Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 114 Chocolate

Lupin looked somewhat disapproving, but after a moment's silence, he finally respected Harry's choice.

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but their expressions twisted a little when they thought about being "forgiven" by Harry.

"that……"

Harry looked at Lupin, not knowing what to call him, and looked at Vader for help.

"This gentleman is Remus Lupin, my tutor and a close friend of your father."

“You can trust him,” Vader introduced.

"Mr. Lupin." Harry pointed to the bottom of the stairs and asked, "Can you help me open this lock?"

"of course can."

Lupin was eager to do something for him at this moment, so he immediately used the Unlocking Charm to open the lock. He glanced at the small and dark storage room without paying much attention.

Harry handed the owl cage to Wade and squatted in front of the storage room, rummaging through various personal belongings - wands, robes, magic books, cauldrons, broomsticks, and the friend book at the bottom.

As soon as the summer vacation started, Vernon locked all his things in this small storage room. Harry tried his best to at least save the Book of Friends from him...

"It's just a piece of parchment or two!"

Even if he jumped up, he couldn't reach the book of friends in Uncle Vernon's hand, so he could only shout angrily.

But because of his concern, Fenong was the first to take away the Book of Friends and hid it in the deepest place.

"Don't even think about it!" Vernon yelled at him in a terrifying voice, "Don't even think about polluting our home with your evil things!"

……

Harry shook his head, as if trying to get rid of those bad memories and this dark storage room from his mind.

He stuffed everything into the box, stood up, smiled with relief, and said, "Vader, Mr. Lupin, let's go."

He didn't look at the pale and stiff Dursleys, nor did he care about Dudley shivering in the bathroom. With every step he took out of the house, happiness swelled in his heart.

Wade accompanied him away and asked, "Did you hear what I just said?"

"Yeah." Harry responded in a very soft tone.

"You should know that not only today, but before you turn eighteen, the Children's Act will protect your legal rights," Wade said.

The Dursleys turned pale and looked like they wanted to gag him.

Of course, Vader said this on purpose for them to hear.

Harry thought he could leave the Dursleys forever, but Wade knew that he would have to come back and live here for a while every year before graduation.

He reminded Harry: "Don't think that you can't fight against adults if you lose your wand. In the world of ordinary people, the law is a weapon that can protect you."

"I see. Thank you... Vader."

Harry thanked.

No one had ever told him that he could protect himself in this way.

Of course he understood that Wade had given him a powerful weapon... No one knew better than him how much Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia feared that their family would be "different."

If the police came to the door of their house, it would be no different from asking them to die.

Lupin followed them in silence, and as he was about to leave, he turned and looked at the Dursleys.

"I know that you and Lily didn't have a good relationship back then." He said in a cold tone, "But if...if something happened to you and your wife eleven years ago..."

"James and Lily would never treat your son like this!"

…They walked quietly for a while.

Because of Lupin's last words, Harry's eyes suddenly became moist. He blinked hard and secretly wiped them quickly with his sleeve.

Vader and Lupin pretended not to notice.

When the moisture in his eyes was finally suppressed, Harry heard Hedwig making a loud and strange cry in the cage.

Wade raised the cage, frowned at the snow-white owl, and asked, "Is it hungry?"

"Ah, it's suffocated!" Harry hurriedly pulled the latch on the cage: "It has been locked in the cage and hasn't been able to stretch its wings for a long time."

As soon as the cage was opened, Hedwig flew out eagerly and disappeared from the sky in an instant.

Harry watched it disappear, and his stomach suddenly growled. He quickly covered his hungry stomach and looked at the other two awkwardly.

"Uh... where are we going..."

Vader and Lupin stopped and looked at each other.

"Let's go to the farm first." Wade said, "Everyone is waiting for Harry there!"

Lupin nodded: "I also need time to prepare, at least I need a house... uh..."

He said awkwardly, "Harry, I don't think I've asked you yet, are you willing to live with me?"

"Although you are still a stranger to me, James and I are really good friends... If you are willing, I will take care of you like a father..."

"Live with you?" said Harry. "You mean... away from the Dursleys?"

"Of course." Lupin bent down and said seriously, "I have been homeless for the past ten years, and I still live in a tavern now... But if you want, I can buy a house. The conditions may not be very good..."

"Of course I do!" Harry interrupted him, saying excitedly, "Are you short of money? I have a deposit in Gringotts..."

Harry would naturally be happy to leave the Dursleys.

Although he didn't know Lupin yet, he trusted him, and the impression Lupin made on him was a million times better than that of Uncle Vernon.

"You don't have to pay, Harry. That's the inheritance your parents left you."

Lupin patted his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Thanks to Torvid, I now have some savings... and houses in the countryside are not expensive."

He looked at the two of them and said, "I'll take you to Graling Farm first...I'll pick you up when I'm ready, Harry."

"Great...a farm?"

Harry realized it belatedly.

"You've missed a lot." Wade said, "We'll talk on the way."

He raised his wand, and a moment later the purple bus popped out, and the trash cans on the side of the road jumped out of the way nimbly, startling Harry.

"Welcome aboard the Knight Bus, an emergency transport service for witches or wizards in distress—"

The young man with a pair of protruding ears leaned forward, and before he finished his opening remarks, Wade had already thrown down a few gold Galleons and pushed Harry into the car.

"Glaring Farm, thank you. And - chocolate, too."

"Okay, okay... like a regular customer already, huh?"

Stan Shunpike pocketed the galleons and offered hot chocolate with a broad smile.

Harry couldn't wait to take a big sip. As the bitter, sweet and fragrant aroma melted on his tongue, he felt his hungry stomach finally relieved.

A new life seemed to be gradually unfolding before him.

(End of this chapter)