding of magic, he already knows what it means.
The last glimmer of hope was shattered, and his face turned a little pale.
He gave a wry smile, "Dean, I want to go take a look... maybe the people from Gaunt family are dead..."
"... Well... I'll be with you..."
The two of them arrived in front of the door.
The door was closed tightly, and the situation inside could not be seen at all. They knocked on the door, and Tom didn't know whether to hope that someone would open the door, or whether there was no response at all...
Knocking on the door one after another, there was no sound at all, which gave Tom some ideas again.
He twitched his lips at Mo Fei, "It seems that no one is there... Should we just open the door and go in?"
Mo Fei interrupted him, "Maybe he went out. Let's go and come back tomorrow. Maybe someone will come back tomorrow..."
Regarding Mo Fei's suggestion, Tom hesitated for a while, but chose to accept it...
The two were about to leave the dilapidated wooden house when the rough man with a wine barrel came over.
"Who are you and why did you show up at my door!"
There was a hint of warning in his voice, and he looked at them dressed with a bit of confusion in his eyes...
"Damn it, it couldn't be Muggle who went the wrong way. If I had known it, I would have strengthened Muggle-Repelling Charm... By the way, how should I place Muggle-Repelling Charm..."
He cursed in a low voice, as if the two people in front of him didn't exist...
But Mo Fei and the others heard clearly. He looked at Tom worriedly. Sure enough, Tom's expression became more complicated.
Now, the rough guy in front of him, who has no aristocratic elegance at all, is probably his uncle...
The sense of gap made him not know how to speak.
"Hello, uncle, I am your sister's child..."
Such a sentence was stuck in his throat and he couldn't say it at all.
Fortunately, Mo Fei saw Tom's dilemma and wanted to directly help him out.
He took a step forward and blocked half of Tom's body, "Hello, are you Merope·Gaunt's brother? We have something to find her..."
When I heard that familiar name, I originally thought that Morfin·Gaunt should alleviate some resistance, but--
"What, you know that bitch, and what did she do... No, as early as that bitch shamelessly seduced Muggle and became pregnant, she was completely eliminated by her father... If it weren't for her, my father would not have died... That bitch's matter has nothing to do with me..."
The more the man spoke, the angrier he became, and his eyes gradually began to become bloodshot, like an angry beast, with almost no trace of reason visible.
Tom, who was hiding behind Mo Fei, looked at his uncle in shock.
He also did not expect that the only comments he heard about his mother from his uncle were curses.
There was no trace of concern for him at all, and even a bit of his cruelty could be seen from the cursing tone.
Perhaps, if my mother had been here, I would not have been born at all...
The first meeting with his uncle made Tom feel terrible. Now he has no more favorable impressions of Gaunt family...