Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 63: Family, Death Eaters, and Witchcraft
"Excellent, really wonderful!" Michael couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "I thought you would just push back!"

Vader had no idea when he had made this Gryffindor impression on him.

"Just look at Malfoy and Potter to see how vengeful Slytherins are." Wade shrugged, used a spell to block out the sound of the carriage, then poured himself a glass of water and said, "I don't want to be harassed by them every day when I'm at school."

Theo nodded. "You're right - Yaxley is a vindictive man, and unlike Malfoy, who only resorts to petty tricks, he likes to use some despicable means, and even the professor has never caught him - Ryan, you should control your temper."

Ryan curled his lips, neither agreeing nor objecting, and asked: "Wade, can the Muggle's...computer really do that?"

He carefully recalled what Wade had just said, and finally extracted a small part of the content that he could barely understand -

“They can buy everything from all over the world at home?”

Wade smiled and said, "In fact, online shopping started about ten years ago. It will definitely become more convenient in the future. But I don't really know much about it."

Wade is not an expert in computers. In his previous life, he was just an ordinary college student. He returned most of the C language programming knowledge he learned to the teacher after taking the exam.

Reborn in this world, because he knew the future development of computers, Wade thought about studying this technology and making WeChat, TikTok, shopping websites, smart phones, etc. available in advance, so that he could become the richest man in the world before the age of 30. But Wade had just started his studies when he received an admission letter from Hogwarts...

Between being the richest man in the world and magic, Wade hesitated for only 0.1 seconds before choosing the latter.

Michael said in disbelief: "But I just saw that you made a very clear point -"

"I just said something I read in a magazine - it sounds scary, right?" Wade leaned against the carriage and said with a smile: "You don't understand, and Prewett and the others certainly don't understand, but I am very confident - they will think I know a lot, but they can't communicate with me, so they have to stay away, otherwise they will feel uncomfortable just listening."

"Merlin!" Theo said with emotion, "I thought you were a computer expert among Muggles! I've watched their TV, and the experts in the TV show didn't say anything as hard to understand as you do."

For a moment, Theo wondered if what he was hearing was English, or a language the Muggles had invented specifically for their computers.

——By the way, Wade seemed to have mentioned this concept just now...what computer language...C, C++, Java, Python...

Theo was lost in thought.

—So Muggles really did that? They invented a machine... and then invented a bunch of complicated languages ​​for that machine...

"You seemed a little nervous just now?" Wade asked Michael, "Who are they?"

"They are a more troublesome group among the purebloods - the kind of people who might readily join the old gang if You-Know-Who makes a comeback."

Michael said, "You probably haven't noticed Yom Prewett before. He is a sixth-year student in Ravenclaw. He is keen on hosting various large and small parties in the common room. He got excellent grades in the Defense Against the Dark Arts course even though he only relied on self-study in the OWLs exam, but he is better at various minor curses. He is narrow-minded, so it is best not to provoke him if you can."

Ryan sighed and said, "I used to think that all Ravenclaws were bookworms before I entered Hogwarts! Did you see the look on that Prewett's face? He looked like he was eager to be Yaxley's pawn!"

"——Because Prewett is not the real Prewett." Theo recalled, "I seem to have heard someone say that his great-great-grandmother married a half-blood wizard named Dion or Dick. Later, when the Pure Blood Directory was published, their family changed their surname to Prewett, one of the 'Twenty-Eight Sacred Clans.'" "Then what?" Wade asked curiously, "Did the Prewett family recognize this relative?"

"No, they have never been recognized by the Prewett family. But both brothers of the Prewett family were killed in the war against You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters. Prewett - I mean, Yom Prewett's father and uncle are now high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Magic. They claim to be pure-blooded Prewetts, but no one cares." Theo looked at the expressions of the people listening to the gossip and said with a smile, "In fact, the people in the school who are most closely related to the Prewetts should be the Weasleys of Gryffindor."

"Weasley?" Everyone was surprised.

"Yes, Ron Weasley's mother's surname was Prewett, and the two brothers who died that year were her elder brothers," said Theo.

"Are they all dead?" Ryan asked.

"Yes."

"It was terrible - I mean the war, thank goodness it's over."

Ryan silently thanked Harry Potter in his heart - although the boy did not show any extraordinary excellence or strength, he really saved the world, and this alone was enough.

Many people, including Ryan's parents, are very grateful and respectful of the boy who survived.

"What about Yaxley and Foley?" Vader asked.

"Yaxley..." Theo's face turned pale. "His father once worked for You-Know-Who, just like Malfoy. After You-Know-Who disappeared, they both claimed that they were under the influence of the Imperius Curse and escaped punishment with money. Unlike Malfoy, his father is still working in the Ministry of Magic. He is said to be a cruel and cold-blooded man. I have no doubt that Yaxley must be good at using the Dark Arts."

Michael was surprised: "Even if they are really under the Imperius Curse, they must have done a lot of bad things, right? And they are still working as officials in the Ministry of Magic?"

"Yeah, that's right." Theo said with a wry smile, "It's incredible, isn't it?"

Michael was silent. This clever boy suddenly felt that the majestic image of the Ministry of Magic in his heart began to collapse.

"As for the Fry family..." Theo continued, "They were once followers of Grindelwald. After that man was defeated by Dumbledore, the Witch Party disappeared from people's sight, and the Fry family kept a low profile. But no matter what, the Witch Party was once more terrifying than the Death Eaters. We must be extra careful of them."

The carriage was quiet for a while.

Michael and Ryan, both of them are half-blood wizards, and they don't know much about the families, forces and wars in the wizarding world, some of which are not recorded in the "History of Magic". Young wizards like them who were born in peacetime mostly think that war is a story in textbooks and a crazy point in exams, but they don't know that the shadow of war is among their classmates.

Thinking of Professor Quirrell who was possessed by Voldemort at school, and then thinking of those classmates who might aspire to become Death Eaters, the young child couldn't help but sigh deeply, feeling very heavy.

The journey after that was very peaceful. Occasionally, there were some students who came to watch the "Inventor of the Book of Friends", but Wade used the "Internet concept" as a weapon to end the topic in a few minutes. By the time he was about to get off the bus, no one came to talk to him about these annoying topics.

The train slowly stopped at Hogsmeade station. The students changed into thick clothes and got off the train. In the distance, the brightly lit Hogwarts was waiting for them.

(End of this chapter)