Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 62 Pride and Prejudice

"Boom, boom, boom."

There was a gentle knock on the carriage door.

Theo, who was near the door, stood up and opened it. "Hello?"

Wade and the others heard voices coming from outside -

"Mancini? Are you in this carriage?"

"I heard that Weed Grey is here—"

"It seems that I have found the wrong place - I should go a little further -"

The people outside were discussing among themselves and were about to go to other carriages to look for him, but an inadvertent glance allowed him to see Wade sitting inside.

The student was stunned for a moment, and the indifference on his face had not yet disappeared, but in the blink of an eye it turned into a warm smile -

"So you're really here?" He pushed Theo aside and walked in with the other two people, saying as if he was very familiar with them: "Hey, Gray, how was your vacation?"

Theo was squeezed into a corner, helplessly watching three students who were much taller than him walk into the carriage, making the space suddenly seem cramped.

--Who are you?

Wade raised his eyebrows slightly and was about to speak, but Michael suddenly interrupted him. He stood up and said with a smile: "Long time no see, Prewitt. I heard that you went to Iceland for Christmas?"

Prewett then turned his gaze to look at him, and said with a smile: "Yes, I saw an impressive scenery. After I came back, I heard about the Book of Friends -" He looked at Wade and said: "- it was amazing! I immediately bought a complete set of hardcover versions of the Book of Friends. There are twelve books in total, corresponding to the twelve months of the year."

Michael cooperated and boasted: "As expected of the Prewett family, even Marchionne had to give in. We only got one copy of the limited edition. If we want to buy the second copy, we may have to wait two weeks."

"Don't worry, it won't take that long. As long as there's money to be made, Marchionne will be as fast as riding Graling. Of course - only the first batch of the December limited edition will be sold, and only to truly ancient and noble pure-blood families, unlike some... well, different."

He said this with a haughty, meaningful look, as if he had glanced at Theo carelessly.

The Mancini family was not bad, at least they were much richer than the Weasleys. But Theo was sorted into Hufflepuff, and he seemed to be labeled as a "fool" and was immediately swept into the lower level of the contempt chain by these arrogant pure-bloods.

Ryan's face was cold, and he was about to stand up, but Theo held his shoulders and stopped him from speaking.

Michael seemed not to understand his implication, and said with a smile: "The Prewett family is indeed very old - these two are -"

The two people standing behind Prewett kept looking at Wade with interest, and occasionally looked at Michael. The two Hufflepuffs were completely ignored by them. There were large patches of green with silver stripes on their scarves, and their expressions were a little gloomy - it was obvious that they were all Slytherins.

Among the several colleges, the only one that has a relatively good relationship with the Snake College is the Eagle College. However, this is just a good relationship in that they will greet each other and say a few words when they meet, and they are polite to each other. They don't often travel together.

Prewett was waiting for someone to ask him, so he introduced him: "This is Gaston Yaxley—"

The blond, thick-browed boy smiled and nodded at Vader.

"This is O'Neill Foley—" The dark-skinned boy with a softer face smiled cordially.

"——They are all sixth-year Slytherin students. I heard that the inventor of the Book of Friends is in this carriage, so I wanted to meet him."

As Prewett spoke, although there was still a smile on his face, his eyes looked at Michael firmly, indicating - get out of my way, kid!

Michael couldn't stand in the way any longer, so he had to move aside awkwardly. He turned around and winked at Wade, silently conveying the message.

The boy named Gaston Yaxley then stepped forward, extended his hand and said politely, "Hello, Mr. Gray."

Under Michael's slightly nervous gaze, Wade stood up and shook hands: "Hello."

Although the tone is bland, people will naturally be more tolerant towards talented people.

As long as it is not a direct rejection, Slytherin considers it a friendly gesture.

Yaxley smiled faintly on his pale face. "I didn't expect the inventor of the Friends' Book to be so young. Ravenclaw hasn't had such an outstanding student in many years. Mr. Gray, you are a truly capable and talented person. You will be no less talented than Terence Morris in the future. I think you need a bigger stage to fully display your wisdom."

He paused, then stretched out his tone and said, "The Yaxley family is willing to provide you with some help."

Although Prewett was still smiling, a hint of jealousy could not be suppressed on his face.

Michael looked at him, then glanced at Foley on the other side - the Slytherin had an impeccable smile on his face, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"Thank you very much for your kindness. I am deeply honored." Wade said politely, "But I am only an apprentice in alchemy. I am far from being comparable to Professor Murray."

"Of course - Professor Murray's level is beyond doubt, but I admire your future more." Yaxley's words revealed an unintentional superiority: "Although the alchemy level of the Book of Friends is very basic, many sixth and seventh grade students are able to do it, but what is more admirable is this fantastic idea - how did you come up with it?"

Wade nodded and said, "Speaking of this, I'm not the first to come up with this idea - do you know the Muggle Internet?"

"——Muggle?" The faces of the three people changed almost at the same time, as if they heard some polluting term.

"Yes." Wade smiled and said, "The core protocol of Internet communication is the TCP/IP protocol. By dividing the data into data packets for transmission, the client sends a request to the server, receives and parses the server's response. The server then returns the processed results to the client. The operation instruction sequence and the original data are in the process of input..."

Wade politely explained the working principles of computers, and then talked about the Internet, cloud computing, electronic chips, wide area networks, data planes and other messy concepts. He also talked about the future of e-commerce, the deep integration of artificial intelligence and big data, blockchain technology and digital currency.

He was the only one who spoke in the carriage. Everyone else stared blankly, as if they had turned into ignorant babies. Some students who had heard the news and wanted to meet Vid Grey stood at the door and dared not come in, as if there was some strange seal here.

When Wade stopped for a moment, the three people who had resisted interrupting him out of politeness immediately stood up and said goodbye. Their faces were as pale as if they had just been washed by a rainstorm, and their backs even looked a bit embarrassed as if they had fled in a panic.

Theo walked over to close the door, and saw the few people in the corridor hurriedly avoiding his sight, as if they were afraid of being pulled in by him and having their brains filled with magic music.

Theo closed the door and locked it with a spell, and all four of them laughed.

(End of this chapter)