Hogwarts Kryptonian - Chapter 304

c304 Can’t go back

A wedding at the Burrow more or less represents a state of existence for wizards in the post-Nurmengard era.

Although Voldemort was not told anywhere that he had disappeared, and at the same time, Dumbledore, who was the banner of resistance against him, seemed to have left without saying goodbye, but no one discussed where they went.

Everyone just treated them as if they had never existed.

In fact, except for their families, the members of the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters who disappeared in Nurmengard were all forgotten.

Of course, they just pretended to forget.

As Daphne, who attended the wedding with Lu Yunkai that day, said to Lu Yunkai when she returned home, Kingsley could still become the new Minister of Magic, which means that these people actually still expected Dumbledore’s people to protect them.

There are still many good people in the wizarding world.

Lu Yunkai, who knew the “mysteries” behind the change of the Minister of Magic, did not take Daphne’s “good wishes” seriously, nor would he be stupid enough to refute his girlfriend in person, so…

Just think that Daphne represents the truth, goodness and beauty of the British wizarding world!

And after the wedding banquet, which gathered many people familiar with the Weasley family, equivalent to half of the British wizarding world, ended, this “truth, goodness and beauty” seemed to have really become a mainstream.

The optimistic mood of “everything is getting better” spread through word of mouth among the wizards who attended the wedding.

This is of course what Kingsley wanted.

Just as he said to Lu Yunkai at the wedding.

“We need to enter a new life, and I am here today for this.”

Attending a young person’s wedding in a private capacity, and blessing the two as a parent, the topic of conversation was just some trivial matters of firewood, rice, oil and salt.

It has nothing to do with black magic, and nothing to do with Voldemort.

It’s all over, it’s over, and the wizarding world is about to usher in a new era.

And this new era, of course, starts with new people.

For example, those students who are studying at Hogwarts.

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“Have you received your new book list?”

A week after returning from the Burrow, Daphne shook the owl letter in her hand early in the morning and asked Lu Yunkai, who was eating breakfast and reading the newly published Daily Prophet.

It was already the last day of July. As usual every year, the owl flew to the homes of all Hogwarts students with the admission notice for the new school year.

“Got it. I was just about to ask if you want to go to Diagon Alley to buy something today.” Lu Yunkai took a sip of the black tea at hand and nodded, “There are quite a lot of things to buy!”

“Yes! NEWTS review materials,” Daphne glanced at the letter in her hand, “It’s almost twice as much as when I was in OWLS!”

“This can’t be helped! The school was a mess last year, and nearly half of our students didn’t attend classes, but NEWTS can’t just give us a break because of this.” Lu Yunkai smiled and shook his head, “If our NEWTS results this year are as bad as last year’s, Snape may not be able to stay in the position of principal for two years.”

“Yeah! I haven’t been to class for more than half a year.” Daphne sighed softly, “I’m afraid I won’t be able to adapt to school when I return.”

“It’s the last year anyway.” Lu Yunkai smiled and shook his head, “By the way, have you thought about what to do after graduation?”

“After graduation?” Daphne was stunned at first, then her face turned red, “Ah! Why are you in a hurry!!”

“…”

Lu Yunkai took a sip of the red car in his hand.

I said, Miss Greengrass, I asked you what job you plan to do after graduation, not to tell you those things! !

Uh, why does it seem that Daphne really doesn’t plan to find a job after graduation…

Forget it, just pretend that I didn’t ask.

“But it seems to be almost done… um, by the way, that exorcism ceremony! You should arrange it for me as soon as possible!” Daphne certainly didn’t realize that she had completely misunderstood Lu Yunkai’s words, and continued to gallop in her own mind: “Otherwise, I won’t go shopping today, and I’ll do the ceremony first…”

“Okay, hurry up and have breakfast, and then go to Diagon Alley!” Lu Yunkai interrupted Daphne’s monologue.

“Oh.” Daphne pouted a little unhappy, but didn’t say anything more.

The restaurant became quiet.

After breakfast and cleaning up, the two of them went to the Leaky Cauldron through the fireplace together.

The long table in the bar was filled with various wizards in casual clothes. Everyone was holding a glass in their hands, laughing and chatting in a low voice. The buzzing sound echoed throughout the room, and the lively atmosphere made Lu Yunkai seem to have returned to the first time he came to the Leaky Cauldron six years ago.

The boss Tom was wiping the glasses behind the counter, directing the young wizards who came to work in the bar to do this and that. When he saw Lu Yunkai and Daphne appear in the fireplace, he nodded and smiled at them.

Lu Yunkai didn’t go over to chat with him more, but smiled and nodded in return, then took Daphne, who still wanted to have a drink in the bar, and walked into Diagon Alley.

“Why is the Leaky Cauldron so lively, but Diagon Alley so deserted?”

After passing through the stone archway at the back door of the bar, the two walked into Diagon Alley. Looking at the sparse crowds on the street, Daphne was a little surprised.

This is like two different worlds from the bustling bar just now.

“Maybe we came too early?” Lu Yunkai said something he didn’t quite believe, “Maybe there will be more people in a while.”

He glanced at both sides of the road.

Why are there so few people in Diagon Alley? Because many shops are closed!

Wizards can find out that Voldemort has disappeared today and go to the bar to drink tomorrow, but those who open shops in Diagon Alley always have to estimate the business risks! If you don’t think it’s safe enough, you’d rather stay at home for a few more days…

How to say it, the rent is still cheap.

Lu Yunkai complained in his heart and followed Daphne to walk around Diagon Alley.

In less than ten minutes, they walked from the beginning of the alley to the end of the alley.

The ice cream shop was closed, and there was no place to drink tea, but the bookstore and the pharmacy were open. Weasley’s Joke Shop became the most popular one on the whole street. It should be that all the Hogwarts students who received owl letters today came to Diagon Alley and plunged into it. There were so many people inside that Daphne, who was obviously very interested in the shop, chose to pull Lu Yunkai through the door without entering.

“It seems that there is nothing to see.” Daphne glanced at the shops at the end of the alley with a lack of interest, “It’s strange, where did the parents of those children go?”

“Maybe they are also in the store to accompany them? Many things made by George and Fred are quite interesting.” Lu Yunkai smiled, “Like they said, the magic world may not only need children to be happy.”

“You still take their advertising slogans seriously!” Daphne also laughed and sighed, “Then why don’t we go to their store and buy books to go home?”

“Wait a minute, I’ll go over there and take a look.” Lu Yunkai pointed to a store at the head of the alley.

Ollivander’s Wand Shop.

“What are you going to do? Didn’t you cast the Oblivion Charm on Ollivander? He shouldn’t remember what happened at the Malfoys’ house before, right?”

“He just doesn’t remember the Elder Wand, not me.” Lu Yunkai smiled, “Just going to say hello.”

“…Okay.” Daphne sighed softly.

The two of them pushed open the door of Ollivander’s Wand Shop, one after the other.

“Welcome! Oh! Isn’t this Lu Yunkai!!”

Ollivander’s voice rang out in the shop.

That cheerful voice was the same as the one Lu Yunkai heard when he first walked into the shop six years ago.

“Mr. Ollivander, are you busy?” Lu Yunkai looked at the boy standing in the shop, “A freshman at Hogwarts?”

The child’s height and appearance showed that he was going to enter the wizard school this year.

“Yes. Muggle-born.” Ollivander smiled and shook his head, “Wait a moment, I’ll be here soon.”

“No hurry.” Lu Yunkai smiled and nodded to a woman who looked about thirty years old who was accompanying the boy, and stepped aside with Daphne.

The work of selecting wands was the same as always. Ollivander was still doing his job very seriously, selecting the first wand in their lives for every child who had just become a wizard apprentice.

But the boy, like most children, was curious about everything in the magical world, but obviously had poor patience.

He was a little impatient with changing one after another and waving.

The woman standing next to him had no idea about this matter. She just watched her child waving the wooden stick in his hand again and again, making a mess of this weird shop. She was also very nervous, afraid that Ollivander would be angry and wanted to buy a wand and leave immediately.

“Are you from a non-magical family?” Lu Yunkai smiled and said to the woman.

“……Yeah.” The woman was a little nervous about Lu Yunkai’s talk, but she still nodded politely.

“Don’t worry, it’s always like this when choosing a wand. Mr. Ollivander is trying to help your child find a suitable wand.” Lu Yunkai smiled and comforted the woman, “As for this store…”

At this point, Lu Yunkai pulled out the wand from his sleeve and waved his hand.

“Clean it up!”

With a simple spell, the store was clean and tidy again.

The woman was stunned.

And the boy saw that all the things in front of him automatically returned to the shelf, and his mouth was so surprised that he couldn’t close.

After seeing the power of real magic, the mother and son also calmed down and let Ollivander toss about the wand here, no longer impatient and urging, and Ollivander quickly completed his work and sold another carefully selected wand.

“Why did you suddenly start using fishman’s hair as the wand core?”

After watching the customer leave, Lu Yunkai smiled and said something to Ollivander who was collecting money.

“I’ve seen what your wand did. If I still believe in phoenix feathers and dragon tendons, then I really don’t deserve to continue to be a wand maker.” Ollivander smiled and put the few gold galleons he just received into the cash box. “Are you here in Diagon Alley to buy things for the new school year?”

“Yes, NEWTS test materials.” Lu Yunkai smiled and nodded, “This year is my last school year at Hogwarts.”

“You are already in the seventh grade?” Ollivander was stunned, then sighed softly, “Time flies so fast!! I still remember clearly the way you walked into the store and came to me with your wand!”

Then, as if remembering something, he looked around Lu Yunkai.

“Where is Chris?”

“She has been busy with her own things recently and has no time to deal with me.” Lu Yunkai smiled and shook his head, “Mr. Ollivander, isn’t the business in Diagon Alley very good recently? Why do I see that many stores are closed?”

“Oh! Those few closed stores…” Speaking of this, Ollivander’s face was filled with a helpless smile, “The store owners have gone to travel to the other side of the Atlantic.”

“Travel??”

“Yes! Wasn’t I detained by the mysterious man before! They didn’t know the reason, they were all scared, and then they made an appointment to go out and play together. A few days ago, I received a letter from them asking me if I wanted to go and see it too!”

“… No business?” Lu Yunkai laughed.

“Few people doing business in Diagon Alley are really short of money.” Ollivander put away his smile and glanced at Daphne who was also smiling next to him. “Although they are not as rich as you, they are enough to live the rest of their lives. Business is just a matter of inertia. They are used to not doing business, so it doesn’t seem to matter.”

“That’s right.” Lu Yunkai nodded.

“After this month, I plan to sell the store.” Ollivander sighed and continued, “I’ll find a place to retire in peace!”

“Is that so? It won’t be so easy for wizards to buy wands in the future.” Lu Yunkai nodded with a little regret.

“There will always be new people. Just like the joke shop run by the Weasley brothers.” Ollivander pointed outside the door, “We old guys give up the space so that they can have room to show their skills!”

“…Yeah.”

Just then, the door of the store opened.

A person walked in.

“Yunkai? Why are you here?”

“I came to Diagon Alley to buy things for the new semester. Father, what are you doing…”

Lu Yunkai looked at the person who came in with a look of surprise.

Slughorn.

“There’s something wrong with my wand, I need to change it.” Slughorn looked at Ollivander, “Old man, do you have any in stock?”

“Oh, of course.” Ollivander smiled and nodded.

“Then I’ll go first.” Lu Yunkai saw that Ollivander was busy, so he was about to leave.

“Yunkai, wait a moment!” Slughorn said to keep Lu Yunkai, “I have something to tell you, I was thinking of contacting you after I bought the wand!”

“…Then I’ll go to Flourish and Blotts to buy books first, and then meet at the Leaky Cauldron?”

“Okay.”

Slughorn nodded.

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