The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

"good business?"

John asked confused.

"Don't listen to their nonsense." Mrs. Weasley rushed over angrily, "I'm warning you, stop tinkering with those messy things! With this free time, you might as well focus more on studying! Your OWLs this time The results are really bad!”

The Weasley twins looked at each other, and then made faces at Mrs. Weasley in unison.

This annoyed Mrs. Weasley even more.

He grabbed both of them and scolded them.

"George and Fred are going to open a 'Weasley's Wizard Wheezes'."

Ron and Harry explained to each other one by one, "They invented a lot of interesting things for this... Oh well, actually, those things are somewhat dangerous.

They also planned to take these things to Hogwarts to sell, which made Mum very angry. "

Ginny also came over and added:

"Mum wants them to work at the Ministry of Magic after graduation, just like dad did."

"But our dream is to open a magic joke shop!"

George took advantage of Fred's opportunity to delay Mrs. Weasley and rushed over and said, "How about it, Mr. Shafiq? Do you want to buy some of our products? They promise not to let you down!"

Hearing this, John smiled slightly and said perfunctorily:

"Let's wait until I see the effect of your products."

"Just wait and see!" George said excitedly, "We will demonstrate it to you soon!"

"George!"

Mrs. Weasley shouted angrily, "What are you trying to demonstrate? I won't let you use those things!"

George winked at John, and then Mrs. Weasley pulled him back by the ears and was scolded.

Everyone watching this scene was delighted.

Ron hesitated for a moment, and together with Harry quietly pulled John out of the room.

"John, pay you back."

Ron spoke and took out a small cloth bag.

After unfolding it, John discovered that there were fifteen silver coins and twenty copper Knuts wrapped there.

"Don't dislike it, John, this is all my private money."

Ron's face turned red and he rubbed his clothes and said, "If Bill and Charlie hadn't come back and given me some pocket money, I wouldn't even have the money.

But don’t worry, I will definitely pay back the remaining galleons!

Although the amount is a bit large, it may take a long time for me to repay..."

Ron's voice grew weaker and weaker, until finally John couldn't hear it anymore.

Looking at each carefully wiped coin on his hand, John felt a little emotional.

One hundred galleons is really nothing.

Moreover, John originally wanted to use Ron's name to sell the price of the 'Direction Spell Tracker'.

In a sense, Ron also saved him a lot of money.

So from the beginning, John had no intention of letting Ron do anything.

It turns out that this kid Ron is actually working hard to save money and prepare to pay off his debts.

John subconsciously wanted to say, 'You don't have to pay back this money'.

But his mouth opened and closed, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

He could feel that Ron was determined to pay back the money.

After all, it would be too easy for him not to pay back the money.

It's not a secret that John used the 'directional spell tracker' to find Blake.

Now if John said anything about not having to pay back the money, Ron might misunderstand him as pity for him.

Taking a deep breath, John put all the coins into his pocket, and then said with a smile:

"Ron, you can pay off the money slowly. I'm not in a hurry."

"Really?" Ron finally raised his head, "Great! I've been worried about this. I'm afraid..."

John waved his hand and interrupted:

"Besides, I actually prepared a gift for you this time."

As he spoke, John took out a silver bat from the deformed lizard skin wallet and handed it to Ron.

"Wow--"

Ron exclaimed, "This is... a Quidditch bat? And it's made of silver?"

"To be precise, it's pure mithril."

John smiled.

This thing actually comes from the Lopez estate.

Used as a decoration by the Countess.

But in fact, mithril has very outstanding properties and is an important material in alchemy.

The value of such a large piece of mithril already exceeds one hundred galleons.

This is John's compensation and reward for Ron.

Ron himself obviously knew this.

After hearing what John said, his hand trembled and he almost dropped the bat on the ground.

"This... this is too expensive! John, I can't..."

"Don't talk such nonsense!" John deliberately said with a serious face, "This is a gift from me. If you don't accept it, you don't treat me as a friend!"

Ron's eyes were a little red.

He breathed heavily and struggled for a while before saying harshly:

"Thank you, John, I love this gift!"

John smiled again and patted Ron hard on the shoulder.

This made Ron feel much better.

He also liked this gift very much. He first took it in his hand and began to rub it and look at it. Then he excitedly rushed back to the house to show off to George and the others.

Looking at this scene, John had a premonition.

It's possible that Ron wouldn't sell the Mithril bat for money, but would instead keep it in his collection.

But no matter what choice he made, it was Ron's freedom.

John will not interfere with it any more.

On the other hand, Harry was also happy for Ron.

John smiled and asked:

"Harry, how was your summer vacation?"

Hearing this, Harry's smile turned slightly bitter, and he slowly shook his head and said:

"The Dursleys have always been so bad. If I could, I wouldn't want to go back. However, the situation has improved a lot recently."

John raised his eyebrows and said:

"Oh? Why is this happening?"

Harry opened his mouth, but finally closed it.

He wanted to say that it was because Sirius and Lupine contacted him again after escaping.

He was informed that everything was fine and that the two were still trying to track down Peter Pettigrew.

He also wrote a special letter to warn the Dursleys.

But it was really not convenient to talk to John about this kind of thing.

After hesitating for a while, Harry finally said:

"You know, John, my aunt and the others are afraid of magic, and I am barely a wizard now. So they don't dare to treat me too harshly anymore."

John frowned slightly, feeling that Harry was lying.

But before he could ask further questions, another wave of excited screams came from the room.

"Merlin! John actually gave you such an expensive gift?"

It was Mr. Weasley's voice.

Immediately afterwards, John and Harry saw Mr. Weasley rushing out carrying the mithril bat.

Behind him were Ron, who was extremely anxious, and George and Fred, who were full of envy.

"John! Take it back quickly! This is not for Ron..."

"Mr. Weasley!"

John raised his voice and interrupted Mr. Weasley directly, "This is a gift from me to Ron. It is a proof of my friendship with Ron. I can't take it back no matter what."

Mr. Weasley was speechless after hearing this, but he still said incoherently:

"Such a big piece of mithril... you don't know its value at all... I'm afraid..."

"I just gave Ron a gift. You don't have to be afraid of anything." John smiled, "Okay, please give it back to Ron."

Mr. Weasley hesitated for a moment, but finally handed the bat to Ron before beginning to thank John heartily.

Ron was overjoyed.

He hugged the bat excitedly, his eyes were slightly red, and he looked at John gratefully.

For him, today is definitely an unforgettable day.

In the past, he could only watch his brothers receiving brand new gifts with envious eyes.

As for himself, he has to use the old things his brothers bought.

For example, that mouse Banban.

It was Percy who was rewarded with an owl by Mr. Weasley for becoming a prefect, and then it fell into Ron's hands.

Now, for the first time, Ron also enjoyed the envious gazes of his brothers.

This unprecedented experience made his whole body tremble with excitement.

And all of this is because of John.

For a moment, Ron didn't know how to thank John.

The meaning that language can express at this moment is really too thin.

At the same time, George and Fred withdrew their scorching gazes from Ron.

They gathered together secretly while Mr. Weasley was still thanking John, and communicated quietly.

After a while, the two seemed to reach a consensus.

They all raised their heads, first glanced at John, and then looked maliciously at the second floor of the Burrow.

That's Percy's room.