I don't know what Penny and Vernon talked about yesterday, but the next day, Vernon was like a different person, no longer complaining about magic and showing great interest in Diagon Alley, where he was going today.

If he hadn't known that Penny couldn't do magic, Dudley would have wondered if he had given him a different brain.

"How long will it take for that Professor McDull to arrive, I can't wait to see that amazing world."

Leaning back on the couch, Vernon was very excited.

"It's only half past eight, and we're thirty minutes before nine." Dudley looked at the clock on the wall, he had just finished his morning workout, wiped his sweat as he walked to the bathroom, and corrected, "And it's Professor McGonagall and not Professor McDull, it's rude to call someone else's name wrong." ”

"Oh, Vernon, come and see how I wear this dress today?"

Penny's anxious shouts can be heard from the bedroom, and Vernon hurries over.

Ten minutes later...

"No, this dress doesn't fit... The colors are so gorgeous. ”

"No, this one doesn't work either, it's too fancy. I've heard Lily say before that wizards are dressed modestly. ”

Another ten minutes later...

Looking at the full pile of clothes hanging in the cupboard, Penny let out a desperate cry, "Oh my God, I don't have any clothes to wear." ”

Vernon:...

Five minutes later, Dudley had finished his shower and walked out of the bathroom, and Harry came out of the small room scratching his belly and yawning, he had slept too late yesterday because he was too excited, and it would have been very unrefreshed.

Penny also reluctantly chooses the right clothes.

Five minutes later, when the clock struck nine, the Dursleys' doorbell rang.

Professor McGonagall arrived on time.

"Shall we fly over on the flying carpet or will we fly straight over?"

Vernon asked curiously, looking behind Professor McGonagall for a moment.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Dursley, but the flying carpet was already banned by the Ministry of Magic in the 18th century, at least in Europe."

Professor McGonagall explained to Vernon, "We generally fly with broomsticks. ”

"Why ban flying carpets?" Dudley asked curiously.

Professor McGonagall replied, "Because the flying carpet is considered a Muggle product." ”

"The wizarding world is very rejecting the use of things made by ordinary people?"

"That's pretty much it." Professor McGonagall continued, "For example, Muggles use televisions, computers, and other electronic gadgets, which are not usable at Hogwarts. ”

"And what lighting do you use?"

"Candles, kerosene lamps and torches." Professor McGonagall gave a natural example.

Isn't that a trip back to the Middle Ages? ’

Dudley's eyes almost popped out when he heard this.

Even if the things Professor McGonagall explained were magical objects, it would not change their nature, and the lighting would not be as effective as electric lights.

Dudley frowned slightly, Professor McGonagall's words gave him an extremely xenophobic perception of wizards, and he didn't use anything more convenient... Is it a closed country?

The thought of the inability to use all the convenient things, the absence of game consoles and televisions, and the return to the medieval level of walking at night with a kerosene lamp, Dudley suddenly had the feeling that it was actually good not to go to Hogwarts, and of course this feeling was fleeting.

"It's getting late, we're going to pick up another little witch." Professor McGonagall pulled a piece of parchment out of her pocket and examined it carefully, "Let me see where she lives... It's a bit far from here, but we can walk through the nearest wizard's house with Floo Powder... Johnson's house, about two kilometers away, where she lives is really remote, and there are no wizards nearby. ”

At the end, I added.

"Hopefully the Johnsons have someone today, or we'll have to walk five kilometers to get there."

"Can't go there if you're not at home?"

Shocked Dudley for a hundred years, what is this operation from someone else's house?

Professor McGonagall patiently explained: "Of course, the fireplace is turned off if no one is home. ”

Of course, it was possible to use shapeshifting, but the Dursleys were all Muggles, and Harry and Dudley had no shapeshifting experience before...

Shapeshifting is not a pleasant experience, especially for the first time.

As for the key to the door, sorry there is no door nearby...

Dudley leaned over and saw the address on the parchment. It was one of the most upscale neighbourhoods in all of London, and it may seem remote to wizards, but it was actually near the city's busiest business district.

Housing prices are not cheap.

"The St. Johnswood neighborhood is only a thirty-minute drive away."

Dudley suggested, "Why don't you take our car?" It's a little slower, but at least you don't have to walk. ”

Instead of going around in a circle, it is better to drive.

"Muggle transport?"

Professor McGonagall was a little moved, and driving was undoubtedly much easier than walking.

Actually, there is another way, wizards also have wizards' vehicles, but... At the thought of the feeling of stomach churning, Professor McGonagall still thought that Muggle transportation would be a good one.

So the group of five got into the largest car in Vernon's garage, which had been doing well lately, and now had three cars in the Dursleys.

Vernon and Penny were a little disappointed, thinking they could see the magic, but they didn't expect to end up driving.

Fortunately, there was not much traffic jam along the way, and in less than half an hour, I arrived at the St. Johnswood community.

Looking at the three-story courtyard with a red roof, Dudley was in a trance.

Wait a minute... This place seems familiar.

"Mom... Professor McGonagall is coming, hurry. ”

Standing outside the door, I heard a domineering and unusually familiar voice.

Then the door was pushed open, and a young couple and a little girl were greeted from inside.

The three of them were stunned when they saw everyone standing at the door, and then the man walked up to Vernon with a happy face, and gave each other a big hug: "Oh my God, isn't this dear Brother Vernon?" ”

Vernon also patted the other party's back affectionately: "Hey, Brother Wendell, long time no see." ”

Wendell Granger and Monica Granger, a well-known dentist couple in London, are quite skilled in medicine.

As for why he met the Dursleys, Vernon once ate too much ice cream at night, which caused a pulpitis attack, and he was taken to Mr. Granger's clinic for treatment for two days before recovering.

In the process of treatment, I found that the other party likes fishing, and I became familiar with each other after coming and going.

If there is nothing to do, they will meet to go fishing, although each time the final result is empty-handed, but this only makes the relationship between the two stronger, and sometimes the friendship of the fishing guy is so strange.

When Dudley went to Oxford Dragon Primary School as an exchange student, Vernon consulted Mr. Granger before going.

By the way, their daughter's name is Hermione Jane Granger.

As for why there is a simplified word in the middle, because Mrs. Granger's original name was Monica Jane before marrying Mr. Granger.