Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Peter

Chapter 232 House Elves

After the summer vacation began, instead of going back to the noisy Muggle orphanage, Christine rented a house suitable for his quiet study with the money he had saved.

When he left school, he didn't bring any fancy personal items, and his suitcase was full of books.

In Christine's hands, books are to be kept with the utmost care, unless they are written by Rita Skeeter.

He stood up and went to the window to relax his eyes. On the windowsill, the book written by Rita Skeeter had been curled up by the wind.

These two books, one is called "Peter Peddy Road: The Legend Reappears" and the other is called "Snape: Saint or Monster?" ", both of which are pure rubbish.

A few minutes later, he turned on the TV and microwaved a sandwich, which he often watches during the summer to make sure he doesn't lose touch with the Muggle world.

On the TV, the beautiful anchor said: "Recently, huge mosquitoes have appeared in many places in xx County, which are 50.00% larger than ordinary mosquitoes. According to relevant scholars, the cause of this phenomenon may be the temporary change of local dominant species. The public should not panic too much."

The male anchor next to him said: "UFO sightings have increased significantly, and the U.S. Congress has held a hearing on 'unidentified aerial phenomena' for the first time."

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An owl flew up his window sill, and he thought it must be the Daily Prophet, which he subscribed to. He put down his sandwich and opened the window, only to find that the owl was not the usual newspaper delivery.

It has a pair of long, vertical ear feathers, and its body is very large. When Christine unwrapped the beautifully wrapped package on its feet, it raised its paws, turned its head behind, and expressed its appreciation very professionally. Avoidance of package contents.

Christine opened the package and found a letter bearing the coat of arms of the Zabini family and a check of [-] Galleons inside. The letter read:

Dear Mr. Evan:
I sincerely invite you to stay at the Shabby House Zabini Manor, and we can study some ancient and profound magic together.

I hope you will take the time to be invited. Your presence will be an honor to the Zabini family. If you wish, I will send a house-elf to pick you up at your residence this afternoon.

I wish you a happy summer vacation.

Sincerely, Blaise Zabini

It turned out to be an invitation letter from Blaise. After nearly a year of friendship, Christine has become one with his dear classmates, including Blaise Zabini, who was once sent to St. Mungo's by him.

He thinks that Blaise is a reliable person, but Blaise is just too conceited of his handsome appearance and noble background, so that his personality is a bit mean.

But Christine did not intend to be invited, he did not want to waste precious study time on unnecessary social activities.

He picked up the quill and began to draft a reply letter tactfully refusing the invitation, when another larger tawny horned owl flew crookedly into his room and dropped a thick black book from its feet. Leather magic book.

The horned owl was panting from exhaustion, its wings couldn't close, and its ear feathers drooped to its face. Christine kindly prepared a bowl of water for it, and then he went back to the desk and unwrapped the gift ribbon adorning the magic book.

When he opened the title page, he saw a note in the book: "This book is one of the collections of the Zabini family, and it was given to Christine Evan on July 1995, 7, to thank him for his generosity. ’ Signed by Joanna Zabini, Brace’s beautiful mother.

It seemed that the Zabini family knew how to match what they liked. They knew that Christine didn't want to take the time to visit, so they specially used an ancient book to seduce him. To be honest, he was really shaken.

He turned over a few more pages and found that it was a difficult book with ancient magic symbols painted on it. Fortunately, he chose to take the ancient magic text class in the third grade, so that he could barely understand the general content of the book.

It took him half an hour to read through the first page. This ancient book was about a very difficult ancient spell, including some magical rituals. He had never learned anything similar at Hogwarts.

"Ding!" The system's voice sounded, "You have gained 100 awakening points."

Christine suspected that he heard it wrong. He got 100 awakening points just by reading the first page, equivalent to 20 ordinary books!
He crumpled up his draft rejection letter, threw it in the trash, and started packing, waiting for Zabini's house-elf to arrive.

In the afternoon, with a bang, the house-elf arrived as promised.

The house-elf had two watery blue eyes and wore a towel with the Brace family crest around his body, "Master Christine, good afternoon!" He bowed respectfully to Christine, "Master, are you ready to go?"

"Let's go." Christine said.

The house elf bowed again, and took all of Christine's luggage. Finally, he took Christine's arm and followed him. When Christine's feet stepped on the ground again, he had arrived at Zabi The gate of Nijia Manor.

The gate of the manor is extremely luxurious, and every railing is carved and gilded. Behind a well-manicured garden stands a gorgeous building with a height of six or seven floors. It is undoubtedly the house of the Zabini family.

A small group of male and female elves greeted him and bowed to Christine in unison. They took Christine's luggage and respectfully led him into the garden. After a few steps, the Zabini mother and son greeted him.

"Mr. Evan," Mrs. Zabini held Christine's hand with a smile on her face, "It's an honor. Your presence makes this manor flourish."

Christine just smiled politely. He noticed that Mrs. Zabini looked very young and beautiful, and her clothes were even more beautiful and fashionable. He heard that Mrs. Zabini had six husbands before marrying into the Zabini family, but she She didn't look like she was aging at all, maybe she used some kind of potion to maintain youth.

"Christine, uh—come in—" Brace was a little embarrassed beside his mother, who seemed to be very strict with him, and he held out his arm, inviting Christine to enter the house, and the two house-elves had already and graciously opened the gilded gate.

Surrounded by a group of house elves, the three entered the Zabini family's house. The elves were very busy helping Christine with her luggage and taking off her coat.

Mrs. Zabini ordered Blaise to go to the study to accompany her sisters to study, and she personally took Christine to the luxurious bedroom that had been prepared. This bedroom is facing the garden and is very cool and pleasant.

The house elf in charge of cooking has prepared iced lemon juice and delicate desserts in the room, and a gold bell is placed by the bedside, so that the master can summon the servants at any time.

"Mr. Evan, this is your room. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality." Mrs. Zabini said with a smile on her face.

"Thank you, Mrs. Zabini," said Christine politely, "this bedroom is very beautiful."

"I'm relieved if you're satisfied, don't be cautious here, just treat this place as your home..." She seemed to think of something suddenly, and the expression on her face sank, "Mr. Evan, according to the wizard law Fa... the Zabini family has lost its honor... you can do with us as you like..."

"Don't mention it any more, ma'am, I have no intention of enslaving anyone."

"Thank you, thank you..." Mrs. Zabini took Christine's hand again, and her hand was trembling, "But you can't live without your personal servant... Gnar!"

The blue-eyed house-elf appeared and bowed respectfully.

"Gnar, starting today, you belong to Mr. Evan." Mrs. Zabini ordered, "You must serve him with all your heart."

"Yes," Gnar replied, turning to Christine and kissing his shoes, "Master Evan is Gnar's new master."

(End of this chapter)