Hogwarts: Me? Fight Voldemort?

Number Two, with his hair shaved off, replied with a stiff smile, "Okay, okay, boss."

Harry was a little curious about the two guys in the shop who didn't seem like good people at all. "Who are those two? He doesn't look like a good guy."

"Oh, don't worry about it, they're just two newly hired employees."

The three then went to the reception room, which was not the original one in the shop, but another room next door.

The original reception room has been converted into a bedroom, and Jimmy sleeps in that master bedroom.

After the three sat down, Number Two brought over a strawberry milkshake, placed it down with trepidation, and then retreated respectfully.

Hermione, who had just sat down, immediately asked Harry, "We haven't received any letters from you during the holidays. Are you busy with your homework?"

Harry shook his head. "I've entrusted Hathaway to Ron's care. Uncle Vernon doesn't allow her to fly around here, and of course, there's homework to do too. Oh, and thank you for the gifts."

Not long ago was Harry's birthday, and Hermione sent him a flying broomstick care kit via owl mail order.

Jimmy's gift was a bottle of Dreamless Sleeping Pills, meant to help him process the negative emotions he had been suppressing at Uncle Vernon's house.

"Are they still restricting your personal freedom?" Hermione simply smiled and began to defend Harry, "You should have come here sooner. Jimmy has plenty of rooms for you."

They are not restricting my freedom now...

Harry wanted to say that, but if he did, and Hermione asked him further, he would have to answer that he didn't come to Diagon Alley because he didn't want to bother Jimmy, and then he would be stuck in an endless awkward situation.

Jimmy said, "Do you still want to go back to that house? You can come and stay here."

Harry, who already had accommodation, thanked them, saying, "No need, Minister Fudge booked a room for me at the Leaky Cauldron, where I can stay until the start of the semester."

"Oh, that's a shame," Jimmy said, looking very smug.

There's only one dormitory and one master bedroom here. If Harry moves in, Hermione can move out of her dormitory and sleep with him.

Chapter 187 "No Money"

Hermione asked, "Minister Fudge? Why would he book a room for you at the Leaky Cauldron? There's still almost a month until school starts, isn't there?"

“It might be because of Sirius Black.” Harry also had many questions to share with his friends about this strange incident. “Last night, I… I accidentally inflated Aunt Maggie’s house and then left that house.”

"Wait, what did you say?" Hermione tilted her head in confusion. "You inflated your aunt? Like a balloon?"

Harry was a little embarrassed, but he didn't regret it. "Yeah, and then my aunt and uncle got really angry, so I left."

Then I saw a big dog outside, and as I raised my wand, a wizard bus appeared before me. It took me to the Leaky Cauldron, where Minister Fudge had been waiting for me.

Jimmy already knew the story and didn't ask any questions.

“I thought Minister Fudge would expel me for practicing magic outside of school, but he said it was a minor matter because Azkaban had escaped a murderer.”

Harry had a vague feeling that he was involved in this matter.

Thinking of the most notorious wanted criminal recently, Hermione raised her hand and beckoned, and an old newspaper flew out from between the magazine shelves not far away. "Is it him? Sirius Black."

The newspaper featured a thin man with sunken eyes and a fierce face, who was silently roaring at the three people outside the newspaper.

Harry exclaimed, "Wow, that's cool!"

"Jimmy taught me, and it took me a long time to learn it," Hermione said, smiling at Jimmy.

Jimmy puffed out his chest slightly. "Want to learn? I'm planning to write my learning methods in a book, and I'll give you a copy later."

"Really? Thank you." Harry's anticipation was palpable; this feat of summoning objects from the void was truly impressive.

However, he quickly realized that they were talking about Sirius Black, and immediately straightened up.

"Speaking of which, Minister Fudge told me that Sirius and I have nothing to do with each other, but I feel that he is trying to hide something from me. Maybe Sirius broke out of prison to find me!"

Hermione reread the newspaper article about Sirius Black and speculated, "Sirius Black was the most notorious Death Eater thirteen years ago... You killed Voldemort, could he be trying to avenge Voldemort?"

Minister Fudge is right. You should stay in a safe place. There are Aurors on duty in Diagon Alley; it's safe here.

Harry smiled and nodded. He had no complaints about staying in Diagon Alley and being able to visit Jimmy and Hermione at the Alchemy Workshop.

"Oh! Speaking of safety, Harry, what do you think of the wizarding world right now?" At this point, Jimmy used safety as a starting point to get to the point.

Hermione folded the newspaper in her hand and put it aside. Her body was completely different from her relaxed state just now, and she sat up straight as a pine tree.

Jimmy would discuss the development of the Round Table with Hermione, and because of the funding gap, they had to turn their attention to Harry.

Hermione hadn't thought about Harry at first, and even though she knew Harry's family had a lot of money, she never thought of taking money from her friend.

However, Jimmy successfully persuaded her with his twisted logic and fallacies.

Harry is all alone, and he may also need to protect himself.

Dumbledore never explained what dangers Harry would face in the future, but he could invest in his future.

As close friends, neither of them would harm Harry.

Hermione believed she wouldn't harm Harry, and coincidentally, Jimmy also believed he wouldn't harm Harry.

Therefore, the two jointly issued an invitation letter, stating that if Harry could not come to Diagon Alley, they could only discuss the matter on the train on September 1st.

Luckily, Harry came.

"The Wizarding World? I don't know how to answer that. It's alright... right?"

For some reason, Harry felt that Hermione and Jimmy's demeanor had suddenly changed, as if they had suddenly shed their student identity.

And is this really a topic that third-year students should be discussing?

"So, do you think the wizarding world is safe?"

Jimmy and Hermione had an agreement that if they wanted to get Harry's investment, they had to explain the whole story and their purpose.

Quirrell in first grade, Lockhart in second grade, and now Sirius Black.

The three images flashed through Harry's mind, making it impossible for him to lie. "It doesn't seem very safe..."

Anyone who faces a life-or-death crisis every year would not consider the wizarding world safe.

Hermione's agreement to Jimmy forming the Round Table was partly due to this, and also because spending time with mature people had helped her think more maturely.

“Yes, the wizarding world isn’t peaceful at all!” Jimmy calmly put on a serious expression, pointed at Hermione, and said, “Do you want to know what happened on my and Hermione’s trip to France?”

Harry asked curiously, "What?"

Jimmy said calmly, "Six dark wizards stopped the train in the Channel Tunnel and attacked us. The Killing Curse corroded a large hole in the train door, and Hermione's parents almost died in the tunnel."

"Huh? Is that really true?" Harry's expression was blank, as if he was realizing for the first time how close death was to him.

Even during his adventures at the end of first and second grade, he had never experienced this kind of terror.

Hermione was still frightened by the memory, and nodded slightly to Harry who was looking at her. "The Aurors couldn't get there in time, so Jimmy took care of the dark wizard."

"Of the six dark wizards, one died and one escaped. Of the remaining four, two were taken away by the Aurors, and the other two were captured and forced into labor to atone for their sins."

Jimmy pointed to the floor beneath his feet.

"Those two bald men?" Harry instinctively felt that having two dark wizards around was wrong, but upon closer inspection, he couldn't see anything wrong with it.

They almost killed Hermione's parents, so they should be severely reformed!

Moreover, he unconditionally trusts any magic Jimmy uses, after all, he is a true genius!

Later, Jimmy and Hermione talked about the news they had seen in the French newspapers about the witch hunt.

Seeing that the time was right, Jimmy placed his hands on the coffee table and extended an invitation to Harry, "Harry, we must start thinking about how to deal with potential future crises!"

Harry was a little excited. He wasn't a particularly passionate person, but he was willing to do everything he could to help his friends. "What can I do?"

“Jimmy started an organization called the Roundtable, and we intend to unite more people under this organization, but we have encountered some problems…”

Hermione blushed as she was about to speak, paused for a moment, and then met Harry's earnest gaze to state her purpose.

"We are short of money."

Chapter 188 Harry's Investment

"Lack of money?" Harry was dumbfounded. He had thought it would be an insurmountable problem, but it turned out to be just a lack of money.

There's an absurd feeling that the Earth is facing a crisis of destruction, and the solution is to eat one less bite of meat.

Fearing Harry might misunderstand, Jimmy spread his hands and gestured, "A lot of money, at least 100,000 Galleons or more."

"so much?"

Harry really didn't have much of a concept of Galleons; the money in that vault was enough for him to live on for a lifetime, so he never thought about making money.

However, the number is already in the hundreds of thousands, so it is definitely not a small amount. He doesn't know if he has that many Galleons in his own vault, because he has never counted them.

With a slight hesitation, Harry said, "I don't know how much money is in my vault."

Jimmy patiently explained, “This is an investment. You will have a share in the organization, and this future-growing organization will help us when you need assistance. If you think it’s too much, a few thousand or ten thousand Galleons is fine.”

"I don't think it's a lot, I just don't know how much money I have in my vault."

Hermione pulled out the planning notebook that Jimmy had made for the Round Table from her pocket and handed it to Harry. "We won't force you, Harry. This is our organization's plan. Take a look, but don't tell anyone, because this is a secret organization."

Harry took the notebook and just randomly flipped to a page; the dense words and lines made him dizzy.

But facing Hermione's expectant gaze, he gritted his teeth and continued watching.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Harry figured out what their Round Table organization was.

Simply put, they are a secret organization that protects the world in the dark. They aim to regulate and control the crimes of dark wizards, limiting evil to a certain range.

That's a chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur) way of putting it. In reality, Harry just thought of it as a knightly organization dedicated to protecting love and peace in the wizarding world.

Jimmy and Hermione are playing something really cool, and he wants to join in!

"Go to my vault! I need to see how much money is in there!"

Harry's eyes lit up; he couldn't wait to put his money in.

"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's go!"

Jimmy suspected Harry had misunderstood something, but since the deed was done, he didn't give Harry a chance to figure it out and immediately pulled him downstairs.

“I’ll come too!” Hermione got up from the sofa and put on a brown coat as she went out.

Upon reaching the first floor, Jimmy casually called over Number One and Number Two, asking them to stand behind him and provide support.

There are quite a few people in Diagon Alley who are hostile to them. Although the probability of them being attacked in Diagon Alley is low, it doesn't mean it's impossible.