The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Today, most shops in Diagon Alley are closed for inspection. The Ministry of Magic really struck hard this time and confiscated many prohibited items one after another. However, most of these items are prohibited items and have nothing to do with black magic. Instead, they have a hint of mischief. For example, keys that shrink in size, teapots that bite, etc. If pressed strictly, Mr. Weasley's Ford sedan is no exception.

Tom waited outside the store for a while, and finally Hermione came.

"Let's go! You don't have to go to work today." Tom told Hermione what had just happened.

"This is a good thing," said Hermione, who was very supportive of the Ministry of Magic's actions. "We really need to clean up all kinds of illegal items. What are your plans today?" She changed the topic and returned to today's plan.

Tom also had some thoughts: How about going to London with Hermione?

Suddenly, two owls landed next to them and handed a yellow parchment envelope into their hands.

"Oh, it's the school owl!" Hermione opened the letter. Inside was the second grade book list sent by the school. Hermione had known the content of the book list a few days ago, but now she was just confirming it.

Hermione showed a smile, "It seems that the new professor is a fan of Mr. Lockhart - all the books he wants are Lockhart's works. It would be great if Mr. Lockhart could become our professor. He must be very good." It’s amazing, having written so many books, he must have experienced many thrilling adventures, right?”

Hermione admired knowledge, and she felt that a person who had written so many books must be a great person.

Tom rolled his eyes.

"Well, it seems that all this time has been wasted." Hermione calculated her salary and found that all the money she earned from working in the past few weeks was used to buy books. If she also counts the books she read in the bookstore, , I’m afraid I still need some support from my family.

Tom didn't panic, he had already received his set of books. But Tom really hated Lockhart's behavior: You could use two or three books a semester, but you had to ask the students to buy seven! This is too much.

Because there was a new professor like Lockhart this year, the Weasley family directly emptied their savings. It's hard to imagine how the Weasleys managed to prepare five sets of Lockhart's books, and at the same time buy robes and wands for their little sister Ginny.

According to what Harry saw, Mrs. Weasley took away all the coins stored in Gringotts...

Oh, Lockhart!

Tom took Hermione out of Diagon Alley and onto the streets of London.

"Where to go?" Hermione asked a little embarrassed, her head lowered, her small brown leather shoes with bows tapping lightly on the ground.

Tom looked around and went to the ice cream shop on the street to buy two ice creams with three balls: vanilla, yogurt and original flavor.

The most delicious flavors of ice cream are vanilla, yogurt and original flavor, followed by chocolate, and the rest are grouped together. These three flavors can best reflect the quality of the raw materials. Strawberries, mangos, etc., add too much syrup. Even if the ingredients are high-quality, other fruity flavors are mixed in, taking over the dominant flavor and affecting the taste of milk.

When Tom eats ice cream, he always only chooses these three flavors.

Tom came back with ice cream - he is quite rich now. His good friend and partner Yuri gave him a lot of money, and recently he wanted to drag him out to discuss business, but Tom has more interesting things to do, so He declined.

Tom handed Hermione an ice cream cone and ate the other himself.

"You'll gain weight," Hermione looked at the ice cream and smiled, but still declined very reservedly.

"Look, the ice cream is cold, right?" Tom licked the top vanilla ball, "Then after eating the ice cream, the liquid inside will heat up to the body temperature, and it needs to absorb heat, that is, absorb heat, right? So, The heat brought by the ice cream itself has been absorbed by itself!”

Hermione: Σ(⊙▽⊙)!

She heard it in confusion, and felt that what Tom said was in confusion, but it seemed to make sense?

But she quickly reacted: "Although I don't know how to refute you...but I have eaten after all. It is impossible to lose weight after eating, right? How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

Tom was not in a hurry after being exposed. He looked at Hermione with a smile and said, "Girls are pretty good at it."

Then of course he was punched twice.

The two of them were walking in the streets of London. It was a rare sunny day in London today, which made them feel happy. Really, the capitals of the two countries in Western Europe, Britain and France, are very mysterious. It rains continuously all day long. Some people always find it gloomy every time they pass through Paris, so they are really lucky to see the sun.

Tom had sharp eyes. He saw a printing company on the street, and he immediately walked there.

Coincidentally, the two of them were talking about the textbooks to be prepared for the new semester.

"There is no need to buy Lockhart's books. I have a complete set. You can just take it." Tom was very generous - there is no difference between Lockhart's books and the novels sold in Muggle bookstores. If you give away the original book, just give it away. . Oh, there is a difference. Other best-selling authors would not turn the covers of their books into animated pictures. Tom still felt uncomfortable looking at Lockhart's big face smiling at him every day.

"Then what should you do? You have no book. Are we reading the same book together?" Hermione imagined the scene of two people sitting together in class and reading a book, and she actually had a little expectation: it must feel very good to read with good friends. Great.

"No, isn't there a printing shop there?" Tom ignored the little girl's thoughts and pointed excitedly at the sparse printing shop.

Hermione looked over and said, "Oh my god, Tom, you can't be?" She immediately understood what Tom meant: Lockhart's books mainly told stories, with a lot of photos interspersed in them, and there was nothing special about them. , so even if it is a Muggle copy, it will not affect the use at all.

"This is piracy!" Hermione said angrily.

"Hermione, do you really think it's reasonable to use seven textbooks for one subject in one school year?" Tom looked at Hermione, "Professor McGonagall used a "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" for two years. Potions class "A Thousand Magic Herbs and Mushrooms" is still used until sixth grade, and "History of Magic" can be used until graduation. So why should a professor of Dark Arts and Defense who will probably only teach for one year use seven books? By the way, most of the above-mentioned works only cost 1 to 2 Galleons, while Lockhart’s masterpiece costs 5 Galleons!”

Hermione was speechless. Her mind was so confused now that it was difficult for her to evaluate Tom's behavior.

"Hermione, not everyone lives a prosperous life like you. I'm just helping others in my own way."

After saying this, Tom walked into the print shop.