Chapter 13: Chance Encounters
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little cold, Ivy quietly pinched Betty and signaled her to be friendly. Betty glanced at him, ignoring him.
"Ivy is your child, isn't he?" Hagrid asked, looking at Harry and the others
"Well, next to Ivey is my cousin's niece, the children of the Ethel family, who are all 11 years old this year." Erin said a few words, then looked at Harry and sighed, "I didn't expect that in the end, you brought him here." Hagrid, you were the one who brought him out in the first place. ”
"Yes, but I didn't expect him to suffer so many sins. He had a bad life over the years, and the Dursleys just treated him as a servant, and suffered a lot of hardships and grievances in the Dursleys. I heard him say that if it weren't for Ivey at school and being willing to contact him, I don't know how withdrawn he would be" Hagrid wiped a few tears from his tears as he spoke.
"I'm sorry, Hagrid, it's their family affair, and we don't want to meddle in it. And we're afraid of upsetting Dumbledore's plans. ”
"It's okay, I've been wondering if Dumbledore was right to put Harry in Dursley's place in the first place." Hagrid was indignant
"Hagrid, Dumbledore is a trustworthy man"
"Of course! I'm just whining"······
"Harry, you're a little late," Ivy offered to help Harry resolve the embarrassment
"Don't mention it! In order not to let me see the admission notice, Aunt Vernon ran to an unknown corner with the family. Hagrid and I set out early in the morning and arrived now. Have you all bought it? Harry was furious at the thought of this.
"I've bought it early, look at the time, it's noon, and we're ready to go back."
"Damn it!" Harry cursed
It was indeed much more cheerful, and Ivey saw Harry's performance. Although Harry in the original book is small, he is still mentally mature, after all, he lives in a very bad environment. He is also used to burying a lot of emotions in the bottom of his heart and not showing them. After a long time, it is inevitable that there will be psychological problems, and now I know that catharsis is a good start.
"Harry, since you've met, why don't you come to my house for dinner at noon?" Ivey invited
"Won't it cause trouble?" Harry pondered for a long time, then looked at Betty again.
"Mom, can Harry eat with us at noon?" Regarding Harry's concerns, Ivy asked Erin directly.
"No problem! I'm going to cook a big meal."
"Look," Ivy blinked
"That's trouble"
"Let's go with Hagrid"
"I won't bother, Dumbledore is still waiting for me to come back to my life. I'll take him to buy school supplies, and when I'm done eating, I'll trouble you to send him back. ”
"Don't worry, Hagrid"
"Harry is gone," Hagrid beckoned Harry, leading the way into the bar.
"I'll go in first, I'll see you later," Harry hurriedly followed
"We won't go in with you, see you later!"
"Can't you be kinder?" Avira pulled Betty into the car. Erin said that she didn't want to disturb the little couple's relationship, and ran to drink coffee again.
"Am I bad for you?"
"I don't mean me, of course you're nice to me, I mean something else, my friend, and yours too."
"Am I being polite?"
"It's not a matter of etiquette, it's emotion, a little softer!"
"I have feelings for you too"
"Uh—not that kind of emotion. It's ·······."
Ivy was a little frustrated, and also caught the cunning in Betty's eyes, knowing that he was deliberately angry with him.
He reached out and ruffled Betty's hair. Betty has a lot of character, and Ivey loves it too. He was afraid that Betty would be hated and sad.
But Ivy thinks a little too much, Miss Betty is just a little colder and a little arrogant, which is the standard for a noble lady. And no matter how much you don't like it in your heart, you will never lose the etiquette you should have.
"I want ice cream"
Betty slapped Ivey's hand away and stared at the dessert shop next to her. Betty often tries to get Ivy to do something for her, and she's happy to see Ivy busy for her. This is the little selfishness of a precocious girl.
"I'm going home to cook and eat right away! Wait—" Giving her an angry look, Ivy opened the door and got out of the car.
"I'll go with you" Betty followed, chasing two steps and taking his hand
In the coffee shop next door, Erin sat by the window. This gossipy woman peeps at the two children, with an aunt-like smile on her face like a hen guarding a calf.
After eating the ice cream, Erin also returned.
"Calculate the time, it's time to come out"
The voice did not fall
"Ivey!" Harry ran out of the bar
"Erin, Harry will be handed over to you, I'll go back first." Hagrid, who was following behind, said
"Peace of mind~"
"Goodbye, Harry, Ivey, Betty"
"Goodbye, Hagrid" ×3
"Okay, go home for dinner"
Erin started the car and drove back
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In the evening, Harry and Ivy stood in the backyard gesturing at a tree stump. They were the only ones left in the house, and Erin and Betty were out shopping.
"Ivey, show me what you're showing," Harry had just seen a sample of Ivey's hands. All kinds of musical instruments, furniture, he is curious now.
"Then I'll show you" Ivy rolled up his sleeves, spread out his left hand, and the magic gushed out to wrap around the stump, and then the index and middle fingers slowly hooked, and the stump slowly floated upward.
"Wow~ It's amazing"
"Harry! Can't bother me to cast spells."
“sorry”
As Ivey manipulated, the stump slowly floated above the palm of his hand. Spread your fingers, and as the five fingers began to swing regularly, the stump gradually began to dissolve. Half loud, turning into a ball of mud. Ivy wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, it was not easy, the stump was close to 20 kilograms, almost the weight of a bucket of pure water in his previous life, and it was a hard work to dissolve and reshape it.
With a sigh of relief, Ivy withdrew his four fingers, leaving only his index finger to point a single ball of mud and spit out the spell
“AnimalMAGUS”
I saw that the mud ball opened up and cracked several times, and white light shot out of it. Then the mud ball began to spin, gradually surrounded by white light, forming a light cocoon. After a few moments, the light dissipated, and a classical castle appeared in front of me.
"This is our elementary school!" Harry looked at the castle in surprise
"Well, I'm so hard to waste." Ivey's hair was slightly damp
"Ivey, can you teach me!" Harry looked at him expectantly
"Harry, you need a wand to cast spells, and underage wizards can't cast spells outside of school, didn't Hagrid tell you?" Ivy said helplessly
"Oh-I forgot, Hagrid told me" Harry was a little annoyed, but remembered something, and asked "Ive, you seem to be able to cast spells at will, I remember the last time I camped." ”
"I didn't cast a spell last time I camped, it was our family's ability, not through a spell. For me, the wand is just a control. Ivey explained
"Is your family so capable?" Harry was envious. Hagrid said he was great, good, and so did the guys at the Leaky Cauldron. But he didn't see anything different about himself, and he didn't have a talent as strong as Ivey.
"Harry, don't envy me. The capabilities of our family are really convenient for combat, but the flaws are also obvious. I can't cast complex spells, and even the easier ones rely on the power of my wand and take more time to practice. ”
"Didn't you just cast a Transfiguration Charm without a wand?"
"It's not a Transfiguration Charm, it's a simplified version of what my mother created to help me gain more control. It's just a change of shape, similar to carving. A true Transfiguration Charm can turn a person into a fish, a table, or even a dead thing into a living thing, all of which are within the scope of Transfiguration. Harry, you'll have a chance to master these in the future, and I'll probably never be able to use them in my lifetime. In order to prevent the savior from becoming discouraged, Ivy persuaded bitterly