Chapter 3 Life Before the Beginning of School
Thor nodded, "I want to know, why are you and Mr. Ollivander worried about me?" ”
Dumbledore paused for a moment, and then began to talk about Tom Riddle, the mystery man.
It was also a gifted teenager, but he was crooked.
Like the mysterious man, he has extraordinary talent and great strength. It's just that he won't use it yet.
He imagined what kind of catastrophe the wizarding world had experienced back then.
"So, can I just learn those unfriendly magic, and not form cliques and evil? There is nothing good or bad about magic, it's just that the people who use it are not right. Thor asked the question.
Dumbledore smiled, "That's okay. But they're so powerful that they can make you lose yourself. Thor, it's best not to touch them until you're not ready. ”
"Okay." Thor agreed.
After resting enough, they went straight to the second-hand store in the afternoon, and after buying all the items on the list, they returned to the Leaky Cauldron.
"Headmaster Dumbledore, may I ask if there is any good way to make money?" Thor looked at the so many books in the bookstore with "I want to have them!" written in his eyes! ”
"You can try to make something, potions, props, publish your book, or contribute to some professional newspaper. You'll have to wait until you're in your second year and have a certain foundation in magic. ”
There was a twinkle in Dumbledore's eyes.
Thor understood what Headmaster Dumbledore meant.
Eventually, Dumbledore reminded Thor not to go to Tumbledown Alley, and handed him over to Tom to open him up to the first of September.
For the rest of the day, Thor lived a regular life, waking up at half past six in the morning, having breakfast at seven, and then returning to his room to practice magic.
As soon as the Nine O'Clock bookstore opened, he went in to read the books, and he usually read some basic theories of magic, potions theory, and took a notebook and copied and wrote.
It's the beginning of the school year, and there are a lot of students who come to buy books, and when the bookstore staff is too busy, Saul will also help guide them.
The proprietress of the bookstore also acquiesced to Saul's behavior of rubbing books in the bookstore.
On this very day, while Saul was recording a potion formula in the bookstore, he heard a polite voice "Excuse me, where are the first year Hogwarts textbooks?" ”
Thor raised his head and moved his hand, pointing to the place where the stack of books was, "It's all there, you have to be careful, there may be more of them." ”
"Thank you." The voice thanked him and left.
"Oh my God, it's Harry Potter." Listening to the exclamation from the clerk at the checkout counter, Thor took a look at the voice just now.
Clothes that don't fit well, a thin figure, and a little uneasy.
Seeing that everyone wanted to talk to Harry, Thor shook Harry's hand, turned his neck, and continued to read the book in his hand.
Merlin is on it, why in this book, there are so many formulas! Moreover, they all have to be memorized!
Soon after, Hagrid appeared in the bookstore and rescued Harry Potter.
When Hagrid passed by Thor, he saw that Thor was reading very seriously, so he didn't bother Thor either.
Of course, not everyone who comes to buy books is good at talking and won't bother Thor.
For example, the current one is named Hermione. Granger's girls.
"Are you an elf?" After this girl came in, she didn't buy books as soon as possible, but instead had a strong interest in Saul.
Genie?
Thor looked at his state and understood, she had misunderstood.
By the way, I forgot to mention that Thor usually sits on a stack of books, his feet swaying from time to time, and his thin stature makes him look like an elf.
"I'm not, I don't have elven pointed ears, I don't have big transparent wings, I don't emit light, and I don't know elven magic." Thor shook his head.
"I mean, the elves of books. Legend has it that there are some magic books that spawn elves and learn to live like ordinary wizards. Hermione didn't give up.
"I don't think so, even though I love books, and studying magic gives me peace of mind. However, this is my hobby, and I'm sorry, I'm not a legendary creature. Thor was helpless.
Hermione was clearly not happy with the answer, and went off to buy books.
Thor saw that she had bought a lot of general knowledge and history books, and judged that she was probably from a Muggle family.
He had also seen people who asked about the price and left in a hurry to go to the second-hand store next door.
However, he did not think that he too would become a model one day.
It was Longbottom who came that day, and an old lady pointed to Saul to teach her grandson, so that her grandson, who couldn't remember things and was slow to learn, took a good look at Saul and learned from Saul.
Thor smiled at the little fat man with a round face. This smile made the old lady sigh again at Thor's polite question.
Of course, Saul doesn't read books in bookstores very often.
The second place Thor frequents is the Potions Shop.
Thor didn't come to buy potions, or sell them, but to appreciate them and find out the price.
The rainbow of bottles and cans, as well as various colors of liquids, really fascinated Thor.
The price of potions made Thor even more determined to study hard in school in the future, and strive to make qualified potions to make money as soon as possible.
Especially Professor Snape's potion, a bottle is a dozen Galleons, Merlin is on it, and Thor is not worth this amount of money now.
Naturally, in the area of Tumbledown Alley, Thor made it a no-go area after seeing someone fighting in the street.
So, the days passed day by day in such a state.
In the blink of an eye, it was August 31.
At noon, Saul closed a book and went door to door to pick up a mail-order order from the Diagon Alley store.
Saul's theory is that "it doesn't matter if it's not used now, it will be used one day." ”
After dinner, Thor stopped practicing his magic and instead packed his belongings into a battered suitcase.
In order to get a good night's sleep, Saul specially asked for a cup of hot cocoa milk tea. For Saul, this is a hypnotic agent that works better than a hypnotic potion.