Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Late at night, after his wife was completely asleep, Ferdinand put on his clothes and went to the balcony. He wanted to light a cigarette, but his hands were shaking so badly that he failed several times.

After finally lighting the cigarette, he took a deep breath. The smoke blurred his eyes and also blurred the lonely London at night.

It was not until this moment that Ferdinand was completely overwhelmed by the overwhelming fear.

His Wade... his smart, sensible, well-behaved and kind son... his brain was worth at least a million pounds, and he had a huge fortune that could be cashed in at any time... he followed some strangers to a completely unfamiliar place... if Wade was in danger... if he was hurt... what could he do as a father...

The wizard came and went without a trace, and Ferdinand didn't even know where to find him...

He smoked one cigarette after another, and his body was shaking from his fingers to his toes.

The night was chilly and shivering.

……

Upstairs, Wade watched the smoke drift away in wisps and saw the faint flames flickering again and again.

He leaned on the railing, raised his head slightly, and saw the waning moon like a silver hook hanging on the top of a tall building.

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!"

Suddenly there was a cry of surprise from the crowd, and the crowded crowd dispersed with a loud noise. 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?

Chapter 60 Farewell

The next morning, when Wade was woken up by his father, he found that it was an hour earlier than the alarm clock had set.

"It snowed last night, Wade." Ferdinand was still cold, and he urged, "Get up quickly, we have to leave early today."

Wade sat up from the quilt, pulled his messy hair, and opened the curtains. He saw that the snow on the windowsill was about two inches thick, and the yard was also white. There was a circle of footprints around the car, which was left by Ferdinand when he was clearing snow in the morning.

Wade dressed quickly and went downstairs for breakfast, where he heard his parents arguing in the kitchen—

"Listen, dear, it's too cold today. There's no need for all of us to go to the station. It's enough for me to go and see Wade off alone—"

"But I also want to see Wade off. I won't be able to see him for half a year after he goes back to school—"

The two talked for a long time, and finally Ferdinand insisted on letting Fiona stay at home - he usually obeyed Fiona's every command, but once he made a decision, no one could go against his will.

When the two came out of the kitchen, Wade pretended not to hear their quarrel. After breakfast, he asked, "Mom, can you help me take care of Miss Ava first? When the weather is good, I can let her fly to Hogwarts by herself."

"Okay!" Fiona agreed happily, and immediately made a plan: "I can make owl food for her myself. General Bud's rations are almost finished. And Millie, I think she may need to lose weight. The running wheel I bought before was also bitten -"

Milly is Fiona's pet hamster, a shy little creature who doesn't usually require her to worry about her.

Ferdinand breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was no longer concerned about the farewell issue and was instead focusing on the pets. They quickly finished their breakfast, and Ferdinand picked up Wade's large suitcase and stuffed it into the trunk.

"Goodbye, Mom." Before getting in the car, Wade turned around and said goodbye. Fiona stood in front of the door and waved vigorously.

The car slowly left.

As Ferdinand expected, the road was slippery due to the snow, and the cars were driving very slowly. Even so, there was a collision, and two cars stopped on the side of the road, with some broken parts scattered on the snow.

It was very quiet in the car. Wade looked out the window, and suddenly his eyes blurred. A gray car appeared next to them as if it had squeezed out of thin air.

"what!"

"What's wrong?" Ferdinand looked into the rearview mirror and caught his son's surprised expression.

"Nothing... I think I saw a car rear-end..."

"Yeah, it's a common thing." Ferdinand didn't get distracted and focused on looking ahead to avoid a sudden accident where he wouldn't have time to brake.

Wade watched the gray car next to them drive parallel to them for a few minutes, and then suddenly disappeared from his sight. When he found it again, it had just chased the car in front of it across the intersection, and the next second the green light turned red.

No one on the street noticed anything, including Ferdinand, who did not notice the car that seemed to be leaping forward.

——If an ordinary person could see it, it would probably be regarded as a ghost story, right?

Vader couldn't help but think.

The slowly moving car finally arrived at King's Cross Station, and there were still more than ten minutes before the departure. Ferdinand took the suitcase off the car, put it on the trolley, and pushed it all the way to Platform 9 3/4. When he arrived here, Ferdinand walked slower and slower, and finally had to stop.

Vida grabbed his hand.

"Come in together, Dad," he said.

Ferdinand smiled bitterly and said, "No, Wade - I'm not a wizard, I can't -"

"Sure." Wade interrupted him and said, "Platform Nine and Three Quarters has no magical restrictions, even Muggles can enter. It's just that there is a spell cast by the Ministry of Magic, and Muggles usually ignore it."

"So - I -" Ferdinand took a deep breath and stared at the brick wall in front of him as if he was looking at a monster: "I can also - enter this platform -"

"Sure, come with me."

Vi pulled his hand and led him forward. Ferdinand looked nervous, and when he was about to hit the brick wall, he couldn't help but close his eyes.

Nothing happened.

But there was suddenly noise in my ears.

A crimson train stopped at the platform, all the doors of the carriages were open, and children in Hogwarts uniforms leaned against the train windows to say goodbye to their parents. The platform was also crowded with people, some children were running around in a hurry, and some were hugging their parents reluctantly.