Connor's Hogwarts

Chapter 42 Mandy Miller
"Professor, what do you mean?" Connor frowned, feeling that things were not that simple.

"It's like this. What I want you to draw is a deceased friend of mine..." Professor Nott looked a little hesitant, "She has passed away, and there is no portrait left. I hope...you can help me make it She left a little mark on this world."

she?Connor was thoughtful, "But professor, why don't you ask my grandfather to draw, I believe he will help you."

Professor Nott shook his head and said, "Because of some things, I have actually cut off communication with your grandfather, Connor, I am sorry for deceiving you before."

"Huh? So Professor Nott, you never looked for my grandfather?" Connor said in pretended shock.

"...Yes, and, I hope this can be a secret between the two of us." Professor Nott said with a pleading tone "...I hope you can keep it a secret from me, don't tell your grandfather, at least in the portrait Don't tell him until it's done."

?Connor is confused, and you have to keep it secret if you draw a picture?I'm afraid there is not a big melon to eat here.

"Of course, I will pay for it. I know you have no shortage of Galleons. Is there anything you want in particular? My family still has some connections on the black market. If you want to raise a dragon, I can do it for you." one."

? ? ?No, I want money!I am short of money!My little money is all kept by my mother.Moreover, professor, you want to send a child who is not yet 11 years old?Are you serious?This is illegal!Have you forgotten that you used to be an Auror? ?
"No, no, no, in fact, I have already written to my grandfather before, and he told me to help as much as I can, so don't worry about the reward." Connor endured the heartache and forced a smile. In fact, he was thinking: Please Give me money!Give me a little Galleon and I'll be happy!

"Did he say that?" As a result, Professor Nott fell silent when he heard it, and raised his head again after a while and said, "But I still hope you can keep it secret for me. If your grandfather asks you, you can answer yes Draw it for me, okay?"

"Uh..." Connor frowned. Although it's no big deal to agree, this request is really a bit weird. Connor always feels that this matter... makes his neck roll.

"If it really doesn't work, please keep it secret for me until the painting is finished, please!"

Seeing the pleading in the old professor's eyes, Connor nodded after all. After all, the old man talked about this, and Connor is not a steel spirit, so it's okay to agree, just eat melon for a while. .

"Thank you very much, child. Thank you for tolerating the waywardness of an old man." Professor Nott breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and walked to the inner room. "Then we are ready to start."

Professor Nott brought out a metal disk-shaped object from the back room. Connor took a closer look. Does this object seem familiar?
"This is a Pensieve. I borrowed it from Professor Dumbledore. We can see other people's memories through it." Professor Nott explained.

It turned out to be this thing. This is an important plot prop. Connor stroked the incomprehensible inscriptions around the round basin, his eyes sparkling slightly.

"We are going to use this thing to enter my memory, and the person you want to draw is also in my memory."

Professor Nott's wand pulled a silver thread from his temple and threw it into the Pensieve, "Let's go, Connor."

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It was dark before his eyes, and a strong sense of weightlessness hit him. When the surrounding environment gradually became clear, Connor and Professor Nott were no longer in the office.

This is a train car, which looks rather old-fashioned. There is a black-haired child sitting on the seat, reading a book quietly. From the shape of his face, it can be seen that this is Professor Nott when he was young.

"Hogwarts Express?" Connor asked. The kid didn't respond. The Pensieve was just a memory player, but there was no interactive function.

"Yes, the Hogwarts Express, this is my memory of the first time I entered school." Professor Nott said next to him, and people who entered the Pensieve together with their consciousness could have a conversation.

At this moment, there was a knock on the carriage door, and a pretty little girl with brown hair pushed open the door, "Excuse me, may I sit here?"

When the girl pushed open the door, Connor noticed the elderly Professor Nott trembling beside him, and he thought, this is the person Connor wanted to draw.Connor looked at Professor Nott, who nodded affirmatively.

At this time, the little girl was already sitting opposite Professor Nott, and introduced herself enthusiastically: "Hello! My name is Mandy Miller, and I'm from Nottinghamshire! Nice to meet you!"

"Ah, oh, hello, I'm Zack Knott, nice to meet you." Professor Knott looked very shy when he was a child.

"Can I call you Sac? Hehe, you are the first friend I met after I came to the magic world!" Miss Mandy was very familiar, and she was lively and cheerful.

"This... this... of course." Little Nott blushed slightly and said, waving his hands.

"Great! You can call me Mandy too! Are your parents wizards? None of my family are wizards! We were terrified when we received the letter from the owl! I didn't expect that this world really has Wizard! Do you know how to use magic? I don’t understand anything in the book..."

This Miss Mandy is not an ordinary acquaintance, and she speaks a lot of conversations without pause.Then the two little wizards chatted about you and me, and Connor noticed that no matter it was Little Nott or Old Nott, there were smiles on the corners of their mouths...

... When the train arrived at the station, the two children kept chatting. Miss Mandy asked questions curiously, and Nott patiently explained to Mandy.

"We'll have the sorting ceremony later, and we'll be sorted into four different houses, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor."

"Eh!? Are we going to be separated!? Why? Zac, will we be separated into one academy?"

Little Nott was silent for a while, "I... I might go into Slytherin, because my family is all Slytherin, I don't know where you will be assigned, but I heard that Slytherin rarely accepts you. Muggle-born wizards..."

"Hey, that's it." Mandy was a little disappointed, but the next second she cheered up again, "It's okay! Even if we are assigned to different colleges, we can still be good friends!"

"Oh? Want to be friends with our Slytherins? Do you think you... are worthy?" At this time, a blond child walked out beside him, glanced at Mandy up and down, and said very stinkingly.

Connor looked at the blond kid with a strange expression, and then looked at Old Nott with a questioning look.

Professor Nott smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, Connor, this is your grandfather."

Connor's impression of his foreign grandfather suddenly collapsed... he couldn't bear to look directly at him.

Mandy puffed up her cheeks and stared at her little grandfather, "Who are you! You're so rude!"

"Hmph! I'm Divin Lake from the Lake family, and I'm an excellent Slytherin!" That stinky little look... Connor wanted to go up and beat someone up when he saw it, which was too embarrassing for the family.

"Slytherin wouldn't want such an impolite brat like you!" Mandy said angrily, and Connor almost laughed out loud.

Then the two quarreled, Nott was there to persuade the fight, and soon the group arrived in front of the sorting hat.

And then it was the sorting time, the grandfather was the first among the three to be called up, the Sorting Hat just touched the grandfather's head and called out Slytherin, and then the grandfather looked at Nott and Mandy proudly, Mandy grimaced back.

"Mandy Miller!"

The next one was Miss Mandy. Mandy stepped forward and put on the sorting hat. After a while, the sorting hat shouted: "Gryffindor!"

Mandy put down her hat and walked towards the long table in Gryffindor. Before she got there, the name of Professor Nott was heard from behind, and the three of them happened to be lined up next to each other.

"Zack Knott!"

"Slytherin!"

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Then... the surrounding environment became illusory, Connor's consciousness returned to his body, time seemed to have passed for a long time, the time inside the Pensieve was the same as the time outside, even if a lot of scenes were deleted in the middle, it took two It's been over an hour.

"Let's come here today, Connor." Professor Nott smiled and patted Connor's shoulder, "I hope you can come to my place every weekend in the future to have a look, just listen to the story at that time, waiting for you Start writing when you think you can, I am looking forward to your work."

Connor scratched his head, it seemed interesting to know the history of his grandfather's forehead?
"Okay, Professor, that's not a problem."

"Of course, if you have any problems with your studies, you can come to me, or if you want to learn any magic, I will teach you with my heart. After all, I am your professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, am I not?" Professor Nott blinked. wink.

Connor also blinked, it's a bit of a treat, it's a bit of a treat.

"Thank you Professor, please take care of me from now on!"

(End of this chapter)