Chapter 22: Back to School
The rats who were forced to take a few mouthfuls of potion by Meda did not have any adverse reactions.
From the appearance alone, there are no changes except that the muscles of their limbs are a little more defined.
"Does it really work?"
Melda was very honest and did not reap the lives of the rats, but casually threw them back into the corner.
Because I don't know if I can use it again someday.
Then he held up his glass and examined the potion inside.
"It doesn't smell good."
"It looks okay, it's not like poison."
"Do you want to try it?"
Melda, holding her glass, bowed her head. The tip of his tongue quickly dipped in a little potion.
"Well, sour. I don't think there's any reaction. Then he opened his mouth and took a small sip.
"Huh?" As the potion slashed through her throat, a stream of heat rose from Melda's abdomen and spread rapidly throughout her body.
This time Melda was sure that he had succeeded, because a sentence clearly appeared on the system panel in his mind.
[Primary Physique Enhancer (Pseudo), 2 hours. 】
"Primary Physique Enhancer?" Melda wondered. Did you adjust the prescription yourself and cause it to have a different effect?
Fortunately, his health did improve a lot, and Melda didn't bother too much.
There had been so much going on today, and now that she could finally relax, Melda felt only a wave of exhaustion hit her. He simply lay down on the sofa in the alchemy workshop and fell into a deep sleep.
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Early the next morning, Melda returned to her house in England using the family statue.
However, how to get to Hogwarts was a stump, as the Floo network in the Headmaster's Office was a one-line network, which meant that Melda could not use the Floo net to return to Hogwarts directly.
But just as he was distressed, a knock on the door interrupted his musings.
It was Professor Dumbledore.
The moment she opened the door, Melda clearly felt the difference in Dumbledore's eyes.
He definitely saw something, Melda guessed.
Faced with the most powerful white wizard in the world, Melda became visibly restrained.
However, the professor didn't say much, he just calmly led Melda to the Ministry of Magic. He then returned to Hogwarts from the Ministry of Magic's exclusive Floo Network.
He didn't ask anything along the way.
This made Melda's doubts even stronger.
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"Alright, Melda, I think you should go to class now." Dumbledore whispered, "Oh, I think you're in a hurry. Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class is about to begin in five minutes. ”
With that, Dumbledore left on his own, leaving Melda with a question mark on his head.
"Does the professor know something?"
After learning that her ancestor was also a time-traveler, Melta knew that this world must be completely different from the Harry Potter world she remembered.
Perhaps the magic of this world is definitely stronger than in the original book. After all, the magic of the two worlds collides with each other, and there is no reason why it will not become stronger.
And Albus Dumbledore, the strongest white wizard in the world today. He is definitely stronger than in the original books, and he may even know some secrets about the Estes family.
Melda frowned and meditated for the entire lesson, not even noticing Professor McGonagall's dismissal.
Towards noon, a little wizard sat in the auditorium chattering about what he had seen and heard for a few days, and Melda came back to her senses a little.
"Hey, Melda, what are you thinking?" Ron was the first to ask.
"I see you've been frowning all morning. What's wrong, is there something wrong at home? ”
In the days since Melda left school, Professor McGonagall told the professors of various subjects about the accident at home, so it's no wonder that Ron asks that.
"No, what can happen to my family, you forget that I am the only one in my family." Melda muttered as she bit down on a three-finger-wide sausage.
He wanted something to happen at home, but how could something happen if there was no one?
"Oh, I'm sorry." Ron said with some guilt. With a happy family, it is hard for him to imagine what it would be like if one day he was the only one left, and all he could do was say sorry.
"But Professor McGonagall said—" Hermione glared at Ron and motioned for him to shut up.
"It's nothing, it's just about family property." Melda, who really couldn't find an excuse, had to make up a reason to prevaricate.
"Property?" Speaking of this, Harry immediately thought of the history of the Potter family that Melda had explained to him.
He immediately asked curiously, "Is the Corris family rich?" ”
"Rich?" Melda was stunned for a moment, and to be honest, he didn't know how much wealth their family had.
"The Corris family is a descendant of the Estes family, and a new family that inherits the Estes family's greatest legacy." After a long time, Melda explained in some confusion.
"How rich are the Estes family? Actually, I don't know. Because there are so many of them, no one has counted them at all. ”
"All I know is that because of the family's busy trade, the Astes family has commercial locations in countries on every continent in the world."
"For example, the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union (this was the end of September 1991, and the Soviet Union had not yet collapsed. South Africa, the United States, Mexico, India, Japan, and many other countries have business locations for the Estes family. ”
"The commerce involved is even more complex. Almost any form of business, and even many collaborations with other people or families have been around for hundreds of years. So I don't know exactly how much money I have. ”
Melda's calm Chen Shu successfully aroused the eyes of the friends present. They didn't expect this guy to be so rich.
It also aroused the strong dissatisfaction of Ron and Hermione, two destitute people.
Leaving aside the reasons that everyone understands, the reason for Hermione's extreme poverty is directly related to her Muggle background.
In the Muggle world, Hermione's father, who was a dentist, would still have a very good income. Although it is not a big deal. But it can also be considered middle class.
But in the world of magic, it's a different story. Pounds to gold Gallons were endorsed by Hogwarts. Each Muggle-born wizard has a limited amount of gold galleons that can be redeemed.
And Hermione's tight life is due to the reduction of Hogwarts funding in recent years. Correspondingly, the amount of gold Galleons that each Muggle-born wizard can exchange for is naturally decreasing.
But what Melda didn't expect was that many years later, Lady Hermione Granger, who was then Minister for Magic, made it clear in a special interview with the Daily Prophet. The idea of rebuilding Britain's multilateral trade agreements with other countries in order to suppress the monopoly of pure-blood families in commerce began with a conversation with Melda when he was in school.