Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

"Tony, what are you doing?" Ethan felt uncomfortable being stared at by Tony. He covered his chest and pretended to tremble. "We are in public. Be careful of the impact."

"What are you thinking about?" Tony laughed unhappily, turned back to Ethan, looked at him with his chin in his hand, and said, "I didn't expect you... to be so tough. You were hit by the Killing Curse but you're still fine. Do you have any special skills to save your life?"

"Please stop mocking me." Ethan sighed, "I feel like I could die right here at any moment. If you're okay, could you please let me go?"

"Okay, okay, I was indeed abrupt. Just follow..." Tony looked past Ethan and glanced at Alana behind her, and said with a half-smile, "...your girlfriend should leave first."

"Girlfriend..." When Alanna heard what Tony said, her face flushed visibly, and it seemed that she could even see a few streams of steam rising from her head.

Ethan looked at Alana who had turned into a steam princess with a bit of amusement, turned sideways to protect her and laughed at Tony: "Alright, alright, the child is shy to begin with, if you say a few more words she will become unmanly."

"Oh my, I feel bad for you already. You guys are really..." Tony was about to make a few jokes when he saw the strong murderous intent in Ethan's resentful eyes. He quickly changed his words and said, "You guys are really tired. Go and have a rest. Leave the aftermath here to us."

"Well, I'll trouble you two. I'll take Alana and leave first. Bye." Ethan bowed, turned around and was about to slip away.

"Wait a minute," Sarah suddenly called Ethan.

Ethan was startled, trembling slightly as he turned back to look at the smiling Auror, and asked cautiously, "Sister, do you have anything else to say?"

Could it be that she figured out something?

When it’s done, I may have to send it myself.

"I haven't had time to formally introduce myself before. My name is Sarah Briggs. You can just call me Sarah." Sarah walked up to Ethan and extended her hand to him. "I admire your style of doing things. If possible, are you interested in becoming an Auror?"

"What did you say?" Ethan frowned, a little unable to understand what Sarah meant.

"She thinks you are a good prospect and doesn't want to bury your talent." Tony crossed his arms and explained, "To be honest, I have the same intention. You are very talented and have a good personality. It would be a pity if you didn't become an Auror. If you want, we can take the time to train you a little and take you through a few cases to gain experience. Once you graduate, you can become an official Auror. Oh, by the way, this is how I became an Auror."

"...Can you allow me to think about it? After all, it concerns my future life." Ethan stretched out his hand and shook Sarah's hand with a polite smile on his face. "Thank you for your kindness, Sarah."

"Of course, we can wait." Sarah nodded.

"Okay, then we'll leave first." Ethan said goodbye for the last time and left with Alanna.

Sarah said suddenly as she watched them walk away.

"I really like this boy."

"Of course, everyone likes this guy." Tony put his hands on his hips and agreed with Sarah's opinion. "But if we really start training him, who do you think is suitable?"

"I can't do it anyway. I'm not suited to teaching." Sarah sighed and said, "Scrimgeour is a good guy, but he's too busy."

"After all, he is the director of the Auror Office. We who are only good at fighting and killing can't help him much." Tony also sighed, and his depression was visibly visible.

He lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly thought of something and asked Sarah, "What do you think of old Moody?"

"You mean Mad-Eye?" Sarah gasped. "He is quite capable, but with his level of paranoia, do you think he will agree easily?"

"You never know. Hasn't he been training new recruits recently? It's Nymphadora Tonks, whom you know. It doesn't matter if there's one more, right?" Tony shrugged.

"Tonks only agreed because she was familiar with Mad-Eye. Do you think he would agree to train a stranger?" Sarah shook her head.

"How about I go back and test his intentions?"

"Do you think you have a good relationship with Mad-Eye? You made him so mad that he chased you across half of the Ministry on crutches." Sarah laughed out loud as she remembered something funny.

"I feel like our relationship is pretty good, right?" Tony scratched his head awkwardly.

"Then go ahead and try it. I'll book a bed for you at St. Mungo's in advance." Sarah said, pulling out her wand and waving it at the ruins on the street.

"Recover as before."

-

Today I saw some people discussing Ethan's dressing problem.

In fact, Ethan was wearing a British vest uniform (at least that's what it said in the game), so I just took it and used it.

But I forgot that in our impression, when we talk about vests, the first thing that comes to mind is something else (sadness).

Now the description in the chapter has been changed to a vest, and the pictures are attached below, so you can just take a look.

Chapter 71 I am not good at fighting

"So, Ethan, do you really want to be an Auror in the future?" Alanna suddenly asked as she walked shoulder to shoulder with Ethan on the streets of Hogsmeade, holding the cosmetics bag in front of her with both hands.

"It's hard to say. I haven't made up my mind yet." Ethan no longer looked exhausted as he pretended to be in front of Tony and the others. He walked briskly beside Alana and said, "But I think being an Auror is not bad."

Of course, the negative effects have not been completely eliminated. Although large-scale spellcasting and strenuous exercise are still not possible, it has recovered to the level where it does not hinder basic actions.

"I see..." Alanna lowered her head, looking a little depressed.

"Hmm?" Ethan frowned, realizing that Alanna seemed to have something to say but couldn't, so he pretended to ask casually, "What about you, Alanna? What do you think about this?"

"No, my opinion doesn't matter. What's important is your opinion, Ethan." Alana shook her head, raised her head and forced a smile at Ethan.

"You can't say that. It matters a lot." Ethan turned his head to Alanna and said to her word by word, "I really want to hear what Alanna thinks now. Your opinion is very important to me."

"I see..." A hint of joy appeared on the corner of Alanna's mouth, but then she quickly put it away and said to Ethan very seriously, "If I were to tell you what I think, I don't want you to be an Auror, Ethan."

"Huh? Why? Can you tell me the reason?" Ethan raised his eyebrows.

"Because it's very dangerous." Alanna lowered her eyelids and said softly, "Being an Auror means you often have to deal with crimes related to the Dark Arts, and face those evil dark wizards. Even worse, you will run into Death Eaters who are related to the mysterious person (you-know-who). They are all desperate criminals. You may be hit by an Unforgivable Curse as soon as they meet you..."

The girl was babble-ing on to herself, not noticing that Ethan's eyes were becoming softer and softer as he looked at her.

"Sorry, I think I said too much." Alana woke up from a dream and explained to Ethan in a panic, "I don't mean anything else, I just want to tell you that this job is really dangerous..."

The girl's voice became quieter and quieter, and finally turned into a low whisper that only she could hear. She lowered her head deeply and added the last sentence in her heart.

"...and if you do something so dangerous, I will be worried about you..."

"No, I won't find you annoying." Ethan smiled dotingly at Alanna and said, "I'll remember what you said. I'll seriously consider it."

"Okay~." Alanna narrowed her eyes unconsciously, very happy.

As for whether or not to become an Auror, to be honest, Ethan has not yet decided.

Although the work of Auror is indeed very attractive to him to some extent, as Alanna said, Auror is actually a very dangerous job. They need to deal with dark wizards and dark magic all day long, and often get into fierce wizard duels.

But I always feel that with my own fighting power, if I really become an Auror, the style of hunting down dark wizards may change from a Souls-like game to a Musou mowing game.

Ethan: Listen, dark wizards inside, you are surrounded by me! Hurry up and put down your wands, raise your hands and surrender immediately! In this way, I can still let you live!

However, he still had the main quest regarding ancient magic to complete, and he didn't know what kind of big fuss it would cause, so he might not have time to train the Aurors.

All I can say is that plans cannot keep up with changes, so let’s take it one step at a time.

"So are we going back to Hogwarts now?" the girl asked again, her sparkling eyes full of concern. "You should have a good rest now."

"There's no need to go back too early. It's only noon now." Ethan clenched his fists, feeling the condition of his body. "Besides, I'm much better now. It's no problem for me to stay in Hogsmeade for a while longer."

"Well, the Three Broomsticks are right in front of us. I'll take you to try the butterbeer recommended by Professor Figo." Alanna pointed to the pointed-roof stone house with a stag skull and three worn-out broomsticks hanging on it not far away, and asked Ethan for his opinion.

"Okay, then I'll treat you. But..." Ethan smiled, stopped in front of a store, looked up at the sign on the store, and said.

"Let me buy two sets of clothes first."

The Fengya brand wizard clothing store was originally founded in 1750. It now has many branches in Paris, London, Berlin, Hogsmeade, etc. The Hogsmeade branch is run by Mr. Augustus Hill.

Mr. Hill was in the store at the time, sipping black tea from a gold-inlaid English teacup. When he saw the two people entering the store, he greeted them with a smile.

"Welcome. Ah, it's you two. Your presence really makes our little shop shine!"

"Do you... know us?" Ethan pointed at himself and Alanna and asked, "We probably haven't met before, right?"

"Yes, we all saw your heroic fight just now." Mr. Hill bowed slightly to them and said politely, "I am Augustus Hill, the owner of this clothing store, and I am a moderately successful clothing merchant. Thank you very much for your extraordinary courage in fighting the troll. Thanks to you, Hogsmeade can return to its original peaceful state."

"Wait a minute, you saw it all?" Ethan looked confused.

There was no one on the street except him and Alana at that time. Where did he see it?

"Yes," Mr. Hill said with a polite smile, "Although I couldn't directly participate in the battle, I saw both of you fighting bravely through the shop window."

"I see." Ethan understood immediately, and then put on a sad and angry expression, "Then why are you just watching, Mr. Hill? Don't you feel a little uneasy about letting two of us students show up and fight?"

"Well..." Mr. Hill smiled awkwardly, "I am just a businessman. It is a bit too reluctant for me to participate in the battle..."

"What's wrong with the businessman? As a businessman, isn't it normal to protect his goods from being damaged?" Ethan began to exclaim in a pretentious manner.

"I'm really not good at fighting..." Mr. Hill's smile almost froze on his face.

"In that case, Mr. Hill must be very grateful to us for protecting your precious goods, right?" Ethan leaned one arm on the counter and tried to get closer to Mr. Hill. "Is there any... like a discount or something?"

"Of course, of course." Mr. Hill's face was covered with cold sweat, and he nodded awkwardly but politely, "To thank you for your contribution, all the clothes you buy in the store today will be discounted by 20%."

"Thank you very much." Ethan snapped his fingers, pointed at Alanna, and said, "Then manager, please pick out two suitable ones for her first."

Chapter 72 Just because I looked at you more in the crowd

“Thank you for your patronage and we look forward to your next visit.”

Mr. Hill bowed and watched Ethan and Alanna walk out of the store carrying bags, and couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead.

The girl was fine, but the boy who just bargained with her was really ruthless. He didn't think the 20% discount was enough, so he lowered the price to half again.

Fortunately, as a businessman, I had a strong mentality. After bargaining with him for a long time, we finally agreed on a 30% discount, which was not too much of a loss.

No, could it be that his target price is a 30% discount?

"Puchi." As soon as she walked out of the store, Alanna couldn't help laughing out loud.

"What are you laughing at?" Ethan was carrying a bunch of handbags in one hand and strolling slowly on the street, looking very comfortable.

"You didn't see Mr. Hill's face." Alanna recalled Mr. Hill's sweaty face when Ethan was bargaining just now, and the corners of his mouth curled up even more. "You are really something. You bargained so hard. Aren't you afraid that Mr. Hill will feel that he has lost too much and turn against you in anger?"

"That's not happening." Ethan shrugged and explained seriously, "Alanna, you're worrying too much. You have to know that clothing is a highly profitable business. Let alone the 30% discount in the end, even if it was 50% off, Mr. Hill would definitely not lose money."

After all, there is no clothing store with a gross profit margin below 50%.

Oh yeah, except for the two dollar store.

"Yeah, I see. I roughly understand it." Alana nodded with an expression that said "I understand, but I can't learn it."

"But Ethan, you are still very good. I can see that Mr. Hill was completely led by your rhythm when bargaining. How did you learn these things?"

"Then I can only say that this is the most basic skill, my dear friend." Ethan shrugged and answered seriously.

All I can say is that the old British gentleman has never seen the momentum and psychological game of bargaining in Chinese vegetable markets.

The number of strange DNAs that suddenly awakened has increased.

"Basic? It always feels difficult." Alanna puffed up her cheeks and pouted her lips slightly, a little indignant at Ethan's perfunctory attitude.

This guy is definitely showing off to me, he has to be!

"It's okay. If you want to learn, I can teach you." Ethan felt that Alana was a little upset, so he quickly comforted her, "I promise to teach you until you learn it."

"No, can't I take you with me when I go out shopping next time?" Alana smiled cunningly and threw another straight ball to Ethan.

Let you just be Versailles to me!

This ball is the product of my fifteen years of hard work. Let me see how you receive it!

"Okay." Ethan showed a mysterious smile and nodded to Alanna. "If it's about being with you, I'm happy to accompany you anytime and anywhere."

"Then... I'll leave it to you." Alanna lowered her head, her face visibly red all the way to her ears.

Ethan looked at the girl beside him who had turned into a blushing steam princess and shook his head in amusement.

Alanna, you still want to fight me? With your high attack and low defense character, you fell before I even put in any effort.

Oh, that's not right. Why does the car speed seem a bit high?

Alanna quickly recovered from her shy state, blinked, swung the bag in her hand slightly, and said softly: "But, Ethan, you can just buy a few clothes for yourself, why do you have to buy them for me..."

"Because I think," Ethan, who had turned into a wooden man at the moment, flirted with Alanna without changing his expression or heartbeat, "Wouldn't it be nice for a girl to dress up a little? Not to mention that you have a good foundation to begin with, wouldn't it be nice to buy a few more clothes to change your style?"

"I appreciate your kindness," Alanna blushed slightly, "but these clothes are a bit too expensive. You don't have to take care of me like this."

"You can't say that. After all, you brought me to Hogsmeade, and I have nothing to repay you for." Ethan scratched his ear and said awkwardly, "Besides, I think my aesthetic taste is quite poor, and the things I buy may not suit your taste. It's better to let Mr. Hill help you match some clothes."

"Then just one set is enough. There's no need to buy so many." Alana shook her head and then muttered to herself, "Besides, I like everything you buy."

"Right? I remember that girls need a lot of kinds of clothes." Ethan began to count them on his fingers, "Wear at home, wear for shopping, wear for parties... It would be a bit bad if I don't buy them all for you, right? Oh, by the way, I haven't bought you underwear today..."

Ethan suddenly realized that he seemed to have said something outrageous, so he quickly pursed his lips and put on an innocent face to try to get away with it.

"Pervert!" Alanna blushed and said coquettishly, then she ran a few words to distance herself from Ethan, turned around and looked at Ethan, tilted her head slightly, and said, "But I am very happy today. I encountered such a strange thing with you in Hogsmeade... Although there were some minor incidents, I am really happy!"

"Yeah, I've been through a lot. I'm very happy too." Ethan also smiled from the bottom of his heart, then he thought of something and began to frown and think.

What happened today was indeed a bit weird. The sudden appearance of the giant monster, and the ability to be almost immune to all damage from ordinary magic attacks, plus my almost exhausted state...