Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 7 Occlumency

"Perhaps, for wizards, owls are an essential communication tool, just like a telephone. Can this be my birthday present?" McGuffin's eyes lit up, and he directly reminded Longman that he was also a wizard, and he needed owls for communication.

"Owl? Emily wouldn't..."

"No way!"

The two of them seemed to have thought of something, their whole bodies shivered, and their faces turned pale and cool.

Definitely will!

The two thought of Emily Albert's past—she was a genius girl with a high IQ, a cold-blooded terminator, and a bloody sterilizer (this matter has been harmonized and cannot be mentioned again).

When Emily was 13 years old, the family bought a small white mouse 'Jerry' as her pet at her request.

Later, a tragic and bloody experiment was shown in front of everyone in the family, and it was only then that she understood why she repeatedly asked for a mouse.

It turns out that in Emily's eyes, there has never been a pet, but thanks to everyone's enthusiasm, they named this little white mouse 'Jerry'.

I thought that my daughter finally had the same interests as other ordinary little girls, which frightened the two of Langman and his wife, so that the only pet in the house in the future was the stupid cat 'Tom' who could not attract Emily's interest.

The result of this incident is: the first "Emily" iron rule in Albert's family has been achieved-absolutely no other pets can be kept.

"Then buy me a figure..." McGuffin continued, and before he finished speaking, he saw Longman's face slowly darken at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This Mr. Longman, who is always macho and has no status in the family, will not allow himself to buy the figure of the wizard version. McGuffin re-examined, "Hand...hold the version of the wizard chess! I just saw it for sale, and it looks similar to the chess we play.... Ugh!"

Longman looked suspiciously at McGuffin.

McGuffin quickly changed the topic, "Where is the ticket on the envelope?"

Langman took out the ticket from inside, and then discovered another more serious problem.

"London King's Cross Station, there is no such strange platform at all."

McGuffin knew what was going on in his heart, but he couldn't explain it clearly, so he could only say: "There must be other freshmen going there by then, just ask."

"Too."

The two later discovered Mrs. Malkin's wizard robe store not far away.

Madam Malkin's wizard robe store is like the old-fashioned handmade clothing store of the last century, but unlike the Leaky Cauldron, the decoration inside makes people feel comfortable and clean, even if they are of Muggle origin.

The lighting was soft, orange, like those old-fashioned tungsten lights.A large mirror was erected on one wall of the house, almost touching the ceiling. The mirror frame was surrounded by bronze, and on the top was a bronze head of a woman with snake hair, sharp mouth and fangs, and empty eyes looking at everyone in the shop. It was creepy, but everything else was fine.

The shelves on the surrounding walls are covered with robes of various types and colors. They are all floating in mid-air after being enchanted, like the inflatable dolls that greeted customers outside the store in the previous life, bulging up as if being worn by a transparent person.Some of these robes were shining, like Muggle star glitter chip clothes, and some were decorated with indescribable country styles. McGuffin even saw a belt made of palm-sized skulls pinned to the waist of one of the robes. When he looked at it, he raised his long sleeves and waved his hands.

This startled Langman and the two of them.

When Longman saw Mr. Weasley's family passing by outside, he handed over 20 Galleons to the McGuffin and asked him to pay for it himself, saying that he wanted Mr. Weasley to help him buy some things.

"Meet here in an hour, and I'll buy you textbooks and other things."

He explained in such a hurry, and ran outside, leaving the dumbfounded McGuffin watching him leave.

Perhaps some people are just born to be compatible, even between Muggles and wizards.

McGuffin saw through the window of Mrs. Malkin's robe shop, Mr. Weasley said a few words to the family behind him, then separated, talking and laughing with Mr. Longman and walking away.

Madam Malkin is a plump, smiling witch in purple robes.

McGuffin found that almost everything in the wizarding world can move by itself.

When measuring the clothes, Mrs. Malkin pointed at him with a magic wand and waved it lightly, a black robe automatically fit tightly on him, and then the tape measure, scissors, and pins went into battle together, and quickly measured his figure.

"Your name, dear?" Seeing that McGuffin was puzzled, Mrs. Malkin explained with a smile: "All Hogwarts costumes must have name tags. I know this kind of thing too well. Almost all the newborn costumes are made here."

"McGuffin, MacGuffin Albert."

After he answered, Mrs. Malkin directed scissors, cloth and other material tools to another room behind.

At the same time, a younger witch came out and led him to pick out black pointed hats, protective gloves, cloaks and other related uniforms in the store.

When everything (including three sets of work robes and a black robe just made. These didn't take long.) After being packaged in a dark blue carton, it cost about 5 Galleons and 10 Sickles in total. (Among them, dragon skin protective gloves accounted for the bulk.)
McGuffin came out of Madam Malkin's shop with the box in his arms, a little at a loss, and walked slowly and aimlessly on the cobbled streets.

He didn't know what Longman had bought with Weasley's company. After thinking about it carefully, a cold sweat broke out in his heart. He was so indulging in the beauty of magic that he almost forgot the most important thing in the original plan.

"How can I forget?"

Before McGuffin came here, besides buying a wand to cast the spell, the most important thing in his plan was to see if there were any books related to the spell [Occlumency].

"This is the most important thing!"

Since McGuffin received the letter from Hogwarts, he has always felt a sense of anxiety. Although he was eager to learn magic and decided to go to Hogwarts, the biggest secret about himself as a time traveler might be exposed... When he thinks about this, he becomes restless, so that he wakes up with nightmares every night.

These nightmares are all about my own secrets - after being accidentally seen by a wizard who can take the mind, I may face all kinds of unimaginable horrible endings.

Was tortured and studied by Voldemort?

Being imprisoned in Azkaban?
Once people start scaring themselves, it's hard to stop.

McGuffin knew that he had to learn [Occlumency] before school started to resist other wizards from checking his memory through insanity, otherwise he would rather not go to Hogwarts to learn magic.

After all, from today onwards, there are three masters who are good at Soul Reaper as professors in the school, including a Dark Lord.

——Then first you need to find books about [Occlumency].

He returned to Mrs. Malkin's robe shop, discussed with Mrs. Malkin to put down the clothes he bought, and then wandered around Diagon Alley looking for a store where he could buy the book.

This matter must be known to as few people as possible, especially wizards, wizards related to Hogwarts.

In McGuffin's impression, there are not many bookstores in Diagon Alley. Except for Lihen Bookstore, there is only one second-hand scrap shop that sells books. As for the other two publishing houses, it is estimated that it is impossible to even sell normal books, let alone such unpopular spells as [Occlumency], which usually do not have normal bookstore purchases.

Sure enough, there are no such unpopular books in Lihen Bookstore. Although there are a variety of books in it, most of them are so rare that people want to buy and collect them (pocket books the size of a finger, invisible invisible books, wordless books, etc.), which are the best-selling books related to daily life ("Curse and Anti-Curse: Protect Yourself, Let Your Enemy Be Unlucky", "Divination: See Where Your Other Half Is Through the Fog", etc.) ("I Wandered with the Werewolf", "The Mermaid Kingdom Under the Sea", etc.), of course, children's books just needed ("The Adventures of Crazy Muggle Martin Miggs" (comic book), "The Tales of Beedle the Poet (36 Edition)") and so on.

In the end, thanks to McGuffin, he found a yellowish, slightly damp, and even stained mold in the second-hand thrift shop at the end of the street—the second-hand old books of "How to Close Your Brain" and "Protect Your Secret: Be Careful of Those Dementors".

Most of them were published in the 30s, and it seems that the two were purchased together in this second-hand bookstore.

The owner of this store is a black man with gold teeth and gemstone rings on ten fingers of his left and right hands. He speaks with an accent of unknown origin and has a big tongue.

MacGuffin stood in an aisle piled with battered wands and dangling copper scales, haggling with him.

It is said to be bargaining, but in fact, the two people are not talking about each other, and the only thing that can communicate is the price (use your fingers to make gestures, and you can barely communicate).

(End of this chapter)