Soaring at Hogwarts

As we said before, Mr. Heseltine has several relatives who are high-level bureaucrats in the government, and this "high-level" is, well, a bit high...

For example, cabinet ministers, royal secretaries...

As a member of such a family, Mr. Heseltine used his knowledge and "a few" connections to amass a fortune.

Before coming to Diagon Alley, he and Cloris had a serious discussion about the possible differences between the magical world and his own world.

Regarding currency, the two decided to exchange part of their savings at the London Gold Exchange into precious metals, which have been the universal equivalent across cultures since ancient times, and bought some supplementary mineral rough stones and polished jewelry.

Obviously, this choice was successful.

The Heseltine family has a large vault in Gringotts. Next to the large vault are two small vaults - dedicated to the two children.

The Heseltines allocated a small amount of money to the children's coffers.

"Take it." Cloris said, handing the two glittering keys to them, "Don't squander it, do you understand?"

"Ok!"

Ian and Samantha couldn't get enough of this little key.

Haydn handed over to Flitwick on the side, and he donated a galleon to Hogwarts - believing that Samantha would receive some care at the school.

After lunch at the Leaky Cauldron, Professor Flitwick returned to Hogwarts.

As a dean, he still had many things to do, such as informing Dumbledore that he had obtained a large amount of sponsorship.

In the afternoon, the family took a long stroll in Diagon Alley.

In addition to the textbooks, Haydn secretly bought a copy of "Spells and Breaking Spells" (use the latest revenge techniques to tease your friends and bewitch your enemies: hair loss, leg folding, tongue binding and many other techniques) for Sal Mantha.

Ian remembers that the first Harry Potter was related to the "Philosopher's Stone".So he bought some books on wandology and alchemy—very expensive books.

Finally, he ordered some high-quality fire dragon heart tendon and unicorn hair in the drugstore, and asked them to package them, and send part to Mr. Ollivander and part to his home in Surrey County.

Cloris was very interested in the social structure, history and culture of the magical world and bought some books on this subject.

She also bought some wizard costumes for the family at Madam Malkin's Robe Shop and the Extraordinary Clothing Shop, and also spent a lot of money at Madam Primpernell's Beauty and Pharmacy.

Haydn found some interesting "junk" in second-hand stores and gained a lot.He spends the least money and buys the most things in the family.

As the sun sets, shopping comes to an end.The family made their last stop at the Eela Owl Store, where they bought Samantha a very cute little vertical-striped owl.

We had dinner at Jimmy's house that night. Haydn swore that he was not spending money blindly. Jimmy let him go after Cloris promised.

By the time we returned to Surrey, it was already dusk.

Two children sat in the back seat, pulling down the windows to enjoy the wind.

The hottest season has passed, and the evening wind is already cooling.

The sun disappeared, leaving only a little afterglow in the sky.The first quarter moon hangs in the south and will soon sink below the horizon.

Ian watched the sunset disappear and poked Samantha.

"What?" Samantha said in a daze. She had been running all day and was so tired that she almost fell asleep.

"There," Ian pointed to a cold white star with a hint of blue, "that's Vega."

The weather today is exceptionally clear, with the Milky Way sparsely visible.

And Vega is exceptionally bright in the sky.

"Vega is also called Lyra A. Together with Cygnus A and Aquila A, it is called the Summer Triangle."

"Look, on the other side of the Milky Way is Aquila A, also called Altair (Altair). In Eastern legends, the seventh day of July in the lunar calendar is..."

There was gentle breathing from the side, and Ian turned his head to see that Samantha had fallen asleep.

…………………………………… The night is as cold as water in Tianjie, sit and watch Altair and Vega……………………………………

The next day, both children woke up relatively late - Ian was still the last one to get up.

In the remaining days of August, Samantha rarely went out to have fun, but sat or lay on the sofa and read her new textbook.

The owl accompanied her at first, but because it was too lively, Haydn built a nest in the backyard and placed it there.

Incidentally, this owl was named "Agatha".

"Wake and shake, recite the spell correctly..." Samantha looked at the book and waved the wand, "Yingadim Leviosa!"

The unicorn hair on Ian's hand floated.

He was trying to sense the magic in the heart tendons of unicorns and fire dragons, trying to become one with them - just like in Ollivander's shop.

This is not a simple thing. The induction in the wand shop seems to be just accidental. Ian no longer perceives their magic fluctuations so clearly.

But Ian feels that if you stick with it, it will definitely help in making a wand.

"Congratulations." Ian took off the unicorn hair, "How do you feel?"

"Um..." Samantha thought for a while, "It doesn't feel as fast as without the magic spell, but it needs to be more stable."

Samantha awakened her magical talent at a young age, and making things float was her specialty.

In addition to the curses in the textbook, Samantha is very interested in the curses in "Charms and Breaking Curses".

She longed for someone to try it on, and regretted that she had bought the owl instead of the toad: she could not bear to test the spell on Agatha.

She considered experimenting on some domineering guys, but was stopped by Ian.

"Although I also think they are annoying, I don't want you to enter Nurmengard."

"What's that place?"

"Azkaban Advanced Course."

"Huh? What?"

"It's nothing, you'll know later."

"For them, fists are enough. They are ordinary people after all," Ian added. "These curses should be left in Hogwarts."

"That makes sense!" Samantha said energetically again.

Seeing her excited look, Ian sighed: "I feel like if I instigate you like this, I will bring you to Slytherin."

"Slytherin?" This word is much easier to understand than Azkaban or something like that. Samantha asked, "Do you know how to sort the house? Tell me quickly."

Ian remembers sorting with the Sorting Hat, but he doesn't say so.

"You will first take a path through the Forbidden Forest and fight giant eight-eyed spider monsters, giants and ghosts - while the teacher will be watching.

Remember to ask for help from the centaurs and unicorns in the forest, it will be much easier.

There will be goblins, red hats and other monsters in the forest to harass you, so be careful.

After passing the path, you need to take a boat with others to cross the Black Lake.You have to join either the mermaid tribe or the giant squid and help the mermaid or the squid gain dominance over the lake this school year.

Once this is done, the winner rides on a warthog to the castle, while the loser has to walk up the hill.

The old students will greet you in the castle. "

Samantha listened fascinated.

"Finally, you have to take some theoretical exams so that students with rich knowledge can also demonstrate their talents."

"take an exam?!"

"Yes, in the end, based on your performance, the bravest and most fearless will be assigned to Gryffindor, the smartest and most astute will go to Ravenclaw, and the ones who hide behind and cause mischief will go to Slytherin."

"Where's Hufflepuff?"

Ian thought for a while: "Go to Hufflepuff without doing anything."

"Oh--"

Samantha looked disappointed. It looked like she had made up her mind not to go to Hufflepuff.

"Oh, by the way," Ian added, "Remember, in the Forbidden Forest, whenever you encounter any danger, you can go to Gamekeeper Hagrid, and he will protect you - of course, you You should also be more careful yourself.”

"Although he looks rough, he has a kind heart. I think you can trust him."