Chapter 193 Placement of Assets

The summer vacation passed unconsciously, Hermione was about to start school, and Locke also studied the magic books he had bought.

The identity arranged by the system is just an identity, and it is impossible to directly teach Locke all kinds of magical knowledge in this world, but with a super strong mind and a deep foundation, Locke can easily and comprehensively grasp the general knowledge of wizards in this world.

But obviously, these are just the basics, and the books that can be bought in bookstores do not include the much larger number of forbidden books, and Locke feels that he still needs to find an opportunity from Hogwarts House.

"Mr. Locke, many of the principles of magic that you and I have told you are not recorded in the books, and you know so much, you must be a very famous wizard in the wizarding world."

Putting down her notebook, Hermione looked at Locke with a bit of adoration.

"Actually, I'm not a big name in the wizarding world." Locke shrugged his shoulders, "Because I prefer to focus on research and don't like things that are in the limelight." ”

"Is that so? I feel a little bit of a pity. Hermione couldn't help but say.

"The wizarding world isn't as happy as you think, you'll find out when you get to the academy." Locke said slowly:

"I come from a Muggle family, and a lot of the so-called pure-blood families with a heritage look down on people like me, and if you show it too prominently, it can cause some trouble."

"But when you encounter such an unfair thing, shouldn't you find a way to fight it?" Hermione couldn't help but say.

"These things are ingrained in the wizarding world, and instead of focusing your time and energy on fighting, you should focus on improving your own magic."

Locke said slowly: "Magic is an extraordinary power, and if you want to win the right to speak, you must have enough strength.

This is also what I want to tell you, don't waste time and energy because of unnecessary verbal disputes, and focus more on improving your own strength.

When you are strong enough, no matter what these people think in their hearts, they must give you enough respect. ”

"Okay." Hermione still had some resentment.

"Alright, you're about to start school, and when you get to Hogwarts, maybe we'll be able to see each other often." Locke said with a smile.

"Really?!" Hermione exclaimed with some surprise.

"I got a book management job at Hogwarts, so I could study the magic books that I couldn't buy on the market, so we should see each other often when you get to the house."

"Great." Hermione cheered, she was about to go to a strange place, and it was indeed a good thing to have familiar people.

When it was finally the day of the start of school at Hogwarts, Locke arrived at Granger's house early in the morning, watched Hermione count the supplies needed for school one last time, and then drove to King's Cross train station.

"Mr. Locke, where the hell is that platform?" Mr. Granger asked.

"It's clearly printed on the train ticket, Mr. Granger." Locke said.

"But I've been on the train many times, and I've never seen any platform 9." Mr. Granger frowned, "Is it some kind of invisible magic or something?" ”

Seeing that Locke smiled and acquiesced, Mr. Granger could only say, "Okay, let's tell me where it is, there is still half an hour to drive, don't delay the time." ”

"Daddy stupid." Hermione, who was with Locke, smiled, "Platform 9 is naturally between Platform 9 and Platform 10." ”

"Really?" Mr. Granger looked at Locke, "I thought you wizarding things were used to violating common sense. ”

"This may be true in some other aspects, but the platform is an exception, after all, there are some new students whose parents are ordinary people." Locke explained.

"Sure enough, I guessed right!" Hermione said with a grin.

The group of four came to the open space between platforms 9 and 10, and Mr. Granger looked around while Locke pointed to the load-bearing wall pillar in front of him.

"And how are we supposed to get there?" Mr. Granger looked at the wall in front of him, and then saw a teenager pushing his luggage and just hitting the wall and disappearing.

"Isn't that kid going in like that, not afraid of being seen?" Mr. Granger couldn't help but ask.

"There's a spell here, and people will subconsciously ignore it, and if someone doesn't remind them, no one will notice what's going on."

Locke explained: "Even if someone notices, the wizards patrolling nearby will take care of it.

Alright, don't waste any time, Mr. Granger, Hermione and I will go inside, only wizards can pass through, and ordinary people will only hit the wall. ”

"Okay." The Granger couple could only watch as Hermione told her to be careful, and then begged Locke to take good care of her.

After agreeing, Locke took Hermione and stepped forward, and soon found that the surrounding environment had changed dramatically, and Hermione looked around with a sense of novelty.

"It's up to you next, it's a car for new students." Locke took Hermione to the ticket gate, explained to her, watched her get on the train, and waited for the train to leave before leaving.

Locke wasn't in a hurry to go to Hogwarts, he wasn't like those professors in the house, they were still busy with new students, and Locke, the librarian, was very idle and could wait two days before taking office.

Because of the limitation of bloodline, there are not many people in the wizarding world as a whole, just like the wizarding world in Britain, thousands of people are also divided into various factions and organizations, in Locke's opinion, it is the temple demon with a big wind and a shallow water with many kings.

Even if the high-level of the wizarding world has a little self-knowledge, the entire wizarding world is self-sprouting, and if they really want to control the world of ordinary people, the final result will probably be reversed.

Locke didn't plan to spend time at Hogwarts all the time, since he knew that he came to this world, Locke also had his own plans, and he had already set up an estate in Diagon Alley a few days ago.

The location is just down the street behind Gringotts, and most of the houses here are wizards' residences, both for sale and for rent.

However, most wizards choose to rent, as it is too expensive for the average wizard to buy a house permanently in Diagon Alley, especially those with a permanent Traceless Extension Spell.

Locke bought a house facing the street, the entrance was only as wide as a few doors from the outside, and the upper and lower floors added up to seventy or eighty square meters.

But after entering, each floor is more than 360 square meters of spacious space, and Locke bought it for nearly 10,000 gallons.

Buying a house in Diagon Alley is relatively simple, you only need to negotiate with the original owner, and then accept the Ministry of Magic's review, but this review is relatively simple, that is, hand over some Galleons for registration.

But if you want to open a store in Diagon Alley, it will be more troublesome, the whole process is very cumbersome, and the Ministry of Magic has to review all aspects of the applicant.

On the contrary, almost no one cares about the Tumbledown Alley next door, as long as there is a house, you can open a store casually, but because of the overall environment, the safety cannot be guaranteed enough, and you need to rely on your own strength.

Because of Locke's large-scale exchange of Galleons in a short period of time, the goblins of Gringotts showed more enthusiasm for Locke and increased his service level.

In addition to Diagon Alley, there are many wizards who gather in Hogsmeade, and there are also wizards who live with ordinary people or live in their own estates.

It's still easy to move between several locations with Floo Powder or Phantom Shifter.

In addition to the Diagon Alley house, Locke also bought a house in Hogsmeade and applied for a Floo network between the two houses.

Several times the purchase of the house was considered smooth, and Locke bought the house with the permanent traceless extension spell, and the price was higher than the market price.

In addition to the house, Locke also applied for two house-elves at the Ministry of Magic's house-elf resettlement office a few days ago.

(End of chapter)