Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

I wonder if Sirius has not finished his mission of tracking Voldemort, which is why Harry did not appear in Diagon Alley today. In addition, the Weasley family does not seem to be in a hurry to purchase textbooks for their children in the next school year.

So Andre only met Hermione at the Leaky Cauldron. The four of them quickly bought all the books they needed while the flow of people at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore was not large in the morning.

The strangest thing here is the textbook for the Care of Magical Creatures course next semester. Although he has not been notified yet, Andre knows that Hagrid will be their professor of this course. The original Professor Kelburn will not be appointed because of his age. After the end of the last semester, I finally submitted my resignation to the school and chose to retire.

Hagrid's taste was as unique as ever. He chose "The Monster Book of Monsters" for the students. As the name suggests, this book is really like a monster. When Andre and others arrived at Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore, , the clerks were almost driven crazy by the books with their huge mouths open.

Fortunately, Andre still remembered the method of taming these monsters in the original book. He gently stroked the spine of the book, and the book in his hand immediately became quiet.

"Mr. Ivanov, thank you very much for your suggestion, otherwise we wouldn't know what to do with these textbooks. Damn it, I really don't know what the professors at Hogwarts want to do, to choose such ferocious books for the students." ." The shop owner, who had a conflict with Andre and the others last year, thanked them with a smile on his face.

Andre didn't hate the chubby boss. He accepted the discount with a smile and left with textbooks for two people.

After continuing to purchase some materials and props necessary for other subjects, the group of four left Diagon Alley and returned to the Leaky Cauldron.

"Dad, I want to stay at Andre's house for the next few days before school starts. You know, I can't do magic experiments at home, but it doesn't matter in Hogsmeade. The Ministry of Magic can't control it." Hermione did not discuss this with Andre before saying this to Mr. Granger. She seemed certain that the boy would not reject her.

Of course, this is also the case. Although he felt a little headache, Andre still dared to refuse directly. Ever since Hermione and Sophia met this morning, the mood between the two of them has been not right, and it's not that they were angry about it. , but they don’t look like the usual ones.

If Andre is staying alone in the alchemy shop in Hogsmeade, Mr. Granger may not dare to let his daughter live in a boy's house for a while, although for Andre Lie was very satisfied. He also felt that it would be a good thing for this child to become his son-in-law in the future. However, the children were still too young after all. They were only 13 years old. At this age, there was no telling what irreparable things they would do. .

But because of Sophia's presence, he didn't have to worry too much. Although Miss Witch was actually only seventeen or eighteen years old, she looked like a mature adult just from the outside. Her identity was Andre's cousin, which particularly reassured Mr. Granger.

"Well, I don't have any objections, but Andre, is it convenient for you?" Granger hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed to Hermione's request, but he still turned to ask Andre.

Of course the boy didn't dare to say a word no. The little witch was staring at him with bright eyes at the moment. He didn't even dare to think about it. He immediately nodded and said: "Of course it's convenient, Uncle Wendell, and school will start by then, He Min can also go to school directly from Hogsmeade with me, instead of having to go to King's Station to catch the train."

On the other hand, Sophia on the side did not show any expression on her face, but Andre felt her dissatisfaction, because the witch lady used her little hands to pinch Andre's thigh in a rare move.

This is not a good sign, but it is obvious that Andre does not dare to offend either side now, and he can only endure not to make a sound.

Anyway, the matter was settled, because Hermione's other luggage was still at home in the suburbs of London, so she had to go back with Mr. Granger first, and then teleport from the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron to Hogsmeade. .

But this didn't take too long. They had completed their shopping quickly in Diagon Alley, and now it was still a long time before lunch.

So Andre and Sophia waited in the Leaky Cauldron until Hermione returned, which was only about 10:30 in the morning.

Considering that Mr. Granger was a little worried about his daughter's living environment in the next week, they first returned to Hogsmeade through the Floo Network. After inspecting the relatively neat layout of the alchemy shop, Mr. Granger Return to the Leaky Cauldron alone with peace of mind.

"Is this Hogsmeade? The only pure wizarding village in the UK?" After her father left, Hermione curiously walked out of the store door and looked at this road, which was considered remote even in the village of Hogsmeade. alley.

The interior layout of the alchemy shop is actually not much different from some shops in Diagon Alley. The only difference is that there are no customers at all here now. At least until Hogwarts starts school, no students will come here on weekends. Purchase alchemy items.

Next to the shop, the only one that was slightly popular was Mr. Aberforth's Hog's Head pub. However, it was still morning, and obviously no one would come to the pub to drink so early, so all Hermione saw was a muddy road. The alley is surrounded by some dilapidated houses.

Fortunately, Mr. Granger only inspected the interior decoration of the house. If he had gone out and looked at it, he might not be as relieved as he is now.

This place looks like an abandoned village.

Andre explained with a smile: "This can only be regarded as the edge of Hogsmeade. The real center of the village is still a short distance away from us, but if we go there now, we won't see many people. We have to wait until school starts." , only students will come here to patronize, and then Hogsmeade will be lively."

Hermione nodded and said with some longing, "We can come to Hogsmeade this year too. My dad has already signed my parental consent form."

Students at Hogwarts must obtain signed consent from their parents until they are in their third year before they can leave the castle on specific weekends and come to this pure wizarding village to spend some after-school time.

Of course Andre knew this. Speaking of which, he also had a parental consent form issued by Professor McGonagall. Unfortunately, he didn't know who to ask to sign it, but to him, this was not a big deal. He was already able to sneak out of the castle in his second year without any permission at that time.

After returning to the alchemy shop, Sophia didn't show any hostility towards the little witch. She just looked at the little witch indifferently and kept chatting with Andre. In her opinion, the little witch didn't even have any hair. Girls didn't pose any threat to her. Although she didn't know why, she felt a sense of crisis when she first saw Hermione, but Sophia still didn't really regard her as an opponent. When she thought about it, she He also deliberately lowered his head and glanced at his stalwart, feeling that if there was nothing wrong with Andre's brain, he should know what kind of choice was right.

As for Andre, he certainly didn't notice anything was wrong with Miss Witch.

Valley</span> "I'm going to prepare lunch first. You can continue chatting for a while." Seeing that it was almost eleven o'clock, and Hermione was still chattering nonstop, Sophia finally felt like she was here to listen to them. There was no point in talking between the two, so she stood up and walked to the kitchen at the back of the store.

Hermione showed a proud smile after seeing Miss Witch leave. She knew that there was no real blood relationship between Sophia and Andre, and they were originally members of the Free Magical Union. Although An Andre trusted her, but Hermione thought it was better to be vigilant, especially now that she didn't know how Sophia got back to the boy.

"Do you know why Ron and the others didn't go to Diagonal today?" The little witch turned to talk about the Weasley family.

Andre shook his head. There was no correspondence between him and Ron. To be honest, he was used to making phone calls in his previous life. He had always found it too troublesome for the owl to send letters. If it was not necessary, he would basically not take this step. way to connect with friends.

Hermione took out a folded copy of the Daily Prophet from her clothes.

, and then pointed to the above photo to Andre.

Ministry of Magic staff win big prizes.

Arthur Weasley, Director of the Department for the Suppression of Muggle Artefacts at the Ministry of Magic, received the Daily Prophet's annual Gold Galleons Award.

An elated Mr. Weasley told a reporter from the Daily Prophet: "We will spend the money on a summer trip to Egypt, where our eldest son Bill is doing curse-breaking work for Gringotts."

The Weasley family will spend a month in Egypt, returning before Hogwarts starts.

This is the content of this newspaper. Only then did Andre remember that there was indeed such a thing. Unexpectedly, he changed a lot of the plot, but Mr. Weasley still got the annual report worth seven hundred gold galleons. Grand prize.

"So they have to return to England tomorrow," Hermione said with a smile: "I wrote to Ginny before, and she told me that Egypt is very interesting. I really hope I can go there in the future."

Speaking of which, if Andre hadn't intervened, Sirius would have had to rely on the report in this newspaper to discover that Peter Pettigrew was still alive in the world, so he could take the risk of escaping from Azkaban, then crossing the North Sea and returning to the British mainland.

Of course, there is no need to worry about this now. Pettigrew has been sent to Azkaban, and Sirius has restored his reputation and even served as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts for a semester.

"What about Harry? He shouldn't be at Privet Drive now, right? Sirius should have picked him up at Grimmauld Place, right?" I found out that the Weasley family hadn't returned from Egypt yet, so they didn't immediately When he went to Diagonal to buy textbooks for several children for the next semester, Andre thought of Harry again.

This time it was Hermione's turn to shake her head, and she said: "I don't know. I wrote to Harry once before. At that time, he said that he would return to Grimmauld Place in August, but a few days ago I asked an owl to deliver it. I wrote to ask him why he went to Diagonal to buy textbooks but there was no reply.”

Andre wasn't too worried about this. Even if something went wrong with Sirius, Dumbledore wouldn't let anything happen to Harry at this stage. Although it was not clear that the headmaster would wait until he found the Salazar's pendant. Before entering the box, did he know that Voldemort had made multiple Horcruxes, but at least now, he definitely knew that Harry was one of the Dark Lord's Horcruxes, and the most special one.

While Andre was still thinking about whether Harry had gone outside with Sirius, Hermione suddenly took out her space pocket. She took out a box from it and said, "By the way, you were I couldn't send you a letter in America, and I forgot about it when you came back."

Andre took the beautifully wrapped gift box in confusion, and asked curiously: "What is this?"

"Birthday gift, isn't your birthday the 14th of July? I'm sorry I didn't give it to you until now, but I really couldn't deliver it to you before." The little witch explained: "Open it quickly and take a look."

Only then did Andre remember that he had indeed celebrated his 13th birthday. In fact, he had no habit of celebrating birthdays, especially the custom of giving birthday gifts, so he never paid attention to it.

Unexpectedly, Hermione took it to heart, which touched him somewhat.

Opening the box, there was a men's mechanical watch lying inside. Andre didn't know much about the brand of the watch, but judging from the style, it shouldn't be very cheap.

"How do you like it? I asked my father to help me choose this watch. Although it is not very expensive, he said it is more suitable for boys of our age."

Of course Andre smiled and nodded. It is indeed a good thing to have a watch. Although it is not a magic item, it can still accurately control the time, not to mention that it was carefully selected by the little witch.

But in this case, he had to prepare a gift for Hermione. Andre remembered that her birthday was September 19th, which was less than a month away.

"A very beautiful watch. Thank you, Hermione. To be honest, I forgot that I had already celebrated my 13th birthday."

Hermione said with a clear face: "You were still in the United States at that time. You will definitely not remember these little things. By the way, you haven't told me what happened? Why did you come back from the United States so soon? You caught me Thunderbirds? Also, that Miss Daddario, why is she in the United States, and how did you meet her?"

The little witch finally got down to business. This was a question that had been on her mind. Before the summer vacation, Andre told her that he would go to the United States to use the thunderbird as the characteristic of the second sacred acorn. She had also learned about this magical animal that was endemic to Arizona. Even though the information was sparse, she was sure that it was not an easy creature to catch.