"Ding! Hourly chime, zero o'clock sharp, new items have appeared in the store!"
David put down the spell book disguised as *Oliver Twist* and directly summoned the system store.
[Item 1: Energy Potion 50ml (Unlocked) 5 Merit Points]
[Item 2: Supreme Memory Potion (Unlocked) 100 Merit Points]
[Refresh Time Countdown: 23 hours 59 minutes 30 seconds]
[Merit Points: 165]
[Dark Lord Achievement: Unlocked]
At first glance, these two items seemed rather unremarkable. David casually flipped through the system descriptions for both.
[Energy Potion: A stamina potion produced by the system. Just 50ml is enough to keep a person full of energy and completely free of fatigue for forty-eight hours. It is recommended to take it in moderation and according to dosage. Overuse will cause the side effect of drowsiness; if side effects have already occurred, please rush to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for treatment during your brief moments of wakefulness.]
Isn't this just an enhanced version of coffee... David looked at the energy potion on the store interface, feeling a sense of familiarity.
As for coffee, back in the old days for the sake of work, he hadn't drunk a small amount of it...
Next, David turned his gaze to the second item.
David keenly noticed that although the second item was also listed as a potion by name, it did not specify a dosage like the energy potion.
[Supreme Memory Potion: An exclusive item produced by the system. After consumption, it can massively enhance the consumer's memory. The effect of the potion is permanent.]
Although the description was simple and crude, David couldn't help but light up.
A person's memory is one of the most important foundations for learning new knowledge. Having a good memory can provide tremendous help whether in study or research!
What's more, the effect of this potion was actually permanent!
Although he didn't know how much this massive enhancement specifically referred to, David still bought the potion without hesitation using one hundred merit points.
Speaking of these 165 merit points...
Although he didn't know why the harder he beat Tom, the more merit points he got, he still had to thank Mr. Riddle for his selfless dedication. Otherwise, this memory potion would have had to remain locked for now.
David felt a familiar warmth in the palm of his hand, and then a small transparent glass bottle appeared in his hand.
David pulled out the cork, sniffed it with his nose, and found it colorless and odorless, as unremarkable as ordinary water...
Without further delay, David tilted his head back and poured all the potion from the bottle into his mouth.
David smacked his lips. Well, it tasted just like distilled water with no flavor at all.
Just then, the small glass bottle in David's hand suddenly turned into points of light and disappeared, as if it had been recycled by the system.
David carefully sensed his own body, but didn't feel any special sensation, as if the potion he had just drunk really was just ordinary water.
David was a little puzzled. After waiting for a little longer, he simply grabbed the spell book, turned to a page he hadn't read before, and began to quickly browse through it.
After browsing through it like skimming flowers on horseback, David finally felt the change in himself...
Just by reading it through roughly, without even beginning to understand the knowledge above, those words and diagrams were already deeply branded into his mind like photographs!
It was as if he had repeatedly read and recited them many times.
The effect of this Supreme Memory Potion was better than David had expected. After massively enhancing his memory, David seemed to possess the ability of photographic memory!
David was in a great mood. These one hundred merit points were well worth spending!
He thanked Tom once again in his heart for his outstanding contribution to this...
Afterwards, David also bought that bottle of energy potion, lifted a floor tile under the carpet, and put the energy potion inside.
In this temporary storage compartment, the fleawort David had bought earlier was also placed.
After hiding the potion, David glanced at his remaining balance of only 60 merit points.
Although Tom was a very good tool for farming merit points, always harvesting wool from him was still a bit too slow.
David decided to try other ways to farm merit points tomorrow.
As for tonight...
After glancing at that cold, hard iron bed, David decisively lifted the carpet again, pried open the floor tile, and took out the energy potion.
Why sleep so long while alive, when you will naturally sleep long after death...
With the ability to never forget, coupled with the blessing of "super coffee," if he didn't study hard, how could he live up to Comrade Riddle's selfless dedication?
...
Time passed by a few days in the blink of an eye.
This afternoon.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
A knock came from the tightly closed door of the orphanage.
Ellie hurriedly put down the tray containing iodine and ran quickly to the front door to open it.
Standing outside the door was a somewhat tired, tall, thin man.
He was dressed in a rather flamboyant dark purple velvet suit, which looked very strange.
His hair and beard were auburn. Although his attire was very odd, his temperament was exceptionally good.
*This must be a lawyer or a professor of some sort...* Ellie thought.
The tall, thin man flashed a kind smile. "Good afternoon. I have an appointment with Mrs. Cole. I believe she is the matron here."
"Oh... please wait a moment." Ellie turned around and shouted loudly toward the distance, "Mrs. Cole..."
A loud response came from afar. Only then did Ellie turn back to the tall, thin man and say, "Come in, she's coming right now."
The tall, thin man walked into the hallway paved with black and white tiles, looking around the surroundings silently.
The place as a whole appeared dilapidated, and it was clear that the orphanage's current state was not too good.
Yet this dilapidated environment was kept spotless, showing that the person in charge here was indeed very conscientious.
Before the door behind him had completely closed, Mrs. Cole walked over briskly with a tired look on her face.
As she walked toward the tall, thin man, she spoke anxiously to another girl wearing an apron.
"...and then take this bottle of iodine to Martha upstairs. Billy Stubb is picking at his scabs, and Eric Whalley—his sheets are soaked in sweat, but dealing with the chicken pox is the top priority..."
Before Mrs. Cole finished speaking, she saw the tall, thin man in front of her. To be honest, the man's eccentric attire truly startled her somewhat.
"Good afternoon." The tall, thin man extended his hand. "My name is Albus Dumbledore. I wrote you an appointment letter, and you kindly invited me here today."
Mrs. Cole fell into a daze for a moment before saying, "Oh... yes, there was indeed such an appointment... Well, come to my office and we can talk."
Dumbledore wore a smile on his face and politely followed behind Mrs. Cole.
At the corner of the staircase, David watched Dumbledore's back, a smile blooming on his face.
Dumbledore had finally come!
Although Dumbledore was still quite young now, this unique appearance and temperament made it very easy for David to recognize him.
After all, at this time and in this place, apart from him, there was no one else who would come to visit Mrs. Cole with a crooked nose, blue eyes, and a tall, thin frame.
Beside David, Tom was holding a tattered rag, wiping the staircase banister with a look of extreme reluctance.
Dumbledore's peculiar appearance naturally caught his attention immediately as well.
"Who is that person? The color of those clothes is so disgusting... Was his nose broken by someone?"