Chapter 4105 4107【Moving to a new home】
The next day, the students left Hogwarts with their suitcases.
Before everyone leaves school, as usual, they receive a notice warning them not to use magic during the holidays.
Of course, rules are meant to be broken.
In fact, underage wizards can also use magic outside of school.
Because the Ministry of Magic mainly relies on traces to track students, and traces can detect that someone is casting spells around them, but they cannot detect who is casting the spells.
So if you are a child from a wizarding family, you can perform magic when your parents are around. At that time, Trace would not be able to tell whether it was a parent or a child who cast the spell, so she would not alert the Ministry of Magic.
Children from Muggle families will be subject to restrictions, because there are no adult wizards near them. As long as they notice someone casting spells, then they will naturally be warned by the Ministry of Magic, or even expelled from Hogwarts and imprisoned in a magical place. Maybe Zikaban.
For example, in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", Harry Potter was warned by the Ministry of Magic for casting the Patronus Charm. If Dumbledore hadn't argued hard, he would have been expelled from the school.
Of course, this may also be because Cornelius Fudge was afraid that he would spread the news of Voldemort's return, so he deliberately suppressed him.
Because the original book also mentioned that Lily Evans also used magic at home to turn a teacup into a mouse. But apparently the Ministry of Magic did not hold her accountable.
Generally speaking, rules and laws can only restrain good people.
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On the way back, Xiang Nan and Lily sat in the same carriage.
He was holding a large book in his hand, which was the "Book of Charms" lent to him by Professor Flitwick, which recorded thousands of spells and spell-casting tips.
Professor Flitwick has elf blood and a first-class magical talent. Coupled with his diligent study and study, he became a master of magic and even won the title of duel champion.
This "Magic Book" is his own work. It records thousands of spells that he collected, improved, and created, so it deserves the title of "Magic Book".
It was also because Xiang Nan performed so well that Professor Flitwick was willing to borrow it. Otherwise, he would not lend this book to students easily.
"It's a pity that you can't use magic outside of school." Lily complained to Xiang Nan.
It was so easy for her to become a wizard, but it was such a shame that she couldn't cast magic until she reached adulthood.
"It's okay, you can come to my house to play." Xiang Nan smiled and explained the principle of tracking silk to Lily.
When Lily heard this, she immediately became happy.
"At that time, you can still read magic books and brew potions at my house." Xiang Nan smiled again, "My family has a large number of books inherited from the Prince family, and my mother is also a master of potions and can brew potions. Many difficult potions.”
Hearing her say this, Lily became even happier.
"Okay, then I will definitely go." She nodded.
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After arriving at King's Cross Station, Lily was reunited with her family.
Tobias and Mary both knew that their son would be back today, so they had prepared a sumptuous dinner.
Now that their family's income has increased, so has their standard of living. Beef, fish, sausages, eggs, cheese, pastries...are no longer indispensable.
Although Xiang Nan is not a glutton, he is very happy to see the improvement of his home environment.
After eating, Xiang Nan took out all the money he had earned in the past two months.
In the past two months, in addition to selling potions to Adam Giggs, he also sold a large amount of potions to his classmates. One is an intelligence-enhancing potion, and the other is a cooling potion.
The intelligence-enhancing potion is mainly for review, while the cooling potion is for relieving heat.
Hogwarts is located in the mountains of the Scottish Highlands, and the temperature in summer can reach over 30 degrees.
There is no air conditioning or refrigerator in the school. Senior students can also cast ice spells to help themselves relieve the heat. The lower grade students can only choose to resist.
So Xiang Nan specially developed a cooling potion. After one sip, you can get a cool and refreshing feeling, just like being in an air-conditioned room. Therefore, this cooling potion is also very popular among students.
Adding together the intelligence-enhancing potions, cooling potions, and other potions, Xiang Nan earned a total of one thousand galleons, which was a pretty good profit.
Coupled with Eileen's potion income and Tobias' bar income, the Snape family's savings now reach twelve thousand pounds.
In Britain in 1972, this amount of money was already quite large. Equivalent to three or four years' salary of an ordinary person, one can buy a nice house in London.
"Mom and Dad, let's move." Xiang Nan suggested to Irene and Tobia.
Although the house in Spider End Lane is an ancestral home, it is still a house located in a slum area. It is dilapidated, old and in a very bad environment. The people living here, like the Snape family before them, are all penniless poor people.
Previously, the Snape family had no money to buy a new house, or even new clothes and shoes. But things are different now. Their family is already rich, with an annual income of about 60,000 pounds, which is enough to support them in living a better life.
After hearing their son's proposal, Erin and Tobia both agreed.
Different people live in different ways. Their family used to be poor, but now they are at least middle class. If you stand on tiptoe enough, you can even climb to the wealthy class.
With such a net worth, he really should find another house to live in.
Bigger, newer, better decorated, better public security, more comfortable environment...
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In the following days, Xiang Nan and Tobia looked at houses everywhere, and finally bought a townhouse near Lily Evans' home.
The villa is three stories high, including a basement, front and rear gardens, with a total area of 200 square meters. It's similar to Vernon and Petunia's family. This type of housing is also the mainstream of the middle class in Europe and the United States.
After the villa was bought, it was renovated, and the decorator was Xiang Nan. Not only is he proficient in real estate and decoration, but he also knows magic, so decorating becomes easy for him.
For example, to replace the wires in the house, he only needs to wave his magic wand and recite a spell, and the new wires will completely replace the old wires. No need to break open the wall and clear the pipes again.
For another example, when painting a wall, he waves his magic wand and the paint can be automatically sprayed flat and evenly; damaged floors can also be easily removed and replaced with new ones.
Even the pests that may be present in the house, such as cockroaches, spiders, termites, bed bugs, etc., he can use spells and magic to drive away, and he is guaranteed to get rid of them once and for all, without leaving any residue.
Therefore, within two days of buying the house, the interior decoration was completed, and the Snape family moved in immediately.
(End of chapter)