The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Ron's question hit the mark.

Fred opened a letter on the package. He took a look and showed an expression of joy and surprise. George next to him moved forward and showed the same reaction.

"Uh, Mom, actually, well, we shouldn't have to buy those Lockhart books."

Mrs. Weasley showed a surprised expression. She felt a little unbelievable: The problem that faced the entire family was solved like this? But if you don't need to buy books, you can buy Ginny's things first-hand... Mrs. Weasley imagined what she would be like without the burden of textbooks.

She was a little moved.

"It's like this. A... friend sent us a few sets of Lockhart's books printed by Muggles..."

"Muggle printing?" Mr. Weasley caught the key word.

Fred looked strange. He quickly flipped through the top book, and then said with certainty: "It is indeed a Muggle book. Nothing in the pictures will move."

Since the pages were put into an opening in the copy machine during printing, Tom was not worried about Muggle clerks seeing the moving pages and leaking the secret.

Mr. Weasley immediately became interested. He took the book from his son and read it carefully.

The paper in the book is a type of printing paper selected by Tom. It lacks a bleaching step, so it is slightly yellowed and has the texture of wood pulp. The Flourish and Blott Bookstore version uses imitation parchment paper, which feels slightly better than Tom's paper, but in any case, the reading experience of both types of paper is much better than the pale printing paper.

The cover of the book was a strange material, not metal, not leather, Mr. Weasley knew, but a Muggle invention called plastic. The title of the book is printed in cursive characters on the plastic cover: "Breaking with the Female Ghost".

Mr. Weasley flipped through two pages and found that the writing style was indeed that of Lockhart, and the authenticity of the content of this book should be guaranteed. Then, he saw an illustration: it was a small village with beautiful scenery, and it looked like a place with simple folk customs.

It was a normal picture, but Mr. Weasley became excited: because all the objects in the picture were still.

"It's amazing, how did Muggles do it? Everything in the photo is still!"

Harry next to him didn't even bother to look up and pay attention to them: It's ridiculous that the people in the photo can move!

Mrs. Weasley also took a book and read it carefully for a while, "It is indeed Mr. Lockhart's new work, but these photos are all printed out..."

"Actually, I think it's an advantage that I can't see his face clearly." For some reason, Fred's desire to survive was particularly low today.

Mrs. Weasley's gaze turned dangerous.

Fortunately, there was George. He stood up again and changed the topic for his brother: "That's great! Mom, you don't have to buy new books, and the money you save can buy us some new robes." At the same time, he took action immediately, Divide the books you got.

Percy also looked up, "I want to buy a new quill."

Ginny remained silent, just looking at her mother longingly.

Whenever the topic of money came up, Harry felt a little embarrassed. He wanted to help the family from the bottom of his heart, but he was afraid of hurting their feelings by taking rash actions. So he could only focus on destroying his cereal.

"This friend is really rich. These books must not be cheap, right?" Ron gently stroked the new book he got, feeling the aroma of ink on it, "Harry, Muggles have to produce so many books. , it must be very difficult.”

Harry couldn't escape being called out, so he had to bite the bullet and explain the principles of the copier to the Weasley family. Mr. Weasley was stunned, and at the same time he came up with the idea of ​​getting a copy machine.

Tom really didn't intend to make money. He took out these twenty sets of books and just wanted to exchange them for a set of Weasley prank toys. To Fred, this was no different from giving it away for free.

Seeing the family members excitedly discussing what to buy in Diagon Alley next week, Fred gave George a wink and the two quietly left the restaurant. Fred is going to pack the prank toy he invented, but he needs to avoid his mother - otherwise he won't get the good news.

Just as Fred and George happily returned upstairs to pack their prank products, Professor McGonagall, the vice-principal of Hogwarts, frowned in distress: She had encountered a little trouble here.

She frowned as she looked at the new letter sent by the owl. She had a vague intuition that the family also needed someone from Hogwarts to communicate with them. But she herself is really overwhelmed: Professor McGonagall is very busy. She needs to write admission notices and make various complicated preparations for the start of school. At the same time, as a transfiguration master, she also has many meetings and letters for personal consultation. …

In fact, a considerable part of these tasks should be done by Dumbledore, but this man was a fisherman and liked to arrange various tasks, which resulted in Professor McGonagall having quite a lot of work.

But we can't blame Dumbledore. His purpose was to train and train his successor - for an old man over a hundred years old, it was time to train his successor.

But it is indeed true that Professor McGonagall is very busy.

It is one of Professor McGonagall's jobs to guide young wizards from Muggle families. In theory, Professor McGonagall can ask other professors for help, but the problem is that all professors have to take a break during the summer vacation. Not every professor accepts overtime like Professor McGonagall - behind every boss who fishes, There is a secretary/assistant/deputy who works overtime until he vomits.

There was originally another option: Hagrid. Although his size was a bit scary, he still had experience in attracting people.

But Hagrid had more important things to do this summer. Professor Dumbledore arranged for him to help Professor Sylvanus Kettleburn of Care of Magical Creatures take care of his animals during this time.

So Professor McGonagall is in trouble: she needs someone who can do the job of recruiting, understand the Muggle world, and at the same time be able to accept overtime work during the holidays - oh no, contribute to the school during the holidays...

"Who meets these conditions?" Professor McGonagall frowned and thought for a while, and a figure gradually appeared in front of her.

She smiled knowingly and began to look for her lesson plans and experience notes.

So Tom received another package after sending one package.

He opened the package and saw two letters, a money bag, and two notebooks. One of the letters looked familiar, it looked like a Hogwarts acceptance letter.

Because it says in emerald green ink on the cover:

Second bedroom, second floor, 17 Burlington Square, Eastbourne, Eastbourne

Miss Peggy Grossman

The envelope also had the Hogwarts school badge on it.