The Deep Sea Wizard of Hogwarts - Chapter 179

c179 Not Good Enough for Me

“Catherine, is this your thing?” Mrs. Katie asked, wondering if it was her daughter’s toy that was accidentally stuffed into the car air conditioner.

Catherine stood up, leaned on the car seat and looked forward, “Mom, this is not mine.”

“Your name is written on it! Could it be a prank by your friend?” Mrs. Katie laughed and handed the letter to her daughter in the back seat.

After handing the letter to Catherine, she looked at Lind, “What did you say just now? What school?”

Lind smiled helplessly, glanced to the left, and confirmed again that the letter was for Catherine, “I think I should become a schoolmate with Catherine in the future.”

“Are you going to transfer to London?” Mrs. Katie said.

“No, I don’t plan to transfer for the time being.” Lind shook his head. “But Catherine may go to school far away.”

“That won’t do,” Hank laughed, “She’s afraid of living on campus, she’s a coward!”

Linde didn’t say anything. In fact, he thought Hank and Mrs. Katie would think that Linde, a man in a small town, was being sentimental, but they didn’t seem to think so at all.

He couldn’t help but think, if Harry, if he lived in such a family, how good it would be.

“I’m not a coward!” Catherine said as she opened the letter. “It’s just that Annabelle is afraid, so she always wants me to sleep with her.”

Hank laughed twice and didn’t continue.

“Hey!” Catherine suddenly shouted, “Mom, look at this!” Catherine hurriedly handed the parchment inside to Mrs. Katie.

“Hogwarts… Albus Dumbledore…” Mrs. Katie read slowly and softly, “What is this?!” Mrs. Katie frowned, her eyes constantly echoing on the letter paper and the air-conditioning vents.

Mrs. Katie forced a smile and said, “It seems this is a prank.”

However, Linde could see the discomfort on her face. Thinking of the snow globe where Santa Claus was taken out, maybe they had witnessed their daughter’s magic riot.

Mrs. Katie didn’t completely disbelieve what was written on the letter. Maybe it was just because Linde was here that she didn’t say much, fearing to scare him.

“Madam, can you show me the letter?” Linde said, and Mrs. Katie nodded and handed the letter over.

Linde glanced at it. The dark green ink was familiar to Professor McGonagall.

Now he was sure that this was a letter from Hogwarts, but… it was only a few days after the holiday, and he hadn’t received his transcript yet! Why did Hogwarts start sending out admissions letters now?

Or were these admissions letters usually written a long time ago? !

He always felt that it was a strange thing for Hogwarts to send out the admission letter now. Looking back, Harry received it around July 20th, Lind on July 30th, and Hermione seemed to have received it in July or August.

But now it is mid-June…

“Madam, this is not a prank.” Lind said. “I am studying in this magic school.”

Suddenly, the car shook suddenly, and it seemed that Mr. Hank, who was really driving, was also listening to them.

Mrs. Katie looked at Lind stiffly, and Catherine shouted beside her, “Mom, I told you that there is magic in this world.”

“Although this sounds a bit incredible, I am indeed a wizard.” Lind said seriously, making it difficult for people to raise the idea of ​​refutation, even if what he said now seems so absurd in the ordinary world.

“I don’t know if you have seen some strange things found on Catherine with your own eyes!” Lind asked.

“No…” Hank spoke slowly in front.

“No?” Lind said doubtfully, “Then Catherine should have said some nonsense to you, such as something disappeared, flew up, etc. Oh, by the way, she just said that her doll came alive last night!” Lind explained, looking at Catherine.

At this time, the little witch was staring at Lind with an expression of meeting a confidant, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

“How come I haven’t heard of this thing in my life for more than 30 years.” Mrs. Katie exclaimed.

“Mom, I just said that Annabell came alive and played with me in the tent yesterday.” Catherine said dissatisfiedly, “But you all don’t believe me.”

“This…” Hank didn’t know how to answer, and finally could only say doubtfully, “Is there really such a thing as magic in this world?”

Obviously, they definitely felt that their daughter was abnormal before, but they had never thought about it in that direction.

Lind nodded, and it was obvious that Hank’s question was a sign of communication. He would not reject and hostile magic like Uncle Vernon in Harry Potter’s house.

“Yes. Sorry, I lied to you before. Actually, I didn’t study in the middle school in the town.”

“I hope you didn’t lie to us.” Mrs. Katie said helplessly.

“Actually, I went to London this time to go to a wizard’s commercial street to buy some learning supplies for the magic school. Just like what is written on the letter.” Linde said, gently letting go of his hand.

The parchment in his hand flew up by itself, and then slowly floated towards Mrs. Katie. The one that wrote the equipment to be purchased slowly unfolded and floated in front of Mrs. Katie.

At this time, Mrs. Katie was so scared that she couldn’t speak, and Hank kept skimming towards the floating letter paper, and the speed of the car was reduced again and again.

“Wow!” Catherine looked at Lind’s hand, her eyes couldn’t help but shine, her mouth opened wide and she exclaimed.

Mrs. Katie took the letter stiffly and turned to look at Lind.

“Magic!” Linde tried his best to smile kindly.

“Well, it seems that it is indeed true.” Hank whispered tremblingly, and Lind felt the excitement in his tone. “Catherine, are all the things you said before true?”

“Of course!” Catherine crossed her arms and straightened her back.

“Wand…owl…toad, why is there a toad?” Mrs. Katie said wordlessly, “the toad is so…ugly.” She tried her best to describe the toad in relatively gentle words.

“I don’t know either. Although the school allows small animals, they are usually owls or cats. There is only one person who has a toad and one who has a mouse.”

“Well, that’s weird enough,” said Hank.

“Then you also have small animals?” Catherine looked at Lind and said,

Linde nodded, “Well… my friend is also a rare animal in our school, but he is a bit more normal than them. He is a crow.”

“Crows, I heard they are very smart!” Catherine said.

“Aren’t you afraid?” Linde laughed. The meaning of the crow here is not very good, it represents ominousness and death.

“What’s there to be afraid of?” Catherine said nonchalantly.

“She has been fond of all kinds of small animals since she was a child. When she was a child, she also liked to catch bugs on the ground and bring them home to raise.” Mrs. Katie explained, she was still looking at the letter in her hand, “This Albus… Is Dumbledore your headmaster? What kind of person is he?”

“He is a very gentle man and the most powerful white wizard in the world.” Lind said, “Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a very good school.”

“Does Merlin really exist?” Hank suddenly asked.

“Yes, he is the most powerful wizard recorded so far. He can transform into many animals and has magic that can destroy the world.”

It was foreseeable that Lind would have to spend time explaining the magical world to them along the way.

It can be regarded as reducing the pressure on the school staff…

It was not until noon that the vehicles slowly drove into central London.

“Where did you get off?” Hank asked Lind.

“I can do it.” The car could already see Big Ben.

“So are you going to the Wizard’s Commercial Street now?” Catherine asked. She was no longer so reserved at this time, and now she showed her cheerful look again.

“Then let’s park in front! Our family lives here.” Hank said.

“Okay.” Linde nodded and said, as long as he arrives in London, he can park his car anywhere. And it’s not that far from Diagon Alley.

The vehicle slowly turned the corner and entered an apartment community and stopped.

Lind got out of the car and said goodbye to Hank and the others, “Go, Augustus. It’s okay for you to be alone!” Hank said.

Lynde nodded. Mrs. Katie also got out of the car at this time and was packing her things. She rolled her eyes at Hank and said, “Augustus is already a big boy. There will definitely be no problem.”

“Actually, I just want to take a look, hehe.” Hank smiled awkwardly.

“Why are you in a hurry? Augustus said that a teacher will come to take us. Now let’s pack our things.” Katie said angrily. In fact, she herself also wanted to visit the so-called Wizard Commercial Street. But now it was more important to her to clean up the mess left by her outing.

“We will definitely meet again in the future.” Linde said.

After saying goodbye, Linde walked out alone, looked up at Andersen parked on the eaves of the apartment building, and then glanced at the endless flow of people and traffic.

“call!”

After taking a long breath, Lind calmed down his emotions, identified the direction, and walked quickly towards Charles Cross Road.

Hank’s family lived in the city center, not far from Diagon Alley. An hour later, Lind opened the door of the Leaky Cauldron.

Because the passage in Diagon Alley requires a wand to open, Lind can only ask Old Tom to open the door for him.

After that, he quickly came to Ollivander’s Wand Shop. The paint on the gold-lettered signboard hanging above the wand shop was even more peeling off, and it looked very shabby. Among the passers-by, no one came in anymore. It was not yet the season for selling wands, so there was generally very little business.

In fact, the main business of this wand shop is basically in July and August every year, when the freshmen of Hogwarts come back to buy wands. At other times, the business includes people who accidentally lost their wands, and people who came here because of their reputation, etc., but Not as much as in July and August.

Linde pushed the door open and entered.

“Good afternoon!” A familiar voice came from the deep and dark store.

“Mr. Ollivander, long time no see.” Lind walked in and said hello.

“Who are you?” Ollivander’s thin figure emerged from the darkness.

“I am Lynde Augustus, a freshman two years ago. I came to you to buy a wand.” Lynde explained. As expected, Ollivander could not remember him.

In fact, he just wanted to see if Ollivander, a guy who could tell a bunch of detailed data every time they met for the first time, would still remember him.

“Oh, Augustus.” Ollivander thought for a while before remembering, “That picky little guy. It took a long time to choose! What’s wrong, do you need to buy a new wand?”

Lind nodded, “There’s something wrong with my wand.”

“Oh, I remembered. The little wizard whose wand was taken away by the dark wizard is you, right?” Ollivander said suddenly,

“ah?”

“Don’t you know? It was mentioned in the Daily Prophet.” Ollivander looked at Lind’s confused expression and explained in confusion.

“Um…I really don’t know about this. I’ll go out and buy a newspaper and read it in a while.”

“Hehe, you are famous now.” Ollivander laughed, “There hasn’t been a dark wizard for many years, and now one suddenly appears, and you met him.”

Linde scratched his head awkwardly, “Magic wand, magic wand.”

“Oh yes, magic wand. A rare repeat student.” Ollivander smiled. “What was the material of your previous wand made of?”

“Ash wood, the nerve of a horse-shaped water monster, twelve and one-third inches.” In fact, he couldn’t remember the specific length. He measured it himself last night.

“Well, yes. What we were talking about at that time was freedom from control.” Ollivander nodded, “With a reference, it should be much easier this time.” After that, he climbed up the ladder and started Rummaging through the thousands of long boxes on the shelves.

“Let’s take a look at this, dragon’s nerve, holly wood, ten inches.” Ollivander took out a box, staggered down the escalator, and handed the wand to Lind.

As soon as I took it, I felt uncomfortable. Linde was not even interested in describing its appearance.

With a casual wave of his hand, Lind suddenly thought, “You are willing to choose my wand to fly!”

The Flying Curse was a spell he was practicing before leaving school. He had only succeeded a few times and he was not very proficient. And his operation…

He didn’t know if he could succeed, it was just a whim. Because Ollivander always said that the wizard does not choose the wand, but the wand chooses the wizard, so he did such an operation.

If you are willing to choose me, just fly over!

Ollivander was stunned for a moment, then smiled silently. The wand showed nothing, and he turned to look at the shelf, intending to help him choose a wand again.

Unexpectedly…

The wands on the shelves actually began to tremble continuously, as if responding to Linde.

Suddenly, the entire wand shop became noisy. Linde also looked at these containers in surprise. He did not expect it to have such an effect.

However, after a while, no wand flew out.

None of them seemed to want to choose Linde.

“Do they all know that they are not good enough for me?” Linde asked doubtfully.

Hearing his matter-of-fact tone, Ollivander glanced at Lind angrily, “What nonsense are you talking about? I am the father-in-law of the Ollivander family…”

However, before he could finish speaking, at the top of the cabinet, in the corner near the ceiling, a box suddenly flew down towards Linde.