Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 237 The Lost and Found Cat

Hermione's birthday is September 9th, but school starts on September 19st, so she is destined to celebrate her birthday at school.

So the Grangers decided to let her buy herself a gift in advance.

Ted: "So it wasn't the lottery!"

Speaking of winning the lottery, Ted has even tried fortune-telling his lottery numbers!
No, not at all.

Not strong enough!
I guess even for a small prize, it would have to be a level 5 prophecy.

But Mr. Weasley won a big prize - the 700 Galleon jackpot of the Daily Prophet!

It can be called a wave of fat!

However, they did not go traveling this time. Ron had said after the previous Fire Land incident that their family had originally planned to travel to Egypt and visit Bill who worked there.

But something seemed to have happened there, Bill was working overtime, and he said it was unsafe, saying there were mummies or something, so the plan was cancelled.

This time, their family should be able to save some money...right?

……

Ted accompanied Hermione shopping.

Originally Hermione was planning to buy a pet, but Ted gave her Meowth instead, so she gave up.

After a round of searching, there was nothing good to buy.

Hermione thought for a moment and said, "Ron has Scabbers, and Neville and I already have pets from you, so why don't I buy a pet for Jerry and Harry?"

Hermione was worried that some of her friends would be unhappy because they didn't have a pet, after all, Ted only gave Neville and Hermione.

So I wanted to make it up to Ted.

Sometimes, she is still very thoughtful.

Ted: Time was limited at the time, so we only transformed these two Pokémon.

"Forget about Jerry. I asked him before and he said it's hard to support himself. He doesn't want to keep a pet."

"Well, let's pick a pet for Harry."

The two of them came to the pet store, and as soon as they opened the door, they were hit by the smell of animals. It was so strong that it hit their noses!

"Hmm~" The two of them quickly released the bubble head spell on themselves.

Ted shouted, "John? John! Are you being lazy again?"

When Ted worked in a pet store, he cleaned it fourteen or fifteen times a day, and there was no odor at all.

John was covered in dust and there was a feather stuck in his hair. "Oh, Ted, you're here?"

While he was talking, he was trying hard to stuff a struggling jewel lizard into the cage. However, the jewel lizard was also very stubborn. It grabbed the edge of the cage with its claws and fought back with him with its eyes wide open.

"Relax and release the strength~" Ted cast a spell and the lizard became limp.

John quickly stuffed the lizard into the cage. "Oh my God! You have no idea, the boss is crazy! He recently acquired a large number of magical animals, and many of them are untrained and wild! I am going crazy now!"

"Well, we're here to help lighten your burden. We're giving a friend a pet, you know."

"Yes, you know better than me. You can choose for yourself. I'm really too busy."

With that, John went straight into the warehouse at the back and started to fight with all kinds of magical animals that were making strange noises.

The pets displayed in front are all domesticated and relatively common pets.

There are mice, turtles, cats, dogs, and some more unusual ones, such as a cockroach as big as a fist!
A spider bigger than your fist!

Or a colorful little snake!
Ted even saw a macaw doing a monkey bars pirouette with its mouth on the horizontal bar. Was it smuggled from South America?
The pet shop owner is really a little crazy recently! Is he increasing the variety so much? Is he in a hurry to go public and speculate on stocks?
Hermione was also dazzled. She looked at this and that and didn't know what to look at.

This is like coming to a small zoo.

Ted was just about to ask Hermione what kind Harry liked.

A flat-faced orange-yellow mixed-breed cat came up to the two of them lightly.

"Meow meow meow~" It kept calling at the two of them.

Oh! Suddenly, an idea occurred to Ted - Crookshanks?
The original book said that its face seemed to be flattened by hitting the wall, and now it seems to be true!
Ted nudged Hermione and said, "What do you think of this half-blood catkin?"

Hermione frowned slightly, a little embarrassed, "Does it look... looks a little..."

She was embarrassed to say "ugly", after all, the cat-nip was quite smart.

Ted said: "Yes, it looks a little... clumsy, but we can't judge a cat by its appearance. As the saying goes, there must be something extraordinary about a remarkable person! When we were choosing a pet for Harry, this cat came to us and recommended itself. This is fate, this is destiny!" In the end, Hermione was convinced by Ted.

Although this cat is a little ugly, its ugliness has personality and its ugliness shows its own unique beauty!
Maybe Harry would like it?
Ted called John to settle the bill, and Hermione followed his instructions and bargained hard, from 7 Galleons to 4 Galleons.

"Oh no, the price is almost cut in half! We are a pet shop, how can we reduce the price so much?" John looked embarrassed.

Ted whispered, "John, my friend. I know this cat has been in your store for a long time. If it missed us, you don't have to keep it until a certain time!"

John looked at Ted, then looked at Hermione who looked very confident that she would get 4 Galleons: "You were the one who told the secret, right? You bastard!"

"There's no time to lose. I just so happen to have something good to give you. Let's go straight to Grimmauld Place..."

What Ted wants to give to his friends is his own "new invention"!
Well, another Muggle imitation thing.

It's an improved two-way mirror!

In the magic world, there is a magic prop called a two-way mirror, which enables two people to have a "video conversation" over long distances.

But this technology has gradually been lost.

Or maybe it's the magic world, where the land is vast and the population is sparse, and the pace of life is very slow, so the need for communication is not that urgent.

Now, Ted has improved the original technology with alchemy, increasing the range of application from 50 kilometers to 500 kilometers! It directly covers the British Isles.

It also enhances the anti-interference and arcane mark encryption functions.

These two mirrors can be used in some places with magical protection, and because of the personal uniqueness of the secret mark, other people cannot use them.

The core principle of this thing is the Transfiguration Spell, which is probably what fifth graders learn.

The principle is probably similar to the changing coins used in the fifth and sixth grade DA assembly in the original book. By casting the change spell, the numbers on other coins can be changed remotely, thereby transmitting information.

It’s just that Ted’s is more complex and diverse, and the information to be conveyed is turned into pictures.

As for the Transfiguration spell, NEWTs Transfiguration is about the same as the excellent level. Hermione can use it in the fifth year.
Of course, learning and being able to do are two different things.

I also know the principle of nuclear fission. Now I just need some uranium to try it out~
If you have stock on hand, please contact me.

……

When they arrived at number 12, Grimmauld Place, Sirius was shocked - he knew this cat!
After all, this cat has a unique appearance and is very impressive.

He immediately looked through old photos and found a family photo of Harley from ten years ago, when Harley was less than one year old.

The cat was in the photo, not very big, but its face was very distinctive, so Sirius recognized it at a glance.

"At that time, Lily wrote me back, saying that you really liked the toy broom I gave you, and that you often poked the cat at home with it... You also liked the flying broom very much at that time..."

Sirius had a complicated expression on his face. Although he was smiling, he looked a little sad.

At that time, the Longbottoms were blocked by Voldemort, and the Potters were betrayed by Pettigrew and led into an encirclement and died in battle. It was lucky that Harry could be taken away in such a chaotic situation.

As a result, no one cared about the cats, so they ended up in pet shops and couldn't be sold.

Now, it's back.

In the end Harry decided to call it Crookshanks - the name Hermione had given it.

Because no one knows what it was originally called.

Crookshanks, who was held in his arms, rubbed Harley's face and said: Harley, you little girl, you poked me with a toy broom when you were a child.

……

After sending Hermione home, Ted began to prepare for the evening's action.

That night, a magical battle took place in Knockturn Alley.

Some dark wizards invaded the famous black shop Borgin and Burke's. They first blocked the back door with magic and trapped the owner in the house for six or seven minutes.

Then the crazy looting began!
No one knew what means he used, but he swept away all those extremely dangerous black magic items.

And before leaving, he used a variant of the fire spell and directly set the antique shop on fire.

Almost burned Borgin and Burke to death!
It is said that the loss was so great that after Bogin and Boggin passed out after taking a few glances at the burning shop.

After being rescued, a reward of 500 Galleons was offered for the murderer.

There are all kinds of people in Knockturn Alley, including the "bounty hunter".

But since he dared to attack Borgin and Burke's, how could such a strong man be dealt with by 500 Galleons?
Why would I risk my life for a few hundred Galleons?
Thanks to the book friend "I have been offline" for the 100-point reward!
Thank you~
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(End of this chapter)