Zhang Xiao looked at the chain on his wrist, although ancient is not necessarily strong, but ancient is generally accompanied by heritage, and there will always be something left behind in a long time.

Although the idea of extreme pureblood is ridiculous, each pure-blood family that has survived to this day has its own unique skills or philosophy.

For example, the Malfoy family believes in shrewdness and judgment of the situation.

The Weasleys were open and inclusive.

The wand craftsmanship of the Ollivanders.

And the Longbottom family is like Bella said - if you want to have a friend who will never betray to the death, then go to the Longbottom family.

But Zhang Xiao really didn't think that the Longbottom family actually had such an oath that has been handed down to this day.

There are about 4 types of oaths in the wizarding world, the unbreakable oath, the Curse of Loyalty of Courage, the Debt of Life, and the Blood Pact.

These four oaths are different from the other three, and it is far less binding than the other three, and is more like an unspoken rule popular in the wizarding world.

That is, when a sorcerer saves the life of another sorcerer, then the saved person owes a debt to the rescuer. The rescued person needs to do something beneficial to the rescuer to pay the debt of life.

The Blood Pact is the kind signed between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, and the two sides must not hurt each other.

But the "Longbottom Oath" does not fall into any of these categories.

It is an oath made by Madame Augusta as the patriarch of the Longbottom family, a contract between the Longbottoms and themselves – a one-way contract.

Binding only on the Longbottom family.

And just now Madame Augusta said that as long as Zhang Xiao's life is in danger, the oath will take effect.

"Zhang, Longbottom's oath—" Madame Augusta pointed to the golden bracelet on his wrist, "it doesn't need to be opened, it will open itself when you feel despair and death is near." ”

Passive items, kind of like your own pendant

Zhang Xiao's expression was a little complicated, this oath meant that the Longbottom family would be completely tied to him.

And when they are in danger, the Longbottom family will risk their lives to help them out of danger.

This return is too great, and the Longbottom family has paid too much, not to mention that Daomen has actually paid far less than imagined.

It's like spending 10 million yuan on the treatment of incurable diseases, which is indeed a huge cost for an individual, but for a top tertiary hospital, 10 million is nothing.

What is more valuable than 10 million is the new ideas and methods developed to solve this problem.

Just like the Daomen, there are two new ways to separate and bind the dead souls, and there is also a new way to return to the soul, from this point of view, the Daomen is earned.

Zhang Xiao finally said slowly:

"Madame Augusta, is this thank you too heavy?"

"No, not at all." Augusta shook his head and said solemnly, "As I said earlier, the reward is not based on what you give, but on what we get.

And the Longbottom family has been passed down to this day, and our creed has never changed—"

The gray-haired old lady slowly pulled out her wand.

Behind her, Frank, Alice, and Neville do the same.

The four Longbottoms gave Zhang Xiao a wand salute with solemn expressions, and said in unison:

"The Longbottom family, if you have a favor, you will be rewarded!"

Zhang Xiao was silent, he had always felt that the Longbottom family had a familiar feeling in his body.

Now he finally knew what it was, it was chivalrous.

After the episode just now, everyone returned to the atmosphere of small talk before.

Soon the conversation turned to the latest headline – Dumbledore's impeachment of Fudge.

"It's hard, very hard to impeach Fudge." Madame Augusta shook her head and said heavily, "Although I rarely get involved in dirty affairs between purebloods, there are some things that cannot be hidden from me.

If you live longer, you will see more.

Although Fudge didn't have much skills in the first two years, he didn't have a deep connection with those people, and only made a deal occasionally.

But now it's different, Fudge is almost wearing the same pants as those people, even Dumbledore, if he wants to impeach Fudge, the price to pay will be huge. ”

The old lady paused and added:

"Unless Dumbledore rushes in and beats the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic, that's going to work, but he's Dumbledore—"

Frank and Alice have just recovered for a long time, and for them, the past ten years are blank, and the wizarding world has changed a lot, so this pair of elite Aurors has no idea about the situation in front of them, so they can only cautiously decide to take a look first:

"I wrote to the Ministry of Magic two days ago, and they told me that Alice and I were welcome back to work, but the Aurors and we might not be able to do it."

The eyes of the two of them were a little gloomy, magic is such an idealistic thing to be used often, preferably every day, otherwise it will be like Lockhart, except for the Forgetting Charm, almost everything else is forgotten.

Soon the two forced a smile again:

"They are willing to give me and Alice a management position, the deputy director of the two offices, work first, study hard, and become the director when you get started."

Frank shrugged: "Director, I didn't expect me to be the director." ”

Zhang Xiao thinks it's normal, after all, although Alice and Frank are not dead, they are all crazy, and they are also enjoying the treatment of heroes, and now that they have recovered, the Ministry of Magic must be placed, and the position cannot be low.

Even if you can keep a mascot, this is the most basic bureaucratic operation system.

"Are you going?"

"Of course!" Alice smiled and said, "You don't have to work hard to get a salary, why don't you go."

And Dumbledore needs us too—"

She hesitated, then lowered her voice, "Need our help to get some information." ”

Frank exhaled and looked at the distant hillside, calm on the surface, but the words he spoke were extremely heavy:

"The battle with the mysterious man is not over yet, the enemy is gathering.

Dumbledore was going to restart the Order of the Phoenix, and he told us not to get involved, to stay quietly at the Ministry of Magic, and let us leave first if the situation was not right. ”

Frank looked at his mother, his wife, and his children, his eyes were gentle, and he didn't see the slightest fear in the three most important people, only the same firmness.

"Escape? How is this possible.

We're Longbottom! ”

Because Neville had to go back to school to go back to school, the Longbottom family quickly said goodbye and left.

Zhang Xiao glanced at the time, it was almost the agreed time, so he simply didn't leave, the scenery here is good, and it is quiet.

Next time, there is no guarantee that Ms. Romersta will be willing to open a third-floor terrace for her own face.

I took out a book from my bag and glanced at the cover - the theatrical version of "Doraemon" (Nobita's dinosaur).

Hey, providence! I wanted to learn.

Zhang Xiao shook her head and sighed, but then plunged into the comics with a smile, who said that adults don't like comics anymore?

In my last life, I bought a bookcase just for the collector's edition!

After a few moments, there was a clattering of the door, and Ron and Harry ran in with a couple of large bags, followed by Malfoy and Hermione.

"Zhang, I brought you some candy, look-"

Before Ron finished his words, he was immediately attracted by the beautiful scenery of the terrace on the third floor, and couldn't help but call out:

"Wow————!"

Not only him, but several young wizards never thought that the Three Broomsticks Bar could see such a view.

Malfoy looked around at the surrounding scenery and nodded reservedly, he slowly walked over to Zhang Xiao and sat down, with a strange expression of pride on his face that he tried his best to suppress.

Pony, what's wrong? Why is it that going to a candy store is like becoming a big guy?

didn't wait for Zhang Xiao to ask, how could Brother Tu, who was eager to show off to his friends, be able to hold back:

"Zhang, it seems that the reputation of the Malfoy family has increased greatly recently, and I have just entered the door when the beautiful lady asks me if I am Draco Malfoy.

Then she invited me here - Zhang, what's wrong with you? ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem—" Zhang Xiao put down the water glass in his hand and coughed violently.

He didn't dare to tell Malfoy, and told the proprietress that if he saw a 'conspicuous bag', he would ask if it was Draco Malfoy.

The beautiful proprietress was still blinking her big eyes and asking herself what conspicuous bag she was coming from.

It was different from the slightly formal chat with the Longbottoms.

The whole terrace is enveloped in cheerfulness and liveliness.

When Mrs. Rosmerta came up to ask for an order, Zhang Xiao remembered her previous advice, so she directly ordered the things she needed at one time, and she could stuff them into the Qiankun bag and take them away if she couldn't finish eating.

"Ding~"

There was a crisp sound between the five large beer glasses, and it was the first time the four had drunk an alcoholic drink, so they were quite excited, and the butterbeer had a layer on top that resembled a milk cap.

When everyone took a big sip and put down the cup, it was like a white beard.

They glanced at each other and immediately couldn't help but laugh.

Then he shouted, I don't know who took the lead, scrambling for the fried chicken and fries on the table, which actually tasted very ordinary, and even Malfoy forgot his 'personality', and his plain scarf and trench coat had long been taken off and still on the side.

His pale cheeks were a little flushed from the effects of the alcohol, and Malfoy's was not good.

It didn't take long for Harry and Ron to take him, completely ignoring their frightened and disgusted faces, turning into chatterbox, blowing frantically.

Hermione and Zhang Xiao sat on the sidelines, sipping butterbeer and chatting about Neville.

Neville's sluggishness is due to 'polysoulism', and now that he recovers, I'm afraid he will have to consolidate his previous knowledge, so he will have to trouble Hermione.

Who else can systematically keep all the notes from the first grade to the present?

Only Hermione.

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1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket

(End of chapter)