Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 59 Rush Buying
The last week of the holiday passed by so quickly that Wade felt that he had only read a few books and time had already slipped away.

What Professor Murray left him was a small matchbox containing a small piece of curled, blue-black flakes, like a dried caterpillar or a wing membrane torn from a bat's wing.

Because he couldn't use his wand, Wade simply used a magnifying glass to observe its appearance. He didn't use more destructive monitoring methods. He could only study it carefully after he got to school.

Just as Marchionne had said, The Book of Friends was released on schedule. Wade also received an invitation to the release date of Aslan's Magic Workshop, and an owl sent him samples - two sets of each style, with a note that he could keep one set and give the other away.

Rather than joining in the excitement of the "first day of release", Wade would rather stay at home and read a book. However, Fiona saw the advertisement for the Book of Friends in the Daily Prophet and was very interested in going, so the father and son accompanied her.

The family drove to Charing Cross Road in Westminster, parked nearby, and walked to the Leaky Cauldron. It had recently snowed, and the ground was wet and slippery. Fiona held Ferdinand's arm tightly, but her feet were still slipping as she walked.

"I really want to fly to the Leaky Cauldron and have some Butterbeer - no, Firewhiskey -" Fiona muttered as she walked tremblingly.

"We're almost there," Ferdinand comforted her. In fact, they had already seen the sign for the Leaky Cauldron.

As Squibs, the Greys were not accepted as students by the magic school, but the wizarding world did not completely close its doors to them. Ferdinand and Fiona both have magic in their bodies, which, although they cannot use it, makes them different from Muggles.

For example, they can see the Leaky Cauldron, which does not exist in the eyes of Muggles, and potions can have normal effects on them.

If they are pure Muggles, some potions that are common to wizards will become deadly poisons when they drink them, such as Bone Spirit; some injuries that are not worth mentioning for wizards will be irreparable serious injuries to Muggles.

When Wade was at Hogwarts, the Greys would sometimes wander around Diagon Alley. Although they didn't have wands, they could enter Diagon Alley by following other wizards when they opened the entrance, and no one would usually say anything.

At this moment, Wade felt that his parents had returned home after entering Diagon Alley. Naturally, they first had a beer at the Leaky Cauldron (Fiona didn't know when she stopped complaining about the hygiene here), and then walked along the winding path to the entrance, all looking at Wade.

Wade took out his wand and knocked on a brick on the wall. A familiar archway immediately appeared, and in front of it was a huge poster -

[Friends' Book, a landmark symbol! ]

[You haven't bought the Book of Friends for your child yet? Merlin, what should he do at school?]

[Top quality, superior but not expensive, an irreplaceable enjoyment in the new era! 】

【With me by your side, the world is different——Communicate anytime, anywhere, the friend account changes our world! 】

"Oh my God——" Fiona couldn't help but exclaim.

Colorful posters can be seen in almost every corner of the sight, and various slogans keep appearing, urging people to buy immediately. Diagon Alley is crowded with parents of children and even many foreign wizards.

They didn't need to go to Marchionne's shop anymore, because there was a sales point every ten meters along the street of Diagon Alley. The clerk shouted loudly: "Limit one book per person! Limit one book! Hey, sir, you took too much!"

"Don't worry! We will produce more products soon! Don't worry, if you are willing to wait for two days, you can sit in the store and take your time to choose! Various styles!"

But no one listened to him. People kept pushing forward, holding Galleons in their hands and shouting loudly -

"Give me three! I have three kids!"

"Don't push the people at the back! Who stepped on my shoes?!"

"I want the red one, give me the red one!" There was a sudden cry from the crowd, and the crowded crowd dispersed with a noise. The two wizards actually rolled on the ground and started fighting. Screams and shouts were mixed together, and soon they were pulled apart by the people next to them.

Fiona swallowed. "Why don't we just wait and see here—"

"——a wise choice."

Ferdinand bought some ice cream, and the three of them sat at a small table outside the store, watching the daunting rush to buy over there.

Fusco, the owner wearing a vest, brought ice cream to the table and said with a smile, "Are you here to buy a book of friends for your children too?"

"Well—yes—" said Ferdinand vaguely.

"Then you better go buy it early." Fusco adjusted his bow tie and said, "I have inside information. Aslan's magic workshop has been working overtime to make the Book of Friends, and this is the only batch left. After you buy this, their staff will have to take a few days off before they can continue working. So if you miss this one, you'll have to wait at least a week before you can buy it again."

Vader looked up at him - no wonder the shop assistants' shouting to maintain order was completely ineffective, with these Diagon Alley bosses spreading "inside information" to create anxiety, of course everyone would worry that they would not be able to buy it.

"What's your inside information?" Ferdinand asked cautiously.

"Oh, the daughter of a neighbor of my distant aunt works in Aslan's magic workshop and is responsible for the production of the Book of Friends, so my information is absolutely true and reliable!" Fusco said proudly.

"Oh——" Ferdinand nodded doubtfully.

Vader: ...

Could it be that Marchionne instructed his employees to release this "inside information"? In order to stimulate consumption, rumors were deliberately spread, with the official propaganda saying "we have a lot of inventory" while someone leaked the inside information that "inventory is tight". Of course, people would choose to believe the latter.

"Wait a week - it's nothing, right? Wasn't it fine when we only had the owl before?" Fiona asked curiously.

"How is this the same?" Mr. Fusco looked at Wade and said, "Think about your son - Madam - when he goes to school, his classmates are all talking about and exchanging friends' books, but he has nothing. Won't he be isolated? At least he will feel inferior, right? Think about that scene - as a parent, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable?"

Fiona imagined what he said - the students in the school were playing in groups, chatting on the friend book, laughing and joking with each other, and her Wade could only stand alone in the corner, watching pitifully - Fiona's heart suddenly became sad, and she nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes! Of course! It's too pitiful, it can't be like this!"

"Yeah, everyone thinks this way - at least let the children bring a friend book to school, so that they won't be out of place with other children - so is there anyone who can resist buying it?"

"I can't help it. I will definitely buy it!" Fiona said flatteringly.

Fusco sighed and left, still expressing his feelings about the love of parents for their children. Fiona looked at the people rushing to buy things anxiously, and suddenly stood up. Ferdinand grabbed her arm again, and Wade looked at her in surprise.

"Ferdie—"

"Wade already has a friend book, remember?" Ferdinand said helplessly, "He has a lot of it, and he can exchange it with everyone he meets. He is not a small pitiful person."

——He himself is the inventor of the Book of Friends, so what kind of book do you want?
Fiona blinked, and suddenly realized: "Oh - that's right!"

Vader: ...

So, you are really motivated, and not just secretly promoting it for me, right?
(End of this chapter)