Jon's prediction was not wrong at all. At the beginning of August, they received a message from Anthony from America.
"Sure enough, they are fighting. The situation in Eastern Europe is changing day by day."
"It's normal for there to be changes. After all, the situation there is turbulent. It would be strange if there were no problems."
Nodding slightly in front of Helga's portrait, Stephen put the textbook in his hand on the table. In the month since he came to Jon's house, except for the first few days when he played, he had been studying all the time.
He learned a little of the second year's curriculum in school. At Jon's place, with the old textbooks provided by Béla, plus the tutoring of Jon and Lohat, he learned even faster.
Lohat still had some foundation in the second year's curriculum.
Therefore, Stephen's progress could be said to be leaps and bounds in the past twenty days. He learned the second year's curriculum in advance.
Jon did not hide the fact that he was learning Memory Magic from Stephen. There were no secrets between the two of them. Besides, even Helga recognized that Stephen was the real Hufflepuff.
Since Helga had spoken, Jon was naturally even more relieved.
The two children were discussing the current situation in the study. This kind of behavior, in the eyes of outsiders, was a bit ridiculous, but Jon and Stephen were seriously exchanging opinions.
"What did Scully and Feren say?"
"Not very good. They ended their trip early and returned to China because they found something suspected to be the Black Wizard in France."
Stephen briefly read Feren's reply. Scully went to play with Feren during the holidays, but was taken to France by Feren's family, who was preparing to go on a trip. Naturally, he became Jon's tool.
"Scully said that you have to pay them, or else he won't work for you in the future."
"Okay, when we start school, I'll give them a 'salary'."
Jon smiled playfully, which made Stephen feel a chill at the back of his head.
Every time he saw this expression, he knew that Jon was up to no good. When school started, Scully and Feren would most likely be overpaid by Jon because of this "salary" incident.
How pitiful.
"Right." Stephen knocked his head and thought for a moment. "You said that you sent someone to investigate Harry Potter. What's the result?"
"Not investigating him, just collecting information.."
Jon corrected Stephen's wording. On second thought, he really had not been in contact with Joanne recently.
"Then you write a note first, I'll wait for you in the training room.
"That's fine. Speaking of which, why don't you stay here for a couple of days? Anyway, you're going back home to take care of your child. Rather than tiring yourself out at home, it's better to relax here."
"I've been here for a long time, I have to go back home to spend time with my family. I think that what you said to me a couple of days ago is quite right. My parents are just ordinary Wizard. If the Demon King really returns, they definitely won't be able to hold on. I have to go back and do their work. It's safer to have the Founder here than over there."
"In that case, I won't keep you. After you finish your course, I should be almost done with learning Memory Magic. By then, I should be able to free up my hands to prepare for other things."
Stephen nodded and left the study.
Jon sat down, picked up a pen, and began to write a letter to Ms. Rowling.
The investigation in Privet Drive had been going on for some time. He wondered how Ms. Rowling was doing.
After giving the letter to the owl Cain, Jon turned to pack up his things.
While he still had time, he had to prepare some gifts for Stephen's parents.
...
Biro Manor, training room.
The training room was on the first floor of the basement. When it was built, it had been reinforced layer by layer. It could be said that it was the safest place in the whole building.
Recently, Jon and Stephen had talked a lot, including Harry Potter's enrollment next year and Voldemort's matter. With Helga as a backing, everything had a reason.
They also practiced a lot of the use and practical application of magic in the training room. With Kalidi's protection, they didn't have to worry about getting hurt. The only bad thing was that Stephen had been forced by Jon to exercise for a month.
What was the use of exercising and practicing magic?
To avoid other people's magic?
It would be better to learn two protection spells.
Stephen leaned against the training dummy and gently wiped the tip of his wand with a faint smile on his face.
He had been here for a long time. At first, he was surprised many times, but in the end, he had trained to be calm and steady.
If he had learned Chinese, he would have known that this state was called shrewdness.
He had always admired Jon. He had such an extraordinary family background, but he had always lived a rather ordinary life. He even worked harder than most of the Hogwarts students.
Why work hard?
Every time he asked this question, Jon just smiled and never answered.
Perhaps it was because there was no point in answering. Although they were close, there was still a gap.
Speaking of which, Jon had said that he hoped that he could find a goal in life. Now that he thought about it, he really didn't know what he should pursue.
But when he thought about it, after knowing so many secrets, he obviously couldn't keep a distance from Jon.
Of course, he didn't want to keep a distance from Jon.
There was no need. Stephen knew his family's situation very well. Doing things for Jon wasn't just to satisfy the young restlessness in his heart. In fact, he also hoped that his younger siblings could be more helpful when they entered the school in two years.
Not everyone could be as lucky as he was. Stephen was very clear about this.
He always had to think about his family. If the Black Devil really came back, then his parents needed to be protected, and so did his younger siblings.
But how could he have the ability?
The arms of the training dummy creaked and rattled, tapping against Stephen's heart.
As usual, the gentle witch in a purple robe silently appeared in the training room and floated in front of Stephen like a ghost.
Stephen, who saw this scene for the first time, was stunned for a moment, then quickly bowed.
"… Founder?"
"It's me. You don't have to be so polite. I'm here for a reason."
"Please tell me. As long as it's something I can do, it's not a problem."
"It's not a difficult thing."
Helga straightened her face and asked softly.
"Can you keep a secret, Mr. Statham?"
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