32. Unparalleled memory
"Now you can do a magic spell for me. And I don't have the money to pay the bills. After saying hello to Tom and ordering two sherbets, McGoth and Hermione found an empty table and sat down.
"Don't worry, I'm in for a treat. Try it, it's delicious. I'll cast a spell on you after drinking. McGoth picked up the cup and touched hers.
"Well, you have to invite me, not me." Her voice was low, but McGoth heard it, and the corners of her mouth twitched.
Hermione picked up the drink and took a sip of it, and it was not hard to tell from her crescent eyes that she thought it was great too.
"How's that, isn't it delicious?" Magos said with a smile.
Hermione twitched her brow, "Okay, alright, I've already drunk, hurry up and show me the magic." Of course, if you don't know, forget it. He also pretended to be disdainful and turned his head elsewhere.
McGoth wanted to tease her, but seeing her tsundere nature, he was afraid of self-defeating, so he said, "Of course I will, you see." She turned back to him with a look of disbelief, but the nervousness could still be seen in her eyes.
Take out the wand from his bosom "This is a wand, every wizard must have. Look at the cup in front of you. ”
"Yuga Dim Leviosa!" Magos cast a levitation charm on Hermione's cup. I saw her cup begin to rise slowly, stop at a height of about a foot, and then slowly fall.
"Look, that's magic." McGoth said triumphantly.
Hermione picked up the cup in disbelief and fumbled with her hand on it, trying to prove that he had just used a trick. Nothing turned out, but she was more excited, and her eyes were wide and bright. I just heard McGoss's smug tone, suppressed his excitement, and said in a flat tone, "It's nothing, if I learn it, I will make it fly higher." ”
"I believe that." McGoth said with a smile
She thought that McGoth would laugh at her for not being self-sufficient, but she didn't expect to hear this sentence that made her a little embarrassed, and her face was slightly red. "I... You... Didn't you say take me to Diagon Alley, go now. With that, he took a sip of the rest of his drink and stood up.
"Okay, okay, you're really impatient, let's go, and then it's time for you to witness the miracle." After saying that, he led her to the open space behind the bar.
"What are you bringing me here for?" Looking at the open space with walls on three sides, Hermione's good feelings just now turned into vigilance again.
McGoth wasn't ready to explain anything, he proved it all with his actions, picked up his wand and tapped the opposite wall a few times, and the wall began to move. This time, the visual effect was a hundred times more powerful than the cup that had just floated, and Hermione watched the scene with a wary movement.
"How, isn't it amazing, it's incredible. Walk through this and you'll find Diagon Alley. ”
"Here's how it was done." Hermione ignored McGoss's shocked self-talk.
"That's the mystery of magic, I don't know."
"I didn't ask you." He shook his head as he spoke. "You go in first."
"No problem." Walking in the corridor in the middle of the wall, McGoth turned back to Hermione and said, "For the sake of us, we are all wizards born in ordinary people, and we also had a drink and talked for a while, and we are friends, I have to remind you, if you want to make more friends, it is better to change the way you speak." Magos said bitterly.
"You have to take care of it." These words seemed to irritate her, and she seemed to be really angry, and she took the lead from the moment she entered Diagon Alley, and even if she was curious about the things around her, she didn't mean to ask him.
"Hey, I only said that when I thought you were a friend, why are you so angry?" There was no choice but to walk over and break the silence.
"I'm not angry, why should I be angry, and I didn't take you... I'm going to put you—" At the end she was a little speechless.
"Didn't you treat me as a friend? Hehe, it's okay, I'll just treat you as a friend, but I was really kind just now, why are you so angry. ”
"I... I've said it all, I'm not angry, and... And it's not a big deal to have no friends without friends. Looking at her strong face and red eyes, McGoth decided not to continue the topic, otherwise she would probably not be able to take it anymore.
"Well, actually, I don't seem to have any friends, well, you're right, no, no, nothing, let's go, I'll take you to see things to see and see." Without waiting for her to refuse, he took her hand and ran towards the bouncing and frolicking magic joke shop.
"That's it, there's a lot of interesting stuff in it, I'll show you there."
"But I don't have any money." She looked at the store with a lot of people with some restraint.
"It doesn't matter, what you fancy I gave you is just as compensation for making you unhappy." McGoth patted his chest vigorously and said magnificently.
"I don't need you to send it?" She stuck out her tongue and walked in.
It didn't take long for them to come out of the store, and Hermione's initial excitement at seeing these things quickly faded. Magos buys her a magical flower that blooms at the sound of a command. Originally, she didn't want to ask for it, but he said that it was a proof to your parents, and she accepted it.
"By the way, if I'm not mistaken, there's also a list in the admission letter, do you remember what it is, I'll take you to see it first."
"I remember. Three sets of plain black overalls, a black plain peaked hat worn during the day, a pair of protective gloves made of dragon skin or similar materials, and a winter cloak with black silver buckles. By the way, there is one last sentence that all students' clothing must be decorated with name tags. Then there are the books, a total of 8 books, namely "Standard Spells, Elementary" written by Miranda Goshak, "History of Magic" written by Bathilda Bassat, "Theory of Magic" written by Adbewafflin, "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" written by Emmeeryswich, "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Mushrooms" written by Philidas Spol, "Magic Potions and Potions" written by Arsennigiger, "Monsters and Their Origins" written by Newt Scamman, "Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Defense" written by Quentin Trimb, to be honest, I have never heard of any of these authors.
Then we had to bring our own wand, the one you use, a standard size 2 cauldron made of tin, a set of glass or crystal vials, a telescope, and a brass scale. By the way, we can also carry an owl or a cat or a toad. To be honest, I don't know what the use of bringing those things is, there are toads. ”
McGoth looked at her blankly from beginning to end, and she said that she had only received it this morning, which meant that she had memorized all the contents of the letter in a short period of time.
"Did anyone tell you you were a genius?" McGoth asked, shocked.
"Yes, a lot of people have said that." Hermione accepted his compliment very indifferently.
"You've memorized them all, that's amazing, but you're not right when you say those animals are useless, I'll tell you......" On the way to the Blotted bookstore, McGoth carefully explained to her what she didn't understand.
After entering the bookstore, Hermione ignored McGoss, and soon immersed herself in a sea of books. At first, Magos waited patiently for her to read it, but after almost an hour, she didn't seem to want to stop, and had to go over and take the book from her hand.
"What are you doing?" She glared at him again. McGoth thinks that big eyes are good, and he is more imposing than others.
"I said Miss, it's been almost an hour, how long do you want to see it, I haven't seen so many interesting things just now, and we have to go to other places to see." McGoth looked helpless.
"Ah, it's been so long. I'm going back quickly, my parents didn't know I was here, so I won't be looking anywhere else today. As she spoke, she glanced at the books in the bookstore with some reluctance.
"Alright then, you come over with your parents tomorrow and you can buy all those things first."
"By the way, I haven't asked you how old you are." Hermione asked him on the way back.
"Ten years old."
"Ten years old." Hermione's voice suddenly became louder, drawing the attention of everyone around her. She looked down embarrassedly and whispered to McGoss, "You're only ten years old, I'm just 11 years old today, and I'm a year older than you." And the letter said that you can't be 11 years old to receive the notice? ”
"yes, I didn't get the notice." McGoth looked at Hermione with innocent eyes.
"But... But how do you know this if you don't get the notice? ”
"Hey, I have a good eye for discovery. It's nothing. ”
"Humph!" He was responded with a cold snort.
The two left Diagon Alley and walked out of the bar, and McGoth said to her, "I'll send you back, you've been out for so long, your parents will probably be in a hurry." After thinking about it for a while, Hermione agreed, and McGoth asked for the address and called Burton to send her back first. After getting out of the car, she was greeted by her anxious parents.
"Hermione, where have you been, your father and I are dying." After speaking, I saw McGoth who got out of the car. "Who is this?"
"Hello Auntie, my name is Magos. Will, if nothing else, I'll be Hermione's classmate next year. Magos said politely.
"Classmates?" Her parents apparently did not expect the letter they received in the morning.
"Hogwarts."
"Ah, it's the school we just received this morning, and we were just thinking about where to go and ask about it. What a coincidence. ”
"Mommy, Daddy, let's go in and talk." Hermione interrupted her parents' questioning.
"Ahh I'm so sorry, please come in, please come in. ”
"Then I'll interrupt, Burton, you wait in the car for a while."
"Okay, young master."
Hermione's parents couldn't help but beat a little when they saw this scene, this is obviously a rich kid, will she really be classmates with her daughter?
Sitting on the couch after entering the room, McGoth went straight to the point and said, "That's right, Auntie, I think you've read that notice too, Hogwarts is a group of schools of witchcraft and wizardry, and their way of recruiting students is the letter you received. ”
"School of magic?" Her parents were a little incredulous.
"Yes, School of Magic, Hermione, buy a magic flower for Auntie to show them." After listening to McGoss, they turned their attention to Hermione.
"Why don't you just use a spell." Hermione said as she pulled out the flowers.
"It's not allowed to use magic until we're adults, unless you're in your own home, but even then there's strict restrictions." He smiled wryly.
"That's why you didn't use your magic outside the bar." Magos nodded.
"It's... It's incredible...... "Hermione's parents carefully examined the magic flower, and they had to believe in the existence of magic.
"Auntie, uncle, you believe it now." Seeing that her parents were a little distraught, McGoth had no choice but to let them digest it.
"We're so surprised to make you laugh."
"No, you're faster than my dad accepted, he didn't fully believe it until he went to that wizarding world himself."
"Can we go too?"
"Of course, as long as you're accompanied by a wizard, you'll be able to see the invisible bar, and you can follow Hermione in."
"Uncle, aunt, I have an important thing to tell you, you can't buy magic items in pounds, he needs to use the exclusive currency of the wizarding world, gold gallons."
"Kim Galleon? What do we not do? Her parents asked anxiously.
"It can be exchanged, at Gringotts in Diagon Alley, but I don't recommend you exchange it now."
"Why?" Hermione interjected.
"Because I don't know what the reason is recently, the ratio of the pound to the galleon has been decreasing, from a very stable one to five at the beginning to now it is estimated to be one to seven."
Although the Hermione family didn't say anything, it was not difficult to tell from their anxious expressions that they were still under pressure about the ever-changing ratio. After all, although dentists earn a lot, they can't afford a high percentage of pay.
"Hehe, Hermione, auntie, uncle, you don't have to worry, I exchanged a lot of Galleons at the beginning, and I can exchange it for you at a ratio of one to five. When Gringotts comes down, you can go to Gringotts and change. ”
As soon as McGoth's words fell, Hermione's parents directly refused.
"Auntie, don't be in a hurry to refuse, in fact, I'm going to that magic school too, and most of the students are born in wizarding families, we are Muggles, oh, Muggles are what those wizards call ordinary people, there is some ambiguity. Wizards among us ordinary people should help each other, and I estimate that his ratio will return to his current state next year or so, after all, the wizarding world is not stupid, the higher the ratio, the more difficult it is for wizards in ordinary people to bear, are you right? ”
After some talking, Hermione's parents were finally persuaded by him, and politely rejected her parents' idea of keeping him for dinner, and when they left, McGoth told Hermione that she only needed to buy the books on the list, and he had all the other books, and she could borrow anything she wanted, and left 300 Galleons and took 1,500 pounds with her.
"Goodbye!" McGoth sat in the car and waved goodbye to the Hermiones.