Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Cats were walking around freely on the ground, and owls in cages were turning their heads to look around. Older students gathered together and started discussing their holiday homework, and some students were struggling to get out of their mothers' arms, saying, "Don't kiss me like that, Mom - I'm not a child anymore -"

"Have you put away your friend books?" An old lady who looked very stern said to the child next to her, "Don't lose them. Remember to keep in touch every day."

The silly-looking child next to her said honestly, "I know, grandma."

"Can I have another friend book, Dad?" A girl begged while clinging to her father's arm: "I have many friends at school - my sister hasn't started school yet, you can buy her one in a few days -"

"Don't even think about it—" a girl who was obviously younger than her jumped up and down and yelled, "Don't even think about it—that's mine—"

Looking around, at least one out of every three passengers was talking about the friend book, some couldn't wait to take out paper and start writing, indulging in "online chatting", and some took out the friend book every once in a while to see if there was any new message. In order to reply in time, they even put a portable pen in their chest pocket or on their ears.

Ferdinand watched this scene with almost obsession - Nine and Three Quarters Station was different from Diagon Alley. It was the starting point of his dream of magic, but it ultimately shut him out. When he was a child, he had imagined countless times that he would embark on a journey here, but in the end, he only stepped into it for the first time when he was thirty-two years old.

After a while, Ferdinand withdrew his gaze and said in a suppressed, slightly trembling voice: "Let's go, Wade - let's find a carriage for you."

They walked along the platform for a while and found an empty carriage. Wade put his suitcase away, got off the train and said goodbye to his father.

"Vade—"

Ferdinand put his hand on Wade's shoulder and tried to say something, but the words failed to come out.

Tell him to study hard?

——Weid has studied harder than anyone else.

Tell him to build good relationships with others?

——Ferdinand himself has said this many times.

Tell him...his parents will always have his back and he can seek help from his family no matter what problems he encounters?

——But Ferdinand knew clearly that he and his wife were completely powerless in the face of wizards. Even if Wade really asked them for help, what could they do for him besides empathizing with his pain?

After a long while, Ferdinand's palm tightened slightly: "We are always proud of you, Wade. No matter what challenges you encounter, don't be afraid, don't hesitate, and ask the teacher for help in time when you encounter trouble. Do you understand?"

Wade nodded, looked into his father's eyes, and asked softly, "Dad, you didn't want me to go to Hogwarts, did you? Why didn't you stop me?"

"...I can't, Wade." Ferdinand smiled bitterly, "I want to, but I can't - because I have heard that if underage wizards cannot learn to control their magic, they will generate a dark force called Obscurus - destroy themselves - destroy everything -"

So he could only watch his son with worry as he entered the slaughterhouse that was like a death harvester in his eyes...

Can't be stopped.

Can't be stopped.

Chapter 61 Train, Hyena

A sharp whistle sounded, and all the doors of the train closed. The front of the train began to move forward with a clang, spewing steam. Wade waved out of the window and watched his father's figure gradually disappear into the distance.

He turned around and sat down, feeling heavy in his heart.

The friend account felt slightly hot. After opening it, I saw that there were several more sentences on the first page:

[Fiona: Is the journey smooth? The train should have departed by now, right?]

[Fiona: Miss Ava seems a little unhappy. I think it might be because you didn't bring her with you.]

[Fiona: Is it cold on the train? ]

Wade smiled, took out a pen and replied one sentence at a time -

【Wade: We had a smooth journey. The train just departed. Dad should be on his way home.

If Miss Ava is unhappy, maybe you could feed her some dried fish? That's her favorite snack, I remember it's on the second shelf of the cupboard. Or some dried beetles or locusts, she would be happy too - but don't feed her too much, otherwise it will easily cause gastrointestinal problems.

Of course, you know these.

Also, there was probably a warming spell on the train to maintain the temperature, so it wasn’t cold and the scarf was also warm.

I'll remember to take more pictures. 】

"Hey, Wade!" When Wade was about to stop writing, Michael poked his head in and said happily, "I knew you should be in this direction - guys, here it is!"

He waved in the other direction, then dragged his suitcase into the car, saying excitedly, "Big news, isn't it, Wade?"

"——What?" Wade was a little confused.

"Of course it's the Book of Friends!"

Michael pulled out his wand, let the box float to the luggage rack and put it away, then sat down and said, "Before school started, my parents were eager to buy a copy! When they knew I had a whole book in my hands, they were all shocked! But I thought it was a secret among SSC members before, but I suddenly heard that it was already on sale in Diagon Alley - so the rumor is true, right?"

"-What rumors?" Wade found that after three weeks of not seeing each other, he had a hard time keeping up with Michael's topic.

"Oh, we all heard about it. Some people even came to ask me because they knew we were in the same grade -" At this time Theo also came in and continued: "- but I have to say, they didn't seem to believe it. They thought someone was lying!"

"Hi, Vader. Long time no see—" Ryan followed in and said, "I guess you rarely check the SSC chat page?"

"Well - because I still have to read..." Vader asked.

"I guess that's it, otherwise you wouldn't have said anything--" Ryan shrugged: "Let Theo explain, he knows better."

Theo Mancini, although his surname is not among the legendary Twenty-Eight Holy Clans, he is actually a pure-blood and is well-informed.

"It's like this. There were rumors before the Book of Friends came out—" Theo looked at Wade and said, "They said that there would be a new, cheap, and more convenient way of communication that might break the loose structure of today's wizards and make the relationship between people closer—"

Michael said, "I guessed at the time - maybe they were talking about the Book of Friends -"

So even though he had a book of friends in his hand, he didn't dare share it with his parents or friends. Instead, he put it at the bottom of a box. Every day, he would take out the book of friends and chat with his friends secretly, under the pretext of studying, and would tell them not to reveal the book of friends to anyone else.

But at that time, except for Michael's friend list, everyone else had at least given a page to their parents. So everyone hurriedly patched up the matter and told the parents to keep it secret.

Unexpectedly, two or three days later, the gossip seemed to have spread all over the world and everyone knew about it.

"During those days, our Floo powder was used up several times faster than usual." Ryan said, "Many people wanted to get involved. My father said he knew a pure-blood noble who was trying every means to get the agency rights in America—"

"But Marchionne, the owner of Aslan's magic workshop, is a cunning and elusive character - this is what my grandfather said." Theo continued: "He said that Marchionne is like a hyena. If someone provokes him, he will pull the enemy's intestines out of... his ass."

Mancini's grandfather's words were actually more vulgar, and Theo was too embarrassed to repeat them, so he just mumbled them.

"No one dares to provoke Marchionne - no one has ever taken advantage of him. However, some people say that Marchionne also obtained the patent authorization for the Book of Friends from someone else, and the inventor is just a first-year student at Hogwarts -" Theo looked at Wade.

"Someone was trying like crazy to find you. I was really afraid to hear your name at that time, Wade." Ryan said with some worry.

Theo continued, "But the great alchemist Terrence Murray publicly stated at a banquet that the inventor was his student, and he would never tolerate anyone causing trouble or trouble to his student. If anyone bypassed him to find his student, it would be regarded as an insult and provocation to Terrence Murray-"

Ryan added: "It was only after this that I realized that Professor Murray had a very high status in certain fields - and there was Dumbledore in Hogwarts -"

At this point, a witch pushing a cart selling snacks happened to pass by the door. They stopped talking and each bought some snacks.

Then the interrupted topic continued.

"Professor Dumbledore also said that he hoped everyone would respect his students. Otherwise, he would have no choice but to defend the rights of his students. Suddenly, everything was calm again."

As Theo unwrapped the chocolate frog, he said, "I heard that those people with ideas are now going to Marchionne again. Maybe they think it's cheaper to provoke Marchionne - oh, my chocolate frog!"

The frog suddenly jumped out, and Theo tried to catch it but failed. Finally, Wade stopped it before it jumped out of the window.

"Thank you, Vader."

Vader handed over the Chocolate Frog and asked, "So... my name hasn't been spread?"

"Most people don't know. Many of them think she's a sixth or seventh grade student!" Ryan said, "But I guess it can't be hidden from those pure-blood nobles - even if Professor Dumbledore and Professor Murray say so, but Wade, you'd better not be alone in school -"

Michael put his arm around Wade's shoulders and said with a smile, "Don't worry, we will be inseparable like conjoined twins. By the way, brother, it is rumored that Marchionne spent a large sum of Galleons to buy the royalties. Some people say that you are rich enough to rival a country. Is that true?"

While the other two avoided the topic, he asked it frankly.

Vader tried his best to speak calmly and not to sound boastful, "It's not that exaggerated. It's only 50,000 Galleons."

Michael grinned as if he had a toothache: "Fifty thousand Galleons! I have never seen so much money in my life!"

Theo smiled relaxedly and said, "Some people say it's a million Galleons! That's nonsense—"

Ryan suddenly pressed his shoulder, and Theo immediately stopped talking.

There was a knock on the door outside the carriage.

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.