The days at Hogwarts

Grandpa Bates was giving Crookshanks a bath. The water in the water pipe was warm from the sun, and the long-haired cat was really hot in this weather. Logically speaking, Crookshanks should be very comfortable, but he was just a cat. Cats, cats are naturally afraid of water and don’t want to take a bath.

It was the first time that Loren and Hermione heard that Crookshanks, who had always been old-fashioned, could howl such a cursing voice, like an energetic young cat, but it just didn't sound good.

But howl returns, you still have to be washed.

The long-haired cat was wet with water, and its ginger hair stuck together and stuck to the skin strand by strand. The kitten, which was not beautiful to begin with, looked even uglier.

After washing to the back, Crookshanks seemed resigned to his fate, his howling became quieter, but his sad expression became more and more sad.

Loren locked a cloud through the gap in the leaves and determined the direction of the cloud. Loren imagined an illusory cloud in his mind. Starting from the position of the cloud just now, it slowly and evenly moved towards another gap in the leaves. .

The clouds in my heart floated, floated, and drifted into the next gap in the leaves.

I close my eyes and count to a hundred, and the real cloud will drift to the next gap.

Loren closed his eyes and waited for a few minutes, tilted his head, and looked at another gap in the leaves——

Huh?

There are no clouds.

Looking back, the original cloud was gone!

Am I such a big cloud?

Just as Loren was looking around for the cloud, Hermione's clear voice rang in his ears: "Loren, last night we practiced the technique of using the Patronus Charm to send messages in the Book of Fantasy. Let's try it now. Bar."

"No, I'm busy."

"?"

Hermione tilted her head and looked at him, Are you busy with Sir Nicholas's head?

So she stood up and walked in front of Loren's head, stretched her hands under his armpits, and dragged him up with a little force like a wounded soldier on the battlefield, until he was under the trunk of the sycamore tree, and then pulled him with a little more force. Get up a little and lean his back against the tree trunk.

Hermione squatted next to him, rubbed his face and said, "Now I'll sit behind the tree, and we'll use the Patronus to communicate. Is that clear?"

Loren blinked: "Oh."

"..."

What do you mean?

Hermione was a little angry, but she also knew that this was a lazy guy. She rubbed the apple flesh on his face and came behind the tree, waving her wand: "[Calling God's Guard]"

The soft silvery white light gathered together to form a small, arm-long dolphin.

The little dolphin swung its tail lightly in mid-air, causing shimmering ripples. Hermione thought for a few seconds, then leaned closer and whispered, "How is the weather today?"

With a slight wave, the little dolphin swam out in the direction of the tip of the stick.

Half a minute later, a swaying silver-light killer whale came closer. It was only the size of an arm. Hermione leaned closer and listened with her ears: "Are you stupid? You can't see it yourself?"

"!"

Hermione took a few deep breaths, resisted the urge to take action, waved away the killer whale patronus, summoned the little dolphin again, and asked, "How will the weather be tomorrow?"

Half a minute later, the silver killer whale came again, bringing someone's mean voice: "Are you stupid? How do I know what will happen tomorrow?"

"!"

I don’t know why, but the message sent by the patron saint quickly went astray.

"You are stupid!"

"You silly."

"hateful!"

"You're hateful."

"bad!"

"You are evil."

"..."

Chapter 393: Slander, pure slander

BBC News: “A few days ago, the Greenwich Observatory observed velocity fluctuations in the fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which has attracted widespread attention from astronomy enthusiasts around the world...

"This comet was discovered by American astronomers Eugene and Caroline Shoemaker and astronomy enthusiast David Levy...

"Initially, the comet broke away from the asteroid belt located outside the solar system and entered the solar system to become a periodic comet. According to the calculation of its orbit, the comet was split into 4 pieces due to the strong tidal force when it was 21 kilometers away from the surface of Jupiter. Broken pieces..."

The square-head TV hanging in the air in the supermarket broadcast the news of the previous day, but no one paid attention to the news content. The customers were busy picking out discounted products and daily necessities that the coupons could be redeemed. Fortunately, the security system of this store was relatively complete, and no one was there. No one stole milk from the shelves and tried to buy it for zero yuan.

Adults such as Mr. and Mrs. Granger and Grandpa Bates were busy shopping for necessary supplies for a long trip. Loren and Hermione strolled around slowly, occasionally picking up a box of snacks and throwing them into the adults' shopping carts.

"Bee stinger spinning wheel...full metal fishing wheel..." Wendell held a box of plastic-wrapped metal products and carefully read the product description on it.

“A must for sea fishing!”

Wendell's eyes condensed, this is it, with him, he will definitely be able to catch big fish!

He turned his head and glanced at Monica quietly, then calmly put the fishing reel into the shopping cart.

Unfortunately, the plastic packaging still made a soft noise when it collided with other items in the cart - a click.

Monica retracted her gaze from the shelf, looked down and saw the fishing boat, and then glared at him bitterly: "Is this something you should bring with you on a long trip, Wendell?"

"I think...right..." Wendell said softly, "Since there is a magic pocket, it won't be troublesome to bring more things, what do you think?"

"Then Loren can also use magic to conjure fishing gear for you. Why should you buy it?"

"Different……"

"What's the difference?"

"It's just different..."

After speaking, Wendell secretly glanced at her expression, trying to guess what she was thinking.

Monica's expression was indifferent and she was too lazy to pay attention to him. This man was hopeless.

Bates walked beside them silently, as if he didn't hear the conversation between the two of them, and took a box of sunscreen and put it into the cart.

He got sunburned last time he went to Egypt. This time the sun on the sea might be stronger, so he had to be prepared.

Loren and Hermione were walking down the aisle with a cup of trial ice cream. From time to time, Loren reached out to pinch the bagged potato chips in the supermarket, hearing the sound of the chips breaking, and took another scoop of ice cream, with a happy expression on his face. .

Hermione looked around warily, a little worried that supermarket security personnel would rush out at any moment and forcibly evict this person, and she would be implicated.

Seeing the girl's expression, Loren asked seriously: "Do you think I am satisfying my own evil taste?"

"Isn't it?" Hermione asked in surprise.

"Of course not!" Loren explained seriously, "Trivia, the products placed in the most appropriate positions on the shelves are all products that are about to expire. I am not doing this to satisfy my own bad taste, but to warn consumers."

Hermione glanced at him dubiously, reached for a bag of potato chips from the shelf, and checked the production date.

Huh?

It turned out to be true!

Loren shook his head and sighed: "Alas, there are not many people as kind as me anymore."

"..." Hermione silently put the potato chips back, "I still think you are doing this to satisfy your bad taste."

"Tsk, it seems you still don't understand me well enough."

"I just think I know you well enough to say that."

"Hey, slander me."

After finishing the ice cream in his hand and throwing the garbage into the trash can, Loren took Hermione to get two samples of jelly, and solved the problem for her on the grounds that she didn't like strawberry-flavored jelly. One serving.

Loren, who had eaten two servings of jelly, threw away the packaging and looked around for tasting spots. He said, "When we come back from the United States after seeing the International Federation of Wizards, we will almost catch up with the excitement of the Quidditch World Cup finals. It will be really fulfilling." It’s my vacation.”

"Aren't you not interested in Quidditch?"

"But I am interested in the excitement. When the time comes, I can watch fans fight, watch players curse, and see many other races."

"How did you know this was going to happen?"

"Isn't that what the World Cup is like..." Loren's eyes rolled around and he nodded with satisfaction, "It's such a fulfilling vacation."

Hermione glanced at him calmly and said slowly, "By the way, when we travel to the United States, I will bring all your homework with me, so that we won't be bored on the ship."

"You are such a strange person!"

Loren frowned and stared at her: "You can just bring your own homework. Why do you need to bring my homework too?"

Hermione said calmly: "Because if I don't drag you to do homework with me, you will use the excuse of lack of time to copy my homework when you come back. I'm afraid I will be deceived by you."

"!"

Loren was shocked and reached out to cover her eyes: "You actually used Legilimency to peek into my thoughts. When did you learn how to do it?"

Hermione took his hand down: "It's not Legilimency, it's what I know about you."

"Oh! Then you are slandering me!" Loren pointed at her.

"You just admitted it."

Hermione took his hand down again, this time squeezing it in her hand without giving him a chance to make other movements, and preventing him from squeezing any more potato chips.

"I didn't, you just slandered me!"

"You admitted it."

"You slandered me!"

"..."

"Don't speak? Don't think I'll forgive you if you don't speak and hold my hand. Where's the lawyer? I'm going to sue you for defamation!"

"There are no lawyers in the wizarding world."

"I'm going to sue you for libel anyway."

"..."

The group prepared things they might need on their long journey, bought fishing gear, and exchanged some U.S. dollars for foreign currency. In the next few days, Hermione forced Loren to finish the homework on Transfiguration and Charms. The homework on History of Magic was left behind. The reason Hermione gave was that after seeing the International Federation of Wizards, she might have a better understanding of magic. Generating new insights into historical topics.

Grandpa Bates asked someone to buy ferry tickets for a luxury cruise ship. They entered the country through normal channels and did not need to apply for a visa.

All preparations for the trip are now complete.

Just waiting to go.

……

New York, Brooklyn.

As the most populous area among the five boroughs of New York City, New York State, some people call it the melting pot of immigrants. As the name suggests, it accommodates many outsiders, some of whom belong here and some who have just come here.

In the residential area of ​​dilapidated low-rise houses, every household has its door locked. It is even quieter than late at night, and it is so quiet that people feel guilty.

This used to be the cheapest rent area in the neighborhood and the first choice for newcomers to New York, but now real estate agents rarely recommend it to clients - starting two years ago, some weird guys have been moving in here one after another.

They never come into contact with their neighbors, and they never show up at night, especially when the moon is full. There will always be all kinds of weird noises in the room, like someone breaking things or scratching the wall with a sharp dagger.

There were even times when wolves were heard howling, and yes, those weird guys had wolves in their homes.

Some people suspect they are drug dealers, others suspect they are cultists. If someone asks, the agent will always keep it secret.

In the southwest corner of the community, in a backlit house.

"Remus, are you sure this is Wolfsbane potion?"

A skinny but energetic young man was lying on the table, with one eye wide open. He looked closely at the fist-sized mud ball in front of him, his face full of distrust.

"I told you, Jimmy, you're going to call me John, John Moon..."

Lupine muttered, looking at the mud ball in front of him, he was not very sure. But this was given to him by Snape before he left, so it shouldn't be a deliberate trick.

Jimmy was a werewolf companion he met when he was wandering in England. He once had a stable job, collecting animal waste in a wizard pet store. The owner of the store was his uncle, so it was relatively stable.

When he transforms on a full moon night, he asks his uncle to lock him tightly in a cage with wild beasts. Even if there are inexplicable injuries, he can be fooled by animals.

Perhaps due to the support of his family, Jimmy did not develop a paranoid and violent personality like other werewolves. Instead, he was a little childish and carefree.

Affected by the "Anti-Werewolf Act" last year, Jimmy's uncle insisted that Jimmy register as a werewolf with the Ministry of Magic, but Jimmy was always unwilling. The two quarreled for several days, which eventually ended with Jimmy moving away.

After Lupine came to the United States, he contacted Jimmy immediately, and with Jimmy's help, he blended into the werewolf community in Brooklyn.