This was the theme for the rest of the summer. Harry could sleep until he woke up naturally every day, and then eat what he wanted. He almost ordered the entire menu at the Leaky Cauldron! His movements were almost unrestricted, as long as he didn't
After leaving Diagon Alley, he could go wherever he wanted. Taking this opportunity, he visited all the surrounding shops.
Of course, he still has his own summer homework. But he no longer has to hide under the quilt and secretly do his homework with a flashlight. He can sit outside the Florin ice cream shop and complete his homework openly with Tom and Hermione.
Thesis. The enthusiastic store owner gave them three free ice creams every half hour.
Tom felt ashamed, so after a fierce refusal, Tom handed over three galleons at once, and throughout the following summer vacation, Florin Fosker's ice cream was provided to them in unlimited quantities.
"I'm going to be a fat ball!" Hermione complained while enjoying the yogurt-flavored ice cream. Hermione was originally a fruit ice cream pie, but under Tom's strong influence, she turned to the original, vanilla and yogurt flavors.
of ice cream.
"So you really blew up your aunt, Harry?" Hermione leaned lazily on her seat and asked Harry. Just a minute ago, she finished writing her History of Magic thesis. The progress was
It was expected to be slower, because she added a lot of things later, and the more critical factor was that she never wore Ravenclaw's diadem in public. Out of caution, she only wore it in private, and no one else except Tom
Know.
After completing her big thesis, Hermione became a little lazy. Even as studious as she was, she still wanted to take a breather and take a break from her busy work.
"I really didn't mean it." Harry spread his hands, "To be honest, if I had to do it again, I couldn't do it. I didn't know that this kind of thing would happen at the time... What the hell? You wrote your History of Magic thesis
So long?"
His eyes fell on Hermione's parchment.
At first, he thought that the large roll was the scratch paper that Hermione bought, but after taking a closer look, he found that the roll of paper was densely filled with words. The large roll was actually filled with Hermione's papers! Harry is a man.
They were all dumbfounded.
"No, I have deleted a lot of things," Hermione raised her head proudly, "The main reason is that there are so many things to write about in ancient Egypt. If I were not afraid of exceeding the limit, I could write more.
many."
Harry couldn't understand the behavior of someone who wrote a paper to the upper limit of word count. Generally speaking, he would write according to the lower limit of word count. Tom on the other side laughed and said nothing. Hermione's scrap manuscripts were all cheap in the end.
He, anyway, the themes of the two are somewhat similar, so he took it and modified it a little to use it.
"By the way, you went to Egypt during the summer vacation?" Harry realized after seeing Hermione's paper that Ron seemed to be in the same country as the place they chose during the vacation.
"Yes, we also met Ron's second brother Bill. Unfortunately, we were busy traveling at the time and only met him once."
"That's it," Harry said regretfully, "if you wait a few days, you might be able to travel with Ron in Egypt. His second brother is the Curse Breaker of Gringotts, and he might be able to take you to participate in unusual events.
adventure."
"Our adventure was exciting enough," Hermione couldn't help but sigh after hearing this. "Many inspirations for the paper came from that adventure."
Harry:......
"By the way, why do you think Fudge let me go? Last year, because a house elf broke a piece of pudding at my uncle's house, I received a formal warning from the Ministry of Magic - they said that if anyone was detected using magic there again,
, I was expelled from Hogwarts. But this time I inflated my aunt without any punishment."
"Maybe it's because of Black, right? That's my guess." Hermione speculated intuitively, "It could also be the purgers that I met on the bus."
Strangely enough, nothing happened after they handed over the Purifier to Cornelius Fudge that day. Fudge only published a small notice in the newspaper to inform about the matter. It didn't cause any ripples.
It can reverse the tense atmosphere in the magic world.
In addition to studying together, Tom and Hermione also took the time to buy all kinds of school supplies including textbooks.
As the days passed, as the first day of school approached, students from Hogwarts poured into Diagon Alley. Here, the three of them would meet several familiar faces every day. Harry had also been paying attention to Ron.
Finally, on the last day of summer vacation, Harry met Ron. Ron looked good, and the two ordered an ice cream and sat at the table next to Tom to chat.
"Hermione, if I remember correctly, it seems your birthday is coming soon?" Tom, who was flipping through the calendar and looking at the school year schedule, crossed a date with his finger and realized something.
"Is there anything you want?"
Hermione held her chin in her hands and thought for a while. She was not embarrassed, but said naturally: "I want an owl. After all, it is still inconvenient not to have an owl. Your pigeon can only deliver letters. You see
, Harry has his Hedwig, Ron has Errol—"
"I don't have an owl," said Ron, who was sitting on the table next to him. "Errol is my owl. I only have Scabbers." As he said that, he took out his pet mouse from his pocket. This mouse was a little thin.
It is not as round as before, and the beard is drooping listlessly.
Tom looked at Scabbers indifferently, and then looked away. He had no interest in Scabbers, or in other words, he didn't care about what happened to Harry this year and didn't want to interfere. Tom knew Scabbers's identity very well, but he wanted to avoid exposing him.
It's the best choice. This mouse is of great use.
He can accomplish something very important.
"Why don't you send it for a checkup? There is a magical creature shop over there." Harry pointed to the corner of the street. Now Harry was more familiar with Diagon Alley than Ron. "Hermione, the owl you want is also
You can buy it there.”
"Okay," the four of them stood up and walked towards a pet shop called Magic Zoo. Tom had been here before, bought a pigeon here, and also won a bird and snake egg through a lottery.
After two years, I came here again and the layout of the store has not changed much.
Ron walked to the counter and asked the teller to help examine Scabbers' body. Tom watched with great interest and admiration as the clerk checked every corner of Scabbers' body, even his little penis.
Suddenly, a huge ginger figure jumped over, landed on the counter with a thud, and roared at Banban.
"Crookshanks, stop!" the teller yelled in panic.
Hermione, who was choosing an owl, was attracted by the sound.