Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

The school year has ended successfully. The students have boarded the Hogwarts Express and are now on their way home. There are so many fewer people in the castle all of a sudden, and it is so clean that Gray is uncomfortable with it.

He tidied up his office, sorted the crystal stones needed for class into boxes one by one, locked the magic source stone extracted from petrified wood in a small box and stuffed it under his pillow.

"tidy."

Gray waved his wand, and the books and clothes he needed to carry automatically floated in the air and flew into his box one by one.

This curse is definitely a benefit for late-stage lazy cancer.

He walked out with a small leather suitcase, and finally added several theft induction spells to the office. Everything was arranged properly. Finally, it was time to go home and take a rest.

Gray's long summer vacation gave Arnold a toothache, because when he was busiest, Gray was at his most leisurely, and he sometimes wanted to drag Gray over to work overtime with him.

"Why should I go to work with you?" Gray asked deliberately.

"Your good brother is almost exhausted, yet you drink coffee leisurely and invite me out for drinks every three days! You clearly know that I am the busiest during this period!" Arnold was indignant.

……

Gray, who was at home on vacation, still habitually sat on the sofa and read the Daily Prophet:

"Daily Prophet Tuesday, June 6

Headline: "Herbalism Today" releases new research, Spanish moss may become a best-seller again

As we all know, Spanish moss has the effect of protecting the surrounding things. Planting it on the house or in the home can protect the people in the house from evil. However, this kind of plant often blocks the light and affects the indoor ventilation due to its overgrown bearded vines. Permeability and abandoned.

But its new features will re-enhance its status.Claire Weisman, a young talented and well-known herbalist, recently published an article that improved Spanish moss can keenly identify items with black magic, and will quickly extend its vines to wrap them, thus ensuring that those around it are protected. safety.

In addition, the improved Spanish moss will not grow for no reason, it will maintain a moderate length, and people no longer have to worry about blocking light.With just a piece of Spanish moss, you can protect yourself from evil magic, which greatly improves the safety of wizards' lives.

In addition, the Ministry of Magic is considering using it to search for banned dark magic items.

According to the reporter's investigation, some magic material stores have begun to introduce new varieties, and the improved Spanish moss may return to the market as a hot seller. "

Gray looked at the contents of the newspaper. He remembered the anonymous package again. He still couldn't figure out who sent it. He flipped through the newspaper at random, and there was another piece of news on the second page of the newspaper that caused a stir. His note:

"News: A wizard was attacked by an unknown person. The Ministry of Magic is trying its best to track down the attacker.

On the evening of June 6, a wizard was attacked on the streets of Diagon Alley. After knocking the wizard down, the attacker tried to modify the victim's memory and fled the scene. Fortunately, the victim recovered by his own will. After recalling that she had been attacked, she immediately reported the incident to the Ministry of Magic.

At present, the victim has not found any valuables he carried with him missing. The purpose of the murderer is still unknown. The Ministry of Magic is fully investigating. If there are any witnesses, please contact the Magical Law Enforcement Team in time. "

"It's getting more and more chaotic..." Gray looked at the news. "You can be attacked just walking on the street."

Lu Lu on the side gently pecked the newspaper twice, interrupting Gray's thoughts. It wanted to remind Gray to feed him snacks.

Gray put down the newspaper and walked through the living room into the kitchen. He took out a bag of oats from the cabinet next to the sink and poured some on the table. Lulu ate it happily.

"Why are other people's owls busy going out to hunt for food every day, while you stay at home and have nothing to do?"

Lulu cooed twice in a low voice. It was a little dissatisfied with Gray's words, but it never missed eating during the whole process.

"Clean up." A few feathers in the house disappeared.

At this time, the phone in the living room suddenly rang.

"Hello, this is Morris's house." Gray picked up the receiver.

"Of course I know it's the Morris family, alas -" He heard his father Sante's voice coming from the other end of the phone, "Help me see if that "**JS" is on the bookshelf, that's the one - "

"I understand - it's the Orthopedic Journal you read," Gray said lazily. He glanced at the bookshelf and found the book in the upper right corner, "It's here."

"Which issue is it?"

"Let me take a look first." Gray walked to the bookshelf and pulled it out, "May."

"Yes! That's right, that's it." Santer on the other end of the phone was obviously relieved. "I just didn't find it in the office just now, so I came to ask. It's okay since it's not lost."

After hanging up the phone, Gray stuffed the book back into the bookshelf intact, but just as he was about to turn around and return to the sofa, he seemed to see a sensitive word in his peripheral vision, and he turned around sharply. Yes, that's right. On the bookshelf in front of him, among a row of medical journals, was an out-of-place book with four words written on the side - to conceal the truth.

Gray blinked to make sure his eyes were not dazzled. There was this book standing there, this book that had puzzled him for a long time.

"Often hidden in places that don't look so safe..."

Gray thought of the note from before. Is this the so-called less safe place?Just on your bookshelf at home?

He took out the book and looked at it carefully. He swore that he had never seen this book in his more than 20 years of living here.

"Only those who understand theoretical knowledge and have seen a certain number of crystal stones can see it..."

This was still a sentence on the note, and he could only think so at the moment. Anyway, in this world, everything that cannot be explained can be said to be magic.

Gray moved to the basement room and spread the book on the table. Although it said "To hide it" on the cover, it was empty and there was nothing inside.

"Hurry up!"

Gray tapped it twice with his wand. In an instant, the tip of the wand released a blue light that enveloped the entire book. After the dazzling light disappeared, the first thing that appeared on the blank page were a few... The neatly drawn characters, Gray remembered, were mostly the same as the ones he had seen in Mason's office, but there were two extra ones.

He took a closer look and saw that there was a long list of ancient words on it, which seemed to be annotations for these words, as well as some symbols that he could not understand. But in the end, six runes appeared in the middle of the paper. number.

While he was focusing on the book in front of him, there was a rustling sound outside the door of the basement cabin, but he was the only one at home at this time.

Gray hurriedly closed the book, picked up his wand and cautiously approached the door.

Who could be here? Is it because of this book?

He opened the door a crack and pointed the wand outside. Looking through the crack in the door, he saw that the wand in his hand was pointing at no one else, but an owl.

Gray breathed a sigh of relief and took down the letter from the owl's mouth:

"Dear Gray:

We need to meet as soon as possible. Some things need to be said clearly in person.

Three o'clock in the afternoon, the Three Broomsticks.

Please reply to me when you receive it. To be on the safe side, use this owl. Its name is Leah. You should remember it, right?

your faithful

Claire”

The owl was standing on the table, preening its feathers. Gray was about to hand it a reply when Lulu suddenly hooted twice and flew in. It was about to deliver the letter again.

"No, Lulu," Gray pushed it aside gently, "Claire said in the letter that Leah must send it."

Lulu shouted twice in dissatisfaction.

"You should be more friendly, especially when you see an old friend," Gray said, dissatisfied with its tantrums. "You two have seen each other in the school owl shed before, right?"

However, Lu Lu was still unconvinced, and its big amber eyes were full of blame.

"Don't look at me accusingly."

Gray handed the reply to Leah, who flapped her wings twice and flew away.