Chapter 12 A Busy Summer Vacation
In a thrift store filled with tattered wands, rickety copper scales, and drug-stained old cloaks, Percy Weasley was found.
He was concentrating on reading a thick book.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Percy asked in alarm.
He was so engrossed in what he had just watched that he didn't know what was going on outside.
Fred was the first to say, "We went to rob Gringotts. ”
George continued: "I also got into a fight with the fire dragon who was guarding the private vault, and I was almost killed by that Ukrainian iron belly. ”
"Don't listen to them!" Mrs. Weasley glared at the brothers and said gently, "Dear Percy, have you chosen your textbook?" ”
"Hmm." Percy nodded, reluctantly put down the book in her hand, and walked over to the salesperson.
William noticed that the book he was reading was called "How to Become a Prefect."
On the shelves, there is also a row of books, such as: "How to Gain Power as a Prefect", "How to Become a Student Council President", "How to Enter the Ministry of Magic", "How to Become the Minister of Magic", ......
On the cover, it is also written in large gilt font: Do you want to succeed? Want to have power? Come on! Let me teach you how to go to the pinnacle of life and marry pure wealth.
- Recommended by Cornelius Fudge, the new Minister of Magic, vomiting blood!
There is also a row of small print underneath with the names of several important members of the Ministry of Magic, such as Ludo Bagman and Dolores Umbridge......
This is a book that teaches wizards about success, and it's a book series.
The most important thing is that the price is not low, a full price of thirty Galleons. You know, a copy of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is only two Galleons.
William has reason to suspect that this is used by some people in the Ministry of Magic to collect money, or to launder money!
Seeing William staring at the books on the shelves, Fred whispered, "Percy is ambitious, he has all plans to become a prefect next year." ”
George winced his eyebrows and said, "Then there's the student council president." ”
"Finally, the Minister of Magic."
George covered his head and said with an extremely exaggerated expression: "Merlin's beard!" What to do, our family is going to have a Minister of Magic. ”
Charlie knocked on the twin brother's head and said, "Okay, let Percy hear, he's going to be unhappy again."
This summer, give me practice, Quidditch auditions will begin in Year 2, this is my last year at school, we must win!
Last semester was a crushing defeat to Slytherin, and you know, I didn't even dare to speak to Professor McGonagall alone during the break. ”
Charlie was the captain of Gryffindor House Quidditch, and at a very young age, he showed great talent for Quidditch before being selected by Professor McGonagall for the team.
Cedric secretly told Willian that Charlie would most likely be in the Scottish Quidditch national team after graduation.
It seems that Cedric also likes Quidditch.
After everyone bought their things together, they walked towards the Leaky Cauldron Bar.
Walking down the road, Fredra takes Cedric's hand and asks him for homework.
Cedric looked wary and asked, "You guys should have finished your homework a long time ago, right?" ”
"Hey, bro, completion and correctness are two different things." Fred explained, "You don't know how much your answer will sell for, but he is willing to pay ten stalks." ”
Cedric was so surprised that he had to go to great lengths to sell a repair kit for a ten-sis commission.
But he politely refused.
This disappointed the twin brothers a little, but it didn't matter, they also had Ravenclaw's Xueba spare tire, which at most sold at a cheaper price.
The group returns to the Leaky Cauldron, where the Weasleys will use the bar's fireplace and Floo powder to return to the Burrow.
Cedric would follow them as well, and then return home from the Burrow.
At parting, Cedric made an appointment for the next meeting, and Fred and the others invited William to the Burrow to play.
Mr. Weasley wanted to ask Roy about it, but when he saw Mrs. Weasley's face, he immediately dismissed the idea.
With the splash of Floo powder, everyone gradually disappeared into the fireplace.
Hagrid isn't leaving, he's going to stay at the Leaky Cauldron for a while until he's done with the new students.
The fluffy three-headed dog, which William didn't see in the end, was made by the Greek who temporarily demanded a price increase, which made Hagrid extremely angry.
But looking at his appearance, no matter how much money it is, he should buy it.
This kind of thing is just needed for Hagrid!
Roy's face was crimson, and the wine of the wizarding world had been added with many potions, and the taste was more mellow than that of Muggles.
At Tom's begoathing, he buys a lot of liquor and goes home with William and Bobo tea.
Accompanied by a grey forest owl.
This owl has a black-brown body, and the outer wings are covered with brownish-white feathers, forming prominent brownish-white wing spots on the wings, and the chest has fine stripes and worm-like spots, which looks extremely heroic.
William wasn't going to take it to Hogwarts.
It is clearly written on the acceptance letter that a little wizard can only bring one pet.
William is about to take Bobo Tea to school, and he has no intention of breaking the school rules as soon as he enters the school.
What's more, according to Hagrid, there are plenty of owls in the school that can be used for free, such as Milia, who likes to feign illness and steal small dried fish.
Actually, William still felt very inconvenient.
The communication equipment of this era was already very backward, and Hogwarts could not use technological products.
The owl will be kept at home for William's parents to use to contact him.
However, Anne was ready to requisition the owl.
The little girl began to write to Dumbledore that night, asking about the school.
How can you do without an owl!
She also gave this gray forest owl a domineering name, called Zhuo Geng!
Bobo Tea doesn't like Drogon, or rather, he hates all owls and wants to catch them and eat them.
This made Zhuo Geng extremely uneasy, and he could always inadvertently see the orange cat holding his hands, crouching in the corner and staring at it!
William had no choice but to let Drogon out.
This summer vacation is destined to be long and fulfilling.
As a kid about to enter the wizarding world, William was crazy about learning Hogwarts lessons and other miscellaneous things.
Magic is an extremely sophisticated and well-developed system, and it has a complete set of ways of working, which is completely different from the discipline that William was familiar with in his previous life.
Standard spoken language, precise movements, and the ability to trigger spell effects with a wand as long as you have magical power.
Newton's coffin board must have been unpressable.
In just one month, William memorized a large number of spells and tried many ways to cast them.
(The Ministry of Magic warmly reminds Muggles that young wizards can cast spells before entering school, see Minister Hermione, who tried several spells at home (so modestly).
It is forbidden to cast spells at home, and it will be required at the end of the semester, don't fabricate laws at will, be careful that the Aurors invite you to tea. )
Precise movements, clear pronunciation, and lots of repetitive mechanical exercises...... He learned many spells that junior wizards were able to learn.
This kind of madness was only experienced by William during his senior year of high school in his previous life.
William enjoyed the pace of life.
If he encounters something he can't do, he will also write to ask Cedric.
Cedric, as a genius and the best young wizard of his grade, could answer many of William's questions.
But Cedric had only been enrolled for a year, and there were many things that even he couldn't answer.
At such times, William would turn to Dumbledore for help.
It sounds like crazy, Dumbledore is so busy as a headmaster, how can he have time to pay attention to a young wizard who has not yet entered school.
But the impossibility happened.
This was thanks to Anne, who replied quickly every time she wrote a letter to Dumbledore.
As a result, William would often attach a blank piece of paper to the back of Anne's letter and write down his questions.
When Dumbledore replied to Anne, he would also give his opinion in passing.
Finally, on the 31st of August, William will be on the Hogwarts train tomorrow.
At night, after not dreaming for a long time, he dreamed again.
This time, instead of dreaming of the scratch card, he dreamed of Diagon Alley, Ollivander, Cedric, the twin brothers, and the Malfoy boy.
At the end of the dream, William is seen holding Hagrid's three-headed dog.
The three-headed dog had the head of Erha, Fire Dragon, and Bobo Tea, and Erha had a decoration plan of 200,000 yuan in his mouth and demolished William's room.
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