The taciturn child looked at Duran, as if waiting for how Duran would judge the falseness of this letter. Because just like before, no one would believe him, Ed thought.
"My little Ed Choudley, congratulations on becoming a wizard."
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"Do you believe this is a letter sent by an owl, and that the story about the magic school and the wizard is true?" This was the first time Ed had met an adult who was willing to believe him. Even his parents did not believe his special experience.
"Little Ed, your parents would be proud of you."
However, Ed did not have any happy expression: "They won't believe it, they won't believe there is any wizard school."
"It doesn't matter. What matters is whether you are willing to join the wizarding world and become one of them."
"But uncle, what exactly is a wizard?" Obviously Ed didn't really understand what he was about to face. It was difficult for an eleven-year-old boy to understand such a magical and ancient existence as a wizard.
"A wizard can make you as pure as Superman." Duran said: "Do you know Superman?"
Of course I know that Muggle boys all like Superman, a comic book hero.
"Cool." Ed understood: "I'm going to become a very powerful person."
"That's right, let's reply to the letter now. I think your parents will be happy. Because they will like this boarding school." Based on Duran's understanding of Ed's parents, I'm afraid they will be very happy that Duran found Ed for Ed.
They left school so that they no longer had to worry about Ed's further education.
Ed has reached middle school age, but his parents have no time to confine their children.
So Dulan did it for you: "I'll write a reply for you."
As Ed's uncle, I agree that Ed Choudley can enter your school for further study and complete a great adventure experience. At the same time, I also hope that he can have a pleasant learning career. But please forgive us for knowing nothing about Hogwarts.
We don't know, we haven't found this school on any map, and we have never heard of the items and books on the purchase list. If you have time, we hope to get help. - Ed and his uncle Dulan are sincerely waiting for a reply.
The owl has been sitting on the big tree in Edgar's backyard, and it will return to school with a reply letter in its mouth.
Just as Dulan thought, when he said he would help Ed find a good school, they gave Dulan full authority over Ed's enrollment and even asked him to be Ed's godfather. Then
They then turned around and went about their careers; they had bigger things to work on.
Duran shrugged at Ed, but Ed did not feel sad because of his parents' attitude and instead smiled. This meant that he was going to a magical world and he would learn superhuman abilities.
For the next period of time, Dulan was idle again, but a week later, someone finally came. Led by Ed, it was a weird old woman with a straight face and a stubborn face as if she wanted to give some color to the world.
have a look.
However, this woman was not really that serious. Her tone was gentle and not arrogant at all: "Hello, Mr. Duran, are you Ed's godfather and the supervisor in charge of Ed's enrollment?"
"Yes, are you the teacher at Hogwarts?"
"I am Minerva McGonagall who is writing to you. You can call me Professor McGonagall."
"Hello, Professor McGonagall, please come in." Duran was very polite.
Professor McGonagall has become a frequent visitor to Muggle families. During this time, she received many children from Muggle families and met many weird Muggles.
"any drinks?"
"Water, thank you." McGonagall had tried Muggle coffee and Coke, that horrible liquid that should have been sent to Azkaban for torture potions, and she never wanted to drink it again in her life.
After everyone settled down, Mag said: "I know what the attitude of Ed's parents is, but Ed said that you are his godfather, and his parents entrusted him to you, is that Mr. Duran?"
"I think so. Ed's parents are my friends from school. The two of them are crazy researchers and have too much work to do, so it's up to me to decide where Ed goes to school."
McGonagall nodded: "Well, Mr. Duran, I know you have many questions, so let me first briefly introduce our great Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
It just introduces some of the school's history, then its size, its purpose, etc.
It took an hour to finish it all, and it was quite concise. Because wizards’ records of history are often long and stinky, and they talk about other things while talking, which makes the heads of those who read wizard history books grow bigger.
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Of course, wizards also have extremely convenient historical records, that is, to ask the historical figures themselves. Many wizards will turn into souls or save their memories and personalities as magical portraits. As long as the souls and portraits are intact, they can answer everything they know.
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"I know you are not very receptive to the existence of wizards, but if you are willing to follow me to Diagon Alley to buy items, I can take you to see the world of wizards." McGonagall has met many stubborn Muggles and often asks for help.
She performed magic to prove that she was a wizard, but McGonagall's transformation spell was not a Muggle clown, so later McGonagall directly used a visit to Diagon Alley to prove the existence of wizards.
If the stupid Muggles still didn't believe it, then she would leave them on the street and ignore them.
When Duran saw that Mag seemed reluctant to express the magic spell and actually blocked his words, he guessed that she had experienced something bad before.
"So shopping requires money, do wizards charge pounds?"
"No." Mag said: "But we wizards have our own bank, and you can exchange pounds into wizard coins."
Then let's go and drive to the Leaky Cauldron.
"Professor McGonagall, are you taking our car too?"
"Yes, because we wizards have strict regulations on the use of magic and cannot use magic in front of ordinary people, so I have become accustomed to the slow and narrow means of transportation you ordinary people use." Professor McGonagall can actually take Muggles.
Apparition, but after the two Muggles were frightened, she would not teleport with the Muggles.
Then just drive there.
Along the way, Professor McGonagall felt like she was facing a formidable enemy. She sat upright in the front seat at a ninety-degree angle, her hands hanging on the armrests, as if she might be thrown away by this stupid iron box at any time.
It seems that although wizards know many dangerous spells themselves, the distrust of Muggles makes them very unsure of Muggle tools. It was only through hard work that Professor McGonagall was able to hold back her screams.
Fortunately, the journey went smoothly, and they arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, which was invisible to Muggles. They went directly to the backyard and banged a few times on the stones next to the trash can.
The masonry wall opened automatically, and Ed showed a surprised expression, finally seeing magic.