Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

"You shouldn't pay attention to him, Arthur." Hagrid stretched out his hand to smooth Mr. Weasley's robe, but he almost lifted him up: "This guy is really bad, his whole family is, and everyone knows it. The Malfoys are not worth listening to, they have bad blood in them, that's all."

Mrs. Weasley on the side looked furious: "What a good leader for the children...fighting in public..."

"Don't say that, Molly, Malfoy was the one who picked it first." It was Sirius who explained for Arthur.

Speaking of which, if Arthur hadn't stopped him at the beginning, he would have been the first one to rush up and fight Lucius.

"Look at the good things you have done." At this time, the bookstore owner who received the summons from the clerk also came out from behind. He frowned and said angrily to everyone: "I have never seen such brutal and rude people like you. Since you can Fighting in a bookstore.”

"Then why don't you go find Mr. Malfoy? This is what he asked for first." Andre said in a stiff tone.

"Oh, look at you, how dare you mention Mr. Malfoy? Do you think I don't know him? He is a well-known gentleman, how could he possibly have done it if you scoundrels hadn't brought trouble to him? I'll take care of you." The fat middle-aged boss mocked with disdain.

These words caused everyone's anger, which had just subsided, to rise again. There was no need to explain anything to the shop owner. Just by looking at his expression, you knew that the other person must be biased towards Malfoy.

"In that case, let's go. Next semester's textbooks are not the only one that can be purchased in this bookstore." Andre didn't want to stay here to continue the unnecessary argument with the shop owner. They couldn't possibly finish with Malfoy. After the fight, have a fight with the owner of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

"If you want to leave, you can, first pay for the damage to my shop!" But after hearing Andre's words, the shop owner immediately blocked the door with his body.

"You actually want us to compensate for something that can be solved with a restoration spell?" Andre sneered: "If I didn't know better, I would have thought you were a squib. When can the wizarding world demand compensation for this kind of thing? "

The shop owner's chubby face turned red instantly. Of course he didn't know that the bad situation in the shop could be restored to its original state with a restoration spell, but out of his desire to please Lucius Malfoy, he rushed in without thinking. He came out to attack Andre and others.

"Okay, ignore this unclear boss. Let's go. We have to go to the Ministry of Magic in the afternoon. I don't want to miss the ceremony where Professor Dumbledore awarded me the Order of Merlin." Andre He pulled off Hagrid's sleeve and motioned for him to push past the shopkeeper blocking the door, not forgetting to scare him with the medal he was about to receive.

Although the owner of the Order of Merlin does not have any actual power, he is still considered a celebrity in the wizarding world. Such a person may not be able to help Flourish and Blotts Bookstore expand its business, but if he publicizes the bad reputation of the bookstore to the outside world, it will undoubtedly give him The store caused a lot of trouble.

So after hearing Andre say that he was going to attend the Wizengamot's investiture ceremony in the afternoon, the boss immediately changed his expression. He changed his previous bad attitude, and his greasy face was filled with a flattering smile. : "You must be Mr. Ivanov, right? Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. I thought someone else had a conflict with Mr. Malfoy just now."

Obviously he still knows which people will be awarded the honor today, and naturally there is only one among them who fits Andre's image better.

"No, you didn't misunderstand. We are indeed the kind of dirty people you said." However, Andre showed no mercy at all.

"No, no, no, it must be a misunderstanding." The shopkeeper took out a handkerchief from his coat pocket and wiped the sweat that began to appear on his forehead. His light black eyes kept spinning. , as if thinking of something, "Well, well, you don't have to buy textbooks for next semester. To apologize for what happened just now, our Flourish and Blott Bookstore will help you prepare textbooks for free."

It's just a few books. Of course Andre wouldn't care about it. Not to mention the fire dragon corpse he sold during Christmas last year. This year alone in Norway, after killing the goblin gang, he looted a lot of gold from them. Galleon, his current savings are enough for him to live until he graduates from Hogwarts without having to do anything.

However, Mrs. Weasley obviously didn't think so. She wanted to buy not just books for one child, but five. For her family, this was the largest single expenditure this year. She didn't see the money. Are all the Transfiguration textbooks Ni uses old?If they can get free textbooks for their five children, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the burden on their family. Maybe they will have extra money this Christmas to go to Egypt to visit their eldest son Bill, who works there.

Given Mrs. Weasley's hesitant expression, Andre could certainly see that she was somewhat enthusiastic about the proposal of the owner of Flourish and Blotts, so he could no longer sarcastically reject the owner's apology.

In the end, when they left the bookstore, they took away eight sets of textbooks, including Percy's.

"This is the first time I know that the Order of Merlin is so useful. It actually allowed the boss to give us textbooks for free." Ron said excitedly on the way back to the Leaky Cauldron.

But his father shook his head: "This is because the shopkeeper deliberately favored Malfoy when he first came out. He knew that he was wrong, so he did this."

Andre also nodded. After all, the Order of Merlin's Medal is just an honorary title. The Ministry of Magic does not grant any substantial rights to the recipients. If the boss hadn't jumped out without knowing their identities, they would not have taken advantage of them. It's cheaper this time.

After passing the brick wall between Diagon Alley and the pub, Mrs. Weasley was about to return to the Burrow with her children's textbooks. She also had to get lunch for her troubled third son.

But before that, Andre suddenly asked to see Ginny's original second-hand Transfiguration textbook from the flea market. His excuse was that he wanted to compare the previous books with his last year. What a difference.

Ginny, who had already received a brand new "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration", would certainly not refuse. She even said that she would just give the book to Andre.

Andre readily accepted this. His purpose was naturally not for the so-called comparison, but to suspect that Lucius had secretly replaced Ginny's textbook before. Possibly Voldemort's Horcrux - a diary he made when he was a student.

Although the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets had been killed by him last semester, it was still an uncontrollable thing for a little girl like Ginny to come into contact with Voldemort's soul fragments, so he had to put this unstable factor in his place. is the safest.

At least he can use the basilisk's venom to destroy it at any time, and he still has a Ravenclaw diadem in his pocket at the moment. Another Horcrux doesn't seem to be scary.

The only problem is that Andre doesn't know whether Lucius replaced Ginny's textbooks as in the original book.

However, the recent search for dark magic items by the Ministry of Magic must have given him a headache. Everything else was easy to get past, but the diary left by Voldemort was definitely shady. In order to get rid of his identity as a Death Eater, he gave the magic The ministry donated a large sum of gold galleons.

If he was found out this time, he would inevitably lose money again, so there was still a high possibility that he would throw the diary to Ginny.

After getting the book, Andre did not open it immediately to check it. He threw it into his space pocket, preparing to return to Hogsmeade to study it carefully after finishing the Wizengamot award ceremony.

"How do we get to the Ministry of Magic?" Harry asked Arthur after lunch. He was the only one here who worked in the Ministry.

"Normally, we go to work through Apparition, but there are obviously a lot of people now, and Andre and Sirius are going to attend the investiture ceremony after all. I think we can go in in a more formal way." When asked this question, Mr. Weasley looked a little excited, "For example, let's take Muggle transportation to the outside of the Ministry of Magic. It's called the subway, right?"

The last sentence was obviously asked to Mr. Granger. He and his wife were the only ones here who were not wizards, but Hermione answered the question for her father: "Yes, we usually choose to drive or take the subway when traveling, but magic Isn’t the department in Diagon Alley?”

"Oh, of course not here. The land in Diagon Alley is the most expensive in the British wizarding world, and it is too narrow here to accommodate a building as big as the Ministry of Magic." Arthur smiled and said: "Although the Ministry of Magic It’s built underground, but here in Diagon Alley, not only did Gringotts dig a big hole under their bank, but many shop owners also built basements for themselves.”

Hermione's parents drove to Diagon Alley, but their five-seater car obviously couldn't accommodate so many passengers, especially since Hagrid was also invited by Andre to come with them.

So the group finally chose the subway as a means of transportation that Mr. Weasley had always wanted.

The subway station near the Leaky Cauldron is an old station with many years of history. It looks a bit shabby on the outside and inside, but Mr. Weasley still looks very interested.

He stopped from time to time and looked up and down at the equipment that looked a bit technological.

"Is this an automatic ticket vending machine? Just throw Muggle coins in and it will spit out the tickets?"

"That's it." Mr. Granger took out a few banknotes from his wallet, then asked Arthur clearly where they were going, and bought tickets for everyone. After all, he and his wife were the only ones here. Possess Muggle currency.

"This is incredible, so amazing." Mr. Weasley was still immersed in the miracle of the ticket vending machine. "You don't need magic to do such a thing. Is this Muggle science? Who knew it was? How does it work?"

Obviously, no one will answer Mr. Weasley's questions, because once he communicates with him, he will keep asking other questions until the answerer can no longer answer them. The journey from the Leaky Cauldron is very awkward. The Rangers, Hermione, Andre, and Harry have all tried it.

Soon, they took the subway and arrived in the center of London.

When he came out of the ticket gate, Mr. Weasley carefully observed the turnstile that swallowed his ticket.

When they stood on a wide street, with towering skyscrapers on both sides, and all kinds of cars constantly shuttling here, Andre, who had been in the magical world for nearly a year, felt like he could travel back in time. After all, he really hasn't had any contact with Muggle society for a long time.

"What is this place?" When Mr. Weasley said this blankly, everyone was stunned.Did they get off at the wrong station?

"Oh, yes, I remembered, it was over there." Fortunately, Mr. Weasley finally remembered the address, and he said a little apologetically: "I'm sorry, I've never been here by subway, and I'm using hemp." From the perspective of melon, everything is completely different. To be honest, I have never used the guest entrance before."

Afterwards, under the leadership of Mr. Weasley, they passed through the originally wide street, and the buildings on both sides gradually became shorter from taller to shorter.

Finally, the group came to a deserted small street with only a few shabby-looking offices and a tavern. In this afternoon, no one could even be seen wandering around here.

"I thought the place where the Ministry of Magic was located would be very grand." Harry looked at the surrounding environment with some disbelief, and then whispered.

"They have to hide themselves," Sirius explained to his godson: "It's not a good thing to put them in too conspicuous a position. That will affect the lives of many Muggles."

"That's right," Mr. Weasley nodded and led everyone to a somewhat shabby phone booth. "Many wizards don't understand Muggle social rules, and if a lot of people appear in Muggle If it's in a commercial area, it's easy to cause commotion, and the ministry dealt with such an incident last year."

"Is this the guest entrance of the Ministry of Magic?" Hermione looked at this red phone booth with some curiosity, as if it was no different from other phone booths all over the street.

"Of course," Mr. Weasley opened the door of the phone booth and motioned for the twins to go in first, "Let me think about it, yes, that's right, 62442, George, you dial."

George was obviously not very proficient in operating this kind of Muggle equipment. It took him a while to figure out how to use the dial. After he finished dialing, a cold female voice sounded inside: "Welcome to magic. Department, please tell me your name and what you are going to do.”

"Uh." Mr. Weasley was stunned for a moment. He had never used a Muggle phone before, and he was a little unsure whether he should speak into the phone.

Fortunately, Andrei stood up. He took the microphone from George and said to the receptionist opposite: "Andrei Ivanov and Sirius Black, we are here to participate in the afternoon Wizenga." The Merlin Order of Merlin investiture ceremony was held in Mount Morocco, and we also brought ten relatives and friends."