"I've got you covered, and I'm looking for your money." The boss handed over fourteen silver sike along with the materials.

Roque took it, said thank you, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by the boss again: "By the way, Roque, I forgot to remind you, you better be careful lately......"

"Huh? What does it mean? Aphrodisiac? Roque wondered, "That's just a little trick, it's useless to me." ”

"Haha, I didn't mean that." The boss looked through the glass window, looked outside, and then lowered his voice: "I heard from my friends in the Ministry of Magic that a horrible murderer has escaped from Azkaban!" ”

"Azkaban is a lonely island, full of horrible Dementors, and I'm scared to death when I hear it, this is the first time I've heard of anyone escaping from it! The news is true! ”

The boss looked at Roque worriedly, "The Minister of Magic, Fudge, is an idiot!" This news won't be suppressed for long, and it is estimated that the Daily Prophet will report it in the next two days, no! It may even be published today. ”

Fudge has always been like this, and when he encounters bad things, he always drags them out first, for fear that this matter will affect his career, and the boss has seen through him thoroughly.

We're probably in the first phase of Fudge's four-step approach: "We claim nothing happened," and the boss speculates that it won't be long before it fast-forwards: "Maybe we could have done something about it, but it's too late." ”

A wizard murderer was roaming outside, an adult wizard like him was fine, a young wizard like Roque...... Thinking of this, the boss was even more worried.

Roque spends two months in Diagon Alley every summer, and almost all the shop owners here are already familiar with this delicate-looking little wizard, so it can be said that Roque is exactly what they grew up watching.

Even last year, Roque wanted to help him work here and earn some gold Galleons, but unfortunately the Ministry of Magic forbade child labor, otherwise the boss really wanted Roque to live with him.

Not only does it look pleasing to the eye, but it is estimated that it can also attract a lot of business.

After hearing this, Roque stood there with a solemn expression, and then he asked seriously, "Murderer? Is it Sirius? ”

"Ha~ You guessed it right! It's him, the famous Blake. ”

Sirius' escape from prison caused Roque, who had been living a peaceful life, to notice some information in an instant.

In the original book, Sirius escaped from Azkaban after seeing Ron's mouse in the newspaper and discovering that it was turned into Peter Pettigrew......

But now what is he running out for? Roark remembers that when he was in first grade, Mouse Spotted left Ron and disappeared.

"Do you have the Daily Prophet from the last two days?"

Considering that newspapers were Sirius' only source of information, Roque decided that the matter should be investigated.

"Nope." The boss waved his hand: "Roque, you know me, I never rely on newspapers to get gossip." ”

“…… All right. Roque sighed and turned to leave, and with the sound of the bell at the door, he walked out of the potions material store.

But after a while, the bell on the door of the shop rang again, and someone came in, three little wizards.

"Boss, what did Roque just come here to buy?" The leading little wizard asked breathlessly.

The boss narrowed his eyes, he knew the little wizard who came, it was the Malfoy family, one of the rich man, and the two followers behind him, who were also rich man.

"I'm sorry, but this is the customer's privacy, and I don't have the right to tell you." The boss smiled.

Malfoy wants to take the Golden Galleon out: "We can ......"

"Get out." The boss waved his hand impatiently, like chasing flies.

The three little wizards looked at each other, and when they saw that the boss was tough, they really didn't know what to say, and finally it was Malfoy's follower Crabbe who stepped forward and scratched his head, and held back a sentence: "That...... Do you have an aphrodisiac? ”

Boss: "......"

Hell yes!

"Get out!"

The three were immediately kicked out.

……

"Crabbe, were you stupid just now?" On the street of Diagon Alley, Malfoy covered his face with a depressed face.

"Yes...... Didn't you say that you wanted to do what Roque wanted? Do you please him? Crabbe explained at a loss: "I just had a flash of inspiration, and I think the aphrodisiac works faster. ”

Malfoy: "......"

Forget it, what is he doing with these two big smarts, Malfoy sighed.

"Malfoy, why do you suddenly want to curry favor with Roque? Didn't you walk around him all the time? Goyle, on the other hand, didn't understand that Malfoy had taken the wrong medicine.

Crabbe also chimed in: "I testify that he blushes and detours when he sees Roque, and I have seen it several times." ”

"How can I blush?!" When Malfoy heard this, he immediately turned red: "You two! That's his seductive magic! Alas, forget it......"

"I was looking for him because I wanted his help......" Malfoy whispered.

The two asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?" ”

Malfoy: "......"

Malfoy didn't say anything, because it wasn't for the two young wizards of Crabbe to know.

How so...... He thought his father was a little weird for the past two years, and sometimes he always hid in his room, talking to a diary, and he looked like he was in a low voice......

Moreover, his father had always strictly forbidden him to stay away from that room, and warned him that it was for his own good.

Malfoy didn't feel anything strange at first, but lately his father's face had become more and more gloomy, giving Malfoy a sense of impending a storm.

Maybe the notebook is a demagogic dark magic item.

He wanted to help his father share his worries, but there was nothing he could do......

And when he thinks of demagogy, Malfoy is most impressed by Roque, who thinks he might have something to do with that weird diary.

Although it is a bit strange to put hope in his peers, Malfoy has an inexplicable confidence in Roque, and even thinks deep down that Roque may be more reliable than his father.

"Then it's better to buy some expensive gifts and send them over, or just send them to Galleons." Crabbe proposed again.

"You'd better shut up......" Malfoy whispered helplessly, "It's too unintentional to send gold Galleons...... What if you offend someone? ”

"And......" Malfoy remembered Roque, who had made a name for himself in the school in his first year of school, and he couldn't help but feel a little overjoyed when he thought of this, and he still remembered Roque's demeanor at that time—that kind of magic that overpowered everyone.

"I don't think someone like Roque would be impressed by such a superficial gift." Malfoy turned to the two of them and explained, "The gift to him must be done with care!" ”

……

Bang! Roque returned to the Leaky Cauldron and closed the door.

"So poor...... It's really poor. Roque carefully counted the fourteen silver sike that his boss had given him, and then solemnly placed them in the shape-shaped-lizard skin purse around his waist.

His money isn't as expensive as his wallet......

This transformer lizard skin wallet is considered a luxury, and the money bag made of this scaly material maintains the characteristics of a transformer lizard, shrinking when approached by strangers, and because it shrinks and enlarges itself, its storage space is also very amazing, and it is a status symbol of the rich man.

This was a gift from the people of the Snake Courtyard in the first place.

To be honest, Roque feels that the people in the Snake Courtyard have a bag in their brains, and he Roque is an orphan, does he look like a rich man?

When he was in the second grade, he was thinking about working part-time to earn some pocket money!

Roque had the idea of selling the gifts given to him by the rich second generation of the Snake Courtyard when he had Christmas and his birthday in the past two years.

But...... When it was time to sell, Roque hesitated.

First, other people's gifts are not very good to sell, and secondly, the people in the Snake Courtyard are too good at picking things, and they give all the things that Roque uses, which is as accurate as Cook's knife technique.

Roque thought that he was in politics, and money didn't seem to mean anything to him, and most of the things he usually wanted to use were given away.

So much so that it wasn't until the summer school didn't allow him to stay in school, and Roque needed to find a place to live, that he suddenly realized that this magical society needed gold gallons.

It's a pity that he is not old enough, and he didn't dare to ask for a part-time job last year, but fortunately, his strength is not bad, and Roque started a business selling some potions in Tumbledown Alley last year.

"Yes, when this pot of wolf poison potion is made, another twenty-seven gold gallons will be credited to the account......" Roque set up the crucible, calculating his profits.

Although the entire group of werewolves is relatively poor, there are some rich people in a group after all, and wolf poison potions are destined to be scarce, so it is easy to sell and exchange money quickly.

Relying on the potion craft, he is not short of small money, at least the money from living in the Leaky Cauldron Bar can still be earned.

But in the end, it's still too thin-skinned...... If he mentioned it, there must have been money for him in the academy, and even in the past two months, Hermione had mentioned asking Roque to stay at her house for a while.

When he thought of giving money, Roque thought of Harry, who was very pragmatic in giving himself gold gallons every Christmas, which touched Roque very much...... I don't know how Harry is doing at his uncle's house.

Ever since Voldemort hibernated, Dumbledore had stopped using Harry as bait as he had done in the first year, and had honestly kept Harry by the side of the blood.

However, if Roque wants to say, staying next to Dumbledore may be more useful than staying next to blood relatives.

"Knock knock!!"

Suddenly, a snow-white Scottish round-faced fat chicken banged on Roque's window.

"Hedwig?" Roque put away the potion he had just made, opened the window, and let in the white snowy owl - it was Harry's owl.

Roque took the letter from it and fed Hedwig a snack.

Harry's uncle's house was on Privet Road, in the small Whitking borough of Surrey, barely a suburb of London, and the letter was probably written yesterday or this morning, depending on the distance.

Roque opened the letter and found that the content was similar to what he thought, as he grew older, Harry finally had an independent heart, he couldn't stand the life at his uncle's house, school was about to start, and he wanted to come to the Leaky Cauldron to live with him.

"Hmm...... I think I can save a lot of money......"

……

Privet Road.

Roque's apparition shifted to the door of 4 Privet Road.

The sky in London is always gloomy, either in the rain or on the rainy road, there is no rain on the side of the Leaky Cauldron, but on the side of Privet Road it is pouring down.

The violent raindrops hit Roque's body, forming a transparent human-shaped rain curtain, and these raindrops were all isolated around Roque's perimeter.

"Ding Dong!" Roark rang the doorbell.

"Harry! Harry! Go open the door! There was a voice from inside the door.

The door opened, Harry lowered his head and opened it, and suddenly he felt something familiar with the person in front of him, and when he looked up, he realized that it was Roque!

"Roque, why are you here?!" Harry looked nervously behind him and whispered, "My aunt has been staying at home recently......"

Aunt? Roque seems to have the impression that in the original book, because of scolding Harry's parents, Harry was so emotional that he went into a magical riot and blew her up like a balloon.

"Harry? Who's coming? ”

Uncle Vernon came out of the house with the newspaper.

"Uh......" Harry was a little overwhelmed.

"Hello, sir." Roque took off his hat, put it on his chest, and said politely, "I'm Harry's classmate, school is almost starting, and I want to invite Harry to live with me." ”

Fellow school? Schoolmate!

Oh?! Vernon took a deep breath and hurriedly turned back to find the gun.

"Your family's welcome ceremony is really special." Roque smiled.

"Don't talk about it, let's get inside!" Harry saw that it was raining heavily outside, and Roque didn't have an umbrella, so he hurriedly pulled him into the house, which was a rare hard time at his uncle's house, but as soon as he touched his sleeve, Harry realized that Roque's clothes were dry.

Uncle Vernon ran out with a shotgun: "Damn it! How did you let him in! ”

"Hey! Vernon! What are you doing? Put the gun down. Aunt Petunia and Aunt Maggie hurried over from the cafeteria.

Aunt Maggie, Vernon's older sister, knows nothing about the wizarding world, except that her brother is pointing a gun at someone else at the moment.

Vernon looked at Roque, sweat falling from his forehead, he knew that his sister Maggie didn't know anything, so he had to grit his teeth and whisper to his wife Penny, "He's Harry's classmate!" ”

"Oh!" Penny screamed in horror.

"Vernon." Aunt Maggie laughed relaxedly, "A little kid, I thought someone had burglarized!" Alright, keep eating! ”

She smiled and turned back to the restaurant.

Leave the Vernons in a dilemma.

"Don't be nervous, Mr. Dursley, I don't mean it badly." Roque smiled and raised his hand, shaking it and holding it to nothing.

The Vernons looked at Roque, as if Roque's special affinity temperament had played a role, and the two gradually reduced their hostility.

"Come in, we're just eating." Vernon was silent for a moment, then walked towards Roque for the restaurant.

When they arrived, my aunt was already seated, and Harry's cousin, Dudley, was watching the cat and mouse.

After that, there was a strange scene, with Roque being placed at the table as a guest while Harry was cleaning up the plates.

On the ground was Aunt Maggie's dog, with whom Harry was standing.

To Harry's surprise, Roque seemed to be in the house for only a few minutes before he surpassed him.

"I really didn't expect ......" Aunt Maggie said with brandy in her hand, as if she had drunk too much, "this inferior breed actually has a classmate like you." ”

"Oh yes, uh, where did he go to school?" Aunt turned to look at Vernon.

"Hmm...... St. Brutus, the school where the incorrigible child went was just right. Vernon hurriedly explained, glancing at Roque and Harry.

St. Brutus, a school for juvenile delinquents in the Security Center.

Roke raised an eyebrow, looked at Mr. and Mrs. Vernon and smiled, "This is the first time I've heard that I went to St. Brutus." ”

The Vernons' faces changed suddenly, but fortunately Aunt Maggie had drunk too much and didn't listen to Roque.

"Ha, I knew it was genetic!" Maggie drank the brandy in her hand and explained with a smile, "The defects of the inferior breed cannot be hidden. ”

She picked up her dog and said, "I don't think it's related to his father, it's his mother's fault, dogs are like that, if something goes wrong with the female dog, the puppy must have a problem......"

Maggie said this as her husband's sister, but it was extremely unpleasant to Penny's ears.

It was as if she was disgusted with her, but because of her aunt's wealth, Penny had to put a smirk on her face.

"Smack!"

Maggie suddenly stiffened as she spoke, and she collapsed on the table with her eyes glared, her face slamming on the plate, making it make a crisp sound.

"Oh my God!"

"What's going on?!"

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon screamed.

"You did it!" Vernon looked at Roque, who finally reacted and wanted to pick up the shotgun from the wall again.

only to find that Roque was already standing in front of the wall at the moment, and took the shotgun down.

This action frightened Vernon, and he trembled and escorted his family behind him.

And Roque's action was beyond his expectations, Roque took the shotgun and handed it to him: "Here you go, your sense of security." ”

"I understand you, but I would be nervous and scared that people who claim to have come out of the wizarding world come to their homes, and that power is unknown, and this mystery will indeed cause fear to people."

Vernon swallowed, and he slowly shifted his steps as he slowly took the gun from Roque's hand.

In fact, he also knew that this gun might not be useful at all, it was useless the last time he faced the giant, and the only effect was to make himself less afraid.

At this time, there happened to be a cat and a mouse on the TV, and Tom was holding a shotgun, but the shotgun was as soft as a tired middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man, Vernon, was just about to question why his sister had suddenly collapsed, when he heard Roque's explanation: "I'm sorry, I didn't come here with malicious intent, I really just came to take Harry's classmates away, but this Madame Maggie's remarks are really not very pleasant." ”

Penny on the side nodded quietly, feeling secretly refreshed.

"You see, Mr. Vernon, Miss Penny agrees with what I said."

Vernon turned his head to look at Penny suspiciously.

"Uh, no......" Penny hastily denied.

"Yes." Roque nodded: "Harry's mother is a wizard, and Miss Penny, as her sister, is naturally a wizard, and the hidden bloodline is said to be an inferior breed by Muggles, and it is normal to feel uncomfortable." ”

Penny's face froze.

Under Vernon's gaze, she pretended to be indifferent and put on a smirk: "I...... Not a witch, and don't care about this thing. ”

She remembered bad memories of sending letters to Hogwarts when she was younger, with a longing for magic, but the kind Dumbledore rejected her in his gentle tone.

It's not just a rejection by one person or a school, Penny feels like she's lost half of the world, or the most bizarre and fanciful half.

Every day and night since then, her most common dream has been to fantasize about her sister's wonderful adventures in the wizarding world, and she wakes up as a Muggle and lives an ordinary life.

"My mother has been a wizard in this vein, a hidden bloodline...... Does that mean it's possible for me to be a wizard too? Dudley said in surprise.

Roque looked at Dudley and said, "In that Maggie's unflattering words - just like dogs, if something goes wrong with a female dog, there must be a problem with the puppy......"

"But it's too harsh and too insulting."

"If we were to be the principal, he would say that expectation is a subtle violence because it requires others to obey our will. And when things don't go your way, the violence of this expectation will be waved at you. ”

Petunia froze, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

The thing that I couldn't ask for many years ago suddenly turned into a blade and stabbed at the dark disease again.

(End of chapter)