HP's Foreign Land

Accompanied by the master, Heimdall went to the post office to buy postcards, and bought a batch of daily necessities for wizards at several affordable grocery stores.Wizard tent, broom compass small parts, special matches for the crucible, stirring stick, wizard pocket watch adjuster, and a large bottle of discounted color-changing ink.I also bought a few bottles of quick-acting drugs for minor ailments, such as bruise and swelling agents, in the pharmacy.These items were purchased in different shops, and before Heimdall left, he collected their next discount introductions separately, thinking about whether the items displayed on them were worth his money again when the next discount season entered.

Heimdall refused the master to help him pay, but adopted the AA system, and bought what he liked.The master never entangled him in this matter, because Director Strulusson once said something that made the master feel very ironic and yearning: "Sooner or later, even if we want to settle the accounts, it will be difficult. gone."

With Victor's help, Heimdall saw a set of "Day and Night at Durmstrang Castle" drawn with colored pencils when he was shopping for postcards at the post office.The master said that although the author is not well-known, the critics are generally optimistic about his paintings, that is, the kind that are well received but not well received.

Heimdall felt that he painted the castle of the German school very dreamily, using bright and bold colors, abandoning the fixed dark and depressing, black and white patterns, which is unique.As a German school student who is immersed in dark tones every year, he feels that his eyes are bright, so he is willing to pay for it, that's all.

This set of postcards was newly launched this year, and the price was higher than the regular ones. Heimdall wanted to bargain with the staff of the post office. Unfortunately, the postcards were marked with a price. Except for world-class wizarding holidays, the post office generally does not hold discounts.

Holding them up, Heimdall almost "wanted to see through", gritted his teeth and took out his money bag.

The staff of the post office have been calmly waiting for the results of the battle between heaven and man. They are all old acquaintances and are very familiar with Heimdall's words and deeds.The staff knew that no matter how entangled the baby was, if he was hesitant to hold it in his hands, he would buy it in all likelihood.

Mr. Sturlusson didn't even realize that his behavior patterns had long been known by these shrewd businessmen.

Heimdall wrote the postcards at the post office at the same time as he bought them, and sent out the postcards in batches directly through the owl of the post office. Some were sent to Dad; some were sent to Snow; some were sent to Lucius; For Sirius; Harry and Draco did not forget; Weasley's; Buta was able to receive the mail. He hesitated when making this decision. In the end, he still didn’t give Ke the right to open the mailbox... He didn’t remember how many pieces he wrote. The two old men from Knockturn Alley and Diagon Alley also mailed them separately...it cost him a lot of money.

Before returning to the Goblin Hotel, the master casually pointed to the jewelry store across the street and said he wanted to have a look.

This jewelry store named "Woodpecker" is very inconspicuous. There is no display window. There is only an orange glass wooden door with a copper sign along the street, and you can look inward for a while.It is easy to pass by when walking, in other words, there is no sense of existence.The owner's business philosophy seems to be casual, and he can't open it all day long, which is more arbitrary than the clothing store in Milan, Italy. Heimdall has passed by here nine times out of ten, and the glass door is black.

It was open today, full of curiosity, Heimdall followed Victor into the store.

The navy blue walls do not have any decorative lines or veneers, and there are small pieces of orange and green tiles under the feet, which form a strong visual impact with the color of the wall.In the entire five-square-meter space, there is only a glass cabinet with a width of [-] centimeters and a height of two meters that is exquisitely carved and placed on the wall facing the entrance. Jewelry, this cabinet alone is a work of art.

Heimdall stared at one of the cabinet legs for a long time. It was a mermaid with pearls sitting on a shell. It was beautiful and lifelike. The scales on the tail of the fish were lifelike. Even the serene facial expressions are clearly discernible.When he moved his eyes to the other cabinet leg in amazement, he found that the shape of the mermaid had changed.Four cabinet feet and four shapes.

The cabinet is carved with a poignant love story widely circulated in the wizarding world as the theme, and all the carvings revolve around this story.Heimdall knew this story, and Snow had read him a bedside book when he was a child, and there were many such mysterious things in it.

No wonder people always say that the world is one. The poignant love story about the mermaid, which is well-known in the wizarding world, is also popular in the Muggle world. The general framework is very similar to Andersen's "The Daughter of the Sea". The young wizard, only the self-righteous simple mind, both wizards and Muggles have maintained a high degree of consistency in the plot arrangement.

In fact, it is not surprising that this story is well known to women and children in the wizarding world. Here, mermaids do exist.

I remember Draco being very surprised when he heard that Snow had used such books as Heimdall's bedside reading. His father never allowed Draco to read them. Lucius believed that such books would bring down his son's IQ.

Closer to home.

At this point, Heimdall understands why the store has been closed for longer than it has been open.

A grizzled old woman looked at them and smiled, then, looking down on Victor, "I'm waiting for you." She opened the cupboard, levitated one of the items with her wand and let it move out.Victor took the white gloves handed to him by the old woman, and the object landed gently in his hands.

It's a pocket watch with a cover.Silver, simple shape, or no shape at all.There is a circle of Milanese flowers engraved on the case. Although it is simple, the floral decorations are densely packed in one corner, changing from thick to light, with smooth lines, which can reflect the exquisite craftsmanship and look very elegant.

Heimdall thought the pocket watch looked familiar.

Victor opened and closed the case of the pocket watch, carefully looked at the hour hand, checked many places, and borrowed a small cylindrical magnifying glass from the store to study the carvings for a long time, finally nodded in satisfaction .

A smile appeared on the old woman's face.

Victor handed the pocket watch to Heimdall, "See what else needs to be added."

In fact, Heimdall had guessed that this would be the result, otherwise why did he bring him here for no reason.

"You can figure it out, anyway, you pay for it." Heimdall shrugged, looking as if he was waiting for free food.

Vick laughed, grabbed him and gave him a good chomp, and said to the old woman, "That's it."

When they left the shop, Heimdall lowered his head to play with the pocket watch, and found that it was the same size as his palm. He raised his head and said to the master, "It's the same as yours."

Victor took out his own pocket watch. Except for a slight difference in size, the shape is basically the same. The position of the Milanese carving on the case is also symmetrical. No one will suspect that the two watches are not the same.It's just that the standard size of a lady's pocket watch is smaller than the one in Heimdall's hand.

Heimdall brushed away the snow that fell on the watch case, and smiled, "Thank you, I like it very much."

Where there is love, life blossoms. (PS: The language of flowers in Milan.)

Victor showed off his cooking skills, and the two had a simple and delicious dinner.

After dinner, Heimdall was in charge of clearing the table, washing the pots, brushing the dishes, and mopping the table, then he left the kitchen and went upstairs along the wooden stairs.

Victor stood by the bird stand in front of the large floor-to-ceiling windows and fed Olar. Heimdall walked over and picked up a small handful of barley-shaped snacks to feed to Olar. took the letter.

Heimdall opened it, and laughed after a while, "Mr. Minister asked me how many illegitimate children you have."

The "Mr. Minister" Heimdall referred to was the former Estonian Minister of Magic in the Hercules wizarding prison. They have been maintaining a weekly communication frequency. IW's courier eats the royal food is relatively big, the letter lost the school and ran away, the caring Olar will help the owner to forward it once.

"That former minister is too idle." Victor was a little speechless.

"Try shutting down in one place for 20 years, no one talks to you, there is no sound at all except your own making, you can't tell the difference between day and night, and you see the unchanging and eternal scenery in front of you." Heimdall said. "I'm sure that if it were me, I'd be very interested in the papers about the birth of two domesticated velvet matings."

Victor glanced at him, "You seem to have a high opinion of the former minister."

"I have seen his resume and read the past newspapers. This person is not a genius like Grindelwald, but he strives to be the best in everything. I admire serious people. His efforts can make the whole world think. Wizards who take shortcuts are ashamed of themselves." It's a pity that luck is unlucky, and it belongs to the kind of bitter life that is sweet first and then bitter.

Heimdall took the letter paper to the desk and sat down, put it on the table, took out the letter paper that Judge Hollingworth handed him, took out a postcard, and put the beautiful Durmster on the postcard. Lang Castle uses magic to copy onto letter paper.He once sent a postcard to the ex-Minister in a smart way, and received a roaring letter from Hollingworth the next day, and was told that the evaluation of his personal work performance among the unofficial members of the IW was deducted because of his "whimsical". If the score is not high, the evaluation of regularization in the future will also be affected accordingly. He paid the price for his self-assertion.

Frustration is natural, but people are quite interesting creatures, and Heimdall got into the horns of this matter, of course he was not for the ex-minister who actually had no friendship at all, it was purely rebellious. , points are deducted anyway.

Heimdall found out the small household magic manual that Nier had given him, and copied the landscape picture on the second postcard purchased for the former minister to the letter paper. The first postcard has not been returned yet. Heimdall had been thinking about the postcard's whereabouts—to his delight, the stationery didn't show the slightest rejection, which meant that it hadn't been enchanted beforehand.

After the letter was sent, Heimdall was in a state of anxiety for a few days. Then, he received a reply from the former minister. In the letter, the former minister did not hesitate to express his joy at receiving the "postcard".

Through this incident, Heimdall found a new way, and also touched the bottom line of IW and Hercules Prison's review.

So, he felt refreshed.

Heimdall sealed the envelope and prepared to take it to school on Monday to wait for IW's courier to pick it up.

After finishing all this, he joined the old man in front of the fireplace, kicked off his shoes and stepped on the carpet, nestled in a pile of big cushions, and rested his head on Victor's stomach.

"What time do you plan to leave tomorrow?" Heimdall said.

Victor put down the book in his hand, touched Heimdall's forehead with one hand, and stroked it gently.

"We're meeting at the Quidditch League headquarters at ten o'clock in the morning, how about you?"

"I'm not like you. I just went through the motions and went after lunch. The magic organization asked me to get there before two o'clock."

What they were talking about was the Barnabas Finkley Awards Gala scheduled to be held next weekend. This award specially set up for European wizards is given out once a year. The awards include all walks of life in the wizarding world, and it is a relatively miscellaneous award.There are many awards with a long history in the wizarding world. Barnabas Finkley stands out because of its omnipresence. It has more weight in academia, but because it is held every year, the response to it from the outside world has always been tepid.The most widely recognized one so far was the year in which the young Albus Dumbledore received the Special Contribution Award.

There were some exceptions this year. Barnabas Finkley's organizing committee, who had been doing his own thing and didn't care about the outside world's evaluation at all, decided to hold a party.

Tomorrow is the last rehearsal of the party. Important or unimportant award presenters must come to the scene and walk the stage to find out their way, so as not to be confused on the day of the party.

Heimdall rejected Lacarlini's request for a date last time, and asked for leave to go out on a private matter. In fact, he went to the live rehearsal.It's a pity that the partner assigned to him at the party still didn't show up. The little green leaf Heimdall had to be a red flower and a green leaf, walking through the whole party, hoping that the said busy red flower would be able to show up tomorrow.

Heimdall entered the venue with the qualification of "the younger generation working hard in magic institutions", otherwise, based on his current social status, he would never be able to get the admission ticket.

When the magic organization sent him a letter, he thought it was for evaluation, but he didn't expect it was for Barnabas Finkley.The fat director told him that after studying the magical institution, they decided to find a few more distinctive wizards from among the evaluators to represent the magical institution to participate in the gala.Heimdall was chosen.

Before he could scream a few times for this sudden surprise, the fat director sighed, "It's not that you are so good, it's just that there are only a few young people under the age of 20. You can be regarded as the tallest among the dwarfs."

Heimdall was melancholy.

Coincidentally, the next day, he received a letter from the Sugar Mouse Organizing Committee. Heimdall was one of the previous champions. If possible, he would like to invite him to represent Sugar Mouse to participate in the Barnabas Finkley.

Heimdall exclaimed that it is a pity that he is just a small shrimp among small shrimps in the magic institution, and Sugar Mouse will appear as a champion no matter what, and the seating arrangement is not at the same level at all. .

Heimdall replied to Sugar Mouse with great regret, declined their invitation and told them the reason.

He has already agreed to the magic organization...

"Little La Carlini will definitely go too." The master's sudden words drew Heimdall's attention back.

He turned his head to look up, and said with a smile, "Oh, so what?"

"Rommel will definitely go too." The master said with a deep expression on his face.

Heimdall blinked, "What's wrong?"

"No." Victor pondered for a moment, "It's the first time I feel that Rommel is your father and it's good."

Heimdall was stunned, decided to give up, turned over, and picked up the astronomy textbook with a bitter face.

But the master's hand began to become restless, and the places he touched became more and more unreliable...

Heimdall turned back again, threatening with those small eyes, "We will take turns asking questions on Monday."

"I'll teach you." Victor threw away his book, took Heimdall's book out of his hand, and dragged him up to hold him in his arms.

"What you say doesn't match what you do," Heimdall said of the obvious discovery.

Victor put down his astronomy textbook and continued to move his hands calmly.

"Didn't you see that I am doing what I do?" The master is always confident.

On Monday, Heimdall received a letter from La Carlini Jr., who emotionally chose a small and fresh stationery in light yellow with a silver-gray envelope.Perhaps considering that his understanding of Heimdall was still blank, this letter was written in a very accommodating and tactful way, asking a lot of questions. It seemed that Lacarini Jr. really planned to keep in touch with him.

Heimdall chose a small part of the answers, and did not reply to the request for the next meeting in the letter. If Victor's guess is correct, they will meet this weekend. Heimdall does not intend to point this out. .

After writing the reply and sealing the letter, Bonasera came over energetically and patted him on the shoulder.

"My vice president, how are you preparing?!" Bonasera gave a speech in the afternoon, which was the last public canvassing before the vote.

Heimdall thinks it's a good thing he's confident, but...

"Don't call me 'vice-chairman' in front of people!" Heimdall thought that Bonasera's words and deeds were not cautious enough and could easily cause adverse effects, but it was just his personal style and his nature was hard to change.People who don't know him must think that this person is disgusting and frivolous, just like his original self.After really getting along with him, I found that apart from a little brain twitching, there was nothing serious about this person.

Thinking that he had been dealing with the Italians who were "like water and fire" recently, Heimdall felt a little powerless, and Director Sturluson pretended to be serious and named it "The Counterattack of Italian Wizards".