This year, the Hogwarts book list arrived exceptionally late.

Maybe even the owls couldn't find out where Dudley lived, and it was only a few days before school started when the letter reached them.

So early in the morning, Dudley and the little wizards came to Diagon Alley.

Robes that need to be changed as you get older, equipment that needs to be purchased for new lessons, and new textbooks.

Looking at the "Yokai Book of Monsters" written on the book list, Dudley fell into deep thought.

This thing looks like it. I've seen it myself.

In the Blotted bookstore, after seeing the book list in Dudley's hand, the clerk began to complain frantically, scolding and wearing a pair of thick leather gloves and walking to the bookstore There is a large iron cage hanging outside the bookstore, which contains hundreds of books.

It's a living thing, so it's not a good quantity word.

"Oh, my Merlin, I've been bitten no less than five times today, and I wonder who chose this textbook, it's terrible, worse than the Invisibility Book I got into back then."

"I want to kick him in the ass with my boots."

As he spoke, the clerk put his hand into the big iron cage.

Not surprisingly, I was bitten by the books inside.

"Hey, you bastard, loosen up, loosen up."

The clerk swung a thick, knotted cane and stabbed the book that had bitten his hand hard, trying to push the other person away, but this only made the monster book bite harder.

Fiery temper, aggressive, wants to take a bite when you see anything. This is the Yokai Book of Yokai.

The key clerk didn't dare to mess around, because this kind of book is very expensive, a little more expensive than Lockhart's book last year, and if it is broken, it will be compensated.

How much money does he make a day?

There was a loud tearing sound next to his arm bite, and the two monster books grabbed the third, intending to tear it apart together.

This thing's IQ is comparable to that of a fox.

Incurably stupid.

It took a long time to pull my hand out of the iron cage and separate a few monster books that were torn together, but I accidentally forgot what I was going to do, and I didn't take out a monster book.

The clerk had no choice but to reach out to the cage again.

"Why don't you leave it to me?"

Dudley, who was standing next to the clerk and didn't want to waste too much time, said.

"Little friends. It's dangerous, sir. ”

The clerk looked up at Dudley, who was half a head taller than him, and swallowed the second half of his sentence.

"It's okay, I've 'caught' it before."

After listening to Dudley's words, the clerk was still a little hesitant, worried that Dudley would be injured, but to be honest, he really didn't want to touch this thing again.

No one wants to be bitten, or to be bitten by a bunch of books.

Eventually, the clerk agreed and handed him his thick gloves.

"Then be careful, even if you are bitten through the glove, it will hurt."

"I don't need anything like that."

Dudley didn't even look at the gloves and slipped his hand into the cage.

If I can break the defense, even if I lose.

Dudley, who had tried the power of the Yokai Book, didn't take it to heart.

"Wait, it's dangerous!" It's too late for the clerk to stop it.

I knew I shouldn't have said yes. ’

The clerk covered his eyes, unable to bear to see Dudley's hand bitten by a group of monster books.

If he asked me for compensation, he said that he had reached in while he was not looking, and I tried to stop it, but it didn't work. ’

The clerk thought about how to explain it for a moment.

Sure enough, the moment Dudley's arm reached into the big iron cage, it was like a fly staring at the big dung. Ahem, like a traveler who has been hungry for three days sees food, countless monster books flock to it, and bite Dudley's arm one by one.

However, Dudley, who was bitten on the arm by the monster book, acted like no one, and with a slight shake, the book that bit his arm was bounced open, and then he grabbed a copy and pulled it out.

The Yokai Books, who had not done any harm, immediately crowded to the entrance of the cage, staring at Dudley with the small eyes on the cover, and let out indignant screams.

Dudley ignored them and just stared at the monster book in his hand, which he had helped Hermione get first.

'I remember Mrs. Figg saying that it was like grabbing her back and pinching it gently?' ’

Thinking so, Dudley put two fingers on the monster book.

'It can't be too light, it won't hurt Hermione. ’

So I added a little bit of strength, and then pinched it.

There was a slight click, and the book "The Book of Monsters of the Monsters", which was still struggling in Dudley's hand, trembled like an electric shock, spit out two tongues like streamers, rolled his eyes, and lay motionless in Dudley's hand.

'Hiss'

The originally noisy monster books instantly quieted down, and they all looked at Dudley and pinched the arm of the monster books, and gasped, as if they were greatly frightened.

It seems to be possible, and it's very simple. ’

Dudley handed the monster book to Hermione next to him, and was relieved to find that he was indeed 'honest'.

You'll need a total of 5 copies of this stuff.

So Dudley's eyes turned to the big iron cage again, and the monster books in the cage retreated in unison, and when Dudley put his hand in again, these monster books seemed to be targeted by natural enemies, and they didn't dare not move.

None of them came forward to bite.

So Dudley grabbed four more copies very smoothly.

However, these four books were very honest throughout the whole process, and they didn't move much until they were sealed with rope by Dudley.

This made the clerk of the Blotted Bookstore wonder why they reacted so much when they caught them themselves.

In addition to the monster books, Dudley and the others also purchased books called "Clearing the Fog and Looking into the Future" and "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Magical Texts", which are books about divination and ancient magical texts.

Divination class, ancient magic text, from the third grade, new courses (elective).

It wasn't until Dudley and the others disappeared from sight that the group of monster books began to make a fuss again while breathing a sigh of relief.

The clerk looked at the monster books in the big iron cage and was speechless.

This thing is still bullying the soft and afraid of the hard?

Except for the little episode of the Yokai Book, everything else was purchased very smoothly.

Only passing by a pet store did Dudley stop slightly.

Both he and Harry's birthdays were over during the holidays, but it was Hermione's birthday just a few days after school started.

On her birthday, Hermione gave her a piece of clothing, and every pocket of the dress added a Traceless Stretching Charm, which was almost Hermione's most proficient, and quite useful for a wizard like Dudley who likes to prepare a lot of back.

By the way, except for the Hogwarts required robes and underwear and shoes for private parts, Dudley was basically hand-woven by Hermione from top to bottom.

"Mr. Gerals, did you find the pet I was looking for?"

Dudley pushed open the door of the pet store called Animal Tamer, and said to the young man with flat bangs and squinting eyes in the store.

(End of chapter)