A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 176 LCA Press

09:30 the next morning, 126a Diagon Alley.

At the door of a low, white building, Felix smiled and shook hands with a woman in a long purple dress.

"No more, ma'am. It's an honor to continue working with you."

"Oh~Mr. Hype, you are so humble, your books are always so inspiring."

Felix walked down the dark brown wooden steps and blended into the crowded crowd. At this moment, he felt relieved, "The first book was finished, and it took almost no effort. '

’ But that’s what’s next. '

He walked all the way along Diagon Alley, turned a corner in front of Gringotts Bank, turned to another fork, and counted the house numbers all the way.

"13a, 14b, 15a on the south side of Diagon Alley...so, the store on 15b should be opposite." Felix turned around and saw a seven-story building.

The building was dirty and in disrepair with letters peeling off.He could barely make out an L letter, which cast a shadow over his subsequent collaborations.

In the gap between the building and the houses next to it, there is a row of huge trash cans, which also have the letters of LCA on them.

He walked up the dark stairs to the second floor, pushed open a scratched oak door, and a noisy, noisy, and small sound broke into his ears.

He seems to have come to another world. The walls are covered with colorful comic strips, and these drawings completely cover up the walls themselves.

The protagonist of the drawings is mostly a little boy wearing a beret and a striped shirt. He is active in different scenes: being chased by a group of Bowtruckles; waving a small stick in his hand; A one-horned rhino, excitedly turning its head to greet its companions; wearing a wizard's cloak and standing on the roof of a farmhouse...

But Felix could also tell that the paintings were old, some of the drawings had faded, and a few in the corners were covered with purple mildew.

All this shows that this publishing house was once brilliant, but now it is a little bit down.

"Is anyone there, Mr. Andis?" Felix called.

After a long time, a door was pushed open from beside him. The door was hidden in layers of drawings, and Felix didn't notice it for a while.

A thin, middle-aged wizard with an unshaven beard stared at him, and he asked in a heavily nasal voice, "Felix Hep?"

"It's me, I think you are Mr. Andis? We have an appointment."

The wizard let go of the doorknob, "Come in, it's a bit messy inside." He backed away self-consciously.

Felix frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything. He followed the wizard into the room. There was an unpleasant smell inside, and all kinds of sundries were piled up in a mess. He also saw a few plates of leftovers in the corner.

This made his scalp tingle, and he subconsciously wanted to Apparate out of here.

The only thing that gave him some relief was that he saw fresh paint and canvas in this place that could barely be regarded as a studio, and half of the drawings on it were very good.

He decided to take a closer look, but only if the room fit his aesthetic.

"Clean up! Clean up! Whirlwind!"

Felix waved his wand again and again to clean up all kinds of rubbish in the house. A sudden gust of wind raged repeatedly in the small room. The dust and grime on the ground were quickly stripped and swept into the strong wind, and finally formed a cloud of cloudy air.

He pushed open the window, and a silver swift flew out from the tip of his wand, "Do me a favor, I remember seeing a trash can when I came in." The swift nodded at him, fluttered its wings and flew out of the window, followed by a gray long dragon.

"You, you..." The wizard named Andis stared at Felix dumbfounded, his tongue tied for a moment.

"Please sit down, Mr. Andis." Felix waved his wand and pushed the cleaned chair in front of him.

Andis sat down with a blank expression. He looked around, and it took him a while to realize, "This seems to be my home?" He murmured softly at first, then blushed and yelled angrily.

Felix sat across from him and said calmly, "Mr. Andis, let's make a long story short. Since you agreed to this visit, let me assume that you have a need for contributions from the outside world."

"And as your potential partner, at least I have the right to ask you before you explicitly refuse."

"you……"

Felix tapped the ring with his wand, and a stack of sketches flew out from it, "This is my manuscript, "The Adventures of Mick the Little Wizard", I mentioned it in my letter. You can read it first, and you can do it later." Decide, whether we continue the dialogue. I don't want to waste the time of both parties."

The wizard on the opposite side held the drawing and looked at him with puzzled eyes.

"What are you waiting for?"

The wizard swallowed, and said with a dry smile, "No, it's nothing."

He quickly looked down, and at the same time, he labeled Felix in his heart as a wizard with a strong personality.

The wizard decided to pick out a few flaws at random, and then quickly drive him away. If he was not satisfied, he ran to the street to ask for help...

As time passed, Andis became serious from being careless at the beginning.Various evaluations came out of his mouth from time to time.

"Not bad."

"interesting."

"What is this, a...wheel...isn't it magic?"

"My God, can two glasses of water turn red when poured together? I guess it's the effect of some kind of transparent potion."

He didn't know when it started, he pulled the chair next to Felix and started discussing with him.

"I like this passage, I think it's very intelligent—"

Felix looked over, it was the scene of the little wizard Mick and his new Muggle friends going to the store to buy clothes:
"What should I say?" The little wizard Mick looked at the dazzling array of clothes in the store and asked fearfully: "I don't understand at all. I'm a fool from the country."

"Don't worry, I don't understand either, but my mother told me a trick." His friend said.

The little wizard Mick looked at his companion and said confidently to the clerk: "My friend only has a budget of 15 pounds, but he needs a jacket, a pair of trousers, and a bow tie. Can you do it, ma'am?" ?”

The young clerk smiled and said, "Of course, little gentleman." She sized up the figure of the little wizard Mick, then turned to get suitable clothes.

His companion smiled at the little wizard Mick, "How about it, isn't it difficult?"

……

After about half an hour, Felix asked him, "What do you think?"

Andis's expression became shrewd. He quickly judged the value of the manuscript. Seven or eight minutes later, he hesitated and said, "Frankly speaking, I'm not sure either."

He added: "Personally, it's a pretty interesting children's comic book, but I'm not so confident in my vision. You see, this publishing house has been brilliant, but since I took over, I failed more than a dozen times in a row. Finally, I had to release the 30th anniversary commemorative issue of the old book."

"Mr. Andis, I haven't asked you yet, what do the three letters LCA represent?" Felix asked.

"It is the abbreviation of the names of the three founders, and the A is Andis, which was jointly created by my grandfather and his two good friends." The wizard said.

"Then your company's masterpiece "The Adventures of Martin Miggs"..."

"It was my grandfather's idea, and it was his personal experience. When he was a child, he once hosted a Muggle boy who strayed into the wizarding world. They played happily for a week, and then they were killed." Found it. The Ministry of Magic staff erased the boy's memory and sent him back to his home."

Felix nodded knowingly.He took out several parchments from the ring, which were filled with various forms and data.Parchment fluttered and stuck to the wall.

"Mr. Andis, I can't prove that this manuscript will definitely help your publishing house turn around, but we can analyze from the data that your company has published a total of [-] sets of comic strips since its establishment. Of course, "Martin Miggs" Adventures is the most famous, and I got some data from my friend who is in charge of publications in the Ministry of Magic, and it is obvious that relatively novel content will be more popular..."

"At the same time, this manuscript, which is positioned as a children's publication, does not appear young and naive, and is also very friendly to adults. If you want, we can cooperate."

Andis doesn't really have much choice, unless he wants to continue eating the leftovers from 30 years ago.

So when Felix gave him a plausible reason, he agreed logically.Their initial plan was conservative, to test the waters with a hundred copies, and it wouldn't hurt if they failed.

At best, Andis wasted a little time, but what he lacks most now is time.

After finalizing the cooperation, Andis showed him his ancestral craftsmanship. He scribbled and corrected a drawing of Felix, and tapped it with a magic wand. Soon, the whole picture was filled with color. The drawing has also become more refined.

In the picture, a little boy is standing on a huge Ferris wheel, leaning on the window and looking down. Beside him is a half-gnawed vanilla ice cream floating in the air.

Half an hour later, Felix walked out of the LCA building, feeling very happy.

He was going to return to the office by the communal fireplace in Diagon Alley, saving him the distance to Apparate to the edge of the Forbidden Forest.But at this moment—

"Professor Haip?"

Felix turned his head and saw a familiar figure in the crowd. He said in surprise, "Potter?"

(End of this chapter)