Hogwarts: I act like a boss in front of Hermione

"Are you OK?"

Are you just talking about me? Noel looked up and saw a girl with fluffy blond hair staring at him.

"Thank you. I'm fine. It's my first time to appear in this way, so I'm a little uncomfortable."

But the girl didn't reply and looked at Noel in astonishment.

"My name is Noel Sirius Black, nice to meet you! You can just call me Noel!"

Noel held out his hand to shake her hand.

"Ah! Hello! My name is Hermione Jane Granger. Nice to meet you too. You can just call me Hermione!" Hermione, who had recovered from the thought that she was a boy, also stretched out her hand and spoke to this person. A young boy who called himself Noel shook hands and told him his name.

"Noel, are you an ordinary person like me? I mean, your parents are ordinary people." Hermione asked directly as soon as she let go of her hand.

"No, I was born in a wizarding family. It's just that my parents passed away, so Professor McGonagall took me to buy things for school." Hearing Hermione's question, Noel answered readily.

Just when Noel and Hermione were about to get to know each other better.

Professor McGonagall's voice came from behind.

"Are you the Granger family? I am Minerva McGonagall. You can just call me Professor McGonagall."

"Hello, Professor McGonagall, my name is Hermione Jane Granger!" Hermione looked a little excitedly at Professor McGonagall, who was taking them to buy magic items today.

"Okay, Ms. Granger and Little Noel, it's getting late. We need to go to Diagon Alley as soon as possible to buy you the books and other items you need for first grade." He and Hermione's parents briefly introduced where they were going next. Professor McGonagall lowered her head and said to Hermione and Noel.

"Okay, Professor McGonagall!" x2.

At this moment, Hermione noticed that her parents' eyes were on Noel, so she said to Noel, "They are my parents, and they are both easy to get along with!"

Then he turned to the Grangers and said, "This is Noel. Like me, he needs to buy books and necessary items for school today."

When Hermione introduced him to her parents, Noel also took off his hat and saluted both of them, "Nice to meet you, my name is Noel Sirius Black!" Hermione's parents also nodded with a smile. respond.

……

Professor McGonagall led them through the bar in the house, out of the back door of the bar, and into the small courtyard surrounded by walls. There is nothing here except a trash can and some weeds.

Professor McGonagall was facing an old wall made of red stone bricks. Picking up the wand in his hand, he turned to Hermione and Noel and said, "Whenever you want to go to Diagon Alley in the future, you must remember to stand here and tap the three bricks three times with your wand. Don’t mix up the order of stay.”

After finishing speaking, Professor McGonagall tapped the wall three times with the wand in her hand.

The bricks she had knocked began to move around, and a small hole appeared in the middle. As time passed, the hole became larger and larger. After a while, a wide corridor appeared in front of them, leading to a winding cobblestone street with no end in sight.

"Welcome to Diagon Alley." Professor McGonagall said to the four people behind her. "Well, ladies and gentlemen. Let's go inside."

……

Along a long cobblestone street, McGonagall led the four of them to Gringotts. The Granger family needed to exchange some wizarding currency.

Along the way, Hermione showed curiosity about all magical items and asked Professor McGonagall questions from time to time. Noel looked around at the wizards around him, and occasionally answered Hermione's questions to him.

It's possible that Hermione also found that nagging at Professor McGonagall was a bit too rude, so she changed her target to Noel. Although Noel had never been to Diagon Alley before, it did not prevent him from explaining to Hermione what he bought in the surrounding shops. , For example, the paper cranes that occasionally fly away from the head are just a means of communication for wizards, etc.

"The white pavilion in front is Gringotts. Hermione and you need to exchange gold galleons there." Looking at Gringotts in front of him, Noel whispered to Hermione beside him.

"Mr. Granger, as I told you just now, we are going to enter the building in front now, which is Gringotts. For you Muggles, it is equivalent to the bank of our wizarding world. Let's go in now! "It seems that I heard the quiet conversation between Noel and Hermione. Professor McGonagall also said to Hermione's father beside him.

"Okay, Professor McGonagall!" Hermione's father responded hesitantly, looking at the goblin guard beside the silver door in front.

"Although Gringotts is where our wizards store their treasures, it is managed by a group of goblins!"

Professor McGonagall saw the Grangers looking at the goblin guards and spoke as they walked.

The group of people walked through the silver door and came to the spacious marble hall. What they saw was about a hundred goblins sitting behind a long counter and making notes in a large ledger. Some used scales to weigh coins, and some used eyepieces to detect gems.

"Follow me here. This is the counter specifically for Muggles to exchange gold galleons." Professor McGonagall pointed to the Muggle currency exchange office not far to the left, facing the shocked people.

"Is this your first time here too? Noel" Hermione recovered from the shock of seeing hundreds of goblins busy and asked Noel beside her.

"Yes, it's my first time here too. It's not just Gringotts, it's also my first time here in Diagon Alley." Noel said to Hermione who was looking at him.

"Then you are so amazing. You know everything I asked you just now. It's amazing!"

"Hey, I've always been alone. When I was bored, I spent my time reading books, so I know a lot. If you are interested, we will go to the bookstore later and I will recommend a few books for you to quickly learn about the magical world. Book."

"I remember the textbook we needed to buy included History of Magic! Noel," Hermione responded.

"Sorry, Hermione! I forgot. I will recommend you some books outside the textbooks, and I promise you won't be disappointed!" Sensing Hermione's hesitant look, Noel could only respond with his firm gaze. other side.

When the group arrived at the Muggle currency exchange office, the goblin on duty recognized Professor McGonagall, "Good morning, Ms. McGonagall. How can I help you?"

Professor McGonagall pointed to the Granger family beside him and said, "These are the parents of this year's students. They need to exchange some gold galleons."

"Okay, ma'am!" the goblin responded to Mag, then turned his attention to the Granger family, "Sir, how much do you need to exchange..."

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"Little Noel, do you need to withdraw money from your vault?" Professor McGonagall has not forgotten the little boy beside her. She knows that although the Black family has declined, its existing wealth is amazing. There is no worry that this Black member will run out of money.

"No need, Professor McGonagall. I have enough money!" Noel glanced at the depths of the hall and said to Professor McGonagall.

In fact, Noel has always wanted to enter his family's treasury and take a look. Noel doesn't really care how much money there is. The main reason is to see what treasures are inside, so it may take a lot of time to enter the vault. Now is not the right time. Noel gave up the idea and planned to take Kreacher to Gringotts sometime later.

Although Noel is very interested in the rumored last magic stone.

But there's no need to rob it here, "take it" directly from Dumbledore, isn't it delicious?

Think of it as an advance payment for this year’s Christmas gift…

……

Without delaying too long, Hermione's father had already exchanged 200 gold galleons for Hermione, which was enough for Hermione's consumption this year.

After leaving Gringotts, Professor McGonagall led everyone to Madam Malkin's robe store. After buying Noel and Hermione's wizard robes, hats, gloves and cloaks, they went to the Flourish and Blotts Bookstore next door.

"Hello, Professor McGonagall! How can I serve you?" The clerk who received Noel and his group was a young man. When he saw Professor McGonagall, he came over to receive them warmly. Noel felt that this person was probably a Hogwarts graduate.

"Hello, Lake! These two students are freshmen this year and need to buy two sets of textbooks from you. No, here are the book lists." Professor McGonagall handed a piece of paper in her sleeve to this student. A clerk named Lake.

"Okay, Professor McGonagall!" After taking the book list, Lake lowered his head and said to Noel and Hermione, "You two, you can go into the bookstore and see if there are any books you are interested in. Choose the books you like. , I will pay you the check later. I will go and prepare your textbooks for you now."

"Thank you, Mr. Lake!" Noel looked at Lake to express his gratitude. Next to her, Hermione had already picked up a copy of "Hogwarts: A School History" and started reading it.

"This book is very good. It records the founding history of Hogwarts in detail. I highly recommend it to you! But I suggest you close this book now." Seeing Hermione looking at him doubtfully, Noel continued, "Come on, I'll take you in and choose a few books. I'll make sure you like them."

"Okay, Noel! I want to see what books you would recommend to me? If I don't like it, huh!" Hermione snorted as if she was annoyed that someone interrupted her reading.

In about 10 minutes, Lake took out two bundles of books from the depths of the bookstore, and Noel and Hermione also selected the books they wanted to buy. Noel held five books on his chest, one of which was "Traveling with the Vampire" by Gilderoy Lockhart. Hermione, on the other hand, was holding four books: "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", "Modern History of Magic", "The Rise and Fall of Dark Magic", and "Important Magical Events of the 5th Century", plus "Hogwarts, A Episode" which had been entrusted to her parents for safekeeping. "School History", Hermione also bought 20 books.

Among them, "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" and "The Rise and Fall of Dark Arts" were recommended to Hermione by Noel. Noel told Hermione that "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" are fairy tale books that wizard children have read since childhood. 》can let her know about some dangerous things in the wizarding world.

"Are you sure you want to read so many books?" Lake looked at both of them holding thick books and couldn't help but confirm again.

"Yes, Mr. Lake, I need to fully understand the magical world as soon as possible, and Noel told me that these books can help me!" Hermione said to Lake firmly.

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In this group of people walking on the street, Mr. and Mrs. Granger each had a bundle of books bought by Hermione, while Noel had nothing in his hands. When Hermione found that Noel's wizard robe was not in her hand, she actually wanted to ask Noel about it, but she forgot about it when she came to the bookstore.

"Where are your books, Noel? And where are your previous wizard robes?" Hermione said to Noel, who was ordering some materials she didn't understand from the owner of Giggs' Pharmacy.

"Oh! I put all this in this pocket. It was a birthday gift from one of my elders. The space inside is about 30 cubic meters, which can hold a lot of items!" Noel and the drugstore owner confirmed After getting the delivery address, when he heard Hermione's question, he pointed to the dragon leather fanny pack on his waist and explained to Hermione.

"So magical?" Hermione asked in surprise, and the Grangers and Mrs. Granger next to her also showed surprised expressions. After all, they had never heard of such a small thing being able to hold so much makeup.