Dragon Roar Master at Hogwarts

Chapter 9: The Little Brown-Haired Witch at Flourish and Blotts



"Okay, okay, it's time to go. There are still a lot of things to buy." Hagrid clapped his hands and motioned to the wizards surrounding Harry to make way.Then he led the two of them through the bar of the Leaky Cauldron and to the small patio at the back.

After his brief contact with Quirrell, Dudley had always seemed worried.So when Hagrid brought Harry and Dudley into Diagon Alley, Dudley, who should have been looking forward to Diagon Alley, was still thinking about Quirrell.

Quirinus Quirrell is Harry's Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in his first year at Hogwarts. He is also Voldemort's host and the final villain of the first film.

In Dudley's original plan, since he already knew from the plot of the original work that Quirrell was the mastermind behind the theft of the Philosopher's Stone, he only needed to restore the plot and secretly ensure Harry's safety, then he could wait for Quirrell to self-destruct.

After all, Quirrell has two fatal flaws. One is that he cannot retrieve the Sorcerer's Stone from the Mirror of Erised, and the other is that he will self-destruct as soon as he touches Harry, so he is a dangerous but not difficult enemy to deal with.

But in the process of shaking hands with Quirrell just now, for some unknown reason, the dragon soul in his body interacted with Voldemort in Quirrell's body.

It was obvious that Quirrell had also noticed. In this case, Dudley would be very likely to be targeted by Quirrell, making it difficult to remain hidden. It was even possible for Quirrell to secretly attack Dudley in order to hide his identity and be on the safe side.

"Dudley, look at that broomstick, it's so cool." Unlike Dudley, who had been distracted, Harry's eyes were shining and his face was full of excitement, "Hagrid, I can buy a broomstick." School?"

"I'm afraid not, Harry. According to the regulations, first-year students are not allowed to bring broomsticks into school." Hagrid said with regret, patting Harry on the shoulder to express comfort, but the thin Harry staggered as he patted him. .

Soon, the three of them came to a tall snow-white marble building on the north side of Diagon Alley. Dudley was about to continue walking forward, but Hagrid's big hand stopped Dudley.

"Uh, well, boy, Harry and I, uh, have some things to do when we enter Gringotts later." Hagrid hesitated, scratching his head with his thick palm, "Maybe you can go to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore First choose the magic book for admission, and we will pick you up later?"

Dudley understood what Hagrid meant. He wanted to take Harry into his parents' vault, and he also wanted to complete the task assigned to him by Dumbledore to retrieve the Philosopher's Stone. Neither of these two things was suitable for Dudley to take. This outsider will do it together.

"No problem, I'll go there and read for a while." Dudley didn't want to embarrass Hagrid, so he readily agreed, nodded to Harry, and parted ways with the two of them temporarily.

Dudley looked back at the tall and majestic Gringotts, and he understood a little bit why Harry said in the original book that Voldemort would be envious of those who have the key to Gringotts. After all, having the wealth of the treasury passed down from his parents is a sign of being a member of the wizarding family. For the first time, he felt the identity gap between himself, who was born as a Muggle, and Harry, whose parents were both wizards.

Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, located on the north side of Diagon Alley, is also a very important scene in the original work. In the second "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", it was here that Lucius Malfoy secretly stuffed Tom Riddle's diary into gold. Ni's crucible, thus triggering the entire second part of the story.

Of course, there was no Gilderoy Lockhart book signing at Flourish and Blott Bookstore today, and there were only a few scattered customers. Compared to Diagon Alley, which was crowded with people outside, it was relatively quiet.

""Magic Potions and Potions", "Standard Spells, Elementary", "Dark Arts: A Guide to Self-Defense"..." Dudley looked at the list of first-year textbooks attached to the admission letter, which was placed on the high bookshelf. It is compared with the name of the book.

But Dudley had a little trouble. To put it simply, he didn't speak English very well.

This is a sad story. Before Dudley traveled through time, when he was still called Luo Lin, he was barely a literary young man. He also liked reading various books, otherwise he would not have become a big fan of Harry Potter.

But after he traveled through time, although he could naturally understand dragon language, he could also naturally communicate fluently in English.But the problem is that his English reading and writing level seems to be linked to Dudley's previous knowledge level.

Before Rollin possessed him, Dudley's cultural level could only be described as miserable. The vocabulary stored in Dudley's mind might not even be as good as the English skills of Rollin's third-rate high school before time travel.

During the month that he traveled back in time, Dudley had been exercising to lose weight and had no time to catch up on cultural knowledge, so much so that now Dudley looked like an illiterate when he entered Flourish and Blotts Bookstore and couldn't even recognize the titles of the books.

"History of Magic... Well, it seems like this is it." Dudley looked left and right, and it seemed that half of them were the same, so he reached out and took down the book.

"Wait a minute, if I'm not mistaken, you are a freshman, right?" A young and sharp voice sounded from behind, "I guess you picked up the wrong book. This book is not the history of magic, but the development of magic jokes. history."

Dudley turned around and saw a little girl standing proudly behind him, with thick brown hair tied into long braids and a baby-fat face that looked proud of having pointed out Dudley's mistake. .

"Ahem." Dudley cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment and looked carefully at the book in his hand. On the cover, two wizards in funny clothes were winking at him. It really didn't look like a serious book like History of Magic.

Dudley was about to thank him humbly. Suddenly, the girl looked at the book in Dudley's arms and said with surprise: "This is "Love Potion and Anti-Spell Potion", "Advanced Standard Spells", and "Guide to the Use of Parenting Magic" "...Oh my god, you didn't pick up a single book correctly, do you really know the words?"

Dudley couldn't help but admit that he was a little bit illiterate.But being slapped in the face so mercilessly by a little girl will severely damage your self-esteem.

"Tsk, that's right, I just want these books." Dudley responded unceremoniously, holding the History of Jokes in his arms, "Thank you for taking the trouble to remind me, but no need to Worry, I know these books.”

"Oh -" the little girl raised her eyebrows, her arrogant cheeks bulging with anger, "I'm really sorry, it was me who was meddling in other people's business."

Dudley turned around and continued to look for the book, but he felt that a burning look seemed to be staring at him, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

"The next book is, "Thousands of Magical Herbs and Mushrooms"..." Dudley didn't need to look back to know that the little girl was staring at him.

"That book is 'A Thousand Ways to Cook with Slugs' instead of 'A Thousand Miracle Herbs and Mushrooms'. Of course I may be overthinking it."

"That book is "How to Distinguish Mushrooms and Fungi". This time I read it later, but why was it wrong again at the beginning? Ah, I was talking to myself, don't worry about it."

The little girl mocked behind her in a sinister tone, and Dudley muttered in his heart: You are an adult, don't argue with children, don't argue with children...

Suddenly, the little girl's voice stopped, and Dudley thought: Finally he had nothing to say, which meant that he finally guessed it right this time.

Like a victor, Dudley pulled the book out of the bookshelf and looked back at the little girl triumphantly.

The girl's brown eyes were wide open, looking at Dudley's puzzled face: "Wait a minute, I want to ask how you took out a book from the empty wall just now."

Empty walls?Dudley didn't understand the meaning of the girl's words for a moment. He raised his head and found that there was a sign on the top of the bookshelf where he had just taken the book - [Dangerous books, underage wizards are prohibited from purchasing]

"The Crazy Flying Book of Thousands of Ways to Fly?" The girl read the title of the book in Dudley's hand carefully, "Wait a minute, stop shaking your hands like this, I can't even read the words clearly."

Dudley was surprised to find that what seemed to be shaking crazily was not his own hand, but the book in his hand!

(To be continued)


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