Hogwarts Emerald

Early the next morning, Ada went to find Professor McGonagall and handed these Galleons to her. After learning a lesson, she suddenly gained a lot of money. Even though her name was on it, Ada still felt uneasy.

Professor McGonagall carefully inspected the small leather bag and the Galleons. She found no problems. The bag of money was neither a dangerous item nor a prank product.

Judging from the name on the bag, the money was indeed given to Ada. Although it was not much, it could indeed improve Ada's poor financial situation. However, the cautious Professor McGonagall temporarily confiscated the galleons.

Professor McGonagall thought: It would be better not to spend this kind of unclear money, and wait until she finds out the origin of the money before returning it to Ada.

After walking out of the office, Ada went to meet the twins. They should leave Hogwarts today.

Hogwarts did not allow any students to stay in school during the summer vacation, so Ada had to return to the orphanage. Ada had no affection for the orphanage. Apart from Lady Mary, Ada had no nostalgia there.

But Ada had no choice but to go back there and continue living there. When she got rich, she would own her own house and would not hesitate to be a house slave.

When heading to the station, Ada told the twins about Garen and also expressed her thoughts.

The two brothers agreed that it might have been given by Dumbledore. Dumbledore prevented the Daily Prophet from publishing Ada's name, so this was his private subsidy to Ada.

As for the money being sent by Snape, the twins completely disagreed with this statement. In their opinion, there was no need for Snape to do this, and he had no conscience to make himself feel bad and give some compensation to Ada.

Ada thought: I can’t figure out who sent the money anyway, so don’t worry about it for the time being. The money is not in my hands now. It’s better to leave this kind of thing to Professor McGonagall. .

On the train, six people were crowded into a box. The twins and Lee Jordan sat on one side, and three girls sat on the other side. Everyone was playing cards and laughing along the way, just like when they first arrived.

The countryside outside the window became more and more green and tidy. The train passed through Muggle towns one after another. As the scenery outside the window became more and more urban, Ada and the others also changed out of their wizard robes and put on hemp clothes. Melon clothes.

When the train pulled into the platform at King's Cross station, students poured out, the excitement of returning home diluting the atmosphere of farewell.

It took them a long time to get out of the platform. A wizened old guard stood guard at the dividing wall, allowing only two or three people to pass at a time, so that they wouldn't have a large number of people bursting out of the solid wall at the same time and attracting the attention of the Muggles.

Ada and the twins walked out of the passage together. Mrs. Weasley was waiting there with Ron and Ginny. She waved to Ada and the twins.

The fat Mrs. Weasley ignored her twin sons and said to Ada with a smile: "My dear, you must come to play at home during the holidays. I will ask Arthur to pick you up."

"Mom, Ada is not your daughter, Ginny next to you is!"

"We are your sons, and we haven't seen each other for half a year!"

The twins were a little jealous, but neither Ada nor Mrs. Weasley paid any attention to them.

"Thank you for the invitation. I long for the life of a wizarding family." Ada and Mrs. Weasley hugged each other, as if they were mother and daughter and the twins were just neighbor children.

Ada didn't say much to Mrs. Weasley because she had to travel halfway across London to get back to the orphanage.

Dragging her suitcase, Ada took Muggle public transportation to the block where the orphanage was located. It was only a year ago that this block actually gave Ada a sense of strangeness.

She continued walking along the path in her memory. She had walked this path for a long time, so there was nothing wrong with it. However, when Ada stood in front of the orphanage, her mind immediately shut down - the orphanage was gone. !

"Where is my orphanage? Where is the orphanage where I am a freshman?" Ada murmured to herself, "Did I go to the wrong place? No!"

Ada rubbed her eyes vigorously, but the scene in front of her did not change at all. The orphanage wasn't playing hide and seek with her, it was really gone, and all that was left was ruins.

Looking around, some houses not far from the orphanage have also been demolished. A team of construction workers are working on the ruins of the houses. It seems that this place has been demolished for a long time.

No matter how much Ada disliked the orphanage, it was a shelter that could protect her from wind and rain. Now that it was demolished, Ada still felt a little bitter in her heart.

It was already getting dark, so there was no need to stay here unless Ada wanted to sleep on the street.

After taking one last deep look at the ruins of the orphanage, Ada dragged her suitcase and left. The next block was still there, and she wanted to go there now to take a look.

Ada entered a small coffee shop. Because of the low prices, people from the surrounding area would patronize this place. Ada had been there once or twice before.

Sitting in the corner of the restaurant, Ada was eating pie and listening to people's discussions, but these people didn't say anything nutritious, they were either bragging or discussing football.

After sitting in the coffee shop for a while and finding out nothing, Ada was about to leave, but then a familiar voice suddenly sounded beside her.

"Esmeralda Drizzt?"

Ada raised her head and saw a man standing in front of her. His voice was familiar and his appearance was somewhat familiar. Ada asked uncertainly: "Mr. Coker?"

"It's me." Mr. Kirk looked at the suitcase on the ground and asked, "Have you just come back?"

"Yes sir, we were on summer vacation, but when we came back we found that the orphanage had been demolished."

Mr. Cork took out a pen from his pocket, and then wrote on the napkin. He said: "The block of the orphanage was demolished after Christmas. It is said that it is to build a commercial area."

"The neighborhoods around here are not wealthy and can be considered a gathering place for the poor. We are not afraid of losing money when we build a commercial district here," Mr. Coker continued.

"Where's Lady Mary?"

"She and the children were arranged to another orphanage. The conditions there were much better than here." Mr. Coker gave Ada the napkin with the writing on it. "Look, this is that orphanage." The address of the orphanage.”

Ada took the napkin and frowned as she looked at the address on it.

"Mrs. Mary has been unable to contact you, so she asked a few people nearby to tell you the address if they saw you." Mr. Cork continued, "The place is in the countryside near Surrey County, not too special. Far."

"My school management is very strict and I am very busy studying, so I have never been in contact with Mrs. Mary."

Ada only asked Mr. Weasley to send a letter at Christmas, but she did not leave any contact information. Lady Mary is a nun, and Ada is a witch, so she has never told Lady Mary about this. She is afraid that the elderly Lady Mary will not be able to bear the excitement.

"Do you want me to take you there?" kind-hearted Mr. Coker asked, "I went there once to see it."

"Don't bother sir, I'll just take the train myself." Ada prevaricated, "I think I should leave now."

Mr. Kirk looked at his watch and continued: "Then be careful along the way. It's already a bit late. You'd better go tomorrow."

"Thank you. I'll go to my classmate's house to stay for one night first."

After saying goodbye to Mr. Cork, Ada left the cafe. She went to buy envelopes and stamps. Ada had no intention of going to Surrey, but she should at least give Lady Mary a peace of mind.

After stuffing the letter into the mailbox, Ada dragged the box and left the neighborhood. It was getting late and she needed a place to stay.

When a wizard needs a place to live, where do you first think of? Ada was thinking of the Leaky Cauldron, which looked shabby, but was the first stop in Ada's magical world.

Ada's back was elongated diagonally on the street. Everything started in the orphanage. Here Ada came into contact with a whole new world. Here Ada met Mag for the first time. Now the place has been demolished. .

Without where we came from, we can only move forward. This may be the magical arrangement of fate!