International students at Hogwarts

Chapter 242 The Journey Starting from Platform 9 ([-]-in-[-] Subscription)
Standing ten steps away and throwing a pot sounds simple, but in fact ten steps is not a small amount.One step is five feet, or 147.5 centimeters, and ten steps is 14 meters away.For a better understanding, you can find a reference object, the width of the basketball court is 15 meters.

As a child who threw pots with his playmates every day when he was young, Lu Ren was very good at pitching pots, but whether he could hit all the pots was up to his face.

In the second round, after Lu Ren was familiar with the weight of the arrow, he walked outside the line, held his breath, and threw the arrow forward.

"Boom, boom, boom."

The first two shots hit, the third shot leaned on the pole, and the fourth shot went crooked and missed.

The wizards onlookers exclaimed, Lu Ren was the one who made the fastest progress among the experimenters.For [-] points, you can choose one item from the second pile. Lu Ren picked up a quill pen that looked like a mechanical punk.

The third one, "Boom, boom, boom!" All four arrows went into the pot!
Lu Ren also heaved a sigh of relief. When he just threw the fourth arrow, his hand felt wrong, and he thought it was going to be bad, but he was lucky enough to throw it in.He took a roll of parchment and a small box with him.

The surrounding wizards first exclaimed, and then began to applaud.Lu Ren's success stimulated them, just like a roommate who draws cards ten times in a row and gets two golds in a row would encourage them to krypton gold. They also surrounded the old wizard and kept throwing out the silver Sickles in their pockets.

But, just like drawing cards has metaphysics, throwing pots is also a metaphysics activity. Lu Ren seems to have sucked up the European energy of others. Others hardly shipped, and the strongest people stopped at second place. heap.

Maybe this is life.

From the perspective of probability, if two people play a game together, and one of them gets a double yellow, the probability of the second person getting a double yellow is quite low.From an experience point of view, if one person is European, the second person will probably want to guarantee the bottom + crooked.Where did this experience come from?This is the experience summed up by the nine UP pools along the way...

Every word is stained with African tears!
Lu Ren wanted to leave when he got the advantage. If he didn't leave, he would probably attract public outrage, but soon some wizards with bright minds figured out the joints and found Lu Ren, hoping that he could throw the pot on his behalf. .

As expected by Lu Ren, the old wizard directly rejected his coquettish operation - nonsense, if Lu Ren was really asked to fight on his behalf, he might have won all the prizes within a few minutes.

Lu Ren walked around Diagon Alley with Alice for a while before returning to the Leaky Cauldron.After throwing the things he bought on the table, he had time to see what his prize was.

He opened the parchment first, and then fixed his eyes, and found that the knowledge about cultivating fire dragons was actually written on the parchment.This made Lu Ren very happy, isn't it a coincidence?I happen to have a dragon!

Then he opened the box, lost in thought.Inside was a black gem the size of an egg, with a faint golden streamer in it.A line of words is engraved on the inner cover of the box: Dragon's Blood.

The fire dragon's blood is green, and of course it also has red, but no wizard has ever recorded the dragon's blood between gold and black.However, giant dragons and fire dragons are not the same creature. There are many fire dragons in the magic world, but giant dragons only exist in legends.

Lu Ren looked at the gem that was not ordinary at first glance, and fell into deep thought. He felt a strong taste of "coincidence": he had a fire dragon, so he got the matching cultivation cheats and evolution materials. It is a "coincidence" rather than an "arrangement".

He hurriedly got up and went back to the street, only to find that the old wizard had disappeared, and there were people coming and going around, as if nothing had happened.

As the days went by, besides eating and sleeping, Lu Ren did his homework, read books, and studied the parchment he had just won.With the degree of completion of Lu Ren's homework getting higher and higher, the holiday also ushered in the end.A large number of Hogwarts students poured into Diagon Alley.In the Quidditch boutique, Lu Ren saw his Gryffindor roommates Seamus and Dean, senior Wood, and senior sister Angelina, all staring at the Firebolt greedily.But when they looked at the Firebolt, they always felt a little familiar...

Harry also moved into the Leaky Cauldron three weeks before term started.The reason is simple, he accidentally "inflated" his aunt.Uncle Vernon said, this is my own sister, brotherhood, blood is thicker than water!I have to pay more—ah no, it’s Harry, you are my nephew, what kind of nephew can my little nephew have, of course I forgive you.

It's all about the Queen's face.

Despite Uncle Vernon's forgiveness, Harry left Privet Drive—he was not happy living there, and the Dursleys were also unhappy, so it was better to leave by himself, so everyone was happy.

Hermione arrived the day before school started.This time her parents were not with her, so Lu Ren walked around Diagon Alley with her and bought all the things she needed for the new semester.

"How many Galleons do you need? You can exchange some more." Lu Ren took out a purse and shook it. The Galleons in it jingled, "I'm a rich man now. made a fortune."

Lu Ren's assets were as high as [-] Galleons, so he could be said to be "the richest party". Of course, Hermione next to him was no different. Her parents were dentists in London, England!If it weren't for the limit on the number of pounds against Galleons, Hermione would be the richest person in Gryffindor, and the only person who could compete with her was Justin Fenriely from Hufflepuff College next door.

"No, no," Hermione shook her hands quickly, "it's enough."

She knew that with an exchange rate of [-]:[-], Lu Ren would suffer a blood loss. It was like exchanging gold coupons for dollars. Those who were willing to exchange them were really doing charity.

"Actually, I'm still quite short of money," Lu Ren shrugged, "I remitted all the money back to my hometown."

In 1993, the exchange rate of the British pound was about 1 to 9. Lu Ren and Hermione could exchange hundreds of pounds at a time, and send back nearly a thousand yuan directly. At that time, the monthly salary of a college graduate was only 90 to [-] yuan, which was enough The family's expenses for a year.

He also said very intimately that there is no need to buy large electronic items at home, and there is no need to spend money on the phone. In 2000, a computer cost tens of thousands of yuan!Why buy that kind of electronic waste?To install a landline phone, you still have to pay an installation fee—thousands of dollars for one set.

Why do you do such a big thing?How nice it is to save money to buy a house.If not, you can still buy some bitcoins, and put them away when you buy them. If you don’t buy them, you will be a rich man in a few years.

"By the way, your birthday is in September, right?" Lu Ren remembered something. He remembered that Hermione's birthday seemed to be September No.19.

"Yeah!" Hermione agreed with Lu Ren while looking at the goods in the shop window. ,

"How about buying a pet?" Lu Ren put forward his suggestion, "Everyone seems to have a pet, Harry has Hedwig, I have a fat tiger and a unicorn cub. Look, there is a magical family over there. Animal store."

Before they knew it, they wandered outside a shop selling pets.

Hermione's eyes lit up. She had wanted to buy an owl a long time ago, but it was a pity that she never had the chance.

So the two entered the shop.The shop is small, crowded and noisy, and the animals inside are very unusual. After all, there is no Muggle pet shop that sells rabbits that can transform, or mice that use their tails as supports to play jumping games...

At this time, there were not many people in the store, only a wizard was in front of the counter asking how to take care of the two-tailed salamander.After the wizard left, Hermione walked to the counter.

"I want to buy a pet."

"Owl? Toad? Or cat—"

The conversation between the clerk and Hermione was interrupted by an unexpected visitor.

A big ginger-colored thing suddenly jumped out from the top of the tallest cage and landed on the counter, almost hitting Hermione.The big guy stood up, looked at Hermione carefully for a while, then lay sideways on the counter, showing his belly to Hermione.

"It's either a big cat or a small tiger." Lu Ren defined this ginger cat.Although the cat's appearance is very reckless, it can be seen that Hermione likes it.

She slowly stretched out her hand and put it on the big cat's belly. The big cat hugged her wrist and licked it intimately.

Hermione's face lit up, and she looked really happy: "It's so pretty, isn't it?"

It's not that Lu Ren has no resistance to felines blindly. To be precise, he is a color-controller. He only likes beautiful cats like tigers and cheetahs.The guy named Crookshanks in front of him is obviously not good-looking: its ginger-yellow fur is fluffy and soft, its feet are obviously a bit sloppy, and its expression is gloomy—a bit like the legendary stinky-faced cat?It has a weird persimmon face, as if it once slammed its head against a brick wall.

"Yeah." Lu Ren's attitude was perfunctory.

"It seems that you hit it off with this kid." The clerk also came out of the counter.

"This child has been here for a long time, and no one wants it. If you want it, then sell it to you at a lower price, as long as three Galleons."

"Really!" Hermione looked delighted.

Lu Ren also knew that this kind of big cat was actually not popular. In Muggle pet shops, it was very likely to be euthanized, and the wizarding world was not much better.If Hermione hadn't met, it might not be long before the cat would have been disposed of.

After buying Crookshanks, today's Diagon Alley shopping trip is over.Hermione also chose to stay at the Leaky Cauldron, and she met the Weasleys when she checked in—they also planned to stay at the Leaky Cauldron for one night before going to the station early the next morning.

The Ministry of Magic specially prepared two cars for the Weasleys to take them to the train station.But Lu Ren was very sure that this car was not for the Weasleys, it was for Harry and himself!
The Ministry of Magic is trying to show its efforts, which probably means 'although we can't catch fugitives, but our security work is excellent'.

The Ministry of Magic's cars are two old dark green cars, and the drivers are also wizards, wearing bright green velvet suits.

Lu Ren had nothing to say about this. He really felt that Muggle studies should be taken as a compulsory subject—wizards should know what the Muggle world looks like.You should know how weird two cars of this style and a bright green velvet suit look to Muggles.

Mr. Weasley, Luren, Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Percy - much to Ron's dismay - sat in a car.The ride was uneventful, and the Ministry had modified the two vehicles so that they could pass as effortlessly as a Knight Bus through narrow gaps that a normal car would certainly not be able to.

Thanks to this characteristic, even though there was a traffic jam, Lu Ren and the others arrived at King's Cross station 10 minutes earlier.

Next is over the wall.In pairs, they climbed over the wall between the Muggle world and the wizarding world and came to platform 9.It's here that Percy meets Penello - his girlfriend, whose romance was exposed by Fred during the holidays.The original leaker was Ginny, who had caught Percy and Penello kissing in a classroom.

Percy strode towards Penello amidst the snickers of the brothers--a proud, beautiful girl with long curly hair, and Percy pushed her breasts high so that his shining penis The shiny badge of the student council president was revealed.

It's not easy. Lu Ren felt a little empathy for Percy. From Percy, Lu Ren saw the shadow of a character in Japanese manga. That person is also the president of the student council. Percy was working hard in his own way.

Maybe Ron didn't like this brother, but one day he would understand, understand Percy's difficulties.Percy has his own ideals and aspirations, but he also loves his family deeply.Lu Ren himself didn't have any bad feelings towards Percy, on the contrary, he liked this meticulous youngest very much.

There is a common saying that "the first-born is rare, the old is delicate, and the poor second is halfway up the mountain", which is exactly the portrayal of Percy.As the third child in the family, no one could notice the stress he was carrying.Parents' concern, I'm afraid it was relatively lacking at the beginning, coupled with two excellent brothers, little Percy's pressure was unprecedented.Everything Ron has been through, he has been through: second-hand textbooks, old robes, the Weasley name.Ron, he was very lucky to meet a friend worth entrusting for a lifetime.

So, what about Percy?Does he have such friends?we do not know.In the end, it was not his current girlfriend who entered the marriage hall with him, but a person who came from nowhere by air.He may have no friends.

He can only run and fight by himself, everything he has is earned with his life!

Of course, later he also succeeded in gaining more attention from his parents and recognition from his classmates with his own efforts, which he deserved.

Didn't Baiyin Yuxing also rely on his own efforts to become the president of the student council?No one is born with knowledge, success is poured out of the sweat behind.

It doesn't make sense to only envy Shirogane Yuyuki for having the beautiful Shinomiya Kaguya as his girlfriend, being able to be Shuchiin's unrivaled student council president, and not learning how he works hard when he only sleeps five hours a day.

"What are you looking at?" Hermione noticed that Lu Ren had been in a daze for a long time.

"Looking at a man." Lu Ren shrugged his shoulders, and carried their luggage into the train, "Let's go, the train will leave soon."

With the sound of the whistle, the train left the station, and a new journey began.

(End of this chapter)