Hogwarts: The Book of Magic

Chapter 11 To Diagon Alley

On July 7, after eating breakfast, Lean took a novel and biography and sat on the sofa in the living room for entertainment.

It might take a day to go to Diagon Alley today, so Rian simply decided to take a vacation for himself.

Professor McGonagall was very punctual. At nine o'clock, Lean learned through the magic circle that a huge source of magic power was coming to his residence.

So he put down the book and came to the door to greet Professor McGonagall before he arrived.

It was a tabby cat, which was leaping through the forest at an unreasonable speed, and then landed in front of Lien's door.

"Professor McGonagall?" Although it was a question, Lean's words were full of affirmation.

The cat glanced at Li En suspiciously, and then in Li En's eyes, it turned into a majestic middle-aged woman in a long robe and a pointed hat.

"Lion Zell? How did you determine that I was Professor McGonagall?" Professor McGonagall stared at the well-dressed and handsome young man in front of him.

"You wrote yesterday saying that you would come at nine o'clock today, and I sensed the huge magical power in your body. Unless you are temporarily busy, I can't think of any great wizards who would visit this small house in the Muggle forest."

Lean spoke neither humble nor overbearing, which doubled Professor McGonagall's goodwill, and became more kind to Lean in front of him.

"You've been living here all alone?"

"Yes, Professor, since the age of seven." Lean replied without thinking. Last night, he thought of all possible questions and answered them.

"Professor McGonagall, the door may not be the place to talk, please come in." With that, Rian made a gesture to invite in.

Professor McGonagall thought about what Dumbledore told her to observe the little wizard in front of her yesterday, and felt that this was a good opportunity.

So Professor McGonagall nodded and followed Lian into the house.

After entering the room, Professor McGonagall looked around.

The decoration in the house is very life-like, there are not many things, but most of them have traces of use, which shows that the owner of this house is mainly practical.

"Professor McGonagall, what do you need, tea? Or coffee?"

"A cup of green tea, thank you."

Lean took out his wand and tapped on the teapot, and the cold water in it boiled instantly.Then use the flying spell to make the teacup fly over, and finally drop the tea.

Professor McGonagall was a little dazzled by this series of operations, and she said reluctantly: "It seems that you have already experienced the beauty of magic?"

"Of course, magic is wonderful and convenient." Lean brought the brewed tea to Professor McGonagall and said with a smile.

"With all due respect, where... where did you learn this?"

"This used to be a stronghold of Death Eaters, so there are naturally some in stock, including this wand of mine." As he spoke, Lean showed off his wand.

Professor McGonagall nodded, not knowing what he was thinking, but mechanically blowing on the hot air, and then took a sip of tea.

Lean was also happy that Professor McGonagall did not speak, and he still understood the truth that too many words would be lost.

The two fell into silence until they finished drinking the cup of tea.

"Mr. Zell, it's almost time. Should we go? Besides you, there is a young wizard who is about to enter the school today and wants me to accompany him into the magic world."

"Of course, please wait a moment, I will make some preparations."

After Ryan finished speaking, he went to the bedroom.

He casually grabbed two handfuls from the treasures he had stored over the years and put them in his traceless stretch pocket.

Today's Lean can solidify the traceless stretching spell, but there is a problem that comes with it, that is, if the material of the utensil is not good, even if the magic is solidified, it will lose its effect due to the aging of the material.

But at least it was longer than the previous three months.

Soon, Ryan was ready.

When he came outside, Professor McGonagall was waiting for him. When he saw Lean coming out, he said, "Are you ready? It might be a little uncomfortable later, just bear with it."

"Disapparation?"

"You even know this?" Professor McGonagall asked in surprise.

"Yes, there are quite a few books left by the Death Eaters."

"That's really... well, hold on to my hand, we're going to move." Professor McGonagall murmured, she wanted to ask if the Death Eaters had left any books on black magic.

But she quickly realized that it was strange that the Death Eaters didn't leave any books on black magic.

Lean didn't have any discomfort with the squeeze caused by Apparation, because he also teleported.

For this magical skill, how could Lean not try it.

After more than a dozen failures, Lien mastered this skill. As for the broken body caused by the apparition failure, Lien used forbidden spells to restore it.

There are several powerful and inexpensive spells recorded in "Forbidden Knowledge First Explanation", one of which is Time Rewinding.

Back in time: It can restore the body of the designated caster to what it was an hour ago, at the cost of permanently losing half of the magic power in the body, and it can only be used once a day.

But pay attention, there are actually no consequences for using it on yourself, because after losing half of the magic power, the body will return to its appearance an hour ago.

In other words, using this spell on yourself is actually a powerful recovery spell, but you have to pay a price to use it on others.

Professor McGonagall thought that Lean would crawl on the ground and vomit, but unexpectedly, Lean just leaned on the wall to rest.

"Have you ever studied Apparation?" Professor McGonagall asked uncertainly.

"It was a fluke." Lean's words made Professor McGonagall twitch.

"How dare you... Do you know the danger of this spell? Even if there are teachers in Hogwarts, only wizards over the age of 17 are allowed to learn it! Do you know why, Because at that time, the little wizard can have the magic power and knowledge accumulation to learn this spell..."

"But I have no one to teach me."

Lean's light words made Professor McGonagall swallow the rest of the words.

Looking at the little wizard in front of her, she felt a little distressed for the first time.

It was as if an ignorant toddler picked up a gun and fired.

If the young child's muzzle is aimed at himself, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Okay, kid, I don't blame you, it's just that magic is amazing, but it's also easy to cause harm to yourself. When you arrive at Hogwarts, you will have a teacher to teach you. Now, let me take you to experience the wizarding world." .”

Professor McGonagall quickly finished speaking, and then led Lien to the alley.

It was only then that Lean noticed that the place he was in turned out to be an empty alley, but before he had time to think about it, Lean ran after Professor McGonagall.

This is a bustling street with people coming and going.Professor McGonagall's outlandish clothes attracted a lot of people's attention, but after a while they didn't care, everyone was very busy.

Professor McGonagall led Lien to a streetlight, where a family stood.

The man was tall and thin, wearing a decent handmade suit and combing his hair meticulously. He seemed to know that he was a successful person.

The woman wore a long pale pink dress with a ponytail, standing gracefully beside the man.

In front of them was a little girl with brown and fluffy hair.She glanced left and right from time to time, and then walked around, and she could tell that she was very nervous.

"Good morning, Mr. Granger, Mrs. Granger, and Miss Granger." Professor McGonagall went up to say hello with a smile. She had a good impression of this curious little witch.

"Hello, Professor McGonagall." Mr. Granger also greeted, and Mrs. Granger nodded her head as a gesture.

"Good morning, Professor McGonagall. Ah, is he a new little wizard like me?" Hermione quickly spotted Lean following Professor McGonagall.

"Oh, by the way, let me introduce you, this is also a newly enrolled little wizard, Lean Zell." Professor McGonagall stepped aside, revealing Lean behind him.

"Hello." Ryan replied with a smile.

"Hello, my name is Hermione Granger." Hermione also introduced herself.

"Okay, let's go, there are a lot of things to buy today." After a brief introduction to everyone, Professor McGonagall led them to a dilapidated bar.

The sign read "The Leaky Cauldron," still glowing.

Professor McGonagall pushed open the door that looked like it could be dismantled with a little effort, and walked in first.

Then everyone followed in, and the inside of the bar was as dilapidated as the outside.The dark roof, the greasy tabletop, the dim room and the drinkers in fancy dress all made Mr. and Mrs. Granger somewhat uncomfortable.

Mr. Granger moved his body, everything around him made him feel that he was the one who didn't fit in, even though that was the truth.

"Hey, Professor McGonagall, do you want something today?" The middle-aged man in the bartender uniform with wrinkled face asked at the bar.

"Sorry, Tom, I need to take the freshmen to Diagon Alley." Professor McGonagall gestured.

"Oh, it's the quarter of the year again, time." Tom said while wiping the wine glass in his hand.

"Okay, Tom, I'll come back another day." Professor McGonagall replied.

Then he turned around and said to Lian and the Granger family, "Come with me."

"Tom is the owner of this bar, and this bar is also the entrance to Diagon Alley. The wine here is good, and it also provides accommodation services."

Professor McGonagall took Lian and Granger's family to the backyard of the bar, then pointed to the trash can beside him and said, "Remember this trash can, its position will not change. Count three blocks from it, and then Count two in the bar, and hit three with the wand."

Then, an archway appeared in the middle of the wall.

(End of this chapter)