Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 54 Contract
Even though Steven couldn't wait to write the letter and Wade said it was okay for him to be alone, Steven still didn't abandon his responsibilities and run away.

He discussed the wording of the letter with Wade for a while, and then began to talk about the magical creatures he raised.

Although Professor Murray disagreed with Steven's travel to places where dangerous magical creatures lived, he did not completely reject Steven's dream. After Steven graduated from Hogwarts, he owned a farm, where he raised many "little cuties" over the years.

Wade knew that Hagrid at Hogwarts liked to keep all kinds of dangerous creatures, such as dragons, and called them "cute little animals". He thought Steven was the same, but after learning more about them, he realized that they were all really cute and basically harmless magical creatures, such as ball birds, silent birds, cattails, fairies, cruppies, etc. The most dangerous one was a bird snake, which could expand and contract its body at will and become as big as a dragon, but it feeds on insects, birds and mice.

"I've always wanted to have a grapnel," Steven said. "You know what? It's a kind of Pegasus. A grapnel can fly and run faster than the wind. But no one has ever tamed a grapnel except Sigurd in the myth."

"Is this Pegasus difficult to tame?"

"They are very free-spirited animals who yearn for freedom and don't want to be restrained."

Steven said this, and then talked about other Pegasus - the Thestrals at Hogwarts, the Rune Horses at Beauxbatons, and the fire-breathing Pegasus, Iseron.

Some wizards looked down on any magical creatures other than wizards and regarded them as inferior animals. But Steven was fascinated by it and knew all kinds of creatures like the back of his hand. Wade felt that he had learned a lot just by chatting with him.

Suddenly a person's arrival interrupted their conversation.

That was the blond wizard who was at the small stone platform before. He had a decadent and frustrated look on his face. He came over and greeted Steven, then looked at Wade and forced himself to smile: "Mr. Greg, I'm sorry that we don't have the opportunity to cooperate this time. I hope you can contact me next time you have any new works. I will definitely give you a price that satisfies you."

He handed over a business card with the wizard's name and contact address.

Steven raised his eyebrows and lost his smile. His originally honest and gentle expression suddenly looked a little cold.

Wade took the business card and said with a smile, "I hope I can have this opportunity in the future."

The blond wizard relaxed a little, and hurriedly said his goodbyes and left.

"You're not really planning to cooperate with him, are you? He called your last name wrong." Steven said unhappily.

"Yeah, he called me the wrong name." Wade put away his business card and said, "But it doesn't matter, because I don't plan to remember him."

The blond wizard seemed to have turned on a switch, and two more wizards came to say goodbye one after another. They said similar words before leaving and left their business cards to Wade.

But this time, they finally remembered Wade's full name.

After they left, Steven whispered an introduction to Wade.

"——Don't cooperate with Bolton. He looks easy to talk to, but he is actually cruel and ruthless. He often tampers with contracts, but he doesn't dare to do that to my father."

In other words, if Wade dealt with him, he would easily suffer. A wizard with a middle-parted hair and a beard came to say goodbye, holding a very conspicuous black cane in his hand.

"Mr. Gray, I really admire your talent. Unfortunately, Professor Murray and I have a big disagreement on price. I hope we can keep in touch. There may be new opportunities in the future."

"Of course, thank you for your time and effort in this," Vader said, taking his business card.

【Cyrus Sharp】, this is the wizard's name.

"Sharp is a very capable man. He can always get all kinds of things that are hard to get, including many contraband. I heard that he was in Azkaban three times when he was young. My father actually doesn't like him very much, but sometimes he will buy things from him." Steven introduced later.

"Can you get out after entering Azkaban?" Wade was surprised. In his impression, Azkaban was an isolated island in the vast ocean, a prison where you could enter but not leave.

Steven misunderstood what Wade meant and explained, "Well, because he is very cunning and good at concealing his crimes, each sentence is no more than half a year."

"Oh—ah—so that's how it is."

After hearing this, Wade knew he had made a fool of himself - the movie only showed Death Eaters sentenced to life imprisonment, but that didn't mean that Azkaban only had life imprisonment as a punishment.

The wizards left one after another, and finally only Marchionne was left walking out of the small stone platform. He "complained" loudly as he walked: "Dear Professor Murray, I was once your student, but now I feel like I have never received any favor from you - of course, I am not complaining, I just want to tell you that even if I leave the school now, I will always respect your decision, and I hope you can give me a little attention and care."

He made a very small gap between his thumb and index finger to show how humble his request was.

"Come on, kid, when have you ever suffered a loss?" Professor Murray said unhappily.

Indeed, although Marchionne was complaining, the corners of his mouth could not help but rise, with a smug expression on his face. He walked briskly and easily to Wade, took off his hat and bowed, and said with a smile: "Nice to meet you, Mr. Wade Grey, please allow me to introduce myself - I am Marco Marchionne, and I deal in all kinds of magical items. I believe that meeting you today is a blessing, and I look forward to establishing a deep friendship with you and bringing more good changes to the wizarding world in the future, or in other words - making more money!"

"——Hello?" Wade was startled by his exaggerated movements and subconsciously looked at Professor Murray.

Professor Murray nodded and directly stated the final result: "Marchioni is willing to pay 3 Galleons to obtain the technical license of the Book of Friends. At the same time, he will pay you Sickles for every Galleon he earns from using the Book of Friends in the future."

Marchionne's bright smile suddenly became a little stiff - obviously, although this price still allowed him to make a lot of money, he felt heartbroken and frustrated when he thought that he might not have to pay so much.

So he continued to mutter and complain that Professor Murray was too partial to Wade and was taking advantage of a poor businessman like him.

Professor Murray was unmoved, as if Marchionne's voice was just a buzzing fly nearby. He quickly drew up a contract and, as a witness, urged Marchionne and Wade to sign the contract.

The advantage of the magical world is that you don't have to worry about your business partners breaking their agreements, because the price of violating a contract is often more terrible than death.

(End of this chapter)