Chapter 237 The Lost and Found Cat
Hermione's birthday is September 19th, and school starts on September 1st, so she is destined to celebrate her birthday at school.
So the Grangers decided to let her buy herself an early gift.
Ted: "It turns out I won the lottery!"
Speaking of winning the lottery, Ted even tried divination of lottery numbers!
No, not at all.
Not strong enough!
It is estimated that even if it is a small prize, it must be a level 5 prophecy.
But Mr. Weasley has won a grand prize - the 700 Galleon grand prize of the Daily Prophet!
It can be called a wave of fat!
But this time they didn't go on a trip. Ron said after the previous Flame Land incident that their family originally planned to travel to Egypt, and by the way, see Bill who works there.
But there seems to be an accident over there. Bill also works overtime and says it's not safe. Said there were mummies or something, so canceled the plan.
This time, their family should be able to save some money... right?
…
Ted goes shopping with Hermione.
Originally Hermione planned to buy a pet, but Ted gave her Meow, so he gave up.
Turned around, but there was nothing to buy.
Hermione thought about it, and said, "Ron has Scabbers, Neville and I already have pets from you, why don't I buy pets for Jerry and Harry?"
Hermione was worried that some of her friends would be unhappy because she didn't have a pet. After all, Ted gave away Neville and Hermione.
So I wanted to make up for Ted.
Sometimes, her thoughts are still very delicate.
Ted: At that time, time was limited, so I transformed these two Pokémon.
"Forget it, Jerry. I asked him before, and he said that it is hard to support himself. He doesn't want to keep pets."
"Okay then, let's pick a pet for Harry."
The two came to the pet shop, and the smell of animals came as soon as the door opened. Come on, hit your nose!
"Hmm~" The two quickly released the head-soaking spell on themselves.
Ted yelled, "John? John! Are you being lazy again?"
When Ted was working in a pet shop, he cleaned it fourteen or five times a day, and there was no smell at all.
John was disheveled, with a feather stuck in his hair, "Oh, Ted, are you here?"
While he was talking, he also tried his best to stuff a gem lizard that was also struggling into the cage, but the gem lizard was also quite stubborn, clawing at the side of the cage with its claws, staring at him to fight against him.
"Lisong is exhausted~" Ted cast a spell, and the lizard became soft.
John hurriedly stuffed the lizard into the cage, "Oh my god! You don't know, the boss is crazy! Recently he bought a large number of magical animals, and many of them are untrained, wild and unruly! I'm going to be tortured crazy now Already!"
"Well, we're here to help you lighten the load. We're giving a friend a pet, you know."
"Understood, you know better than me, you can choose for yourself. I'm really busy."
As he said that, John plunged into the warehouse at the back, and began to gesticulate with the strangely screaming magical animals from all walks of life.
The pets displayed in front are all domesticated and relatively ordinary pets.
Rats, tortoises, cats and dogs, there are also more unusual ones, such as a cockroach the size of a fist!
A spider bigger than a fist!
Or a colorful little snake!
Ted even saw a macaw that was biting a bar and performing a slalom on the bar. Is this the **** smuggled from South America?
Recently, the owner of the pet shop is really crazy! Is this an increase in variety? Anxious to go public and speculate in stocks?
Hermione is also picky, look at this, look at that, don't know what to look at.
This is like coming to a small zoo.
Ted was about to ask Hermione what kind of things Harry liked.
I saw a flat-faced orange-yellow mixed-race cat lizi, who came to the two of them lightly.
"Meow meow~" it yelled at the two of them.
Eh! Ted suddenly had a flash of inspiration—Crookshanks?
In the original book, it said that its face seemed to be flattened by hitting a wall, but now it seems that it is honest and not deceiving me!
Ted touched Hermione and said, "What do you think of this half-breed cat?"
Hermione frowned slightly, a little embarrassed, "Does it look...a little..."
She is embarrassed to say "ugly", after all, Maolizi is quite smart.
Ted said: "That's right, it looks a bit... old-fashioned, but we can't judge a cat by its appearance. As the saying goes, strange people must have visions! This cat came to us when we were choosing a pet for Harry, and recommended himself. This is fate, it is fate!"
Although this cat is a bit ugly, it is ugly and has its own unique beauty!
Maybe Harry likes it?
Ted called John to settle the bill, and Hermione bargained hard according to his instructions, from 7 Galleons to 4 Galleons.
"Oh no, the price has been reduced by almost half! We are a pet store, how can there be such a price reduction?" John looked embarrassed.
Ted whispered: "John, my friend. I know this cat has been in your store for a long time. If you miss us, you don't have to keep it until long!"
John looked at Ted, and then at Hermione who was determined to be 4 Galleons: You kid told me the secret, right? You twenty-five boy!
"Without further delay, I happen to have something good to give you too. Let's go directly to Grimmauld Place..."
What Ted wants to give to his friends is his "new invention"!
Well, Muggle parodies again.
It is an improved double-sided mirror!
In the magic world, there is a magical prop called a double-sided mirror, which can enable long-distance "video conversations" between the two.
It's just that this technology is gradually lost.
Or in places like the magic world, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the pace of life is very slow. The need for communication is less urgent.
Now, Ted has made alchemical improvements to the original technology, increasing the scope of application—from 50 kilometers to 500 kilometers! Direct coverage of the British Isles.
Moreover, the anti-jamming and secret imprint encryption functions have been enhanced.
Allow these two mirrors to be used in some magically protected places, and because of the uniqueness of the arcane mark, others cannot use it.
The core principle of this thing is the transformation spell, which is probably the content learned in the fifth grade.
The principle is probably similar to the changing coins used in the fifth and sixth grade DA assemblies in the original book. The numbers of other coins can be changed remotely by casting the changing spell, and then the information can be transmitted.
It’s just that Ted is more complex and diverse, turning the information to be conveyed into a picture.
For the Transformation Curse, NEWTs Transfiguration is about the same level of excellence, and Hermione will use it in fifth grade
Of course, learning and being able to do it are two different things.
I still know the principle of nuclear fission, so I almost try uranium now~
If you have stock on hand, you can contact me.
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Arriving at 12 Grimmauld Place, Sirius was startled—he knew the cat!
After all, this cat's appearance is unique and impressive.
He immediately rummaged through old photos and found a family photo of Halle ten years ago, when Halle was less than one year old.
There is this cat in the photo, but it is not too big, but the face is already very distinctive. So he was recognized by Sirius at a glance.
"At that time Lily wrote back to me, saying that you liked the toy broom I gave you very much, and often poked the cat at home with the small broom... You still liked the flying broom very much..."
Sirius had a complicated expression on his face. Although he was smiling, he was a little sad.
At the beginning, the Longbottoms were blocked by Voldemort, and the Potters were betrayed by Pettigrew and led into the encirclement to die in battle. It would be nice to be able to pick up Harley in the chaos.
As a result, no one cared about the cat, so it was reduced to a pet store and could not be sold.
Now, it's back.
In the end Harry decided to call it Crookshanks—the name Hermione had given him.
Because no one knows what it was originally called.
Crookshanks, who was held in his arms, rubbed Harry's face: Harry, you little girl, you used to poke me with a toy broom when you were young.
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Sending Hermione home, Ted began to prepare for the night's action.
That night, a magical battle took place in Knockturn Alley.
A dark wizard invaded the famous black shop Bojinbok. First, he used magic to block the back door and kept the shopkeeper in the house for six or seven minutes.
Then start looting madly!
He didn't know what method was used, and those extremely dangerous black magic items were swept away by him.
And before leaving, he used a variant of the flame spell, directly setting the antique shop on fire.
Almost burned Bojinbok who was stuck in the house!
It is said that the loss was so great that Bojinbok passed out after a few glances at the burning shop.
After being rescued, a reward of 500 Galleons will be offered for the murderer.
There are everyone in Knockturn Alley, and naturally there are "bounty hunters".
But since he dared to take action against the Bojinbok store, how could such a strongman be dealt with by 500 Galleons?
How can I play a few hundred Galleons?
Thanks to the book friend "I'm offline" for the 100-point reward!
Thank you~
(end of this chapter)