003 Shadows of Diagon Alley
Lawrence was embarrassed to drink Mrs. Weasley's hot cocoa, and he now regretted that he had made an excuse to be hungry, and as soon as he stepped into the kitchen, he realized that his excuse was not very clever.
The kitchen of the Weasley family has a unique clock with the status of each member of the family, and Lawrence can clearly see that Fred, George, and Ron, the hands of the three of them all point to "traveling".
"Oh, kid, let's eat first." Mrs. Weasley tossed three omelettes onto Lawrence's plate, then turned around and began to fry bacon.
"Thank you, Mrs. Weasley." Lawrence said,
"Don't be so polite, kid." Mrs. Weasley turned around and waved her wand, and a few slices of toast and a jar of jam flew onto the table, "If only Fred and George were like you."
"Actually, I think they're great, Mrs. Weasley." Lawrence said seriously, "They always bring laughter to people, and everybody likes them, and so do I."
"Oh, that's just their nonsense and refusing to do their jobs," Mrs. Weasley replied, but she couldn't help but laugh when she heard the second half of Lawrence's words,
"Mrs. Weasley, Fred and George's dream is to open a prank merchandise store." Lawrence said, looking at Mrs. Weasley with a surprised look on her face, continued, "We've been doing research and planning, we're doing things."
"You guys?" Mrs. Weasley was even more surprised, "You're messing around with them, too?"
"It's not nonsense," Lawrence laughed suddenly, "Fred and George, I've seen their faces several times when I told me about their dreams."
"That look is like Charlie giving up his qualification for the English Quidditch team and running to chase the dragon." Lawrence looked at Mrs. Weasley in thought, and said, "It's like the adventurous Bill going to work at Gringotts in Egypt...... It's exactly like when Mr. Weasley talks about Muggles."
"Oh!" Mrs. Weasley smiled, she seemed to understand a little, "But this ......."
"I know you're worried about their future." Lawrence said, "I told them that if you want to have variety in your products, you must be proficient in Transfiguration, charms, potions, herbs, Defence Against the Dark Arts, beast breeding, a little Muggle studies, and ancient magic." (Note 1)
"Oh, Oro doesn't ask for that much." Mrs. Weasley laughed, "I think I understand what you mean, you mean that even if they don't succeed, they can support themselves."
"I always remember that day, I was alone on the train, and I was lucky enough to meet them," Lawrence said sincerely, "and I believe they can achieve their dreams."
"Oh, kid, that's their luck, too." Mrs. Weasley said, "But I wonder how they ...... You didn't even think to talk to me?"
"They don't think you're going to say yes," Lawrence said honestly, "and they said you'd definitely scold them and make them study hard."
"Oh, these two guys." Mrs. Weasley laughed again,
"One more thing...... Mrs. Weasley," Lawrence pointed to the magic clock on the wall, a little embarrassed, "the four of us have planned to pick up Harry today......
"You guys?" Mrs. Weasley glanced at the clock and immediately understood,
"We drove Mr. Weasley's flying car," Lawrence admitted, "and we practiced driving, learned to read maps, and set off today when the clouds were very thick."
"You're probably going to have an accident!" Mrs. Weasley said angrily, and asked suspiciously, "Arthur's flying car?"
"Ugh...... I asked them to fly at a speed limit," Lawrence realized that Mrs. Weasley was now aware that the car could fly, and he quickly pointed to the clock and said, "Oh, they're back."
At this time, Fred, George, Ron, the hands of the three returned to the position of "home", Lawrence took advantage of Mrs. Weasley's turn to look at the clock, used the dining table as a cover, and sent a smoke message to the garage, and after a while, Fred led George, Ron, and Harry to the kitchen,
"We know it's wrong, Mom." Fred said bitterly, and Ron nodded desperately on the side,
"Muggles mistreat Harry! Mom." George sobbed accusatory, and Harry nodded in agreement,
"Oh, you ......" Mrs. Weasley felt angry and amused, who did these two living treasures look like?
"Breakfast first," Mrs. Weasley stood up again to prepare for breakfast, "Fred, George, let's have a good talk after breakfast."
"Yes...... Mom." The twins replied weakly, Ron was visibly relieved, and Lawrence hurriedly lowered his head to spread jam on his bread, he had just had a hot head, and accidentally told Mrs. Weasley about the twins' dreams,
"Let's hope for a good outcome!" Lawrence prayed.
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July passed quickly, Harry had been in the Burrow for a week, and Lawrence was preparing to spend a month of working life at the Leaky Cauldron, and early on Wednesday morning, they were standing in front of the fire, and Harry was clearly a little overwhelmed by the way he traveled around the wizarding world.
"Fred, George, you go with Lawrence first, help him carry his luggage to the cauldron, and then join us." Mrs. Weasley commanded, "Ron, wait for you to go before Harry, Harry, don't be nervous, just make the location clear."
"Diagon Alley." Fred, George, and Lawrence, in turn, took the shiny powder, stepped into the bright green flames, and the sky swirled, Lawrence landed peacefully on the public stove in Diagon Alley, he patted the ashes on his body, and walked out of the stove, while Fred and George were already waiting,
"Let's go," Fredra said briskly, holding Lawrence's suitcase,
"Mom has been talking to us these days," George said, "and I think we have to thank you."
"Uh......," Lawrence said embarrassedly, "I was just on the spur of the moment."
"Mom promised us to try it first." Fred told him, "But you have to do your homework carefully, and you can't waste it."
"And there's something you can't do that too dangerous," George couldn't help but laugh at this, "What do you say?"
"Is it dangerous to drive a flying car in the middle of the night? More dangerous than blowing up the whole school toilet?" Lawrence touched his chin and smiled evilly, and all three laughed,
They arrive at the Leaky Cauldron, where the owner, Tom, kindly gives Lawrence a day off so that he can follow the Weasleys to buy the supplies they need, and when they pack up their bags and meet up with Mrs. Weasley, they learn that Harry has just stumbled into Tumbledown Alley.
"It's so enviable!" The twins said in unison, and then the group entered Gringotts, but Lawrence did not follow because he did not open a vault in Gringotts, and when they came out, the group agreed to meet at the Gorgeous and Stained bookstore in an hour, and the twins and Lawrence met Lee. Jordan, the four of them happily walked into the bouncing and frolicking magic joke store,
"Look at Dr. Flygt's Magical Water-Burning Heatless Fireworks, this product is very popular." Plum. Jordan said,
"You said we took them apart, is it possible to know how this was done?" Fred asked, and George looked at Lawrence,
"The essence of this kind of thing is a recipe, and the maker will definitely put some extra things to make it more difficult to identify," Lawrence shook his head, "and it may even have a protective charm that will automatically explode as soon as it is disassembled or if you want to break the spell."
"It's a shame." George said so, but he talked to Lee. Jordan still bought some,
"We're going to make something better than this," Fred said, and George nodded in agreement.
Then, they went to add some materials needed for Potions and waved goodbye to Lee. Jordan, they turned back again to replenish some "experimental supplies", and the three of them smuggled the "experimental supplies" to the Leaky Cauldron Bar,
"Let's go, it's a little late before the scheduled meeting time." Lawrence said that the trio hurried to the Gorgeous and Stained Bookstore, and happened to see Mr. Weasley going toe-to-toe with a male wizard with long pale blond hair and a grim expression.
"Lucius. Malfoy." Mr. Weasley stared at him indifferently,
"I've heard the department has been very busy lately," said Malfoy Sr., "a bunch of raids β I hope they'll pay you overtime."
He reached for Ginny's stack of books, Lawrence felt the malice in him, Lawrence thought he was going to cast a curse, and almost shouted a warning to Mr. Weasley, but old Malfoy just took out a worn-out copy of "Elementary Metamorphosis" from Ginny's stack, Lawrence frowned, the malice became clearer and clearer, and the bookstore seemed to be clouded,
"Not even enough money, shame on the wizard." Old Malfoy sneered, his eyes crossed the crowd to look at the Grangers, "You've been reduced to being a Muggleβ"
Before he could finish speaking, Mr. Weasley pounced, and the two wizards fought like Muggles, the crowd screamed, Fred and George cheered, Mrs. Weasley stopped, and the sound of taking pictures, Lawrence held the wand in his robe, trying to find the source of the malice, and at this time, Hagrid appeared in time to pull Mr. Weasley and Malfoy Sr. apart,
"Take it, little girl," said old Malfoy, tossing the book back to Ginny, and said viciously, "this may be the best thing your dad can buy you."
Old Malfoy with Decora. Malfoy left, Lawrence noticed that there was only a faint trace of malice in the bookstore, and it didn't take long to disappear without a trace, he was a little puzzled, he didn't think that old Malfoy was a very powerful wizard, a wizard who could affect the magic around him on a large scale, and he had only seen three of them so far: the great magician - Albus. Dumbledore, the alchemist-Nicol. Lemay, and the half-dead Dark Lord, Lord Voldemort.
Bidding farewell to the Weasleys, Lawrence returned to the Cauldron Bar, his mind full of doubts, could it be that Voldemort was now possessing Malfoy Sr.? But he didn't see a different face in the back of Malfoy's head, but he wasn't sure of his judgment, after all, he was still inexperienced, and he decided to tell Principal Dundedo about it when school started.
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Author's Note: This chapter was written in a hurry, because I was going home in waiting, and hopefully there would be no bugs......
Note 1: This is the subject I listed after thinking seriously about their products.