Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 219 Draco's Day

Inside the Leaky Cauldron.

Draco and his parents, Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy, emerged from the Floo fireplace.

Because they used the highest grade Floo powder, the silk robes of the three people were not stained with dust and were still as bright as new.

It was not long after lunch time, and the Leaky Cauldron was still almost full. There was a strange smell in the air. There were shirtless strong men shouting loudly, drunkards who looked like beggars and were begging the bar owner Tom for another glass of whiskey, weird people wearing masks and talking furtively, and strange witches who smelled like herbs and looked like old witches in fairy tales...

All this made the Leaky Cauldron extremely lively at this time.

Lucius and Draco covered their noses as soon as they stepped out of the fireplace, frowned, raised their heads slightly and pointed their nostrils at people, looking very disgusted.

Narcissa, who was standing by, couldn't help but laugh as she watched the father and son moving in sync.

Although Draco pinched his nose, the unpleasant smell still rushed into his nose uncontrollably. He looked at the chaos in the bar and couldn't help but snorted coldly.

He hated being with these lowly, poor, inferior people because his family were all holy and pure pure-blooded nobles.

He also hated the bad smell because his father told him that the name of this smell was lowliness and it was a smell that belonged exclusively to the inferior people.

All this forced him to want to leave the Leaky Cauldron as soon as possible.

However, a poster made him stop.

This is a red poster with a Coke bottle shape and a line of small text drawn in simple white lines.

Happiness is that simple!
And on the bottle, it was written: Dolphin Magic Drink.

Dolphin Magic Drink?
Draco was stunned. Wasn't this the most popular magic drink in Hogwarts last year? And now it's sold outside the school?
Lucius and Narcissa saw that their son's attention was attracted by the poster, so they also looked at it. Lucius showed a thoughtful expression.

"I finally remembered it! I felt that the name was familiar when I was reading the Daily Prophet this morning! Isn't Dolphin the child from the family that we humiliated at the Christmas dinner before?" Lucius said suddenly, "That family full of idiots actually started a beverage business, tut tut! Narcissa, do you remember how they knelt in front of us that night and begged us to lend them money? Such a family is simply a disgrace to the name of pure-blood nobility!"

Narcissa looked around when she heard this. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, she pulled her husband's arm and whispered, "Don't say such things here. There are so many people watching us."

Lucius looked at his wife who still had charm, a smile reappeared on his face, and he gently held Narcissa's hand.

"Mike sells this drink."

Lucius and Narcissa were stunned when they heard this, and they all looked at their son, somewhat confused about what he meant.

"Mike Townley. We met him at the Foley family's Christmas dinner before." Draco continued, "Although I don't know why this drink is called Dolphin, it is indeed Mike's business. He started selling it in school as early as the first grade. It tastes good and has a refreshing effect, so it sells very well."

Lucius finally reacted after hearing this. His eyes turned from contempt to appreciation when he looked at the poster. He said, "Oh! So it's Little Mike's business! Then we must support it. Tom, give me two dozen of this magic drink."

Hearing Lucius calling him, Tom immediately left the drunk who was still entangled with him, and came to Lucius and said flatteringly: "Dear Mr. Lucius, I am really sorry, I don't have this kind of magic drink in my store. We just put the poster here because we received the advertising fee."

"Really? Let's go then."

Seeing that there was nothing he wanted, Lucius quickly left the bar with Draco and Narcissa.

He had to hurry up. Lucius felt that if he didn't leave now, he would be suffocated by the cheap smell in the bar.

Tom watched the Malfoy family of three drive away, then smacked his head in frustration and said to himself, "This is the twentieth one today. Is this Dolphin Magic Drink really that delicious? No, I have to find that guy who bought the ad to get some stock!"

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On the other side, Draco waited until they reached Diagon Alley before loosening his pinched nose and taking a deep breath.

But when he took a deep breath, he was surprised to find that the entire Diagon Alley had become a sea of ​​red, with posters of Dolphin Magic Drink everywhere.

“What a generous move…”

Lucius looked at the red eyes and murmured.

Narcissa, who was standing by, looked at her husband tenderly and said softly, "Do you want to find a place to buy some first?"

"No, we can support Mike's industry at any time, and the most important thing for me now is to accompany you to look at clothes."

Upon hearing this, the affection in Narcissa's eyes was so strong that it could not be melted. She pecked Lucius' face lightly on the street, and in return she received a hug from her husband.

Draco looked at his cheesy parents, shook off the goose bumps on his arms and said, "You guys go pick out clothes first, I'll go shopping!"

Lucius turned his head sharply and looked at his son. The sweetness in his eyes turned into severity as he warned, "Don't go to Knockturn Alley! If I find out you dare to go in alone..."

Draco shuddered. Although his father didn't say the second half of his words, he had already received the warning in his words.

So Draco agreed humbly, and finally got Lucius's consent before running away.

Away from his parents, Draco finally had a smile on his face again. He moved nimbly through the crowd like a fish, running towards his destination, the Quidditch shop.

To be honest, Draco had a very hard summer vacation. Since he did not do well in the final exams, he was confined to his house for tutoring. Apart from eating and sleeping, he just studied various knowledge every day.

If nothing unexpected happens, this situation will continue until school starts, but fortunately he has a mother who dotes on him.

His mother Narcissa persuaded her father to take her to Diagon Alley shopping on the pretext of buying clothes, and he was finally able to see the fastest flying broomstick he had always dreamed of, the Firebolt.

Finally, Draco arrived at the door of the Quidditch shop, panting. Without even catching his breath, he leaned against the window and scanned the streamlined shape of the Firebolt with scorching eyes.

'If I had a Firebolt, Scarhead Harry and Nasty Mike wouldn't be a match for me!'

Draco drooled as he thought this, but soon he woke up from his sweet dream and his originally excited mood subsided.

His father couldn't buy it for him because he already had a Nimbus 2001 and his father also spent a lot of money to get him into the school team last year. But these were not the main reasons.

The main reason was actually that he did not get first place in the grade.

Draco sighed helplessly. His grades were not bad, at least he was in the top 20 in the grade. But their parents...

Draco shook his head to get rid of these random thoughts and regained his spirit.

Even if I can't get the Firebolt, it's good to just take a look.

However, at this moment, he suddenly discovered something strange. He was the only one standing in front of the window that was usually crowded with children!

Draco looked around in confusion, and finally found the group of little kids who hung out in the Quidditch shop all day.

There was a long queue in front of Florin's cold drink shop. The queue extended from the shop to the street and disappeared from sight after turning a corner in the distance.

Draco went forward to check out the curiosity, and saw a small sign hanging next to the sign of the cold drink shop, which read: A new flavor of Dolphin Magic Drink will be released in midsummer, priced at 2 gold galleons and 5 silver knuts per bottle, limited to 1 bottles.

Draco suddenly realized what was going on, and he looked at the people in the queue with contempt.

Dolphin Magic Drink? I'm tired of it. It tastes just so-so.

But now that there are new flavors, why not buy a bottle to try?
Do it when you think of it, hesitation will lead to failure!

Draco was the type of person who did what he thought of, and the strong power of the Malfoy family also gave Draco the confidence to be willful.

A rich young man like Draco would not be so foolish as to queue up. He went straight to a young man who was dressed ordinary and did not look wealthy at all, and who had just bought the Dolphin Magic Drink and was about to drink it. He quickly took out five gold Galleons and put them in front of the young man.

"I'll pay five Galleons for the drink in your hand!"

Draco held his head high, imitating his father's gesture to the letter.

The young man was stunned at first, then he quickly took the five gold coins and stuffed the bottle of magic drink into Draco's arms.

Draco felt the cool touch in his hands and looked at the transparent liquid with bubbles in the glass bottle, and couldn't help but laugh.

“It seems to be quite interesting.”

Draco said this very loudly, instantly attracting the attention of the people queuing around him.

Everyone looked at Draco with envy, and some of the younger children even swallowed their saliva.

Draco enjoyed the envious looks from those around him, smiled, opened the bottle cap and drank it down.

"Oh!"

Mike added a lot of soda water and sugar to the fat man's happy version of Dolphin Magic Drink, which flowed into Draco's throat with a lot of carbonation. The sweet taste and stimulating feeling instantly conquered Draco.

"what!"

Draco finished half the bottle in one breath and then stopped. He let out a deep breath and felt happier than ever before!
The classic fat-house happiness combination of carbonation and sugar plus the original stimulating effect of Dolphin Magic Drink, this is simply double the happiness!

"gollum"

The people queuing nearby all drooled. Draco's eating manner was so tempting that they all wanted to rush forward and grab that half bottle of Dolphin Magic Drink.

At this moment Draco also noticed their fiery eyes, and quickly raised the glass bottle and drank it all. Finally, he showed the empty bottle to the people in the queue with a sly smile, in return for countless rolls of eyes.

"It's really delicious! I'm going to find my dad and ask him to buy me a bunch of iced drinks! If he disagrees, I'll tell him that this is actually an energy drink that can cheer me up and help me study harder!"

Thinking of this, Draco threw away the empty bottle in his hand and rushed towards the Tufan Clothing Store.

At this moment in Flourish and Blotts, Lockhart was standing in the center of the store, posing for photos with fans.

Today is the day when his new book is released. In order to promote Dolphin Magic Drink, Mike gave him 200 bottles of Magic Drink as gifts along with the book. After secretly tasting ten bottles, Lockhart changed the original bundle rule of giving away magic drinks when buying a new book to requiring the purchase of his complete set of works.

And Dolphin Magic Drink did not disappoint him. In addition to his die-hard fans, there were also many wealthy people who came to buy his complete set of books specifically for Dolphin Magic Drink, which made him very happy.

"No! Those 150 bottles of magic drink are almost gone, I have to write to Mike right away to ask him to restock!"

Thinking of this, he quickly returned to the office in the store, picked up the peacock feather pen he carried with him and started writing.

Such scenes were happening in various wizard gathering places across the UK. Mike still underestimated the purchasing power of the middle class and wealthy class in the wizarding world. The 4,000 bottles of magic drink he sold out last night were sold out in less than a day.

Now all the partners are frantically writing letters to urge them to replenish stocks quickly, and those merchants who, like Tom, initially rejected Mike's cooperation request are also writing letters at this moment, but the letters they are writing are requesting cooperation again.

Sitting in the spacious conference room, Mike couldn't help but close his eyes as he watched the owls flying all over the sky. There were so many letters that he would read them one by one at the beginning, but now, he knew what was inside without even looking.

"What to do, Mike? We can't keep up with production!"

The Weasley brothers looked at Mike anxiously. The current situation made these two young petty bourgeoisie people at a loss as to what to do.

At this moment, Mike suddenly opened his eyes, and his sharp eyes swept over the Weasley brothers. After they gradually calmed down, he slowly said:

"The old way."

"You mean?"

“Yes, the price has increased!”

Hearing this, the Weasley brothers looked at each other, unable to hide the excitement in their eyes.

……

In a town in southern England, Dolphin's father returned home with the newly purchased Daily Prophet.

A stupid and cowardly son, an ugly and vulgar wife, nagging parents...

These things annoyed him as the head of the family so much that he wished he could cast a petrification spell on each of them!

Jess is still the best. He is strong and handsome. He has countless delicious food and wine to enjoy, and he can also party every night...

Thinking of this, he smiled and opened the newspaper in his hand, ready to continue reading the serialized novel "The Strongest Wizard Jace" published in the Daily Prophet.

However, the moment he opened the newspaper, a line of bold font on the front page headline caught his attention.

"Dolphin Magic Drink's new flavor is now on sale! Buy now and you can enter the draw for a 500 gold galleon grand prize!"

Although I update once a day, this chapter is a 4000-word chapter...

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