Chapter 322 Daily life before the banquet
Andrew marked his friends' birthdays - but he only found out about Percy's birthday party through Percy's letter invitation a few days ago.
The seventeenth birthday is not an ordinary event for wizards. It is not only the time when the wizarding world comes of age, but also the time when a series of dangerous licenses are opened and the ban on wands is suspended.
After reaching the age of seventeen, wizards can freely cast spells within the limits of the Statute of Secrecy, rather than being restricted to Hogwarts.
Therefore, this is a more important holiday than Andrew imagined - so important that Percy sent a special invitation.
‘So, what should I give as a gift? ’
Andrew was still thinking about it - he could get it done with a little thought for an ordinary birthday gift, but he was really not sure about the coming-of-age ceremony.
He didn't read many books outside of his professional classes, and he didn't know much about the customs within the magical world.
"The point is, that guy Percy," Andrew leaned back in his chair and sighed, "that guy's preferences are completely unreasonable. Whose seventh-grade student is extremely obsessed with the Ministry of Magic!"
This couldn't help at all - he couldn't find some Ministry of Magic connections to help Percy out of thin air, nor could he catch a bad guy to gain credit for Percy.
Not to mention within the school, Percy is the perfect match - this year's President of the Boy's Student Union is scheduled to be Percy, which is already the highest recommendation in Hogwarts.
This must be correct, the letter was written by Andrew when the professor was on a business trip.
Apart from this, the only thing left was the first place recommendation, and Percy was better at this than him. He had all the certificates, so it was easy to get the first place after graduation.
There was no need to worry about books. Percy could get all the books he could buy, and they were nothing new.
‘You can’t give away magic items, it would be too heavy...’
Andrew thought about it and finally decided to get something tacky - the things in the box were not useful, but buying a gift box for precaution was not against the rules.
A dozen hardcover quills plus an expensive magical creature quill make the main one look expensive—no one would object to a pen anyway.
Forget it, I'll finish it off with seventeen, plus five more high-end products.
Andrew made up his mind, then went to the owl loft to find his own roses and went to place an order.
Obviously, the house elves had added food here before lunch. Even during the summer vacation, you could still see dense owls in the owl shed - the school had prepared a lot of them, but Andrew didn't know the specific number.
"Rose!"
He called in a low voice - his owl looked too much like the school owl. Although he bought it for concealment, it would be troublesome to find it.
The shouting woke up the eating owls - about one or two hundred owls turned their heads and stared at the rude wizard.
"Cuckoo!"
Rose let out a cry of joy, but it was not too loud, and flew over quietly.
"No, Mousegan, Hagrid just gave me the exquisite product." Andrew took it out from the bag he carried and placed it in front of Qiangwei. "When he purchased owl food, the store gave a lot of it."
"Goooo!"
Qiangwei shouted happily - it seemed that Hagrid was right, it was indeed a high-end product.
After watching Rose happily eat about two mice, Andrew touched its head, then asked it to send the mailing list, and then left the owl loft.
But on the way back, he met Harry again.
"Good afternoon, Harry."
Andrew was in a relaxed mood at the moment and greeted him casually.
"Good afternoon, Andrew. Are you going tomorrow too? I heard Ron said, do you want to come together?"
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What and what?
Andrew was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that Harry was also invited - no, it should be said that he should have thought of it earlier. The wizard's coming-of-age ceremony is actually a large-scale communication event. After all, the entertainment activities in the wizarding world are limited, so it is a good choice for everyone to get together at this time.
And this is a rare thing - not many students happen to be born during the holidays and can hold their coming-of-age ceremony at home. Most of them spend their seventeenth birthdays at school.
"Yes, I was invited," Andrew nodded, "Are you going tomorrow too?"
"I'm with Sirius."
Harry nodded, "I thought if you were to go too, we would just go together."
"Of course, no problem, let's go together."
Andrew responded before waving goodbye to Harry.
There is still a whole afternoon until tomorrow, and he is not such a waste of time.
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'The Boggart's protection has no effect anymore. Next time, you have to take action on yourself, with your left hand...'
Andrew read the information again while arranging his next experimental process.
It was no longer possible to hire someone for this kind of thing. The danger of human body transformation was too high, especially since his transformation was too powerful, which made the risk even more serious.
'But if you are careful, the danger can still be controlled. Besides, Dumbledore is still here. If you don't dare to take even this risk, then the journey of transfiguration will come to an abrupt end. ’
‘That’s it, I’ve been able to transform to a limited extent over there in Wagadu for a long time at my age, those guys are the real ones…’
"Andrew?"
His thinking did not continue because the professor on the side interrupted his thinking.
Nina shook her hand, "Don't stare at this kind of forbidden book and think about it. It's extremely dangerous. No one knows what kind of curse is hidden in it!"
This is absolutely true - if this book hadn't been given to him by Professor McGonagall, he wouldn't have dared to lose focus while reading.
"Thank you, I was too careless."
Andrew thanked him seriously.
"Be careful next time. The reason why banned books are banned is not only because of the problem with the content, but also because of the problem with the medium of the book. The restricted book area in Hogwarts is so big, there must be that kind of book!"
"Yes, I won't take it lightly anymore."
"That's good," Nina smiled, her tone a little proud, "Speaking of which, Professor Black didn't come to the library in the afternoon."
"Have you gone to pick out gifts?"
Andrew thought for a moment, "After all, this is the first time I have appeared in a social situation."
"Social occasion?"
"Yes," Andrew nodded, "There is a wizard's adult banquet, and there should be many wizards participating."
"Adult banquet, here at Hogwarts?"
Nina's eyes suddenly lit up.
There is no excitement in this world that adventurers dare not take advantage of.
"Yes, he is a nice person," Andrew said halfway before noticing the professor's gaze, "but it's impossible, Professor Nina, there is no reason for this!"
He's not an adventurer, so what's the point of bringing a professor with him?
Who is a good person who brings his professor with him to a banquet?
(End of chapter)