Chapter 5: Do I Not Even Qualify to Be Your Threat?
"Tom, you're going the wrong way. It's this way."
Theo's words pulled Tom back from his thoughts.
He didn't know when, but he was once again standing in front of Tom.
"Sorry, I... I was just a little distracted," Tom explained.
"Tom, your performance is too forced. If you want to appear obedient, you need to be more natural." Theo touched Tom's shoulder meaningfully and turned to leave again.
Tom stood there, Theo's words ringing in his ears like a thunderbolt!
'I'm too naive! Too presumptuous! My change was so sudden, how could he not guess what I was planning?'
'So... he's warning me! Telling me not to have any other inappropriate thoughts!'
'Knowing that I could turn on him at any moment, he's still so nonchalant, letting me be... Does he think I don't even qualify to be a threat to him?'
'Damn it! This arrogant bastard! How dare he? How dare he look down on me like this?!'
Tom's face was pale, his eyes filled with humiliation; even the veins on his neck were bulging.
In fact, Tom understood Theo's thoughts best, because before he met Theo, he thought the same of others.
He believed that others were mediocre fools incapable of posing any threat to him, who possessed extraordinary talent, which was why he was so domineering.
He just never expected that today, the one considered ordinary had become himself...
He had never imagined that one day he would become the "fool" who was looked down upon!
Tom, who was hit hard by the "boomerang," finally understood some of the feelings of those he had bullied in the past...
"Ding! Detected that the host has caused a huge mental blow to the future Dark Lord, rewarding the host with 50 merit points."
Ah... Tom, I'm starting to like you a little.
...
Mrs. Cole was a thin woman with a haggard face.
The shadow of war gradually enveloped the whole of Europe, and under the panic, there were even fewer kind people who could donate money and goods to the orphanage.
Mrs. Cole didn't even know if this orphanage could survive a few more months...
In order to manage these dozens of orphans and ensure that they could barely have food and clothing in this era, she was physically and mentally exhausted.
"Eric hasn't been feeling well all day. God bless, please don't let it be chickenpox again... We're already busy enough. Billy seems to be much better. Remember to help him apply iodine in the evening." Mrs. Cole said to a girl beside her, who was dressed in rags and tied with an old apron while distributing food.
Mrs. Cole soon saw Theo and Tom, who were late. "Theo, are you getting used to it here? Tom, I just hope you don't use your tricks to bully Theo! Otherwise, you'll have to stay in the closet again!"
'Who exactly is bullying who!'
Tom pursed his lips and said nothing, just silently staring at the dinner that had just been handed to him...
A small portion of baked beans, a portion of mashed potatoes, a piece of bread, and a bowl of soup that he didn't know what it was made of.
"I'm very used to it, Mrs. Cole... In fact, compared to the children who are still wandering outside without food, I'm already very good! If you hadn't brought me back from the street... I don't know what would have happened to me." Theo looked at Mrs. Cole gratefully. "I'm really very grateful..."
"You child... It turns out that it was right for me to bring you back. You've helped me a lot during this time. Hurry up and eat dinner. Here, take this." A smile appeared on Mrs. Cole's tired face, and she stuffed an egg into Theo's coat pocket...
Beside him, Tom glanced at his own clear soup and watery dinner and then looked at Theo, who had an extra egg in his pocket and an extra apple on his plate. He immediately felt the difference between people...
...
Looking at Theo, who was sitting in the corner, unhurriedly peeling his egg, Tom couldn't help but hold his plate and sit down opposite him.
"What help did you give that woman? Why does she treat you so differently?"
Theo carefully took out the yolk and said casually, "Maybe it's just because of my pretty face, as you said?"
Tom clenched the spoon in his hand, wanting to get angry but not daring to.
"Haha, just kidding. Here, half of the egg for you." Theo used his own spoon to put half of the yolk on Tom's plate under Tom's disgusted gaze.
"I just did some small things within my power... Of course, these small things happen to be what she likes. In fact, you can do it too. It's just that you've always been arrogant and unwilling to do it."
Tom disgustedly pushed the half of the yolk aside. "Hmph, anyway, I can't do such a thing as deliberately pleasing others."
"Oh? Then who was it who was being obsequious to me just now?" Theo laughed.
"I..." Tom's pale face rarely flushed. "That's because you're stronger than me! I have to..."
"Hmm... Of course, of course, Tom, I didn't say you were wrong. In fact, in order to achieve your goal, occasionally saying a few nice words and doing a few small things for others within your power is not a big deal."
Theo looked at the embarrassed Tom and suddenly smiled again. "Just like I pleased Mrs. Cole in order to get a good single room for my practice and research, and you pleased me in order to get a way to increase your strength from me, and then take revenge on me..."
Tom only felt that his breathing was about to stop. He hated this feeling of being seen through at will and being involuntary!
"Ding..."
After a series of system prompts, Theo received another 10 merit points.
...
"Reparo!"
In his own single room, Theo used a special gesture to aim at the cracked lock on the wooden door and chanted the spell.
"Tear..."
A slight metallic rubbing sound rang out, and the cracks on the metal lock gradually disappeared!
Theo looked at the lock that had become intact again.
A Comprehensive Guide to Low-Level Spells was detailed enough, not only recording the evolution process of each spell from ancient times to the present but also recording the correct gestures for each spell when casting without a wand...
That's why Theo's repair spell was so successful this time.
It can be said that after getting this book, Theo's research and practice speed has at least increased by a hundred times.
After spending 5 merit points to buy a bottle of Essence of Dittany, Theo now had 65 merit points left.
Theo was looking forward to what items would be refreshed on the store page after twelve o'clock tonight.
Fortunately, there was a commodity lock function; otherwise, the balance of 65 points might not be enough.
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