After Snape walked into Q&W, he said a few words to Kami before leaving. The whole process was clean and efficient.
He only nodded slightly at Mrs. Weisles and Quirrell, and threw the little Raptor to Harry.
Harry watched Snape's black robe gradually disappear from his sight.
He then looked down at the little Raptor in his arms. The little guy was looking up at him innocently.
It did not seem to have any reaction to its owner's departure.
Instead, it cast an excited look at Harry. Harry could not help but recall the fear of being stuck between the cabinet and the ceiling that day …
"You must be honest with me …" Harry lifted the little Raptor up.
He sighed.
Ginny and the others, who did not know the truth, were really confused by the little Raptor's smile.
They surrounded Harry one after another. Some wanted to touch it, and some wanted to hug it.
Harry was so scared that he said repeatedly, "It will bite … It will bite …"
Fortunately, the little Raptor had been trained by Snape for a long time.
It had become a lot more well-behaved, and it was smart enough to know that it was probably going to be a domestic Pikachu in the future.
,
At least on the surface,
It was quite docile.
A pretty girl carefully reached out to touch it.
The little Raptor even tilted its head and rubbed its head against the girl's hand.
Ginny felt the fluffy and warm feeling in her hand. For a moment, it was as if fireworks exploded in her head. She could neither speak nor hear. "Hey, hey, hey, Ginny? Ginny?! Oh my god, she has a nosebleed … "
After that, Percy wanted to buy a new feather pen, so he left first. The twins wanted to stay and talk to Quirrell about some new products. So, after Mrs. Weisles and Kamia said goodbye to Quirrell, they prepared to take the rest of the children directly to Lihen Bookstore to buy textbooks.
But before they walked out of the store, Kamia said that she wanted to leave for a while, "… Just now, Professor Snape told me that Dumbledore seemed to have something to say. He asked me to go see him as soon as possible."
Mrs. Weisles immediately said, "Then you go first … Do you want to give Tommy to me?"
It was probably not appropriate to carry a child to see Dumbledore. Moreover, when he heard Dumbledore's name, Tommy, who had been obedient, suddenly struggled.
"I'm afraid the child will make a fuss …" Due to some unspeakable reason, Tommy had always been resistant to Weisles, who were loyal to the Phoenix Society. He had never obediently let Molly carry him.
Kamia looked at her little daughter with a faint smile and gently patted the child's little butt. Then, she looked down at the children behind her: Ron was lying on the glass display window, looking at the novel prank toys, Hermione was excitedly waiting for the bookstore to make a big purchase, Luna was silently standing at the back, lost in thought, Ginny's nose was stuffed with cotton to stop the bleeding, and she was still holding the little rabbit tightly in her arms. Harry … Harry's eyes were wandering, pretending not to hear anything.
"Harry," Kamia called out, "Help me carry Tommy back. Hermione will help you bring your textbook back."
"What?!"
Before Harry could object, a little Tommy was stuffed into his arms. Then, a certain irresponsible mother quickly fastened the straps on Harry's head and said, "Just borrow a fireplace from Mr. Quirrell and go straight back to my humble abode. Don't lose my daughter!"
Mrs. Weisles hurriedly pulled Kamia, "Harry is still a child!" How could he take care of a younger child!
"It's okay," Kamia smiled indifferently and said without thinking, "Harry and Tommy have a good relationship!"
As soon as she said this, Harry and Tommy, who were staring at each other, froze. However, Kamia threw a glance at Tommy, who pursed her lips and forced herself to cheerfully say "Ah" to Harry.
Mrs. Weisles looked at the two children and could not tell if they really had a good relationship.
However, the "sensible" Harry looked up and smiled at her. He said obediently, "Then I'll take Tommy back first. It's just two fireplaces. I won't mispronounce the name of The Humble Abode."
"My little Harry!" There was still a line of children waiting to buy textbooks. Mrs. Weisles could not be in a deadlock for too long. Seeing that the three parties had made their stand clear, she could only agree to Kamia's arrangement. She first watched Harry take Tommy into the fireplace, and then Kamia took Luna to leave.
"Kamia! Why are you taking Luna with you? "Mrs. Weisles shouted.
Kamia tidied Luna's hair and said with a smile, "I don't know. Dumbledore asked me to take Luna with me. By the way, Hermione, help Luna bring a set of textbooks. I know you have a magical little bag."
Hermione nodded. Kamia shrugged at Mrs. Weisles and said, "Then I'll take Luna directly to Professor Snape's place with Phantom. Then I'll borrow his fireplace to see what our old principal has to say."
Thus, from the time they walked into Q&W to the time they walked out, the group had shrunk by at least half. Mrs. Weisles looked at the remaining children and shook her head. At least she felt a lot more relaxed!
There were quite a lot of people in Lihen Bookstore. Mrs. Weisles shielded Ginny and Hermione in front of her. Ron followed closely behind. They squeezed to the bookshelf and took seven sets of Lockhart's books in one go.
Ron held his and Harry's books. He felt his arms ache immediately. He could not help but complain, "Is this Lockhart here to teach or sell books?"
"Don't talk bad about the teacher!" Mrs. Weisles immediately gave Ron a knock on the head. At the same time, her eyes kept drifting to the side. There were several large billboards of Lockhart. Most of them were left behind from his signing event a few days ago.
Sure enough, when they went to pay the bill, the shop owner boasted to them about the lively scene a few days ago. "… My shop has been crowded several times! If you had come a few days ago, you could have asked Mr. Lockhart to sign a few books with photos! "
Mrs. Weisles and Hermione immediately showed a regretful expression. Ron wrinkled his eyebrows. Only Ginny, who was holding the little Ruby, asked in a daze, "Mr. Lockhart is so famous?"
"Ginny!" Ron quickly answered before Mrs. Weisles could. "Go back and look at the mother's magazines in the kitchen. Like 'Lockhart Teaches You 100 Life Magic' or 'How to Be a Quiet Handsome Man'. Then you'll understand!" He did not want to provoke his mother by telling her about Lockhart's charm.
It sounded like a mother's milk killer. Ginny immediately lost interest. Mrs. Weisles could only glare at Ron, shut up, and pay the bill. Then, she asked Hermione to pile the small mountain of books into a small bag.
Buying textbooks was the main purpose of their trip to Diagon Alley. Later, Hermione mentioned that she wanted to buy a pet of her own this year. Ron also wanted to buy some potions for Scabby. "It's been shedding fur recently. It's almost like a rag!"
"Okay, then let's go to the pet shop next!" Mrs. Weisles decided. "Then we'll buy a new robe for Ginny!"
"Mom …" Ginny pulled Mrs. Weisles' sleeve. "Why don't you take Ron and Hermione to the pet shop first?"
"Ginny, dear — what's wrong with you?" Molly only felt that today's trip was really tiring. Why did everyone want to go alone?
"Mom …" Ginny hugged the little Ruby and acted like a spoiled child to her mother. "I'm not going anywhere. I'm just going to stroll around here and read the books here, okay?"
As soon as she entered the door, she was shocked. Although the front of Lihen Bookstore was not big, there were many bookshelves upstairs and downstairs. Her eyes were full of books! Ginny had not seen much of the world in her life. In her shack, only Percy's room had a lot of scary inspirational books like "How Prefects Get Power." In Lovegood's house, there were a lot of absurd "Singing Different Songs." The eleven-year-old Ginny did not realize that a house could be filled with so many books until she walked into Lihen Bookstore.
"Mom, I promise, until you come back to pick me up, I won't walk out of Lihen Bookstore!" Ginny learned from the little Ruby and acted cute to Mrs. Weisles.
"… Okay." Mrs. Weisles rubbed Ginny's head and said helplessly, "Don't be naughty."
"I promise — Ouch!" Ginny gave a military salute and was knocked on the head.
Ginny, who was left alone, eagerly walked through the bookshelves. Looking at the neat spines and gilded titles, she breathed and sighed. The shop owner noticed her, but seeing that the little girl did not move and did not look like she was going to stop reading the books, he left her alone.
"Pikachu, there is a book called" Where Are Magical Animals? "I don't know if you are in it." What the shop owner did not know was that Ginny did not know that she could take a book from the bookshelf and flip through two pages. She only knew that she could not use the book without paying for it.
Although it was not rush hour, most of the books on the first floor were Hogwarts textbooks, so there were still quite a lot of people coming and going. Ginny saw that the little Ruby seemed to be a little restless, so she quickly comforted the little guy and went to the second floor.
There were fewer people on the second floor. Ginny rubbed the belly of the little Ruby. Seeing that it began to rub comfortably, she continued to look at the bookshelves one by one.
"Unbearable Hatred, Farewell to Avalon … Hmm, the books here seem to be different from those on the first floor …" Ginny looked at the neat bricks as if she was looking at a closed box. As long as she opened it, many unknown worlds would be opened to her. Unfortunately …
"Hey, there is a book called Lockhart's Daughter of the Lake …" Ginny looked carefully and found that the author under the title was indeed Gidro Lockhart. She could not help but be surprised. "I thought he would only go on vacation with a hag!"
"Of course not!"
A male voice from the opposite bookshelf interrupted Ginny's smirk and startled her.
"Who is it?!" Ginny hugged the little Ruby tightly and looked at the other side of the bookshelf. Unexpectedly, the person on the other side happened to look at her at the same time. Then, one of them lowered his head and the other raised his head. Ginny only saw a pair of shining white teeth and dazzling blond hair.
The man gave Ginny the most charming smile in the bright dust and said, "Gidro Lockhart, third-class medal of the Merlin Knights, honorary member of the Anti-Black Magic Alliance, winner of the Wizard Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award five times, and about to become an excellent teacher of Defense Against Black Magic in Hogwarts School of Magic. Yes, it's me! Don't scream! "
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