Raven's Claw at Hogwarts - Chapter 641

c639 Shopping

“It’s not even ten o’clock now, why are you awake so early?”

Looking at the clock on the wall, Mike said with a smile.

The two of them fought fiercely until dawn last night. The reason why Mike was able to get up early was entirely due to his huge mental strength.

As for Penello, normally she should sleep until the afternoon.

After hearing this, Penello sat in Mike’s arms, first closed her eyes and rubbed her head against Mike’s chest, and then said slowly:

“I’m going shopping in Diagon Alley with Soraka and the others today.”

Mike had a look of realization on his face.

After the proposal last night, they quickly decided on the time to officially get married and hold the wedding in the presence of Professor Flitwick.

Just three days later on Saturday.

As a bride, Penello naturally needs to buy some things.

To be honest, Mike actually wanted to postpone the time. After all, everything has just returned to stability now, and he still has a lot of work to do.

But Penello could not wait any longer, and would have married on the spot if some time had not been set aside for preparations and the distribution of invitations and door keys.

Mike understood this.

He and Penello have been together for five years.

After so many years of getting along, their emotional life is no different from that of a real couple.

For a while, Mike even thought that the two of them could just go on living like this, and it didn’t matter if there was a wedding or not.

But in the end he decided to give Penello a solemn proposal and a gorgeous wedding.

After all, for women, weddings and proposals represent not only a ceremony, but also one of the happiest moments in a woman’s life.

If the two of them continue to live like this without distinction, Penello will definitely feel uncomfortable even if others don’t tell her.

Of course, the most important thing is that Mike found that based on Penelo’s performance during the last war, she seemed to be showing signs of developing into a politician.

This was not what he wanted to see.

Of course, this is not to say that Mike is worried about Penelo seizing power.

Mike simply didn’t want the relationship between the two of them to turn sour.

After all, for politicians, love and everything else are false.

Just look at the Clinton family in Muggle society. If two politicians are together, their married life must be full of lies and fights.

Therefore, it is crucial to marry Penelo as soon as possible. Only a major event like marriage can bring Penelo’s attention back.

With this in mind, Mike touched Penello’s long hair affectionately and said:

“I’ll go with you. There happen to be some things that are going to be used at the wedding. It would be better for us to go and pick them out ourselves.”

As soon as these words came out, Penelo, who had buried his head in Mike’s arms, instantly sat upright, looked at Mike excitedly and said:

“real?”

“of course it’s true.”

“But…” Penello looked at the pile of documents on Mike’s desk and said, “Don’t you still have work here?”

Mike chuckled, and with a wave of his finger, a strange wind suddenly appeared, blowing all the files on the desktop down.

“No more now.” Mike said, “And even the Minister of Magic still has marriage leave. Just let Benjamin and the others take care of things like work.”

Penello was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then cheered.

“Great! We haven’t gone shopping for a long time! Oh! It’s getting late now, I have to put on my makeup! Honey, please wait for me for a while, don’t worry, it won’t be too long!”

After saying that, Penello rushed out of the office in a hurry, leaving only Mike smiling and shaking his head.

Logically speaking, he should be ready. After all, it was already approaching noon, so it was really not too early.

But this is not the first time he has done this while waiting for his girlfriend to put on makeup.

So he knew very well that as long as women started washing and putting on makeup, they would definitely not be able to do it in less than half an hour.

This is true for witches and ordinary women, even if witches have spells to help.

And the reality was exactly as he expected.

Until Mike slowly finished his coffee, then washed up, changed into a suit and finally came to the fireplace in the villa, Penello still did not appear.

After waiting for another five minutes, Penello trotted over.

“Sorry, Mike! You must have been waiting for a long time!”

Before anyone arrived, the voice came.

Looking at the pointer on the pocket watch that was approaching 11 o’clock, Mike smiled and said:

“No, I’ve only been here for 5 minutes.”

Mike was telling the truth, but Penello didn’t believe it. In fact, she knew very well how stained her makeup was, but as a woman, she really couldn’t bear to go out without makeup.

“Thank you for your hard work Darling.”

Penello said as he kissed Mike on the cheek.

Mike smiled and shook his head, but his eyes kept looking at Penello.

To be honest, Mike didn’t see any difference between Penello’s makeup before and after. In his opinion, wearing such light makeup with almost no difference was a waste of time.

But naturally he would not tell his true thoughts. Feeling the moisture on his cheeks, Mike held Penelo’s hand and praised:

“You are so beautiful! For this beauty, it is worth waiting no matter how long you wait!”

As soon as he said this, Penello’s cheeks turned red visibly.

Mike also smiled brightly when he saw this.

Then the two of them inked in front of the fireplace for a while, and then finally stepped into the fireplace.

With a slight feeling of dizziness, Mike and Penello appeared on the second floor of Tuofan Clothing Store.

This was the first stop on Penello’s shopping trip, and it was also the place where she, Soraka and Hilary agreed to meet.

When Mike and Penello arrived, Soraka and others had already selected the dresses for the wedding three days later with the help of the shop owner, and Penello’s eyes widened when he saw the dress samples and fabrics neatly hung on the wall. It lit up, grabbed Mike and started running towards Soraka and the others.

The movement here naturally attracted the attention of Soraka and others. The three women quickly chatted together, while Mike stood aside silently.

Perhaps because he saw that Mike was too lonely, the middle-aged gentleman shopkeeper came over, saluted to Mike and said:

“Mr. Minister, I sincerely wish you a happy wedding.”

“Thank you.”

Mike replied politely. Upon seeing this, the shopkeeper adjusted his glasses and said:

“I wonder what your needs are for that wedding dress. I swear I will do my best to satisfy you.”

“I don’t have any requirements. This time I will just listen to my wife.”

Mike said expressionlessly. To be honest, he really didn’t have much research on clothing. In the past, he relied on this shop owner to help design customized suits, so he couldn’t give any opinions.

Moreover, Penello is obviously particularly concerned about this customization of the dress, so it would be better to leave this matter to her.

Anyway, with the shopkeeper here, no matter how weird the clothes are, they won’t be ugly.

The shopkeeper also heard what Mike meant, bent down and made a gesture of invitation and said:

“Then let me take you to the rest area to wait. You can drink tea and eat snacks there.”

Mike nodded and walked straight towards the rest area. He had been to this store many times and didn’t need the owner to lead him.

Soon the snacks and black tea mentioned by the shop owner were brought out by a house elf. Mike sighed and leaned back on the soft chair.

He was well aware of the speed at which women went shopping to pick out clothes, so if nothing else happened, he would have to wait here for a long time.

Thinking this, Mike instinctively looked out the window.

The location of Tuofan Clothing Store is very good, right in the center of Diagon Alley. Looking out from the second floor window, you can easily see almost half of Diagon Alley.

Today is Wednesday. Although it is not a Tuesday that can be called a nightmare for office workers, since it is also a working day and Hogwarts is not on holiday, there should be a few people on the street.

But at this moment, the streets below were full of people coming and going, and it was very lively.

There were still long queues at several newly opened restaurants. The long queue turned straight at the entrance of the store, and then extended further into the distance until it disappeared at the end of Mike’s business.

It is worth mentioning that among these people, Mike can hardly see any children who can be the main force of consumption.

Seeing this, Mike nodded with satisfaction.

Because this phenomenon means that the income of wizards in the country has generally risen to a very considerable level at this stage.

Otherwise, there would never be so many adults with relatively stronger restraint who would not be able to go out and spend money on workdays.

The current hot scene also reminded Mike of the great situation that Diagon Alley will usher in during the summer and Christmas Eve. He dared to say that by then, the entire Diagon Alley will definitely turn into a crowded battlefield.

Mike even discovered some gorgeously dressed goblins and intelligent creatures of other races in the crowd. This was an absolute rarity in Diagon Alley in the past, because compared to the United States, these inhuman intelligences with the ability to consume Creatures will prefer the United States, at least in the United States no one will point fingers at their appearance.

And now, these inhuman intelligent creatures have begun to take to Diagon Alley.

This is great news!

Because this proves that Mike’s previous affirmative action work is effective.

All of the above also made Mike realize that Diagon Alley must be expanded.

At present, there are too few public activity areas and shops in Diagon Alley, which is not conducive to commercial activities and will also greatly increase the cost for merchants to enter Diagon Alley.

If Diagon Alley can be expanded, then the wizarding world of China will inevitably become faster.

Of course, this could also be a trap.

Because if the Ministry of Magic’s current prosperity is just a short-lived bubble formed by enjoying the dividends brought about by policy changes, then the expansion of Diagon Alley will become meaningless.

Mike felt this very well.

In his previous life, he had witnessed the bursting of the neon economic bubble. He still remembered that the media at that time almost described neon as Yi Zier’s hell, so he was deeply impressed.

But regarding this, Mike thinks he has nothing to worry about.

Because this time’s prosperity was caused by policies, demographic dividends and war dividends.

The impact of these policies may dissipate quickly, but the demographic dividend of Muggle wizards and other war dividends given by the Ministry of Magic will definitely not disappear for a while.

In addition, research on mysterious objects and Muggle technological products and the establishment of multiple joint trade organizations are also continuing to advance.

These two plans will continue to provide various benefits to the wizarding community in the country in the future.

This means that the current prosperity can last for at least another few decades!

Thinking of this, a heartfelt smile appeared on Mike’s originally expressionless face.

To be honest, as a Minister of Magic, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing your administration become more prosperous.

And just when Mike was enjoying this sense of accomplishment, a small hand waved quickly in front of him.

Mike quickly looked back and saw Penello looking at him curiously with a pair of big eyes.

“What are you looking at? So absorbed.”

“It’s nothing.” Mike shrugged, “I just think there are a lot of people on the street today.”

After saying that, Mike noticed that Penello had put on a light blue dress. Paired with her same light blue eyes and long brown hair, her whole body showed a pure and rich look. Vibrant flavor.

Since leaving school, Penelo’s dress has become more mature and steady. She rarely wears other clothes except work clothes and dresses. Now when he suddenly saw Penelo’s different look, Mike was stunned for a moment, and then Asked instinctively:

“Huh? Aren’t you looking for a wedding dress? Why are you wearing this one?”

Hearing this, Penello grinned. She had seen all of Mike’s reaction just now. She was secretly happy at the same time, but at the same time, Penello had a wronged expression on his face and said:

“When people see how beautiful this dress is, they try it on. What? Doesn’t it look good?”

“It looks good! Who said it doesn’t look good!” Mike reacted quickly, “According to me, you should wear more colorful clothes in the future. This will be the best for you!”

“Yeah!”

“Of course!”

The smile on Penello’s face became even brighter, and Soraka and Hilary on the side couldn’t help laughing when they saw this.

As for the middle-aged shop owner, he stood in the corner very self-aware, looking at his nose and heart, pretending not to see anything.

Afterwards, the few of them talked and laughed for a while, and it was not until close to one o’clock in the afternoon that they finally decided on the style of the wedding dress and the bridesmaid’s dress.

But Penello’s shopping trip had just begun. Then everyone went to Gix Dessert Shop to enjoy a meal called afternoon tea but actually lunch.

After that, he went to Mrs. Primpine’s Beauty Potions Store and a newly opened jewelry store.

Finally, when everyone returned to the secret realm of Freemasonry, the traceless stretching spell bags that everyone carried were almost filled with all kinds of clothes and cosmetics.

Mike felt extremely sore all over his body. He didn’t know whether it was because he was too tired from shopping, or because he was too tired from last night’s activity.

But despite this, looking at Penello’s beautiful smile, Mike still felt that it was all worth it.