"Oh? Oh, okay, should we drive to your place, or go through this, this..." Hearing Arthur's words, Mr. Granger was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and asked as if he had just woken up from a dream. arrive
"Floo Network." Harry reminded from the side.
"Yes, Floo Network." Mr. Granger chewed on this unfamiliar word. He was curious about how a person could stand in a fire without being burned. He was also curious about how a fire suddenly erupted in this house. A flame came out, and he was more curious about why the wizard could travel through space at will with the help of the fireplace.
He could still answer the first question with the knowledge in his mind. Some "flames" looked like flames, but the actual temperature would not cause damage to the human body at all, so people could stand in the flames. But the next two This is beyond the scope of his cognition and can only be summed up as "magic"
Mr. Granger was a little excited, but also a little nervous. He was about to use the Floo network to conduct a legendary "space shuttle" and "fly" from London to Devon in one fell swoop!
He couldn't help but hold his wife's hand tightly.
Mr. Arthur was more excited than him.
"Did you just say drive? You have a Muggle car? I mean that kind of thing?" he said excitedly and incoherently.
Mr. Granger:
"Well, if you mean ordinary cars, I do have a few..." He paused because he noticed that Mr. Weasley's eyes lit up in front of him.
Arthur is very interested in Muggles. He is very curious about how Muggles can live without magic. So whenever it comes to Muggle-related things or items, Arthur can hardly suppress his inner curiosity. .
"Mr. Weasley is a 'Muggle fan'. He is very obsessed with all kinds of items in the non-magical world." Harry explained for Arthur.
"That's it," Mr. Granger rubbed his chin, "Then do you want to go to the garage with me and take a look at the little cuties I have collected?"
After chatting for a few words, he and this wizard with a receding hairline but a very affable wizard got closer. After the fog of being called a wizard dissipated, a very down-to-earth figure was revealed. .This made Mr. Granger not so nervous.
Moreover, Mr. Arthur's performance exposed many problems... Mr. Granger noticed something unusual. According to his original impression, the wizard was like an observer, observing Ma in a hidden corner. Every move of the melons, the entire Muggle society was one-way and transparent in their eyes. But after contacting Mr. Weasley, he felt that his impression seemed to be slightly biased: wizards seemed to have no understanding of Muggles at all.
This is very confusing. My precious daughter is a genuine "Muggle", and according to her, there are not a few Muggle wizards like her. The wizards have such a shallow understanding of Muggles. It's very difficult to understand - if they want to understand Muggles, they only need to ask their own daughters, right?
Or, they can also go around the Muggle streets? As long as they walk twice on the Muggle streets, they won't get excited when they see cars!
Maybe they have their own difficulties? Mr. Granger thinks that wizards may have unspeakable difficulties that prevent them from communicating directly with Muggles.
Mr. Granger's guess was correct. Due to the Statute of Secrecy, wizards were indeed unable to communicate too closely with Muggles. When Professor McGonagall was young, the wizarding world prohibited those wizards whose spouses were Muggles from communicating with their spouses.
Spouse demonstrates his or her magical abilities.
This has to mention a heartbreaking past of Professor McGonagall when she was young. At that time, Professor McGonagall was not a professor, but just an outstanding graduate of Hogwarts and Minerva McGonagall, President of the Female Student Council.
First of all, we have to make sure of one thing. Professor McGonagall was once young - although she always gives people the impression of an old lady. It is normal for a girl to have had a love experience, right? Even if she is Professor McGonagall.
After graduating from Hogwarts with excellent results, Minerva found a job in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic. Before joining the job, she returned to her hometown and prepared to spend her last summer vacation there as a student.
As a result, she met a Muggle named Dougal: McGregor. Dougal was handsome, smart, and funny, and Minerva fell madly in love with him. The two began to understand each other deeply...
Finally, McGregor proposed to Minerva in a freshly plowed field. Minerva agreed.
But the terrible thing is that after McGonagall calmed down, she found that she could not fulfill the engagement due to the restrictions of the Statute of Secrecy! Marrying a Muggle meant that she would follow the same path as her mother and lock up her wand.
She will say goodbye to all her ideals. There is no more Minerva or McGonagall in the world, only Mrs. McGregor.
Well, so early the next morning, McGonagall's engagement was broken off... There was no drama of "Thirty years in the east of the river and thirty years in the west of the river, don't bully young people into poverty". Professor McGonagall returned to London three days later. From then on, the two of them
Separated in two realms, no longer meeting each other
To McGregor, Minerva: McGonagall is probably just a passerby in life, but in Minerva and McGonagall's heart, McGregor has always had a very important status.
Later, the "Secrecy Act" was gradually relaxed, but the two were never able to reunite.
The tragedies brought about by the "Statutory of Secrecy" have been staged again and again, building a high wall between the magical world and the non-magical world, completely isolating the two worlds.
Of course, in addition to the last resort, there may also be arrogance. The magical world has always had a condescending and arrogant attitude towards the non-magical world. Wizards do not bother to understand the lives of Muggles. Just like top students will not copy
The homework for the poor students is the same - they don't even bother to take a look at what the poor students are tinkering with. Mr. Arthur is already an extremely rare pro-Muggle among pure-blood wizards, but the reason why he is friendly to Muggles is also "curious about how Muggles can
"Live without magic", this is arrogance in the core, and it does not conflict with Arthur Weasley being a good person.
Just like many international students are often asked some strange questions abroad, the questioner is just curious and has no malicious intent.
Faced with Mr. Granger's invitation, Arthur simply couldn't refuse.
He happily followed Mr. Granger out of the living room and went to the garage to visit Mr. Granger's car. If time had not allowed, he would have asked Mr. Granger to lend him the car for two laps.
Mr. Weasley considered driving to the Burrow more than once, but after estimating the time and confirming that Muggle cars could not fly, he could only give up the idea with great regret.
If we drive back to the Burrow, it will probably be close to midnight when we get home. Do we still want to have dinner? We have to go to Stoat Mountain early the next day!
When Mr. Weasley emerged from the garage, he looked like a child who had lost his favorite toy.