At times like this, King's Cross will be crowded twice a year, and in mild weather like today, students who leave the school on the Hogwarts Express may have a good holiday. s begin.

The platform was full of parents who came to pick up the students. They dragged their families with their families, their husbands and their wives, and even holding the hands of their younger brothers and sisters who were not yet eleven years old, watching the railway tracks disappear straight into a point in the distance. Anxiously waiting for the children who have been away from home for many days, the closer to the scheduled time of the train, the more silent on the platform, even if the headmaster of Hogwarts is the respected and trusted Albus Dumbledore, but in In such a year, who can guarantee that he will not hear any other kind of doom when he is looking forward to it?

Nelson and Tom were also one of the many parents who were waiting on the platform nine and three-quarters. They were young and out of tune with the environment here, and attracted the eyes of the surrounding wizards and witches from time to time. A slightly bleak story has been choreographed in my heart - two handsome young people without parents, not only have to work hard in London alone, but also take care of their younger siblings who are still in school, and even a few sympathetic The hairy lady wanted to step up and take care of them.

There were a few discerning wizards in the crowd. These Ministry of Magic employees recognized Nelson at a glance, the newly promoted dignitary who has caused a lot of rumors recently but has not moved since joining the job. Some active ones have already begun. Organizing the language, thinking about how to make friends with him by coincidence.

Nelson was wearing a neat suit with one button unbuttoned on his shirt and no tie. He had wanted to go to the Ministry of Magic to take a leave of absence before coming to King's Cross to pick up Christian and Adele with Tom, but at the Ministry He was told that although today is Tuesday, since it has become a habit for wizards with children to ask for leave during Hogwarts holidays, the Ministry of Magic is on holiday on this day, and only some people who need to work overtime will come forward.

"Mr. Williams," the back office clerk across from Ritchie's office told Nelson at the time, raising his head and holding up his eyes, which had been embossed on his nose because of his sound sleep, and said with a strange expression, "you are so Young, have a child at least eleven years old?"

"I'm going to pick up my sister."

"Oh! I'm sorry, we may not have had time to inform you. I'm really sorry. Today is a holiday. If you have children, you can also take a holiday with you." He stood up from his seat with a bang and apologized repeatedly. In fact, it's okay for you not to come to work as before, Minister Rich told us that wizards like you need to find inspiration in life, not just sit in the office like us."

"And... wait?" Nelson raised his voice. "Who told you that I didn't come to work before? I didn't drop for a day, and I added at least five to ten minutes of board every day?"

"Is that so? But I didn't see your name on the attendance sheet," the clerk responded in confusion, "but you don't have to record attendance, and don't worry about your salary."

"Record the overtime pay for me," Nelson left the Ministry in dismay after asking what attendance at the Ministry of Magic was. "Not too much, not too little!"

The tremor under his feet brought Nelson back to reality. He just opened his eyes and was not too excited. Like many times before, this tremor came from the platform next door.

This is the third time Nelson has come to this platform in recent times. The first time is to say goodbye to Ludwig, the second time is to say goodbye to Hogwarts, but this time, it is to pick up a younger Christian and Adele come home.

"Will the car come again?" Tom stood aside, changed a slightly more relaxed posture, stuck his head out and looked at the empty railroad tracks in the distance, and said, "I doubt they can put it in such a short time. The Hogwarts Express will fix it."

"The damage to the car body may be repaired soon, but the magic is probably a big project, and you need to contact the family who was in charge of building the train at the time," Nelson rubbed his hair and said, "The letter said that Hogwarts would still use it. A train arrived on time on the old route, and I'm afraid a new one was used temporarily, or borrowed one from Muggles."

"Borrow?" Tom shook his head. "Hmph."

The tremor of the train passing by was still heard from time to time under his feet. Nelson looked around. Many wizards who looked at him averted their eyes after meeting his gaze. "I think Mrs. Cole can be entrusted to take care of them."

"Mrs. Cole? Forgive her!" Tom curled his lips. "And your conscience really won't hurt by throwing two little girls who have just been on vacation in the orphanage? That's cruel!"

"Leave it to you? You got up later than the twenty-three-year-old old yellow dog we raised diagonally across from us. I'm afraid you still need Christian to cook for you."

"Can't I let Adele cook for me... No, I couldn't get up before, just because I was preparing for an interview, and now I'm ready," Tom argued, "I can take them Take it to Hogwarts."

"Come on, it's even more cruel to throw two little girls who have just been on vacation to school."

"Anyway, they can't be thrown into the orphanage," Tom resisted Nelson's casual proposal, "why would the children with families go there? Jonas' house is so big that there's no room for the two of them. personal?"

"Of course," Nelson understood Tom's idea. He nodded and said, "I will help them make a talisman to ensure that I can be by their side at any time."

"Ugh..."

The faint sound of the whistle came from a distance, and the tremor under his feet never stopped. Nelson narrowed his eyes and looked at the end of the railroad tracks. A brand-new train was spewing steam and slowly approaching from a distance. , no different from the manned trains run by Muggles.

"It's really here."

It wasn't just Nelson who noticed the arrival of the train, many wizards chatting on the platform stopped what was going on and crowded towards the tracks.

The train slowly entered the platform, but the driver did not seem to be very skilled in the operation. In the sharp friction of the brake pads, a group of people waiting on the platform watched the train pass the platform at an extremely slow speed. , the students huddled against the windows cast suspicious glances at the family members they were looking for, and were taken away by the train after a while.

"..."

There was a baffling embarrassment on the platform, and Nelson turned his head and looked at Tom, who was equally bewildered, until the train completely disappeared from the station.

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"Besides, and besides..."

After being silent for about five minutes, the train finally came back. On the roof of the train stood Dumbledore holding his wand high, with McGonagall and Flitwick shrouded in their backs by him. Flitwick's expression was dumbfounding. And Mag can't wait to use that top wizard hat to cover his entire face.

"Sorry everyone," Dumbledore's voice sounded on platform nine and three-quarters, "The Hogwarts Express is undergoing an overhaul recently, and we've used a train that we just bought, and some of the magic's run-in isn't quite in place. "

The train slowly retreated into the platform and stopped, and the three stopped right in front of Nelson and Tom.

Dumbledore winked at the two of them, jumped off the roof of the car, and walked back to the door. Flitwick, who was sharp-eyed, waved his wand and disappeared, leaving only Mag, who had lost his adult, standing on the roof of the car blankly. After noticing the smirking expressions of Nelson and Tom, she raised her chin proudly and appeared in front of them.

"I suddenly remembered that Hagrid's salute was still with me." McGonagall found an excuse before the two opened their mouths, and disappeared in the next second.

Nelson and Tom looked at each other for a while, and finally couldn't hold back. They covered their stomachs and let out a suppressed laughter. By the way, they avoided the curse shot by the exasperated Mag that might turn him into a mouse or an ant.

...

Despite the twists and turns, Christian and Adele finally found Nelson and Tom who were overjoyed. Compared with Adele who was sent by the prefect, Christian was much lonely. After she and Moody waved goodbye , came to the three of them in silence, Tom put down his raised arms, returned the wand he had been holding to tease Adele to her, and took the box in Christian's hand with one hand.

Christian was just about to say thank you, but Tom had taken Adele's wand again and walked away.

"The guy who stole the little girl's stuff should be stuffed into the oil barrel and rolled down the hill, don't you think?" Nelson said to Christian with a smile, "Let's go, what's the matter? Forgot platform nine and three-quarters How to get out?"

"No...no." Christian shook his head and followed Nelson's side to the leaving pillar.

The scene on the road was very strange. Tom had been teasing Adele with a suitcase for two, while Nelson followed behind and cared about Christian's study and life.

"Look, he even forgot to give the box a levitating charm," Nelson laughed a little loudly, allowing Tom to find an opportunity to secretly release the levitating charm with Adele's wand, "Some people like to be brave, you have to Understand, Chris."

Not long after, the group came to a Chinese restaurant that Nelson had already ordered. When the steaming food was on the table, their vacation finally started.

"Nelson, I heard that you found a good job at the Ministry of Magic," Christian lowered his head and rummaged through the beaded bag he was carrying, and it didn't take long to find a small black wooden bag in the bag. box, she straightened up, handed the wooden box to Nelson with both hands, and said softly, "You used to take care of me... I made a gift myself, I hope you like it."

"Oh?" Nelson took Christian's gift box with a smile, placed it on the left side in front of him, and said in a low voice, "Can I open it and take a look?"

Hearing Nelson's tone of voice, Tom covered half of his face with his hand and turned his head to the side.

"Of course," Christian smiled and cast an emotional look at Nelson in a suit, "I've never seen you wearing this kind of dress before, I didn't expect it to fit well, and I hope my gift can also match it. "

Nelson stretched out his hand and stroked the ribbon of the gift box with his fingertips. The tightly bound gift box was opened, revealing a carefully rolled gray tie. Nelson wiped his hand on the hot towel beside him. Carefully pick up the tie and spread it over your leg.

Tom turned his head to look at it, nodded and said, "It's a little difficult to control, but it's okay... By the way, can I trouble you to speak in a normal voice?"

"certainly."

This is a gray formal tie. The fine stitches behind the tie show the maker's intentions. On the dark gray mesh satin, a neat and beautiful pattern of ranunculus acacia leaves is embroidered with frosted silver thread. But without being exaggerated, Nelson looked at the familiar colors and patterns, was silent for a moment, and showed a bright smile, "Thank you, for being attentive, Chris."

"It's great that you like it."

Christian breathed a sigh of relief. Unlike when she was a child, she was afraid of Tom and thought Nelson was easy to get along with. Now she has a growing sense of awe for Nelson, even if he is not much older than herself~www.readwn.com~ and all day long With a smile on her face, she felt more and more that Nelson was more like her majestic elder.

"I'll wear this to work tomorrow." Nelson put away his tie, picked up the chopsticks next to the bowl, and said, "Eat, don't let it cool."

Looking at Nelson playing flowers with two magic wand-like chopsticks in his hands, Tom showed a surprised look. He had never seen Nelson play this kind of talent before, so he could not help imitating it, but quickly gave up.

"By the way, didn't you have a good relationship with Professor Sykes before?"

After the starter was removed, Nelson, who was holding the rice bowl, raised his head, pointed to the plate in front of him with his chopsticks, and said to Christian with his cheeks puffed up, "Try this, it's sweet and sour, you should like it."

"Well, thanks," Christian awkwardly rolled a ball of veggie leaves on the plate with his fork, raised his head sharply, and froze, not even realizing that Nelson caught her falling fork with his wand, After a long while, she blinked and said, "Professor Sykes... I haven't seen her much since she left Hogwarts."

"Do you know where she is?" Nelson asked casually after adding half a bowl of rice, "I remember you were quite close before, and she always tutored your spell classes alone."

"do not know."

"Oh, it doesn't matter if you don't know," Nelson nodded, put a bowl of soup in Adele's small bowl, and said casually, "Tell you the good news, I found her, if nothing else, you See you soon Professor Sykes."

"..."

"The diners' comments say this sausage is not to be missed," Nelson commented, as if it was just casual chat, "but I always feel that it is not Chinese food."

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