In addition to leaving Jon Fawkes' feathers and Polyjuice Potion, he also left a handful of hair cut from Smith's head.
I don't know whether that boy's character was born like this or because of something else. He accepted what he experienced and didn't ask any questions even if he was about to be taken away.
But maybe if you think about it, it's possible that the year he lived in that Hogwarts castle had made him completely numb to the future. His previous life was already hopeless enough, and the rest, no matter how bad it was, was just death.
A 12-year-old boy already has such a mentality, which is a bit scary to think about.
This was Jon's first official contact with students from another Hogwarts school, and it was only this time that gave him a very significant understanding of the "school" that also bears the name of Hogwarts.
impression.
Before, he had only heard from Lily that she called the castle a taming field, but now he realized that the name might not be an exaggeration at all.
After Dumbledore left, Jon drank the polyjuice potion with Smith's hair in it. It didn't taste very good, like drinking a bottle of bitter melon water, and his current appearance and identity also changed.
Jon in the carriage will temporarily disappear for a year, and a Mudblood student in Hogwarts Castle will be replaced by a completely new person.
He needs to help Dumbledore find something in that castle.
After Voldemort occupied the original Hogwarts, perhaps due to his previous experience of being rejected by Dumbledore from allowing him to serve here, he had an almost paranoid desire to control the school.
All the staff in the castle were replaced by his closest subordinates. In the Ministry of Magic, he only had the honorary title of lifelong minister, but he personally served as the principal of Hogwarts Castle, although he would not actually stay there.
In a castle.
The censorship within the castle is also extremely strict, even higher than the martial law within the Ministry of Magic. Dumbledore and Jon reminded that they had also tried to get adult wizards to drink polyjuice potion and pretend to be students to enter the castle.
, but was discovered by a spell that could detect age, and the wizard named Dedalo Digg was eventually captured and imprisoned on the prison island called Azkaban.
Because dividing blood and carrying out class rule is the basic policy of the Voldemort government, they have very precise management of the identity of every pure-blood and mixed-race student. In addition, these students are not the objects of oppression, and these students have their own families.
, it is difficult for the Order of the Phoenix to create an identity for Jon as a mixed-blood or pure-blood student.
In comparison, almost all of the "Mudbloods" became orphans from the day they were brought into the castle.
Beautiful families have become a thing of the past. Even if they try their best to stand in front of their parents, their parents will only find it strange that this strange child is crying to them.
When mixed-blood and pure-blood students go home for the holidays, they have to work for free in shops all over the wizarding world. As long as they don't starve to death, no matter what kind of persecution they suffer in the meantime, Hogwarts Castle and the Ministry of Magic
They won't even ask.
"Mudbloods" have never been treated as human beings in the current wizarding world, which makes it more difficult for Jon to carry out some of his actions in Hogwarts Castle, while also providing him with safe protection.
Precisely because they are as humble as soil, those noble people who step on the soil rarely pay attention to whether the soil under their feet has changed from black soil to yellow mud.
The cellar is cold and damp, not a suitable place for people to live.
But Jon, who was lying on the musty-smelling bed, didn't care much about it. It was not like he had never been in a worse living environment than this. At least he still had a bed to lie on.
It’s not that Ikemo didn’t want to provide Smith, who originally lived here, with a good treatment, but in today’s social atmosphere, the kindness he showed not only failed to bring any improvement to Smith’s life, but might even
It will harm him.
And now, as he said, after Jon took over Smith's identity, Exmo used the Forgetting Curse to erase all his memories of Jon and Dumbledore being here today, so that even in the future he
Whatever accident happens here will not affect Jon in Hogwarts Castle.
From now on, Dumbledore is the only one in the world who knows where Jon has been and what he has done, and for the rest of the day, Jon himself can only be seen.
Under the dim light of the cellar, he carefully read through the records about the boy Smith's personality and habits. Even if no one would pay special attention to a "mudblood", he would try not to do anything inconsistent with Smith's personality.
matter.
The night gradually got darker, and the first night of changing identities passed like this.
Early the next morning, when it was just dawn, Jon got up, put on the shabby linen robe, washed briefly, and then drank a bottle of compound that was distributed in a dose that was effective enough to last 12 hours.
After taking the decoction, climb up from the cellar to the potion shop.
The store hasn't opened yet, and Aikemo hasn't gotten up yet, but usually at this time, it's time for Smith to start working.
He picked up half a bucket of water at the sink, then picked up a mop that was almost as high as his body and started cleaning the floor of the potion shop with wet water. After that, he had to clean the shelves where the potions were placed, as well as the display windows and the cashier.
Normally, wizards only need a cleaning spell to complete these cleaning tasks, but for "Mudbloods" without wands, they have to do it themselves, even though Smith is only 12 years old now.
At around seven o'clock, when the store was about to officially open for business, Ikemo came out of the bedroom. By this time, Jon had already cleaned the floor and shelves, and was preparing to clean the windows.
"Good morning, Mr. Ikemo." Jon greeted him in Smith's timid tone.
Aikemo, who no longer had the memory of Jon and the real Smith's replacement, found nothing unusual. He looked at Jon and nodded in response, and then opened the door of the store.
Jon's work cannot stop, especially during the opening hours of the potion shop. If he is seen to be lazy at all by the customers who come to the door, then these people may write to Hogwarts Castle to inform the school.
These behaviors will be recorded by specialized personnel. When school starts, depending on the number of "complaints", the castle administrator will hang the erring "Mudblood" in public and whip him for punishment.