Chapter 287 Visiting the Burrow (a 10,000-word chapter, please subscribe)
There is no doubt that when Zuo Si disguised himself as a wise, rational, smart, humble, and polite person, his way of speaking and wording made people feel It's almost hard for anyone not to like him when he's a delightful and outstanding boy.
As a housewife, Molly was made to laugh out loud with just a few words, especially the exaggerated yet appropriate compliments, which made her feel very helpful.
No way, who made the magic item worn by Zuo Si easily sense the thoughts of all creatures within a radius of ten meters.
Especially without using Occlumency, he can say what everyone around him wants to hear at any time if he wants to.
Obviously, in her own home and without any precautions, Molly did not use Occlumency, so she was naturally elated by the praise.
Ron on the side was completely stunned!
I was dumbfounded as I watched my mother being coaxed by sweet words.
You must know that when he was in school, Zuo Si was always maintaining a very "cold and aloof" attitude. He hardly had much contact with other classmates, and often didn't even bother to say hello.
But now, his performance has simply subverted all Ron's previous perceptions.
Of course, the twin brothers also felt quite incredible.
But considering that the better Zuo Si performed, the greater the chance of getting his pocket money back, so he showed more happiness.
Finally, after some explanations, Molly finally understood roughly where the large sum of money in George and Fred's hands came from.
“So the money in George and Fred’s hands is really the salary you paid them? Rather than what they earned through crooked means?”
“That’s right, ma’am. That money is the result of their labor and is legal income earned from magic knowledge, technology and craftsmanship, so please don't worry." Zuo Si replied in the affirmative with a smile.
"Okay. I can return the money to you. But! In order to prevent you from developing the habit of spending money indiscriminately, every expenditure must be recorded and I will check it at any time." Molly stared at her two most capable people. The troubled son said in a serious tone.
"No problem, Mom."
George nodded quickly, not daring to bargain at all.
Fred even more vowed: "We will make the accounts beautiful so that you can see at a glance where the money has been spent."
< br>Obviously, the twins are very aware of their mother's character and understand that the best response at this time is to be obedient and agree to all the conditions proposed by their mother.
This is one of the reasons why the twin brothers were constantly causing trouble during school, but never received a yelling letter like Ron.
They are smart and have already figured out the parents' psychology and temper.
A look of satisfaction appeared on Molly's face: "Very good. After dinner, I will return the money bag full of gold galleons to you."
"Long live! Mom, I love you!”
As soon as he heard that he would get back the large amount of money, George immediately jumped up and gave his mother a warm hug.
Fred followed closely and kissed his mother hard on the face, then danced and jumped around the living room.
"What two naughty guys..."
Moli smiled and shook her head, with a hint of pride and pride in her eyes.
But soon, she picked up the huge cake and returned to the kitchen, and continued busy preparing a sumptuous dinner.
Because if you leave the cake in the living room, it will probably be eaten clean by these greedy little things before the meal starts.
Sweets, especially in the UK, are extremely attractive to teenagers.
Molly doesn’t want her children to eat too many sweets and eventually be unable to eat the beef patties she carefully prepared.
As soon as her front legs left, George and Fred on the back legs came to either side of Zuo Si, one on the left and one on the right, and said with a playful smile: "Thanks, brother. We owe you a big favor."
"Yes, we made a lot of interesting new inventions during the summer vacation. Do you want to try them?"
Looking at the malicious expressions of the two live treasures, Zuo Si immediately complained: "So you guys The way to express your gratitude is to use me as an experiment? No, thank you, I don’t want to have some bird feathers growing on my face for no reason.”
"Hahahaha! Don't worry, these bird feathers are not permanent. They will fall off after a while." George picked up a handful of bird feathers on his face and laughed.
Fred also explained: "We originally planned to make a prank cookie that would allow people to eat it and turn into an oversized canary. However, due to problems with the recipe, we are still unable to do so at this stage. It can only grow some bird feathers, but it’s fun, isn’t it?”
“Yes, it’s fun to see others become like this, but why wouldn’t it be so fun for you. What about hiring Ron as a tester of new products?" Zuo Si gave the twin brothers a bad idea.
Ron, who was sitting aside eating melon and watching the show, was stunned for a moment, with a hint of nervousness in his eyes.
My heart was shouting, "It's none of my business."
Because the crazy things the twin brothers did to him were almost becoming a shadow of his childhood.
Especially turning a toy into a big, lively spider instantly caused poor Ron to suffer from severe arachnophobia.
In addition, the two of them also did things including but not limited to trying to get the young Ron to sign an "unbreakable oath" with powerful magical binding, and making him drink some random things. The effective potion...
If you think about it, it's a miracle that Ron managed to survive in this family until now.
"My dear brother, I believe you will not refuse the invitation from your brother, right?" George's eyes flashed with a frightening light.
Ron was instantly frightened and stood up from the chair. He backed away and shook his head desperately: "No! Don't even think about it! I have sworn that I will never touch anything you two handed me again in this life, especially if you put it away." Food that goes into your mouth."
"Hey! Don't be so absolute. Have you forgotten that we have a lot of money on hand now if you are willing to become a tester of the new product. You pay some salary."
Fred even took out the few silver coins he had left from his pocket and said coaxingly.
Because he knew how much Ron, who could only use second-hand goods for everything, was eager to get an extra pocket money.
What's more, the two of them can get back a bag full of gold Galleons right away, so there is no need to care about this small amount of money.
But for Ron, these small silver coins were exactly what he dreamed of.
As for the gold galleons...
Sorry, he has never seen this currency with the highest denomination a few times since he was a child.
After hanging his head and hesitating for a long time, Ron finally couldn't help but ask: "How is the salary of a tester calculated?"
"Five five for each test. Yinxi, the more you participate, the more you get. It’s fair, isn’t it?”
As he said this, Fred deliberately made a jingling sound when the coins in his hands collided with each other.
Soon, Poor Ron agreed to become this so-called "product tester" under the words of his two brothers.
He did not realize at all how dangerous the inventions made by the twins were.
You must know that most first-year students at Hogwarts have difficulty even turning a match into a needle.
But what about the Weasley twins?
At the age of five, they can turn a teddy bear into a giant furry spider!
When he was seven years old, he even almost succeeded in signing the "Unbreakable Vow" that even many adult wizards cannot do!
It can be said that in terms of talent, George and Fred are definitely among the top few wizards.
It's a pity that they didn't use this talent in a serious place, otherwise they would definitely be able to enter Hogwarts and become a respected professor in the future.
Because of this, the technical content and risk factor of those magic products that are used as a joke are not low at all.
When Zuo Si was in school, he had witnessed the spectacular sight of two people exploding the potion pot in the laboratory.
For this reason, they stayed in the hospital for a full week.
Just watching the Weasley children playing around and talking about some interesting things that happened during the holidays, it was dinner time unknowingly.
When Arthur, who dragged his exhausted body back from a busy day at the Ministry of Magic, came back, he immediately noticed Zuo Si, who was visiting as a guest.
To be precise, as long as you work in the Ministry of Magic, it is almost impossible to ignore the young man in front of you who has brought huge changes to the entire magical world in just one year.
Whether it is the introduction and widespread application of the technology of storing spells in scrolls, or the "rod ring" equipped to all law enforcement agencies, it can be regarded as an epoch-making invention.
At least these things played a big role in dealing with those dark wizards who tried to resist.
Especially Minister of Magic Fudge even compared Zuo Si to a super genius who could surpass Dumbledore in the future, and he praised him unabashedly.
However, Arthur understood that Fudge and his thugs were praising this outstanding Hogwarts student in order to suppress Dumbledore's huge influence and create a new object of worship for the public to divert their attention. force.
As for this boring political game, Arthur has never been interested in participating, and just watched it coldly.
But after seeing Zuo Si himself, he couldn't help but ask while eating: "If you don't mind, can you tell me how you came up with the idea of using scrolls and ink to store spells?"
"It's a book, a book stored in the restricted book section of the Hogwarts library." Zuo Si replied pretending to be mysterious.
"Oh? What book is it?" Arthur suddenly became interested.
Like all graduates of Gryffindor House, when he was in school, he often did things like staying up at night, wandering around the castle at night, and going to the Forbidden Forest to take risks, so he did not hesitate at all. I don't think there's anything wrong with a freshman going to the restricted book area.
"A book called "Spells and Runes" compiled in 200 BC. The author Tous once mentioned the arrangement and combination of some special magic runes when explaining the techniques of wandless spellcasting. Finally, it can produce a spell-like effect. I conducted some in-depth research along this route and finally found some of the rules with the help of mathematical exhaustion.”
"'Spells and Runes'? I really want to have some impression of this book." Arthur swallowed the beef pie in his mouth with a thoughtful expression.
Zuo Si responded straightforwardly: "This book is placed at the end of the second row of the third bookshelf on the right side of the restricted book area.
But because it is written in ancient Latin, Therefore, most students should not be able to understand it.
Not only ancient Latin, but also a large number of ancient English, Old French and Old French works. It is impossible for modern students to accurately understand what they want. The meaning of expression.
I think Hogwarts should offer some language courses, otherwise these precious books will be forgotten in an inconspicuous corner sooner or later.”
"Do you know these languages and words?" Arthur raised his eyebrows in disbelief.
"Of course. As long as I have a dictionary and comparison, it only takes me about seven days at most to learn a completely unfamiliar language and writing." Zuo Si spread his hands pretending to be relaxed.
To be precise, with the help of the Eye of Knowledge, no matter what kind of obscure, awkward, and difficult to understand words and symbols, they will eventually be transformed into content that he can understand.
"What an enviable talent. It seems those guys are right. You are indeed a rare genius. No wonder you can come up with so many creative inventions. Maybe in the near future, you can really Bring some positive influence and changes to the magic world," Arthur couldn't help but sigh slightly.
"Dad, Soth has already done this. Haven't you read the recent Daily Prophet? Many magic schools will offer scroll-making courses in the next semester. You may not know in a few days. I will also take the O.W.L. exam next year." George suddenly interrupted.
"What? Opening a new course? You also have to take the O.W.L. exam!"
Ron, who was still working with his head down, suddenly raised his head.
You know this is not good news for him.
After all, one more course means more academic pressure.
And for reasons that cannot be explained, he resisted from the bottom of his heart to learn these things invented and created by Zuo Si.
"Here, here is the newspaper. Take it and read it yourself."
As he said that, George handed a copy of the newly released Daily Prophet to his stupid brother.
After the latter saw that the news was revealed by an official from the Ministry of Magic, he suddenly showed a look of despair. Even the beef patties on the plate no longer tasted good.
However, as the "little transparent" in the family, Ron's dejection did not attract the attention of others.
No way, who made his sense of existence so low.
Molly took the opportunity to ask her husband: "How is your work at the Ministry of Magic lately? I heard that you are currently conducting a large-scale search on those pure-blood families?"
Arthur smiled bitterly and replied: "It's not effective. Great. Obviously, someone in the Ministry of Magic secretly tipped them off, so there was basically no evidence found in this raid, especially the bastard Lucius."
"Don't. Disheartened. We all know that Lucius and his allies were Death Eaters around the mysterious man, and sooner or later they will pay for the crimes they committed." Molly comforted softly.
"Maybe. If the wizarding world continues to maintain the current peace, I think it is unlikely that they can be sent to Azkaban."
After this surprise inspection, Ya Se clearly saw something clearly and had no hope at all.
Especially the current Minister of Magic Fudge, who is completely peaceful and does not want to make any big noise during his term of office.
He hopes that everyone can coexist peacefully under his own mediation and no one will cause trouble, so as to maintain a prosperous and beautiful scene in the British magical world.
Of course, from the perspective of most wizards, Fudge's approach cannot be considered wrong. At least he maintained a semblance of peace.
Most of the Weasley children were clearly not interested in conversations between their parents.
Fred even privately poked Ron on the side with a fork handle, and asked in a low voice: "Have you written to Harry recently?"
"Of course he wrote. But for some reason, he just didn't reply to me." Ron rolled his eyes angrily.
"No reply yet? This is wrong! He is not Soth, who will lock himself in the house all day long and do experiments. If I remember correctly, he should be living at his Muggle aunt's house, There's no way to use any spells." George said with strong suspicion.
Ron nodded quickly: "It is indeed quite worrying. Hermione and Hagrid also wrote to say that they did not receive a response to even one of their letters to Harry, which is quite abnormal."
"There are only two possibilities. One is that all letters have been intercepted by someone with ulterior motives, and the other is that Harry's Muggle relatives prohibit him from writing replies. I believe you should know him How repulsive and disgusting my aunt and uncle are to magic," Zuo Si reminded calmly.
"Damn it! You forgot even if you didn't tell me! Harry has said before that he was often abused by the Dursleys when he was a child." Ron exclaimed in sudden realization.
"What? Abuse? Who dares to abuse the savior of the British wizarding world!"
Ginny, who had always remained silent, was instantly angry.
"According to Harry, the Dursleys often locked him up and didn't give him food. No! We have to go and have a look."
Ron will now My son completely lost his appetite and stood up from the chair.
But before he could take any actual action, Molly immediately glared and scolded: "Sit down and eat! It's not your turn to interfere in this kind of thing."
moment!
Ron, who was like an angry little lion a second ago, immediately shrank under his mother's threatening eyes. He behaved obediently and took each bite of the beef pie on the plate, with an even more expression on his face. The look of being hopeless.
After all, biological mothers are naturally a powerful deterrent to children.
After dinner was over, Fred secretly made a very subtle gesture.
But before they could return to the room upstairs, they heard Arthur, who was helping to clear away the dishes, complain in a low voice: "Damn! It's an emergency! Harry Potter was just at his residence. A hovering spell was used. According to Article 3 of the "Reasonable Restraint of Minor Wizards Act" promulgated in 1857, and Article 13 of the "International Federation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy", he may be subject to extraordinary consequences this time. Stern warning. I have to go back and work overtime immediately.”
"Go. I believe Harry is a good boy. There must be some misunderstanding." Molly hurriedly put on her husband's coat.
The latter waved his wand lightly, and the whole person disappeared instantly.
"I think Harry's situation may not be good, what do you think?" George asked Zuo Si in an uncertain tone.
The latter shrugged and replied: "This is obvious. But I'm afraid I can't help much in this matter. Because if I get involved, it will definitely be on the front page tomorrow. It’s the headlines, and it’s being used by some people with ulterior motives.”
“We don’t need your help, we are more than enough to deal with two Muggles, but mom will definitely keep a close eye on us tonight. Let’s find another opportunity to act.”
After saying this, Fred winked at George.
The latter understood immediately, sneaked down and started rummaging through those drawers and cabinets.
After a while, a car key was stolen.
Zuo Si did not get involved in the twin brothers' rescue of Harry Potter, but stood up and left soon after dinner. When he returned to the shelter, he immediately received information from Rita Skeeter.
The content is also very simple, which is information about Professor Crocker's family members and friends.
Unlike most wizards who have intricate family backgrounds, relatives and friends, this professor who is obsessed with studying time magic has a very simple social network.
He has a wife, two sons and four grandchildren.
On weekdays, I don’t like drinking, nor am I interested in attending various parties. I basically just hang out between the Department of Mysterious Things and my home.
One of the sons is engaged in excavation of magical monuments and is basically away from home all year round. There is no sign that he is involved in the research of time magic.
Although the other son had worked with Professor Crocker as an assistant for about two years, he obviously had no talent in this area, so he quickly changed his job to research magical plants.
In other words, neither of Professor Crocker's sons should have the ability to cast a time reversal spell.
On the contrary, one of the four grandsons named Kerwin showed amazing talent in school and was later recruited into the Department of Mysteries.
As for the time converter, so far there are dedicated personnel in charge of taking care of it, and no records have ever been lost.
“Well, it seems that these are the only two suspects that can be targeted at the moment.”
Without saying a word, Zuo Si directly summoned the two succubi that had been captured not long ago through the planeswalker's card, and gave them orders to get close to Professor Crocker and his grandson, and then use temptation and other methods to find out some secrets.
If possible, it would be best to find out the time reversal spell and the full set of techniques for making a time turner.
After accepting the mission, the two succubi immediately transformed into charming human female figures, turned around and disappeared into the night.
About two or three hours later, they locked the target together and had an unexpected encounter.
Among them, Kerwin, who is younger and at an age where he is easily impulsive, was completely attracted by the charm displayed by the succubus in less than two hours, and unknowingly became the other person's lover. captive.
It probably won't take long for the succubus to squeeze all the secrets out of his mind.
In contrast, Professor Crocker's progress is relatively slow.
Although the succubus successfully attracted your attention, his long-term cautious character and loyalty to his wife and family allowed him to temporarily successfully resist that powerful temptation.
However, the failure did not make the succubus feel any frustration, but he planned to take a long-term approach to catch big fish.
After all, it is not like they have never seen mortals with strong wills. As long as they are willing to spend time, even those holy warriors who symbolize order and kindness will be corrupted bit by bit.
When the owl delivered the letter from Hogwarts and the list of books to be prepared for the next semester, Zuo Si was surprised to find that his own book was also included in the selection, and there was also an optional magic scroll making course added to the class schedule. .
Along with these two things came a letter written by Principal Dumbledore.
The content naturally invited him to give a public class every week similar to the one he had last semester, teaching Hogwarts students how to make magic scrolls.
In return, Zuo Si can not only get an extra salary, but also enjoy some benefits and privileges that only professors have.
Of course, if he refuses, then the class will be replaced by Snape.
After thinking about it for a few minutes, he quickly wrote back a letter agreeing to accept the offer.
No way, who made Gilderoy Lockhart the Defense Against the Dark Arts class next semester.
Zuo Si didn't want to be entangled with this annoying guy who liked to be famous, so it was very necessary to get himself a professor status.
As for those like "Breaking with the Ghost", "Traveling with the Ghouls", "Holidays with the Dominatrix", "Walking with the Trolls", "Traveling with the Vampires", "With He was not even prepared to buy any of the books "Wandering with the Werewolves" and "A Year with the Snowman".
"North! Get ready and come with me to Diagon Alley." Zuo Sichong ordered the house elf.
The latter immediately bent down and bowed deeply: "As you wish."
Then the little thing walked to the owner's side, raised his slender and skinny hands and lightly snapped his fingers.
Pop!
With the crisp sound, the two of them instantly arrived at the main entrance of the Leaky Cauldron from the remote mountainous area.
Although according to the regulations of the Ministry of Magic, underage wizards are not allowed to use magic without authorization, Zuo Si found a loophole and asked a house elf to teleport him.
It must be said that his appearance immediately attracted the attention of many people in the bar.
Because house elves are magical creatures that only those ancient pure-blood aristocratic families, or magic schools like Hogwarts that have been passed down for thousands of years, can afford to raise them.
When they walked into the bar, the boss Tom instantly recognized Zuo Si's identity and immediately greeted him in a half-joking tone: "Look who is here! The rising star of the British magic world! The magic scroll The creator of spell storage technology, the genius destined to surpass Dumbledore as the greatest wizard--Those! You know? When you walked in with Snape last year, I knew you were destined to be extraordinary."
"Stop your clichés and save it for the savior Harry Potter. I won't accept your words." Zuo Si also responded in a half-joking tone.
Because he knows that this is just the other party's way of expressing closeness and goodwill, and does not mean any sarcasm.
However, Old Tom's words immediately made many guests in the tavern realize who this young man with the house elf was, and they all looked at him with curiosity, greed, or surprise.
After all, Zuo Si’s photo has been published in newspapers more than once, and even the chocolate frog manufacturer is planning to make his name and deeds into cards to attract more children to buy them. .
"Hahahaha! What do you want to drink?" Old Tom asked with a laugh.
Zuo Si took a look at the dirty cups that had probably not been cleaned carefully for a long time, as well as the guests with big yellow teeth, and immediately shook his head and refused: "Forget it, your drinks are here. It's not suitable for me."
"That's a pity." Old Tom shrugged indifferently.
Just when he was about to say something, an old woman who looked to be sixty or seventy years old slowly stood up from her seat, walked straight to Zuo Si and bowed in a very clumsy manner. He said in a vague voice: "Thank you for your invention, Mr. Soth. It gives me a new way to make money."
"Can you please sign your name for me?"
Another middle-aged man took out a copy of "Teaching You Step by Step to Store Spells - Volume 1" from his backpack.
“And me!”
“Please sign for me too!”
...
Suddenly, many guests in the hotel gathered around.
Obviously, they are all beneficiaries of the first wave of scroll making technology.
Some people can even make a pretty good income just by selling their best magic scrolls, so they are very grateful to the inventor in front of them who has disclosed this technology.
After all, it can be seen from their attire that these people used to be a marginalized group in the magic world. There might also be werewolves who were discriminated against among them, and they couldn't find any decent jobs at all.
Zuo Si did not refuse, but waved his magic wand and signed his English initials on the front page of each handed book.
When he was done with all this and was about to turn around and head to Diagon Alley, he suddenly saw a familiar petite figure walking in from the outside with two adults.
The two adults were obviously Muggles who didn't understand magic. They had been looking around with curious eyes at this ancient bar that looked at least hundreds of years old.
As for the girl in front wearing a dark blue dress, black stockings and brown leather shoes, it is Hermione Granger herself.
Like Zuo Si, who is growing like crazy, she seems to have grown a lot taller in just one holiday. Her long brown wavy hair is casually draped over her shoulders, and she even has some paint on her face. Light makeup and lip gloss.
"Sos?!"
The girl's voice was full of unabashed surprise, and she immediately ran forward to give a warm hug, and at the same time asked at a very fast speed: "What are you doing during this holiday?" What are you busy with? Why didn’t you reply to me until school was about to start?”
Feeling the faint scent of perfume coming from the girl’s body, Zuo Si couldn’t help but smile and explained: “I’m very busy during this holiday. I have no time to read the letters sent by owls.”
“For example?” Hermione raised her head and stared into Zuo Si’s eyes.
“Say I successfully made this…”
With that said, Zuo Si took out the enhanced version of the magic stone he made from his pocket.
At first, Hermione didn't recognize what this thing was.
After all, the only existing magic stone was made by Nico Flamel. It appears as an irregular crystal with the same color as pomegranate or ruby.
The one in front of me is turbid black.
Only in the gaps between those lines can you vaguely see the flowing magic mercury.
But soon, by feeling the powerful magic and life energy emanating from it, the girl noticed that the small cut on her hand that had been cut a few days ago had healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, without even leaving any scars. .
"Magic... Sorcerer's Stone? You successfully made the second Sorcerer's Stone!"
Hermione subconsciously covered her mouth, with an expression of shock and disbelief on her face. .
Although she had long known that Zuo Si would try to make his own magic stone sooner or later, she did not expect that day to come so quickly.
And the successful creation of the Magic Stone also means that its alchemy level has reached the top level in the world.
"That's right. Have you seen the silver liquid flowing in the middle of this magic stone? They have the ability to change the properties of matter, and can even resurrect people who died unnaturally after being mixed with healing potions." Zuo Si posted on the girl's He whispered softly into his ear.
I don’t know whether it was the excitement caused by the heat coming out when speaking, or the strong impact of the word "resurrected from the dead". In short, Hermione shivered uncontrollably for an instant.
After about three to five seconds, she finally came to her senses and exclaimed in a slightly trembling voice: "Oh my God! If...if this is true, then the entire magical world will be shocked. This is crazy."
"So remember to keep it secret for me, because you are the second person so far who knows its true purpose." Zuo Si said meaningfully.
“Thank you for telling me this, I swear I will keep your secret.”
The girl's eyes showed how moved she was to be trusted, so much so that she completely forgot about the idea of "provoking an investigation" for not replying to the letter in time.
Just when she wanted to ask about the making process of the Philosopher's Stone and what other functions it had, Mr. Granger, who stood aside and watched his daughter kiss a strange boy for a long time, Finally, he couldn't hold it in anymore and coughed hard.
“Cough!”
In an instant!
Hermione realized that the two of them had been keeping this ambiguous and intimate action for a long time, and a faint blush suddenly appeared on her fair face. She quickly let go of her arms to calm down, and turned around to introduce to her parents. Said: "Dad, mother, this is the Soss I often mentioned to you. Soss, these are my parents."
"It's a great honor to meet you, Mr. Granger, and Madam." Zuo Si took the initiative and bowed without any panic.
"We are also very happy to meet you, young man."
Mrs. Granger was obviously very satisfied with the politeness and maturity shown by Zuo Si at this moment, and there was even an obvious smile on the corner of her mouth. rising.
Because Zuo Si's current charm attribute is as high as eighteen points, coupled with the huge influence of divine power on mortals, and the temperament of a superior that he has cultivated for a long time, his every move and every move will have a strong attraction that cannot be described in words. .
From a woman's perspective, this is a standard "high-quality stock."
What's more, Mrs. Granger also learned from her daughter that the young man in front of her was a veritable millionaire in the wizarding world, and his wealth would continue to increase as time went by.
In contrast, although Mr. Granger was unhappy that his daughter might be snatched away by the other party in the future, he had to admit that his daughter did have good vision.
At least it is much better than the neighbor's daughter staying with a group of gangsters all day long, either smoking, drinking or getting some ugly tattoos on her body.
In this way, under the influence of Zuo Si's deliberate catering and conversation skills, Hermione's parents opened up the conversation in less than ten minutes.
Mrs. Granger, in particular, even ignored her daughter's strong protests and told some interesting things that happened when she was a child. It seemed like they were a family.
In the end, Zuo Si persuaded the two parents to stay in the Leaky Cauldron, and he took Hermione into Diagon Alley to start purchasing books and various tools and materials that might be used.
Since Hermione made a lot of money last semester, there was no need to go to Gringotts to exchange gold coins.
When he walked to the door of the pet shop, Zuo Si took out the small cat statue and handed it to the girl.
"What is this? Some kind of handicraft?" Hermione asked in an uncertain tone.
“No, it is a civet cat. It can see some things that ordinary people cannot see, and it can also assist its owner in fighting. The most important thing is that it is different from ordinary pets. You do not need to feed or feed it. There is no need to worry about one day dying due to aging.”
Zuo Si briefly introduced the purpose of this magic statue.
Although from a functional point of view, the giant tarantula statue in his hand is obviously more powerful.
But the problem is, the most important thing about giving gifts to girls is never functionality and practical use.
Many straight men have problems in this area, so they often spend money in a thankless situation.
Zuo Si, who prides himself on being smart, would not make such a mistake.
What's more, after experiencing Talona's love and Isadora's self-replication madness, he finally realized how precious Hermione's "normality" and "sanity" were.
"Then how can I summon it?"
The girl was obviously moved by the lifelike and cute appearance of the statue, so she took it and put it in her hand to look at it repeatedly.
"All it takes is one spell. Say it after me - Ashra!"
"Ashra!"
As the clear spell was recited completely, the statue instantly emitted a green light.
The entire statue came to life in an instant, from a lifelike wooden sculpture to a cat covered in dark blue hair that looked similar to a lynx and a lynx. Leap jumped from his master's arms to the ground.
In terms of size, it is undoubtedly much larger than the average domestic cat.
Especially those dark eyes, which obviously exude the power of magic.
“Oh my God! It’s...it’s so beautiful!”
Hermione bent down and tried to stroke the civet's head.
The latter obviously knew that the girl in front of him was his new master, so not only did he not resist, but he took the initiative to come up to her and let out a meowing coquettish sound.
After teasing briefly for a while, the girl stood up and said with emotion: "Thank you! This is definitely the best gift I have ever received in my life. By the way, what is its name?"
"I don't know. Maybe you can name it yourself." Zuo Si spread his hands with an indifferent expression.
He has never been very keen on naming pets, nor is he good at it.
In fact, when he was raising a dog, he was too lazy to come up with a name, so he always referred to it as "Hey".
As a result, after the dog grew up a little, he always thought his name was "Hey".
When walking on the street, as long as someone shouts "Hello", it will immediately run over as a conditioned reflex, which has made a lot of jokes.
"Really? Can I give it a name?" Hermione's eyes instantly lit up.
"Of course. It's yours now, and of course you have the right to name it." Zuo Si immediately responded in the affirmative.
Because creatures like this that are made into summoning statues often don't have their own names except for a very few.
In other words, in the eyes of the makers and owners, they are just tools used to delay time and hunt down enemies, and have no value at all in naming them.
But Hermione, who had a civet as a pet, was different. She even came up with several names in less than a minute, and then began to struggle with which one to use.
Taking advantage of this gap, Zuo Si went into the pet store and bought the cute and cute Crookshanks...
(End of this chapter)